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NEW - Teen Classes

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June Teen Classes

Painting Class (Bugs and Beasts) - 12-15 yrs, Wednesday 5/29 to 6/12 (3 weeks), from 3 to 3:50 pm, $30 (half price)

Painting Class (Bugs and Beasts) - 15-18 yrs, Wednesday 5/29 to 6/12 (3 weeks), from 4 to 4:50 pm, $30 (half price)

Open for registration!

For more information and to register for June classes for teens, click here.

Don't Despair! Paint with Claire!

Lowell Kids Week at the Brush

FREE Art classes for kids

February 21, 2024

1 to 4 pm

Where: Brush Art Gallery & Studios, 256 Market Street, Lowell, MA

Age group: 10 to 12 years old

Visit throughout the afternoon and choose one of four artist classes to learn a new kind of art!

• Mixed Media: Amber Hurley will teach making butterflies with pipe cleaners. Max 5 students.
• Drawing: Claire Gagnon will teach the process of neurographic art that combines abstract lines with a realistic object. Max 8 Students.
• Clay: Lolita Demers will demonstrate wheel throwing and teach sculpting with self-hardening clay. Max 10 students.
• Digital Art: Tom Whiting will demonstrate digital drawing on iPad or Surface Computer (device is not required) and provide paper and pencil for kids to follow along. Max 6 students.

Take your different art pieces home!

Schedule:

• Time: 1 to 1:45 pm:
• Classes offered: Mixed Media, Drawing, Clay, or Digital Art
  
  
• Time: 2 to 2:45 pm
• Classes offered: Mixed Media, Drawing, Clay, or Digital Art
  
  
• Time: 3 to 3:45 pm
• Classes offered: Mixed Media, Drawing, Clay, or Digital Art

Registration:

Registration required due to space limitation.  Contact Claire Gagnon at [email protected] or by phone at 617-901-3873 to register.  A child can register for up to 3 free classes.  To register, email the following information to Claire Gagnon:

• Student name & age
• Parent name, email, & phone
• Class name and time #1
• Class name and time #2 (optional)
• Class name and time #3 (optional)

If you have not pre-registered, you can still drop-in, but there is no guarantee that there will be room to attend the class.

Parking: HCID Parking Garage. GPS: HCID Parking Garage, Lowell, MA 01852 (After parking, head for the flagpole near the opening in the large mill building).

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Exhibit Jack Haran & His Students

At the Horan Gallery at Ventress Memorial Library

January 6 to February 24, 2024

Reception:

January 12, 2023 from 5:30 to 7:30 pm

On view will be watercolor paintings from Jack Haran and 6 of his students (I am one of Jack's students).  I will have 2 watercolor paintings in this show and they both appear on the poster (above): the little white house in the middle of the poster and the street scene painting in red in the lower right corner.

Light refreshments will be served during the reception.  Although the library will be closed during that time, we will be holding our reception.  Hope to see you at the reception.

Location: 

Horan Gallery at Ventress Memorial Library

1837 Ocean St

Marshfield, MA

Feel free to contact me should you have any questions.  Claire at 617-901-3873 cell or [email protected]. 

Don't Despair! Paint with Claire!

Winter Weekly Classes

Open for registration

Acrylic Painting Class, Thursday 2/1 to 3/21 (snow date 3/28), from 1 to 3 PM, $264

Watercolor for Beginners Class, Thursday 2/1 to 3/21 (snow date 3/28), from 5:30 to 7:30 PM, $264

Drawing Class, Friday 2/2 to 3/22 (snow date 3/29), from 2 to 4 PM $264

Acrylic for Beginner Class, Saturday 2/3 to 3/23 (snow date 3/30), from 1 to 3 PM, $264

For more information and to register for the winter classes, click here.

Winter Specialty Classes for all Levels

Open for registration

Paint like a Master - Aldro Hibbard Class:

Wednesday 2/21, 2/28, & 3/6, from 7 to 9 pm, $125

Watercolor Workshop:

Saturday 2/17 & 2/24, from 10 am to noon, $95

Initiation to Painting Classes:

Initiation to Painting - Winter Creek, Sunday 3/17, from 1 to 3:30 pm, $50

Initiation to Painting - Sugar Shack, Wednesday 3/20, from 6:30 to 9 pm, $50

For more info and to register for the Specialty Classes, click here.

Feel free to contact me at 617-901-3873 or at [email protected] should you have any questions.

Don't Despair!  Paint with Claire!

Claire will demonstrate how to paint a landscape using acrylics in a loose style. Her approach is simple, covering large shapes then adding details with a smaller brush. She will explain simple concepts such as composition using 3 tones and keeping the colors harmonious by limiting the colors used. This demonstration promises to be entertaining and colorful!

This is a free event.

Date: Sunday October 15, from 2 to 3 pm

Location: Brush Art Gallery & Studios, 256 Market St, Lowell, MA

Contact: Jim Dyment, 978-459-7819 or at [email protected]

"Pink Frill", Acrylic, 4x4 by Claire Gagnon

Exhibit Title: “Art: A Moving Experience” (41^st Annual Brush Studio Artist Exhibition)

Artist Talk: Sunday, October 22, 1-3 PM

Exhibition: Saturday, September 23 – Saturday, November 4, 2023

Brush Studio Artists Present “Art: A Moving Experience”

Artist Talk Sunday October 22, 1 to 3 PM

The studio artists at the Brush Art Gallery & Studios are excited to invite you to their Artist Talk.  Each artist will explain the process for their inspiration for the exhibition.  It will also be your chance to ask questions to each artist about their creative undertaking for the show.

Experience variations of movements at their 41st Annual Brush Studio Artist Exhibition, “Art: A Moving Experience” while being immersed in fine arts at its best!  Artists use technique and illusion to guide the viewer through a series of works in motion. Please join us to hear the Artist Talk where the 10 studio artists will discuss their creative individuality for “Art: A Moving Experience” in this annual studio artist exhibit.

It will be on view in the main gallery as well as virtually in an online gallery: https://tom01850.wixsite.com/website-3

Gallery Hours: 

Tues-Sat 11am-4 pm,

Sun noon - 4 pm

www.thebrush.org

978-459-7819

Studio Artists, Medium, Hometown

Donna Berger, Painter/Illustrator/Graphic Designer, Chelmsford

Penelope Cox, Hand-made Jewelry, Lowell

Jenny Day, Quilter, Billerica

Lolita Demers, Ceramics/Mixed-Media, Methuen

Claire Gagnon, Painter, Dracut

Chrissy Theo Hungate, Sculpture/Painter, Lowell

Paul Richardson, Photographer, Lowell

Raksha Soni, Painter, Burlington

Tom Whiting, Digital Painter and Drawer, Lowell

Will Winslow, Designer/Illustrator, Lowell

Links for more information:

For more information about the Brush http://www.thebrush.org

Directions to the Brush http://www.thebrush.org/contact.htm  

New Watercolor for Beginners Workshop

Friday 9/22 & 9/29

From 1 to 3:30 pm

Experience painting with watercolor for the first time.  Designed for beginners, join this class to learn simple techniques such as graded wash, flat wash, wet into wet, etc. This is a class to relax and have fun with your friends.  No prior experience needed.

For more information and to register, go to the link below:

https://www.chezclaireartschool.com/WC

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Registration open for Specialty classes
this fall

Paint like a Master - Golden Merrimack Class,

New Dates - Wednesday 11/1, 11/15, & 11/29, from 6:30 to 8:30 pm, $115

Initiation to Painting Classes:

Moon Class, Wednesday 11/8, from 6:30 to 9 pm, $45

For more detail and to register, click on the link below:

https://www.chezclaireartschool.com/page/35371/specialty-classes-for-all-levels

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"Quebec City: Two Perspectives"

Art Exhibit 

Wednesday June 21 to Sunday July 16, 2023

The "Quebec City: Two Perspectives" exhibit will highlight the beautiful and colorful architecture of Old Quebec City and beyond (where I come from).  Tom Whiting's perspective will highlight the beauty of Quebec city in three medium: digital paintings, acrylic painting, and drawings.  Tom has unique way to capture a scene with bright colors and a sense of urgency.  Using acrylic, watercolor, and drawing medium, I capture my perspective of Quebec City in a very personal and intimate way as I grew up in Quebec City.   

This is a show you don't want to miss!  Mark you calendar.  It takes place in June and July at the Arts League of Lowell in the Greenwald Gallery, 307 Market St, Lowell, MA. Light refreshments will be served, some typical from Quebec.

Opening Reception

Saturday June 24, from 4 to 6 PM

Light refreshments will be served

Exhibit Dates

Wednesday June 21 to Sunday July 16, 2023

Location

Arts League of Lowell (ALL)

Greenwald Gallery

307 Market St, Lowell, MA

Gallery Hours

Wednesday to Sunday: 12 to 4 pm

Monday & Tuesday: Closed

About Tom Whiting:

Tom attended Framingham State College (1977-1981) as a studio art major and art history minor. When his children were young, Tom supervised and created the decorations for several school and church events. For a long time, Tom’s art career took second place to family life and a career in commercial real estate appraisal.

At the encouragement of friends and family, Tom got a studio at the Brush Art Gallery & Studios in 2020 where he focused on digital drawing and painting, which appeals to him because of its similarity to working with physical art tools. Very similar to painting and drawing with physical media, Tom works mostly in a realistic style. The past year or so, Tom has focused on building his skill set which you can see in this Quebec City show.

About Claire Gagnon:

Claire is an award-winning acrylic painter with an impressionistic/realistic style.  Founder of Chez Claire Art School in 2018, she has been teaching painting and drawing to adults for over 5 years while continuing to produce vibrant acrylic paintings.  Her studio is at the Brush Art Gallery & Studios, Lowell, MA. 

Claire started painting in 1996 in Montreal, Quebec, where she studied with Micheline Raymond, Canadian award-winning artist in her private art school Creativ’Art.  She gets her inspiration from such masters as Monet, Turner, Renoir, Hopper, and many others.  She studied under several New England great masters including Don Demers, Charles Movali, David Curtis, Tom Gill, and David Lussier.  Studying with each of them broadened her skills and helped her evolve as an artist, developing a sense of design and balance to create paintings that carry. 

In this free Plein Air Drawing class, students will learn how to get inspired by the beautiful Lowell architecture. Concepts such as vanishing point and horizon line. Using the buildings on Middle Street and on Shattuck Street, I will start with a simple demonstration, then the students will draw. Some of the students may have time to do a few drawings, and others will only do one drawing during the allotted time.

Materials used: 

Please bring your own supplies.

 Sketchbook, pencils, eraser.

Also recommended: light chair, hat, sunscreen, water to drink.

Location

Mary J. Bacigalupo Victorian Garden (21-25 Shattuck St, Lowell, MA 01852).

Suggested Audience

Adult Students of all levels. No prior experience required.

Contact:

Lowell Historical National Park at 978-970-5000.

Registration:

Click here for more information and to register through the National Park.