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David R. Smith-Fresh and Exciting Watercolors
Franciscan Life Process Center - Lowell Campus 11650 Downes St. NE, Lowell, MIAugust 11-13, 2026, 9 AM - 4 PM This workshop will save you countless hours of trial & error by demonstrating approaches in an easily understood manner that will open new doors of discovery and creativity. Participants will be provided reference photos, drawing guides, and step-by-step instruction through all stages of the painting process. The [...]
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Terry Miura-Oh My Gouache! 7 Things You Must Do To Tame The BEAST!
Franciscan Life Process Center - Lowell Campus 11650 Downes St. NE, Lowell, MIAugust 25-27, 2026, 9 AM - 4 PM In this workshop, I will break down the unique quirks and characteristics of the medium and explain why it's so difficult to control. And then, I will show you exactly what you need to do overcome these annoying obstacles so that we can tame the beast. The [...]
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Barbara Schilling-Creating Depth in Your Landscape Paintings
Franciscan Life Process Center - Lowell Campus 11650 Downes St. NE, Lowell, MISeptember 9 & 10, 9 AM - 4 PM This is a hands-on workshop designed to help artists build convincing, atmospheric space in their work. Participants explore how color temperature, saturation, value, and contrast shift as forms recede, and learn why yellow and red fall away in the distance, leaving blue as the farthest visible [...]
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Stan Kurth-The Intuitive Painting Mindset
Franciscan Life Process Center - Lowell Campus 11650 Downes St. NE, Lowell, MISeptember 9-11, 2026 You’ll create paintings from arbitrary design elements and bring them to completion using principles of design. The goal is to develop a painting that aligns with your personal aesthetic—whether representational or nonobjective. The only criteria: no reference, and a willingness to let the process guide the outcome. The cost of this workshop [...]
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Learning the Language of Creation
Franciscan Life Process Center - Lowell Campus 11650 Downes St. NE, Lowell, MIThursday, September 10th at 7 pm Join for a Book Launch and Signing Sister Damien Marie Savino, FSE, Ph.D. and the Franciscan Sisters of the Eucharist Location: Franciscan Life Process Center 11650 Downes St NE. Lowell, MI 49331 Come be part of an evening of reflection on care for creation through a Franciscan lens, [...]
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Mass
Franciscan Life Process Center - Lowell Campus 11650 Downes St. NE, Lowell, MISEPTEMBER 12: Mass 10 am Mystery of the Stigmata of St. Francis, entering into the suffering of Christ
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Joe Paquet-Exploring the Prismatic Palette
Franciscan Life Process Center - Lowell Campus 11650 Downes St. NE, Lowell, MIJoe Paquet-Exploring the Prismatic Palette September 22-25, 2026 This 4-Day Plein Air Workshop will begin with a morning lecture highlighting how to freeze an effect of light and explain how color is affected prismatically by atmosphere and the angle of the sun. I will demonstrate in the afternoon to show how the principles are applied. [...]
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12th Annual Franciscan Rhythms Trail Run & Walk
Franciscan Life Process Center - Lowell Campus 11650 Downes St. NE, Lowell, MIClick here to register for the trail run or walk
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Transitus Service
Franciscan Life Process Center - Lowell Campus 11650 Downes St. NE, Lowell, MIOCTOBER 3: Transitus Service 7 pm Saint Francis welcomes Sister Death; liturgy procession with candles
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Mass at Cathedral St Andrew
OCTOBER 4: Mass 3pm, Cathedral St. Andrew Solemn Feast of Saint Francis
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Douglas Fryer-Painting With Purpose: Reimagining the Landscape
Franciscan Life Process Center - Lowell Campus 11650 Downes St. NE, Lowell, MIOctober 6-9, 2026, 9 AM - 4 PM Through lectures, discussion and demonstrations, Douglas will address the many elements of engaging landscape painting. The workshop will reinforce an understanding of composition and form and will also explore methods to break up and strip down the subject, then reconstruct it in new and surprising ways. The [...]
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Eric Michaels-Watercolor Free and Easy
Franciscan Life Process Center - Lowell Campus 11650 Downes St. NE, Lowell, MIOctober 13 & 14, 9 AM - 4 PM My goal in this two-day workshop is to supply the students with the necessary information and tools to paint stronger watercolors with more facility. This will include setting the stage, block ins, shapes, forms, and finishing them off. The cost of this workshop is $285. To [...]
$285