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Grace DeVito-Painting the Organic Still Life
Franciscan Life Process Center - Lowell Campus 11650 Downes St. NE, Lowell, MIJune 23-25, 2026 Join nationally acclaimed artist Grace DeVito for a 3-day oil painting workshop “Painting the Organic Still Life”. Learn her process of multi layered still life painting by lecture, demonstration and critiques. Focus will be given to technique, paint application and creating form. The cost of this workshop is $545. To find a [...]
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Phil Starke-Mixing Color to Suggest Light and Form
Franciscan Life Process Center - Lowell Campus 11650 Downes St. NE, Lowell, MIJune 23-26, 2026, 9 AM - 4 PM Unlock the power of color to create light, depth, and three-dimensional form in your paintings. This class focuses on the essential skills of color mixing as a means to capture atmosphere, model form, and direct the viewers eye. The cost of this workshop is $700. To find [...]
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Barbara Schilling-Be Bold!
Franciscan Life Process Center - Lowell Campus 11650 Downes St. NE, Lowell, MIJune 30 - July 1, 9 AM - 4 PM Creating a successful painting is about more than just utilizing skills. A painting should be more than just a representation of a subject. No matter how skillfully executed, without passion and energy your work will not hold a viewers attention. Find out how. The cost [...]
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Ralph Annunziata-‘ w i t h I N & w i t h O UT’
Franciscan Life Process Center - Lowell Campus 11650 Downes St. NE, Lowell, MIJune 30-July 2, 2026, 9 AM - 4 PM we'll work solo canvases as well as indulge a 'series' explorations through abstractExpression & representational components to enhance our own clarity from withIN silent walking meditation or just quietly sit with 'softFocus' eyes to feel, to listen to BE_PRESENT withOUT these BEautiful franciscanCenter grounds - The [...]
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Kathleen Conover-PAINTING FROM THE RIGHT (AND LEFT) SIDE OF THE BRAIN
Franciscan Life Process Center - Lowell Campus 11650 Downes St. NE, Lowell, MIJuly 6-8, 9 AM - 4 PM The best paintings aren’t always planned, and they aren’t totally intuitive. They are a marriage of intent, basic design skills, and freely expressing our personal interpretation of the world. The cost of this workshop is $600. To find a complete listing of this workshop please go to: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/kathleen-conover-painting-from-the-right-and-left-side-of-the-brain-tickets-1070948960169?aff=oddtdtcreator
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Robin Cole-Natural Harmony: The Limited Palette
Franciscan Life Process Center - Lowell Campus 11650 Downes St. NE, Lowell, MIRobin Cole-Natural Harmony: The Limited Palette July 7-9, 2026, 9 AM - 4 PM This workshop offers a deep dive into the benefits of working with a limited palette consisting of one pigment from each primary color family (yellow, red, blue) plus white. This simplified approach is one of creative constraints that trains the mind [...]
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The Wild West
Franciscan Life Process Center - Lowell Campus 11650 Downes St. NE, Lowell, MIJuly 13-17, 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Explore the challenges of the untamed West of the late 1800s! Gain skills by working with animals, learning archery, foraging for food, and making root beer, as well as creating art, music and playing games popular in the pioneer days! • $250 per child • $600 per child/ [...]
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Jon Redmond-Finding Perfect Balance
Franciscan Life Process Center - Lowell Campus 11650 Downes St. NE, Lowell, MIJuly 14-16, 9 AM - 4 PM This workshop will help you gain the ability to push your paintings in opposing directions, introducing chaos and control into the act of painting. Loss of control is often necessary to push one’s paintings out of their comfort zone, focused critical correction can pull it all together. The [...]
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Telagio Baptista-The Magic of Watercolor
Franciscan Life Process Center - Lowell Campus 11650 Downes St. NE, Lowell, MIJuly 14-16, 9 AM - 4 PM You will learn how to make a striking painting that employs a single-color, discovering simplicity with a 3-color palette, and fearless landscape or floral painting. Telagio will demo everyday and provide handouts to you, and provide one on one support. The cost of this workshop is $620. To [...]
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In the Footsteps of St. Francis
Franciscan Life Process Center - Lowell Campus 11650 Downes St. NE, Lowell, MIIn the Footsteps of St. Francis July 20-24, 9:00 a.m. - 3:00p.m. Come to learn how St. Francis praised and gave glory to God in all his daily works. Through working with the animals, cooking in the kitchen, making music, creating art and playing games with one another, children will experience creativity and gain practical [...]
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Crafty Creations
Franciscan Life Process Center - Lowell Campus 11650 Downes St. NE, Lowell, MICrafty Creations July 27-31, 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Kids will explore the amazing world God crafted by using natural elements—like leaves, stones, and flowers to inspire their own masterpieces. Each project helps them notice, appreciate, and create with the wonders God has made. • $250 per child • $600 per child/ if signed up [...]
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Julie Tibus-Explore Cold Wax and Oil Paint
Franciscan Life Process Center - Lowell Campus 11650 Downes St. NE, Lowell, MIJuly 28 & 29, 9 AM - 4 PM Explore the fascinating medium of cold wax! Discover its unique buttery texture as we experiment with oil paint, graphite, and oil sticks. You'll create four small abstract artworks throughout the day using tools like stencils, spatulas, and brayers. The cost of this workshop is $285. To [...]
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