Date: 4 Thursdays, July 9-30, 2026
Time: 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Location: Classroom 2A
Instructor: Deborah Velásquez
Materials Fee: $10 payable to the instructor (instructor provides canvas lamps, foam core boards, and props)
Tuition: $180 Members save 10%
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Class Description

You make beautiful work but does the world know it exists?
Join multidisciplinary artist Deborah Velásquez, who has built a globally recognized brand and engaged Instagram following through her art. In this class, she shares exactly how she did it and how you can too.
You'll learn how to create eye-catching flat lay photography, film and edit reels, and craft posts and stories that reflect your personality and art practice. Whether you're starting from scratch or refreshing an existing account, you'll leave with the tools to make social media a natural extension of your creative life.

This class covers:
• Setting up or improving your Instagram account
• Photographing flat lays of your artwork
• Filming process videos using your supplies, props, and yourself
• Making and editing reels, posts, and stories
• Curating your feed for brand recognition and sales

What to bring:
• Samples of artwork to photograph
• Art supplies and materials in your medium of choice
• Decorative items from your studio — jars, pretty objects, fabric for table settings
• Colored papers (optional, for background interest)
• Sketchbooks if you have work in them
• Come dressed and ready to work, as if you're about to paint — you'll be filming process videos!

A $10 supply fee is payable to the instructor (provides canvas lamps, foam core boards, and props)

About the Instructor

Deborah Velásquez, a Brooklyn original, lives the creative life in the wooded hills of New England with her husband and two boys. She is an award-winning artist, designer, and the author of Drawing in Black and White. She loves the mix of design, words, art, and craft. Her work is modern, sophisticated, graphic, and bold and reflects her love of nature and the simplicity of line. She makes art digitally as well as using traditional methods, including gouache, watercolor, and printmaking.

Deborah is a graduate of the Colorado Institute of Art and the University of Hartford Entrepreneurial Business program. She has studied textiles and fashion design at the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) in New York, where she received her Millinery Certification. She's exhibited her work in numerous galleries, taught workshops, and even spoke at The Smithsonian. Her artistic designs grace various products, from rugs to stationery. They've been featured in well-known magazines and are available through major retailers worldwide, including Minted, West Elm, Bed Bath and Beyond, and more.

Visit Deborah's website and follow her on Instagram