Classes

May Events at MONA

Open Studio

Community Studio
May 6, 13, 20, 27 | All Day

Free Event
Limited to 25 participants
Bring your own art supplies, or use the supplies and art prompt provided.
Featured Artist Prompt for May: Round Trip Time by Barbara Takenaga

MONA Book Club

Gary E. Zaruba Library
May 6 | 10:30-11:30 AM

May – The Art Collector’s Daughter by Derville Murphy
June – The Long March Home by Marcus Brotherton and Tosca Lee
July – Woman On Fire by Lisa Barr
August – Confluence: John Gottschalk’s Life of Duty, Service, and the Business of News by George Ayoub
September – The Gift of Asher Lev by Chaim Potok

ARTisTRY: Australian Hinge Book Making with Deanna Jesse

Community Studio
May 7 | 1:30 PM

Limited to 10 participants
Open to individuals ages 15 and up.
Cost: $25 members / $30 non-members
All supplies provided

The Art of Well-Being Series Presents: The Art of Presence – Yoga with Lori Cody

Founders Gallery
May 7 – 28 | 9:30-11:00 AM

A unique experience blending yoga with MONA’s artwork to cultivate mindfulness and deep connection through movement and visual storytelling.
Open to individuals ages 15 and up.
Cost: $50 members / $60 non-members (all four sessions)

MONA Makers with Christine Brown

Community Studio
May 8 | 1:00-3:00 PM

Painting with wool – Needle Felted Landscapes
All Supplies Provided
Open to individuals ages 15 and up.
Cost: $25 members / $30 non-members

Figure Drawing – Clothed and Draped Studies

Work from a live model and enhance your figure drawing or sculpting skills in this series of workshops. Participants will have the opportunity to draw or sculpt the human figure in an open studio format. Models will either be clothed or draped to ensure privacy.

Each workshop begins with short poses for gestures and sketches, followed by longer poses, with a final pose for completed drawings or sculptures. Open to all skill levels, the focus of this workshop is to practice proportion, gesture, movement, and perspective.

Community Studio
May 8 | 7:00-9:00 PM

No Instruction
Open to individuals ages 15 and up.
Easels, benches, boards, and tables are provided. Please bring drawing paper/sketchbooks and drawing materials of your choice.
Cost: $15 members / $20 non-members

First Saturday – Guest Artists: UNK Wrestling Team

Join the UNK wrestling team for a morning filled with creativity and art-making!

Community Studio
May 10 | 10:30 AM-12:00 PM

Wrestlers will join children (ages 5-14) for collaborative painting sessions.
Free Event
Limited to 25 participants

Collection Connection: “Artist Explorers” with Karen Park & Sandy Mahalek

Founders Gallery
May 14 | 1:30-3:00 PM

Free Event

The Art of Well-Being Series Presents: Healing Through Art: A Narrative Medicine Workshop with Wendy Hind

Community Studio
May 15^th | 1:30-4:00 PM

This workshop explores the power of storytelling and self-expression through art, using narrative medicine techniques to promote healing and self-discovery.
Limited to 15 participants
Open to individuals ages 15 and up.
Cost: $30 members / $35 non-members

Homeschool Art

Community Studio
May 14, 21, 28 | 10:30 AM-12:00 PM

Open to Homeschool students between the ages 5-14.
Registration required
Limited to 15 participants
Cost: $30 per student/$50 per family
One parent/guardian will need to accompany each family group.

Art Classes for Kids

Community Studio
May 17 | 10:30 AM-12:00 PM

For ages 6-10 years old
Limited to 15 participants
Cost: $15 per participant

Community Studio
May 17 | 1:00 PM-3:00 PM

Limited to 15 participants
Cost: $15 per participant
For ages 11-14 years old

Clay Boot Camp with Javier Fox

Community Studio
May 21-23 | 6:30 PM-8:30 PM

Limited to 10 participants
Cost: $125 members / $150 non-members
For ages 11-14 years old

DEMONSTRATION SERIES: Lampworking by Chris Haussler

Community Studio
May 29 | 6:30-8:00 PM

Limited to 20 participants
Free Event (Registration required)

The Radiant Sky with Beth Cole

Community Studio
May 30 | 1:00 – 4:00 PM AND May 31 | 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Limited to 12 participants
Cost: $60 members / $70 non-members
Open to individuals ages 15 and up.

Workshop Description
The sky gives us endless possibilities as painters. In this workshop you will create a painting based on the view of the sky during the golden hour as the sun sinks toward the horizon. Many times there is such a beautiful gradation of color from horizon to the crest of the sky at this time of day. This is what we will practice along with a few floating clouds.

Who It Is For
This is a workshop for anyone who appreciates the sky and wants to learn more about how create a glowing and radiant painting. Some painting experience will be helpful.

What You Will Learn. How to…

Simplify the subject
Create a value thumbnail
Tone your surface before painting
Place elements with reference points
Unify your paint mixes with a mother color
Mix and match your paint colors
Create atmosphere with layers of paint
Enjoy the painting process

What to Bring
*Beth will provide four sky photos you may choose from during the workshop. If you would like to use your own sky photos, that’s wonderful. Please bring them with you.

Sketchbook and pencil
Brushes, I use flats 2, 4, 6
Palette knife for mixing paint
Small empty jar with lid for odorless mineral spirits
If you have oil paints to which you are accustomed, please feel free to bring them.