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Would you like to exhibit with us? WRCA accepts applications from artists and curators for exhibition proposals which are reviewed by the curatorial committee. Currently, we are no longer accepting proposals for the 2026 exhibition schedule; applications for 2027 exhibitions will open shortly. Please check back for the 2027 exhibition application to open (anticipated early … Continue reading 2027 Exhibition Proposals 
2025 Artist & Joint Artist Members are invited to hang one piece in our Monthly Hallway Exhibits. Themes are suggested and artwork does not need to conform to the themes listed below. All pieces, including the frame must be smaller than 16x16 inches and be ready to hang with a wire. Saw tooth and other … Continue reading Submit Monthly: 2025 Hallway Exhibits 
WRCA CONCERTS: The Arthur Patchett Memorial Music Series features four to six concerts per year with an emphasis on original compositions, novel arrangements, and mixed discipline creativity. We use non-traditional venues such as organic farms, historic buildings, bookstores - to name a few - throughout the region. The concept is that each concert will be … Continue reading Performing Artist Application 
Wallkill River Center for the Arts (WRCA), located in Orange County in the Hudson Valley of New York, has been a leading voice for the arts and a premier arts center for more than 15 years. A robust offering of art courses, workshops, monthly exhibits, performances and receptions, our facilities at the historic Patchett House … Continue reading SEEKING ART CENTER ASSISTANT / RECEPTIONIST |
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July 1, 8, 15, 22nd 9am - 12pm $160, $140 Members Location: Winding Hills Park 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 successful plein … Continue reading 07/2025 Plein Air Painting with Nancy Reed Jones
$140.00 – $160.00
Tuesdays 9:30-12:00 This program is free for anyone over 65 years of age. Guests under 65 are welcome as well for a donation of $5.00 per day. Participants bring their own art materials and projects to work on and share with the group. Artists of all ability and experience levels are encouraged to come … Continue reading Senior Drop In |
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Wallkill River Center for the Arts will be closed July 4 - 6, 2025. The galleries will reopen Friday, July 11th with new exhibits: Theresa Goodby: Uncanny Garden Andre Junget: Drawings Drawing: Group Exhibit, Juried by Andre Junget Art Reception: Saturday, July 12 from 5 to 7 pm Please join us to celebrate the … Continue reading WRCA Galleries CLOSED |
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Saturday July 5th 5:00 - 7:00pm At the Wallkill River Center for the Arts Suitable for Adults Animation Class Preview Animation! The art of making movement with drawings. This one day crash course will equip aspiring animators with the basic skills of the craft. We will: Practice key animation techniques Study movement from real life, … Continue reading 07/05/25 One Day Adult Animation Workshop with Aedan Ciganek
$50.00
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Sundays, 10am-12pm July 6, 13, 20, 27th $120 ($100 Members) ($90 to skip beginners day) The first day of the months' session is for anyone who is just starting out or needs more guidance. I would recommend that you attend if you're a first time student of this class! This beginning watercolor class will … Continue reading 07/2025 Beginning Watercolor with Stephanie Snyder
$90.00 – $120.00
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July 7 - 11, 2025 10am - 12pm Grades 1st - 5th Whether its realistic, stylized, or imaginary, animals are my favorite subject! We'll be using guide books, photos, and references for observation. We'll even try simplifying them into stylized animals too! Imaginary animals are a big favorite. We can make our own with watercolor … Continue reading Animals Real & Imaginary with Margaret Grasso
$135.00
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Tuesdays 9:30-12:00 This program is free for anyone over 65 years of age. Guests under 65 are welcome as well for a donation of $5.00 per day. Participants bring their own art materials and projects to work on and share with the group. Artists of all ability and experience levels are encouraged to come … Continue reading Senior Drop In |
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Thursdays, July 10, 17, 24th 9:30am - 12:30pm $175, $150 members Orange County Arboretum Thomas Bull Memorial Park 211 NY- 416 Montgomery, NY For intermediate and advanced students 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 … Continue reading 07/25 OC Arboretum Outdoor Painting with Roberta Rosenthal
$115.00 – $135.00
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Theresa Gooby: Uncanny Garden explores themes of growth, transformation, mystery, identity and absurdity. In this series of works on paper, nature and the human connection to the natural world are forefront. These figures in this show challenge the dominant narrative of identity, allowing elements of the natural world to embody representations of the self. Long … Continue reading Theresa Gooby: Uncanny Garden 
André Junget: Drawings Pen and ink is my favorite medium. The idea of creating value with an ink line has always fascinated me. In my view, nothing else compares to it. Beginning with first seeing the wood engravings of Gustave Doré, then the British and American book illustrators of the Golden Age of Illustration, I … Continue reading André Junget: Drawings 
Drawing, Group Exhibit Juried by André Junget Juried by Andre Junget, the theme for this group exhibit is “Drawing" with all drawing mediums welcome. Selected artists: Kim Steinard Borell Catherine De Cesare Keith Dougherty Karen E. Gersch Yona Gonen Laura Martinez-Bianco William Noonan Joanne Penaluna Roberta Rosenthal Elizabeth Sundwall Susan Wilson XaN (Alexandra Devin) Valerie … Continue reading Drawing: Group Exhibit Juried by Andre Junget |
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July 12, 19, 26th Saturday mornings at 9:30-12pm $120, $105 for Members Live In Person – Painting with William Noonan For beginner, intermediate and advanced students. This course is conducted live in the classroom. The instructor’s main medium is oils but any painting medium is welcome in this class. Students are encouraged to follow their … Continue reading 07/2025 Oil Painting with William Noonan
$105.00 – $120.00
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Please join us to meet the artist and view the new exhibits in the galleries which feature drawing. André Junget: Drawings DRAWING, Group Exhibit Juried by Andre Junget Theresa Gooby: Uncanny Garden Light refreshments will be served. This event is free and open to the public. Gallery hours: Friday - Sunday, 12 - 5 … Continue reading July Art Reception |
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July 14 - 18, 2025 10am - 12pm Ages 8 - 14 Location: Benedict Farm Park Pavilion Cost: $135 per student Run around before the day gets hot with Nerf Camp! Darts and Blasters will be provided, but you’re free to bring your own if they take standard darts. Compete in an array of games … Continue reading Nerf Camp with Matt Donaldson
$135.00
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July 22 - 26, 2025 10am - 12pm Grades 5th - 12th Experiment with a wide variety of painting, drawing, and collaging. We will use sketchbooks and even learn how to make our own from mixed media paper as well as a cover you design. We will use: pens, pencils, paints, acrylic markers, water soluble … Continue reading Mixed Media Art Journals with Margaret Grasso
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July 14, 21, 28th Mondays, 12:30-3pm In Person $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 of subjects, … Continue reading 07/2025 Inter/Adv Drawing with William Noonan
$105.00 – $120.00
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Tuesdays 9:30-12:00 This program is free for anyone over 65 years of age. Guests under 65 are welcome as well for a donation of $5.00 per day. Participants bring their own art materials and projects to work on and share with the group. Artists of all ability and experience levels are encouraged to come … Continue reading Senior Drop In |
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Friday July 18th 6:30-8:30pm $40 without materials $60 with all materials supplied $40, $60 to include materials in your registration 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 … Continue reading 07/18/25 Intro to Oil with William Noonan
$40.00 – $60.00
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July 21 - 25, 2025 10am - 12pm Grades 1st - 6th Plants, trees, leaves, vegetables, fruits, flowers, birds, bugs, fish, land, water, and clouds... It's all nature! Here's a few ideas of what I'd like to create with you: Shadow drawings of leaves and branches, drawings of the inside of vegetables, making a botanical … Continue reading Nature in Art with Margaret Grasso
$135.00
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July 21 - 25, 2025 1:00 - 3:00 pm Grades 6-12th Location: Wallkill River Center for the Arts Gallery Cost: $135 per student Animation Class Preview Animation is the art of bringing your drawings to life! Whether you’re interested in traditional animation, game animation, anime, 3D animation, or just want to make your doodles move … Continue reading Animation with Aedan Ciganek
$135.00
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Tuesdays 9:30-12:00 This program is free for anyone over 65 years of age. Guests under 65 are welcome as well for a donation of $5.00 per day. Participants bring their own art materials and projects to work on and share with the group. Artists of all ability and experience levels are encouraged to come … Continue reading Senior Drop In |
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July 23rd 6-8pm $50 per student Still life painting is a unique experience, sign up and give it a try, or continue your journey. All levels and mediums welcome. Instructor shall work in watercolor. Each class shall consist of a short lesson, followed by each participant working individually on the evening’s still life scene. Individual … Continue reading 7/23/25 All-Medium Still Life Workshop with Alan Lewis
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July 28 - August 1, 2025 10am - 12pm Grades 6th - 12th Many people like to paint looser and more expressively, like me! It's hard to start making art and immediately want it to look photo realistic. If you would like to experiment with a more relaxed, expressive style, we can explore the many … Continue reading Expressive Painting with Margaret Grasso
$135.00
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July 29 - August 1, 2025 10:00am - 12:00pm Grades 2nd - 6th Location: Wallkill River Center for the Arts Gallery Cost: $135 per student In printmaking, students will make copies of an image that they have created from various sources of their choosing. They will then transfer the image and use carving or impressing … Continue reading Printmaking for Kids with Jodi Doster
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July 29 - August 1, 2025 1:00 - 3:00 pm Grades 7th - 12th Location: Wallkill River Center for the Arts Gallery Cost: $135 per student In printmaking, students will make copies of an image that they have created from various sources of their choosing. They will then transfer the image and use carving or … Continue reading Mixed Media Printmaking for Teens with Jodi Doster
$135.00
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Tuesdays 9:30-12:00 This program is free for anyone over 65 years of age. Guests under 65 are welcome as well for a donation of $5.00 per day. Participants bring their own art materials and projects to work on and share with the group. Artists of all ability and experience levels are encouraged to come … Continue reading Senior Drop In |
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Friday August 1st 6:30-8:30pm $40 without materials $60 with all materials supplied $40, $60 to include materials in your registration 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 … Continue reading 08/01/25 Intro to Oil with William Noonan
$40.00 – $60.00
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Saturday August 2nd 5:00 - 7:00pm At the Wallkill River Center for the Arts Suitable for Adults Animation Class Preview Animation! The art of making movement with drawings. This one day crash course will equip aspiring animators with the basic skills of the craft. We will: Practice key animation techniques Study movement from real life, … Continue reading 08/02/25 One Day Adult Animation Workshop with Aedan Ciganek
$50.00
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Sundays, 10am-12pm August 3, 10, 17, 24th $120 ($100 Members) ($90 to skip beginners day) The first day of the months' session is for anyone who is just starting out or needs more guidance. I would recommend that you attend if you're a first time student of this class! This beginning watercolor class will … Continue reading 08/2025 Beginning Watercolor with Stephanie Snyder
$90.00 – $120.00
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