The Plein-Air Art Academy
Boston Magazine's Best of Boston® 2016
A boutique art studio for children and adults who seek creativity beyond the ordinary. We believe in authentic self-expression, fostering a deep connection to art, surroundings, and personal growth. Our offerings include:
🎨 No Cookie-Cutter Creativity – Every class, workshop, and artwork is designed to be unique and transformative. Whether through repeat participation, commissioned pieces, or engaged storytelling, we celebrate originality and personal breakthroughs.
🏡 A Space That Welcomes & Nourishes – More than a studio, we’re a community. Our events, collaborations, and classes cultivate meaningful connections, ensuring participants feel supported, inspired, and eager to return.
💫 Art That Sparks Emotion – We create art that resonates. Through storytelling-driven experiences, custom pieces, and deeply personal workshops, we help individuals discover and express their emotions in meaningful ways.
From engaging programs for ages 4+ to immersive adult workshops, we offer a space where creativity flourishes, connections deepen, and art truly transforms.
Our Signature Curriculum for Kids
This is our Best of Boston program that explores varied themes in the art world and introduces an array of materials to artists of all levels.
Our youngest students are exposed to art history stories in the beginning of each class with knowledge tested weekly. Then each week they get introduced to a new material, be it clay, watercolor, tempera paints or collage. They perfect these materials over time, both getting more comfortable with those and learning to develop their imaginations. The last 10-15 minutes of each class is devoted to FREE draw (as soon as we see that our little artists are getting tired, we change up the tasks). Each semester ends with a field trip to an art museum to see artworks en situe.
As kids get older, they pay more attention to details and though we vary materials in our curriculum, we're very mindful of every student's unique pace and want them to take their projects to completion.
Some projects take one week, others - can take up to three. We use clay, watercolor, tempera paint among other materials. Every semester we study an overarching art history theme that gets subdivided monthly, and each semester ends with a trip to an art museum, to see the artworks in real life.
Our Signature Curriculum for Adults
This is a class for a novice or an expert painter. Each semester we study a different artist/movement and experiment with varied techniques within watercolor and oil painting, as well as charcoal, pastels and clay. We begin each semester with sketches in pencil/charcoal/pastel, graduate to watercolor and finish up with at least one oil painting.
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