The Art Academy at the Figge is designed for students to enhance their artistic skills through various teaching techniques Beréskin (aka “Mrs. B”) has perfected over the years. Students bring their most current artwork and interview with Bereskin for the ongoing academy classes that meet weekly during the school year (August-May). This allows the student to see if it is a good fit for them and Bereskin to evaluate what level is best suited for the student.

Art Academy Ages 5-9 Ages 9-12 Ages 13-18 Beginner Beyond Beginner Intermediate Advanced

 

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Working directly from life, learn the art of seeing and the art of painting a variety of still life's from florals to untraditional set ups.

Painting Adult Beginner Beyond Beginner Artists with Special Needs

 

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Learn figure drawing by practicing your skills and adapting to change in these facilitated classes (not instructed). Bring your own supplies; all non-toxic and non-photographic media are welcome. Registration required

Drawing Adult Beyond Beginner Intermediate Advanced

 

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As students move beyond the beginning principles of oil painting, they will learn the value of composition and how light effects color while applying it to still-life, landscape, and portraits. Each class will build upon the last, moving students forward in the art of oil.

Painting Adult Beyond Beginner Intermediate Advanced

 

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Join us at the Figge for yoga asana. Bring your own mat for this movement-based class led by instructors from Tapas Yoga Shala. The class will take place surrounded by art in the Quad City Bank and Trust Grand Lobby at the Figge, where participants will face the windows overlooking the beautiful Mississippi River.

Wellness Adult Beginner Beyond Beginner Intermediate Advanced

 

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Join us to cultivate mindfulness through art, qigong, meditation, and sound healing in the Figge galleries.

Wellness Ages 13-18 Adult Beginner Beyond Beginner Intermediate Advanced

 

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T​his class offers opportunities for self-expression and exploration through the art making process, meditation, and reflective writing. Art is a way to access internal states, explore identity, express feelings and process life events. Participants will be provided a variety of fine art and non-traditional art materials to use for spontaneous creative expression.

Wellness Adult Beginner Beyond Beginner Intermediate Advanced Art Therapy

 

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Instructor: Allen Halloway

Want to paint a picturesque landscape like the ones Bob Ross taught? At this Happy Little Trees monthly class, participants will learn to make a painting in one sitting using water-based oil paint. This class is offered regularly. Check back for more dates soon!

Painting Adult Beginner Beyond Beginner

 

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This two-day exploratory class is designed for children that are interested in getting their hands dirty! Students will learn and explore the fundamentals of clay. Students will create and glaze a minimum of two projects. All materials provided.

Clay Ages 5-9 Ages 9-12 Beginner

 

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Do you have an assortment of black and white photos from the past? Maybe you have some photos of your great grandparents posing in front of their home? No matter the subject matter of the figure in the photo, you can create a lasting memento while exploring how to paint in Acrylic or Water based Oils. You will learn to see the transitions in values while learning how to mix and replicate these contouring creations during the scope of the painting.

Painting Ages 13-18 Adult Beginner Beyond Beginner Intermediate Advanced

 

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This class is for students interested in learning how to throw on the potter’s wheel or build on their previous knowledge. Students will focus on the fundamentals of wheel throwing and hone their skill to create cylinders, bowls, and cups.

Clay Ages 13-18 Adult Beginner Beyond Beginner Intermediate

 

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This class is for students interested in learning how to throw on the potter’s wheel or build on their previous knowledge. Students will focus on the fundamentals of wheel throwing and hone their skill to create cylinders, bowls, and cups.

Clay Ages 13-18 Adult Beginner Beyond Beginner Intermediate

 

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Paint something new or bring in a project from home. Either way the color, composition, and watercolor techniques taught in this class will help advance your skills.

Painting Adult Beginner Beyond Beginner Intermediate Advanced

 

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Shape up with Wheel 2! You know how to center your clay, but now what? Intermediate-Beginner level and above will learn vessel shapes, attachments, and surface techniques. Have an idea or need inspiration, there's something to learn for every level.

Clay Ages 13-18 Adult Beyond Beginner Intermediate Advanced

 

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Wishing you could draw recognizable portraits? This class should help. Learning facial "construction", you will draw the details using mannequin heads and photographs. Develop skills to create under-drawings for paintings as well as finished portraits in graphite.

Drawing Adult Beginner Beyond Beginner Intermediate

 

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Join our ongoing watercolor class each month as we discover techniques, brush use, color theory, wet into wet, and more. Students will observe some demonstrations by the instructor, but have time in class to work on their own paintings.

Painting Ages 13-18 Adult Beginner Beyond Beginner Intermediate Advanced

 

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Fun with color & sizes! Join our ongoing drawing class each month as we discover techniques in mark making, shading, perspective tricks, composition, and more. Students will observe demonstrations by the instructor and work on their own drawings.

Drawing Ages 13-18 Adult Beginner Beyond Beginner Intermediate Advanced

 

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Enjoy a variety of studio classes paired with a glass of wine, light snacks, and socializing during Wine & Art. In this month's class, students will use their hands to bend a user friendly wire to make a simple wall sign for their home or office. All supplies, snacks and wine are provided.

Wine & Art Adult Beginner Beyond Beginner

 

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Explore fiber techniques from three continents….investigate traditional West African textiles and their meanings, Peruvian design, and Native American basketry methods. In this global approach to textile methods we will draw from traditional artforms and aesthetics to influence our own artmaking.

Fiber Ages 13-18 Adult Beginner Beyond Beginner

 

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Relax and hand form clay flowers. Flowers will be glazed and attached to a vinyl dowel to be placed in your houseplants or garden.

Clay Adult Beginner Beyond Beginner Intermediate Advanced

 

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This is an open studio night for makers of all kinds. Bring your project down to the Figge and create alongside other artists, craftspeople, and hobbyists. Everyone is welcome.

Painting Drawing Ages 13-18 Adult Beginner Beyond Beginner Intermediate Advanced

 

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If you ever wanted to learn how to use Photoshop this class is for you! You will be introduced to the program through a variety of creative projects with a focus on digital drawing and painting. We will be using our laptops and creating together.

Photography Ages 13-18 Adult Beginner Beyond Beginner

 

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Enjoy a variety of studio classes paired with a glass of complimentary wine, light hors d’oeuvres and socializing during Wine & Art. Each session features a different art medium, and you will create finished artworks to display in your home.

For this month's class, students will create a multimedia interpretation of paper dolls based off of the Sporting Fashion exhibition using fabrics and other media.

Wine & Art Adult Beginner Beyond Beginner Intermediate Advanced

 

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After an introduction to influential artists and styles, students will explore acrylic painting techniques and create an art piece in their own unique style each week.(No prerequisites required).

Painting Ages 13-18 Adult Beginner Beyond Beginner

 

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Enjoy a variety of studio classes paired with a glass of complimentary wine, light hors d’oeuvres and socializing during Wine & Art. Each session features a different art medium, and you will create finished artworks to display in your home.

For this month's class, participants will learn about Native American beadwork. Explore bead embroidery and beadloom weaving. Make a bracelet and/or a small pouch.

Wine & Art Adult Beginner Beyond Beginner Intermediate Advanced

 

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This is an open studio night for makers of all kinds. Bring your project down to the Figge and create alongside other artists, craftspeople, and hobbyists. Everyone is welcome.

Painting Drawing Ages 13-18 Adult Beginner Beyond Beginner Intermediate Advanced

 

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Students will learn to draw cute animals and characters along with creative basics, which will encourage drawing in the style that suits them.

Drawing Camp Ages 5-9 Ages 9-12 Beginner

 

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Students will focus on the fundamentals of wheel throwing and hone their skill to create cylinders, bowls, and cups during this fun Wheel Camp.

Clay Camp Ages 9-12 Ages 13-18 Beyond Beginner Intermediate Advanced

 

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Students will expand their knowledge of techniques while exploring acrylic, pastel, watercolor and more.

Painting Drawing Camp Ages 9-12 Ages 13-18 Beginner Beyond Beginner Intermediate Advanced

 

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Experience an adventure with your favorite Peanuts characters! Students will have paint birdhouses for Snoopy's woodland friends, learn to draw their favorite characters, and more!

Drawing Camp Ages 5-9 Beginner Beyond Beginner Intermediate Advanced

 

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Expand your knowledge of clay while exploring pottery wheel or handbuilding techniques. Students will meet with the instructor before May 20 to discuss preferred projects.

Clay Camp Ages 9-12 Ages 13-18 Beginner Beyond Beginner Intermediate

 

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Drawing skills are explored using Greek and Roman sculptures and mythology, which serves as a foundation for applying new techniques to create stronger artworks.

Drawing Camp Ages 9-12 Ages 13-18 Beginner Beyond Beginner Intermediate

 

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Students will learn to draw, paint, and sculpt some of their favorite animals from photographs and in person. Class locations: Figge Art Museum, Niabi Zoo.

Clay Painting Drawing Camp Ages 9-12 Ages 13-18 Beginner

 

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Study the mind of the Impressionist painters. Learn how they looked at the landscape through color and brushwork and how they changed the artworld forever.

Painting Ages 13-18 Adult Beginner Beyond Beginner Intermediate Advanced

 

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Working from the clothed figure, students will paint from the live model in the studio. Anatomy and composition are the focus.

Painting Ages 13-18 Adult Beginner Beyond Beginner Intermediate Advanced

 

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Explore the magic of watercolor painting to capture color and light! Through this beginner-friendly course we will practice foundational skills and techniques.

Drawing Camp Ages 13-18 Adult Beginner Beyond Beginner Intermediate Advanced

 

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Hone your drawing skills and develop a stronger portfolio with a focus on techniques to create still lifes, cast drawing, and the human figure/portrait.

Drawing Camp Ages 13-18 Adult Beginner Beyond Beginner Intermediate Advanced

 

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Creative Drawing focuses on getting students in touch with their most creative selves. In this class, explore new exercises to help jump-start the artmaking process.

Drawing Camp Ages 13-18 Adult Beginner

 

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Learn the basics of digital illustration in the Procreate app, along with tips to draw and paint digitally with your iPad and Apple Pencil.

Drawing Camp Other Ages 13-18 Adult Beginner Beyond Beginner

 

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Learn about some of the greatest creatures to walk the Earth while creating dino drawings, Eggs-tinct creatures, puppets, clay-saurus, 3-D sculpture, Dino-ramas, and more!

Clay Painting Drawing Camp Other Ages 5-9 Beginner Beyond Beginner

 

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Students will explore nature as they draw the great outdoors. They will also make natural art projects, such as clay animals, eco printing, and more.

Drawing Camp Ages 5-9 Beginner Beyond Beginner Intermediate Advanced

 

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Students will study lighting, portraiture, still life, motion, close-up, and landscape photography while practicing techniques on their digital devices in the studio and on location.

Camp Photography Ages 9-12 Ages 13-18 Beginner Beyond Beginner Intermediate Advanced

 

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Students will draw and paint to create artwork for their portfolios that demonstrates their knowledge of value, still life, persepctive and color mixing with painting.

Painting Drawing Camp Ages 13-18 Adult Beginner Beyond Beginner Intermediate Advanced

 

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Students will explore drawing from life (nature, still life, portrait, etc.) while learning to create deeper values, shapes, and forms, with pencil.

Painting Drawing Camp Ages 9-12 Ages 13-18 Beginner Beyond Beginner Intermediate

 

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Create fictional creatures while learning about basic drawing techniques for drawing a variety of characters. Fans of dragons or unicorns especially will love this class!

Drawing Camp Other Ages 9-12 Beginner

 

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Students will explore ways to express water with light using watercolor, from beaches, lakes, and rivers to streams and reflections on water surfaces.

Painting Camp Ages 13-18 Beginner Beyond Beginner Intermediate Advanced

 

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Experience the excitement of Raku! The first sessions focus on hand-building and glazing, and the final session is for firing, which takes place offsite.

Clay Camp Ages 13-18 Adult Beginner Beyond Beginner Intermediate Advanced

 

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This class provides a step-by-step method for the challenges of outdoor landscape painting. Students will make thoughtful and in­formed decisions on color, composition, values, and edges.

Painting Drawing Camp Ages 9-12 Ages 13-18 Beginner Beyond Beginner Intermediate Advanced

 

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Students will focus on the fundamentals of wheel throwing and hone their skill to create cylinders, bowls, and cups during this fun Wheel Camp.

Clay Camp Ages 9-12 Ages 13-18 Beyond Beginner Intermediate Advanced

 

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Participants will focus on simple but powerful observation skills and sketching techniques that will demystify portraiture, while increasing their creativity and adding artistic expression through drawing.

Painting Drawing Camp Ages 13-18 Beginner Beyond Beginner Intermediate Advanced

 

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Students will create personally meaningful paintings as they explore a variety of subject matter, including still life, landscape, and figures.

Painting Camp Ages 13-18 Adult Beginner Beyond Beginner Intermediate Advanced

 

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Calling all Manga and Anime fans! This class is for students interested in Japanese art. Learn useful drawing approaches for creating your own unique characters.

Drawing Camp Other Ages 13-18 Adult Beginner

 

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Students will have a magical week of artmaking as they learn to draw, paint, and sculpt dragons and other mythological creatures.

Painting Drawing Camp Other Ages 5-9 Beginner Beyond Beginner Intermediate Advanced

 

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Students will have a magical week of artmaking as they learn to draw, paint, and sculpt dragons and other mythological creatures.

Painting Drawing Camp Other Ages 9-12 Ages 13-18 Beginner Beyond Beginner Intermediate Advanced

 

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Students will explore a variety of media (drawing, sculpting, silk-screening, etc.) while learning horse physiology and much more. *Optional visit to Three Owl Farm on July 14. (Register for optional visit on website "Horse Camp Option Visit")

Painting Drawing Camp Sculpture Other Ages 5-9 Beginner Beyond Beginner Intermediate

 

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Students will explore a variety of media (drawing, sculpting, silk-screening, etc.) while learning horse physiology and much more. *Optional visit to Three Owl Farm on July 14. (Register for option visit on website, "Horse Camp Optional Visit")

Painting Drawing Camp Sculpture Other Ages 9-12 Ages 13-18 Beginner Beyond Beginner Intermediate Advanced

 

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Prerequisite: Horse Camp. Visit Three Owl Farm for this hands-on experience in horse care while drawing from live horse models and other farm animals.

Painting Drawing Camp Sculpture Other Ages 5-9 Ages 9-12 Ages 13-18 Beginner Beyond Beginner Intermediate Advanced

 

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Explore proportion, structure, gesture and value while drawing the figure. The drawing process will help students approach drawing the human form in varied poses.

Drawing Camp Ages 13-18 Adult Beginner Beyond Beginner Intermediate Advanced

 

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Travel the world through arts and crafts from around the globe. Students will do projects with painting, clay, crafting, and more!

Clay Painting Drawing Camp Sculpture Other Ages 5-9 Beginner Beyond Beginner Intermediate

 

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Explore the creative crafts of cultures from around the globe.

Clay Painting Drawing Camp Sculpture Other Ages 9-12 Ages 13-18 Beginner Beyond Beginner Intermediate

 

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From cartoony critters to realistic animals, learn how to draw mammals, birds, reptiles, and more during this PAWsome class designed for animal lovers!

Drawing Camp Ages 9-12 Beginner

 

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From cartoony critters to realistic animals, learn how to draw mammals, birds, reptiles, and more during this PAWsome class designed for animal lovers!

Drawing Camp Ages 9-12 Ages 13-18 Beginner

 

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Have you ever pinched a pig? Coiled a cougar? Students will learn hand-building skills and texture techniques to create sculptures of critters and creatures!

Clay Camp Ages 5-9 Beginner Beyond Beginner Intermediate Advanced

 

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Put the ""fun"" in functional art! Using patterns and forms, we will create coil and slab bowls as unique as you.

Clay Camp Sculpture Ages 9-12 Ages 13-18 Beginner Beyond Beginner Intermediate Advanced

 

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Learn how to make soaps, bath salts, herbal eye pads, and more! During this fun week, students will experience nail art and natural facials, among other pampering routines.

Camp Other Ages 9-12 Ages 13-18 Beginner Beyond Beginner Intermediate Advanced

 

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Using downtown Davenport as a backdrop, students will draw buildings, paint a cityscape and bridge scene, and use baked goods from "Oh So Sweet" bakery as a delicious edible still life!

Painting Drawing Camp Ages 9-12 Ages 13-18 Beginner Beyond Beginner Intermediate

 

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Create fun, exciting, and lovable characters while learning drawing techniques. Students will outline their unique characters and use color to bring them to life.

Drawing Camp Ages 9-12 Ages 13-18 Beginner

 

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Create fun, exciting, and lovable characters while learning drawing techniques. Students will outline their unique characters and use color to bring them to life.

Drawing Camp Ages 13-18 Beginner

 

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