Guide to Art Workshops & Craft Programs

Plein Air Oil Painting Vermont Workshops
Beginner and intermediate plein air oil painting workshops. Learn to paint on location learning design, color harmony, and values. Demos and...

Point Reyes Field Institute
Classes in watercolor, sketching, drawing, pencil, pastel, & basketry focusing on the flora & fauna of Point Reyes National Seashore.

The Rhythms of Stone
An exploration of the art of stone sculpture at the Chicago Botanical Garden

School of the Arts at Rhinelander
Workshops that include visual & folk art, arts management, computer art.

Sebasco Art Workshop
Landscape/figure painting classes in oil, watercolor, pastel or acrylic. Views include Atlantic Ocean, working harbor, & tidal cove. Artist's retreat week...

Shake Rag Alley Center for the Arts
Weekend workshops focused on nature themes, including gardening, fiber arts, nature art, restoration, woodcarving, & papermaking. Saturday classes, after-school program, youth...

Short Courses, West Dean College
Over 700 inspirational short courses in every kind of arts and crafts, held in the beautiful West Dean House, set in...

Sketching in Tuscany
Sketching tours of cultural and architectural sites in Florence and other Tuscan towns. Program includes individual instruction, lectures, critiques, demonstrations.

Skipping Rock Farm Artist Retreat
Art retreat that offers classes in millinery & hat design, oil painting, floral design.

Toscana Americana Italy Art Workshops
Art workshops include plein air painting, art journaling, polymer clay, ceramics, photography, Florentine-style marbling, book arts, painting. Visits to sites in...

Tuscany Isola del Giglio Ceramics and Painting Courses
Courses in ceramic raku & bucchero; oil, pastel & watercolor painting; horticulture; yoga & cooking

Villages Folk School Art & Craft Workshops
Art & craft workshops that include ceramics, painting, printmaking, blacksmithing, caning, knitting, weaving, leather, beads.

Visual Voyages Art Vacations
Vacation programs in painting, drawing, nature journaling. Acrylic painting classes, plein air workshops.

Wanda Kline Seaside Workshops
On-location watercolor & oil painting. Sites include beaches, boats, marshes, gardens.

West Dean College
Botanical art, drawing, painting, basketmaking, blacksmithing, bookbinding, papermaking, calligraphy, glass engraving, mosaics, photography, pottery, printmaking, textiles, music, painting, sculpture, silversmithing, woodworking,...

Yestermorrow Design/Build School
Courses in home design & building, architectural crafts, woodworking, renovation, cabinetry, furniture making, power tools, deck design & construction, landscaping, permaculture,...