Classes for Summer 2025

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

2 images by artist Todd Baxter - one of a house on a pier on a lake and the second of a lighthouse on a rocky ridge. Both are drawn in red pencil.

Landscape in Colored Pencil – 2-Day workshop with Todd Baxter

Todd Baxter has loved to draw the world around him as far back as he can remember, one of those enviable people who always knew what they wanted to be when they grew up. His artist’s eye first guided Todd’s successful career as a graphic designer, begun after he graduated from the Art Institute of Pittsburgh in 1975. For four decades, he created images that engaged audiences in the world of advertising. Then in June 2010, with the responsibilities of raising a family in the rearview mirror, he decided to adjust course to focus on his passion for fine art. 

  • Where: Southern Arts Society, Inc (SASi)
  • Dates: September 6 and 13, 2025 (2 Saturdays)
  • Time: 9:30 am to 3:00 pm
  • Cost: $195 for SASi members; $220 non-members
  • Student Level: Beginners to Intermediate Ages: 14 and up
  • Lunch: Bring your own lunch. Snacks/drinks available at SASi.
  • Supplies: papers and colored pencils. Todd and SASi have some supplies for use during class; Toss has some pencils for sale
  • Overview: Class will be drawing landscapes using only 2 colored pencils on toned paper, and will do two drawings, 8×10 inches. Photo references will be provided.
  • More Details: downloadable class flyer is available here

Weaving a Small Market Basket with Jean Wilder Smith

Jean Wilder Smith has been weaving, designing and teaching basket weaving for over 20 years. She started out with egg baskets and market baskets. She has taught many different basket styles designed to go along with themed Girl Scout  Leader training events. Jean is also a watercolorist, teaching watercolor classes for 5 years. 
 

  • Where: Southern Arts Society, Inc (SASi)
  • Date: Thursday July 10, 2025
  • Time: 10:30 am to 2:00 pm
  • Cost: $20 for SASi members; $30 non-members
  • Student Level: Beginners to Intermediate
  • Ages: 14 and up
  • Materials: All materials are included, and Tools will be provided for use during the class.
  • Supplies to bring: sketch book, pencil for note taking. (ASi may provide miscellaneous supplies for class use.)
  • Lunch: Bring your own lunch. Snacks/drinks are available at SASi.
  • Overview: Students will learn to weave a rectangular basket with a woven handle, D Handle or no handle. Jean will guide you through each step and help make it unique.
  • More Details: downloadable class flyer is available here