Barbara Schilling- 4 Keys to Color Success in Your Paintings
2024-06-17 13:00 - 17:00, 2024-06-24 13:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | Franciscan Life Process Center – Lowell Campus, 11650 Downes St. NE, Lowell, MI, 49331
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 bring it back the next week for a critique. Each of the days will include a short demo, critiques, and discussion. At the end of the day, you will be given a lesson plan for the following week.

The cost of this workshop is $250.

To find a complete listing of this workshop please go to: https://www.eventbrite.com

Cindy Cutler Awrey - Canceled
2024-06-20 - 2024-06-21 | Franciscan Life Process Center – Lowell Campus, 11650 Downes St. NE, Lowell, MI, 49331
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

Kyle Ma-Landscape Painting Workshop
2024-06-20 09:00 - 2024-06-22 16:00 (America/New_York) | Franciscan Life Process Center – Lowell Campus, 11650 Downes St. NE, Lowell, MI, 49331
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 to apply the fundamentals of painting, such as drawing, values, color, and edges to painting en plein air.
The cost of this workshop is $580.
To find a complete listing of this workshop please go to: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/kyle-ma-landscape-painting-workshop-tickets-323434550447

Pioneer Days: Session 2
2024-06-24 09:00 - 2024-06-27 12:00 (America/New_York) | Franciscan Life Process Center – Lowell Campus, 11650 Downes St. NE, Lowell, MI, 49331
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!

Judy Tummino - CONTRUCTING LANDSCAPES FROM PHOTOGRAPHS: A Landscape Tradition
2024-06-27 - 2024-06-28 | Franciscan Life Process Center – Lowell Campus, 11650 Downes St. NE, Lowell, MI, 49331
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 to: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/judy-tummino-contructing-landscapes-from-photographs-a-landscape-tradition-tickets-615806031417?aff=oddtdtcreator

Mary Qian-Completing a Portrait-A Journey
2024-06-27 09:00 - 2024-06-29 16:00 (America/New_York) | Franciscan Life Process Center – Lowell Campus, 11650 Downes St. NE, Lowell, MI, 49331
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 our work–the value, color and edges.
The price of this workshop is $500.
For a complete description of this workshop please go to: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mary-qian-completing-a-portrait-a-journey-tickets-745307022367?aff=oddtdtcreator

Genres & Jammin' - Session 2
2024-07-08 09:00 - 2024-07-10 12:00 (America/New_York) | Franciscan Life Process Center – Grand Rapids Campus, 654 Davis Avenue Northwest, 3rd Floor, Grand Rapids, MI, 49504, 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
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Singing thru the Eras - Session 2
2024-07-08 13:00 - 2024-07-10 16:00 (America/New_York) | Franciscan Life Process Center – Grand Rapids Campus, 654 Davis Avenue Northwest, 3rd Floor, Grand Rapids, MI, 49504, 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
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"The Joy of Sketching" - William Mancuso
2024-07-11 09:00 - 2024-07-12 16:00 (America/New_York) | Franciscan Life Process Center – Lowell Campus, 11650 Downes St. NE, Lowell, MI, 49331
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 small and emphasizing the act of sketching over the sketch.
The cost of this workshop is $250.
To find a complete listing of this workshop please go to: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/william-mancuso-the-joy-of-sketching-tickets-741556414197?aff=oddtdtcreator

Phil Starke - Making the Landscape Paintable
2024-07-17 09:00 - 2024-07-20 16:00 (America/New_York) | Franciscan Life Process Center – Lowell Campus, 11650 Downes St. NE, Lowell, MI, 49331
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 color wheel.

The cost of this workshop is $700.

To find a complete listing of this workshop please go to: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/phil-starke-making-the-landscape-paintable-tickets-696926334427?aff=oddtdtcreator

Keiko Tanabe-Painting Impressions with Watercolor
2024-07-18 - 2024-07-20 | Franciscan Life Process Center – Lowell Campus, 11650 Downes St. NE, Lowell, MI, 49331
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 the subject that conveys a certain mood and atmosphere. Keiko will show you how to take the initial inspiration, through the simplification process, to an expressive painting that is strong in composition and content.
The introduction focuses on the fundamentals including getting to know our materials and seeing things with an artist’s eye. The areas of topic covered in this workshop include: a preliminary drawing and composition, a variety of watercolor techniques in paint application and brush handling, what makes a good design, understanding of relationship of dark and light values, planning & intuition, and how to edit complex visual information.
Keiko does a daily demonstration with helpful tips and insights. Reference photos will be provided. There will be plenty of one-on-one guidance/critique and a question-and-answer session on a daily basis.
ABOUT INSTRUCTOR
Keiko Tanabe, AWS, NWS, AIS, LPAPA. Often working en plein air, her atmospheric watercolors perfectly capture a sense of time and place. Through her use of color, textures, and signature brushwork, Keiko’s landscapes and cityscapes, beautifully convey both the exotic and the simple scenes of the many places she travels. Never attending art school, Keiko took only one drawing class to learn basic technical skills before she started painting in 2005. One year later, after learning basic drawing and watercolor painting skills at a local community school in San Diego, Keiko decided to paint full-time. From then on, she intensely taught herself to be fluent in watercolor painting, just as one would do to master a foreign language. Her subjects include landscape, cityscape, waterscape and interior scenes, which will be demonstrated in the workshop, using representational and impressionistic compositions. Since 2011, Keiko has completed successfully numerous workshops and live demonstrations around the world. She has 4 DVDs and several books of her art and has been featured in many art magazines.

Summer Art Experience for Grades 3-8
2024-07-29 13:00 - 2024-07-31 16:00 (America/New_York) | Franciscan Life Process Center – Lowell Campus, 11650 Downes St. NE, Lowell, MI, 49331
Summer Art Experience for Grades 3-8

July 29-31, 1 PM – 4 PM

The cost of this workshop is $200.

Young participants will learn the basics of handling pencils, creating various strokes, and using pastels to add vibrant colors to their artwork. This workshop will encourage them to experiment with different subjects like animals, nature, self-portraits, and more, igniting their creativity and allowing them to express themselves artistically.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/summer-art-experience-for-grades-3-8-tickets-849607628287?aff=oddtdtcreator

Pioneer Days: Session 3
2024-08-05 09:00 - 2024-08-08 12:00 (America/New_York) | Franciscan Life Process Center – Lowell Campus, 11650 Downes St. NE, Lowell, MI, 49331

Judith Tummino-Two of You: Creating a Two-Figure Painting
2024-08-15 09:00 - 2024-08-16 16:00 (America/New_York) | Franciscan Life Process Center – Lowell Campus, 11650 Downes St. NE, Lowell, MI, 49331
Judith Tummino-TWO OF YOU: Creating a Two-Figure Painting

August 15 & 16, 2024

Experience the joy of putting together a painting which tells a story of yourself. Learn to construct a sound composition using two photos which you have selected to bring with you. This workshop combines the skills of drawing with story telling, challenging your creative side.

The cost of this workshop is $250.

To find a complete listing of this workshop please go HERE

Stan Kurth-Intuitive Painting with Watercolor and Gouache
2024-08-15 09:00 - 2024-08-17 16:00 (America/New_York) | Franciscan Life Process Center – Lowell Campus, 11650 Downes St. NE, Lowell, MI, 49331
Stan Kurth-Intuitive Painting with Watercolor and Gouache
August 15-17, 9 AM – 4 PM
This workshop is designed to teach all levels of students to paint intuitively, starting without preconceived ideas or outcome. There will be no preliminary planning or drawing. Process will dictate direction as students use mark-making tools, watercolor and gouache to implement elements and principles of design.
The cost of this workshop is $520.
To find a complete listing of this workshop please go to: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/stan-kurth-intuitive-painting-with-watercolor-and-gouache-tickets-678192691597?aff=oddtdtcreator

David Kassan-The Art of Capturing Personality & Emotion in Oil Portraiture
2024-08-21 09:00 - 2024-08-24 16:00 (America/New_York) | Franciscan Life Process Center – Lowell Campus, 11650 Downes St. NE, Lowell, MI, 49331
August 21 @ 9 AM – August 24 @ 4 PM
Throughout the workshop, Kassan will discuss his approach to portrait painting, including his use of color theory, composition, and light and shadow. He will demonstrate his technique by painting a portrait from life, while explaining each step of the process.
The cost of this workshop is $685.00.
To find a complete listing of this workshop please go to: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/david-kassan-the-art-of-capturing-personality-emotion-in-oil-portraiture-tickets-611350946137

Kendra Postma – ISE-Collage Mixed Media – Paint, Cut, Paste
2024-08-29 09:00 - 2024-08-30 16:00 (America/New_York) | Franciscan Life Process Center – Lowell Campus, 11650 Downes St. NE, Lowell, MI, 49331
August 29 & 30, 2024
You will learn how to add many types of papers to your painting. Anything from old photos, magazine images, old postage stamps and printed papers. I will also teach you how to make collage papers that we will use in our paintings with a Geli plate and stencils.
The cost of this workshop is $250.
To find a complete listing of this workshop please go to: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/kendra-postma-ise-collage-mixed-media-paint-cut-paste-tickets-635527920117

Chantel Lynn Barber-The Expressive Portrait with Chantel
2024-09-12 09:00 - 2024-09-14 16:00 UTC | Franciscan Life Process Center – Lowell Campus, 11650 Downes St. NE, Lowell, MI, 49331
September 12 @ 9 AM – September 14 @ 4 PM
Chantel will share tips and techniques learned from over twenty-five years of working in the acrylic medium. She will demonstrate painting the portrait from reference photos without losing the energy and vitality of working from life.
The cost of this workshop is $595.
To find a complete listing of this workshop please go to: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/chantel-lynn-barber-the-expressive-portrait-with-chantel-tickets-428117830957

John Hulsey - Mastering the Watercolor Wash
2024-09-19 09:00 - 2024-09-20 16:00 (America/New_York) | Franciscan Life Process Center – Lowell Campus, 11650 Downes St. NE, Lowell, MI, 49331
September 19 @ 9 AM – September 20 @ 4 PM
A perfect wash can express an entire world if the values, edges, color and shape are just right. This class is designed to help you learn and practice this essential skill. Using landscape subjects, John will show you how to gain understanding/mastery of those difficult wet-into-wet washes.
The cost of this workshop is $575.
To find a complete listing of this workshop please go to: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/john-hulsey-mastering-the-watercolor-wash-tickets-622019034677

Vladislav Yeliseyev-PAINTING LIGHT IN WATERCOLOR
2024-09-19 09:00 - 2024-09-21 16:00 (America/New_York) | Franciscan Life Process Center – Lowell Campus, 11650 Downes St. NE, Lowell, MI, 49331
September 19-21, 2024
In this workshop, our main focus will be on the art of capturing and portraying light. Light plays a vital role in bringing depth, atmosphere, and realism to any artwork, techniques that can be employed to effectively represent light, including glazing, wet-on-wet, and drybrush techniques.
The cost of this workshop is $595.
To find a complete listing of this workshop please go to: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/vladislav-yeliseyev-painting-light-in-watercolor-tickets-685732984817?aff=oddtdtcreator

Beth Charles-Abstract Landscapes In Acrylic
2024-09-26 09:00 - 2024-09-27 16:00 (America/New_York) | Franciscan Life Process Center – Lowell Campus, 11650 Downes St. NE, Lowell, MI, 49331
September 26 & 27, 2024
In this workshop, students will learn how to create unique, abstract landscapes with acrylics. Techniques in value, color composition, layering, and acrylic mediums will be explored. The importance of using transparent verses opaque colors will be demonstrated as well as how to paint “wet into wet”.
The cost of this workshop is $250.
To find a complete listing of this workshop please go to: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/beth-charles-abstract-landscapes-in-acrylic-tickets-637328264997

Margaret Dyer-Oil & Pastel Workshop
2024-09-26 09:00 - 2024-09-28 16:00 UTC | Franciscan Life Process Center – Lowell Campus, 11650 Downes St. NE, Lowell, MI, 49331
September 26-28, 2024
In Margaret’s workshops students are taught traditional pastel and/or oil painting techniques. Working from life and photos of a model taken during class, students will explore drawing, composition, anatomy, proportion, value, color and medium application, and developing form using light and shadow.
The cost of this workshop is $595.
To find a complete listing of this workshop please go to: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/margaret-dyer-oil-pastel-workshop-tickets-591617432667

Barbara Schilling-Abstracting the Landscape
2024-10-07 13:00 - 2024-10-28 17:00 (America/New_York) | Franciscan Life Process Center – Lowell Campus, 11650 Downes St. NE, Lowell, MI, 49331
Barbara Schilling-Abstracting the Landscape

October 7, 14, 21 and 28, 1 PM-5 PM

Finding ways to simplify your landscape painting will offer the viewer a cleaner more direct communication of your story. This workshop will cover thoughts and ideas on creating a more abstract, less literal interpretation of a landscape painting.

The cost of this workshop is $250.

To find a complete listing of this workshop please go to: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/barbara-schilling-abstracting-the-landscape-tickets-637442416427?aff=oddtdtcreator

David Gray-Painting the Head from Life
2024-10-09 09:00 - 2024-10-12 16:00 (America/New_York) | Franciscan Life Process Center – Lowell Campus, 11650 Downes St. NE, Lowell, MI, 49331
Features to this class will include drawing, various types of paint handling, and color mixing. David’s goal for this class is to share tools to help the student achieve a sophisticated translation of the head in oil reminiscent of the 19th century Neoclassical French Masters.
The cost of this workshop is $700.
To find a complete listing of this workshop please go to: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/david-gray-painting-the-head-from-life-tickets-543233505037

Kathleen Kalinowski-Explore Values and Expression with Soft Pastel
2024-10-10 09:00 - 2024-10-11 16:00 (America/New_York) | Franciscan Life Process Center – Lowell Campus, 11650 Downes St. NE, Lowell, MI, 49331
October 10 and 11, 9 AM – 4 PM

This workshop will show you how to easily select the right pastel for the intended value within a landscape. Knowing the correct values will give you confidence to use more luminous color combinations.

The cost of this workshop is $250.

To find a complete listing of this workshop please go to: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/kathleen-kalinowski-explore-values-and-expression-with-soft-pastel-tickets-643903030297?aff=oddtdtcreator

Eric Michaels-Value and Edges in Watercolor Painting
2024-10-17 09:00 - 2024-10-18 16:00 (America/New_York) | Franciscan Life Process Center – Lowell Campus, 11650 Downes St. NE, Lowell, MI, 49331
October 17 & 18, 9 AM – 4 PM

In watercolor painting, where the medium’s transparent nature allows for delicate layering and subtle variations, mastering values and edges becomes particularly crucial. Proper control over the intensity of pigments and the management of edges can help achieve a sense of realism or express a particular artistic style.

The cost of this workshop is $250.

To find a complete listing of workshop please go to: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/eric-michaels-value-and-edges-in-watercolor-painting-tickets-696860036127?aff=oddtdtcreator

David Dibble-VALUE AND COLOR: Foundations and explorations
2024-10-17 09:00 - 2024-10-19 16:00 (America/New_York) | Franciscan Life Process Center – Lowell Campus, 11650 Downes St. NE, Lowell, MI, 49331
October 17-19, 9 AM – 4 PM

This is the college course you always wished you had taken! Unlike the typical workshop you won’t spend days on finishing one painting, but rather you’ll study principles and work through visual exercises and painting studies which will change both your observational and studio practice.

The cost of this workshop is $650.

To find a complete listing of this workshop please go to: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/david-dibble-value-and-color-foundations-and-explorations-tickets-638102661237?aff=oddtdtcreator

M. Joy Lemon-Waxing your Watercolor Paintings
2024-10-29 09:00 - 2024-10-30 16:00 (America/New_York) | Franciscan Life Process Center – Lowell Campus, 11650 Downes St. NE, Lowell, MI, 49331
October 29 & 30, 2024, 9 AM – 4 PM

Join us for this special workshop as we walk through the methods used to prep your panel, seal your artwork, and attach hardware while also creating the fantastic work to showcase, and when finished, you will have created something fantastic to display or to sell at a local art fair.

The cost of this workshop is $275.

To find a complete listing of this workshop please go to: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/m-joy-lemon-waxing-your-watercolor-paintings-tickets-999378647437?aff=oddtdtcreator

Touched by Mercy Retreat
2025-03-01 10:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | Franciscan Life Process Center – Lowell Campus, 11650 Downes St. NE, Lowell, MI, 49331
The Franciscan Life Process Center invites all who have been affected by suicide to attend the Touched by Mercy Retreat on March 1, 2025, from 10:00 am – 3:00 pm. Franciscan Life Process Center, Lowell Campus, 11650 Downes St. NE, Lowell, MI, 49331. Lunch included. Cost: $65 http://weblink.donorperfect.com/TBM2025
“Scholarships available – for inquiries, please call 616.897.7842”
