July 13- 17 10am - 12pm Grades 2-6 These two themes (Animals & Nature) co-exist.... colors, patterns, textures, symmetry, camouflage. Relating these elements together is going to be very interesting. We'll try realistic & imaginary styles, and a little abstract also. Projects include guided drawings into paintings, transferring large animal heads onto loosely painted backgrounds … Continue reading Animals and Nature with Margaret Grasso
Monday - Friday, July 13 - 17, 2026 1:00 - 3:00 pm Grades 7th - 12th Location: Wallkill River Center for the Arts Cost: $135 per student Students will have a chance to learn about creating the illusion of depth with their art in Optical Art. Learn the skills of forced perspective, optical illusions, … Continue reading Optical Illusion with Jodi Doster
Monday - Friday, July 20 - 24, 2026 10:00am - 12:00pm Grades 2nd - 6th Location: Wallkill River Center for the Arts 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 … Continue reading Printmaking for Kids with Jodi Doster
Monday - Friday, July 20 - 24th 10 am - 12 noon Grades 5 - 10 This class is all about loose, flowing paints, starting with no preconceived ideas or drawing. We will be using watercolor paints, colored water-based inks, Hi-flow & Fluid Acrylics, a variety of brushes, scrapers, pipets, and pens. We'll be working … Continue reading Fluid Painting with Margaret Grasso
Monday - Friday, July 20 - 24 1 pm - 3 pm Grades 8th - 12th Location: Wallkill River Center for the Arts Gallery Cost: $135 per student Students will create their own art journal! They will add their pages and wire the journal together. We'll explore different materials and what an art journal … Continue reading Art Journals with Jodi Doster
Keep It Together A Regional Exhibition Featuring Assemblage-based Artwork Juried by Elizabeth Keithline PROSPECTUS Submissions due: July 23, 2026 Call for entries In addition to her solo show Puzzle, Keithline will jury a companion exhibition in WRCA’s main galleries titled Keep It Together, featuring assemblage-based artwork that conveys a material and conceptual sense … Continue reading Submit by July 23 | KEEP IT TOGETHER
Thursday, July 23 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, … Continue reading Zen Watercolor Card Workshop with Monica Ostrow
Friday evening, July 24h 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 … Continue reading Intro to Oil with William Noonan
Monday - Friday, July 27 - 31 10 am - 12 noon Grades 2 - 6 $135 per student Join us for Fun with Fiber where students will discover stitching, felting and weaving while creating their own unique fiber works during the week's art projects. Session 1: Scrappy Plush Monster Hand Sewing Project Learn … Continue reading Fun with Fiber: Stitching, Felting and Weaving with Jenny Torino
Monday - Friday, July 27 - 31 1 - 3 pm Grades 7 - 12 $135 per student Join us for Wearable Art: Fiber Focus for where students will discover stitching, felting and weaving while creating their own unique wearable art during the week's art projects. Classes 1-2: Needle Felted Patches Turn wool fiber into … Continue reading Wearable Art: Fiber Focus with Jenny Torino
Monday - Friday, July 27 - 31 1 - 3 pm Grades 7-12 $135 per student Wild Layers is a 5-day immersive studio workshop for teens (grades 7–12) exploring watercolor, botanical printing, and mixed media collage using natural materials. Students will experiment with plant matter, organic textures, and layered composition while developing foundational watercolor … Continue reading Wild Layers: Mixed Media Botanicals with Eileen MacAvery
Monday - Friday, Aug 3 - 7 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Grades 3rd - 7th Location: Wallkill River Center for the Arts Cost: $135 per student This handbuilding ceramics class introduces students to three core techniques: pinch pots, coiling, and slab construction. Participants will work with a mid-range white cone 5/6 clay, which will … Continue reading Kids Pottery and Ceramics: Handbuilding with Jodi Doster
Monday - Friday, Aug 3 - 7 1:00 - 3:00 pm Grades 8th- 12th Location: Wallkill River Center for the Arts Cost: $135 per student This handbuilding ceramics class introduces students to three core techniques: pinch pots, coiling, and slab construction. Participants will work with a mid-range white cone 5/6 clay, which will be oxidation … Continue reading Teens Pottery and Ceramics: Handbuilding with Jodi Doster
Tuesday mornings, 9 am - 12 pm August, 4, 11, 18, 25 $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 … Continue reading Plein Air Painting with Nancy Reed Jones | Aug. 2026
August 17 - 21, 2026 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
Elizabeth Keithline: Puzzle August 22 - September 27, 2026 Artist Elizabeth Keithline presents Puzzle, a solo exhibition of assemblage artworks using found paint and materials. Puzzle is a follow-up to Breaking Broken, Keithline’s previous solo show, which explored human tendencies toward self-destruction and fragmentation. Puzzle pivots to examine how people create system of order out … Continue reading Elizabeth Keithline: Puzzle
Keep It Together A Regional Exhibition Juried by Elizabeth Keithline August 22 - September 27, 2026 In addition to her solo show Puzzle, Keithline will jury a companion exhibition in WRCA’s main galleries titled Keep It Together, featuring assemblage-based artwork that conveys a material and conceptual sense of solving and/or coping. Call for … Continue reading Keep It Together, Regional Exhibition Juried by Elizabeth Keithline
As part of the 2026 Arthur Patchett Memorial Music Series, Curated by vocalist, composer, and WRCA Board member Judi Silvano, Wallkill River Center for the Arts (WRCA) is pleased to present ... Sunday, August 23, 3-5pm FLAMENCO FUSION - MUSIC & DANCE Daniel Pimentel, Guitar Natalia de Aragon, Dance & Cajon Alfonso Cid, Voice … Continue reading CONCERT | Flamenco Fusion – Music & Dance
