Workshops: The Doorway to Creative Adventures
Each year the BGAC invites local and national artists to share their knowledge and creative skills with our community. We offer over forty programs, including basic drawing, plein air watercolor painting, pastel, oil painting, mixed media and more. Some participants join us not knowing how to draw a line, and grow to become accomplished Exhibiting Artists. Others just love the chance to try something new. Offering the opportunity to comfortably and even joyfully explore our creative selves is one of our missions.
Explore our upcoming classes, below, and see what we have planned this season.
Palm Frond Fish: Whimsical Coastal Creatures
- Instructor: Samantha Stone
- Date: Mon, Mar 16, 2026, 11:30am - 2:30pm
- Price: Members: $190 / Non-Members: $215
Color Theory & Mixing
- Instructor: Marie Kirk Burke
- Date: Tue, Mar 17, 2026, 10am - 1pm
- Price: Members: $125 / Non-Members: $150
Gail Cleveland Demo
- Instructor: Gail Cleveland
- Date: Wed, Mar 18, 2026, 10am - 12pm
- Price: Members / Non-Members: NO COST
Grisaille Method of Painting (postponed)
- Instructor: Rae Medgyesy
- Dates: Thu - Fri, Mar 19-20, 2026, 1pm - 4pm
- Price: Members: $250 / Non-Members: $275
Experience: Intermediate / Experience Necessary
Media: Oil (only)
Sailor’s Valentine
- Instructor: Karen Irvine
- Dates: Mon - Tue, Mar 23-24, 2026, 9:30am - 2pm
- Price: Members: $235 / Non-Members: $260
Materials: KIT, $199 (paid directly to instructor)
Painting Flowers in Pastel!
- Instructor: Gwenneth Barth-White
- Dates: Thu - Fri, Mar 26-27, 2026, 9:30am - 3:30pm
- Price: Members: $385 / Non-Members: $410
Marine Chart
- Instructor: Denise Daly
- Date: Fri, Mar 27, 2026, 10am - 12pm
- Price: Members: $75 / Non-Members: $100
Intuitive Abstract Painting Workshop
- Instructor: Samantha Stone
- Dates: Mon - Tue, Mar 30-31, 2026, 11:30am - 3:30pm
- Price: Members: $190 / Non-Members: $215
Sketching / Watercolor, Gouache, Acrylic
- Instructor: Diane Mannion
- Dates: Postponed - new date coming soon. We look forward to rescheduling this workshop and will post the new date once confirmed.