The Virtual Drawing Group invites Art Omi's extended community to draw along at home! Virtual Drawing Group participants share their work and connect with the group via a weekly Zoom session on Thursday at 5 pm EST. All styles and media welcome. Registration is capped, and so participants are encouraged to reserve a spot in advance.

You can also engage with by completing the weekly prompts and tagging your work on Instagram or Facebook! Use #artomi and #educationomi to share your work.

Weekly Prompts & Zoom info:

• April 23: Figure and Nature Combined
• April 30: Figures from Quarantine
• May 7: News Figures
• May 14: Mixed Media
• May 21: Unconventional Tools
• May 28: Focus on Portraits
• June 4: Blind or Semi-Blind Contour
• June 11: Figures from Memory
• June 18: Open Share
• July 2: Three Tone Series
• July 23: Movement
• August 13: Emotive Figures
• August 27: Using Text
• September 10: Monochromatic Color Scheme
• Sept 24: Abstraction

How can we take control of the stories that we tell ourselves and others? This class will focus on creating character and storytelling through figurative sculpture. There will be an emphasis on developing a personal artistic style through character design and the utilization of motifs and symbols. Inspired by artists of the past and present, students will use a variety of tools, materials, and techniques as they consider figurative poses, the power of gesture, and understand how to develop their own visual language. Representational or abstract, there are no boundaries as to what you can create in this multimedia workshop! Students will be assigned to their very own studio space in our residency Barn. No prior experience necessary.

Join us on Saturday mornings for safe exploration of the Sculpture & Architecture Park and art-making for kids ages 5-12. Weekly workshops host a maximum of twelve children, with a minimum of two teachers. This program will be held almost entirely outdoors with art-making occurring under the open-air Education Pavilions.