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December 2025
Live Model Figure Drawing & Painting - Afternoon
Date: Thursday Dec 11th, 2pm-5pm (Monthly, every 2nd Thursday)
Fee: $10 Members, $15 Non-members | Location: School Street Studios Upper Classroom
All are invited to join this informal group of artists that meet to paint/draw portraits/figures from a life model. This is a self practice group and has no instruction, just supportive artist camaraderie. To join, please email Scott Atkinson at atknsn@uga.edu to be added to the email group for announcements. Image art by Maryann Cox.
January 2026
Paint with Charles
Date: 01/02/26-02/13/26 | Time: Morning: 10am-12pm, Afternoon: 1pm-3pm, Full Day: 10am-3pm
Fee: Half Day: $120/members, $150/non-members, Full Day: $190/members, $240/non-members
Location: School Street Studios Koffman Studio | Level: Intermediate/Advanced
Back by popular demand, Charles Warnock is once again offering his open studio format class in oils and acrylics. Charles will provide individual assistance and advice while students work on subjects of their own choice. There will not be still life set-ups as subject matter. This class is for those with painting experience.
Beginning and Intermediate Pottery On the Wheel with Charley Blair
Date: 01/02/26-02/13/26, Fridays, 5:30pm-8:30pm | Level: Beginner/Intermediate
Fee: $200/Members, $250/Non-members | Location: School Street Studios, Pottery Studio
This class will cover the basics of throwing on the potter's wheel. We will learn the entire process through to a finished piece, including wedging, trimming, and glazing. You will get messy in this class, so please dress accordingly.
Watercolor Exploration with Lauren Adams
Date: 01/06/26-02/03/26, Tuesdays, 10am-12pm | Level: Beginner
Fee: $195/Members, $250/Non-members | Location: School Street Studios, Upper Classroom
Learn everything you need to build a strong foundation for getting started in watercolor, considered by some to be the most challenging painting medium. Receive detailed information on paper, paint, and brushes explained clearly and demonstrated in class. Practice mixing colors, learn how to do basic washes, and learn about techniques unique to watercolor. No experience Necessary!
Beginning Pottery on the Wheel: Cylinders with Rebecca Seidl
Date: 01/06/26-02/24/26, Tuesdays, 5:30pm-8:30pm | Level: Beginner
Fee: $240/Members, $300/Non-members | Location: School Street Studios, Pottery Studio
This class will cover the basics of throwing on the potter's wheel. We will focus on cylinders, including mugs, vases, pitchers, and bottles. We will go through the entire process to a finished piece of pottery. You will get messy in this class, so please dress accordingly.
Scripts & Sips led by Taylor McKenna
Date: 01/08/26, 6pm-8:30pm, First Thursday every other month | Level: All
Fee: $10/Members, $15/Non-members | Location: Main Gallery
Join us for a relaxed and fun play reading session in the Main Gallery! Come, disappear into a character with us. No advance preparation necessary. Open to all! This group meets the first Thursday of every other month. Light snacks and beverages included.
Live Model Figure Drawing & Painting - Afternoon
Date: 01/08/26, Thursday 2pm-5pm (Monthly, every 2nd Thursday)
Fee: $10 Members, $15 Non-members | Location: School Street Studios Upper Classroom
All are invited to join this informal group of artists that meet to paint/draw portraits/figures from a life model. This is a self practice group and has no instruction, just supportive artist camaraderie. To join, please email Scott Atkinson at atknsn@uga.edu to be added to the email group for announcements. Image art by Maryann Cox.
Portrait Painting in Oils with Abner Cope
Date: 01/09/26-01/11/26, Friday-Sunday. Friday: 6pm-9pm, Saturday & Sunday: 9:30am-4:30pm
Fee: $200/Members, $250/Non-members | Location: School Street Studios, Upper Classroom
This 3 day weekend workshop is designed to help artists enhance their skills in painting portraits. All skill levels from beginning to advanced are welcomed. While painting from the live model, artists will employ various techniques for developing accurate proportions and placing the portrait properly on the canvas. Participants will receive instructions on starting the portrait with a solid structural drawing done in monochromatic lines and tones on a stained canvas. Color, and how to observe color on the model will be emphasized. We will utilize a limited palette of colors to develop the portrait from the darks in the model, to the middle values, and then to the lights and highlights.
Next-Step Wheel Throwing with Yvonne Dixon: Pottery with Purpose for Your Home
Date: 01/11/26-02/15/26, Sundays, 2pm-5pm | Level: Intermediate
Fee: $200/Members, $250/Non-members | Location: School Street Studios, Pottery Studio
The focus of this six-week course is making wheel-thrown pottery for purposeful usage in the home. It is intended for those who have a general knowledge of using the potter’s wheel. Students will make two or more functional stoneware pieces for cooking/serving from ideas provided by the instructor (ex: bakers, casseroles, chip & dips, cake stands, brie bakers, steamers, salad bowls, pasta bowls, colanders, soup bowls, serving platters, etc...) The culminating activity will be a community meal in our OCAF School Street kitchen with each student using their chosen pottery piece and chosen recipe.
Live Model Figure Drawing & Painting - Evening
Dates: 01/21, Wednesday, 5:30pm-8pm & 01/31 Saturday, 5:30-8:30pm (twice/month, check our calendar for all future dates)
Fee: $10 Members, $15 Non-members | Location: School Street Studios, Koffman Studio
Informal group setting to paint/draw portraits/figures from a life model. This is a self practice group and has no instruction, just facilitators and supportive artist camaraderie. To join, please email Isabel Reuter at ireuter37@gmail.com to be added to the email group for announcements. Proceeds from each session go towards the professional model. A different female or male model is scheduled each month, nude or clothed depending on availability. For sessions with a professional nude model, artists must be 18 years of age or over to attend.
February 2026
Creative Writing Feedback Studio with Heidi Nilsson
Date: 02/10/26-04/14/26, Every other Tuesday (No class 4/7), 1pm-4pm | Level: All
Fee: $200/Members, $250/Non-members | Location: School Street Studios, Upper Classroom
This creative writing workshop is designed to inspire new writing and help you refine your work. This supportive space brings together writers who are just starting to write as well as writers ready to share and polish their stories, novels, memoirs, or poems through focused discussion and guided critique. You'll gain invaluable insight into how readers experience your work while sharpening your own editorial eye. Each session revolves around participant submissions, with discussions that illuminate strengths and reveal opportunities for growth. The instructor provides personalized written responses to your work, serving as your literary guide to help you move your writing project forward with confidence. A whole community of writers awaits, ready to support you. Join us!
Live Model Figure Drawing & Painting - Afternoon
Date: 02/12/26, Thursday 2pm-5pm (Monthly, every 2nd Thursday)
Fee: $10 Members, $15 Non-members | Location: School Street Studios Upper Classroom
All are invited to join this informal group of artists that meet to paint/draw portraits/figures from a life model. This is a self practice group and has no instruction, just supportive artist camaraderie. To join, please email Scott Atkinson at atknsn@uga.edu to be added to the email group for announcements. Image art by Maryann Cox.
Poetry Writing Studio with Heidi Nilsson
Date: 02/19/26-04/23/26, Every other Thursday (No class 4/16). 9:15am-12:15pm | Level: All
Fee: $200/Members, $250/Non-members | Location: School Street Studios, Upper Classroom
Do you love to write poetry? Do you crave support and inspiration? Are you ready to share your work and receive feedback? Do you need deadlines to make you sit down and write? This class is for you! Join us in the writer’s studio for a study of craft and creativity! We’ll dive into our most vulnerable selves and elicit our reader’s emotions with fresh metaphorical leaps, clear imagery, artful pacing, and effective syntax. We’ll edit and revise our poems in small group writing workshops, and you’ll receive constructive responses to your work. You’ll find a whole community of poets here ready to support and nurture you. Join us!
Live Model Figure Drawing & Painting - Evening
Dates: 02/18, Wednesday, 5:30pm-8pm & 02/28 Saturday, 5:30-8:30pm (twice/month, check our calendar for all future dates)
Fee: $10 Members, $15 Non-members | Location: School Street Studios Upper Classroom
Informal group setting to paint/draw portraits/figures from a life model. This is a self practice group and has no instruction, just facilitators and supportive artist camaraderie. To join, please email Isabel Reuter at ireuter37@gmail.com to be added to the email group for announcements. Proceeds from each session go towards the professional model. A different female or male model is scheduled each month, nude or clothed depending on availability. For sessions with a professional nude model, artists must be 18 years of age or over to attend.