Classes & Lectures
“Art enables us to find ourselves & lose ourselves at the same time.”
- Thomas Merton
Classes and workshops for adults run throughout the year in the DAA studios.
From beginner and advanced classes in watercolor and oil painting, the DAA offers something to spark the creativity in everyone! Class enrollment is limited.
Materials for adult classes & workshops materials are supplied by the student (unless otherwise indicated in the description.
View all our policies here.
Upcoming Classes
Adult Acrylic Painting with Linda Schatz
Wednesdays Starting August 16
Beginners Welcome!
4:30-6:00pm
6 classes $150
Students will learn the basics of acrylic painting while painting from their own inspiration photo. From a landscape taken during an epic vacation to a portrait of your pet, Linda will guide you through the process from beginning to completed painting.
All supplies are included.
Kids Art Class with Linda Schatz
Wednesdays 3:15-4:15pm
Ongoing-Join Anytime
$25 per class
This program introduces students K-6 to a variety of types of art projects including painting, sculpting and printmaking. All supplies are included.
Sample tote with optional leather handles by student, Christine Marohn.
Pam Campbell Smith
Make Your Nantucket Basket Summer Tote
Beginners to Intermediate
Wednesday nights: April 26th, May 3rd, 10th and 17th
6:00-8:30pm
$350 includes class materials and instructors time for a 9" tote (leather handles additional cost).
Collage-a-thon!
Space is limited. Reserve Now.
Mandy Fariello is hosting an all day playdate for World Collage Day 2023. Come enjoy friends old and new while we cut and paste our masterpieces.
World Collage Day is an annual, international celebration of collage on the Second Saturday of May. Initiated by Kolaj Magazine in 2018, we invited artists and art venues to hold events on that day to celebrate collage. World Collage Day is about artists connecting across borders against a global context of entrenchment and separation. And the day is about an art medium that excels at bringing different things together to create new forms and new ways of thinking. Ric Kasini Kadour, the editor of Kolaj Magazine, writes, “We created World Collage Day because we wanted to honour this community of artists and to remind the world what a spirit of cooperation, mutual support, and creativity can look like.”
Past Classes
Weekend Workshop with Mandy Fariello
Bowls and Other Vessels from Paper and Fabric
Closed-Saturday January 21 and Sunday January 22
9:30-12:30 each day
$50 includes most supplies
On Saturday you'll choose forms, rifle through Mandy’s stash of fabric and paper and start creating your vessels. On Sunday, you'll explore many ways to finish the vessels and make them your own.
Collage and Mixed Media Exploration with Mandy Fariello
Six weeks in August and September on Friday afternoons
August 5th, 12th, 19th, 26th and September 2nd, 9th
1:00-2:30 pm each day
$75 for the series of 6 classes
Each week we’ll explore a different method, set of materials or technique. You’ll learn how to apply traditional principals of design and structure to your collages while experimenting and having fun!
You can see some of Mandy’s work here
Mandy will provide some supplies from her stash, but you should bring your favorite glue (we’ll discuss options at the first class), scissors, x-acto knife, a mixed media sketchbook (80-140lb) or loose paper, and a self-healing cutting mat.
Alla Prima Oil Painting with
Dianne Panarelli Miller
September 22-November 10, 2021
Wednesdays 9:30-12:30
8 weeks $240
5 minimum students, 10 maximum
Dianne will take you out to the beautiful spots in Duxbury and neighboring towns to paint outdoors, plein air.
Dianne will begin with an informative demonstration to help students see how to begin and finish a painting in one session with easy to understand instructions.
Dianne will work with you on an individual basis to help you improve at your own speed. There will be many set ups so there will be no crowding.
This group will utilize the discipline of Academic Traditional Methods with the freedom of "Alla Prima" to help each person learn the fundamentals to create a painting that is structurally sound in color, composition and technique.
Supply List for Alla Prima Classes:
Oil Paint: Rembrandt or Winsor Newton Artist Series (NOT WINTON) paint - Cadmium Red Medium, (Cadmium Red in Winsor Newton).Cadmium Lemon Yellow, Cadmium Yellow Deep, Yellow Ochre, Viridian Green, Cerulean Blue, Ultramarine Blue and Titanium White, Winsor Newton Artist Series - Alizarin Crimson
Brushes (Winsor Newton Lexington Series or Silver Bristlon 1900 Series, some small (round) and some large (flat), canvas, 9 x 12 or 11 x 14 Fredrix Panels, easel, paper towels, odorless turpentine or Gamsol Mineral Spirits and a mirror and anything else you may need to paint.
DON'T WAIT AND GO TO MICHEALS!!! They don't have everything.
www.jerrysartama.com or www.dickblick.com. (takes about a week to deliver)
Media
Classes are offered in most of the following media over the course of a year:
Baskets, Collage, Digital, Drawing, Glass, Jewelry, Mosaics, Oil Painting, Pastel Painting, Photography, Sculpture, Sewing, Tile, Watercolor Painting and Woodwork.
If you don’t see a current adult class offering, please contact us to express your interest in a new class or media being added.
All are Welcome
Classes are offered for all abilities and are broadly grouped as follows:
Beginner: If you’re totally new to painting or took a class or two sometime in your life, you’ll learn the basics: composition, building a painting, color theory (mixing and relationships) and the specifics of the medium (i.e., acrylic, oil, watercolor).
Intermediate: These classes are for those looking to learn or refine a particular technique.
All Levels: Perfect for beginners through advanced level students. Our faculty will work with you individually.
Meet the Instructors
The DAA partners with local instructors who are passionate about sharing their craft with our community.
Interested in hosting a class of your own?
We’d love to work with you! Contact us.
Explore Upcoming Events
Throughout the year, DAA offers South Shore residents access to quality art education, exhibits and events. View upcoming events near you.