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Tu, Th & Fr | 10:00am - 4:00pm
Sat | 10:00am - 2:00pm
Added Wednesday hours Nov. 25 - Dec. 23 | noon - 4:00pm
(or by appointment call 219-462-9009)
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Artist Feature
Mindy Milan, an artist and educator, recently taught a glass workshop at Art Barn, showing participants how to cut, layout and layer glass to create small jewelry pieces, ornaments and tiles. Her beautiful works are available for purchase in the Holiday Gift Gallery. She also teaches Art Barn's summer architecture camp. Tune in to watch a feature about Mindy on Lakeshore Public Media's award-winning series Eye on the Arts Nov. 25 at 7pm CST.
GUEST ARTIST WORKSHOPS
Intensive workshops give artists the chance to learn a new skill or enhance their practice. While creating one can easily immerse themselves in endless sources of inspiration. Our guest artists are all skilled in their craft and teaching skills. Come and create together and enjoy an artist's retreat!
Abstracting Nature
with Pat Dews
January 14 -16, 1-4pm (CST)
$250/person
Join Pat Dews (AWS, D.F., NWS) for a three-day virtual workshop. In collaboration with the New Studio for the Visual Arts in Jupiter Florida Pat will present her own finished works and describe her process of abstracting from nature to create compositions. Painting and drawing techniques such as cropping, collaging, painting with washes, creating textures, and composing strata pieces will be demonstrated. Learn more about Pat
Abstracting Nature 2 - Let’s Get Starting Finishing with Pat Dews
March 25-27, 1-4pm CDT
$250/person
Starts are fun, finishes more difficult. In this follow up virtual workshop, students will focus on finishing paintings and design. Learn with Pat, as she discusses the possibilities for each of her many starts. Watch her totally change a painting using acrylic paints, add more inks or water colors to a start or end up cropping. The workshop will be intense and informative, but not boring! You will leave with renewed vigor and ways to finish your starts.
Guest Artist Workshops are supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts. To find out more about how National Endowment for the Arts grants impact individuals and communities, visit www.arts.gov.
Donate to Art Barn's Annual Fund Today
Despite challenges, we had several successes this year including a new partnership with Opportunity Enterprises (OE), well established in the community for providing programs that serve adults living with developmental disabilities. This program brings OE clients to Art Barn for weekly art education classes and will culminate with an exhibition in 2021.
The Art Barn School of Art operations are supported by the generosity of corporations, foundations and individual donors like you. Help us sustain operations during this unprecedented time. Please make the Art Barn School of Art a priority in your year-end giving plans. Your contribution in any amount will help us continue to provide much-needed arts programs during these challenging times.
Programs Cancelled
Open Mic
Nov. 27 | Cancelled
This event was originally scheduled for the same evening as the Artists' Reception. Also, because the December 25 Open Mic falls on an observed holiday the series will not resume again until after the New Year at a future date to be announced.
Ornament Workshop | Nov 28 | Cancelled
Due to conscerns with COVID-19 we have also cancelled this program in order to keep our community safe.
Since we can't be with you, make a holiday-themed box at home by following along with our "Curiosity Box" instuctional video
ABOUT ART BARN SCHOOL OF ART
Art Barn School of Art, housed in a century old renovated barn, is dedicated to fostering the love of art for artists of all ages and abilities in its unique 69-acre environment in Porter County, IN. The Art Barn offers a full range of art education classes for children and adults and is a venue for performing arts and weddings. In the Spring, the Art Barn walls fill floor to ceiling for the annual juried art exhibition (with a 27-year history). In September Art Barn hosts its annual outdoor Art Blitz which engages visitors in art-making, demonstrations and fun for the whole family.