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Día de Muertos Oaxaca Art + Culture Workshop: watercolor, group altar, sand tapestry

Oaxaca, Mexico (October 26 - November 4, 2025)

Experience Día de Muertos in magical Oaxaca. We'll paint imagery of our loved ones to honor their memories, assemble a group altar and build a sand tapestry. Field trips: to a mercado for altar decorations and offerings, visits to two local cemeteries, and master artisan studios including tapetes (woven wool rugs), alebrijes (carved wooden objects), and the Mujeres del Barro Rojo (Women of the Red Clay).

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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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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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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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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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Drawn: 12th Annual Call for Works of Contemporary Drawing - Cincinnati, OH - $50 Honorarium, $1,000 for best among the exhibits on view
Deadline: Jan 3
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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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Art Talent Fair Prize - Genoa, Italy - contemporary art fair
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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Istanbul Photo Awards 2025 - Online - $58,000 in prizes
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Water Art Competition - Online - up to $3500 in awards
Deadline: Jan 15
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Seattle Erotic Art Festival Call For Art - Seattle, WA
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Rising Eyes of Texas - Rockport, TX - $2,000 in awards
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2025 Art Collectors Choice Awards - Online - $5,000 in awards
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Spirit of Spring - Carthage, MO - $2,600 in awards
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Art On Loop Tokyo - Tokyo, Japan - gallery exhibition
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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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40th Annual Made in California Juried Exhibition - Brea, CA - $2,350+ in awards
Deadline: Feb 7
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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
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45th Annual Summerfest Fine Art & Music Festival - Evergreen, CO
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