2016/17 season details coming soon!
2016/17 season details coming soon!
$275, $225 mbrs. (discounted price will display for members upon login)
Students will meet offsite at Fort Zachary Taylor State Park, 601 Howard England Way.
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sponsored by 7 Artists & Friends
Class Description
Artist Susan Sugar invites students to the beach for a 4 session plein air watercolor workshop at dusk. Each evening begins with a group critique with the goal of becoming comfortable sharing their process with other painters. After the group critique, students disperse to paint on their own. Sugar circulates from person to person, offering individual counsel, as needed. The workshop culminates with a final critique and potluck at Sugar’s home/studio Turtle House.
An exhibition of student work hosted by The Studios of Key West will take place at a later date.
“My greatest wish for my students is that they end up surprising themselves. No matter what, I encourage a true investment.”
Meet Your Instructor
Susan Sugar has been capturing the tumultuous ever-changing seas and skies of Key West for decades. With a background in dance and architecture, she works with rhythm, space, and light, recreating what she sees and feels, searching for what moves her most.
Sugar has a degree in Dance and Theater from George Washington University in Washington DC. Following this, she studied architecture at Columbia University and then attended the New York Studio School of Drawing Painting and Sculpture, NYC where she studied with Graham Nickson and Mathew Radford.
New York City has been home since 1979. She summers here in Key West, when the skies are most active, using the Plein air watercolor studies to develop large oils in her New York studio. Susan has exhibited her oils and watercolors here in Key West since 1995. She has also shown in New York City, Martha’s Vineyard, and the Hamptons. Her work is on view in Key West at the Marquesa Hotel and Salt Island Provisions.
Supply List
Supplies available at Books & Books with an additional 10% discount.
Tue-Sun, 10am-4pm
Call us at 305-296-0458
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.