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    <title>Saratoga Arts upcoming events</title>
    <link>https://saratoga-arts.org/Painting</link>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 23:37:30 GMT</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Studio in Art for Adults (8 Sep 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.saratoga-arts.org/resources/Pictures/Johnson-Watercolor.jpeg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="207" height="291"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;" align="left"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu"&gt;Studio in Arts for Adults&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu"&gt;taught by Jo Johnson&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Ubuntu"&gt;We will cover basic drawing techniques, basics of one and two-point perspective, portraits and still-life, some water-media painting, keeping a sketchbook and some art history.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Ubuntu"&gt;This is a fun, low-pressure, fast-paced class similar to what I taught in my high-school classes for people who never had art in school or skipped class that day!! Yes, you will have homework to do!!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-start="1280" data-end="1527" data-is-last-node="" data-is-only-node=""&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu"&gt;All skill levels welcome.&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=""&gt;All supplies will be provided.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;8 session class, Tuesdays,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;September 8-October 27, 2026 at 1 pm-3 pm&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;$210 member/&lt;/font&gt;$250 non-member&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"&gt;Price breakdown:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;$200 member/&lt;/font&gt;$240 non-member plus $10 supply fee&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.saratoga-arts.org/event-6755976</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Beginner Oil Painting with Lisa David (9 Sep 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Ubuntu"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.saratoga-arts.org/resources/Pictures/Oil%20Painting%202.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="208" height="210"&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Ubuntu"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Beginner Oil Painting&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 25px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Ubuntu"&gt;taught by Lisa David&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-start="153" data-end="492" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;In this class, you’ll learn the fundamentals of oil painting — including materials, color mixing, color value, composition, glazing, brushwork, and more.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-start="494" data-end="797" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Along the way, we’ll clear up common misconceptions about oil painting, show you how to choose the right tools for your subject, and guide you through each step so you can successfully create your first works.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Ubuntu;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;By the end, you’ll have both a solid foundation and the confidence to continue exploring oil painting on your own.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-start="494" data-end="797" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;You will complete 2–3 finished paintings — both still-life and landscape studies — while gaining practical experience in the studio.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Ubuntu"&gt;All materials will be provided. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;4 session class, Wednesdays, September 9-30&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;, 2026 from&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;10:00 AM-1:00 PM&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Ubuntu"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;$230 member/&lt;/font&gt;$266 non-member&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Ubuntu"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Price breakdown:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Ubuntu"&gt;&lt;span&gt;$180 member/$216 non-member plus $50 material fee&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Ubuntu"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.saratoga-arts.org/resources/Pictures/Lisa%20David%20Headshot.JPG" alt="" title="" border="0" width="150" height="200"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;About the instructor&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Award-winning artist Lisa David was born and raised in upstate New York, where she spent much of her childhood camping in the Adirondack Mountains. Those early experiences sparked a lifelong love for the region and continue to inspire her work. A child of the sixties and seventies with a suburban upbringing that was, at times, a bit offbeat, Lisa finds beauty and nostalgia in vintage subjects—often capturing them with playful energy and a bold use of color.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Lisa began her career running a successful production pottery business. When the physical demands of clay led her to shift focus, she pursued a teaching degree and became a National Board Certified Art Teacher. For 20 years, she taught high school art, nurturing creativity in young artists while continuing to grow her own practice.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Now retired from public education, Lisa teaches advanced drawing and painting at the Saratoga Arts Center in Saratoga Springs, NY. She continues to paint from her cabin in the Adirondacks, where the landscape, light, and memories of summers past still fuel her artistic passion.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Member, Oil Painters of America&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;www.lisadavidart.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;@lisadavidart&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.saratoga-arts.org/event-6758495</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Intermediate Pastels (9 Sep 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;img src="https://www.saratoga-arts.org/resources/Pictures/Carolyn%20Justice-spa%20sunflower.jpeg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="213" height="293"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;" align="left"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Intermediate Pastels&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;" align="left"&gt;taught by Carolyn Justice&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-start="123" data-end="459" style="margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;This class is designed to help you develop both confidence and creativity while learning to work with pastels. With a focus on originality and discovering your personal style, you’ll explore how to interpret subjects in your own way while learning solid techniques.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-start="461" data-end="739"&gt;We’ll cover the basics of value, layering, and blending as you work from still life, portraits, landscapes, and photo references. Step by step, you’ll gain the skills to handle more complex subjects while being encouraged to experiment and find your own artistic voice.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;span data-sheets-root="1" data-sheets-value="{" an="" emphasis="" on="" originality="" and="" the="" development="" of="" personal="" you="" will="" learn="" to="" interpret="" complex="" explore="" contemporary="" directions="" in="" continue="" develop="" a="" mastery="" technique="" with="" pastels.="" further="" your="" skills="" abilities="" be="" encouraged="" find="" increasingly="" creative="" solutions="" for="" wide="" range="" subjects.="" beginners="" are="" data-sheets-userformat="{"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Beginners are welcome!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Materials will be provided during class to beginners. Students who have taken a pastel class previously are asked to bring their own pastels.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;6 session class, Wednesdays from&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;September 9-October 14, 2026 at 1 pm-4 pm&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;$225 member/&lt;/font&gt;$270 non-member materials not included (bring your own)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"&gt;$240 member/$285 non-member materials included&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;About the Instructor&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.saratoga-arts.org/resources/Pictures/Carolyn%20Justice%20Headshot.jpeg" alt="" title="" border="0" style="font-weight: 400; text-align: -webkit-center;" width="175" height="180"&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Carolyn is an award winning pastel artist. She is known for her animal portraits, landscapes, and vibrant colorful still lives. Her work has been selected for the annual Landscapes for Landsake exhibitions for many years. She is also a member of the prestigious Oakroom Artists group whose membership is by invitation only. She has taught classes with Saratoga Arts for over twenty years and is a long standing member of the Co-op at 79 Beekman Street where she gives private lessons in her studio.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 14px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Carolyn Justice Fine Art&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 14px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;The Upstairs Artist Co-op at 79 Beekman Street&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 14px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://saratogaartdistrict.com/member/upstairs-artist-co-op/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;saratogaartdistrict.com/member/upstairs-artist-co-op&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.saratoga-arts.org/event-6733954</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>The Watercolor Circle (10 Sep 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.saratoga-arts.org/resources/Pictures/CIRCLE.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="303" height="303"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;The Watercolor Circle&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Mentor: Jo Johnson&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Join Saratoga Arts for a free, inclusive, community-driven gathering for adult artists of all levels to practice watercolor painting, share ideas, refine skills and grow together. Monthly meetings combine indoor skill-building and outdoor exploration, utilizing local landmarks and established arts events.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;No formal teaching will occur during meetings and participants should bring all of their own supplies and creativity.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Group will meet the following dates from 1:00 PM to 3:30 PM:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;May 7, June 4, September 10, October 1, November 5, December 3, 2026&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Prior registration is preferred as space is limited. Donations kindly accepted.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.saratoga-arts.org/event-6674029</link>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2026 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Live Model-Open Studio Session (14 Sep 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="right"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.saratoga-arts.org/resources/Pictures/IMG_2185.jpeg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="186" height="247"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu"&gt;O&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu"&gt;pen Studio Sessions&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu"&gt;do not have a teacher&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu"&gt;&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu"&gt;are meant to be an informal, community session&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu"&gt;&amp;nbsp;where artists are free to talk about their work, share ideas, and discuss a variety of methods and media.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu"&gt;These sessions are great practice for any artist interested in working from a live model&lt;font style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;*&lt;/font&gt; without the formality of a class. All skill levels are welcome.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Ubuntu;"&gt;Participants are encouraged to work in a medium of their choice, but must bring their own supplies.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Ubuntu;"&gt;Our monitor will set up, lead the group, time poses, and control lighting. A brief peer critique will end each session.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu"&gt;We encourage participants to pre-register online, but drop-ins are welcome.&amp;nbsp; All sessions are "pay what you can" and&amp;nbsp; any donations are kindly accepted.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu"&gt;Sessions currently scheduled:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu"&gt;Monday, September 14, 6:00 PM-9:00 PM&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu"&gt;Monday, September 28, 6:00 PM-9:00 PM&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu"&gt;Monitor: Juliette&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.saratoga-arts.org/resources/Pictures/Juliette.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="149" height="224"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu"&gt;www.JulietteMonarch.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu"&gt;www.behance.net/JulietteMonarch&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;*Please note: If a live model is not available, we will offer a still life presentation for that session.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.saratoga-arts.org/event-6783569</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Studio in Art for Adults (15 Sep 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.saratoga-arts.org/resources/Pictures/Johnson-Watercolor.jpeg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="207" height="291"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;" align="left"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu"&gt;Studio in Arts for Adults&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu"&gt;taught by Jo Johnson&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Ubuntu"&gt;We will cover basic drawing techniques, basics of one and two-point perspective, portraits and still-life, some water-media painting, keeping a sketchbook and some art history.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Ubuntu"&gt;This is a fun, low-pressure, fast-paced class similar to what I taught in my high-school classes for people who never had art in school or skipped class that day!! Yes, you will have homework to do!!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-start="1280" data-end="1527" data-is-last-node="" data-is-only-node=""&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu"&gt;All skill levels welcome.&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=""&gt;All supplies will be provided.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;8 session class, Tuesdays,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;September 8-October 27, 2026 at 1 pm-3 pm&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;$210 member/&lt;/font&gt;$250 non-member&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"&gt;Price breakdown:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;$200 member/&lt;/font&gt;$240 non-member plus $10 supply fee&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.saratoga-arts.org/event-6755976</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2026 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Beginner Oil Painting with Lisa David (16 Sep 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Ubuntu"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.saratoga-arts.org/resources/Pictures/Oil%20Painting%202.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="208" height="210"&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Ubuntu"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Ubuntu"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Beginner Oil Painting&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 25px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Ubuntu"&gt;taught by Lisa David&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-start="153" data-end="492" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;In this class, you’ll learn the fundamentals of oil painting — including materials, color mixing, color value, composition, glazing, brushwork, and more.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-start="494" data-end="797" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Along the way, we’ll clear up common misconceptions about oil painting, show you how to choose the right tools for your subject, and guide you through each step so you can successfully create your first works.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Ubuntu;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;By the end, you’ll have both a solid foundation and the confidence to continue exploring oil painting on your own.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-start="494" data-end="797" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;You will complete 2–3 finished paintings — both still-life and landscape studies — while gaining practical experience in the studio.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Ubuntu"&gt;All materials will be provided. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;4 session class, Wednesdays, September 9-30&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;, 2026 from&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;10:00 AM-1:00 PM&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Ubuntu"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;$230 member/&lt;/font&gt;$266 non-member&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Ubuntu"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Price breakdown:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Ubuntu"&gt;&lt;span&gt;$180 member/$216 non-member plus $50 material fee&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Ubuntu"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.saratoga-arts.org/resources/Pictures/Lisa%20David%20Headshot.JPG" alt="" title="" border="0" width="150" height="200"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;About the instructor&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Award-winning artist Lisa David was born and raised in upstate New York, where she spent much of her childhood camping in the Adirondack Mountains. Those early experiences sparked a lifelong love for the region and continue to inspire her work. A child of the sixties and seventies with a suburban upbringing that was, at times, a bit offbeat, Lisa finds beauty and nostalgia in vintage subjects—often capturing them with playful energy and a bold use of color.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Lisa began her career running a successful production pottery business. When the physical demands of clay led her to shift focus, she pursued a teaching degree and became a National Board Certified Art Teacher. For 20 years, she taught high school art, nurturing creativity in young artists while continuing to grow her own practice.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Now retired from public education, Lisa teaches advanced drawing and painting at the Saratoga Arts Center in Saratoga Springs, NY. She continues to paint from her cabin in the Adirondacks, where the landscape, light, and memories of summers past still fuel her artistic passion.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Member, Oil Painters of America&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;www.lisadavidart.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;@lisadavidart&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.saratoga-arts.org/event-6758495</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Intermediate Pastels (16 Sep 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;img src="https://www.saratoga-arts.org/resources/Pictures/Carolyn%20Justice-spa%20sunflower.jpeg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="213" height="293"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;" align="left"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Intermediate Pastels&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;" align="left"&gt;taught by Carolyn Justice&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-start="123" data-end="459" style="margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;This class is designed to help you develop both confidence and creativity while learning to work with pastels. With a focus on originality and discovering your personal style, you’ll explore how to interpret subjects in your own way while learning solid techniques.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-start="461" data-end="739"&gt;We’ll cover the basics of value, layering, and blending as you work from still life, portraits, landscapes, and photo references. Step by step, you’ll gain the skills to handle more complex subjects while being encouraged to experiment and find your own artistic voice.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;span data-sheets-root="1" data-sheets-value="{" an="" emphasis="" on="" originality="" and="" the="" development="" of="" personal="" you="" will="" learn="" to="" interpret="" complex="" explore="" contemporary="" directions="" in="" continue="" develop="" a="" mastery="" technique="" with="" pastels.="" further="" your="" skills="" abilities="" be="" encouraged="" find="" increasingly="" creative="" solutions="" for="" wide="" range="" subjects.="" beginners="" are="" data-sheets-userformat="{"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Beginners are welcome!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Materials will be provided during class to beginners. Students who have taken a pastel class previously are asked to bring their own pastels.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;6 session class, Wednesdays from&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;September 9-October 14, 2026 at 1 pm-4 pm&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;$225 member/&lt;/font&gt;$270 non-member materials not included (bring your own)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"&gt;$240 member/$285 non-member materials included&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;About the Instructor&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.saratoga-arts.org/resources/Pictures/Carolyn%20Justice%20Headshot.jpeg" alt="" title="" border="0" style="font-weight: 400; text-align: -webkit-center;" width="175" height="180"&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Carolyn is an award winning pastel artist. She is known for her animal portraits, landscapes, and vibrant colorful still lives. Her work has been selected for the annual Landscapes for Landsake exhibitions for many years. She is also a member of the prestigious Oakroom Artists group whose membership is by invitation only. She has taught classes with Saratoga Arts for over twenty years and is a long standing member of the Co-op at 79 Beekman Street where she gives private lessons in her studio.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 14px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Carolyn Justice Fine Art&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 14px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;The Upstairs Artist Co-op at 79 Beekman Street&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 14px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://saratogaartdistrict.com/member/upstairs-artist-co-op/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;saratogaartdistrict.com/member/upstairs-artist-co-op&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.saratoga-arts.org/event-6733954</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Studio in Art for Adults (22 Sep 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.saratoga-arts.org/resources/Pictures/Johnson-Watercolor.jpeg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="207" height="291"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;" align="left"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu"&gt;Studio in Arts for Adults&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu"&gt;taught by Jo Johnson&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Ubuntu"&gt;We will cover basic drawing techniques, basics of one and two-point perspective, portraits and still-life, some water-media painting, keeping a sketchbook and some art history.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Ubuntu"&gt;This is a fun, low-pressure, fast-paced class similar to what I taught in my high-school classes for people who never had art in school or skipped class that day!! Yes, you will have homework to do!!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-start="1280" data-end="1527" data-is-last-node="" data-is-only-node=""&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu"&gt;All skill levels welcome.&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=""&gt;All supplies will be provided.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;8 session class, Tuesdays,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;September 8-October 27, 2026 at 1 pm-3 pm&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;$210 member/&lt;/font&gt;$250 non-member&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"&gt;Price breakdown:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;$200 member/&lt;/font&gt;$240 non-member plus $10 supply fee&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.saratoga-arts.org/event-6755976</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2026 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Beginner Oil Painting with Lisa David (23 Sep 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Ubuntu"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.saratoga-arts.org/resources/Pictures/Oil%20Painting%202.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="208" height="210"&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Ubuntu"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Ubuntu"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Beginner Oil Painting&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 25px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Ubuntu"&gt;taught by Lisa David&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-start="153" data-end="492" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;In this class, you’ll learn the fundamentals of oil painting — including materials, color mixing, color value, composition, glazing, brushwork, and more.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-start="494" data-end="797" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Along the way, we’ll clear up common misconceptions about oil painting, show you how to choose the right tools for your subject, and guide you through each step so you can successfully create your first works.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Ubuntu;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;By the end, you’ll have both a solid foundation and the confidence to continue exploring oil painting on your own.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-start="494" data-end="797" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;You will complete 2–3 finished paintings — both still-life and landscape studies — while gaining practical experience in the studio.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Ubuntu"&gt;All materials will be provided. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;4 session class, Wednesdays, September 9-30&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;, 2026 from&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;10:00 AM-1:00 PM&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Ubuntu"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;$230 member/&lt;/font&gt;$266 non-member&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Ubuntu"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Price breakdown:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Ubuntu"&gt;&lt;span&gt;$180 member/$216 non-member plus $50 material fee&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Ubuntu"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.saratoga-arts.org/resources/Pictures/Lisa%20David%20Headshot.JPG" alt="" title="" border="0" width="150" height="200"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;About the instructor&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Award-winning artist Lisa David was born and raised in upstate New York, where she spent much of her childhood camping in the Adirondack Mountains. Those early experiences sparked a lifelong love for the region and continue to inspire her work. A child of the sixties and seventies with a suburban upbringing that was, at times, a bit offbeat, Lisa finds beauty and nostalgia in vintage subjects—often capturing them with playful energy and a bold use of color.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Lisa began her career running a successful production pottery business. When the physical demands of clay led her to shift focus, she pursued a teaching degree and became a National Board Certified Art Teacher. For 20 years, she taught high school art, nurturing creativity in young artists while continuing to grow her own practice.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Now retired from public education, Lisa teaches advanced drawing and painting at the Saratoga Arts Center in Saratoga Springs, NY. She continues to paint from her cabin in the Adirondacks, where the landscape, light, and memories of summers past still fuel her artistic passion.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Member, Oil Painters of America&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;www.lisadavidart.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;@lisadavidart&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.saratoga-arts.org/event-6758495</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Intermediate Pastels (23 Sep 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;img src="https://www.saratoga-arts.org/resources/Pictures/Carolyn%20Justice-spa%20sunflower.jpeg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="213" height="293"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;" align="left"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Intermediate Pastels&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;" align="left"&gt;taught by Carolyn Justice&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-start="123" data-end="459" style="margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;This class is designed to help you develop both confidence and creativity while learning to work with pastels. With a focus on originality and discovering your personal style, you’ll explore how to interpret subjects in your own way while learning solid techniques.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-start="461" data-end="739"&gt;We’ll cover the basics of value, layering, and blending as you work from still life, portraits, landscapes, and photo references. Step by step, you’ll gain the skills to handle more complex subjects while being encouraged to experiment and find your own artistic voice.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;span data-sheets-root="1" data-sheets-value="{" an="" emphasis="" on="" originality="" and="" the="" development="" of="" personal="" you="" will="" learn="" to="" interpret="" complex="" explore="" contemporary="" directions="" in="" continue="" develop="" a="" mastery="" technique="" with="" pastels.="" further="" your="" skills="" abilities="" be="" encouraged="" find="" increasingly="" creative="" solutions="" for="" wide="" range="" subjects.="" beginners="" are="" data-sheets-userformat="{"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Beginners are welcome!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Materials will be provided during class to beginners. Students who have taken a pastel class previously are asked to bring their own pastels.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;6 session class, Wednesdays from&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;September 9-October 14, 2026 at 1 pm-4 pm&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;$225 member/&lt;/font&gt;$270 non-member materials not included (bring your own)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"&gt;$240 member/$285 non-member materials included&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;About the Instructor&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.saratoga-arts.org/resources/Pictures/Carolyn%20Justice%20Headshot.jpeg" alt="" title="" border="0" style="font-weight: 400; text-align: -webkit-center;" width="175" height="180"&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Carolyn is an award winning pastel artist. She is known for her animal portraits, landscapes, and vibrant colorful still lives. Her work has been selected for the annual Landscapes for Landsake exhibitions for many years. She is also a member of the prestigious Oakroom Artists group whose membership is by invitation only. She has taught classes with Saratoga Arts for over twenty years and is a long standing member of the Co-op at 79 Beekman Street where she gives private lessons in her studio.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 14px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Carolyn Justice Fine Art&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 14px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;The Upstairs Artist Co-op at 79 Beekman Street&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 14px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://saratogaartdistrict.com/member/upstairs-artist-co-op/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;saratogaartdistrict.com/member/upstairs-artist-co-op&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.saratoga-arts.org/event-6733954</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Studio in Art for Adults (29 Sep 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.saratoga-arts.org/resources/Pictures/Johnson-Watercolor.jpeg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="207" height="291"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;" align="left"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu"&gt;Studio in Arts for Adults&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu"&gt;taught by Jo Johnson&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Ubuntu"&gt;We will cover basic drawing techniques, basics of one and two-point perspective, portraits and still-life, some water-media painting, keeping a sketchbook and some art history.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Ubuntu"&gt;This is a fun, low-pressure, fast-paced class similar to what I taught in my high-school classes for people who never had art in school or skipped class that day!! Yes, you will have homework to do!!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-start="1280" data-end="1527" data-is-last-node="" data-is-only-node=""&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu"&gt;All skill levels welcome.&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=""&gt;All supplies will be provided.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;8 session class, Tuesdays,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;September 8-October 27, 2026 at 1 pm-3 pm&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;$210 member/&lt;/font&gt;$250 non-member&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"&gt;Price breakdown:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;$200 member/&lt;/font&gt;$240 non-member plus $10 supply fee&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.saratoga-arts.org/event-6755976</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2026 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Beginner Oil Painting with Lisa David (30 Sep 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Ubuntu"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.saratoga-arts.org/resources/Pictures/Oil%20Painting%202.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="208" height="210"&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Ubuntu"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Ubuntu"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Beginner Oil Painting&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 25px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Ubuntu"&gt;taught by Lisa David&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-start="153" data-end="492" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;In this class, you’ll learn the fundamentals of oil painting — including materials, color mixing, color value, composition, glazing, brushwork, and more.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-start="494" data-end="797" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Along the way, we’ll clear up common misconceptions about oil painting, show you how to choose the right tools for your subject, and guide you through each step so you can successfully create your first works.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Ubuntu;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;By the end, you’ll have both a solid foundation and the confidence to continue exploring oil painting on your own.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-start="494" data-end="797" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;You will complete 2–3 finished paintings — both still-life and landscape studies — while gaining practical experience in the studio.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Ubuntu"&gt;All materials will be provided. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;4 session class, Wednesdays, September 9-30&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;, 2026 from&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;10:00 AM-1:00 PM&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Ubuntu"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;$230 member/&lt;/font&gt;$266 non-member&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Ubuntu"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Price breakdown:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Ubuntu"&gt;&lt;span&gt;$180 member/$216 non-member plus $50 material fee&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Ubuntu"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.saratoga-arts.org/resources/Pictures/Lisa%20David%20Headshot.JPG" alt="" title="" border="0" width="150" height="200"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;About the instructor&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Award-winning artist Lisa David was born and raised in upstate New York, where she spent much of her childhood camping in the Adirondack Mountains. Those early experiences sparked a lifelong love for the region and continue to inspire her work. A child of the sixties and seventies with a suburban upbringing that was, at times, a bit offbeat, Lisa finds beauty and nostalgia in vintage subjects—often capturing them with playful energy and a bold use of color.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Lisa began her career running a successful production pottery business. When the physical demands of clay led her to shift focus, she pursued a teaching degree and became a National Board Certified Art Teacher. For 20 years, she taught high school art, nurturing creativity in young artists while continuing to grow her own practice.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Now retired from public education, Lisa teaches advanced drawing and painting at the Saratoga Arts Center in Saratoga Springs, NY. She continues to paint from her cabin in the Adirondacks, where the landscape, light, and memories of summers past still fuel her artistic passion.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Member, Oil Painters of America&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;www.lisadavidart.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;@lisadavidart&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.saratoga-arts.org/event-6758495</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Intermediate Pastels (30 Sep 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;img src="https://www.saratoga-arts.org/resources/Pictures/Carolyn%20Justice-spa%20sunflower.jpeg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="213" height="293"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;" align="left"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Intermediate Pastels&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;" align="left"&gt;taught by Carolyn Justice&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-start="123" data-end="459" style="margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;This class is designed to help you develop both confidence and creativity while learning to work with pastels. With a focus on originality and discovering your personal style, you’ll explore how to interpret subjects in your own way while learning solid techniques.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-start="461" data-end="739"&gt;We’ll cover the basics of value, layering, and blending as you work from still life, portraits, landscapes, and photo references. Step by step, you’ll gain the skills to handle more complex subjects while being encouraged to experiment and find your own artistic voice.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;span data-sheets-root="1" data-sheets-value="{" an="" emphasis="" on="" originality="" and="" the="" development="" of="" personal="" you="" will="" learn="" to="" interpret="" complex="" explore="" contemporary="" directions="" in="" continue="" develop="" a="" mastery="" technique="" with="" pastels.="" further="" your="" skills="" abilities="" be="" encouraged="" find="" increasingly="" creative="" solutions="" for="" wide="" range="" subjects.="" beginners="" are="" data-sheets-userformat="{"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Beginners are welcome!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Materials will be provided during class to beginners. Students who have taken a pastel class previously are asked to bring their own pastels.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;6 session class, Wednesdays from&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;September 9-October 14, 2026 at 1 pm-4 pm&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;$225 member/&lt;/font&gt;$270 non-member materials not included (bring your own)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"&gt;$240 member/$285 non-member materials included&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;About the Instructor&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.saratoga-arts.org/resources/Pictures/Carolyn%20Justice%20Headshot.jpeg" alt="" title="" border="0" style="font-weight: 400; text-align: -webkit-center;" width="175" height="180"&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Carolyn is an award winning pastel artist. She is known for her animal portraits, landscapes, and vibrant colorful still lives. Her work has been selected for the annual Landscapes for Landsake exhibitions for many years. She is also a member of the prestigious Oakroom Artists group whose membership is by invitation only. She has taught classes with Saratoga Arts for over twenty years and is a long standing member of the Co-op at 79 Beekman Street where she gives private lessons in her studio.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 14px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Carolyn Justice Fine Art&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 14px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;The Upstairs Artist Co-op at 79 Beekman Street&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 14px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://saratogaartdistrict.com/member/upstairs-artist-co-op/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;saratogaartdistrict.com/member/upstairs-artist-co-op&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.saratoga-arts.org/event-6733954</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>The Watercolor Circle (1 Oct 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.saratoga-arts.org/resources/Pictures/CIRCLE.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="303" height="303"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;The Watercolor Circle&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Mentor: Jo Johnson&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Join Saratoga Arts for a free, inclusive, community-driven gathering for adult artists of all levels to practice watercolor painting, share ideas, refine skills and grow together. Monthly meetings combine indoor skill-building and outdoor exploration, utilizing local landmarks and established arts events.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;No formal teaching will occur during meetings and participants should bring all of their own supplies and creativity.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Group will meet the following dates from 1:00 PM to 3:30 PM:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;May 7, June 4, September 10, October 1, November 5, December 3, 2026&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Prior registration is preferred as space is limited. Donations kindly accepted.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.saratoga-arts.org/event-6674029</link>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Introduction to Abstract painting in acrylics (3 Oct 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.saratoga-arts.org/resources/Pictures/Paul_Sunday_abstract.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="240" height="301"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Introduction to Abstract Painting&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 25px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;taught by Paul Sunday&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 25px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 25px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;This is abstract painting for beginners ready to make the leap and start painting. We will demystify media, surfaces, materials, and techniques and discover the joys of moving paint. Students will try expressionistic, improvisational, hard-edged, minimal, maximal, and geometric styles. We will contrast intuitive and planned approaches while learning about color and composition.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 25px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 25px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;No experience is required.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 25px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;4 session class, Saturdays, October 3-24&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;10:00 AM-1:00 PM&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;$220 member/&lt;/font&gt;$260 non-member&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Price breakdown:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;span&gt;$200 member/$240 non-member plus $20 material fee&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.saratoga-arts.org/resources/Pictures/PaulSunday_by_JustinJunLee%20-%20Paul%20Sunday.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="164" height="185"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.paulsunday.com" target="_blank"&gt;www.paulsunday.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/paulsundayart?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&amp;amp;igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw" target="_blank"&gt;@paulsundayart&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.saratoga-arts.org/event-6736917</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Studio in Art for Adults (6 Oct 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.saratoga-arts.org/resources/Pictures/Johnson-Watercolor.jpeg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="207" height="291"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;" align="left"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu"&gt;Studio in Arts for Adults&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu"&gt;taught by Jo Johnson&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Ubuntu"&gt;We will cover basic drawing techniques, basics of one and two-point perspective, portraits and still-life, some water-media painting, keeping a sketchbook and some art history.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Ubuntu"&gt;This is a fun, low-pressure, fast-paced class similar to what I taught in my high-school classes for people who never had art in school or skipped class that day!! Yes, you will have homework to do!!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-start="1280" data-end="1527" data-is-last-node="" data-is-only-node=""&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu"&gt;All skill levels welcome.&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=""&gt;All supplies will be provided.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;8 session class, Tuesdays,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;September 8-October 27, 2026 at 1 pm-3 pm&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;$210 member/&lt;/font&gt;$250 non-member&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"&gt;Price breakdown:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;$200 member/&lt;/font&gt;$240 non-member plus $10 supply fee&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <link>https://www.saratoga-arts.org/event-6755976</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Intermediate Pastels (7 Oct 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;img src="https://www.saratoga-arts.org/resources/Pictures/Carolyn%20Justice-spa%20sunflower.jpeg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="213" height="293"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;" align="left"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Intermediate Pastels&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;" align="left"&gt;taught by Carolyn Justice&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-start="123" data-end="459" style="margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;This class is designed to help you develop both confidence and creativity while learning to work with pastels. With a focus on originality and discovering your personal style, you’ll explore how to interpret subjects in your own way while learning solid techniques.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-start="461" data-end="739"&gt;We’ll cover the basics of value, layering, and blending as you work from still life, portraits, landscapes, and photo references. Step by step, you’ll gain the skills to handle more complex subjects while being encouraged to experiment and find your own artistic voice.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;span data-sheets-root="1" data-sheets-value="{" an="" emphasis="" on="" originality="" and="" the="" development="" of="" personal="" you="" will="" learn="" to="" interpret="" complex="" explore="" contemporary="" directions="" in="" continue="" develop="" a="" mastery="" technique="" with="" pastels.="" further="" your="" skills="" abilities="" be="" encouraged="" find="" increasingly="" creative="" solutions="" for="" wide="" range="" subjects.="" beginners="" are="" data-sheets-userformat="{"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Beginners are welcome!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Materials will be provided during class to beginners. Students who have taken a pastel class previously are asked to bring their own pastels.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;6 session class, Wednesdays from&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;September 9-October 14, 2026 at 1 pm-4 pm&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;$225 member/&lt;/font&gt;$270 non-member materials not included (bring your own)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"&gt;$240 member/$285 non-member materials included&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;About the Instructor&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.saratoga-arts.org/resources/Pictures/Carolyn%20Justice%20Headshot.jpeg" alt="" title="" border="0" style="font-weight: 400; text-align: -webkit-center;" width="175" height="180"&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Carolyn is an award winning pastel artist. She is known for her animal portraits, landscapes, and vibrant colorful still lives. Her work has been selected for the annual Landscapes for Landsake exhibitions for many years. She is also a member of the prestigious Oakroom Artists group whose membership is by invitation only. She has taught classes with Saratoga Arts for over twenty years and is a long standing member of the Co-op at 79 Beekman Street where she gives private lessons in her studio.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 14px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Carolyn Justice Fine Art&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 14px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;The Upstairs Artist Co-op at 79 Beekman Street&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 14px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://saratogaartdistrict.com/member/upstairs-artist-co-op/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;saratogaartdistrict.com/member/upstairs-artist-co-op&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.saratoga-arts.org/event-6733954</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Contemporary Acrylic Painting Techniques 1: Painting With Texture (8 Oct 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.saratoga-arts.org/resources/Pictures/Out%20Of%20Your%20Right%20Mind%20Art%20Challenge.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="212" height="256"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style=""&gt;Contemporary Acrylic Painting Techniques 1: Painting With Texture&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;taught by Alice Kaplan&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style=""&gt;Participants in this workshop will learn various techniques to enhance the visual impact of their acrylic paintings through the use of texture. The instructor will guide participants while they explore and practice using various tools and acrylic media to enhance brushstrokes, add textural patterns and impasto structures. Students will create several small paintings to take home with them.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Participants will be given the opportunity to show their creations in a group show later in the year.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;All materials and tools will be provided for the class.&amp;nbsp; All skill levels are encouraged to register.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;2 session class, Thursdays, October 8-October 15, 2026 6:00-9:00 PM&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;$90 member/$105 non-member&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Price breakdown:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;$75 member/$90 non-member plus $15 material fee&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.saratoga-arts.org/resources/Pictures/AK%20Headshot.JPG" alt="" title="" border="0" width="157" height="145"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Meet the Instructor:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 16px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Alice Kaplan is an inter-disciplinary artist who primarily paints in oil and acrylics and also creates beaded jewelry and textile art and in original designs. She maintains a studio at 79 Beekman St. in the Saratoga Springs Art District where she has various works on display in the stairwell gallery.&amp;nbsp; She has participated in various group shows, member shows and art events in upstate NY with the Beekman Street Artists Group, Saratoga Arts and Saratoga Springs Art District Inc.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 16px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 16px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Alice has also volunteered for many years teaching arts and crafts to children in the Saratoga area, both as a Girl Scout leader, and as a member of the Saratoga Springs High School Drama Club technical team where she has coordinated scenic design for more than a dozen musical productions.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;akaplanstudio.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;A Kaplan Studio (on Facebook)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.saratoga-arts.org/event-6783890</link>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Introduction to Abstract painting in acrylics (10 Oct 2026)</title>
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&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Introduction to Abstract Painting&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 25px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;taught by Paul Sunday&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 25px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 25px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;This is abstract painting for beginners ready to make the leap and start painting. We will demystify media, surfaces, materials, and techniques and discover the joys of moving paint. Students will try expressionistic, improvisational, hard-edged, minimal, maximal, and geometric styles. We will contrast intuitive and planned approaches while learning about color and composition.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 25px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 25px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;No experience is required.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 25px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;4 session class, Saturdays, October 3-24&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;10:00 AM-1:00 PM&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;$220 member/&lt;/font&gt;$260 non-member&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Price breakdown:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;span&gt;$200 member/$240 non-member plus $20 material fee&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.saratoga-arts.org/resources/Pictures/PaulSunday_by_JustinJunLee%20-%20Paul%20Sunday.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="164" height="185"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.paulsunday.com" target="_blank"&gt;www.paulsunday.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/paulsundayart?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&amp;amp;igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw" target="_blank"&gt;@paulsundayart&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.saratoga-arts.org/event-6736917</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Studio in Art for Adults (13 Oct 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.saratoga-arts.org/resources/Pictures/Johnson-Watercolor.jpeg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="207" height="291"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;" align="left"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu"&gt;Studio in Arts for Adults&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu"&gt;taught by Jo Johnson&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Ubuntu"&gt;We will cover basic drawing techniques, basics of one and two-point perspective, portraits and still-life, some water-media painting, keeping a sketchbook and some art history.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Ubuntu"&gt;This is a fun, low-pressure, fast-paced class similar to what I taught in my high-school classes for people who never had art in school or skipped class that day!! Yes, you will have homework to do!!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-start="1280" data-end="1527" data-is-last-node="" data-is-only-node=""&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu"&gt;All skill levels welcome.&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=""&gt;All supplies will be provided.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;8 session class, Tuesdays,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;September 8-October 27, 2026 at 1 pm-3 pm&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;$210 member/&lt;/font&gt;$250 non-member&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"&gt;Price breakdown:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;$200 member/&lt;/font&gt;$240 non-member plus $10 supply fee&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.saratoga-arts.org/event-6755976</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Landscape Oil Painting: Making the most out of your reference photos (13 Oct 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.saratoga-arts.org/resources/Pictures/2024Lisa%20David.JPG" alt="" title="" border="0" width="222" height="296"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Landscape Oil Painting: Making the most out of your reference photos&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 25px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;taught by Lisa David&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-start="87" data-end="476"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;This course is designed for students who have prior experience with oil painting and wish to further develop their technical skills and personal approach to landscape painting.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Students will focus on&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&amp;nbsp;learning how to choose, evaluate, and work from your own reference photos to create more compelling paintings. Explore techniques for improving composition, simplifying complex scenes, understanding light and color, and avoiding the common pitfalls of painting directly from a photograph. Through demonstrations, guided exercises, and individual instruction, you'll discover how to transform snapshots into expressive works of art while developing your own artistic vision.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;Materials will be provided or students can bring their own. A supply list can be found here&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.saratoga-arts.org/resources/Begginer-%20Intermediate%20Oil%20Painting%20Supply%20List.pdf"&gt;Beginner Oil Painting Supply List&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;4 session classes, Tuesdays, October 13-November 3, 2026&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;6:00-9:00 PM&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;Materials not Included&lt;/font&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;$180.00 member/&lt;/font&gt;$216.00 non-member&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Materials Included&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;span&gt;$230 member/$266 non-member&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.saratoga-arts.org/resources/Pictures/Lisa%20David%20Headshot.JPG" alt="" title="" border="0" width="165" height="220"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Ubuntu, sans-serif"&gt;About the instructor&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Ubuntu, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Ubuntu, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Award-winning artist Lisa David was born and raised in upstate New York, where she spent much of her childhood camping in the Adirondack Mountains. Those early experiences sparked a lifelong love for the region and continue to inspire her work. A child of the sixties and seventies with a suburban upbringing that was, at times, a bit offbeat, Lisa finds beauty and nostalgia in vintage subjects—often capturing them with playful energy and a bold use of color.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Ubuntu, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Lisa began her career running a successful production pottery business. When the physical demands of clay led her to shift focus, she pursued a teaching degree and became a National Board Certified Art Teacher. For 20 years, she taught high school art, nurturing creativity in young artists while continuing to grow her own practice.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Ubuntu, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Now retired from public education, Lisa teaches advanced drawing and painting at the Saratoga Arts Center in Saratoga Springs, NY. She continues to paint from her cabin in the Adirondacks, where the landscape, light, and memories of summers past still fuel her artistic passion.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Ubuntu, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Member, Oil Painters of America&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Ubuntu, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Ubuntu, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;www.lisadavidart.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Ubuntu, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;@lisadavidart&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.saratoga-arts.org/event-6758470</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Intermediate Pastels (14 Oct 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;img src="https://www.saratoga-arts.org/resources/Pictures/Carolyn%20Justice-spa%20sunflower.jpeg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="213" height="293"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;" align="left"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Intermediate Pastels&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;" align="left"&gt;taught by Carolyn Justice&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-start="123" data-end="459" style="margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;This class is designed to help you develop both confidence and creativity while learning to work with pastels. With a focus on originality and discovering your personal style, you’ll explore how to interpret subjects in your own way while learning solid techniques.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-start="461" data-end="739"&gt;We’ll cover the basics of value, layering, and blending as you work from still life, portraits, landscapes, and photo references. Step by step, you’ll gain the skills to handle more complex subjects while being encouraged to experiment and find your own artistic voice.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;span data-sheets-root="1" data-sheets-value="{" an="" emphasis="" on="" originality="" and="" the="" development="" of="" personal="" you="" will="" learn="" to="" interpret="" complex="" explore="" contemporary="" directions="" in="" continue="" develop="" a="" mastery="" technique="" with="" pastels.="" further="" your="" skills="" abilities="" be="" encouraged="" find="" increasingly="" creative="" solutions="" for="" wide="" range="" subjects.="" beginners="" are="" data-sheets-userformat="{"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Beginners are welcome!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Materials will be provided during class to beginners. Students who have taken a pastel class previously are asked to bring their own pastels.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;6 session class, Wednesdays from&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;September 9-October 14, 2026 at 1 pm-4 pm&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;$225 member/&lt;/font&gt;$270 non-member materials not included (bring your own)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"&gt;$240 member/$285 non-member materials included&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;About the Instructor&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.saratoga-arts.org/resources/Pictures/Carolyn%20Justice%20Headshot.jpeg" alt="" title="" border="0" style="font-weight: 400; text-align: -webkit-center;" width="175" height="180"&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Carolyn is an award winning pastel artist. She is known for her animal portraits, landscapes, and vibrant colorful still lives. Her work has been selected for the annual Landscapes for Landsake exhibitions for many years. She is also a member of the prestigious Oakroom Artists group whose membership is by invitation only. She has taught classes with Saratoga Arts for over twenty years and is a long standing member of the Co-op at 79 Beekman Street where she gives private lessons in her studio.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 14px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Carolyn Justice Fine Art&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 14px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;The Upstairs Artist Co-op at 79 Beekman Street&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 14px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://saratogaartdistrict.com/member/upstairs-artist-co-op/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;saratogaartdistrict.com/member/upstairs-artist-co-op&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.saratoga-arts.org/event-6733954</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Foundations of Oil Painting (15 Oct 2026)</title>
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&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Foundations of Oil Painting&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;taught by Mary Jo Bradley&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Take your oil painting skills to the next level in this engaging and supportive intermediate course. Designed for painters who have a basic understanding of oil painting materials and techniques, this class focuses on strengthening your artistic voice while refining the technical skills needed to create more confident, expressive paintings.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Working from landscapes, florals, still lifes, or your own reference photos, you'll deepen your understanding of color mixing, value, composition, and light. Through demonstrations, individualized instruction, and hands-on studio practice, you'll explore layering, glazing, brushwork, texture, and other techniques that bring depth and richness to your work.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Students are encouraged to pursue subjects that inspire them while receiving personalized guidance based on their individual goals and experience. Constructive group critiques and one-on-one feedback will help you evaluate your work, solve painting challenges, and continue growing as an artist.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Students should bring:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;● Oil paint set&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;● Brushes (assorted sizes)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;●Palette&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;●Palette knife&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;●Odorless mineral spirits or alternative solvent&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;●Linseed or walnut oil&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;●cotton rags&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;●Apron&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;6 Session Class-Thursdays, October 15-November 19, 2026, 10:00 AM-1:00 PM&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;$322.50 member/$381 non-member&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.saratoga-arts.org/resources/Pictures/2024%20Mary%20Jo%20Bradley.jpeg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="128" height="171"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://maryjobradley.com/"&gt;&lt;font color="#6D7E88"&gt;http://maryjobradley.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.saratoga-arts.org/@maryjobradley"&gt;/@maryjobradley&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.saratoga-arts.org/event-6780034</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Contemporary Acrylic Painting Techniques 1: Painting With Texture (15 Oct 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.saratoga-arts.org/resources/Pictures/Out%20Of%20Your%20Right%20Mind%20Art%20Challenge.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="212" height="256"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style=""&gt;Contemporary Acrylic Painting Techniques 1: Painting With Texture&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;taught by Alice Kaplan&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style=""&gt;Participants in this workshop will learn various techniques to enhance the visual impact of their acrylic paintings through the use of texture. The instructor will guide participants while they explore and practice using various tools and acrylic media to enhance brushstrokes, add textural patterns and impasto structures. Students will create several small paintings to take home with them.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Participants will be given the opportunity to show their creations in a group show later in the year.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;All materials and tools will be provided for the class.&amp;nbsp; All skill levels are encouraged to register.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;2 session class, Thursdays, October 8-October 15, 2026 6:00-9:00 PM&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;$90 member/$105 non-member&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Price breakdown:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;$75 member/$90 non-member plus $15 material fee&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.saratoga-arts.org/resources/Pictures/AK%20Headshot.JPG" alt="" title="" border="0" width="157" height="145"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Meet the Instructor:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 16px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Alice Kaplan is an inter-disciplinary artist who primarily paints in oil and acrylics and also creates beaded jewelry and textile art and in original designs. She maintains a studio at 79 Beekman St. in the Saratoga Springs Art District where she has various works on display in the stairwell gallery.&amp;nbsp; She has participated in various group shows, member shows and art events in upstate NY with the Beekman Street Artists Group, Saratoga Arts and Saratoga Springs Art District Inc.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 16px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 16px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Alice has also volunteered for many years teaching arts and crafts to children in the Saratoga area, both as a Girl Scout leader, and as a member of the Saratoga Springs High School Drama Club technical team where she has coordinated scenic design for more than a dozen musical productions.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;akaplanstudio.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;A Kaplan Studio (on Facebook)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.saratoga-arts.org/event-6783890</link>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Introduction to Abstract painting in acrylics (17 Oct 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.saratoga-arts.org/resources/Pictures/Paul_Sunday_abstract.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="240" height="301"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Introduction to Abstract Painting&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 25px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;taught by Paul Sunday&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 25px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 25px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;This is abstract painting for beginners ready to make the leap and start painting. We will demystify media, surfaces, materials, and techniques and discover the joys of moving paint. Students will try expressionistic, improvisational, hard-edged, minimal, maximal, and geometric styles. We will contrast intuitive and planned approaches while learning about color and composition.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 25px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 25px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;No experience is required.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 25px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;4 session class, Saturdays, October 3-24&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;10:00 AM-1:00 PM&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;$220 member/&lt;/font&gt;$260 non-member&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Price breakdown:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;span&gt;$200 member/$240 non-member plus $20 material fee&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.saratoga-arts.org/resources/Pictures/PaulSunday_by_JustinJunLee%20-%20Paul%20Sunday.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="164" height="185"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.paulsunday.com" target="_blank"&gt;www.paulsunday.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/paulsundayart?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&amp;amp;igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw" target="_blank"&gt;@paulsundayart&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.saratoga-arts.org/event-6736917</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Watercolor Basics and Beyond 2 (20 Oct 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.saratoga-arts.org/resources/Pictures/Johnson-Watercolor.jpeg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="207" height="291"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;" align="left"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Watercolor Basics and Beyond 2&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;taught by Jo Johnson&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-start="55" data-end="378"&gt;Start to learn or continue your watercolor practice with a focus in brushwork, color mixing and color theory with an emphasis on still life, landscape and portraits.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-start="1280" data-end="1527" data-is-last-node="" data-is-only-node=""&gt;By the end of the course, students will have completed multiple finished paintings, built a stronger understanding of watercolor techniques, and developed a personal sketchbook practice to continue their artistic journey.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-start="1280" data-end="1527" data-is-last-node="" data-is-only-node=""&gt;All skill levels welcome.&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=""&gt;All supplies will be provided.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;6 session class, Tuesdays,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;November 3-December 9, 2026 at 1 pm-3 pm&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;$160 member/&lt;/font&gt;$190 non-member&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"&gt;Price breakdown:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;$150 member/&lt;/font&gt;$180 non-member plus $10 supply fee&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.saratoga-arts.org/event-6755945</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Studio in Art for Adults (20 Oct 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.saratoga-arts.org/resources/Pictures/Johnson-Watercolor.jpeg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="207" height="291"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;" align="left"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu"&gt;Studio in Arts for Adults&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu"&gt;taught by Jo Johnson&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Ubuntu"&gt;We will cover basic drawing techniques, basics of one and two-point perspective, portraits and still-life, some water-media painting, keeping a sketchbook and some art history.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Ubuntu"&gt;This is a fun, low-pressure, fast-paced class similar to what I taught in my high-school classes for people who never had art in school or skipped class that day!! Yes, you will have homework to do!!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-start="1280" data-end="1527" data-is-last-node="" data-is-only-node=""&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu"&gt;All skill levels welcome.&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=""&gt;All supplies will be provided.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;8 session class, Tuesdays,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;September 8-October 27, 2026 at 1 pm-3 pm&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;$210 member/&lt;/font&gt;$250 non-member&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"&gt;Price breakdown:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;$200 member/&lt;/font&gt;$240 non-member plus $10 supply fee&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.saratoga-arts.org/event-6755976</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Landscape Oil Painting: Making the most out of your reference photos (20 Oct 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.saratoga-arts.org/resources/Pictures/2024Lisa%20David.JPG" alt="" title="" border="0" width="222" height="296"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Landscape Oil Painting: Making the most out of your reference photos&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 25px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;taught by Lisa David&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-start="87" data-end="476"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;This course is designed for students who have prior experience with oil painting and wish to further develop their technical skills and personal approach to landscape painting.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Students will focus on&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&amp;nbsp;learning how to choose, evaluate, and work from your own reference photos to create more compelling paintings. Explore techniques for improving composition, simplifying complex scenes, understanding light and color, and avoiding the common pitfalls of painting directly from a photograph. Through demonstrations, guided exercises, and individual instruction, you'll discover how to transform snapshots into expressive works of art while developing your own artistic vision.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;Materials will be provided or students can bring their own. A supply list can be found here&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.saratoga-arts.org/resources/Begginer-%20Intermediate%20Oil%20Painting%20Supply%20List.pdf"&gt;Beginner Oil Painting Supply List&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;4 session classes, Tuesdays, October 13-November 3, 2026&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;6:00-9:00 PM&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;Materials not Included&lt;/font&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;$180.00 member/&lt;/font&gt;$216.00 non-member&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Materials Included&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;span&gt;$230 member/$266 non-member&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.saratoga-arts.org/resources/Pictures/Lisa%20David%20Headshot.JPG" alt="" title="" border="0" width="165" height="220"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Ubuntu, sans-serif"&gt;About the instructor&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Ubuntu, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Ubuntu, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Award-winning artist Lisa David was born and raised in upstate New York, where she spent much of her childhood camping in the Adirondack Mountains. Those early experiences sparked a lifelong love for the region and continue to inspire her work. A child of the sixties and seventies with a suburban upbringing that was, at times, a bit offbeat, Lisa finds beauty and nostalgia in vintage subjects—often capturing them with playful energy and a bold use of color.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Ubuntu, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Lisa began her career running a successful production pottery business. When the physical demands of clay led her to shift focus, she pursued a teaching degree and became a National Board Certified Art Teacher. For 20 years, she taught high school art, nurturing creativity in young artists while continuing to grow her own practice.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Ubuntu, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Now retired from public education, Lisa teaches advanced drawing and painting at the Saratoga Arts Center in Saratoga Springs, NY. She continues to paint from her cabin in the Adirondacks, where the landscape, light, and memories of summers past still fuel her artistic passion.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Ubuntu, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Member, Oil Painters of America&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Ubuntu, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Ubuntu, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;www.lisadavidart.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Ubuntu, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;@lisadavidart&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Foundations of Oil Painting (22 Oct 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Foundations of Oil Painting&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;taught by Mary Jo Bradley&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Take your oil painting skills to the next level in this engaging and supportive intermediate course. Designed for painters who have a basic understanding of oil painting materials and techniques, this class focuses on strengthening your artistic voice while refining the technical skills needed to create more confident, expressive paintings.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Working from landscapes, florals, still lifes, or your own reference photos, you'll deepen your understanding of color mixing, value, composition, and light. Through demonstrations, individualized instruction, and hands-on studio practice, you'll explore layering, glazing, brushwork, texture, and other techniques that bring depth and richness to your work.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Students are encouraged to pursue subjects that inspire them while receiving personalized guidance based on their individual goals and experience. Constructive group critiques and one-on-one feedback will help you evaluate your work, solve painting challenges, and continue growing as an artist.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Students should bring:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;● Oil paint set&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;● Brushes (assorted sizes)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;●Palette&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;●Palette knife&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;●Odorless mineral spirits or alternative solvent&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;●Linseed or walnut oil&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;●cotton rags&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;●Apron&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;6 Session Class-Thursdays, October 15-November 19, 2026, 10:00 AM-1:00 PM&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;$322.50 member/$381 non-member&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.saratoga-arts.org/resources/Pictures/2024%20Mary%20Jo%20Bradley.jpeg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="128" height="171"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://maryjobradley.com/"&gt;&lt;font color="#6D7E88"&gt;http://maryjobradley.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.saratoga-arts.org/@maryjobradley"&gt;/@maryjobradley&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.saratoga-arts.org/event-6780034</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Contemporary Acrylic Painting Techniques 2: Acrylic Collage (22 Oct 2026)</title>
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&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style=""&gt;Contemporary Acrylic Painting Techniques 2: Acrylic Collage&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;taught by Alice Kaplan&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style=""&gt;Participants in this workshop will learn various techniques to create 2-D and 3-D collage using acrylic paint and media. The instructor will guide participants while they explore and practice techniques for planning and creating a collage, including basic composition, choice of media, and acrylic collage techniques including layering, glazing and image transfer. Participants will create their own collage to take home.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Participants will be given the opportunity to show their creations in a group show later in the year.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;All materials and tools will be provided for the class.&amp;nbsp; All skill levels are encouraged to register.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;2 session class, Thursdays, October 22-October 29, 2026 6:00-9:00 PM&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;$90 member/$105 non-member&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Price breakdown:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;$75 member/$90 non-member plus $15 material fee&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.saratoga-arts.org/resources/Pictures/AK%20Headshot.JPG" alt="" title="" border="0" width="157" height="145"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Meet the Instructor:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 16px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Alice Kaplan is an inter-disciplinary artist who primarily paints in oil and acrylics and also creates beaded jewelry and textile art and in original designs. She maintains a studio at 79 Beekman St. in the Saratoga Springs Art District where she has various works on display in the stairwell gallery.&amp;nbsp; She has participated in various group shows, member shows and art events in upstate NY with the Beekman Street Artists Group, Saratoga Arts and Saratoga Springs Art District Inc.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 16px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 16px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Alice has also volunteered for many years teaching arts and crafts to children in the Saratoga area, both as a Girl Scout leader, and as a member of the Saratoga Springs High School Drama Club technical team where she has coordinated scenic design for more than a dozen musical productions.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;akaplanstudio.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;A Kaplan Studio (on Facebook)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.saratoga-arts.org/event-6787355</link>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2026 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Introduction to Abstract painting in acrylics (24 Oct 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.saratoga-arts.org/resources/Pictures/Paul_Sunday_abstract.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="240" height="301"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Introduction to Abstract Painting&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 25px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;taught by Paul Sunday&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 25px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 25px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;This is abstract painting for beginners ready to make the leap and start painting. We will demystify media, surfaces, materials, and techniques and discover the joys of moving paint. Students will try expressionistic, improvisational, hard-edged, minimal, maximal, and geometric styles. We will contrast intuitive and planned approaches while learning about color and composition.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 25px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 25px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;No experience is required.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 25px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;4 session class, Saturdays, October 3-24&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;10:00 AM-1:00 PM&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;$220 member/&lt;/font&gt;$260 non-member&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Price breakdown:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;span&gt;$200 member/$240 non-member plus $20 material fee&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.saratoga-arts.org/resources/Pictures/PaulSunday_by_JustinJunLee%20-%20Paul%20Sunday.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="164" height="185"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.paulsunday.com" target="_blank"&gt;www.paulsunday.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/paulsundayart?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&amp;amp;igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw" target="_blank"&gt;@paulsundayart&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.saratoga-arts.org/event-6736917</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Watercolor Basics and Beyond 2 (27 Oct 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.saratoga-arts.org/resources/Pictures/Johnson-Watercolor.jpeg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="207" height="291"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;" align="left"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Watercolor Basics and Beyond 2&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;taught by Jo Johnson&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-start="55" data-end="378"&gt;Start to learn or continue your watercolor practice with a focus in brushwork, color mixing and color theory with an emphasis on still life, landscape and portraits.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-start="1280" data-end="1527" data-is-last-node="" data-is-only-node=""&gt;By the end of the course, students will have completed multiple finished paintings, built a stronger understanding of watercolor techniques, and developed a personal sketchbook practice to continue their artistic journey.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-start="1280" data-end="1527" data-is-last-node="" data-is-only-node=""&gt;All skill levels welcome.&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=""&gt;All supplies will be provided.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;6 session class, Tuesdays,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;November 3-December 9, 2026 at 1 pm-3 pm&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;$160 member/&lt;/font&gt;$190 non-member&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"&gt;Price breakdown:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;$150 member/&lt;/font&gt;$180 non-member plus $10 supply fee&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.saratoga-arts.org/event-6755945</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Studio in Art for Adults (27 Oct 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.saratoga-arts.org/resources/Pictures/Johnson-Watercolor.jpeg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="207" height="291"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;" align="left"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu"&gt;Studio in Arts for Adults&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu"&gt;taught by Jo Johnson&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Ubuntu"&gt;We will cover basic drawing techniques, basics of one and two-point perspective, portraits and still-life, some water-media painting, keeping a sketchbook and some art history.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Ubuntu"&gt;This is a fun, low-pressure, fast-paced class similar to what I taught in my high-school classes for people who never had art in school or skipped class that day!! Yes, you will have homework to do!!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-start="1280" data-end="1527" data-is-last-node="" data-is-only-node=""&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu"&gt;All skill levels welcome.&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=""&gt;All supplies will be provided.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;8 session class, Tuesdays,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;September 8-October 27, 2026 at 1 pm-3 pm&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;$210 member/&lt;/font&gt;$250 non-member&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"&gt;Price breakdown:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;$200 member/&lt;/font&gt;$240 non-member plus $10 supply fee&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.saratoga-arts.org/event-6755976</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Landscape Oil Painting: Making the most out of your reference photos (27 Oct 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.saratoga-arts.org/resources/Pictures/2024Lisa%20David.JPG" alt="" title="" border="0" width="222" height="296"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Landscape Oil Painting: Making the most out of your reference photos&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 25px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;taught by Lisa David&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-start="87" data-end="476"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;This course is designed for students who have prior experience with oil painting and wish to further develop their technical skills and personal approach to landscape painting.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Students will focus on&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&amp;nbsp;learning how to choose, evaluate, and work from your own reference photos to create more compelling paintings. Explore techniques for improving composition, simplifying complex scenes, understanding light and color, and avoiding the common pitfalls of painting directly from a photograph. Through demonstrations, guided exercises, and individual instruction, you'll discover how to transform snapshots into expressive works of art while developing your own artistic vision.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;Materials will be provided or students can bring their own. A supply list can be found here&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.saratoga-arts.org/resources/Begginer-%20Intermediate%20Oil%20Painting%20Supply%20List.pdf"&gt;Beginner Oil Painting Supply List&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;4 session classes, Tuesdays, October 13-November 3, 2026&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;6:00-9:00 PM&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;Materials not Included&lt;/font&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;$180.00 member/&lt;/font&gt;$216.00 non-member&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Materials Included&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;span&gt;$230 member/$266 non-member&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.saratoga-arts.org/resources/Pictures/Lisa%20David%20Headshot.JPG" alt="" title="" border="0" width="165" height="220"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Ubuntu, sans-serif"&gt;About the instructor&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Ubuntu, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Ubuntu, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Award-winning artist Lisa David was born and raised in upstate New York, where she spent much of her childhood camping in the Adirondack Mountains. Those early experiences sparked a lifelong love for the region and continue to inspire her work. A child of the sixties and seventies with a suburban upbringing that was, at times, a bit offbeat, Lisa finds beauty and nostalgia in vintage subjects—often capturing them with playful energy and a bold use of color.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Ubuntu, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Lisa began her career running a successful production pottery business. When the physical demands of clay led her to shift focus, she pursued a teaching degree and became a National Board Certified Art Teacher. For 20 years, she taught high school art, nurturing creativity in young artists while continuing to grow her own practice.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Ubuntu, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Now retired from public education, Lisa teaches advanced drawing and painting at the Saratoga Arts Center in Saratoga Springs, NY. She continues to paint from her cabin in the Adirondacks, where the landscape, light, and memories of summers past still fuel her artistic passion.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Ubuntu, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Member, Oil Painters of America&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Ubuntu, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Ubuntu, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;www.lisadavidart.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Ubuntu, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;@lisadavidart&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2026 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Foundations of Oil Painting (29 Oct 2026)</title>
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&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Foundations of Oil Painting&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;taught by Mary Jo Bradley&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Take your oil painting skills to the next level in this engaging and supportive intermediate course. Designed for painters who have a basic understanding of oil painting materials and techniques, this class focuses on strengthening your artistic voice while refining the technical skills needed to create more confident, expressive paintings.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Working from landscapes, florals, still lifes, or your own reference photos, you'll deepen your understanding of color mixing, value, composition, and light. Through demonstrations, individualized instruction, and hands-on studio practice, you'll explore layering, glazing, brushwork, texture, and other techniques that bring depth and richness to your work.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Students are encouraged to pursue subjects that inspire them while receiving personalized guidance based on their individual goals and experience. Constructive group critiques and one-on-one feedback will help you evaluate your work, solve painting challenges, and continue growing as an artist.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Students should bring:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;● Oil paint set&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;● Brushes (assorted sizes)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;●Palette&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;●Palette knife&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;●Odorless mineral spirits or alternative solvent&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;●Linseed or walnut oil&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;●cotton rags&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;●Apron&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;6 Session Class-Thursdays, October 15-November 19, 2026, 10:00 AM-1:00 PM&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;$322.50 member/$381 non-member&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.saratoga-arts.org/resources/Pictures/2024%20Mary%20Jo%20Bradley.jpeg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="128" height="171"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://maryjobradley.com/"&gt;&lt;font color="#6D7E88"&gt;http://maryjobradley.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.saratoga-arts.org/@maryjobradley"&gt;/@maryjobradley&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.saratoga-arts.org/event-6780034</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2026 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Contemporary Acrylic Painting Techniques 2: Acrylic Collage (29 Oct 2026)</title>
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&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style=""&gt;Contemporary Acrylic Painting Techniques 2: Acrylic Collage&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;taught by Alice Kaplan&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style=""&gt;Participants in this workshop will learn various techniques to create 2-D and 3-D collage using acrylic paint and media. The instructor will guide participants while they explore and practice techniques for planning and creating a collage, including basic composition, choice of media, and acrylic collage techniques including layering, glazing and image transfer. Participants will create their own collage to take home.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Participants will be given the opportunity to show their creations in a group show later in the year.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;All materials and tools will be provided for the class.&amp;nbsp; All skill levels are encouraged to register.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;2 session class, Thursdays, October 22-October 29, 2026 6:00-9:00 PM&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;$90 member/$105 non-member&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Price breakdown:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;$75 member/$90 non-member plus $15 material fee&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.saratoga-arts.org/resources/Pictures/AK%20Headshot.JPG" alt="" title="" border="0" width="157" height="145"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Meet the Instructor:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 16px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Alice Kaplan is an inter-disciplinary artist who primarily paints in oil and acrylics and also creates beaded jewelry and textile art and in original designs. She maintains a studio at 79 Beekman St. in the Saratoga Springs Art District where she has various works on display in the stairwell gallery.&amp;nbsp; She has participated in various group shows, member shows and art events in upstate NY with the Beekman Street Artists Group, Saratoga Arts and Saratoga Springs Art District Inc.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 16px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 16px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Alice has also volunteered for many years teaching arts and crafts to children in the Saratoga area, both as a Girl Scout leader, and as a member of the Saratoga Springs High School Drama Club technical team where she has coordinated scenic design for more than a dozen musical productions.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;akaplanstudio.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;A Kaplan Studio (on Facebook)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.saratoga-arts.org/event-6787355</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2026 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Watercolor Basics and Beyond 2 (3 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.saratoga-arts.org/resources/Pictures/Johnson-Watercolor.jpeg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="207" height="291"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;" align="left"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Watercolor Basics and Beyond 2&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;taught by Jo Johnson&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-start="55" data-end="378"&gt;Start to learn or continue your watercolor practice with a focus in brushwork, color mixing and color theory with an emphasis on still life, landscape and portraits.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-start="1280" data-end="1527" data-is-last-node="" data-is-only-node=""&gt;By the end of the course, students will have completed multiple finished paintings, built a stronger understanding of watercolor techniques, and developed a personal sketchbook practice to continue their artistic journey.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-start="1280" data-end="1527" data-is-last-node="" data-is-only-node=""&gt;All skill levels welcome.&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=""&gt;All supplies will be provided.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;6 session class, Tuesdays,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;November 3-December 9, 2026 at 1 pm-3 pm&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;$160 member/&lt;/font&gt;$190 non-member&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"&gt;Price breakdown:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;$150 member/&lt;/font&gt;$180 non-member plus $10 supply fee&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.saratoga-arts.org/event-6755945</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2026 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Landscape Oil Painting: Making the most out of your reference photos (3 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.saratoga-arts.org/resources/Pictures/2024Lisa%20David.JPG" alt="" title="" border="0" width="222" height="296"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Landscape Oil Painting: Making the most out of your reference photos&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 25px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;taught by Lisa David&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-start="87" data-end="476"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;This course is designed for students who have prior experience with oil painting and wish to further develop their technical skills and personal approach to landscape painting.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Students will focus on&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&amp;nbsp;learning how to choose, evaluate, and work from your own reference photos to create more compelling paintings. Explore techniques for improving composition, simplifying complex scenes, understanding light and color, and avoiding the common pitfalls of painting directly from a photograph. Through demonstrations, guided exercises, and individual instruction, you'll discover how to transform snapshots into expressive works of art while developing your own artistic vision.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;Materials will be provided or students can bring their own. A supply list can be found here&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.saratoga-arts.org/resources/Begginer-%20Intermediate%20Oil%20Painting%20Supply%20List.pdf"&gt;Beginner Oil Painting Supply List&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;4 session classes, Tuesdays, October 13-November 3, 2026&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;6:00-9:00 PM&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;Materials not Included&lt;/font&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;$180.00 member/&lt;/font&gt;$216.00 non-member&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Materials Included&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;span&gt;$230 member/$266 non-member&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.saratoga-arts.org/resources/Pictures/Lisa%20David%20Headshot.JPG" alt="" title="" border="0" width="165" height="220"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Ubuntu, sans-serif"&gt;About the instructor&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Ubuntu, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Ubuntu, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Award-winning artist Lisa David was born and raised in upstate New York, where she spent much of her childhood camping in the Adirondack Mountains. Those early experiences sparked a lifelong love for the region and continue to inspire her work. A child of the sixties and seventies with a suburban upbringing that was, at times, a bit offbeat, Lisa finds beauty and nostalgia in vintage subjects—often capturing them with playful energy and a bold use of color.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Ubuntu, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Lisa began her career running a successful production pottery business. When the physical demands of clay led her to shift focus, she pursued a teaching degree and became a National Board Certified Art Teacher. For 20 years, she taught high school art, nurturing creativity in young artists while continuing to grow her own practice.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Ubuntu, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Now retired from public education, Lisa teaches advanced drawing and painting at the Saratoga Arts Center in Saratoga Springs, NY. She continues to paint from her cabin in the Adirondacks, where the landscape, light, and memories of summers past still fuel her artistic passion.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Ubuntu, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Member, Oil Painters of America&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Ubuntu, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Ubuntu, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;www.lisadavidart.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Ubuntu, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;@lisadavidart&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2026 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Foundations of Oil Painting (5 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Foundations of Oil Painting&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;taught by Mary Jo Bradley&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Take your oil painting skills to the next level in this engaging and supportive intermediate course. Designed for painters who have a basic understanding of oil painting materials and techniques, this class focuses on strengthening your artistic voice while refining the technical skills needed to create more confident, expressive paintings.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Working from landscapes, florals, still lifes, or your own reference photos, you'll deepen your understanding of color mixing, value, composition, and light. Through demonstrations, individualized instruction, and hands-on studio practice, you'll explore layering, glazing, brushwork, texture, and other techniques that bring depth and richness to your work.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Students are encouraged to pursue subjects that inspire them while receiving personalized guidance based on their individual goals and experience. Constructive group critiques and one-on-one feedback will help you evaluate your work, solve painting challenges, and continue growing as an artist.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Students should bring:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;● Oil paint set&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;● Brushes (assorted sizes)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;●Palette&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;●Palette knife&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;●Odorless mineral spirits or alternative solvent&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;●Linseed or walnut oil&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;●cotton rags&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;●Apron&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;6 Session Class-Thursdays, October 15-November 19, 2026, 10:00 AM-1:00 PM&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;$322.50 member/$381 non-member&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.saratoga-arts.org/resources/Pictures/2024%20Mary%20Jo%20Bradley.jpeg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="128" height="171"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://maryjobradley.com/"&gt;&lt;font color="#6D7E88"&gt;http://maryjobradley.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.saratoga-arts.org/@maryjobradley"&gt;/@maryjobradley&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.saratoga-arts.org/event-6780034</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2026 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>The Watercolor Circle (5 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.saratoga-arts.org/resources/Pictures/CIRCLE.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="303" height="303"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;The Watercolor Circle&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Mentor: Jo Johnson&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Join Saratoga Arts for a free, inclusive, community-driven gathering for adult artists of all levels to practice watercolor painting, share ideas, refine skills and grow together. Monthly meetings combine indoor skill-building and outdoor exploration, utilizing local landmarks and established arts events.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;No formal teaching will occur during meetings and participants should bring all of their own supplies and creativity.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Group will meet the following dates from 1:00 PM to 3:30 PM:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;May 7, June 4, September 10, October 1, November 5, December 3, 2026&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Prior registration is preferred as space is limited. Donations kindly accepted.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.saratoga-arts.org/event-6674029</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2026 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Watercolor Basics and Beyond 2 (10 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.saratoga-arts.org/resources/Pictures/Johnson-Watercolor.jpeg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="207" height="291"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;" align="left"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Watercolor Basics and Beyond 2&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;taught by Jo Johnson&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-start="55" data-end="378"&gt;Start to learn or continue your watercolor practice with a focus in brushwork, color mixing and color theory with an emphasis on still life, landscape and portraits.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-start="1280" data-end="1527" data-is-last-node="" data-is-only-node=""&gt;By the end of the course, students will have completed multiple finished paintings, built a stronger understanding of watercolor techniques, and developed a personal sketchbook practice to continue their artistic journey.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-start="1280" data-end="1527" data-is-last-node="" data-is-only-node=""&gt;All skill levels welcome.&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=""&gt;All supplies will be provided.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;6 session class, Tuesdays,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;November 3-December 9, 2026 at 1 pm-3 pm&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;$160 member/&lt;/font&gt;$190 non-member&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"&gt;Price breakdown:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;$150 member/&lt;/font&gt;$180 non-member plus $10 supply fee&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.saratoga-arts.org/event-6755945</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2026 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Foundations of Oil Painting (12 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Foundations of Oil Painting&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;taught by Mary Jo Bradley&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Take your oil painting skills to the next level in this engaging and supportive intermediate course. Designed for painters who have a basic understanding of oil painting materials and techniques, this class focuses on strengthening your artistic voice while refining the technical skills needed to create more confident, expressive paintings.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Working from landscapes, florals, still lifes, or your own reference photos, you'll deepen your understanding of color mixing, value, composition, and light. Through demonstrations, individualized instruction, and hands-on studio practice, you'll explore layering, glazing, brushwork, texture, and other techniques that bring depth and richness to your work.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Students are encouraged to pursue subjects that inspire them while receiving personalized guidance based on their individual goals and experience. Constructive group critiques and one-on-one feedback will help you evaluate your work, solve painting challenges, and continue growing as an artist.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Students should bring:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;● Oil paint set&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;● Brushes (assorted sizes)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;●Palette&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;●Palette knife&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;●Odorless mineral spirits or alternative solvent&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;●Linseed or walnut oil&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;●cotton rags&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;●Apron&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;6 Session Class-Thursdays, October 15-November 19, 2026, 10:00 AM-1:00 PM&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;$322.50 member/$381 non-member&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.saratoga-arts.org/resources/Pictures/2024%20Mary%20Jo%20Bradley.jpeg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="128" height="171"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://maryjobradley.com/"&gt;&lt;font color="#6D7E88"&gt;http://maryjobradley.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.saratoga-arts.org/@maryjobradley"&gt;/@maryjobradley&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.saratoga-arts.org/event-6780034</link>
      <guid>https://www.saratoga-arts.org/event-6780034</guid>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2026 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Watercolor Basics and Beyond 2 (17 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.saratoga-arts.org/resources/Pictures/Johnson-Watercolor.jpeg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="207" height="291"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;" align="left"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Watercolor Basics and Beyond 2&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;taught by Jo Johnson&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-start="55" data-end="378"&gt;Start to learn or continue your watercolor practice with a focus in brushwork, color mixing and color theory with an emphasis on still life, landscape and portraits.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-start="1280" data-end="1527" data-is-last-node="" data-is-only-node=""&gt;By the end of the course, students will have completed multiple finished paintings, built a stronger understanding of watercolor techniques, and developed a personal sketchbook practice to continue their artistic journey.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-start="1280" data-end="1527" data-is-last-node="" data-is-only-node=""&gt;All skill levels welcome.&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=""&gt;All supplies will be provided.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;6 session class, Tuesdays,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;November 3-December 9, 2026 at 1 pm-3 pm&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;$160 member/&lt;/font&gt;$190 non-member&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"&gt;Price breakdown:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;$150 member/&lt;/font&gt;$180 non-member plus $10 supply fee&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.saratoga-arts.org/event-6755945</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2026 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Foundations of Oil Painting (19 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Foundations of Oil Painting&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;taught by Mary Jo Bradley&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Take your oil painting skills to the next level in this engaging and supportive intermediate course. Designed for painters who have a basic understanding of oil painting materials and techniques, this class focuses on strengthening your artistic voice while refining the technical skills needed to create more confident, expressive paintings.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Working from landscapes, florals, still lifes, or your own reference photos, you'll deepen your understanding of color mixing, value, composition, and light. Through demonstrations, individualized instruction, and hands-on studio practice, you'll explore layering, glazing, brushwork, texture, and other techniques that bring depth and richness to your work.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Students are encouraged to pursue subjects that inspire them while receiving personalized guidance based on their individual goals and experience. Constructive group critiques and one-on-one feedback will help you evaluate your work, solve painting challenges, and continue growing as an artist.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Students should bring:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;● Oil paint set&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;● Brushes (assorted sizes)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;●Palette&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;●Palette knife&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;●Odorless mineral spirits or alternative solvent&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;●Linseed or walnut oil&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;●cotton rags&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;●Apron&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;6 Session Class-Thursdays, October 15-November 19, 2026, 10:00 AM-1:00 PM&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;$322.50 member/$381 non-member&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.saratoga-arts.org/resources/Pictures/2024%20Mary%20Jo%20Bradley.jpeg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="128" height="171"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://maryjobradley.com/"&gt;&lt;font color="#6D7E88"&gt;http://maryjobradley.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.saratoga-arts.org/@maryjobradley"&gt;/@maryjobradley&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.saratoga-arts.org/event-6780034</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2026 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Watercolor Basics and Beyond 2 (24 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.saratoga-arts.org/resources/Pictures/Johnson-Watercolor.jpeg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="207" height="291"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;" align="left"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Watercolor Basics and Beyond 2&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;taught by Jo Johnson&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-start="55" data-end="378"&gt;Start to learn or continue your watercolor practice with a focus in brushwork, color mixing and color theory with an emphasis on still life, landscape and portraits.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-start="1280" data-end="1527" data-is-last-node="" data-is-only-node=""&gt;By the end of the course, students will have completed multiple finished paintings, built a stronger understanding of watercolor techniques, and developed a personal sketchbook practice to continue their artistic journey.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-start="1280" data-end="1527" data-is-last-node="" data-is-only-node=""&gt;All skill levels welcome.&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=""&gt;All supplies will be provided.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;6 session class, Tuesdays,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;November 3-December 9, 2026 at 1 pm-3 pm&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;$160 member/&lt;/font&gt;$190 non-member&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"&gt;Price breakdown:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;$150 member/&lt;/font&gt;$180 non-member plus $10 supply fee&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <link>https://www.saratoga-arts.org/event-6755945</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2026 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>The Watercolor Circle (3 Dec 2026)</title>
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&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;The Watercolor Circle&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Mentor: Jo Johnson&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Join Saratoga Arts for a free, inclusive, community-driven gathering for adult artists of all levels to practice watercolor painting, share ideas, refine skills and grow together. Monthly meetings combine indoor skill-building and outdoor exploration, utilizing local landmarks and established arts events.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;No formal teaching will occur during meetings and participants should bring all of their own supplies and creativity.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Group will meet the following dates from 1:00 PM to 3:30 PM:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;May 7, June 4, September 10, October 1, November 5, December 3, 2026&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Prior registration is preferred as space is limited. Donations kindly accepted.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.saratoga-arts.org/event-6674029</link>
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