2016/17 season details coming soon!
A close-reading and discussion of Tony Kushner’s monumental, subversive and remarkable masterwork. One of the late-20th-century’s most important pieces of dramatic literature, this funny, searching play about sex, power and religion is a radical rethinking of the American political drama.
Try out a new technique – wet-felting – by creating a small fiber vessel. Learn from Vogel’s professional background in weaving and graphic design and the haptic aspects of fiber.
Worth captures the daily life on the island on small roof tiles, large murals, and even over a dozen local cars. Learn from a favorite artist in a fun and easy step-by-step process with new scenes each week!
Open-lab concept. Get the feedback you need, whether struggling with Excel or stuck creatively.
This plein air workshop focuses on the rich historical and biological life of the Kapok Tree utilizing a variety of drawing and painting techniques, to get up close and personal to this majestic Key West icon.
Even still life subjects can be incorporated into the most extraordinary story of your life! German artist Theissen leads students through developing drawings with pencil and ink in her signature sepia graphic novel style.
Discover embodied creativity through movement, drawing, writing.
Students ages 6-16 will discover the art of printmaking and fabric dying using everyday vegetables.
Try the classic textile art form originating from Indonesia of creating designs with wax and dye on fabric.
Paint, sip, repeat. West leads participants through an evening of creative imbibing.
Explore why audiences always love an adaptation and how to make yours stand out.
Go from pencil drawing to carved wood relief, telling Key West stories.
Take a flawed poem and make it sing while learning new approaches to invigorating staled work.
Carito introduces street photography and the tools to edit black & white imagery.
Using art, imagination, toys and affirmations Webb coaxes kids age 6-10 into the moment, teaching meditation and mindfulness.
Practical knowledge and straightforward information. Learn to put your best foot forward.
Worth captures the daily life on the island on small roof tiles, large murals, and even over a dozen local cars. Learn from a favorite artist in a fun and easy step-by-step process with new scenes each week!
Encourage confidence, release resistance, & embrace process while you put words on the page.
Explore the accessible and versatile medium of acrylic painting, with a master in the field.
West builds upon her popular Paint Pouring series with a special two-day workshop. Pour your aquamarine background on day one and then return to add a sea creature to the finished product.
An outline of the artistic process. Research, make, edit and present…anything!
Koenig teaches the theories, principles and techniques of abstraction.
We can all benefit from a little therapy. Join DiGiulio for a creative session.
Students learn classical techniques by working with a live model.
A perennial summer favorite propels students to the next level of plein air work, capturing the sky and sea at sunset with beloved instructor and master watercolor artist Susan Sugar.
Students are guided toward choices that lead to satisfying works of art.
Get creative, get wild and do your thing this spring!
Use Gelli plates – gelatinous transfer slabs – to create colorful mono prints.
Create a collage using hot wax, printed paper and creative ephemera.
Stage Director Armour helps students turn great tales into great storytelling.
Open-lab concept. Get the feedback you need, whether struggling with Excel or stuck creatively.
Incorporate the subtle art of satire into your drawing practice.
A creative collective wherein artists of different disciplines create work inspired by others.
Explore the many qualities that Nature Printing & Zen share in this print making class connecting artists with nature.
Participants work on building a compelling main character using a range of tools—description, dialogue and internal dialogue, settings, and above all back story. Over the course of the workshop, participants define their protagonist and practice various ways of showing that character to the reader.
Craft compelling content that will grab an agent’s attention.
Art takes many forms. Join Koenig for lessons in philosophy, meditation and yoga.
Have fun and hone your speaking skills by reading the Bard’s classical romantic verse aloud.
Try out a new technique – wet-felting – by creating a small fiber vessel. Learn from Vogel’s professional background in weaving and graphic design and the haptic aspects of fiber.
A perennial summer favorite propels students to the next level of plein air work, capturing the sky and sea at sunset with beloved instructor and master watercolor artist Susan Sugar.
Paint, sip, repeat. Sandy West leads participants through an evening of creative imbibing.
Explore the nature of “home” with artist Ross, in conjunction with his exhibition.
Rick Worth celebrates Tennessee Williams with a special edition of Painting Boot Camp.
Troubadour Harrison walks through the sometimes frustrating, always rewarding songwriting process.
Marks explore how and why artists create through assignments, lectures and critiques of outside work.
Creativity gets a kickstart as Stevens helps you find a starting point to write your story.
Part chemistry, part artistry. Explore a loose approach to painting.
Let the “greats” help perfect your screenplay, or simply steer you toward your beginning.
Worth captures the daily life on the island on small roof tiles, large murals, and even over a dozen local cars. Learn from a favorite artist in a fun and easy step-by-step process with new scenes each week!
Utilize a wide selection of media to create a colorful, multi-textured collage.
Teaching artist Panzeca leads participants through a series of exercises in writing, drawing, and movement.
Work from a live model for up to two hours. No instruction.
Worth captures the daily life on the island on small roof tiles, large murals, and even over a dozen local cars. Learn from a favorite artist in a fun and easy step-by-step process with new scenes each week!
Put words on a page and put yourself out there!
All of us have Key West stories to tell and this is your opportunity to write it with an award-winning memoirist. Author Janice Gary will lead 2 sessions in developing, writing and shaping your Key West narrative.
Explore farce, realistic comedy, and high comedy through scene study.
Students will explore various combinations of mixed media with an emphasis on water-soluble paints and mediums.
The Artist’s Way is the seminal book on the subject of creativity. An international bestseller, millions of readers have found it to be an invaluable guide to living the artist’s life. Still as vital today—or perhaps even more so—than it was when it was first published one decade ago, it is a powerfully provocative and inspiring work
With one of the tallest buildings – and most spectacular views – in town, the Hugh’s View rooftop terrace serves as The Studios’ creative space in the sky. The terrace sits four stories above street level and offers panoramic views of the island. The Kitwald Stage glows in the golden twilight of our sunset performances.
With original seating from its days as a Masonic temple, the Helmerich Theater has been updated to also include floor seating. As a black box theater, the set up is intimate but professional, and sets the stage for concerts and performances that leave guests feeling like they really got to know the performer.