Wallkill River Center for the Arts (WRCA) is pleased to welcome Theresa Gooby and André Junget for a Gallery Talk on Saturday, August 23 at 2 pm. Junget and Gooby are currently exhibiting as solo artists at the WRCA galleries in exhibitions which showcase the art of drawing. WRCA curator and painting instructor, Billy Noonan … Continue reading Gallery Talk: Theresa Gooby & Andre Junget
September 2, 9, 16, 23 9am - 12pm $160, $140 Members Location: River Front Park, Walden, NY Students will learn all the fundamentals of how to create beautiful paintings outdoors. Using a limited palette, students will learn how to simplify the vast landscape and capture the important aspects of a scene to create a … Continue reading Plein Air Painting with Nancy Reed Jones | Sept. 2025
INTERIORS, A National Exhibition Juried by Wayne Lempka, Art Collections Manager at The Dorsky Museum of Art at SUNY New Paltz, on view September 5 - October 26, 2025. Participating artists: Richard Arnold, Donna Faranda, Carl Grauer, Yona Gonen, Lonna Kelly, Pat MacDonald, Karen Maloof, Dan McCormack, Emilia Moritz, Mary-Anne Ramirez, Steven Rushefsky, Gerald Wein, … Continue reading INTERIORS
Rosemary Hanson: Home “Learning to look” is one of the most fundamental principles for any artist. Intentionally observing what otherwise might be missed in our everyday environment can yield a deeper appreciation when seen through artistic interpretation. It’s so easy to stop noticing the things closest to home because they have become so familiar. But … Continue reading Rosemary Hanson: Home
Saturday mornings, 9:30 am -12 pm September 6, 13th $90, $80 for Members For beginner, intermediate and advanced students. The instructor’s main medium is oils but any painting medium is welcome in this class. Students are encouraged to follow their own stylistic inclinations while learning and practicing the basic rules of: drawing & painting … Continue reading Oil Painting with William Noonan | Sept. 2025
Saturday mornings, 10:30 am - 1 pm September 6, 12, 20 Ages 16+ $130, $115 Members (includes materials fee) This painted paper printmaking course introduces a range of techniques and materials, including gelli plate printing, linoleum cuts, and various other printmaking processes. Participants will work with gelli plates to produce multi-layered, colorful, and textured monoprints. … Continue reading Painted Papers and Printmaking with Jodi Doster
Wallkill River Center for the Arts is pleased to present the THUNDERBIRD AMERICAN INDIAN DANCERS as part of our 2025 music series. The Thunderbird American Indian Dancers are the oldest resident Native American dance company in New York. The troupe was founded in 1963 by a group of ten Native American men and women, all … Continue reading CONCERT | Thunderbird American Indian Dancers
Sundays, 10 am - 12 pm September 7, 14, 21, 28 $120, $100 Members ($90 to skip beginners day) This beginning watercolor class will be focused on producing finished work. The first day of the month’s session is for anyone who is just starting out and will cover basic techniques and materials. I would recommend … Continue reading Beginning Watercolor with Stephanie Snyder | Sept. 2025
Mondays, 12:30 - 3 pm September 8, 15, 29 $120 ($105 Members) This class is appropriate for artists who possess a basic understanding of the principles of drawing from life. Subjects like form, scale, shading and composition form the core of the curriculum and will consistently be revisited. Class work will include a variety … Continue reading Inter/Adv Drawing with William Noonan | Sept. 2025
Friday September 12 6:30 - 8:30 pm $40 without materials, $60 with all materials supplied For absolute beginners or oil painters who need a refresher and some renewed courage. Topics covered will include: materials, pigments, brushes, solvents, basic color mixing, paint application, how to start a painting. All the basic principles of oil painting … Continue reading Intro to Oil with William Noonan
OPENING RECEPTION | Saturday, September 13, 5 - 7 pm Join us to celebrate the opening of the Fall exhibits and meet the artists; light bites and refreshment will be served. INTERIORS: A National Exhibition Juried by Wayne Lempka, Collections Manager at The Dorsky Participating artists: Richard Arnold, Donna Faranda, Carl Grauer, Yona Gonen, Lonna Kelly, … Continue reading OPENING RECEPTION | Interiors & Home
Sunday, September 14 1 - 4 pm $85 ($75 Members) Join WRCA founder Shawn Dell Joyce for this special afternoon workshop and learn to see color as value and to paint local scenes (photos provided.) Great way to loosen up your painting and not be so literal in your approach to color. Spark your imagination … Continue reading Wildly Colorful Landscape Painting Workshop with Shawn Dell Joyce
3 Sunday evenings, 5 – 7 pm Sept. 21, 28, & Oct. 5 $125, $110 members (includes min. materials fee) Beyond Beautiful Writing: The Art of the Love Letter Interdisciplinary explorations in writing, in calligraphies, aesthetics, and sensibilities. Calligraphy is often defined as beautiful writing. In practice, it’s anything but. Ink reveals every hesitation, … Continue reading Beyond Beautiful Writing: The Art of the Love Letter with Jena Argenta
PROSPECTUS WATERCOLOR, A Regional Exhibition Juried by Betsy Jacaruso, on view October 31 - December 21, 2025 CALL FOR ARTWORK: This regional exhibition, juried by Betsy Jacaruso, is open to the medium of watercolor. Medium is the only constraint; artwork can range from realism to pure abstraction, and subject matter is open. This exhibition does not … Continue reading Submit by Oct. 3: WATERCOLOR
Friday October 3 6:30 - 8:30 pm $40 without materials, $60 with all materials supplied For absolute beginners or oil painters who need a refresher and some renewed courage. Topics covered will include: materials, pigments, brushes, solvents, basic color mixing, paint application, how to start a painting. All the basic principles of oil painting … Continue reading Intro to Oil with William Noonan
Saturdays, 9:30 am - 12 noon October 4, 11, 18, 25 (4 sessions) $160, $140 Members Color Comprehension for Painters - Making, mixing and using color This 4-week workshop focuses on color, the fundamental component of painting. Harness this ethereal facet of painting. You will become more familiar with the nuances of color was … Continue reading Color Comprehension for Painters with William Noonan
Mondays, 12:30 - 3 pm October 6, 13, 20th $120, $105 for Members This class is appropriate for artists who possess a basic understanding of the principles of drawing from life. Subjects like form, scale, shading and composition form the core of the curriculum and will consistently be revisited. Class work will include a … Continue reading Inter/Adv Drawing with William Noonan | Oct. 2025
Tuesday afternoons, 1-3 pm October 7, 14, 21, 28 At the Wallkill River Center for the Arts $160, $140 Members This class is for anyone who has always wanted to paint with acrylic but was intimidated by the more advanced classes. This class is meant to be a gathering of likeminded artists who want the … Continue reading Acrylic Painting with Nancy Reed Jones | Oct. 2025
Thursday mornings, 10:00 am - 1:00 pm October 9, 16, 23 $130, $115 members Working from live specimens and photos we will create a background behind accurate botanical subjects. Draw and paint using watercolor pencils and tube, or block watercolor. Create an atmosphere of time and place. Learn to blend pencils and watercolor layers. For … Continue reading Botanical Watercolor Painting with Roberta Rosenthal | Oct. 2025
Sundays, 10 am - 12 pm October 12, 19, 26 $90 This beginning watercolor class will be focused on producing finished work. (Please note, for the October class there will be no beginners day as traditionally offered.) Many learn best when following along painting with an artist, so that is the approach this class will … Continue reading Beginning Watercolor with Stephanie Snyder | Oct. 2025
Thursday, October 23rd 6:30 - 8:30 pm At Wallkill River Center for the Arts Delight in creating an elegant watercolor card based on the Japanese principle of Wabi-Sabi.Using a muted palette and simple round and flat brushes, experiment with color fields that will serve as backdrops for your own dramatic effects. Tools like saranwrap, scotch … Continue reading Zen Watercolor Card Workshop with Monica Ostrow
Nebulous Spirit: Atmospheric Landscapes Watercolors by Betsy Jacaruso ARTIST STATEMENT In Nebulous Spirit, landscape dissolves into atmosphere, memory, and sensation. This collection of watercolors explores the shifting thresholds where earth meets sky and light merges with shadow, inviting stillness and contemplation. About the Artist Betsy Jacaruso, a painter based in Rhinebeck, New York, is … Continue reading Nebulous Spirit: Atmospheric Landscapes, Watercolors by Betsy Jacaruso
Color My World: Watercolors by Ellen Joyce-Trayer Artist Statement These works are Experimental Watercolors which I’ve been working on this past decade. It is a form of deconstruction....breaking through edges and form to distort reality. The paint can be dripped, splashed, splattered, glazed, brushed or pulled on the paper surface. The paper is often … Continue reading Color My World: Watercolors by Ellen Joyce-Trayer
WATERCOLOR, A Regional Exhibition Juried by Betsy Jacaruso This regional exhibition, juried by Betsy Jacaruso, medium of watercolor the only constraint, artwork on view ranges from realism to pure abstraction. Jacaruso has selected 15 watercolors from over 100 works submitted, subject matter ranging from botanical details and wildlife studies to landscapes that walk us … Continue reading WATERCOLOR | A Regional Exhibition Juried by Betsy Jacaruso
Saturday mornings, 9:30 am - 12 pm November 1, 8, 15th $120, $105 for Members For beginner, intermediate and advanced students. The instructor’s main medium is oils but any painting medium is welcome in this class. Students are encouraged to follow their own stylistic inclinations while learning and practicing the basic rules of: drawing … Continue reading Oil Painting with William Noonan | Nov. 2025
