The Galveston Art League has resumed its low-cost workshops, starting with one that instructs participants on transforming gourds into curvy penguins. Each participant will finish a gourd penguin to take home.
Texas City native Eleanore Wuthrich will lead the workshop from 9:00am to 12:00pm on Saturday, June 26, at the Galveston Art League’s downtown Galveston Gallery, 2117A Postoffice St.
Wuthrich, who has created art with gourds for two decades, will cover safety tips along with the artistic techniques needed to turn a gourd into a penguin or other creature. She has done workshops at the Texas Gourd Festival and also has participated in workshops at the Texas and Arizona Gourd Festivals for 15-plus years.
Most supplies are included in the class fee of $40: gourds, acrylic paint, and some decorating accessories. Wuthrich asks participants to bring these workshop items if possible, although she will have extras on hand for students who don’t have the items: quarter-inch, five-eighths-inch, and 1-inch-wide paintbrushes; a pencil; a heat gun or hair dryer to speed up drying of paint; an apron, if desired; and a mask to protect from gourd dust if gourds are cut open.
This is the first Galveston Art League workshop to be offered since the pandemic began. There’s limited seating will be limited. You may register and pay with a credit card at www.GalvestonArtLeague.com. Need more info? Email gallery2117@gmail.com.
The Galveston Art League is a nonprofit organization founded in 1914; the league is an all-volunteer organization that has never had a salaried staff member. Galveston Art League has a mission of advocating on behalf of visual arts, artists and art education in the greater Galveston County region. Workshops and 12 monthly exhibits are among the ways that the Art League carries out its mission.
The league is currently recruiting new members, artists and non-artists alike. Members are invited to exclusive preview parties when gallery shows change each month. Artists who join enjoy reduced fees to exhibit in the gallery. To learn more about tax-deductible memberships at various levels, click on “Join” at www.GalvestonArtLeague.com.
