An exhibit of works in pastel juried by award winning pastel artist, Shawn Dell Joyce. Join us for the Artists Reception Saturday, September 14, 2024 5:00-7:00 pm. Receptions are always free and open to the public. The exhibit is on view September 6, 2024 - October 27, 2024 The gallery is open to the public Fridays, … Continue reading Pastel
Solo exhibit of works by Donna Prizzi on view September 6, 2024 - October 27, 2024 The gallery is open to the public Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays from 12:00-5:00 pm or by appointment. Artists Reception Saturday, September 14, 2024 5:00-7:00 pm. Receptions are always free and open to the public. Artist Statement: In the quiet … Continue reading Donna Prizzi: Floral Impressions
Solo exhibit of paintings by Ward Lamb, on view September 6, 2024 - October 27, 2024. Artists Reception Saturday, September 14, 2024 5:00-7:00 pm. Receptions are always free and open to the public. The gallery is open to the public Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays from 12:00-5:00 pm or by appointment. Artist Statement Flowers have a … Continue reading Ward Lamb: Flowers from My Garden
September 3rd 1:30pm - 3:30pm At the Wallkill River Center for the Arts Slow stitching is a meditative and calming activity with a creative purpose. Gather your hand stitching, embroidery, knitting, or crocheting and join us to share time with other artistic people. Lap projects only (no machines). 1st & 3rd Tues of each month … Continue reading 9/3/2024 Slow Stitch Maker’s Drop In
September 3, 10, 17, & 24th 9am - 12pm $160, $140 Members Location: Kowawese Unique Area at Plum Point 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 … Continue reading 09/2024 Plein Air Painting with Nancy Reed Jones
PROSPECTUS: Likeness SUMBISSION FORM THEME & GUIDELINES: Portraits are forever. They capture the likeness of the human subject they are portraying. It may be through a visual similarity with the sitter or the ephemeral essence of the subject. Portrait artists bring all kinds of intangible aspects to their work. The fact that we can look at … Continue reading Submit by Oct 27, 2024: “Likeness” a National Call Portrait Exhibit
PROSPECTUS: Small Works ENTRY FORM THEME & GUIDELINES: WRCA Artist Level Members (0nly) may hang work in this show. This show will span the holiday shopping season, so we will allow buyers to take purchased work with them immediately. Member Artists may hang up to 2 pieces in the exhibit and drop off a third … Continue reading Submit by Oct 17th: Small Works
August 28th 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 8/28/24 All-Medium Still Life Workshop with Alan Lewis
Tuesday August 27th (Rain Date August 28th) 10am - 1pm at Iona Marsh/Bear Mt. State Park $50 per person, $45 for members Join me for a day of plein air painting, all levels and abilities are invited. Artists are encouraged to work in any medium they are comfortable with. This class is not specifically about … Continue reading 8/27/24 Iona Marsh Plein Air with Laura Martinez-Bianco
October 1st 1:30pm - 3:30pm At the Wallkill River Center for the Arts Slow stitching is a meditative and calming activity with a creative purpose. Gather your hand stitching, embroidery, knitting, or crocheting and join us to share time with other artistic people. Lap projects only (no machines). 1st & 3rd Tues of each month … Continue reading 10/1/2024 Slow Stitch Maker’s Drop In
Wednesday August 21st 3:30pm - 6:00pm 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 08/21/24 One Day Adult Animation Workshop with Aedan Ciganek
August 20th 7-9pm Sip & Paint event with Nancy Reed Jones for Wanaksink Lake Residents: Please only pay for this event if you have been directed to do so by Carol Nasr.
August 19 - 23rd 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 is useful for. Once … Continue reading August 19 – 23rd Teen’s Art Journals with Jodi Doster
August 19 - 23rd 10am-12pm Grades 3rd - 7th 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 is useful for. Once the journal is made … Continue reading August 19 – 23rd Kid’s Art Journals with Jodi Doster
August 19-23rd 10am - 12pm Grades 2nd - 8th Many famous artists have special, unique styles which we can recognize and use as inspiration. They have created many works of art that we can create art of our own with! From Picasso's abstract faces to Van Gogh's sunflowers. Close up flowers like Georgia O'Keefe and … Continue reading August 19 – 23rd Try Famous Artists’ Styles with Margaret Grasso
Wallkill River Center for the Arts (WRCA) will welcome photographer Alison Colby for an artist’s talk on Saturday, August 17, at 2PM. “Until I was approached by the gallery’s chief curator, Billy Noonan, I hadn’t seen my work outside of my phone,” says Colby. “Billy helped me refine what an exhibit might look like—we discussed … Continue reading August 17th Artist Talk with Alison Colby
Friday August 16th 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 08/16/24 Intro to Oil with William Noonan
August 14th 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 8/14/24 All-Medium Still Life Workshop with Alan Lewis
August 12, 19, 26th 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 08/2024 Inter/Adv Drawing with William Noonan
August 12 - 16th 10am - 12pm Grades 3rd - 12th You can create beautiful, colorful and imaginative paintings without using realistic images. Margaret will show you how to loosen up, relax and enjoy the process of expressive painting using water based paints and collaging your own painted papers. Experience how to work "intuitively" (with … Continue reading August 12 – 16th Expressive Painting & Collage with Margaret Grasso
August 5 - 9th 10 am - 12 pm Grades 3rd - 7th 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 August 5 – 9th Kid’s Printmaking with Jodi Doster
Sundays, 10am-12pm August 4, 11, 18, 25 $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 be … Continue reading 08/2024 Beginning Watercolor with Alan Lewis
Hot Wrk Ensemble plus Guest Artist Gwen Laster August 3, 2024 – 3 pm Wallkill River Center for the Arts, 232 Ward Street at 17K, Montgomery, NY 12549 Accessibility: Wheelchair accessible ramp and bathroom. FREE CONCERT - Suggested Donation $20.00 Hot Wrk Ensemble, the saxophone/woodwind and percussion trio founded in 2020 by award- winning … Continue reading 08/03/24 Hot Wrk Ensemble: Original Compositions
August 3, 10, 17th 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 08/2024 Oil Painting with William Noonan
August 2, 9, 16, 23rd Fridays 3:30-5:30pm In Person at the Wallkill River Center for the Arts Open to beginning and intermediate students Suitable for grades 6th - 12th $140 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 … Continue reading 08/2/24 Friday Afternoon Animation with Aedan Ciganek
