Santa Paula Art Museum — Learn From the Masters

Learn from some of Ventura County’s

best artists this summer!

Tuesday, June 14, 21, 28, 2022, from 6 PM to 7:30 PM

$50 for three sessions

Online-only

What makes a masterpiece? How do historic artists continue to inflluence contemporary art, and what makes their art so timeless? Join veteran landscape painter Sharon Weaver online to learn the secrets of some of her favorite landscape masters, including Jessie Arms Botke, Marion Kavanagh Wachtel, and Edgar Payne.

Wednesday, June 15, 2022, from 6 PM to 8 PM

$5 per person

Get summer started off right with an all-new $5 Craft Night at SPAM’s Cole Creativity Center. Teaching artist Mariann Romero will show you how to create a delicate sand candle and base that will have you ready for a trip to the beach! All skill levels welcome. All materials provided.

Floral Studies in Colored Pencil (Ages 12+)

Wednesday, June 29, and Thursday, June 30, 2022, from 6 PM to 8 PM each evening

$80 for two sessions

Learn to wield colored pencils like you’ve never used them before! In this two-part class, you’ll explore different application techniques, as well as how to add vibrant color and dimension to floral studies. All skill levels welcome. All materials provided.

Live Figure Drawing (Ages 18+)

Five Thursdays: July 7; July 14; July 21; July 28; and August 4, 2022, from 6 PM to 8 PM

$20 per session or $75 for all five sessions

Experience the time-honored artistic tradition of figure drawing from a live model. Each session will begin with a short, teacher-led tutorial followed by free sketching time with a nude model. All skill levels welcome. Basic materials provided.

Lynn Hanson and John Robertson

Saturday, June 18, 2022, at 2 PM and 3 PM

$4 Adults, $3 Seniors, Students & Members FREE

Artists Lynn Hanson and John Robertson will lead 45-minute tours of their current exhibitions, Fieldnotes and A Narrative, on Saturday, June 18. This is the final opportunity to meet the artists before their exhibits close July 10, 2022! Reservations are not required, and the tours are included with regular museum admission.

Kay Zetlmaier

Saturday, July 9, 2022, at 2 PM and 3 PM

Saturday, August 20, 2022, at 2 PM and 3 PM

$4 Adults, $3 Seniors, Students & Members FREE

Artist Kay Zetlmaier will lead 45-minute tours of her current exhibition, Geomorphic: The Living Earth, on Saturday, July 9, and Saturday, August 20. Learn more about abstract art and painting with cold wax. Reservations are not required, and the tours are included with regular museum admission.

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PAINTING DEMONSTRATION

Thursday, August 4, 2022, from 2 PM to 3 PM

Free admission

Zetlmaier will demonstrate her abstract and cold wax painting process inside the Museum’s Cole Creativity Center on Thursday, August 4, from 2 PM to 3 PM. Admission to the painting demonstration is free for everyone.