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We're now offering a greater number of art classes, at a lower cost. We also have need-based scholarships to help make art accessible for everyone.
These courses, derived from the teachings of Albert Barnes and Violette de Mazia, focus on rigorous close looking and analysis.
Art in Context / Understanding Materials and Techniques / The Barnes Method
The Barnes-de Mazia Certificate Program
Tuesday, September 4 – Tuesday, December 18
This special track offers an immersion in the Barnes method and an introduction to other interpretive approaches.
The Barnes Method
The Traditions of Art
Tuesdays, January 22 – April 23, 1 – 4pm
Study the ways in which artists draw upon earlier artistic traditions, focusing especially on the development of modern art in the 19th and 20th centuries.
The Barnes Method
Understanding Modern Art
Tuesdays, January 22 – April 23, 1 – 3pm
Unravel the mystery behind paintings that distort their subjects or banish them altogether.
The Barnes Method
Collection Concentration:
Paul Cézanne
Tuesdays, January 22 – April 23, 6 – 9pm
Trace the development of Cézanne’s style and explore his enormous impact on the art that followed.
The Barnes Method
Learning to See
Tuesdays, March 5 – April 9, 1 – 3pm
In a contemporary art world filled with conceptual art and installations, why do paintings continue to hold our interest?
The Barnes Method
The Painted Garden
Tuesdays, April 16 – May 7, 1 – 3pm
Explore the visual vocabulary shared by painters and garden designers.
The Barnes Method
Decoding Barnes’s Ensembles
Tuesday, June 18, 10am – 4pm
Learn to better understand why Albert Barnes arranged his collection in such an unconventional way in this one-day workshop.