
Adult Classes
Spring 2023
Join us next January for a new semester at Sarasota Art Museum’s Studios @ SAM to grow your skills or learn a new medium! Registration opens on Tuesday, December 6. We will be offering exciting new classes in relation to our spring exhibitions at Sarasota Art Museum. There will also be Open Studios for ceramics, painting, and drawing, and new courses exploring digital art, photography, watercolor, drawing, and more! Deep dive into a 6-week ceramics class, learn new skills in a 4-week painting class, or test the waters with a one-session workshop. There’s something special for everyone!
CLASSES
Dive into a particular medium

4 SESSION CLASSES
Drawing the Human Experience
Beginner’s Painting
Digital Painting with the iPad
Photography
CERAMICS
Get your hands dirty with clay

6 SESSION CLASSES
Beginner’s Wheel Throwing
Beginner’s Handbuilding
Handbuilding: Garden Art
3 DAY CLASS
with Master Sculptor Philippe Faraut
1 Session Workshops
CERAMICS 101
Introductory
1 session Workshop
Fourth Friday of each month
Note: Class fee includes everything needed for the class (including clay, glaze, and firing services).
ADULTS (16+)
$63 Museum Member
$70 Not-yet Member
1 Session Workshops
PAINTING 101
1 session Workshop
Fourth Wednesday of each month
ADULTS (16+)
$63 Museum Member
$70 Not-yet Member
4 Session Classes
Beginner's Drawing
Explore the fundamentals of drawing in this 4-week class. This course introduces the basic principles of drawing, including line, shape, value, shading, texture, scale, perspective, and proportion. Students learn fundamental drawing techniques using a variety of drawing mediums. Note: All supplies are included.
ADULTS (16+)
$180 Museum Member
$200 Not-yet Member
4 Session Classes
Beginner's Painting
ADULTS (16+)
$180 Museum Member
$200 Not-yet Member
4 Session Classes
Digital Painting with the iPad
ADULTS (16+)
$180 Museum Member
$200 Not-yet Member
4 Session Classes
Photography: Making Your Vision of Sarasota
ADULTS (16+)
$180 Museum Member
$200 Not-yet Member
Ceramics Classes
Beginner's Wheel Throwing
ADULTS (16+)
$270 Museum Member
$300 Not-yet Member
Ceramics Classes
Beginner's Handbuilding
ADULTS (16+)
$270 Museum Member
$300 Not-yet Member
Ceramics Classes
Handbuilding: Garden Art
ADULTS (16+)
$270 Museum Member
$300 Not-yet Member
Ceramics Classes
The Portrait in Clay
with Master Sculptor Philippe Faraut
ADULTS (16+)
$540 Museum Member
$600 Not-yet Member
Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
March 17, 18, 19
9 am – 4 pm
3 sessions
OPEN STUDIOS
Open Studios
Open Studio: Ceramics
ADULTS (16+)
$225 Museum Member
$250 Not-yet Member
Wednesdays
January 25 – March 1
2 pm – 5 pm
6 sessions
Open Studio: Painting & Drawing
ADULTS (16+)
$225 Museum Member
$250 Not-yet Member