August 3, 2013
11:00AM–1:30PM
$210 per member
Weather permitting, participants will experience plein-air (open-air) painting in the manner of the Impressionists, working with pastels. Lectures cover the historical emergence of this innovative approach to art making.
Eight Saturdays: August 3, 2013 - September 28, 2013 (No class August 31)
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