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As of March 13, 2020, All on-site classes, workshops and public programs temporarily suspended. The WSS building is closed in accordance with the Mayor's Order and offerings have been moved online and outdoor only. Our staff is telecommuting and available by email.

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Bolero Juilliard

Watercolor Techniques in Practice with Paul Pietsch

Are you a flower person or a flour person?: How flowers and baked goods can inspire your work

Printmaking at home with Brian Kelley

WSS IGTV Channel

Values, gestures, and reality: art prompts inspired by Caravaggio and Bernini

Caravaggio and Bernini

Short Film: Francisco Zuniga: Sculpture and Drawings

Enter the Third Dimension: how to make sculptures at home

In the Studio with Homer Yost

#DCArtModelCollective: Online Figure Drawing Sessions

Small is big, Artist Interviews

Expand your Artforms: Poetry

Artist talk with DC-area based artist and WSS instructor, Erin Raedeke

#ArtWhereYouAre: Collage, gain new perspectives, explore new artforms and more

Weekend reading, a dance playlist and more

Art Prompts: Finding the positive in the negative, inside out and more.

Art-related blogs and podcasts

Visit museums and galleries from home

Artist Talk w/ Reem Bassous

WSS is honored to welcome back Reem Bassous. Join us on July 10th for a free artist talk with the artist.

Create by The Creek Week: June 13 - 21

Join WSS, Friends of Peirce Mill, National Park Service and Rock Creek Conservancy for Create by the Creek: June 13 - 21, 2020.

Community Profile: Karen Loehr

About Karen Loehr Karen is a painter, graphic designer, a former member of our WSS atelier, and a current board member. As a practicing a...

Bolero Juilliard

If there are positives coming out of these difficult past few months, they have to do with both compassion and creativity. In the art wor...

Watercolor Techniques in Practice with Paul Pietsch

Join WSS faculty Paul Pietsch at home as he demonstrates a watercolor composition.

Are you a flower person or a flour person?: How flowers and baked goods can inspire your work

Images by: Lois Dodd, Piet Mondrian, Wayne Thiebaud, Chardin. Can we challenge you to a month of drawing, painting, or collage from the s...

Printmaking at home with Brian Kelley

Learn how to do printmaking from home with WSS faculty member Brian Kelley. We'll be working with collagraphy, a media that you can make...

WSS IGTV Channel

Get to Know WSS Faculty on our IGTV Channel We just launched our IGTV Channel and are highlighting our incredible faculty through artist ...

Values, gestures, and reality: art prompts inspired by Caravaggio and Bernini

The Drama of Light and Value Contrast This is a good one to do at night. In very low light, and against a dark background if possible, s...

Caravaggio and Bernini

Longtime WSS faculty member Diane Wilson sent several videos that she discovered about Baroque era painter Michelangelo Caravaggio and sc...