CLASSES AND EVENTS
These activities are made possible by the voters of Minnesota through grants from the Region 2 Arts Council, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund.
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Come, Play with Textures in Watercolor Workshop
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Mono Printing on Clay Workshop with Kate Hammer
Dates: April 29 – May 2, 2025
Time: 1:30 - 5:00 PM Location: Bagley Public Library Cost: $100 Class Size Limit: 8 People All Materials for this class are supplied by the instructor. Get ready to amaze yourself by creating your own personally designed and created mono printed clay dishes! Starting with a step by step demo of the process from start to finish, you will be guided to create your own unique and colorful ceramic dish as you grown your understanding and appreciation for handcrafted pottery.
The four day workshop starts with a demo on day one. This will help you understand the whole process and will help you with the designing and planning of the work you will be creating in days 2, 3 and 4. Please plan for 3 hours of time per day, which may seem like a lot, but it is needed to complete all the steps to the final piece of pottery and allows the makers to work at their individual pace without feeling rushed! |
Mixed Media Portraits in Golden Open Acrylic and Prismacolor Pencil with Pamela Edevold
Dates: May 16 – 18, 2025
Location: NEW LOCATION- BAAC Art Space 9 Central St. West, Bagley, MN (South side of Northern Dental Access Center building) Time: 10 AM - 4 PM Cost: $100 Class Size Limit: 12 Bring your own lunch and beverage Pamela Edevold will combine the techniques she taught in her Golden Open Acrylic and Prismacolor Premier workshops to create highly detailed portraits with lots of texture. Students who have not taken her previous classes are welcome and will learn the basics in the class as well as how the two mediums work together.
The class will work from an image supplied by the instructor, and students may also bring an 8x10 photo of their own to work from when finished with the class image (any type of portrait image is fine, including 3⁄4 poses or those where the eyes are not fully visible). A supply list will be provided. |
Bringing A Scene to Life Plein Aire Workshop With Scott Lloyd Anderson
Dates: August 5, 6 & 7, 2025
Time: 10 am – 4 pm Location: 9 Central Street W, downtown Bagley Cost: $150 Class Size Limit: 10 Plein air’s not that scary! Yes, it’s challenging, but there are strategies to help get that sense of light. This workshop will focus on the craft of painting outside. This workshop is open to acrylic and watercolor painters as well. Like hunting or fishing, it takes practice. There are simple, time-honored approaches to simplify a scene and get a sense of the day. Sure, you can find these on YouTube, but this workshop will work with you individually. Everyone has their own style and level of experience. Most important, the class will give you an appreciation of how plein air is really about learning how to see––seeing space, seeing subtle value relationships, and seeing color. Scott’s previous career as a magazine art director greatly informs his art. For the past 23 years, he has participated in many plein air events and exhibitions across the country, winning a few along the way. His art has been featured in national magazines like Southwest Art, Plein Air, American Art Collector, and Art Aficionado. “I love the honesty of painting outdoors from nature.” Scott says, “A plein air painting is like a musical performance recorded live.” This past winter, he exhibited his paintings of snowmen, or snowfolk as he calls them, at Zeller Studio in Hopkins, MN. This summer he’ll teach a plein air workshop at The Atelier in Minneapolis. Presently, he teaches oil painting at the Edina Art Center and Minnetonka Center for the Arts, as well as his own independent workshops. Visit ScottLloydAnderson.com |
Fun with Yupo Workshop with Jim TurnerDates: March 24, 25 & 26, 2026
Time: 10 am – 4 pm Location: Bagley Public Library Community Room Class Size Limit: 10 - CLASS IS FULL Cost: $150 This workshop is for anyone interested in exploring the unique characteristics of YUPO. YUPO is a smooth inorganic (plastic) surface that accepts paint in a very different way than paper. Because the paint sits on the surface instead of being absorbed, it flows, mixes and can give a very fluid abstract “liquid” look to washes that can be very appealing (and frustrating, if you are trying to “control” it.) The surface also allows colors to be more intense, giving a stained glass look that is amazing, and makes lifting easy, allowing a push-pull method of composition similar to working with opaque paints. This workshop is intended to give you a variety of ways to approach the unique characteristics of YUPO. We will take advantage of the abstract, flowing ‘liquid’ look of wet in wet application and experiment with stamping, texturing, lifting and even texturing with foam rollers. We will talk about design and how to go from the crazy accidental abstraction of YUPO to finished work. We will also talk about “taming” YUPO to do representational work, flattening washes, graded washes etc. Come if you are a beginner and want to have fun playing with paint, if you are an accomplished watercolorist who wants to explore a new surface, or anyone in between who wants to expand their horizons and try something new. I turn to YUPO when I want to “play” with watercolor and just have fun. The participant can expect to finish at least a couple completed or nearly completed paintings in the three days. |
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