FALL ART CLASSES: The Center for Contemporary Art in Bedminster is offering in-person art classes and workshops for artists with all levels of expertise in a variety of media including oil and acrylic paint, pastel, watercolor, drawing, and ceramics.  

The Center for Contemporary Art in Bedminster is offering in-person art classes and workshops this fall for adults, teens, and children beginning September 13. Select classes will be offered in a virtual or hybrid format. Classes and workshops are offered for artists with all levels of expertise in a variety of media including oil and acrylic paint, pastel, watercolor, drawing, and ceramics.  

There are more than 60 fall adult classes including Watercolor Step-by-Step, Introduction to Drawing, The Power of Pastels, Artist Studio: Your Choice, Evening Oil Painting, Morning Oil Landscape, Plein Air Contemporary Landscape, Art Appreciation, Pad Drawing and Painting, Chinese Brush Painting, Beginner Watercolor, Figure Drawing, Portrait Drawing, Media Sampler, and ceramics classes such as Advanced Ceramics and Wheel Throwing and Hand Building.

New classes this fall include Tricolor and Colored Pencil Drawing; Introduction to Pastel Painting; Art and Literature; Storytelling Through Art; Drawing like the Old Masters in Pen and Ink; and Outside the Paintbox, Beyond the Brush.

Fall workshops offer students the opportunity to try something new. They include Drawing in Negative Space, Watercolor for Absolute Beginners, Holiday Pysanky Egg Dying, Children’s Book Illustration, Holiday Felt Ornament Making, and Wet Felt Painting.

The Center also offers an Open Life Studio on Tuesday evenings. This independent environment allows artists to draw or paint from a new model each week, through a combination of gestural poses and longer sittings. 

In-person classes are available for teens and children. For children ages 5-8, in-person classes include Painting in Depth, Drawing in Depth, Mixed Media, Pottery, and Glow in the Dark Art. Students ages 9-12 can select from in-person classes including Drawing in Depth and Painting in Depth, as well as Mixed Media and Pottery. Teen offerings include in-person Painting in Depth, Drawing in Depth, and Pottery.

In-person classes will also be offered for children with autism spectrum disorder and other special needs beginning September 20. Students will explore a variety of art projects specifically geared to their interest and ability both in two- and three-dimensional approaches. 

The Center is located at 2020 Burnt Mills Road in Bedminster. For more information or to register for a class, call (908) 234-2345 or visit ccabedminster.org.