Welcome May Butterfly: Kids' Paint and Snack in Marine Park, May 21st, 2023
2023-05-21 13:00 - 14:30 (America/New_York) | Marine Park @ Stuart Street & Avenue T, 2000-3000 Stuart Street, Brooklyn, NY, United States
Welcome May Butterfly: Kids’ paint and snack in Marine Park!
Bring the kids out to join the party in Marine Park and paint this fun and fluttering butterfly. Kids will follow simple steps to paint their new pal. While children enjoy creative time with friends outdoors in our beautiful park, they also learn and practice many acrylic painting techniques. This composition offers opportunities to blend, layer and mix colors to build this fluttering friend.
Your young artists will surprise themselves with their ability to paint this beautiful, cheery insect with the help of clear and patient guidance from the lead artist. This composition is great for all ages, 5 up to adults, because it offers a lot of flexibility, and provides opportunities to practice many techniques creating the different textures found in this beautiful composition.
Kids will be proud to display their vibrant canvas paintings of this fun and friendly butterfly. In Marine Park @ Stuart Street and Avenue T. You can find us under the shade of the big tree, painting, snacking, and soaking up the sunshine! All participants enjoy a snack and a (juice box or water) while they paint.

Vibrant Flowering Branch: Paint & Sip in Marine Park, May 21st, 2023
2023-05-21 15:30 - 18:30 | Marine Park @ Stuart Street & Avenue T, 2000-3000 Stuart Street, Brooklyn, NY, United States
This vibrant flowering branch is easy and fun to paint!
Shell Star Studio is back for another fun filled season of creativity! With new compositions to entice your inner artist to come out and play. Starting the season with these Vibrant Flowering Branches, a spring inspired playful, refreshing take on the natural world that inspires us.
Each participating artist will receive everything they need to create their masterpiece to take home and proudly display. Bring your favorite beverage to drink and your favorite snack to enjoy while you paint your spring inspired masterpiece with ease. The lead artist will take you through the entire composition step by step so you don’t have to worry about a thing. Just make your mark!
***Events will take place at Stuart Street & Avenue T.***

Popsicle Party Paint & Snack
2023-08-06 13:00 - 14:30 | Marine Park @ Stuart Street & Avenue T, 2000-3000 Stuart Street, Brooklyn, NY, United States
Popsicle Party!
It’s time for some creative fun in the sun. Kids will love to paint this classic summer treat while enjoying it too. Orange, cherry, and grape popsicles have marked summer for generations. Invite your kids to embrace the carefree joys of summer by painting this mouthwatering classic with their friends.
This easy to follow composition is great for younger artists. They will learn valuable painting techniques; mixing, blending, and layering paints to create this brilliant expression of summer fun.
Join us under the shade of the big tree in Marine Park @ Stuart Street & Avenue T. Each artist will enjoy a popsicle while they paint.

Sangria Days, Sangria Nights
2023-08-06 15:30 - 18:30 | Marine Park @ Stuart Street & Avenue T, 2000-3000 Stuart Street, Brooklyn, NY, United States
Sangria days, sangria nights!
Join the party, and paint and sip sangria! Grab the gang and allow your sangria day to lead you into your sangria night. This gorgeous composition exemplifies everything summer: a festive hot night with a cold sangria in hand. Every summer should include a night like this, and every home should include a painting to remember it! I can’t wait to paint this party with my sangria lovers!
Mix up a batch and join the paint and sip party in Marine Park. I will bring cups for those sharing their concoctions and, of course, try my hand at a recipe for my cup.
As always, we will be under the shade of the big tree at Stuart Street and Avenue T.

Summertime Fireflies: Kid's Paint & Snack in Marine Park
2023-09-10 13:00 - 14:30 | Marine Park @ Stuart Street & Avenue T, 2000-3000 Stuart Street, Brooklyn, NY, United States
Summertime Fireflies
Light up your child’s creativity with this fun and easy, summer inspired Paint and Snack in Marine Park.
Who loves running and playing through a grassy field, on a warm summer night, engulfed in the twinkle of fireflies? 🙋🏻‍♀️🙋🏼🙋🏽‍♂️
Everyone!
This painting will remind kids all year of the late-night exhilaration that only summer has to offer.

Exciting Drip Flowers: Paint And Sip In Marine Park
2023-09-10 15:30 - 18:30 | Marine Park @ Stuart Street & Avenue T, 2000-3000 Stuart Street, Brooklyn, NY, United States
Exciting drip flowers! Let gravity lend a hand in your next painting!
Join me on September 10th when we will use some fun new techniques to create this cheery, abstract, flora-inspired painting. Drips, layers, and double-loaded brushstrokes give this composition lots of fun and creative opportunities. Try out these these new techniques while giving your artwork a look that is uniquely your own. No 2 paintings will look alike, but all will be beautiful! You will definitely enjoy displaying this one on a prominent wall in your home or office!
Great with friends, family, or a creative date, socializing around this fun and easy artistic activity allows you to relax and unwind, while you learn about, enjoy and express yourself. So, tell your friends, family or date to meet you in Marine Park, bring drinks, snacks, and comfortable clothes that you don’t mind getting painted, and JOIN THE PARTY!
As always, you can find us under the shade of the big tree at Stuart Street And Avenue T.
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Kids Halloween Paint and Snack in Marine Park
2023-10-22 11:30 - 13:00 | Marine Park @ Stuart Street & Avenue T, 2000-3000 Stuart Street, Brooklyn, NY, United States
Kids Halloween Paint and Snack

Kids of all ages can follow simple steps to create this spooky, ghostly painting. Join the party in Marine Park to paint your own masterpiece and have a great time doing it! Hang your spooky painting on your front door to welcome trick or treaters.
Come in costume because Marine park is hosting more kids events immediately following this one, only a short walk from the paint and snack, at the Carmine Carro Community Center.
Join us under the shade of the big tree in Marine Park at Stuart Street and Avenue T. Children will enjoy a snack and a juice box while they create their masterpiece.

Wildflowers and Succulents Mug Painting
2024-01-25 19:00 - 20:30 | The Gather Inn Again, 2718 Gerritsen Ave, Brooklyn, NY, 11229, United States
Wildflowers and Succulents Mug Painting
Brighten your day everyday by starting each morning drinking your favorite morning beverage out of this beautiful, vibrant mug that you created with your own 2 hands.
It’s the perfect time of year to get together with friends and loved ones for a relaxing evening of creative fun. Paint your mug with this beautiful design and wake up every morning in a good mood, ready to start your adventure, drinking your coffee or tea from your own creation. Settle in on a cold night and put your feet up with a hot toddy, or an Irish coffee to warm your heart after a long day in your favorite mug.

Peppermint Run: Kids' Paint Your Own Mug Event -$35 (includes a kid's meal)
2024-01-27 13:00 - 14:30 | The Gather Inn Again, 2718 Gerritsen Ave, Brooklyn, NY, 11229, United States
Peppermint Run
Kids will love cozying up with a hot cocoa, hot apple cider or their favorite warm beverage, enjoying delicious drinks out of their own creation. Kids who join the party will paint this adorable gingerbread man as he runs the length of Peppermint Run. Many tricks and techniques make this winter themed mug painting easy for kids to create, and a perfect winter craft that they can use again and again. Children layer, stamp, and detail their mugs with acrylic paint that dries to permanence.

All junior artists will enjoy a kids meal as they paint their mug masterpieces. All materials needed, painting guidance, and meal are included for the low price of $35. Reserve your child’s seat today, pay at the time of the event.

Aurora Borealis: Paints & Pints at The Gather Inn Again
2024-02-29 18:00 - 19:30 | The Gather Inn Again, 2718 Gerritsen Ave, Brooklyn, NY, 11229, United States
Light up your night, painting Aurora Borealis as you relax with friends and enjoy the comfort and great food and drinks offered at the Gather Inn Again. Join the party and paint the northern lights sky amidst an evergreen forest. Feel the flow of this painting, which incorporates fun and simple techniques that create this glowing sky. Then check out the creative, easy way to paint trees using the fan brush. Tips and tricks are offered throughout the session to give every artist confidence and ease as we paint our masterpieces.
$25 provides you with all painting materials and guidance to enjoy creating your own work of art. To reserve your canvas call or text (347)389-4653

Winter Mugs: 3rd Annual Sip & Paint to Benefit The Waffle Foundation
2024-03-02 14:30 - 16:00 | The Gather Inn Again, 2718 Gerritsen Ave, Brooklyn, NY, 11229, United States
Let’s paint winter mugs! This Saturday bring your besties to The Gather Inn Again for a fun filled painting experience!
Each artist will paint their own mug with this winter scene and enjoy waking up every morning in a good mood, ready to start your adventure, drinking your coffee or tea from your own creation. Settle in on a cold night and put your feet up with a hot toddy, or an Irish coffee to warm your heart after a long day in your favorite mug.
$50 provides you with the mug and all other materials needed to create your mug masterpiece, as well as appetizers and 1 drink from the bar. Fund raising will benefit The Waffle Foundation, an organization that provides musical instruments to students in need. For tickets/info, please contact Veronica Thomas @ (718)974-1210

Lucky Little Leprechaun: Paint and Snack
2024-03-03 13:00 - 14:30 | The Gather Inn Again, 2718 Gerritsen Ave, Brooklyn, NY, 11229, United States
Lucky Little Leprechaun
Join the festivities and share in the luck of the Irish, gearing up for Saint Patrick’s Day at this fun paint-along. Your young artist will enjoy learning to use many simple painting techniques to create this adorable, fun, and vibrant canvas creation. Children 5 and up will love celebrating their painting skills this Saint Patrick’s Day by displaying their cheery explosion of colors that this rainbow offers.

Plan with friends to meet for lunch and painting at The Gather Inn Again! Every artist receives a kid’s meal with their admission price of $35. Enjoy good food and great times while creating your masterpiece!

Water Under the Bridge: Paint and Sip
2024-06-12 18:00 - 20:00 | The Gather Inn Again, 2718 Gerritsen Ave, Brooklyn, NY, 11229, United States
Water Under the Bridge: Paint and Sip
Let the paint flow! Let the drinks flow! Let the conversation flow!
Leave life’s stressors behind, grab your pals, and have a cocktail as you casually create your one of a kind painting entitled Water Under the Bridge. Although our subject matter is the same, each artist develops their painting to be a unique expression of themselves. The brushstroke is the artist’s signature, and each choice made in the mind of the artist is then carried out by the hand, giving each painting a uniquely expressive quality.
$25 will provide you with paints, a canvas, brushes… essentially everything that you will need to paint your masterpiece in the comfortable and relaxing environment of The Gather Inn Again. The bar has a full menu to satisfy your appetite and quench your thirst as you unwind and create. Small steps and straightforward guidance make this composition easy to paint.

Sunny Summer Hill: Kid's Paint and Snack
2024-07-14 13:00 - 14:30 | Marine Park @ Stuart Street & Avenue T, 2000-3000 Stuart Street, Brooklyn, NY, United States
Sunny Summer Hill
This bright and colorful abstract landscape with a sunny hill and dripped flowers provides fun and excitement for kids of all ages. This composition is easy to achieve for younger artists while providing creative enjoyment for all skill levels by offering opportunities to experiment with many exciting techniques that I know your artists will love.
Kids will be proud to display their vibrant canvas paintings of this sunny, summer day. In Marine Park @ Stuart Street and Avenue T, you can find us under the shade of the large tree, painting, snacking, and soaking up the summer sun!
Each young artist may enjoy a snack and drink during the event.
Great News: Events are now Rain or Shine!
The Gather Inn Again on Gerritsen Avenue has graciously opened their doors to us if rain is scheduled for the date of the event. Thank you to Jaime and her employees at the Gather Inn for always providing top notch food, drinks, and service!

Morning at the Marsh: Paint and Sip in Marine Park
2024-07-14 15:30 - 18:30 | Marine Park @ Stuart Street & Avenue T, 2000-3000 Stuart Street, Brooklyn, NY, United States
Morning at the Marsh
Shell Star Studio is back for another fun filled season of creativity!
With new compositions to entice your inner artist to come out and play. Kicking off the season with Morning at the Marsh, a warm toned atmospheric landscape, focussing on a beautiful silhouette of a heron, peacefully perched atop a piling, inspired by the wildlife found in our own salt marsh here in Marine Park. Simple steps layer to create this complex composition through a limited pallet. This tranquil take on the natural world reminds us that we are lucky to live in this beautiful world. Let it inspire us to celebrate and create.
$35 per artist to participate in this event. Each participating artist will receive everything they need to create their masterpiece that they can take home and display proudly.
Beverages will not be provided, so please bring your own.
Join us in Marine Park @ Stuart Street and Avenue T, you can find us under the shade of the large tree, painting, relaxing, and soaking up the summer sun!
Great News: Events are now Rain or Shine!
The Gather Inn Again on Gerritsen Avenue has graciously opened their doors to us if rain is scheduled for the date of the event. Thank you to Jaime and her employees at the Gather Inn for always providing top notch food, drinks, and service!

Fun in the Sun: Kids Paint and Snack in Marine Park
2024-08-10 11:00 - 12:30 | Marine Park @ Stuart Street & Avenue T, 2000-3000 Stuart Street, Brooklyn, NY, United States
Fun in the Sun: Kids’ paint and snack in Marine Park!
Bring the kids out to join the party in Marine Park and paint this fun and summery beach scene. Kids will follow simple steps to paint this nautical still-life with flowing water. While children enjoy creative time with friends outdoors in our beautiful park, they also learn and practice many acrylic painting techniques. This composition offers opportunities to blend, layer and mix colors to build this beautiful beach painting.
Your young artists will surprise themselves with their ability to paint this cheery, summer setting of flip flops in the sand with the help of clear and patient guidance from the lead artist. This composition is great for all ages, 5 up to adults, because it offers a lot of flexibility, and provides opportunities to practice many techniques creating the different textures found in this beautiful composition.
Kids will be proud to display their vibrant canvas paintings of this fun and energetic ocean scene. In Marine Park @ Stuart Street and Avenue T. You can find us under the shade of the big tree, painting, snacking, and soaking up the sunshine! All participants enjoy a snack and a (juice box or water) while they paint.

Surf's Up: Kids Paint and Snack
2026-06-27 13:00 - 15:00 | GSCC, 1884 Stuart Street, Brooklyn, NY, 11229, United States
Surf’s Up: Kids Paint and Snack

Summer fun is all about being outside, hanging with friends, and swimming in the ocean! Join the painting party on June 27th, from 1:00 – 3:00 at our new air conditioned studio space, graciously offered by The Good Shepard Catholic Club to experience all of these joys as we paint Surf’s Up!
This sea scene will inspire kids to paint what they love, ocean life. Fun and colorful, your kids will enjoy painting this summer inspired beach life composition. Your budding artist will surprise themselves with their ability to paint this beautiful surf-side scene, effortlessly, with the help of simple steps and clear and patient guidance from the lead artist. This composition is great for all ages, 5 up to adults, because it offers a lot of flexibility, and provides opportunities to practice many techniques, while the simple shapes lend themselves well to developing control of motor skills in young hands.
Kids will be proud to display their vibrant canvas paintings of this beach life scene that invokes summer!

Summer Fun 2026 Paint and Sip (BYOB)
2026-06-27 19:00 - 21:00 | GSCC, 1884 Stuart Street, Brooklyn, NY, 11229, United States
Summer Fun 2026 Paint and Sip (BYOB)

Enjoy the summer’s start with a fun and relaxing Paint and Sip (BYOB)!
Invite your friends to the comfortable, air conditioned new home for Shell Star Studio thanks to the warm welcome of The Good Shepard Catholic Club, located at 1884 Stuart Street, directly across the street from Marine Park. We look forward to many amazing events to come!
To start the festivities off, let’s paint Sunrise Over the Sea, a modern take on the classic sunrise painting that has inspired so many artists before. The radiating composition juxtaposes warm, cool, and neutral color schemes in a fun and playful abstraction. It’s so much fun to paint this stylized homage to summer and the sea, as we celebrate the season in our beach community.
Take it easy, while we provide paints, canvas, brushes, essentially everything you need to enjoy a creative night out. Helpful hints and tricks help every artist create their best painting and then take home their pièce de résistance to proudly display.
Bring your favorite sips and snacks, invite your friends and make a party of it! Eat, drink, paint, and be merry, the perfect plan for Saturday night.

Middle School Art Audition Workshop
2026-08-03 16:00 - 2026-08-14 18:00 | GSCC, 1884 Stuart Street, Brooklyn, NY, 11229, United States
Middle School Art Audition Workshop

Prepare your child for the rigorous audition process of applying to art programs in middle school. With 20 years experience teaching art in middle school, teaching students to analyze and interpret works of art, and successfully coaching children to use the language of art to express their thoughts and ideas, I am confident that your child would benefit from my experience and insight to build the skills needed to create a strong portfolio and audition material to apply to Art Programs at the middle school level.
Students will gain skills that will help them throughout the audition process and far beyond. These enduring understandings will provide growing artists with the organizational skills and technical knowledge that allows them to tackle any artistic endeavor, fearlessly.
Drawing from observation takes practice, but with guidance, students learn to simplify shapes, recognize a successful composition, and add shading and detail until an artwork is complete.
Learners who attend this workshop will also analyze works by great artists, interpreting images, deciphering narrative and deeper meaning. Recognizing meaning within the artwork of others will help your developing artist to create a narrative throughout their own compositions.
Students will come away with a strong start to portfolio/audition material creation and the knowledge to continue actively engaging with the concepts necessary to further their artistic exploration.
