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WORKSHOPS & ART TALKS

We offer a range of immersive art workshops designed to inspire creativity and artistic growth. Our classes are led by internationally renowned instructors who bring a wealth of experience and passion to every session. Our fully-equipped, dedicated workshop space is thoughtfully designed to accommodate artists of all levels, from beginners exploring their creative potential to seasoned professionals seeking new challenges.

  • Carlos Castrejon | 4-Week Drawing the Figure (Live Nude Model) | September
    Carlos Castrejon | 4-Week Drawing the Figure (Live Nude Model) | September
    Sep 01, 2026, 2:00 PM PDT – Sep 22, 2026, 5:00 PM PDT
    Woodward Contemporary, 3935 Harney St, San Diego, CA 92110, USA
    Dive into the art of drawing the human figure in this fun and engaging live nude model workshop, including one-on-one instruction and demos. Strengthen your understanding of proportion, anatomy, and composition while experimenting with expressive mark-making and dynamic line work.
  • Manuela Karin Knaut | Be Wild for a While!
    Manuela Karin Knaut | Be Wild for a While!
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    7 days to the event
    Thu, Sep 17
    Sep 17, 2026, 9:00 AM PDT – Sep 20, 2026, 5:00 PM PDT
    Woodward Contemporary, 3935 Harney St, San Diego, CA 92110, USA
    $1750 | Join internationally recognized artist Manuela Karin Knaut and explore abstract painting through intuition, play, and experimentation. In a supportive and inspiring atmosphere, participants will question habits, embrace spontaneity, and discover new creative directions.
  • Michael Shemchuk | Power of 12: Abstraction by Design
    Michael Shemchuk | Power of 12: Abstraction by Design
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    21 days to the event
    Thu, Oct 01
    Oct 01, 2026, 10:00 AM PDT – Oct 04, 2026, 5:00 PM PDT
    Woodward Contemporary, 3935 Harney St, San Diego, CA 92110, USA
    $1095 | Create a cohesive body of work across twelve 12”x12” panels in this fast-paced, mixed media workshop. Designed for artists ready to push both quality and quantity. This workshop activates your creative flow through structured repetition, intuitive response, and decisive editing.
  • Art Talk: An Evening with Brian Rutenberg
    Art Talk: An Evening with Brian Rutenberg
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    42 days to the event
    Thu, Oct 22
    Oct 22, 2026, 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM PDT
    Woodward Contemporary, 3935 Harney St, San Diego, CA 92110, USA
    Acclaimed painter, author and educator to share an inside look at his life, work and creative process, followed by an audience Q&A and wine reception.
  • Liz Murphy | Color Confidence
    Liz Murphy | Color Confidence
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    55 days to the event
    Wed, Nov 04
    Woodward Contemporary
    Nov 04, 2026, 9:00 AM PST – Nov 08, 2026, 5:00 PM PST
    Woodward Contemporary, 3935 Harney St, San Diego, CA 92110, USA
    A deep, immersive exploration of color as a living, responsive language within your work. Move beyond surface color choices and into a more intentional, informed, and intuitive relationship with color.
  • Nino Yuniardi | Finding Flow
    Nino Yuniardi | Finding Flow
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    93 days to the event
    Sat, Dec 12
    Woodward Contemporary
    Dec 12, 2026, 10:00 AM PST – Dec 15, 2026, 4:00 PM PST
    Woodward Contemporary, 3935 Harney St, San Diego, CA 92110, USA
    Are you ready to find the sweet spot between heart and head? Build abstract work through layers and gestural movement, guided by simple design principles and intuition, with inspiration from gardens, food, and human connection.
  • Daniel Bilmes | Immersive Portrait Painting
    Daniel Bilmes | Immersive Portrait Painting
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    133 days to the event
    Thu, Jan 21
    Jan 21, 2027, 10:00 AM PST – Jan 24, 2027, 4:00 PM PST
    Woodward Contemporary, 3935 Harney St, San Diego, CA 92110, USA
    Meld classical techniques with modern approaches and abstraction in this transformative 4-day portrait painting experience. Learn to use unique tools and an unconventional process to plan the creation of a painting from beginning to end.
  • Anthony Vasquez | Urban Imprint: From Street to Studio (2.0)
    Anthony Vasquez | Urban Imprint: From Street to Studio (2.0)
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    161 days to the event
    Thu, Feb 18
    Feb 18, 2027, 10:00 AM PST – Feb 21, 2027, 4:00 PM PST
    Woodward Contemporary, 3935 Harney St, San Diego, CA 92110, USA
    $1200 | Join leading contemporary pop artist AVone in this hands-on creative experience rooted in layering, experimentation, and letting go. Through mixed-media techniques and guided prompts, participants are encouraged to release control, trust the process, and stay open to what emerges.
  • Stacy Phillips | Disrupting the Image: Mixed Media on Cardboard
    Stacy Phillips | Disrupting the Image: Mixed Media on Cardboard
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    196 days to the event
    Thu, Mar 25
    Mar 25, 2027, 9:30 AM PDT – Mar 28, 2027, 4:30 PM PDT
    Woodward Contemporary, 3935 Harney St, San Diego, CA 92110, USA
    Learn to see possibility in cardboard, a material with its own texture, history, and voice that transforms as you cut, layer, pierce and rebuild it. Whether you create abstract work or recognizable imagery, discover how your materials can become active collaborators in telling your story.
  • Claudia Rilling | Our Painted History
    Claudia Rilling | Our Painted History
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    203 days to the event
    Thu, Apr 01
    Woodward Contemporary
    Apr 01, 2027, 10:00 AM PDT – Apr 04, 2027, 4:00 PM PDT
    Woodward Contemporary, 3935 Harney St, San Diego, CA 92110, USA
    $950 | Step into a transformative 4-day workshop designed to help you build deeply personal figurative paintings from archived family photographs. Through color, composition, proportion, and simplifying complex forms, learn to turn meaningful images into artwork with clarity and your distinct voice.
  • Hyunmee Lee | Unfolding Technique into Creative Process
    Hyunmee Lee | Unfolding Technique into Creative Process
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    245 days to the event
    Thu, May 13
    May 13, 2027, 9:30 AM PDT – May 16, 2027, 4:00 PM PDT
    Woodward Contemporary, 3935 Harney St, San Diego, CA 92110, USA
    This four-day workshop focuses on learning diverse acrylic techniques as experiments for exploring creative processes. Through evolving processes of exploration and experimentation, participants will discover how technical skills can evolve into personal expression.
  • Jane Burton | Fearless Abstraction: A Painting Intensive
    Jane Burton | Fearless Abstraction: A Painting Intensive
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    272 days to the event
    Wed, Jun 09
    Jun 09, 2027, 9:30 AM PDT – Jun 12, 2027, 4:00 PM PDT
    Woodward Contemporary, 3935 Harney St, San Diego, CA 92110, USA
    Paint big, paint crazy, loosen up and dump those inhibitions! Focus on painting spontaneously and authentically, discover how to evaluate your work, learn when to stop and when to push forward, and move beyond fear and self-doubt.
  • Anna Carll | Painting with Paper: An Exploration of Composition within the Art of Collage
    Anna Carll | Painting with Paper: An Exploration of Composition within the Art of Collage
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    365 days to the event
    Fri, Sep 10
    Sep 10, 2027, 10:00 AM PDT – Sep 12, 2027, 4:00 PM PDT
    Woodward Contemporary, 3935 Harney St, San Diego, CA 92110, USA
    Explore a new way to look at and build the art of collage with an eye towards using color, shape, pattern and composition as a means to construct an image that is out of the ordinary mindset of this time-honored medium.

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