Events Calendar
Haleh Pinney - (Demo) Wax Works – Encaustic Art
Haleh will show three different techniques, all starting with a gesso-primed wood panel. Some of the demonstration will take place outside to allow for safe use of the butane torch and shellac coating.
Call for Artists: Landscape
Call for artists! Receiving ends on July 25th. This exhibit is an open, all media, judged exhibit and cash prizes will be awarded.
Linda Hugues - (Demo) Gouache Landscapes
Have you heard about gouache? It’s an opaque water media that’s having a moment on social media. Artists like it for its vivid color, ability to layer, and quick-dry properties. But it requires finesse in terms of water use and paint manipulation.
In this demo Linda Hugues will create a gouache landscape showing a scene from her travels in Europe.
The demo will be filmed and shown live on Zoom.
Eileen Petre – (Demo) Jewelry in the Age of Downsizing: Reworking your collection
Learn how to refresh and personalize your jewelry collection without sacrificing your unique style. This hands-on demonstration will show you simple jewelry repairs, resizing techniques, creative upcycling ideas, and easy adaptations that make your favorite pieces more comfortable and accessible to wear.
In this demo Eileen Petre will show participants how to repair, resize, and upcycle jewelry to fit their personal style and lifestyle.
The demo will be in person and on Zoom.
Michele Young - (Demo) Textures in Colored Pencils
Michele will demonstrate how to use colored pencils to create vibrant drawings of still lifes and animals. You’ll learn her methods for building dimension and realism through layering and blending, as well as techniques to achieve highlights, shadows and textures.
Michele Young - (Workshop) Textures in Colored Pencils
This course is perfect for artists looking to elevate their representational drawing skills and gain confidence in using colored pencils as a fine art medium.
Call for Artists: Fin, Fur and Feather
Call for artists! Receiving ends on June 13th. This exhibit is an open, all media, judged exhibit and cash prizes will be awarded.
Joyce Curvin - (Workshop) Whimsical Paper-mâché Owls (Copy)
Joyce Curvin creates quirky playful animals from paper-mâché and recycled materials. Her Art-Official Pets© start with an armature of upcycled items that might include plastic bottles, old cardboard, paper and wire. The frame is then covered in paper-mâché which is typically painted in bright colors. The piece is completed with other found items – feathers, button eyes, fabrics, and paper - that tell the creatures’ charming stories.
Joyce Curvin - (Workshop) Whimsical Paper-mâché Birds
Joyce Curvin creates quirky playful animals from paper-mâché and recycled materials. Her Art-Official Pets© start with an armature of upcycled items that might include plastic bottles, old cardboard, paper and wire. The frame is then covered in paper-mâché which is typically painted in bright colors. The piece is completed with other found items – feathers, button eyes, fabrics, and paper - that tell the creatures’ charming stories.
Joyce Curvin - (Demo) Whimsical Paper-mâché Birds
Joyce Curvin creates quirky playful animals from paper-mâché and recycled materials. Her Art-Official Pets© start with an armature of upcycled items that might include plastic bottles, old cardboard, paper and wire. The frame is then covered in paper-mâché which is typically painted in bright colors. The piece is completed with other found items – feathers, button eyes, fabrics, and paper - that tell the creatures’ charming stories.
Judy Milsaps & Gina Stark - (Workshop) Gel Monoprint
Monotype printing using a gel plate is a fun and unique printmaking method that doesn’t require a press. This versatile medium begs for experimentation and can be an addictive addition to your artistic tool box.
Judy Milsaps & Gina Stark - (Demo) Gel Monoprint
Monotype printing using a gel plate is a fun and unique printmaking method that doesn’t require a press. This versatile medium begs for experimentation and can be an addictive addition to your artistic tool box.
Kathy Durdin - (Workshop) Not All Who Wander Are Lost
All too often, we rely on our images or nature to create our composition for us. We don’t spend enough time planning but want to get started painting or drawing. Then, after hours invested in our work, the image that we have created doesn’t effectively communicate our vision. In this interactive workshop, we will look at our work against various concepts of composition. You might even be motivated to rework that prior painting, with much greater success!
Kathy Durdin - (Demo) Not All Who Wander Are Lost
All too often, we rely on our images or nature to create our composition for us. We don’t spend enough time planning but want to get started painting or drawing. Then, after hours invested in our work, the image that we have created doesn’t effectively communicate our vision. In this interactive workshop, we will look at our work against various concepts of composition. You might even be motivated to rework that prior painting, with much greater success!
Call for Artists: 30th Annual Rembrandt Youth Art Exhibit
TRA’s annual exhibit for children ages 5 -14. Register in advance and pay at the art center.
TRA Plein Aire Event
On February 21, Donna Morrison (pastel) and Kathy Durdin (watercolor) will lead a plein aire event at Bern's Park on Howard Ave. Minimum registration will be $25 per person but additional donations are encourage. All proceeds will go to the Capital Campaign.
Call for Artists: The Heart of the Matter
All media exhibit featuring what we each love.
Teresa Kirk — The Beauty of the Mark
In this Two-day workshop students will do exercises that will help them to make their own unique marks as a surprise element for their work. You will build upon that mark making process through negative painting, Color mixing and design formats. This workshop will engage your intuitive creativity.
Faces and Figures Exhibit
The TRA Faces and Figures Exhibit celebrates figurative and portrait work. All media types. The exhibit will run from January 13 through February 6.
Teresa Kirk — the Beauty of the Mark
Teresa will be demonstrating the techniques she will be using in her workshop.
Call for Artists: Faces and Figures
Receiving for this exhibition is January 9 and 10, noon to 3 PM. Register here no later than January 8.
Exhibit runs from January 13 through February 6.
Call for Artists: Bay Area Art Show
Call for Entries for TRA’s annual juried art show, Bay Area 19. Over $2000 in prizes. Juror is Leslie Elsasser, the Director of the Wild Space Gallery in St. Petersburg. Entry deadline is February 13, 2026.
Deck the Walls — Holiday Sale and Reception
Join us for an evening of holiday fun and cheer!
Members Holiday Sale
Participate in our Member Artists Sale!
Must be a member of the Art Center, must register and pay online. Registration will be due November 20. All works must be priced $125 or under. The works may be created at any time, and can include works created under the direction of a teacher.
Cora Waterhouse -- The Painted Portrait
This 2-day workshop promises to be chock full of techniques, tips and good humor, as Cora shares her simple processes for drawing, photgraphing, and painting oil portraits of a adults and children.
Special Life Drawing Session
TRA will be holding a special Life Drawing session with two models, Carmen and John C. Gestures for warm up. 2 60-minute poses with breaks. All artists welcome. No registration needed.
Cora Waterhouse - The Painted Portrait
Cora will be demonstrating the techniques she will be using in her workshop.
Call for Artists: Eat, Pray, Love
Coinciding with the Thanksgiving holiday, Eat, Pray, Love is a themed exhibit focusing on what you are thankful for — the family, friends, the harvest, etc.
Van Gogh Go Go
Join us for an evening of fun, frivolity, friendship and art appreciation at our Fall social event. The evening promises to be a fun event of socializing with the art community and neighbors, featuring some Van Gogh art-focused activities.
Anne Abgott’s Dynamic Watercolors Workshop
Anne’s Abgott’s dramatic and colorful watercolor paintings are the result of a unique approach to using the medium. Artist Anne Abgott will be demonstrating the techniques she uses for her success in this medium.
Anne Abgott’s Dynamic Watercolors Demo
Artist Anne Abgott will be demonstrating the techniques she will be using in her workshop.
Gyasi Ottley Workshop: Digital Drawing
You will learn the skill of 2D animation using both free and paid digital tools available on your devices. You will choose 3 objects and animate a transition between them.
Life Drawing
Join us every Wednesday evening for self directed Life Drawing session. $10 fee, $8 for students. Bring your own supplies, easels available. Parking in front of building. If arriving after 630 pm, please enter in the rear of the building.
Model 9/10 — Dan
Model 9/17 — Seandor
model 9/24 — Vicki
Gyasi Ottley Demo: Digital Drawing
Gyasi will be demonstrating the techniques he’ll be using in his workshop.
Call for Artists: Focus on Florida (2025)
August 19 - September 19, 2025
An open, all media, judged exhibit.
Cash Prizes will be awarded.
Receiving: Friday, August 15 + Saturday, August 16, 2025 Noon - 3 PM
Last Day to Register: August 13, 2025
Please remember:
Take a photo of your artwork before framing.
All hanging pieces must have wire on back.
Work must have been completed in the last five years, must be your original work and not completed in a class or with the help of the instructor.
For more information, see TRA’s Exhibition Requirements. We will not accept art work with lewd or violent content. Limit 3 entries per person, and an entry 40 inches or larger in any dimension counts as two entries.