The Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art is offering several art classes for all skill levels.

According to Museum Marketing and Communications Director Jane Graves, the first series of classes, Complimentary Color Mixing, a drawing class, is coming up next week and will be taught by Wanda Taylor.

“She does amazing work with pencils and colored pencils,” Graves said. “Animals and flowers that just jump off the page and almost look like a photograph, so she’s an amazing teacher.”

The drawing class from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. starts Wednesday, February 21st, and will be held every Wednesday through March 28th.

Other upcoming classes include a landscape painting workshop with Donna Bland from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. March 7th through the 9th and Landscapes En Pastel with Brent Seevers from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. April 10th through the 12th.

Graves said it’s part of the museum’s mission to offer programs and classes to help nurture regional artists and introduce families to the arts.

“We try to offer something for all ages and a diverse selection. We’re always open to new ideas, so if anyone has a specific subject that they want to study or a certain medium that they want to try to work with, we would love to hear from you and make sure we offer a class that will do something like that,” Graves said. “It’s such a great outlet, if you’ve had a big day at work and you want a chance to escape, there’s nothing better than to come into the museum and just look around and get some color in your life… or give you a hobby that’s lifelong. We’re just trying to get folks to love art as much as we do.”  

Other ongoing programs the museum offers include a Kid’s Media Mix-up class from 4:30-6 p.m. every Tuesday and Arts and Carafes, an evening of painting and wine from 5:30-7:30 p.m. every fourth Thursday of the month.

For more information and pricing on any of the museum’s classes or programs, contact the Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art at (816) 233-7003 or click here.