March 2, 2012

Where has the time gone? 2012 will be our 8th workshop season, although Hudson River Valley Art Workshops has been at this location since the 1980s!

We are enjoying a brief bit of snow, which is due to melt away tomorrow. Today, however, it is gorgeous.

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Every year is exciting but as I start to put together everything for the current season, it always seem that THIS year will be the best ever!

This is the line up for 2012:

  • Paula Nadelstern: Mar. 18-24. Kaleidoscope Quilts, 5-day workshop

  • Carol Taylor: Mar. 25-31. Improvisational Scrap Quilts, 5-day workshop

  • Laura Wasilowski: Mar. 31-Apr. 3. Couching Thread, Hidden Needle, 3-day workshop

  • Esterita Austin: Apr. 12-15. Exploring Sheers, 3-day workshop

  • John MacDonald: Apr. 15-21. Oil Painting, 5-day workshop

  • Susan Shie: Apr. 22-28. Diary Painting for Art Quilts, 5-day workshop

  • Hollis Chatelain: Apr. 29-May 5. Dye-Painting on Fabric, 5-day workshop

  • Karen Rosasco: May 6-12, Experimental Watermedia, 5-day workshop

  • Jean Uhl Spicer: May 17-20, Florals in Watercolor, 3-day workshop

  • Robert Burridge: May 20-26. Acrylic Painting and Collage, 5-day workshop

  • Elizabeth Apgar-Smith: May 31-Jun. 3. Composing from Field Sketches, 3-day workshop

  • Ted Nuttall: Jun. 3-9. Watercolor Portraits from Photos, 5-day workshop

  • Carol Marine: Jun. 10-16. Oil Still Life, 5-day workshop

  • Richard McKinley: Jun. 17-23. Pastel Landscapes, 5-day workshop

  • Jane Sassaman: Jun. 24-30. Abstracting From Nature, 5-day workshop

  • Kathyanne White: Jul. 1-7. Digital Printing on Alternative Surfaces, 5-day workshop

  • Valerie Goodwin: Jul. 12-15. Mixed Media Maps, 3-day workshop

  • David Dunlop: Jul. 15-21. On Location with Past Masters, 5-day workshop

  • Frank Webb: Jul. 22-28. Studio Watercolor, 5-day workshop

  • Summer Retreat: Jul. 29-Aug. 4. Self-Directed retreat, 3- or 6-nights

  • Mel Stabin: Aug. 5-11. Watercolor Landscapes, 5-day workshop

  • Peter Fiore. Aug. 12-18. Landscape Painting: Beyond the Photograph, 5-day workshop

  • Margaret Evans: Aug. 18-21. The Versatility of Pastel, 3-day workshop

  • Elin Pendleton: Aug. 23-26. Color – Getting it Right!, 3-day workshop

  • Judi Betts: Aug. 26-Sep. 1. Studio Watercolor, 5-day workshop

  • Lorenzo Chavez: Sep. 9-15. Landscapes in Pastel or Oil, 5-day workshop

  • Donna Zagotta: Sep. 16-22. Adding the You Factor to Your Paintings, 5-day workshop

  • Pat Dews: Sep. 23-29. Watermedia, 5-day workshop

  • Skip Lawrence: Sep. 30-Oct. 6. Watermedia, 5-day workshop

  • Kenn Backhaus: Oct. 7-13. Composition and Brushwork in Oil, 5-day workshop

  • Alvaro Castagnet: Oct. 14-20. Landscapes in Watercolor, 5-day workshop

  • Charotte Warr Andersen: Oct. 21-27. Portraits in Fabric, 5-day workshop

  • Margaret Dyer: Oct. 27-30. Figures in Pastel, 3-day workshop

  • Rosalie Dace: Nov. 4-10. Cross Currents, 5-day workshop

  • Jane Davila: Nov. 10-13. Irresistible Surface Design, 3-day workshop

  • Larkin Van Horn: Nov. 29-Dec. 2. Vessels, Shrines, Reliquaries, 3-day workshop

  • Sue Benner: Dec. 2-8. Techniques for Fused Quilts, 5-day workshop

  • Susan Brubaker Knapp. Dec. 9-15. Paint, Fuse, Stitch!, 5-day workshop