Events at The Grace

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

Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month! Participants will create Yarn Art inspired by Mexican folk tradition in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month. These “yarn paintings” are a traditional art belonging to the Wixárika/Huichol, a thriving indigenous people of Mexico. The Huichol created yarn paintings in the mid-20th century as a commodified version of their art to protect the sanctity of their original … Grace Studio: Mexican Yarn Art

Get crafty with us! Join us for a fabric collage class with a no-sew option! Participants will create a bluebonnet collage inspired by Mary Motz Wills, an Abilene artist in The Grace’s permanent collection best known for her paintings of Texas wildflowers that have helped preserve the beauty of our state’s native prairie ecosystem. No experience necessary!  Grace Studio classes are … Grace Studio: Bluebonnet Collage

BYOB & we’ll see you on the beach! Participants in this class will get to experience a fun Beach 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 … Grace Studio: Beach Acrylic Pour

This class has been cancelled. We apologize for any inconvenience. As the end of the school year draws near, we’re inviting all moms, dads, grandmas, uncles, and everyone in between to come create a personalized craft for your kids’ favorite teachers! This project is designed for adults and children to work together, but adults are welcome to come and work … Grace Studio Class: Mom and Me Teacher Gift

Join us in the Grace Studio! Get familiar with chalk pastels–a fun medium somewhere in between drawing and painting–and leave with a tulip that will never droop! No experience necessary! Come get artsy with us! Bring your own snacks and beverages to enjoy while you work! INSTRUCTORS: Christy Biebighauser CLASS LIMIT: 20 Grace Museum Members get $5 off! Memberships will … Grace Studio Class: Pastel Flowers

Join us in the Grace Studio! In this class we will celebrate women’s history month by making an Embroidered Watercolor Monogram. We’ll briefly talk about how women from past generations actively pushed for handiwork and traditional crafts, like embroidery, to be viewed as fine art while we work. No painting or sewing experience necessary. Bring your own snacks and beverages … Grace Studio Class: Embroidered Watercolor Monogram

Bring a bottled beverage & get ready to paint! Participants in this class will get to experience a fun Galaxy Acrylic Pour!⁠ This freeform painting technique uses tilting as the method for moving painting 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!⁠ ⁠ … Bottles & Brushes: Galaxy Acrylic Pour