Little Pearl Studios : An upstairs project by LAURA VINCENT DESIGN & GALLERY

TWO-DAY WORKSHOP

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7 - SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2026

10 AM - 4 PM

TUITION: $360

Two-day workshop

Saturday, november 14 - Sunday, november 15, 2026

10 AM - 4 PM

This intermediate-to-advanced painting workshop focuses on developing an abstract language through the exploration of various water-based painting methods. While some students may be looking to shift into abstraction from a representational practice, other participants who have experience creating abstract paintings are encouraged to bring deeper focus and consistency to their imagery and approach. Prompts are provided to foster new ways to develop mark, surface, expression and meaningful color choices.

Tuition: $360

Two-day workshop

Saturday, november 21 - Sunday, november 22, 2026

10 AM - 4 PM

This 2-day workshop will introduce participants to a variety of collage-making techniques using combinations of found and hand-printed papers (some created during the workshop). We will be inspired by the work of a carefully curated cadre of existing international collage artists in order to acknowledge a diversity of creative approaches. 

To loosen up our imaginations, each day will begin with a fast-paced roundtable group collaboration, including Clive’s unique ‘Depth Chambers’ collaborative collage-making experience, and one other community-generating creative group exercise. On day one we will craft papers with monotype printing techniques which, on day two, you will put to work in your individual collage-making practice exploring depth, layering, color, texture (as opposed to image which is most typically foregrounded in collage). You will also explore augmenting your collages with free-form graphite line gestures. Work will be shared and discussed in group pin-ups where participants can offer constructive and supportive feedback.

Tuition: $360

Two-day workshop

Saturday, December 5 - Sunday, december 6, 2026

10 AM - 4 PM

This two-day intensive covers all the fundamentals of large format film photography: setup, photographing and prepping film for processing. Over the course of the class students will learn and execute both basic and advanced techniques with a 4x5 Linhof Master Technika and a V8 8x10 Deardorff. Students will be able to take home both black & white 4x5 film negatives and a direct positive 8x10 print. No prior photographic experience required.

Tuition: $360

One-day workshop

Saturday, JANUARY 16, 2027

10 AM - 4 PM 

This one day (six hour) workshop invites participants at all levels to unlock their subconscious and bypass creative blocks through automatic drawing and intuitive collage techniques.

We utilize spontaneous mark-making, tearing, rearranging materials to create new context and abstract compositions. 

It is a meditative, expressive process focusing on flow and emotional release, and thinking with your hands to experiment and refine techniques.

Tuition: $180

SIX-WEEK COLLAGE COURSE

JANUARY 13 - FEBRUARY 17, 2027

WEDNESDAYS 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM

Collage is a very accessible art form and the breadth of its practice is wide and inclusive. Across the six weekly sessions of this evening course participants will explore several different forms of collage making to open up imaginations to the possibilities offered by the potency of paper fragments. The sessions will start with a collaborative group collage-making activity, each with a unique emphasis that will engage new materials, compositional strategies, or themes.

The latter part of each session will be devoted to personal work taking those same emphases in unique directions inspired by the imagination and experience of each participant. Homework assignments will consist of completing in class collages as well as collecting and gathering specified paper materials to add to the shared reservoir provided by the instructor in readiness for the next session. All experience levels are welcome but if you are already a collage artist please be open to collaging in ways other than your typical manner.

TUITION: $475

FOUR-day workshop

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18 - sunday, FEBRUARY 21, 2027

9 AM - 4 PM

Do you have a pile of old photos tossed in a shoebox somewhere in the back of your closet? Or have you acquired stacks of vintage black-paper family photo albums of sweet old lady aunts hanging out at park picnics from years ago? While I had a basement full of family photos, I loved to look at those of my vintage Norwegian grandmother in her hand knit sweaters and Nordic brooches. Her hair was always braided in cinnnamon roll tie-ups surrounding her head! This is my Aunt Elise Voglund, new to America in 1910, who became a citizen who always carried a purse... even to the beach..

Years ago, I realized my Personal History could be found if I just knew where that old box of photos was and that if I got them out, enlarged a few, and learned how to compose an interesting space, I could bring to life who I was and be able to enjoy and share myself artistically to the world. 

Along the way of inventing a new medium for myself, I worked through many photos and stories of my family... and when I ran out of photos, I paid attention to my five elderly neighbor ladies (Ruth, Hillary, esp. Dorothy (!), Mary and Gertrude)  whose lives offered an amazing array of new views and sometimes questionable (!!)  relatives. When I ran out of old ladies, my clients commissioned me to bring their lives to the walls of their homes, rather than leaving them in a lost box. Therefore, I begain the adventure of what I do now, and plan to share with you... Telling secrets, stories and lies about people known or unknown to me.

TUITION: $600

tw0-day workshop

Saturday, march 13 - sunday, march 14, 2027

10 AM - 4 PM 

This course is for those new to soft pastels. Using landscapes, the class

will cover pastel basics, sprinkled with attention to form, value, and

composition. Each day will include a demo, and one or more exercises,

leaving time for working independently. One on one guidance is always

an option.

Playful practice will be stressed in the spirit of progress over perfection.

The aim is to leave with a strong foundation, awareness of the possibilities

and enough confidence to continue exploring beyond the workshop.

TUITION: $360