(OCEANVILLE, NJ) -- The Noyes Museum of Art of Stockton University is offering Painting with Soft Pastels with Rae Smith on Saturday, July 18, from 10:30am – 2:30pm. This is a unique opportunity to take a class with Rae Smith, who was awarded the title of Master Pastelist by the Pastel Society of America.
Come spend the day in this soft pastel workshop and develop your own joy of painting from a photo of your choice. You will learn how to use your photo as a link into your own vision. We will discuss good design and composition. Smith, a Master Pastelist and 2014 Hall of Fame Honoree of the Pastel Society of America, has won many awards for her landscape, seascape and pond paintings. She teaches classes at the Katonah Center for the Arts in Katonah, NY and is represented by Accent Gallery in Ocean City, NJ. Supply list available. $100/museum members, $110/non-members; ages 16 & up.
For more information call (609) 652-8848 or visit www.noyesmuseum.org. General museum admission applies.
About:
The Noyes Museum of Art was founded in Oceanville, NJ, in 1983 to collect, preserve, and exhibit American fine and folk art, with an emphasis on New Jersey artists and folk art forms. Today, the Noyes Museum’s exhibitions continue to reflect the area’s cultural heritage, while also presenting significant artwork by regional and national artists working in a variety of media. The Noyes has also expanded to include satellite galleries in Hammonton, Atlantic City, and at Seaview Resort in Galloway. The Noyes Shop: Hammonton, which opened in 2008, specializes in custom framing and can be reached at (609) 561-8006. In February 2010, The Noyes Museum of Art formed a partnership with Stockton College (now Stockton University) to form The Noyes Museum of Art of Stockton College. Through a 2013 partnership with the CRDA, The Noyes Museum of Art of Stockton University opened The Noyes Arts Garage of Stockton University, a unique multi-use arts and retail space at 2200 Fairmount Avenue in Atlantic City.
The Museum remains a 501 (c)(3) organization, with general funding provided by: the New Jersey State Council on the Art/Department of State, a state partner of the National Endowment for the Arts; the Mr. and Mrs. Fred Winslow Noyes Foundation; Stockton University; and the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation.
