Date: 8 Wednesdays, September 9 to October 28, 2026
Time: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Location: Classroom 2A
Level: No prior experience is needed
Instructor: Dana Meachen Rau
Materials Fee: $10, payable to the instructor
Tuition: $240, Members save 10%
Cancellation Policy

Class Description

Do you aspire to get into the sketchbook habit, but aren’t sure how to begin? Perhaps you are a new artist who wants to explore. Or an experienced artist who wishes to work more sketching into your process. In this class, we’ll shake off the pressure of a large blank canvas and instead play in our sketchbooks with a new creative exercise each week.

We’ll play with materials, techniques, prompts, and words. We’ll focus on process, exploration, and discovery. Creative energy will flow as we create in community, inspire each other, and fill sketchbook pages with playful experiments.

Materials List
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About the Instructor

Dana Rau is an artist and author who explores mediums of many kinds and relishes any chance for creative play. With a degree in creative writing and art history from Trinity College, and an MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts, she is the author of more than 350 books for children.
Dana has taught classes in writing and art from her studio at Whiting Mills in Winsted as well as from the Farmington Valley Arts Center, the American Mural Project, the Highlights Foundation, and the Mark Twain House. She also visits schools to present and engage with young creators. Dana now works from her sunny home studio in Burlington, Connecticut.

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Email: danameachenrau@gmail.com