Kat in the Hat Classroom | The Studios of Key West

Painting Bootcamp

Jack McDonald

Sorry, this class has been canceled.

Mondays, April 7-28

6-8:30pm

Kat in the Hat Classroom

$165, $140 mbrs.

Our most popular class of all is a great place to start for beginners, and an equally fun time for more trained painters. By telling you what to do every step of the way, Jack McDonald takes any fear out of the equation and walks you through the basics of mixing paint and making images. By the end you’ll have a finished painting that’s all your own, and be amazed at your hidden talents.

As a visual artist and proud Key West native, the island landscape has always been Jack McDonald’s muse. He’s also worked with some of the local greats like Rick Worth – who led Painting Boot Camp at The Studios for many years – and John Martini. Primarily interested in street art, Jack is influenced by local color as well as art in public places. He is driven to stretch the boundaries of “street art,” with the hope to raise awareness and establish it as a more legitimate art form. (And, of course, while having a bit of fun!) Through the use of whimsical illustrations, bright colors and shapes, his desire is to have a positive influence on the Key West art scene, while adding an element of familiarity, exploration, and discovery.

Mixed Media Watercolor for Young People

Bria Ansara

For ages 5-10 only

Saturday, April 19

10am-12pm

Kat in the Hat Classroom

$10

Create beautiful watercolor images using the crayon/wax resist technique.

Students will discover the resistant properties of painting with watercolor over waxy crayon. After practicing the technique, a final piece will be the focus; in the form of a portrait, landscape, or abstract image. In addition, each student will create their own handmade frame to display their masterpiece.

Flash Fiction: Hermit Crab Style

Karin Lin-Greenberg (PEAR)

Tuesday & Wednesday, July 15 & 16

1-3:30pm

Heinen Design Lab

$65, $55 mbrs.

This is a flash fiction workshop focused on the “hermit crab” story. Students read several examples of hermit crab stories – which borrow a “shell” from another form, they might be written in the form of a list or an Amazon review or a math problem – and then write their own. They would then share their work verbally with the class and receive verbal feedback on it.

Painting With Glass

Mary Martin

2 Wednesdays, April 2 & 9

10:30am-2:30pm

Kat in the Hat Classroom

$160, $150 mbrs.

Participants paint their own design using different colored powdered glass (frit), suspended in a binding liquid as they paint, on a 6 X 6 inch clear glass square as the canvas. Each participant is asked to bring a drawing or photo to copy onto their glass square for their composition and will take home their completed glass art after it has been kiln fired.

Pop-Art self portraits

Mirena Suarez (PEAR)

Wednesday, July 16

10am-1pm

Kat in the Hat Classroom

$100, $85 mbrs.

Let your imagination flow as you create a pop-character version of yourself.

Mirena Suarez is a Cuban-born multimedia artist. Her work reflects on the atemporal universal issues of identity, connection, and change. Through a variety of media that includes mainly tile mosaic, printmaking, drawing and photography, the artist explores the concepts of loss, memory, conception, survival, fragility, perception of time, and social relationships.

Felted Wall Hangings and Small Objects

Ruth Jeyaveeran (PEAR)

Friday, July 11

11am-3pm

Kat in the Hat Classroom

$115, $90 mbrs.

Explore the magical properties of wool and the therapeutic benefits of craft. Using traditional felting techniques, learn how to make felted soft stones and two-dimensional, embellished wall hangings.

Poetry Writing For Young People

Lucy Stevens

FOR AGES 8-12

Saturday, April 5, 10:30am-1:30pm

Kat in the Hat Classroom

$10 per child

In this fun (not-like-school!) creative writing workshop, kids will have the opportunity to unleash their imaginations and get creative with words.

B. Lucy Stevens is an award-winning writer, a teacher, editor and artist. Her fiction and journalism has been published in numerous literary journals, magazines and newspapers. Lucy also paints intuitively and her work is vibrant and expressionistic, daily life imagined in a brilliant cacophony of color and pattern with deeply affecting results.

Monotype Printmaking

Anthony Mancuso

Saturday & Sunday, April 26 & 27

12-4pm

Kat in the Hat Classroom

$155, $135 mbrs.

This is a workshop focused on reductive and additive methods of plexiglass monotype printmaking, revolving around the subject of local landscapes and architecture in Key West.

Drop-in Figure Drawing

Tuesday, April 8

5-7pm

Kat in the Hat Classroom

$35

Step in the shoes of the ancient masters by participating in the age old tradition of drawing and painting from life! Work from a live model for up to two hours. Practice and hone your skills in whatever medium you wish.

There is no instruction for this class. Please bring your own materials.

Painting Bootcamp

Jack McDonald

Mondays, April 7-28

2-4:30pm

Kat in the Hat Classroom

$165, $140 mbrs. for the month, $40 per drop in

Our most popular class of all is a great place to start for beginners, and an equally fun time for more trained painters. By telling you what to do every step of the way, Jack McDonald takes any fear out of the equation and walks you through the basics of mixing paint and making images. By the end you’ll have a finished painting that’s all your own, and be amazed at your hidden talents.

As a visual artist and proud Key West native, the island landscape has always been Jack McDonald’s muse. He’s also worked with some of the local greats like Rick Worth – who led Painting Boot Camp at The Studios for many years – and John Martini. Primarily interested in street art, Jack is influenced by local color as well as art in public places. He is driven to stretch the boundaries of “street art,” with the hope to raise awareness and establish it as a more legitimate art form. (And, of course, while having a bit of fun!) Through the use of whimsical illustrations, bright colors and shapes, his desire is to have a positive influence on the Key West art scene, while adding an element of familiarity, exploration, and discovery.