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SUMMARY:The Accidental Masterpiece (Intermediate to Advanced) CLASS with Ed Chesnovitch
DESCRIPTION:Being open to trying new techniques and taking risks keeps things fresh and exciting. Ed Chesnovitch concentrates on the importance of Design\, Value\, Color\, and Rhythm to make students’ art stronger with their personal voice. \nA good painting always needs a few things from the painter: Be Passionate\, Be Fearless\, and Trust the Process!\nBeing open to trying new techniques and taking risks\, keeps things fresh and exciting. In this class\, we’ll concentrate on the importance of Design\, Value\, Color\, and Rhythm to make your art stronger with your personal voice! \nLearn to simplify and get the bones of your painting down first\, without wasting time in the beginning with unnecessary details… “ya don’t put up the curtains till the house is built”! Discover the importance of building up a surface history in your paintings\, how “taking off” is just as important as “putting on”\, as well as the magnificence of mark-making. \nWeekly exercises will definitely get you out of your comfort zone and give you permission to play\, explore\, and throw the concept of perfection out the back door! Get ready to paint and have some fun\, because you never know when the next accidental masterpiece will come to fruition.
URL:https://artsbarnstable.com/event/the-accidental-masterpiece-intermediate-to-advanced-class-with-ed-chesnovitch/2026-02-03/
LOCATION:Cape Cod Museum of Art\, 60 Hope Lane\, Dennis\, Massachusetts
CATEGORIES:Sign Up in Advance
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SUMMARY:Valentine’s Mosaics Craft Workshop with Cape Cod Mosaics at the Osterville Village Library
DESCRIPTION:Mosaic Valentine Craft Workshop at the OVL! \nMake beautiful valentine mosaics in this fun workshop at the Osterville Village Library! \nSunday February 8th at 1pm in the Main Meeting Room. \nTo register you must email Mary Cauley at marydcauley@gmail.com \nThis workshop is $60 and includes all of the supplies you will need.
URL:https://artsbarnstable.com/event/valentines-mosaics-craft-workshop-with-cape-cod-mosaics-at-the-osterville-village-library/
LOCATION:Osterville Village Library\, 43 Wianno Ave.\, Osterville\, Massachusetts
CATEGORIES:Crafts,Glass work,Libraries,Sign Up in Advance,Workshop
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SUMMARY:The Accidental Masterpiece (Intermediate to Advanced) CLASS with Ed Chesnovitch
DESCRIPTION:Being open to trying new techniques and taking risks keeps things fresh and exciting. Ed Chesnovitch concentrates on the importance of Design\, Value\, Color\, and Rhythm to make students’ art stronger with their personal voice. \nA good painting always needs a few things from the painter: Be Passionate\, Be Fearless\, and Trust the Process!\nBeing open to trying new techniques and taking risks\, keeps things fresh and exciting. In this class\, we’ll concentrate on the importance of Design\, Value\, Color\, and Rhythm to make your art stronger with your personal voice! \nLearn to simplify and get the bones of your painting down first\, without wasting time in the beginning with unnecessary details… “ya don’t put up the curtains till the house is built”! Discover the importance of building up a surface history in your paintings\, how “taking off” is just as important as “putting on”\, as well as the magnificence of mark-making. \nWeekly exercises will definitely get you out of your comfort zone and give you permission to play\, explore\, and throw the concept of perfection out the back door! Get ready to paint and have some fun\, because you never know when the next accidental masterpiece will come to fruition.
URL:https://artsbarnstable.com/event/the-accidental-masterpiece-intermediate-to-advanced-class-with-ed-chesnovitch/2026-02-10/
LOCATION:Cape Cod Museum of Art\, 60 Hope Lane\, Dennis\, Massachusetts
CATEGORIES:Sign Up in Advance
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260212T110000
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SUMMARY:Author Talk: Chasing Beauty: The Life of Isabella Stewart Gardner-Natalie Dykstra
DESCRIPTION:Join award-winning biographer Natalie Dykstra for a captivating talk on her acclaimed book “Chasing Beauty: The Life of Isabella Stewart Gardner\,” followed by a book signing. \nJoin award-winning biographer Natalie Dykstra for a captivating talk on her acclaimed book Chasing Beauty: The Life of Isabella Stewart Gardner\, followed by a book signing. Dykstra explores how Gardner’s extraordinary life—marked by profound loss\, bold friendships\, adventurous travel\, and an eye for magnificent art—shaped the creation of her iconic museum\, arranged precisely to her own imaginative design. \nCopies of Chasing Beauty will be available for purchase in the Museum Shop. \nNatalie Dykstra is the author of Clover Adams: A Gilded and Heartbreaking Life\, which won a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Fellowship and was a finalist for the 2013 Massachusetts Book Award. Her recent book\, Chasing Beauty: The Life of Isabella Stewart Gardner\, has received a New England Society of New York Book Award and the Marfield Prize\, the national award for arts writing. Her work has been supported by a Public Scholars grant from the NEH and an inaugural Robert and Ina Caro Research Fellowship from the Biographers International Organization. She has been an honorary fellow of the Massachusetts Historical Society since 2011 and is an emerita professor of English at Hope College. She lives with her husband near Boston.
URL:https://artsbarnstable.com/event/author-talk-chasing-beauty-the-life-of-isabella-stewart-gardner-natalie-dykstra/
LOCATION:Cape Cod Museum of Art\, 60 Hope Lane\, Dennis\, Massachusetts
CATEGORIES:Artist Resources
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SUMMARY:Science Stroll at Cape Cod Museum Natural History
DESCRIPTION:Hands on and interactive\, don’t miss our very special Science Stroll this February Vacation\, coming to the Cape Cod Museum of Natural History on Tuesday\, February 17\, 2026 from 10:30am – 2pm.  The event is free with admission.\n\nTake a journey across land\, sea and air with Museum volunteers in our auditorium. Budding explorers will get to peer through microscopes\, conduct their own experiments and build their own craft projects to take home!\nIt’s an action-packed program for any child with an interest in how the world they live in really works\, including:\n• See through a horseshoe crab’s eyes\, and watch baby horseshoe crabs swim.\n• Explore marine food webs from plankton to whales\n• Plant seeds to start your own wildflower garden.\n• Do a beachcombing scavenger hunt to earn a prize.\n• Make a butterfly to take home as you learn about pollinators.\n• Craft 3D Acorn People while you learn about mighty oaks.\n• Create colorful art from leaf-rubbing.
URL:https://artsbarnstable.com/event/science-stroll-at-cape-cod-museum-natural-history/
LOCATION:Cape Cod Museum of Natural History\, 869 Main St. RT 6A\, Brewster\, Massachusetts
CATEGORIES:Crafts,Exhibit,Museum,Nature
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SUMMARY:Explore Cold Wax Medium Workshop with Michael Giaquinto
DESCRIPTION:Create unique artwork exploring the expressive layering techniques of oil paint and cold wax in this hands-on workshop with Michael Giaquinto. \nCreate a unique work of art while discovering the expressive possibilities of cold wax medium. In this hands-on workshop\, participants will explore layering techniques that combine oil paint with cold wax to build rich textures and subtle matte surfaces. Michael will demonstrate how to integrate mixed media elements—such as pastels\, inks\, and collage—to expand creative expression and develop personal style. Students such pack a lunch for a 30-minute lunch break. \nWe have scholarships!\nThe Cape Cod Museum of Art is committed to making Art accessible to everyone in the Cape Cod Community. The Museum School Scholarship Fund provides tuition assistance to qualified\, year-round Cape Cod residents ages 6 and up. Click here to apply. \nStudent-supplied materials:\nOil paint: variety of colors: small tubes\nGamblin Cold Wax Medium\, 4oz.\nMixed media paper pad: 11” x 14″\nA variety of sizes of paint knives\nPaper plates\, used as a palette\nPaper towels\nDisposable Nitrile Gloves
URL:https://artsbarnstable.com/event/explore-cold-wax-medium-workshop-with-michael-giaquinto/
LOCATION:Cape Cod Museum of Art\, 60 Hope Lane\, Dennis\, Massachusetts
CATEGORIES:Sign Up in Advance
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