upcoming adult classes
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Bob Ross Paint-A-Long
3 hour class @ $60
Ages: 14+
Come and join Ms. Ruthie and paint-a-long with Mr. Bob! This is a fun class for all skill levels. Each class is limited to students. We will cue up an episode of The Joy of Painting and start and stop the episode while we paint along with Bob. All materials are included for this 3 hour session.
Trace and Paint Watercolor: Pet Portraits
$60/3 hours
Ages 16+
Bring a favorite pet photo and turn your furry (or feathered, or scaly!) friend into a watercolor painting. We’ll use your photo as a guide, trace the basic shapes, and then walk through how to build up your painting with watercolor. No drawing experience necessary! We’re taking the pressure out of the process and focusing on having fun and experimenting with transfer paper.
Bring a clear, printed photo of your pet on standard printer paper and we’ll take it from there! Feel free to bring your favorite snacks and drinks!
Trace and Paint Watercolor: Partner Portraits
$55/3 hours
ages 16+
Think you know your partner? Prove it!
Grab your partner or favorite friend and find out who knows who best! In this fun and very low-pressure watercolor class, you’ll each paint a portrait of the other using a photo as your guide. We’ll trace the basic shapes together, then break out the watercolor and let you interpret your favorite person in all their glory.
No drawing experience is needed! We’ll walk you through the whole process. Just bring a photo of each other printed on printer paper and come prepared to have some fun. Feel free to bring your favorite snacks and drinks!
Trace and Paint Watercolor: Spring Doodles
$55/3 hours
Ages 16+
Let’s make some art that doesn’t take itself too seriously.
In this spring edition of Trace & Paint: Doodles, we’ll use simple shapes, patterns, and illustrations to create a colorful watercolor piece inspired by all things spring. We’ll give you plenty of ideas to get started, but there’s no right or wrong way to doodle. Add flowers, bugs, mushrooms, sunshine, weird little creatures, or whatever your brain comes up with. No drawing experience required. Just come hang out, play with watercolor, and make something fun. Feel free to bring your favorite snacks and drinks!
Trace and Paint Watercolor: Pet Portraits
$60/3 hours
Ages 16+
Bring a favorite pet photo and turn your furry (or feathered, or scaly!) friend into a watercolor painting. We’ll use your photo as a guide, trace the basic shapes, and then walk through how to build up your painting with watercolor. No drawing experience necessary! We’re taking the pressure out of the process and focusing on having fun and experimenting with transfer paper.
Bring a clear, printed photo of your pet on standard printer paper and we’ll take it from there! Feel free to bring your favorite snacks and drinks!
Trace and Paint Watercolor: Summer Doodles
$55/3 hours
Ages 16+
Embrace the summer vibes!
For this edition of Trace & Paint: Doodles, we’ll fill the page with fun summer-inspired shapes, patterns, and illustrations before turning them into a watercolor piece. Think sunshine, flowers, bugs, fruit, swimming, road trips, iced drinks, and all the other little things that make summer feel like summer. Or completely ignore all of that and make up your own weird little world. We support both. No drawing skills required! Feel free to bring your favorite snacks and drinks!
Bob Ross Paint-A-Long
3 hour class @ $60
Ages: 14+
Come and join Ms. Ruthie and paint-a-long with Mr. Bob! This is a fun class for all skill levels. Each class is limited to students. We will cue up an episode of The Joy of Painting and start and stop the episode while we paint along with Bob. All materials are included for this 3 hour session.
Bob Ross Paint-A-Long
3 hour class @ $60
Ages: 14+
Come and join Ms. Ruthie and paint-a-long with Mr. Bob! This is a fun class for all skill levels. Each class is limited to students. We will cue up an episode of The Joy of Painting and start and stop the episode while we paint along with Bob. All materials are included for this 3 hour session.
Create and Chill: Relaxing Gouache Practice for Beginners
3 hours @ $45
Miss Ruthie will teach students how to create these flower-shaped bee cups for your garden. Students will learn simple hand-building and pinch pot techniques, how to use a variety of clay tools, and gain an understanding of clay and its properties. Each student will make as many bee cups as time allows in class, and will decorate and glaze that night to be ready for a once-fire. Students are encouraged to bring snacks and drinks to the class and relax while making art.
Exploring Expressionism
$84/student for 3 weeks
High school through Adult level classes
This is a 3 weeks class held on Tuesday eveings.
An introduction to Expressionism, focusing on automatic drawing, purposeful distortion, emotion-driven color, and dynamic paint application. This energetic and intuitive style encourages you to tap into your inner voice and break through traditional barriers of communication within the elements of art. Expressionism is an introspective practice—less about realism and convention, and more about conveying a powerful personal message. It’s an excellent opportunity to experiment, expand your style, and enrich your portfolio.
Because Expressionist work is often fast and spontaneous, paper, canvas, or alternative 2D surfaces all work beautifully. Mixed media is highly encouraged. Artists of all experience levels are welcome to explore.
Students only need to bring their own materials and are encourage to talk, ask questions, and participate in group discussions. Sharing ideas is a fantastic way to problem-solve and shorten the learning curve!
Paint Your Pet
$35/ 3 hours
ages 10+
Bring your furry (or feathery!) friend to life in this fun, guided Paint Your Pet class. Using a photo of your pet, you’ll be led step-by-step to create a personalized portrait—no painting experience needed. All supplies are provided, and you’ll leave with a one-of-a-kind artwork that captures your pet’s unique personality!
Create and Chill: Relaxing Watercolor Practice for Beginners
3 hours @ $45
Ages: 13+/Adult party night
Have you wanted to try a new medium, but are afraid to invest in new materials? Here’s a chance to practice without the commitment. Come hang out with Miss Ruthie and experiment, practice, and play with watercolor. Let’s slow down and practice this medium together. Each student will get a large sheet of watercolor paper for your experiments and practice. This session will start with discussion of our goals with watercolor, and maybe some exercises together. Then, we will open up class to practice on your own. This class is meant for friends who would like to relax and try something new. No specific end goal/product, but more so for experimenting and enjoying the process. Students will leave with the knowledge they gain through playing and experimentation, which most of us don’t really make the time to do. Students are encouraged to bring snacks and drinks to the class and relax while making art.
6 week Watercolor Course
2 hours/ 6 weeks @ $160
Fridays, 12pm-2pm
Ages: 13+/Adult
Can you imagine creating new universes with watercolor? In this 6-week watercolor course Miss Ruthie will instruct students who are beginners with watercolor. Students will learn all about the medium and how to use it step by step in fun ways to create unimaginable results. Students will learn and use a variety of watercolor supplies and materials. Students will explore many watercolor techniques, work on their technical art skills like brush precision and pressure, blending and transparency, color theory, etc. Using the techniques and skills learned through studies and technical drills, students will create a final watercolor piece by the end of the course.
6 week Watercolor Course
2 hours/ 6 weeks @ $160
Wednesdays, 6pm-8pm
Ages: 13+/Adult
Can you imagine creating new universes with watercolor? In this 6-week watercolor course Miss Ruthie will instruct students who are beginners with watercolor. Students will learn all about the medium and how to use it step by step in fun ways to create unimaginable results. Students will learn and use a variety of watercolor supplies and materials. Students will explore many watercolor techniques, work on their technical art skills like brush precision and pressure, blending and transparency, color theory, etc. Using the techniques and skills learned through studies and technical drills, students will create a final watercolor piece by the end of the course.
Basic Impressionism
$84/student for 3 weeks - Tuesday evenings
High school through Adult level classes
This 3 week painting course is focused on exploring light, color interaction, and optical mixing.
We’ll discuss and examine the artistic revolution sparked by the Impressionists, diving into color theory and the ways light transforms everyday scenes as captured by the era’s most influential painters. Together, we’ll review ten essential principles of Impressionist technique and create artworks from still lifes and photographs, interpreting each scene with a fresh, contemporary perspective.
Artists of all experience levels—from beginners to advanced painters—are welcome.
Students should bring their own painting materials and are encouraged to participate, ask questions, and join group conversations. Sharing ideas is one of the best ways to problem-solve and accelerate your learning!
Bob Ross Paint-A-Long
3 hour class @ $60
Ages: 14+
Come and join Ms. Ruthie and paint-a-long with Mr. Bob! This is a fun class for all skill levels. Each class is limited to students. We will cue up an episode of The Joy of Painting and start and stop the episode while we paint along with Bob. All materials are included for this 3 hour session.
Drop-In Oil Painting
2 hours @ $10
Come and paint with Mr. Glenn!
The MAC is happy to offer a drop-in Painting class EVERY Thursday. Class is $10 to attend. $5 will get you a canvas. For a drop-in class there is no registration, just show up at 6pm any Thursday and bring cash to class. (If there are any class cancelations- we will post them on our Facebook page- please make sure to check before you come!) Bring in a photo if you’d like to try and copy an image.
Third Thursday of the month- Mr. Glenn will meet all friends at Mississippi Culture to paint in their space!
Drop-In Oil Painting
2 hours @ $10
Come and paint with Mr. Glenn!
The MAC is happy to offer a drop-in Painting class EVERY Thursday. Class is $10 to attend. $5 will get you a canvas. For a drop-in class there is no registration, just show up at 6pm any Thursday and bring cash to class. (If there are any class cancelations- we will post them on our Facebook page- please make sure to check before you come!) Bring in a photo if you’d like to try and copy an image.
Third Thursday of the month- Mr. Glenn will meet all friends at Mississippi Culture to paint in their space!
Drop-In Oil Painting
2 hours @ $10
Come and paint with Mr. Glenn!
The MAC is happy to offer a drop-in Painting class EVERY Thursday. Class is $10 to attend. $5 will get you a canvas. For a drop-in class there is no registration, just show up at 6pm any Thursday and bring cash to class. (If there are any class cancelations- we will post them on our Facebook page- please make sure to check before you come!) Bring in a photo if you’d like to try and copy an image.
Third Thursday of the month- Mr. Glenn will meet all friends at Mississippi Culture to paint in their space!
6 Week Beginner Gouache Course
2 hours @ $160.00
Have you wanted to try a new medium, but are afraid to invest in new materials? Here’s a chance to begin your practice. In this 6-week gouache course Miss Ruthie will instruct students who are beginners with gouache. Gouache is an opaque, water-based medium that is made up of gum arabic, water, and pigment. The best thing about gouache is that it’s highly pigmented and dries to a beautiful matte, velvet-like texture. Students will learn and use a variety of gouache supplies and materials.
Drop-In Oil Painting
2 hours @ $10
Come and paint with Mr. Glenn!
The MAC is happy to offer a drop-in Painting class EVERY Thursday. Class is $10 to attend. $5 will get you a canvas. For a drop-in class there is no registration, just show up at 6pm any Thursday and bring cash to class. (If there are any class cancelations- we will post them on our Facebook page- please make sure to check before you come!) Bring in a photo if you’d like to try and copy an image.
Third Thursday of the month- Mr. Glenn will meet all friends at Mississippi Culture to paint in their space!
Drop-In Oil Painting
2 hours @ $10
Come and paint with Mr. Glenn!
The MAC is happy to offer a drop-in Painting class EVERY Thursday. Class is $10 to attend. $5 will get you a canvas. For a drop-in class there is no registration, just show up at 6pm any Thursday and bring cash to class. (If there are any class cancelations- we will post them on our Facebook page- please make sure to check before you come!) Bring in a photo if you’d like to try and copy an image.
Third Thursday of the month- Mr. Glenn will meet all friends at Mississippi Culture to paint in their space!