Community Calendar

Shenandoah Valley Art Center presents: Monoprinting: Press Play with Piper Groves. Join SVAC director and printmaker, Piper Groves, for a day of monoprinting! We will be using water-based inks and a variety of printing techniques designed to get your creativity flowing. Learn how to let go of expectations, and to let the color and shapes guide your work. This will be a facilitated workday! Piper will talk and give a demonstration of three techniques before letting you loose to play. Best for artists with some experience although no printmaking experience is required!( Fee $75, Friday October 24, 10:00 a.m. – 2: 00 p.m., print studio, 416, W. Main St., Waynesboro, VA 22980, register: www.svacart.com or call 540--949-7662)

Shenandoah Valley Art Center presents: Introduction to Encaustic Painting: Painting with Fire with Lynne Miller. Come Learn or expand your knowledge of the Ancient Painting Technique of Melted Beeswax and Tree Sap! Ideal for beginners to intermediates. Unleash your creativity in this one-day encaustic painting workshop. We’ll spend the day mastering techniques and best practices This is a hands-on introduction to encaustic painting. We will discuss a brief history of this versatile medium, choosing the right surface, and the do’s/don’t of painting with torches. Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced artist looking to explore a new medium, this workshop is for you. All materials are provided. Get ready to have some fun with wax! We will work together as we discuss various techniques; smooth vs. textured surfaces (accretion), mixing color, working transparent vs. opaque, and mark making (sgraffito). You will have time to work on your own piece(s) working with the techniques you have learned. Lynne Miller is from NC but she, her husband, and 2 dogs now call Staunton, Virginia home. She has been a full-time artist for over 30 years working as an illustrator, in theaters, as a scenic artist for aquariums/zoos/museums, and as a muralist. She found her passion 9 years ago working in encaustics. Her paintings can be found in Galleries in NC, TN, and Wisconsin. Lynne is a certified R&F advanced encaustic instructor and is excited to share her love of the medium with others. (Fee: $80, Saturday, October 25, 12:00 – 3:00 p.m., 416 W. Main St., Waynesboro, VA 22980, register: www.svacart.com or call 540-949-7662)

Shenandoah Valley Art Center presents: Potion-Making Workshop for Kids ages 5-11 with Rainbow Willard. Come craft a "magical potion" inside a small jar or bottle using kid-safe ingredients/colorants, glitter, and glow elements! Students will design custom potion labels with spooky names like Witch's Brew, Moonlight Mist, or Dragon's Breath. Each magical concoction will get sealed for the journey home as potion makers depart class! Rainbow Willard is a practicing artist and art educator with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Art Education from Virginia Commonwealth University. She has experience teaching art to students of all ages and specializes in drawing, painting, and mixed media. Her teaching approach focuses on encouragement, skill-building, and helping students develop their own creative voice. (Fee $15, Sunday, October 26, 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m., 126 S. Wayne Ave., Waynesboro, VA 22980, register: www.svacart.com or call 540-949-7662)

Shenandoah Valley Art Center presents: Mini Monster Canvases Workshop for Kids 5-11 with Rainbow Willard. Whimsical monsters come in a variety of shapes and sizes. Kids exercise their imagination to create 4x4” canvases to paint colorful monsters using acrylics. Monster makers will have the option to add googly eyes, foam teeth, or glitter horns, etc. Come and join the Halloween fun and bring home a little monster friend! Rainbow Willard is a practicing artist and art educator with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Art Education from Virginia Commonwealth University. She has experience teaching art to students of all ages and specializes in drawing, painting, and mixed media. Her teaching approach focuses on encouragement, skill-building, and helping students develop their own creative voice. (Fee: $15, Sunday , October 26, 1:00 – 2:00 p.m., 126 S. Wayne Ave., Waynesboro, VA 22980, register: www.wvacart.com or call 54-949-7662)

Shenandoah Valley Art Center presents: Glow-in-the-Dark Ghost Painting Workshop for Kids ages 5 – 11 with Rainbow Willard. Paint a spooky scene on black paper or board and add a puffy, glowing ghost using glow-in-the-dark paint (tulip puffy paint) and pulled cotton balls. Students get to see their imagination in luminescence and have fun assembling their eerily glowing creations with craft materials. Rainbow Willard is a practicing artist and art educator with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Art Education from Virginia Commonwealth University. She has experience teaching art to students of all ages and specializes in drawing, painting, and mixed media. Her teaching approach focuses on encouragement, skill-building, and helping students develop their own creative voice. (Fee: $15, Sunday, October 26, 3:00 – 4:00 p.m., 126 S. Wayne Ave. Waynesboro, VA 22980, register: www.svacart.com or call 540-949-7662)

Shenandoah Valley Art Center presents: Sound Bath with Breathwork and Meditation with Leslie Chisnell. Reset your nervous system. Reconnect with your breath. Restore inner balance. In this session, Leslie Chisnell RN, LMT, YT-200, Nurse Coach and Sound Healing Practitioner will weave together gentle breathwork, guided meditation, and a full-body crystal bowl sound immersion to support deep relaxation and emotional clarity. It's ideal for anyone seeking stress relief, nervous system regulation, or a quiet space for inner reflection. Immerse yourself in healing vibrations of crystal singing bowls designed to balance your energy, calm the mind, and awaken your inner clarity. This sound bath is an invitation to reset and realign with your true self. No experience needed. All are welcome. Persons with pacemakers should get approval from their physician. Yoga mat or blanket, pillow x2, eye cover(optional), water. Reserve Your Spo as space is limited - pre-registration required at www.svacart.com or call 540-949-7662. (Fee: $20 for SVAC Members, $25 for non-member, October 26, 6:00 – 7:15 p.m., 126 S. Wayne Ave., Waynesboro, VA 22980).

Shenandoah Valley Art Center presents: Drawing and Sketching for Painters with John Hancock. Introducing beginners to the basics of drawing, this course begins with essential incremental steps providing students with the basics of drawing from observation with regular practice. You will start with pencil, then move on to using conté and inks. Expect loads of demos and handouts! Students will work on many small projects and exercises but also leave the course with several finished pieces. Let’s explore drawing with an eye greater visual impact and just maybe better accuracy too!
Suitable for beginners and advanced students or artists seeking to brush up on essential skills. Experience the challenges and the joys of drawing in this 6-week, Wednesday afternoon class. Loads of helpful handouts as well as group and personal feedback. (Fee: $295, Wednesdays, September 3, 10, 17, 24, October 1, 8, 1:30 – 4:00 pm, Register: www.johnahancock.com/new-products/drawing-and-sketching-for-painters-at-svac , 416 W. Main St. Waynesboro, Va 22980.)

Thursday’s Painting Group is a meeting of artists who want to paint! Artists bring their own supplies and gather at SVAC on Thursdays, 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. at no cost to participants. Take advantage of your fellow painters for inspiration and light critique if you are interested. Come relax, share ideas or techniques, and independently work in the medium of your choice! Please call Shenandoah Valley Art Center if you are interested in joining and reserving a space! (540-949-7662, August 7, 14, 21, 28, 416 W. Main St., Waynesboro 22980)

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Shenandoah Valley Art Center presents: Compositions that Work with Peg Sheridan. Do you wonder why your paintings don't seem to "pull together" at the end? Would you like to understand how to use compositional tools to make your paintings better? In this hands-on class, you will learn powerful, practical compositional tools that work. Whether you are painting landscapes, figures, still life or abstracts, you will learn how to arrange shapes for better impact and balance. Through guided exercises, you will learn compositions that are proven winners. Peg will provide weekly demonstrations for each of the six weeks of class. She will provide color worksheets, one-on-one help and weekly reviews of student paintings. She has been painting in watercolors for 45 years, and teaching watercolor painting for 35 years, and is known to be the most popular watercolor instructor in the Piedmont/Blue Ridge region. See Peg's work, and more about her classes and materials list at www.pegsheridan.com . (Fee: $250, Tuesdays, September 23, 30, October 7, 14, 21, & 28, 10:00 am – 2:00 pm, at 126 S. Wayne Avenue., Waynesboro, VA 22980, register: www.pegsheridan.com or call SVAC at 540-949-7662)