Surf's Up: Kids Paint and Snack
2026-06-27 13:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | 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
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
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.
