Teachings & Retreats

About This Retreat

Larry: "This is my second time teaching at this location, it is the coolest set up I've ever had the pleasure to teach in."

Date

November 25 - December 4, 2022

• November 25: Arrive at 4 PM
• November 26- 29: Four art making days
• November 30: Day of rest and reflect
• December 1-3: Three art making days
• December 4: leave by 10 am

Location

The Atlantic Center for the Arts in New Smyrna Beach is our home for this retreat. An amazing campus nestled in lush Florida ecology with a large, killer studio. It is a gorgeous, inspirational post-modern style multi-arts facility just 100 yards from the river and 2 miles from the ocean. It is so lovely, you may not set foot outside the neighborhood. However, if you need a break, the beach is within short driving distance along with restaurants, galleries and shops.

Amenities

Three meals a day with Chef Tom and a room with private bath, microwave, coffee pot, refrigerator and desk is provided.

Registration Details

To register, contact Larry at stoopidindustries@gmail.com or Beau Wild at beau@beauwild.com.

About This Retreat

One of the most rewarding and artistically nourishing experiences is the Artists' Retreat, offering artists their most valuable resource: TIME. Time to focus solely on art without the constraints of every day life. This is a true residency-style experience – immersion in your work, your artistic self, your creative community. Fran offers support by helping each artist to understand their work and their role as an artist. In this way, the work moves to another level. So often artist focus on the making and fail to reflect on the work to understand the way and the what for.

Dates

• August 17, 2023: Check in at 4PM‍
• August 18-22, 2023: Five full studio days‍
• August 23, 2023: Check out by 10AM
  

Location

Atlantic Center for the Arts, 1414 Art Center Avenue, New Smyrna Beach, Florida 32168

Amenities

This retreat includes a private room with full bath, with lunch and dinner by Chef Morgan.

Registration Details

To learn more about this retreat, and to register, please visit FranGardnerArt.com.

Questions

For questions regarding registration or retreat design, contact Fran Gardner at Fran.Gardner24@gmail.com, and visit Fran's newly launched website at FranGardnerArt.com. For questions on logistics, contact Beau at beau@beauwild.com.

About This Critique Class

Open to beginners and seasoned artists. Most artists work in isolation without the advantage of receiving feedback on their work. Here is the opportunity to not only hear how your work is "seen and interrupted by the viewer", how to create feeling and power through your images, experiment with challenges, but also how to paint intuitively while staying positive and focused on your passion to paint, and to learn from the critiques of other artists' work.

There is time for 6participating artists to exhibit 2-3 works of art to be critiqued. Artists are asked to bring in “works in progress”.  All observing artists will listen to the critiques but cannot exhibitany works.   If you are unsure that youwant to participate on Friday, why not come to observe and see what it is like.  

Dates, Time & Location

No Summer classes.

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We will resume in the fall and meet once a month on the second or third Friday (depending on the Artists' Workshop schedule) from 1:30 – 3:30 PM at the Artists' Workshop in New Smyrna Beach, Florida.  

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The Artists' Workshop (AW) is located at 540 Barracuda Blvd, along the North Causeway, New Smyrna and next to the Marine Discovery Center. Park on the paved east and north side of the building and come into the West entrance.

Registration Details

If you want to participate, you must register. There is a limited number who can participate during the 2 hours.

To begin the registration process, visit the Artist's Workshop website, or email or text Beau Wild at beau@beauwild.com and (386) 322-4249.

Fees

Fees for critique classes are as follows:

• Participating Artists' Workshop Member-Artists: $20
• Participating Non-Artist's Workshop Member-Artists: $25
• Observers or non-participating artists: $15

Payment Details

Please pay at the class with cash or check.

Questions

Direct questions about registration or logistics to Beau Wild at beau@beauwild.com.

About This Exhibition

Beau Wild's piece, A Thousand Moments of Joy" is a mixed media piece measuring 45" x 36" x 4" using both paint and oragami paper birds to add joy. Each bird has a written message of joy.

Date: January 29, 2023 through March of 2023.

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About This Installation

This permanent installation in the lobby of the Peabody Auditorium in Daytona Beach, Florida was installed in 2020 and features Beau Wild's vivid, six-paneled work, Wandering Connections.