Cyanotypes: Bringing Your Art Practice Outdoors

Printmaking Studio 21 W Highway 61, Grand Marais, MN, United States

Bring your art making outdoors using cyanotypes and various drawing exercises. Cyanotype printing is a non-toxic sun printing process that uses natural objects, coated paper, light and water to create blue and white toned prints. You will learn a variety of techniques to use both inside the studio and outdoors, and additionally, fine tune your […]

The Lost Art of Personal Writing

Studio 17 17 W Highway 61, Grand Marais, MN, United States

Writing is an often overlooked art form that is easily accessible, but can be intimidating. This workshop is designed to spark your creative juices and awaken the writer in you. Through prompts and exercises, you will explore a variety of genres, journaling, memoir, poetry, fiction and the truly lost art of letter writing. You will […]

Fearless Painting in the Studio and En Plein Air

Founders Hall Studio 120 W 3rd Avenue, Grand Marais, MN, United States

When you see a beautiful landscape, do you perceive it with your eyes only? Is it purely visual? What about the broader context? Imagine if we learn to communicate this context through fearless painting. Imagine confidently showing us what you see in the subject matter. Carla's workshop is designed to teach you the fundamentals that […]

Creating Art with Natural Pigments

Founders Hall Studio 120 W 3rd Avenue, Grand Marais, MN, United States

Gain the tools to make a color palette from naturally-sourced pigments and make a series of artwork with wax resists on paper by creating several different natural dye baths. Students will learn about the fascinating history of natural pigments and how they relate to many cultures worldwide, ways to ethically source and procure pigments from […]

Monotype through Drawing

Printmaking Studio 21 W Highway 61, Grand Marais, MN, United States

Monotype through Drawing demonstrates trace monotype, which allows an artist to explore the specific vocabulary of drawing while making one-of-a-kind prints. Done most effectively on dry Asian paper, trace monotype can stand on its own or be used as the beginnings of collages, mixed media works, and printstallation. Trace monotype is portable and invites possibilities […]

Botanical Drawing & Gouache

Studio 17 17 W Highway 61, Grand Marais, MN, United States

Develop and refine your observational drawing practice through close examination and drawing of a variety of wild specimens right in Grand Marais. During walking visits to nearby nature sites such […]

Pastel Innovations

Founders Hall Studio 120 W 3rd Avenue, Grand Marais, MN, United States

Learn innovative ways of using Pan Pastels with stick pastels and mixed media. Dawn will demonstrate most of the techniques presented in her book, Pastel Innovations (2017), and share recent […]

HeArt of the Caregiver

Studio 21 21 W Highway 61, Grand Marais, MN, United States

As part of the Art Colony's 2024 theme of Art + Embodiment, we have partnered with Cook County Care Partners to look at the Art of Health under the topic […]

Avoiding Practitioner Burnout: Resiliency Trees

Studio 21 21 W Highway 61, Grand Marais, MN, United States

As part of the Art Colony’s 2024 theme of Art + Embodiment, we have partnered with Cook County Care Partners to look at the Art of Health under the topic […]

Acrylic and Collage Flower Painting

Studio 17 17 W Highway 61, Grand Marais, MN, United States

Students will work with images of favorite plants, patterns, objects and colors as inspiration to create a still-life inspired artwork. We will explore fundamentals of composition, scale, values and color […]

Drawing Along Lake Superior

Studio 17 17 W Highway 61, Grand Marais, MN, United States

As part of a Minnesota State Arts Board grant, Teresa will lead two focused yet informal outdoor drawing sessions that are open to all skill levels. Participants will be invited […]

Shaping the Page

Founders Hall Studio 120 W 3rd Avenue, Grand Marais, MN, United States

Poetry is always a shape on the page. Whether it is a rectangular prose box, a series of couplets, or a continuous descent of lines of varying lengths, the effect […]

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