When Sidne Teske instructs a workshop, she not only instructs, does demos, encourages students, gives individual tuition, and tells stories …she also opens up her entire incredible pastels collection for students to try ….!!!! Sidne is currently exhibiting with us in the Van Bokkelen gallery, ground floor of St Mary’s Art Center. Her show will…
Retreats
Dusty Roads, picnics and painting on the Comstock…
Monika Piper-Johnson palette knife Plein Air painter …gets started on the caretakers cottage The Dusty Roads retreat at St Mary’s Art Center was as always a lovely success. Plein air painters, studio and abstract painters, photographers, installation artists, textile artists and writers from all over Nevada, gathered for the spring Dusty Roads retreat. We missed…
MERRY MERRY MERRY EVERYTHING to all our friends!
photograph above by Frances Melhop St Mary’s Art Center wishes you all a very Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and a wonderously creative New Year!!!! We have a fantastic line up of new exhibiting Artists and Resident Artists starting from February 2014… Keep an eye on our events page here and dont forget our Open Studio…
Dusty Roads Retreat … a group of artists based in Nevada
detail of painting above by Mike Bond Twice a year this group of artists meet at St Mary’s to retreat, commune and work on projects with like minded folk around. They created very diverse works and learned and taught much… The group was founded by Mimi Patrick and Linda Nazemian about 15 years ago …originally…
Nolan Preece and the Chemigram workshop…
After being a professional photographer for 25 years, I can safely say there are rarely any surprises anymore, especially with the advent of digital photography……. that is until you take one of NOLAN PREECE’S Chemigram workshops!!! Suddenly the magic and mystery of photography are back… Nolan throws rules to the wind and helps you develop…
The FELTING WORKSHOP with Melissa Arnold and Marilou Moschetti
This workshop guaranteed to get you thinking and to come away with beautiful new original pieces for your wardrobe… Melissa and Marilou ran a fantastic and completely sold out workshop, they have a great following! The instructors were teaching new ways of felting and many incredible dying pigments and techniques… how to mix and separate…
Francheskaa’s Abstract painting workshop… about how to let loose
During this 2 day workshop participants were asked to push themselves further than they had gone before with paint… not caring or worrying about what was on the canvas … an intriguing process with common goals … to find yourself in paint…to find your way to paint and see…and then to understand parameters which you…
Sandy Imperatori’s Plein Air Painting workshop
Every year for 21 years, Sandy Imperatori from California conducts an absolutely jam-packed workshop at St Mary’s Art Center. Her followers are abundant and the class is always full very early on. This one was no exception. Over 6 nights and days Sandy lead her class through an impressive series of one on one and…
Water Color Taken to Great Heights with Dale Laitinen
Artist Dale Laitinen has been coming to St. Mary’s Art and Retreat Center for over twenty years. A very talented artist with lots of information to share with others. He has been holding his workshop every year in June and the next two years will be no exception. This week long workshop has become so…
Making the News!
St. Mary’s Art and Retreat Center is making local news once again. Our goal is to help people realize that we have a beautiful venue that ties art, history and community together. Please enjoy the article released today in the Reno News and Review. The piece is called Virginia City is for Art. Simply click…