The Café will be closed for remodel from Aug 12 through Sept 5, 2024. | Due to construction, Museum parking may be limited at the time of your visit. Look for additional parking in free or metered spaces along nearby streets.

Baby Painting (10:30 am)

Sunday, April 10 / 10:30 – 11:15 am

Bring your baby or toddler and go beyond finger-painting by blobbing, smushing, and smearing colors with hands and feet! Witness baby’s first painting with no mess at home. Your wee one will make a creative keepsake for the family to cherish. Dress for a mess!

Supply List: Change of clothes/diaper and a towel

Instructor: Lisa Kornze
Ages: 6 months – 3 years

Baby Painting (9:30 am)

Sunday, April 10 / 9:30 – 10:15 am

Bring your baby or toddler and go beyond finger-painting by blobbing, smushing, and smearing colors with hands and feet! Witness baby’s first painting with no mess at home. Your wee one will make a creative keepsake for the family to cherish. Dress for a mess!

Supply List: Change of clothes/diaper and a towel

Instructor: Lisa Kornze
Ages: 6 months – 3 years

Baby Painting (10:30 am)

Sunday, February 28 / 10:30 – 11:15 am

Bring your baby or toddler and go beyond finger-painting by blobbing, smushing, and smearing colors with hands and feet! Witness baby’s first painting with no mess at home. Your wee one will make a creative keepsake for the family to cherish. Dress for a mess!

Supply List: Change of clothes/diaper and a towel

Instructor: Lisa Kornze
Ages: 6 months – 3 years

Baby Painting (9:30 am)

Sunday, February 28 / 9:30 – 10:15 am

Bring your baby or toddler and go beyond finger-painting by blobbing, smushing, and smearing colors with hands and feet! Witness baby’s first painting with no mess at home. Your wee one will make a creative keepsake for the family to cherish. Dress for a mess!

Supply List: Change of clothes/diaper and a towel

Instructor: Lisa Kornze
Ages: 6 months – 3 years

Summer Intensive: Acrylic Painting Techniques

Monday – Friday, July 25 – 29 / 1 – 4 pm

Students will enjoy this introductory level course designed to teach basic acrylic painting techniques including blending, impasto, and dry brush. Students will paint from still life installations, paint portraits, and create abstract compositions combining various techniques. Each class will approach acrylic paint differently to provide an introduction as to how the medium can be utilized for different styles and subject matter. 

Instructor: Ashley Follmer
Ages: Adult (15+) / All Levels 

Required Supplies:

  • Artist Grade Acrylic Paint (Golden, Liquitex, or Grumbacher) *Not Liquitex Basics: Cadmium Red, Cadmium Yellow Light, Phthalo Blue, Raw Umber, Alizerin Crimson, Titanium White, Mars Black in  2, 3, or 5 oz tubes
  • Jar for Water
  • Palette Sheets
  • Synthetic Brushes: Flat or Bright 0, 2, 4, 8, 10 (five brushes total)
  • Palette Knives (Variety of Sizes)
  • The Masters Brush Cleaner and Preserver 2.5 oz
  • (5) 8 x 10” or 9 x 12” Canvases
  • (2) 8 x 10” Canvas Boards 

Summer Intensive: Oil Painting Techniques

Monday – Friday, July 11 – 15 / 1 – 4 pm

Student new to oil or looking for a quick refresher will enjoy this introductory level course designed to teach basic oil painting techniques. Students will learn the properties of oil paint, application techniques, and color theory while recreating simple still life installations. Each class will focus on different painting techniques which will include a review of brushes and their function, blending techniques, color use and the grayscale and an introduction to textures.

Instructor: Ashley Follmer
Ages: Adult (15+) / Beginners Welcome!

Required Supplies:

Supply List:

  • Oil Paint: Ivory or Mars Black, Titanium White, Cadmium Yellow (Pale or Lemon), Cadmium Red, Pthalo Blue, Yellow Ochre, Raw Umber, Alizerin Crimson (Windsor & Newton or Gumbacher Small Tubes 1.25 oz)
  • Synthetic Brushes: Flat and Bright Sizes 2, 4, 8, 10 and 12
  • Palette Sheets
  • Turpenoid
  • Jar for Turpenoid
  • Liquin
  • Rag, Old T-Shirt, or Mechanic’s Towels
  • The Masters Brush Cleaner and Preserver 2.5 oz
  • (5) 8 x 10” or 9 x 12” Canvases
  • (2) 8 x 10” Canvas Boards 

Summer Intensive: Impressionist Landscapes

Monday – Friday, August 1 – 5 / 9 am – noon

NOTE: This class is now sold out. To be placed on the wait list, please email claire.munoz@nevadaart.org

Inspired by the exhibition “American Impressionism” students will use oil paint to explore color, light and shadow in the style of the Impressionists. This series will apply brushwork techniques while working from photo references of landscapes in the style of the Impressionists. *Supply list.

Instructor: David McCamant
Ages: Adult (15+) / All Levels

Color Studies in Watercolor

Thursday, June 9 / 10 am – 3 pm

NOTE: This class is now sold out, but will be offered again on Friday, August 12. Please click here to register for the August 12 class.

Translucence is at the heart of watercolor painting. Learn to chart and mix your colors to keep the beautiful luminosity of the medium. This class includes color charting both wet and dry, mixing triads for unusual color, and learning to combine warm and cool hues. An excellent class for both the beginner and advanced student. *Supply list.

Instructor: Carroll Charlet
Ages: 15 and Up / All Levels

Botanical Illustration: Spring Flowers

Sunday, June 5 / 10 am – 3 pm

NOTE: This class is now sold out. To be placed on the wait list, please email claire.munoz@nevadaart.org

Learn the techniques of botanical illustration to capture the vibrancy of spring flowers in watercolor. Students with watercolor experience and those new to watercolor are welcome. *Supply list.

Instructor: Carroll Charlet
Ages: Adult (15+) / All Levels

Painting: Open Studio

Sundays, May 1 – 22 / 1 – 4 pm

Students will enjoy developing their painting techniques and skills in this observational open studio class.  Weekly subject matter will rotate focus between portrait painting, observational painting from nude and clothed models and still-lifes. Each class will begin with brief instruction followed by an open studio format painting class. Students may use acrylic or oil paint. Dry media is also welcome.

Instructor: Daniel Helzer
Ages: Adults (15+) / All Levels

Supply List:

  • Color recommendations are as follows: Titanium White, Ultramarine Blue, Cadmium Red Medium or Light, Lemon or Cadmium Yellow, Light Yellow Ochre, Burnt Sienna, Viridian Green, Burnt Sienna
  • Selection of brushes
  • Pallet
  • Palette knife
  • Painting Board or Canvas 
  • Container/jar water and brushes
  • Paper towels
  • Cheap Plastic Ruler
  • Gamsol mineral spirits (if working in Oil)