ART WORKSHOPS COMING UP ‍

A private art workshop make a great family vacation or birthday party or even a staff party right here at home. Call the MVAC Gallery at 256-571-7199 to discuss details.

Calling MVAC artists - if you are interested in facilitating an art workshop in a particular art medium, please contact the MVAC Gallery at 256-571-7199. Payment depends on how supplies are provided.

OPEN STUDIO DAY-

FIRST WEDNESDAY OF EACH MONTH

In 2026, MVAC will reserve the first Wednesday of each month as Open Studio Day. Bring whatever you are working on and enjoy the company of other artists. There will not be a facilitator, but you never know what you’ll learn from another artist. In April, one participant worked on a quilt, another worked on a watercolor, and another worked on promos for MVAC. One participant got new connections for area poets, info from Alabama Extension Service, discovered the Charburger, and saw MVAC exhibits in the Courthouse, too.

See you on First Wednesdays!

If you are specifically interested in watercolors, please call the MVAC Gallery and let us know what day and time works best for you. We are considering a separate art day with a facilitator.

ART WORKSHOPS FOR CHILDREN

Children art workshops are free to participants in 2026 thanks to a generous donation by Andrew Hamilton in memory of Betty Hamilton, a Marshall County artist.

April - Mother’s Day theme with painted or collaged coaster tiles - with Kim Klueger

May - Father’s Day theme - with Kim Klueger

June - Private art workshop with Child Advocacy Center

TBD - Teens Workshop with Caring Heart in Arab

October 10th, 10 AM - 5 PM - Pumpkin painting during Guntersville FallFest

October - Halloween/Fall - paper pumpkins designs - Kim Klueger

December - Holiday theme - lots of choices - Kim Klueger

December - Holiday theme - Susan Persall

If you are interested in leading a workshop, please call the MVAC Gallery at 256-571-7199.

MVAC Board Member Susan Persall generously leads acrylics art workshops throughout the year for both adults and children. This Paint a Bunny workshop is for adults and is a perfect chance to add a keepsake to a child’s Easter basket this year.

Come have some fun painting with other artists and make some new friends!

Call the gallery to reserve your spot so that Susan will have a canvas waiting for you.

Saturday, June 13th, 10 AM - 2 PM

Beginner Quilting with Constance Snavley

Limit of 5 participants, so sign up early.

Fee: $35 MVAC Members / $40 non-members

Constance is the MVAC Gallery Manager, and you may have seen her working on piecework or helping someone else back in the workshop area. In this workshop, you’ll learn some of the foundational ways to quilt while making a square that can become a pillow. If you really get the bug, your square can become the start of your first quilt!

All supplies, including sewing machines, will be provided.

In April, Constance showcased her quilting skills for Boaz Middle School students during their “How To Day”. Join this workshop,, and you’ll really appreciate what your grandmothers, mothers, and aunts use to make.

May 9th, Saturday, 11 - 12:30 PM

Vintage Jewelry Art with Susan Black

Fee: $70 for MVAC Members / $75 for non-members - All supplies will be provided, but you add some of your own pieces

Susan Black is a talented artist from Huntsville who uses vintage jewelry and other items to create memorabilia to keep for ever. You may have seen her work at the MVAC Gallery, University Pickers in Huntsville, MVAC’s Holiday Art Market, and 2025 Art on the Lake. Read more about Susan at this blog site: https://www.ajeweledjourney.com/blog

In case you don’t have your own stash of costume jewelry or that of a great-great-aunt Sally, Susan will provide all the supplies for this workshop. But if you have a few items you want to include in your art piece, please bring them with you.

If someone is asking what you want for Mother’s Day, suggest they give you this workshop! No calories involved . . . . . unless you eat our snacks, of course.

Friday, May 29th, 1 - 3 PM

Patriotic Boy Acrylics Workshop with Susan Persall

Enjoy an afternoon painting with Susan Persall. All supplies will be provided. Fee is $30 for MVAC members and $35 for non-members.

TWO Saturdays, JULY 11 & 18, 10 AM - 2 PM Bring your lunch!

Barn Quilts with Sherryl Lewis of Nona’s Barn Quilts

This workshop requires two Saturdays because of the curing time between paint applications and final sealant. All supplies and patterns will be provided. Supplies include aluminum composite board cut to size, sanded, primed, background color painted, and the pattern drawn, and ready to start painting. Brush, paint, tape, hair dryers, and aprons will be provided for your use, but wear yard clothes any way.

When you call the MVAC Gallery at 256-571-7199 to register BEFORE MAY 17TH, be ready to select the size, pattern, and background color for your barn quilt. Also, please pay in advance due to the amount of materials and work required before the workshop starts. Limit of 8 participants so sign up early!

Friday, June 26th, 1 PM - 3 PM

Ice Cream Sundae

Acrylics with Susan Persall

Guess what the refreshments may include! The painting has no calories. All supplies will be provided. Fee is $30 for MVAC members / $35 for non-members.

Simple Designs

Intermediate Designs

Friday, July 31st, 10:00 - 2:30 PM

Beginner Stained Glass with Elizabeth Brown

Fee: $ 55 for MVAC members / $65 for non-members (Limit of 5 participants)

Come try out stained glass with Elizabeth Brown, a stained glass artist from Grant.

Sign up early so we can send you some details about the workshop - what to wear, etc. All materials and tools are provided, and participants will need to sign a waiver due to the danger of the materials. You’ll learn a lot from Elizabeth Brown and appreciate stained glass art even more.

THREE Saturdays - August 1, 8, & 15, Noon to 3 PM

Jack O’Lanterns with Georgia Duke

Georgia Duke runs Paper Moon Studio in the Scottsboro area where her creations often defy easy description. Her Jack O’Lantern workshops are always a big hit, so we’re delighted to bring them to Marshall County. Check your football schedule to make sure you are free all three Saturdays because it will take all three plus drying time in between to complete your very own unique masterpiece.

Register before June 15th so that we can plan for supplies.

PAST ART WORKSHOPS

WATERCOLOR WORKSHOP WITH CAROLYN J. WILDER - January 2026

This will be a two-afternoon workshop for intermediate watercolor artists on a Thursday and Friday afternoons. Supplies will be provided, but you can certainly bring your favorite watercolor brushes if you wish; just make sure your name or initials are on them. Cost: $100 for 4 hours of instruction from Carolyn J, Wilder, a regionally and nationally renown watercolor artist who lives in Albertville. Lucky us!