Basic Drawing: Architecture & Landscape
Register by April 14 Explore the challenges and opportunities of rendering the world around us in pencil and other drawing media. We’ll tackle subjects including trees and foliage, water and…
Anatomy: Drawing from the Classics
Register by April 26 Study the basic principles of human anatomy using a variety of traditional drawing techniques. Complete drawings with volume, depth and realistic anatomical proportions and a creative…
Intermediate Drawing
Register by April 14 For those who have taken basic drawing classes or have some experience and want to learn new ideas and work on more involved exercises. Instructor: Brian…
Introductory Drawing
Register by August 2 Learn to draw from observation and translate the 3D to the 2D. Explore and challenge the way we see to further our visual awareness. Using the…
Docent Tours: Festival of Flowers
Join experienced docents as they discuss the interpretive floral arrangements and the museum objects that served as inspiration. Each tour will last about 45 minutes and begin in the lobby…
Jaw-dropping, Traffic Stopping, Get Your Neighbors Talking Containers
Learn how to create lush container gardens that will be the envy of the neighborhood! Join Deborah Trickett for a hands-on demonstration as she shows you how to take your…
Documentary Screening: Imber’s Left Hand
Winner of the Best Documentary Audience Award at the Boston Jewish Film Festival, this inspiring documentary explores the life and career of renowned painter Jon Imber, who faced great adversity…
Gallery Activities
Bubble Prints Use paint, paper and non-traditional materials to create artwork full of circles. Shapes and Spheres Explore the difference between spheres and circles and with hands-on activities. All are…
The Grand Tour: George and Belle Smith Collect in Italy
Avid art collectors, George and Belle Smith traveled to Europe in 1882, just after promising their art collection to the city of Springfield, Massachusetts. The couple had planned a two…
Continuing Conversation: Vincent
Following the Museums a la Carte lecture with Ted Zalewski, join docent Robin Stolk for further discussion in the Leary Impressionist Gallery in the D'Amour Museum of Fine Arts. Museum…