Purchase Pieces from 'The Divinest Sense' Show by June Glass, Jonathan Brand & Bevan Ramsay
New England Harvesters by Thomas McKnight
Thomas McKnight New England Harvesters Acrylic on Canvas 48″ x 72″
WAASAP!! Elementary After-School Art Program with Brianna Killion – Fall 2025
10 weeks (Grades 2 – 5)
Wednesdays, 3:45 PM to 5:00 PM | September 17, 24, October 1, 8, 15, 29, November 5, 12, 19 and December 3
Option now available to register for individual classes at the drop-in rate!
Beginning October 1st, busing is available from Booth and Burnham afterschool, fill out your permission slip by clicking on the appropriate school below.
Booth: Resident Alternate Transportation Request
Burnham: Resident Alternate Transportation Request
The Norman Sunshine Center, 11 Green Hill Road, Washington
Brianna Killion has cherished a love for art and children since her own childhood in Fargo, North Dakota. From an early age, she dreamed of becoming both a mother and an artist.
After earning a degree in art education from MSUM, Brianna worked as a nanny before becoming an art teacher at Saint Paul Academy. Her journey eventually led her to New York City, but her love for nature drew her to Roxbury, Connecticut, where she and her blossoming family lived for several years before relocating to the quaint inspiring village of New Preston.
Brianna serves as the full-time art teacher for Region 12 schools, including Booth, Burnham, and Washington Primary School, where she teaches Kindergarten through Fifth grade. She finds pure delight in watching students discover and nurture their passion for art.
Brianna’s latest venture, the Washington Art Association School Art Program (WAASAP! for short) aims to be a home away from home for your child. Here, children can create to their hearts’ delight while learning about famous artists and techniques in a nurturing and inspiring environment.
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Unlocking Your Artistic Potential with Kathy L’Hommedieu – Fall Class 2025
8 weeks
Thursdays, 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM |
September 25, October 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 November 6 and 13
Norman Sunshine Center
There is so much creative energy in each of us just waiting to find
Participants who withdraw from a class must request a refund or credit more than 14 days prior to the start of the class in order to receive a full refund or credit (minus a $20 cancellation fee or 10% for one-day workshops).
Participants who cancel a registration between 8 and 14 days prior to the start of the class may receive a 50% refund or credit.
Participants who cancel a registration less than 7 days prior to the start of the class will not receive a refund or credit.
Washington Art Association does not offer prorating for classes, and there are no make-ups, credits or refunds if a student misses a class.
Membership fees are non-refundable.
Colored Pencil Botanical Holiday Drawing Workshop – with Teri Goetz (Sunday, November 16th and Monday, November 17th 10am to 3pm)
Sunday November 16th and Monday November 17th | 10am to 3pm
Location: Washington Art Association General Studio
This workshop is a wonderful opportunity to create a colored pencil botanical holiday drawing. Come have some fun with colored pencils. They are a perfect medium to draw botanical subjects, especially for the beginner, although all levels are welcome. By using methodical techniques like tonal variation, light and shadow and building layers, easy to draw shapes will become realistic botanicals. In a non-threatening environment, you’ll be taught and then guided through exercises to understand materials and methods and light on form to create realistic 3D images, then the use of blending and color layering on the 3D form. Line drawings will be provided or, you can draw the (provided) subjects on your own. Come join us as we explore the meditative process of using colored pencils to create a botanical holiday drawing, which you can turn into a card.
Subjects will be supplied. Depending on what’s available and attractive at the time, Teri will guide you through drawing and coloring your subject.
Plane Deconstruction (The Face) with Jorge Vascano – Fall 2025
7 weeks
Sundays, 3:00 PM to 7:00 PM | September 14, 21, 28, October 5, 12, 19, 26
Location: Washington Art Association’s General Studio
Class Description:
This class aims to have the students learn an efficient way to approach sculpture specially when it comes to carving directly.
The subject to explore would be the human face, which will be carved in clay using a reductive method in planes, which will systematically deconstruct its shapes in a geometric way.
Following a hierarchy of importance, the students will learn to form a coherent strategy of sculpting. By focusing in a general to specific approach, we will advance in a logical way, in which each step (or cut) will lead to the next until the desired form is achieved.
Since every sculptural work is different, this class doesn’t necessarily seek to teach a sculptural formula, but offers a way of thinking three-dimensionally, which transcends to other artistic fields enriching their practices.
Biography
Jorge “Vascano” Vasquez Elescano, draws his artistic influence from his evocative Amazonian upbringings of Peru. Even though coated by elaborate shapes and patterns, his work is simply a vehicle into our inner complex selves through the exploration of material.
Although influential his experience in Peru, it wasn’t until moving to the U.S. that he received formal training in various educational institutions such as the Corcoran College of Art and Design, Maryland Institute College of Art and The New York Academy of Art, where he received his MFA in 2017.
During that formative period and after, Jorge has partaken in shows in the US, Portugal, Denmark, Ireland and Chile. Also, he’s been awarded merit international residencies to Giverny, France; Carrara, Italy; Kylemore Abbey, Ireland and Todi, Italy. Moreover, he has been published in literature journals and in press articles such as Beautiful Bizarre Magazine, Artnet News and The Washington Post. Lastly, he had his works featured in the Golden Globe and the Oscar Academy Award nominated motion picture, “If Beale Street Could Talk”.
Jorge currently resides in Washington, Connecticut where he continues developing his professional practice.
-instagram.com/jvascano
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Figure Painting with Scott Bricher – Fall Class 2025
8 weeks
Mondays, 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM | September 29, October 6, 13, 20, 27, November 3, 10 and 17
Location: Washington Art Association’s General Studio
Learn to paint the figure (or anything) in oil.
Scott will coach the class in a dynamic way of seeing shape, value and color. He takes a hands-on approach to teaching with demonstrations and continual classwide and individual instruction. Through short and long poses of nude and clothed models, students will build mastery which can be used for painting any subject. Level up your painting skills in a nurturing and interactive environment.
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Fall Watercolor with Megan Marden – Fall Class 2025
8 weeks
Sundays, 12:00 PM to 2:30 PM | September 28, October 5, 12, 19, 26, November 2, 9 and 23
Location: Washington Art Association’s General Studio
This class embraces the immediacy and portability of watercolor to explore seeing, interpreting, and responding to the world around us. Students will create small works based on everyday objects and observations, with an emphasis on process over perfection. Close looking at both our own work and the work of artists from art history will play a central role in shaping each week’s projects. We’ll explore a range of watercolor techniques while learning to embrace the element of chance, imperfection, and the evolving nature of a painting.
MEGAN MARDEN is a painter based in Connecticut. She received her BA and MFA in Painting from Western Connecticut State University and continued her studies in painting and drawing at the New York Studio School. Her work has been supported by grants and awards from the State of Connecticut Office of the Arts and Western Connecticut State University. In 2019, she was a Four Pillars Artist-in-Residence at the Mount Gretna School of Art. Megan exhibits her work at the Oxbow Gallery in East Hampton, Massachusetts, and her paintings have been included in recent group exhibitions at the Joyce Goldstein Gallery, the University of Connecticut, the Bowery Gallery, and The Painting Center.
Cancellation Policy
Participants who withdraw from a class must request a refund or credit more than 14 days prior to the start of the class in order to receive a full refund or credit (minus a $20 cancellation fee or 10% for one-day workshops).
Participants who cancel a registration between 8 and 14 days prior to the start of the class may receive a 50% refund or credit.
Participants who cancel a registration less than 7 days prior to the start of the class will not receive a refund or credit.
Washington Art Association does not offer prorating for classes, and there are no make-ups, credits or refunds if a student misses a class.
Membership fees are non-refundable.
Loosen Up! With Souby Boski – Fall Session 2025
8 weeks
Wednesdays, 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM | September 24, October 1, 15, 22, 29, November 5, 12 and 19
Option now available to register for individual classes at the drop-in rate!
Location for Classes 1-5: Ideas Depot, 8 Bryan Hall Plaza (adjacent to Washington Depot Post Office)
Location for Classes 6-8: Washington Art Association Gallery 2 & 3 or General Studio
Souby Boski Materials List.pdf
Looking for an impressionistic spontaneity in your work? Do you want to apply your paint in a more gestural, painterly manner? Want to stop overworking details? Students will learn tips on how to communicate visually with suggestions rather than trying to describe everything in precise detail. Students will loosen up by using bigger brushes, more paint, working faster, and placing marks & gestures with purpose and intention.
The more you simplify what you do, the more it frees your mind to concentrate on staying loose.
Bring reference photos and a selection of canvases!
Cancellation Policy
Participants who withdraw from a class must request a refund or credit more than 14 days prior to the start of the class in order to receive a full refund or credit (minus a $20 cancellation fee or 10% for one-day workshops).
Participants who cancel a registration between 8 and 14 days prior to the start of the class may receive a 50% refund or credit.
Participants who cancel a registration less than 7 days prior to the start of the class will not receive a refund or credit.
Washington Art Association does not offer prorating for classes, and there are no make-ups, credits or refunds if a student misses a class.
Membership fees are non-refundable.
Span-Art Program with Marisabel: Winter Crafts on Saturdays – December 2025
3 weeks (Ages 5-7)
Saturdays, 9:30 AM to 10:30 AM | December 6, 13 and 20
Location: Norman Sunshine Center, 11 Green Hill Road, Washington, CT 06793
Come enjoy a fun art class where you will learn some basic Spanish with Marisabel Artieda, and create festive art projects, including a little winter village!
Cancellation Policy
Participants who withdraw from a class must request a refund or credit more than 14 days prior to the start of the class in order to receive a full refund or credit (minus a $20 cancellation fee or 10% for one-day workshops).
Participants who cancel a registration between 8 and 14 days prior to the start of the class may receive a 50% refund or credit.
Participants who cancel a registration less than 7 days prior to the start of the class will not receive a refund or credit.
Washington Art Association does not offer prorating for classes, and there are no make-ups, credits or refunds if a student misses a class. Membership fees are non-refundable.
From Studio to Submission: Developing and Presenting a Professional Art Practice with Nicole Bricker – Fall Class 2025
8 weeks
Thursdays, 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM | September 25, October 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, November 6 and 131
Virtual Class
This professional development course is designed for visual artists who are ready to take the next step in their careers by refining the way they present themselves and their work. Through a series of focused weekly topics, group discussions, and hands-on assignments, artists will develop a comprehensive, professional toolkit to support submissions and representation.
Participants will work with existing bodies of work to build materials such as an artist statement, bio, digital portfolio, and pricing sheet. The course also covers best practices in documentation, presentation, marketing, and navigating relationships with galleries and institutions. Artists will leave with a clearer understanding of how to position themselves professionally and confidently pursue new opportunities. This is not a studio production class though continued making is encouraged, the emphasis is on strengthening the visibility, clarity, and professionalism of your existing practice.
Week 1 – Who Are You as an Artist
Define your creative voice through reflection, group dialogue, and image-based introductions.
Week 2 – Editing and Curating Your Work
Learn to select and sequence artwork that tells a clear and compelling visual story.
Week 3 – Critique and Constructive Feedback
Sharpen your editing skills through peer feedback and guided critique exercises.
Week 4 – Writing the Artist Statement and Bio
Craft a clear and meaningful artist statement and bio with peer review and support.
Week 5 – Presenting Your Work Professionally
Build confidence in documenting and formatting your work for both physical and digital presentation.
Week 6 – Working with Galleries and Arts Professionals
Gain insight into gallery relationships, professional expectations, and how to find opportunities that align with your work.
Week 7 – Pricing Your Work with Confidence and Clarity
Establish sustainable pricing grounded in value, consistency, and market context.
Week 8 – Final Presentation and Feedback
Share your completed artist toolkit and receive feedback to support your next steps. Outcomes:
A strong foundation in presenting your work professionally
Develop a polished digital portfolio, artist statement, and bio that clearly communicate your voice and vision.
A toolkit for navigating the art world with confidence
Gain practical knowledge in documentation, pricing, and gallery standards so you can pursue opportunities with clarity and professionalism.
A clear path forward with your work
Leave with a focused series, personalized feedback, and a list of next steps tailored to your goals as an artist.
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