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Virtual Art Workshops & Classes (via Zoom) Sessions start June 9 (through June 24) - Registration Open! Virtual classes for all ages and all levels Sketching · Drawing · Cartooning · Watercolor Gouache · Oils · Acrylics · Charcoal · Pencils Download a summary of offerings  here Read descriptions  here .  Register  here . Questions?  admin@farmsteadarts.org Email is the best way to reach us (our office is closed)

May 7 to May 30 -- Passaic County Free Labor Arts Classes for Children, March 7th - May 30th Students grades 3-5 are invited to register and attend classes designed to introduce them to the history and contemporary issues of working people and immigrants through the visual and performing arts. Students are provided with the opportunity to participate in hands-on activities by which they are encouraged to develop their understanding and appreciation of an immigrant worker's home, lifestyle and workplace as a means of comparison to the same issues today. The classes are conducted at the Museum on Saturdays 11:30AM - 1PM.  Pre-registration is required . It is not necessary to attend every class. Classes begin on March 7th and end on May 30th, 2020. (Class will not be held on May 16th.) The Saturday Labor Arts Classes are funded, in part, by a generous grant from the Puffin Foundation. For further information and a registration form, please call the Museum at (973) ...

Wednesdays, July 10-31  Mercer County Drawing the Garden at Morven Museum & Garden Wednesdays, July 10 through July 31, 2019 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. $170; $145 for members of either ACP or Morven Museum & Garden Register here: https://public.artscouncilofprinceton.org/public/classdirect/699   Learn to draw herbs, flowers, and trees in Morven’s beautiful gardens with artist instructor Dressler Smith. Students at all skill levels will enjoy this four-week mini-course starting with introductory pencil drawing and ending with methods to add color. Bring artist pencils, sharpener, kneaded eraser, drawing pad, portable chair, and hat or some sun protection. Registration exclusively through the Arts Council of Princeton. https://morvenmuseum.squarespace.com/drawing-the-garden-at-morven-museum-garden   Morven Museum & Garden, 55 Stockton Street, Princeton, NJ 08540; 609-924-8144