Pioneer Days: Session 1

Franciscan Life Process Center - Lowell Campus 11650 Downes St. NE, Lowell, MI

Pioneer Days Summer Experiences Join Sister Mary Paul Moller, FSE, as she leads attendees in experiencing activities of our early settlers: pan for gold, make soap, go berry picking, use a bow and arrow, and more! We offer three sessions this summer for children ages 8 - 12. Sign up here!

$200

Cindy Cutler Awrey – Canceled

Franciscan Life Process Center - Lowell Campus 11650 Downes St. NE, Lowell, MI

June 20 & 21, 9 AM - 4 PM In this oil painting workshop students will learn how to render birds in flight and rest. There will be an emphasis on color and values to capture their individual personalities. The cost of this workshop is $250. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cindy-cutler-awrey-take-flight-tickets-648107877107?aff=oddtdtcreator

$250

Kyle Ma-Landscape Painting Workshop

Franciscan Life Process Center - Lowell Campus 11650 Downes St. NE, Lowell, MI

June 20@ 9 AM - June 22 @ 4 PM  Students will develop a strong understanding of how light behaves and the way light describes form in a landscape. This understanding will be crucial to developing your concept in a painting as well as establishing the proper shapes and values. Students will also learn how [...]

$580

Pioneer Days: Session 2

Franciscan Life Process Center - Lowell Campus 11650 Downes St. NE, Lowell, MI

Pioneer Days Summer Experiences Join Sister Mary Paul Moller, FSE, as she leads attendees in experiencing activities of our early settlers: pan for gold, make soap, go berry picking, use a bow and arrow, and more! We offer three sessions this summer for children ages 8 - 12. Sign up here!

$200

Barbara Schilling- 4 Keys to Color Success in Your Paintings

Franciscan Life Process Center - Lowell Campus 11650 Downes St. NE, Lowell, MI

Barbara Schilling-4 Keys to Color Success in Your Paintings-4 Mondays June 3, 10, 17, 24 This workshop is a four-week, every Monday (June 3,10,17,24) afternoon session from 1 PM – 5 PM, where Barbara Schilling will teach a new concept, you will get a chance to go home and create something from that training and [...]

$250

Judy Tummino – CONTRUCTING LANDSCAPES FROM PHOTOGRAPHS: A Landscape Tradition

Franciscan Life Process Center - Lowell Campus 11650 Downes St. NE, Lowell, MI

June 27 & 28, 9 AM - 4 PM  Using  principles of design learn to trick the eye into thinking that something recedes by altering the placement, color, value and intensity of an object on the picture plane. The cost of this workshop is $250. To find a complete listing of this workshop please go [...]

$250

Mary Qian-Completing a Portrait-A Journey

Franciscan Life Process Center - Lowell Campus 11650 Downes St. NE, Lowell, MI

Mary Qian-Completing a Portrait-A Journey June 27-29, 9AM - 4PM This three-day workshop is designed for completing a portrait. Day 1 we will be focusing on the value structure and wet-on-wet edge arrangements. Day 2 we will focus on color. Bold color grabs people's attention the most. Day 3 we will come back to reevaluate [...]

$500

Genres & Jammin’ – Session 2

Franciscan Life Process Center - Grand Rapids Campus 654 Davis Avenue Northwest, 3rd Floor, Grand Rapids, MI, United States

Children will experience a variety of types of music, its history and instrumentation. They will also play instruments and create a musical craft. No prior music experience needed! For children ages 6-12. July 8-10, 9am-12pm, Grand Rapids Campus Sign up here!  

Singing thru the Eras – Session 2

Franciscan Life Process Center - Grand Rapids Campus 654 Davis Avenue Northwest, 3rd Floor, Grand Rapids, MI, United States

Singing thru the Eras Come for an educational and experiential series for adults. Focusing on music represented by decades of the 1900's, participants will learn about different musical styles, listen to popular hits, and create music together. No prior music experience needed! July 8-10, 1pm - 4pm, Grand Rapids Campus Sign up here!  

$150

“The Joy of Sketching” – William Mancuso

Franciscan Life Process Center - Lowell Campus 11650 Downes St. NE, Lowell, MI

William Mancuso-The Joy of Sketching July 11 & 12, 2024, 9 AM - 4 PM This workshop will be all about sketching for the pleasure of sketching! It will encourage participants to notice the extraordinariness of the everyday world by sketching just about anything, anywhere and anytime. We’ll work on this by focusing on sketching [...]

$250

Phil Starke – Making the Landscape Paintable

Franciscan Life Process Center - Lowell Campus 11650 Downes St. NE, Lowell, MI

July 17-20 - 9 AM - 4 PM In this 4 day workshop we will focus on simplifying the main aspects of painting a landscape. Students will learn how to simplify the subject to large masses and simple values and eliminate the need for too much detail. We will also learn how to use the [...]

$700

Keiko Tanabe-Painting Impressions with Watercolor

Franciscan Life Process Center - Lowell Campus 11650 Downes St. NE, Lowell, MI

RECOMMENDED EXPERIENCE All levels (basic knowledge & some previous experiences strongly recommended to benefit from this workshop) WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION Do you paint everything that your eyes see? In this class, you will start seeing things differently and learn how to turn reality into a captivating, impressionistic image. The goal is to capture the essence of [...]

$530