The Garden Club of Jackson is hosting a week-long event at the Museum to benefit MMA’s Payton Garden. Guest artist, Jill Steenhuis, from Provence will teach five art workshops, and present four programs.
Art, Soul, and Bloom! Events
$50 per ticket for each event. Details and registration: gardenclubofjackson.com
Preview & Toast
Monday, April 12, 6 – 7:30 PM
Sunset Plein Air Demonstration
Tuesday, April 13, 6:30 – 8 PM
Feature Presentation Event
Wednesday, April 14, 9:30 – 11 AM
Film Screening: Painting the Invisible
Wednesday, April 14, 6:30 – 8:30 PM
Art Workshops with Jill Steenhuis
All workshops include instruction, critique and most supplies. Because workshops are limited in number, GCJ Members and Patrons will have the first opportunity to sign up before it is opened to the public. Details and registration: gardenclubofjackson.com
2-Day Oil Painting Workshop in Gloria Walker’s gardens
Saturday, April 10 – Sunday April 11, 9 AM – 5 PM
Limited to 12 students, fee of $550 includes canvasses, all supplies, and lunch both days
The workshop will concentrate on color theory, oil painting techniques and the creative process. You will learn how to mix a harmonious palette with a broad range of colors, gain insights into the process of painting from start to finish as Jill performs live painting demonstrations and explains her techniques. Coming away from the workshop, you will have several of your own original oil paintings!
Half-Day Drawing Workshop in the MMA gardens
Monday, April 12, 2 – 5 PM, $200, limited to 20 students
Beginners and inexperienced artists are encouraged! Participants need to bring a pencil and drawing pad.
Join Jill in a half-day drawing workshop where you will drop the to-do list and tap into your creative energy. Drawing exercises and practice with the gestural quality of line on paper will help you understand the importance of drawing as an art form in itself. Jill’s teaching and philosophy of drawing is handed down from the great masters, and concentrates on how the line gives birth to the light, giving meaning to the paper.
Half-Day Pastel Workshop in the MMA gardens
Tuesday, April 13, 2 – 5 PM, $250, all supplies provided, limited to 20 students
Join Jill in a half-day pastel workshop, where you will open up your creative mind and concentrate on color. Working directly from nature, the subjects will be still life motifs and floral arrangements. You will contemplate the motif through your senses to activate your inner poetry and learn to transmit this experience into a rectangle
Half-Day Pastel Workshop in the MMA gardens
Wednesday, April 14, 2 – 5 PM, $250, all supplies provided, limited to 20 students
This is an additional opportunity to join Jill in a half-day pastel workshop. See description above.
Two-Day Oil Painting Workshop in Katie Breese’s gardens
Thursday, April 15 & Friday, April 16
Limited to 12 students, fee of $550 includes canvasses, all supplies, and lunch.
This is an additional opportunity to join Jill in a two-day oil painting workshop. See description above.
