Summer Art Classes at Sedona Arts Center
Sedona is surrounded by a magical landscape of red rock formations and high desert hills with beautiful Oak Creek meandering through it all. Come experience the Shangri-La of the Southwest, a beautiful learning environment with Art Colony roots going back nearly 100 years. Click here to see all of our classes and workshops
CLASSES – ONLINE & IN-PERSON
Taking classes on our campus in Uptown Sedona affords the opportunity not only to explore the arts, but also to meet new neighbors and immerse yourself in the Sedona arts community. Ongoing instruction is available and donors at the $60 Friend level and above receive a 10% discount.
Ceramics – Thursdays with Lolo Aileen
June 15 – July 20
This six-week course focuses on developing, strengthening and advancing one’s skills using the potters wheel, as well as understanding the properties of clay in order to expand one’s potential to architecturally create a version of what one envisions. Have fun, gain knowledge and confidence. Small class size ensures that each student receives personalized, one-on-one instruction and encouragement. Open for ages 12 through adult.
Painting: Red Rock Fantasy
Online Class with Gretchen Lopez
June 16 via Zoom
Experience the beauty and magic of Sedona, as we learn to navigate through some of the Iconic formations which make Sedona the world’s most desired place to visit.
Discover the special palette of color used to create the vivid reds in the Rod Rocks and why toning is very important in the beginning!
Painting Sunsets
Online Class with Gretchen Lopez
June 23 via Zoom
The fleeting color of a sunset is hard to capture, but in this online course, I will show you how to look for and simplify the shapes of the sky, as the sun sets. We will discuss how toning readily affects the landscape in the beginning of the painting. I will also demonstrate the changes in color temperature created by the light of the late afternoon, especially in shadows.
Painting: Lost & Found… Edges, that is!
In-person Class with Gretchen Lopez
July 7
The beauty of Impressionistic painting lies in the lost and found edges these artists used to convey distance, depth and drama. As we work from the still life, find out how lost edges can add movement to the painting and how light can affect the contours of shapes! Understanding these principles can add to the success of your paintings!
Painting Summer in Oak Creek
Online Class with Gretchen Lopez
July 14 via Zoom
Come and join me as we learn to paint the cool calm colors and shadows, which make Oak Creek Canyon so inviting. Learn to capture the light and temperature of color. I will demonstrate how to work with the shapes and reflections in the water!
Painting with the Palette Knife with Gretchen Lopez
In-person Class
July 21
In this class we will be working from photo reference and the still-life to move the paint right onto our canvas and create shapes using only the palette knife! Pushing and pulling luscious paint and mixing color from a limited palette will be part of our focus! I will provide the photo reference!
Painting: Design & Composition with Gretchen Lopez
In-person Class
August 4
Experience the beauty and magic of Sedona, as we learn to navigate through some of the Iconic formations which make Sedona the world’s most desired place to visit.
Discover the special palette of color used to create the vivid reds in the Rod Rocks and why toning is very important in the beginning!
Painting: Celebrating Summer In-person Class with Gretchen Lopez
August 18
Learn to paint water and experience the joys of summer, with shape and color mixing! Photo reference will be provided! Instructor demonstrations and lots of individual attention provided. Instructor demonstrations and lots of individual attention provided. Beginning to intermediate – some prior drawing is required.
No experience is necessary – just the student’s willingness to learn to paint with watercolors & ink.
Kids will learn and have fun exploring the many techniques of watercolors and ink to create their own unique paintings. Each student will leave with a fun body of work and knowledge of watercolors.
Sign up early as class is limited to 10 participants.
Click the “Learn More” button below for more information and to enroll your child.
Workshops at the Sedona Arts Center offer an intensive experience that will provide inspiration and information to distill and practice for months and even years afterwards. Instructors are experts in their fields.
Online: Watercolor Secrets Revealed with Tom Lynch
August 2 – 3
The first day, you will paint ‘with ME. You will learn how to paint: mountains, fields, trees, rocks, skies, clouds and more. I will demonstrate each part on separate sheets of paper, then allow you time to practice under my watchful eye. The beauty of this format is you don’t have to worry about a finished painting in the morning as we just practice a variety of watercolor techniques on loose sheets of 140# watercolor paper. In the second session we will put all the parts together in a new effort and have a completed painting at the end of the day.
This workshop is being offered online only via Zoom. You will need to have Zoom installed in your device.
In-person: A Sense of Place with Diane Williams and Chuck Potter
August 18 – 20
Whether a world traveler or a homebody, a sense of place naturally finds its way into our painting. Social isolation has allowed us to consider our internal space more than ever. In this 3-day workshop we will examine the concept of “place” by painting the essence of landscape-both internal and external. You will practice abstract acrylic painting techniques that are connected to the spirit in nature. Abstract painting is often misconstrued as an unrecognizable style of painting where no standard rules of perspective, color theory, or composition exist. We will dispel that myth.
Celebrate Sedona engages the local community while celebrating and featuring local and regional arts, food and drink! Held in the upper parking lot of Sedona Arts Center, Celebrate Sedona is a bi-monthly celebration of the beauty and diversity of our community’s music, food, drink, and artistry.
Our mission is to connect, enrich, educate and lead through the inspiring power of the arts and creative discovery.
Sedona Arts Center is one of Northern Arizona’s most well-established cultural organizations and serves as the creative heart of Sedona. Founded in 1958, the nonprofit is based in Uptown Sedona and offers year-round classes, exhibitions, festivals, and cultural events that enhance the creative life of the Verde Valley.
