Join us for a private chartered motorcoach (with a bathroom) from Wayne Art Center to The Metropolitan Museum of Art to enjoy a private group tour of the highly acclaimed exhibition Krasner and Pollack: Past Continuous, in addition to the current and permanent collections. Enjoy lunch on your own at the American Wing Cafe, Petrie Court Cafe or the Great Hall Balcony Cafe. Following lunch, independently tour the current exhibitions including Musical Bodies, Costume Art, Orientalism: Between Fact and Fantasy, City of Memory: Nanjing in the Seventeenth Century, Creatures of Myth and Imagination Europe and The Americas, in addition to the permanent collections.
 
Location: Wayne, Pennsylvania
Sponsor: Wayne Art Center
Website, email, 610-688-3553

Join Mira Nakashima and her team for a private tour of her idyllic family property in New Hope, featuring the architecturally significant and innovative structures built by her father George Nakashima, a leader in 20th century American design and the American studio craft movement. Please wear comfortable and easy-to-remove shoes, as the tour includes an outdoor walk of 3/4 mile on uneven terrain and the requirement to remove shoes in select buildings. Tour: 10am - 12:30pm. Tour followed by off-site lunch: 12:30-2:00pm.
 
Location: New Hope, Pennsylvania
Cost: $135 member/ $155 non-member
Sponsor: Wayne Art Center
Website, email, 610-688-3553

Join renowned watercolor artist Jeannie Vodden in the magical art world of Santa Fe. Students will enjoy an in-studio experience each day painting a portrait of their choice, or following along as Jeannie demonstrates… and then will explore a wonderful area of Santa Fe each afternoon. Jeannie’s watercolors are marked by the use of a limited palette of staining transparent primary colors. She works from large gentle washes of color to more specific detail (large to small/general to specific, a technique known as indirect painting). Her use of glazing layer over layer gives a translucent lifelike feeling to her paintings, while her interest in luminescence guides her choice of subject matter and the quality of light in her work.
 
Location: Santa Fe, New Mexico
Instructor: Jeannie Vodden
Cost: $1,690
Sponsor: French Escapade
Website, email, 510-584-6919

Join us for 4 full days of sketching in beautiful Santa Fe! Sarah’s focus is primarily in travel sketching and plein air painting… her sketchbooks tell the story of her wanderlust. Painting and sketching on location is an incredible way to connect with the culture of a place, its architecture, even the food and music! Sarah will be demonstrating in gouache, though you could also use acrylic. Similar techniques apply to acrylics as gouache because it is opaque, so you are welcome to work in either medium. We will work in sketchbooks mostly. But if you prefer larger paper, that’s fine too. Whether you love watercolor, gouache or ink, the principle of travel sketching remains the same: joyful creation!
 
Location: Santa Fe, New Mexico
Instructor: Sarah Burns
Cost: $1,690
Sponsor: French Escapade
Website, email, 510-584-6919

Join us in Santa Fe for this plein-air workshop designed to help artists break through hesitation and discover the power of bold painting! Rehann Vazid will be our painting instructor. He is a Melbourne-based (AUS) watercolour artist & educator known for his colorful, light-filled landscape paintings. Through gestural brushwork, strong composition and unapologetic color, participants will learn to trust their instincts and find their visual voice in watercolor. Open to artists at all levels who want to level-up their technique and confidence. Beginners will discover essential watercolor basics; advanced painters will push into greater boldness and expression.
 
Location: Santa Fe, New Mexico
Instructor: Rehann Vazid
Cost: $1,690
Sponsor: French Escapade
Website, email, 510-584-6919