PLEIN AIR SCHOOLS AND WORKSHOPS

Taking landscape-painting workshops and classes is one of the quickest and most affordable ways for plein air painters to hone the skills and progress in their understanding and interpretation of nature. Following is a list of schools, museums, and workshop organizations throughout the country and abroad that offer comprehensive instruction in plein air painting. Visit their respective websites to learn more about which landscape instructors will be teaching in your area soon.

 

REGIONAL

WEST

California Art Club (California)
Laguna Art Workshops (California)
SCAPE (Southern California Artists Painting for the Environment) Workshops (California)
The Art Association of Jackson Hole (Wyoming)
Open Box M Artist Workshops (Wyoming)

MIDWEST

Art in the Aspens (Colorado)
Ah Haa School for the Arts (Colorado)
Cottonwood Artists’ School (Colorado)
Dillman’s Bay Resort and Workshops (Wisconsin)
Richeson School of Art (Wisconsin)
Art Center Traverse City (Michigan)
Art by the Falls (Ohio)

SOUTHWEST

Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum Art Institute (Arizona)
Scottsdale Artists’ School (Arizona)
Sedona Arts Center (Arizona)
Artwork West (New Mexico)
Cloudcroft Art Workshops (New Mexico)
Fechin Art Workshops at the Donner Ranch (New Mexico)
The Taos Art School (New Mexico)
Valdes Art Workshops (New Mexico)
Fredericksburg Artists’ School (Texas)
Windberg Art Center (Texas)

NORTHEAST

Hudson River School for Landscape (New York State)
Hudson River Valley Workshops (New York State)
Mystic Mountain Art Workshops (New York State)
Woodstock School of Art (New York State)
Ridgewood Art Institute (New Jersey)
Bucks County Art Workshops (Pennsylvania)
Acadia Workshop Center (Maine)
Coastal Maine Art Workshops (Maine)
Rock Gardens Inn Workshops (Maine)
Cape Cod Museum of Art (Massachusetts)
Copley Society of Art (Massachusetts)
Creative Arts Center (Massachusetts)
Lyme Art Association (Connecticut)

SOUTHEAST

The Art League (Virginia)
Cheap Joe’s Workshops (North Carolina)
Kanuga Watermedia Workshops (North Carolina)
Art League of Hilton Head (South Carolina)

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL

Artists Workshop Tours Agency (Various locations)
Flying Colors Art Workshops (Various locations)
Webster’s World (Various locations)
Artstudy Giverny (France)
Le Petite Rousset (France)
Paint Monet’s Garden (France)
Paint Paris (France)
Art Tours (Greece and Italy)
D’Ambruoso Studios (Italy)
Etruscan Places (Italy)
Il Chiostro (Italy)
La Romita (Italy)
Toscana Americana Workshops (Italy)
Workshops in Italy (Italy)
Explore Guatemala (Guatemala)
Casa de los Artistas (Mexico)

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