Events At The Grace

Love your landscape! Create a step-by-step landscape with oil pastels, inspired by works by Frank Reaugh on view in For Love of the Land: Painting the Texas Landscape. No experience necessary!  Grace Studio classes are for lifelong learners and lifelong artists. Bring a friend or come make a new one! Feel free to bring your own snacks and drinks to … Grace Studio: Pastel Landscape

Experiment with abstract paint pouring! Participants in this class will get to experience the fun of an acrylic pour!⁠ This freeform painting technique uses tilting as the method for moving paint around your canvas rather than applying it with a brush. There’s NO way to mess up (bonus!) and each person’s painting will be completely unique. Feel free to bring … Grace Studio: Acrylic Pour

Dyeing to get crafty? Shibori is a traditional Japanese dyeing technique similar to tie-dye. Attendees will create beautiful indigo designs on dish towels. No experience necessary!  Grace Studio classes are for lifelong learners and lifelong artists. Bring a friend or come make a new one! Feel free to bring your own snacks and drinks to enjoy while you work. INSTRUCTOR: … Grace Studio: Shibori Dyeing

Experiment with abstract paint pouring! Participants in this class will get to experience the fun of an acrylic pour!⁠ This freeform painting technique uses tilting as the method for moving paint around your canvas rather than applying it with a brush. There’s NO way to mess up (bonus!) and each person’s painting will be completely unique. Feel free to bring … Grace Studio: Acrylic Pour

Bring a bottled beverage & get ready to paint! For our Women’s History Month Bottles and Brushes class, we will be learning about one of the women artists in our collection, Lydia Bodnar-Balahutrak. Drawing inspiration from her style and her process of creating art, we will be creating abstract self-portrait collages. Bodnar-Balahutrak says her “work begins with collecting newspaper and … Bottles & Brushes: Abstract Self-Portraits

Join us in the Grace Studio! Portraiture serves as the artistic intersection between biography and culture, establishing the worth of the individual and contemporary interests and values of our time. Come learn about this unique form in a hands-on way! We will be exploring the fun and creative process of Gelli Plate printmaking. Gelli Plates are reusable printing plates that … Grace Studio: Portraits

Get artsy outdoors! Bring a wine to enjoy while local artist Tamberley Thomas guides you through a watercolor painting, on-location in Downtown Abilene. Attendees will gather in The Grace Classroom before walking a short distance to the painting location. No experience necessary!  Grace Studio classes are for lifelong learners and lifelong artists. Bring a friend or come make a new … Watercolor and Wine: Downtown Plein Air

Uncork and unwind! Join us for a relaxing step-by-step painting class featuring the Texas landscape. Choose your favorite of the two designs or create two smaller paintings as we bring the landscape to life on tar paper. Grace Studio: Bottles & Brushes classes are the perfect way to get creative with your friends. BYOB and we’ll provide the rest! No … Grace Studio: Bottles & Brushes Texas Landscape

It’s easier than it seams! Slow stitching, or meditative stitching, is a fun and simple way to create a unique sewing project of your very own! Our Grace Studio: Simple Stitching classes are accessible to people who have been sewing for decades, and people who have never threaded a needle. Join us to sew a Texas Landscape inspired by the … Grace Studio: Simple Stitching Texas Landscape

Get growing! Welcome springtime with a custom planter– small plant included. Participants will create retro-inspired planters for their houseplants, gardens, and faux plants alike (we won’t tell). No experience (or green thumb) necessary!  Grace Studio classes are for lifelong learners and lifelong artists. Bring a friend or come make a new one! Feel free to bring your own snacks and … Grace Studio: Spring Planters

This class has been cancelled.

It’s fall, y’all! Create custom fall decor with us in the Grace Studio! Participants will leave with three pumpkins perfect for tablescapes, entryways, and shelves that you’ll be able to use year after year. This class combines natural elements and textiles to create one-of-a-kind decorations. No experience necessary!  Grace Studio classes are for lifelong learners and lifelong artists. Bring a … Grace Studio: Yarn Pumpkins

There’s no place like gnome! Craft 3 whimsical gnomes to adorn your home this winter! Draw inspiration from your favorite holiday characters or coordinate colors with the rest of your decor. Plus, enjoy a complimentary hot cocoa and coffee bar while you work! No experience necessary! Grace Studio instructors are hands-on and make sure you leave with something you love! Grace … Grace Studio: Winter Gnomes

Celebrate the season! Did you know that candles have been a part of nearly every winter holiday celebration around the world? Learn about different holidays and create your own pressed flower candles to adorn your home for the season! No experience necessary!  Grace Studio classes are for lifelong learners and lifelong artists. Bring a friend or come make a new … Grace Studio: Pressed Flower Candles

Get inspired! Join us to welcome the season with a pastel harvest scene inspired by the fluid work of Harvey Johnson, an artist on view in The Grace’s exhibition Witness: Black Artists in Texas, Then and Now. No experience necessary!  Grace Studio classes are for lifelong learners and lifelong artists. Bring a friend or come make a new one! Feel … Grace Studio: Pastel Harvest

Meet local artist Polly Jones! Create a mixed-media Sunflower Painting with Polly Jones, a local artist known for her vibrant still lifes. Check out her work and learn more about her at www.pollyjonesart.com. No experience necessary!  Grace Studio classes are for lifelong learners and lifelong artists. Bring a friend or come make a new one! Feel free to bring your … Grace Studio: Mixed-Media Sunflower with Polly Jones