Witness your child’s first painting with no mess at home. Your little one will make a creative keepsake for the family to cherish. Not only is finger painting tons of fun, it is also an excellent feeling (kinesthetic) experience and is fantastic for the development of all the big and small muscles in your growing child’s fingers, arms, shoulders, neck and back. Finger painting is wonderful for the development of color recognition, experimentation and color mixing and is terrific for developing creativity.

Dress for a mess! Messy play for babies and toddlers is crucial to healthy sensory development. Messy activities provide important foundational building blocks, sensory experiences and muscle and brain growth, all of which prepare children for later success and learning. 

Sunday, April 9
9:30 – 10:30 am

Instructor: TBD
Ages: 6 months – 2 years

Supply List: Change of clothes/diaper and a towel

Parent and child will enjoy exploring a variety of styles and techniques in this fun introductory art workshop. This one-hour workshop encourages creative development and artistic play for our youngest artists in a fun and casual environment. Dress for a mess!

Sunday, March 26
noon – 1 pm

Instructor: Meredith Durand
Ages: 3 – 6 years 

Parent and child will enjoy exploring a variety of styles and techniques in this fun introductory art workshop. This one-hour workshop encourages creative development and artistic play for our youngest artists in a fun and casual environment. Dress for a mess!

Sunday, March 26
10:30  – 11:30 am

Instructor: Meredith Durand
Ages: 3 – 6 years 

Witness your child’s first painting with no mess at home. Your little one will make a creative keepsake for the family to cherish. Not only is finger painting tons of fun, it is also an excellent feeling (kinesthetic) experience and is fantastic for the development of all the big and small muscles in your growing child’s fingers, arms, shoulders, neck and back. Finger painting is wonderful for the development of color recognition, experimentation and color mixing and is terrific for developing creativity.

Dress for a mess! Messy play for babies and toddlers is crucial to healthy sensory development. Messy activities provide important foundational building blocks, sensory experiences and muscle and brain growth, all of which prepare children for later success and learning. 

Sunday, March 12
11 am – noon

Instructor: TBD
Ages: 6 months – 3 years

Supply List: Change of clothes/diaper and a towel

Witness your child’s first painting with no mess at home. Your little one will make a creative keepsake for the family to cherish. Not only is finger painting tons of fun, it is also an excellent feeling (kinesthetic) experience and is fantastic for the development of all the big and small muscles in your growing child’s fingers, arms, shoulders, neck and back. Finger painting is wonderful for the development of color recognition, experimentation and color mixing and is terrific for developing creativity.

Dress for a mess! Messy play for babies and toddlers is crucial to healthy sensory development. Messy activities provide important foundational building blocks, sensory experiences and muscle and brain growth, all of which prepare children for later success and learning. 

Sunday, March 12
9:30 – 10:30 am

Instructor: TBD
Ages: 6 months – 3 years

Supply List: Change of clothes/diaper and a towel

Witness this magical process that transfers the paint from the surface of the water to a baseball hat. In this 4-hour workshop, students will have the opportunity to marble 3 hats.  Pietro will show students how to print on the baseball hats using an array of different patterns and colors that you can choose from.  After some guided practice with some of your favorite colors, students will then have the opportunity to marble 3 beautiful hats.

Saturday, March 11 
10 am – 5 pm

Instructor: Pietro Accardi
Ages: Adult (15+) | All levels

Students will learn how to explore the fantastical and infinite worlds of digital photography through post production and practice expanding their artistic visualization. Through both visual instruction and hands-on practice on iPads, students will learn how to blend separate photos into one fantastical image reminiscent of photomontages like those of Oscar Rejlander and Jerry Uelsmann. 

Under the guidance of the instructor, students will learn how to look at image-making through a spatially aware lens and grow their imagination and gain the skills in order to seamlessly blend photos to create complex compositions. No previous design experience is necessary as this course will serve as a foundation for individuals wishing to step into the photo-making world.

*Feel free to bring your laptop with a photo editing program. Gimp is a free downloadable program you can find on the internet which will be the program we will be using on our iPads. 

Sunday, February 19
10 am – 1 pm

Instructor: Isabela Reyes-Klein
Age: Adult (15+) | All Levels

Interested in taking your photography to another level? In this workshop, students will experience hands-on lighting tutorials, learn how to sit for photos and the basics of utilizing a DSLR camera in a studio space to shoot portraits. Students will intentionally light and sit for a portrait, then transfer that image to the Museum iPads or their personal laptop. Using a photo editing software, students will blend their portraits with a landscape image to create a double exposure photograph. In addition, students will learn the basic photo editing tools and blending techniques as they create a double exposure portrait of themselves and take home a file that is ready to print! 

*Feel free to bring your laptop with a photo editing program. Gimp is a free downloadable program you can find on the internet which will be the program we will be using on our iPads. 

Wednesday, February 22 
5:30 – 8:30 pm

Instructor: Isabela Reyes-Klein
Ages: Adult (15+) | All Levels

Improve your life drawing skills and explore a variety of media while working freely from a nude model in this popular open studio class. The instructor will be present to coordinate class and offer instruction upon request. Both male and female models will be posed and drawn.

Thursdays, February 2 – 23
1 – 4 pm

Instructor: Rachel Moseley
Ages: Adult (18+) | All Levels

Supply list: Show a confirmation receipt at Nevada Fine Arts for a 10% discount.

The following are suggested basic supplies – all media are welcome, so please bring whatever supplies you need for whichever media you are using. Show a confirmation receipt at Nevada Fine Arts for a 10% discount. 

• Drawing board – 20”x 26” or larger (light-weight masonite works best)
• Newsprint pad – 18”x 24” – rough surface recommended
• Bull dog clamps or similar to attach pad to board
• Medium and Support Items:
• Vine charcoal, thin and fat pieces
• Choice of conte crayon, 6B graphite pencil or sticks, china marker, compressed charcoal, carbon pencils, or any suitable medium for drawing on newsprint
• Large kneaded eraser
• Pink pearl eraser
• Portable pencil sharpener or utility knife (best for soft/medium pencils)
• Clean small rags
• Sandpaper pad for sharpening drawing mediums
• Stumps for blending (optional)

In this introductory photography class, students will learn about the basic functions with DSLR cameras. This will include, aperture, shutter speed, composition, light metering and how to get the correct exposure for the image you want to capture. Students will need to bring a DSLR camera with one lens to the class. 

Saturday, February 25
9 am – noon

Instructor: Julie Tracy
Ages: Adult (15+) | Beginners