2026 Classes

Southern Arts Society offers a variety of classes and workshops for all skill levels. Workshops require pre-registration and payment to reserve your seat. Class size and seating are limited. To register, please call 704-739-5585 or email us at SouthernArtsSociety@gmail.com

three landscape paintings in traditional style by artist Gene Tennison.

Glazing Techniques for Landscape Painting with Gene Tennison – 2 day Workshop

  • Location: Southern Arts Society
  • Dates: Saturday Sept 19 and Sunday Sept 20, 2026
  • Time: 1-5 pm
  • Cost: $120 SASi Members; $150 Non-members
  • Level: Intermediate to Advanced Ages: 18 and up
  • Materials: students to bring flat brushes, fan brush, water container, acrylic paints, palette, reference photos, sketchbook and pen for notes. Gene will provide small canvas boards for each day, spray bottles, a blow dryer and paper towels.
  • You Will Learn: to use 2 landscape painting techniques like the old masters: monotone underpainting and glazing
  • More details: are available here

three paintings in a colorful loose style by artist Kim Painter.

Oil & Cold Wax Workshop with Kim Painter

  • Location: Southern Arts Society
  • Date: Saturday October 3, 2026
  • Time: 10:00 am to 3:00 pm
  • Cost: $85 SASi Members; $100 Non-members
  • Level: Beginner to advanced, anyone interested in learning about cold wax application.
  • Materials: students to bring oil paint in their favorite colors, brushes, palette, palette knife, and reference photos. Instructor will supply practice paper, 12”x12” art board panel, cold wax for workshop, visual references, mark making tools like bowl scrapers, brayers, sponges and whisk broom.
  • You Will Learn: about cold wax application. This class is geared towards semi-abstracted landscape, to capture atmosphere and energy or emotion more than representational scenery.
  • More details: are available here

three encaustic works by Lucy Warlick

Easy Encaustics Workshop with Lucy Warlick

Lucy Warlick, whose solo show is in our gallery until June 12th, is offering a two-hour course in what she calls Easy Encaustics, a process of her own making, as far as she knows, involving wax crayons, old magazine pages and a surprising source of heat popular in the seventies—a warming tray. Lucy says she can’t stop making these casual artworks and thinks others will also enjoy this unique way of hacking the encaustic process.

  • Date: Saturday, June 6, 2026
  • Time: 10:30 am – 12:30 pm
  • Cost: $45 for members. $50 for non-members
  • What you will learn: whether you are a professional artist or a complete novice, the process can polish or engender certain creative skills including good composition, color choice, figure drawing, and shape and line. But the greatest thing about this course is the feeling you’ll get from years ago when you sat down with crayons; only this time you’ll be, if you’re like Lucy, instead of being disappointed in your efforts, will be blown away with what you’re created.
  • Supplies: All supplies included!
  • More Details: downloadable flyer for all classes is available here