Paul Kratter! The workshop is September 19–21, 2021
PAul Kratter—Our favorite plein air jester and awesome painter—is joining us again in September 2021 for his highly anticipated plein air workshop on the Monterey Peninsula called Fresh & Direct landscape Painting
read moreNew 2021 ZOOM Workshops available at Carmel Visual Arts
We are announcing some exciting workshops that you will be able to take from the convenience and safety of your own home or studio. With the COVID-9 pandemic lingering into the beginning of 2021, we have three ZOOM-Cast workshops coming up with more to follow in the coming months. Mike Hernandez • March 27, 28, 2021 Angus Wilson • April 8–11, 2021 David Lobenberg • April 15–18, 2021 To start off the new year, Mike Hernandez offers a Digital Painting workshop on March 27 & 28, 2021. Mike is well known for his MAD digital skills from years...
read moreBring on 2021! Our Schedule is Growing
Since opening Carmel Visual Arts — seven years ago — Carol Henry and I have been building “community” through our studio and gallery. Since then we have hosted over art 30 exhibitions in Carmel, with well-over 100 workshops and dozens of public art demonstrations. We are extremely happy to share that more than one thousand artists have taken these workshops with top professional instructors in both painting and photography.
read moreNews and Reviews for March 2020
With all of the latest news from WHO, the Federal Government, and all the way down to state and local jurisdictions, we are scrambling to forecast some future dates for some of our scheduled workshops and events at Carmel Visual Arts. We are working on that this week. For now, know that our April 2020 workshops are being moved to later dates and we will likely be doing the same for some of the May dates as well. In the meantime, you can keep in touch with us on Facebook and visit our YouTube page for some painting demos that we have posted...
read moreCarmel Visual Arts — COVID-19 Update
UPDATE Aug 18, 2020 Carmel Visual Arts Director, Rich Brimer talks about recent changes that have been made due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Our 2020 workshop schedule has been a moving target so we have decided to postpone the rest of our scheduled workshops to 2021. Please view our updated workshop list here. We were only able to host 4 out of the scheduled 18 workshops for 2020. I never imagined that we would have to cancel or postpone any workshops, let alone 14 of them, but this is what we had to do. I am really heartbroken about this. If...
read moreA Space to Create — In Kentucky!
Announcing the opening of an art destination with Space to Create If you have always wanted to paint in a place that has the green hills of Ireland, horses and whiskey then join Carmel Visual Arts in launching their second location in America’s heartland to paint and photograph in Kentucky. Rich Brimer and Carol Henry have acquired a beautiful 1871 manor in the rolling hills of Springfield, Kentucky less than 15 minutes from the bourbon capitol of the world—Bardstown, KY. It was also chosen as one of America’s most beautiful cities in...
read moreFlorence Academy is coming to Carmel Visual Arts with Per Elof Nilsson Ricklund
Carmel Visual Arts is proud to announce a special one-day class coming up in January 2020. Per Elof Nilsson Ricklund will be coming for a one day Figure class in Jan 2020. At the age of twenty one, Per Elof became the Director of Anatomy at the Florence Academy of Art, where he has since taught drawing, painting and sculpture. We are very happy to have him with us. This mixed-media figure class is only one day; Sunday, January 12, 2020. Class limited to 12 students. Per Elof Nilsson Ricklund | Figure (Studio) | Jan 2020
read moreArtist Spotlight: Derek Penix
Have you been wanting to get outside of your comfort zone? Do you want to learn to take risks and explore new ideas but just couldn’t get away from that comfort zone? It is with excitement that we announce a new Derek Penix Workshop to help you LOOSEN UP! Please join us when we bring this award-winning artist and painting instructor to Carmel, CA in August 2020. Register at https://www.carmelvisualarts.com/derek-penix/ Derek Penix was born on December 29, 1980, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Although Penix was surrounded by artists in his...
read more2020 Art and Photography Workshops
Painting by Matt Smith Workshop Roster for in 2020 Sean Cheetham | Figure (Studio) | April 2020 Angus Wilson | Still life (Studio) | April 2020 Huihan Liu | Figure (Plein Air) | April 2019 Calvin Liang | Landscape (Plein Air/Studio) | May 2020 Matt Smith | Landscape (Plein Air/Studio) | May 2020 Derek Penix | Still-life (Studio) | August 2020 Tiffanie Mang | Gouache Landscape (Plein Air) | August 2020 Terri Ford | Pastel Landscape (Plein Air) | September 2020 Jim McVicker| Landscape at Point Lobos (Plein Air) | September 2020 Alan Ross &...
read moreJim McVicker Portrait Painting Demo
Our DEMO NIGHT Series continues this week with Jim McVicker. Jim is coming from his home in coastal Humbolt County, so he is no newbie to seascapes. This is what his upcoming workshop will feature. However, on Sunday night, August 4th, 2019, Jim will be in the studio for all to see. Please join us while Jim paints a portrait of his sitter — Carmel Visual Arts’ Director — Rich Brimer. Jim said to CVA Director, Rich Brimer “If you’re going to sit, let’s do it!” REGISTER HERE to come to the Carmel Visual Arts studio and...
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