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Category: Art Classes
News from our art classes in Old Town Alexandria, including teacher interviews, videos from inside the classroom, and updates on teachers and students. Find out what’s going on at the School and what class you want to take next!
Did you know? Even though Summer is underway, you can still sign your kids up for fun camps at The Art League through August 16!
Did you know: The Art League's Art Camp is the longest running visual arts camp in the area! We've been here for more than 30 years! While sadly we can't find any photos from the '80s (please let us know if you have any lying around), let's take a look back at the last several years of burgeoning kid artists and eight years of fun at Art Camp!
Summer is the time to get your feet wet and try something new! So sit dive in to a new class or workshop....color, or collages, or even Japanese papermaking! With 135 classes, 51 workshops and 102 art camps...there's something for everyone!
From textile work, to cherry blossom chasing, to capturing your favorite blooms in watercolor—The Art League has you covered. What's your Spring "thing"?
Make the last few days of this snowy winter a little more colorful at The Art League. The school is gearing up for Spring classes, workshops, and Art Camp 2019! Here’s a curated selection of Spring workshops to welcome back longer days and warmer weather:
The Art League makes a trip to the sunny Bahamas each year in February, and painters of all media join to paint en plein air (because sun and sand make for better conditions than snow and wind) in one of our travel workshops. Instructor Susan O'Neill will guide the group this year.
John Murray’s “Artistic Anatomical Drawing” class could be bone dry. But instead of lectures akin to medical school discourse, Murray incorporates figurative work and his breadth of knowledge of the human body to make figurative work really move.
Need a gift for the art-lover in your life? The Art League is here to help—it's never too early to start!
As of this week, you can register for a brand-new year of workshops and the Winter term classes. Find all Winter Classes and Workshops here.
On Tuesdays, we gather a variety of artist opportunities from the DC area and beyond. Find one below and apply today — good luck!
As someone with a busy career and other life demands, I was feeling depleted creatively. Basic drawing was enriching and fulfilling in ways I didn’t expect.
The unlikely story of Ted Upton and how a pipeline, clay, The Art League ceramics department, and a family reunion yielded a series of beautiful vases.
With 250+ fall classes and workshops, deciding on a class might be pretty tricky. We're here to help!
It’s the final week of Art Camp, and after a fun and artistic summer, we're taking a look back at all the fun had by our 1,000+ campers.
Here’s an idea for a party: get together over two days (September 1 and 2) with your friends, some food and drinks, and a printing press.
Fall Registration is now open! Check out the many NEW additions to our faculty and curriculum in our new 2018-19 catalog.
Sign up for our late-summer workshops and celebrate the final days of summer with a few more art-filled days of creativity.
It’s already July, and maybe your kids are getting a little antsy. Ideas from The Art League's Summer Art Camp to the rescue!