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Art Workshops & Retreats

Join fellow art lovers, travel to inspiring destinations, and tap into your creativity …

Italy with artist Sharon Rusch Shaver

Torchiara, Italy (May 26 to June 2, 2025)

This workshop is for all levels of experience. Sharon is an award-winning oil and watercolor artist who has organized unique destination painting adventures since 1996. Sharon teaches en-Plein air painting and shares her unique ability to capture a scene quickly as the light changes. Her fun and loose painting approach will make you enjoy every moment! Our Villa above the Amalfi Coast is a painter's dream!

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Art Journaling Workshop Oaxaca to Puebla: watercolor, mixed media/collage, ephemera hunt

Oaxaca & Puebla, Mexico (May 23 - June 2, 2025)

Join Pedro Cruz Pacheco & Corrie McCluskey for art journaling, watercolor painting, and mixed media/collage along with cultural immersion in magical Oaxaca, with its soulful art scene, indigenous culture, and rich culinary and artisanal traditions! We'll enjoy visits to ancient ruins and artisan villages for weaving, papermaking, and red clay. Then, a weekend escape to beautiful Puebla to search for vintage ephemera that we'll collage.

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Handmade in Oaxaca Art + Culture Workshop: watercolor, natural pigments, mixed media/collage

Oaxaca, Mexico (September 19 - 28, 2025)

Feed your creative soul! Fill it to the brim with fresh inspiration... watercolor painting with Pedro -incorporating personal symbols, talismans, Oaxacan culture and the natural world, mixed media/collage with Corrie to develop your unique visual voice, plus making your own watercolor paint with natural pigments. Field trips include a Sunday market, a studio visit with a master papermaker, a women's red clay collective, and more!

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Learn at Home with Online Art Classes

These web-delivered courses are interactive with live demonstrations and will help you to improve your painting and drawing skills or inspire you to take on a new medium you have been wanting to try. Whether you are interested in creating murals or exploring painting with watercolors, oils, acrylics, or pastels, we have an online art course for you!

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Upcoming Deadlines for Art Opportunities

The Great American Nude - Hudson, NY - Gallery Exhibition & promotion
Deadline: Nov 30
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Participate in the LA Art Show with TERAVARNA - Los Angeles, CA
Deadline: Nov 30
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Double Exposure: Submit Your Art for Dual Exhibitions - London & Athens - gallery exhibition
Deadline: Dec 2
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Microcosm: Upstream Gallery Small Works 2025 - Hastings on Hudson, NY - gallery exhibition
Deadline: Dec 6
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Art On Loop: Toronto - Toronto, Canada - gallery exhibition
Deadline: Dec 10
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Innovate Grants for Artists & Photographers - 2 x $1,800 Grants + 12 Honorable Mentions
Deadline: Dec 12
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Lab Art Prize: Venice '25 edition - Venice, Italy - 5000,00€ in awards
Deadline: Dec 12
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2024 The Artful Genius of the (Chaotic) Mind - Online - $225 in awards
Deadline: Dec 15
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Brushstrokes of Emancipation | Abstract Art Competition - Online - up to $3500 in awards
Deadline: Dec 15
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Expo 44 - Online - $600 in awards
Deadline: Dec 20
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Looking In / Looking Out - Online group exhibition
Deadline: Dec 20
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Flower Art Competition - Online - $3,500 in awards
Deadline: Dec 31
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Anaphora: Upstream Gallery Juried Photography Show 2025 - Hastings on Hudson, NY - gallery exhibit
Deadline: Jan 1
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International Krappy Kamera Competition 2025 - New York, NY - $600 in awards, 3 Honorary mentions and People's Choice award
Deadline: Jan 7
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Lens 2025 - Evanston, IL - $650 in awards
Deadline: Jan 8
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Pinecrest Gardens Art & Design Fair - Pinecrest, FL - $10,000 in awards
Deadline: Jan 10
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Water Art Competition - Online - up to $3500 in awards
Deadline: Jan 15
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Art On Loop Tokyo - Tokyo, Japan - gallery exhibition
Deadline: Feb 3
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North Shore Art League's 12th Annual Art in the Village - Winnetka, IL - Up to $3,000 in awards
Deadline: Feb 3
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2025 Webster Arts Fair - Webster Groves, MO - $3,500 in awards
Deadline: Feb 6
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The Holy Art Gallery Showcase - Los Angeles, CA - gallery exhibition
Deadline: Feb 15
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Welcome to the Wild - Brooklyn, NY - gallery exhibition
Deadline: Mar 1
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