The Atelier Studio Program of Fine Arts

An Evening of Inspiration: The Art and Life of Brian Stewart
Free | Fundraising Raffle
Friday, April 24, 2026 | 6:00–9:00 pm

Join us for an informal presentation at 6:30 pm celebrating Brian Stewart’s influence on the Plein Air movement in America, along with his art, life, music, inspirations, awards, and professional associations. We are grateful for the workshops he shared with The Atelier over the years. Guests can also view and purchase select paintings, prints, and his book, An Artist’s Journey…VIA CATALINA.

Brian’s painting Home on the Mississippi will be featured as the fundraising raffle painting for the 2026 Atelier Student Show. Raffle tickets will be available for $10 each, cash or check only. Light appetizers and refreshments will be served—register now to RSVP.

What a wonderful week in the studio with JaFang Lu and everyone who joined the chromatic palette workshop. We’re deeply grateful to our students for bringing such focus, curiosity, and openness to the process.

It was a pleasure to explore color, value, light, and paint application together in a true learning environment. Thank you for being part of this inspiring workshop and for contributing to the energy of our community.

Enriching lives through the power of art and community.

Painting the Figure with a Chromatic Palette with JaFang Lu�Only 4 days left to register and only 1 seat left! Join JaFang Lu for an immersive week of chromatic figure painting as you deepen your understanding of color, value, and light within a structured classical training environment. This workshop focuses on gaining familiarity with your palette, experimenting with color mixing, and building confidence in your painterly decisions rather than striving for a single highly finished piece. Workshop: March 30–April 3, 2026�Monday–Friday, 9:00 am–4:00 pm�Tuition: $700 New: Evening Painting Demo with JaFang Lu�Tuesday, March 31, 6:00–9:00 pm�$40 admission, limited to 25 attendees, with proceeds supporting The Atelier’s mission of access for all to classical art training. Reservation required. Register for the workshop and demo:
https://theatelier.coursestorm.com/course/painting-the-figure-with-a-chromatic-palette

Enriching lives through the power of art and community.

“The Turban of Ghiberti” is an evening art history lecture at The Atelier that invites you to look closely at Lorenzo Ghiberti’s celebrated Baptistery doors in Florence. It explores how two self-portraits on the doors trace Ghiberti’s transformation from hands-on workshop craftsman—turbaned like a goldsmith at work—to an intellectual artist grounded in perspective and classical antiquity, and what that shift reveals about Renaissance civic identity and public art. The lecture is led by Allison Baxter, who guides participants through this rich intersection of art and the making of the “Gates of Paradise.”
Saturday, March 28, 2026
6:00pm–8:00pm