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    • Friday, January 02, 2026
    • Friday, December 18, 2026
    • 40 sessions
    • 157 Old Main Street Marshfield Hills

    Looking for more space to spread out and work on a project? Or maybe you want to work amongst other artists to feel inspired and get some helpful feedback on your work. Join other local artists any time between 9am-12pm, for Open Studio. Please pay $10 cash at the door. Bring all supplies you need to use, NRAS has easels available. 

    No registration, drop in only, cash or check.

    • Thursday, August 20, 2026
    • 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
    • 157 Old Main Street Marshfield 02051
    • 9
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    People engage with abstract work on a purely emotional level. As an artist painting in this unplanned, unspecified method is anything but splashing paint around. It takes an understanding of composition, color, value and line work. Layer upon layer, and discovery upon discovery. My students of Intuitive Abstraction have gone on to be admitted to prestigious art societies, gotten into juried shows, won prizes and sold work. It is a glorious expression - a dance between exuberance and restraint, and this one day workshop will get you going on the basics, and ready for expressive works. No experience necessary, but a truly open mind and a willingness to experiment will take you far. Bag lunch and paint clothes!

    Materials List: MaterialsList-InuitiveAbstracts-2026-KM.pdf

    Kelley MacDonald

    After getting her Art History degree at Wheaton College, Kelley continued taking art classes at various Art Associations for 10 years before she started painting.  First with watercolor, then oil and now happily with acrylic and mixed media, it has been a lifetime of growing and exploring all things art.  

    Kelley has won numerous awards, and has taught classes and workshops for many years.  While for the majority of her career Kelley has been a literal, representational painter, in the past 4 years she has been diving into abstraction, particularly Intuitive Abstraction.  The history involved on the canvas, the multiple layers, the reveal and conceal and push and pull are what attracts her to this method. 

    A favorite thing to do is to travel, and be inspired by different landscapes and  cityscapes.  Kelley has traveled to Holland to paint, along with many places on this side of the ocean, namely Nova Scotia, Sedona, Santa Fe, St. Simon’s Island, Seattle, San Miguel de Allende, MX, California and Maine. 

    ]Aside from the Providence Art Club Kelley is a member of the North River Arts Society in Marshfield, MA.  She has taught at the Art Club, Bristol Art Museum, and at North River Arts Society.

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    • Monday, September 14, 2026
    • 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
    • 157 Old Main Street Marshfield Hills 02051
    • 6
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    Stuck on a sewing project and need some guidance or motivation? Come to the Open Sewing Studio every second Monday of the month to work alongside other sewing enthusiasts! Hosted by NRAS sewing instructor Olivia Harvey, you’ll be able to ask questions and receive assistance, if desired, to help fine-tune your skills. Bring any project, your sewing machine, and the supplies you need, and let’s get sewing! Please note, this is not a structured class and is intended for those with some prior sewing experience.

    Olivia Harvey is an avid sewist and upcycler who first learned how to sew as a kid right here at NRAS with Brooke Stanton — and she hasn’t stopped since! Along with making and embellishing her own clothes, Olivia also sells her upcycled creations through her online shop OHpleeze. She believes that everyone should learn how to sew because it makes life (and your closet) a lot more interesting!




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    • Wednesday, September 16, 2026
    • 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
    • 157 Old Main Street Marshfield Hills 02051
    • 12
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    Here’s a riddle: What’s fake? What’s real? What’s a little bit of both? Answer: The poems we’ll generate in this workshop. Sometimes, we don’t know what we know. Other times, we make stuff up as we go along. Sometimes, we mire ourselves in the serious work and the serious content that make up our poems. Other times, not so much. In today’s workshop, we’ll use models from Tony Hoagland, Kurtis Lamkin, and Lisel Muller, to generate our own fact-based, facts-twisted poems.

    This workshop is appropriate for poets of all levels of experience.

    Participants should bring pen, paper, or computer to write with.

    Carla Panciera is a writer and a teacher, a mother, a (very novice) birder and (an even more novice) gardener. She has published three collections of poetry, most recently One Trail of Longing, Another of String, longlisted for the 2026 Massachusetts Book Award, a collection of short stories, and a memoir about growing up on her family’s dairy farm. Find out more about Carla and her work here

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    • Saturday, September 19, 2026
    • 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
    • 157 Old Main Street Marshfield Hills 02051
    • 12
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    This workshop is designed to help artists generate lots of fun materials to integrate into their existing creative practice. Whether a productive professional artist or a dabbler, we all need a jump start or a prompt to get us moving toward our next breakthrough. The simple act of producing intuitive drawings and painted or printed papers can be a therapeutic and super satisfying way to uplift, inspire and invite the unexpected into your creative process. 

    Materials List: Playful Practice.docx

    Karen Cass holds a BFA from Emmanuel College and an MFA from Massachusetts College of Art & Design in Boston, MA. She currently teaches art at the Center Elementary School in Hanover, MA. In addition to teaching art full time for over 600 students in grades 2-4, she keeps a vigorous studio schedule and shows regularly throughout New England and in New York. She is an active member of her local art community, deeply committed to supporting local artists and providing educational programs and exhibiting opportunities through her work as a dedicated member of the Hanover Cultural Council and a member of the faculty at the South Shore Art Center in Cohasset. She works primarily in mixed media, collage and various painting media. Her work is rooted in the landscape and nature, mostly fascinated with woodlands, rocky beaches and the interplay of plant life with water. Reflections and meditation are part of her creative practice which take her on a journey into the subconscious - conjuring an other-worldly sense of place in her work. The abstracted, atmospheric quality of her paintings and collages weave together a sense of memory and reverence to the natural world.

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    • Monday, September 21, 2026
    • Monday, January 18, 2027
    • 9 sessions
    • 157 Old Main Street Marshfield Hills

    No registration required – all are welcome! $10 cash only 

    Looking for a creative way to kick off your week? Join us every FIRST and THIRD Monday night at North River Arts Society for Drop-In Craft Night! Bring your own project—whether it’s knitting, sketching, embroidery, sewing, collage, or any craft you're working on—and enjoy a relaxed, welcoming space to create alongside fellow makers.

    All skill levels are welcome. This is an informal, social night perfect for getting inspired, sharing ideas, and making progress on whatever you're into. Come solo or with friends—stay the whole time or just pop in!

    This group is open to all ages, levels, skills and crafts. 


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    • Saturday, September 26, 2026
    • 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
    • 157 Old Main Street Marshfield Hills 02051
    • 12
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    Spend the day exploring color, texture, and creativity as we create a collection of vibrant hand-painted papers to use in a layered floral collage. Choose your favorite flower as inspiration, then cut, arrange, and compose your own unique still life using your custom-painted papers.

    Once your collage is complete, we'll bring the piece together using a negative painting technique, painting around the shapes to "carve out" and define the final composition. This process adds depth, contrast, and a beautiful painterly finish to your artwork.

    Designed for artists of all experience levels, this workshop is all about experimentation, play, and discovering new techniques in a relaxed, supportive environment. There is no pressure to create a perfect piece—just an opportunity to enjoy the creative process, embrace happy accidents, and leave with a colorful work of art that's uniquely your own.

    Materials List: I will provide a 9 x 12 canvas board substrate to work on. If you would like to work on More than one painting, feel free to bring canvas boards or a cradled panel no smaller than 9 × 12.

    • Mark making tools; crayons, colored pencils, pastels, markers. Whatever you enjoy using.
    • Scissors
    • Adhesive - Matte medium or satin medium
    • Papers to paint on; copy paper, flyers, deli paper, whatever you have on hand really. Anything but magazine pages.
    • Paint; Any kind of acrylic paint that you like. Primary colors plus black and white. Also any other colors that you like.
    • Silicone wedge scraper or spatula to adhere papers.
    • Paint brushes of various sizes.They don't have to be expensive.

    Tracy Allegro is a mixed media artist from Quincy, Ma.

    I love to focus my work on plants, flowers and occasionally people and dogs. I love color, shape and whimsy. I’ve taken many art courses over the years from the Art Institute of Boston and The Museum of Fine Arts School. I graduated with a minor in Art from UMass/Boston. I’m happiest when I’m creating.

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    • Monday, September 28, 2026
    • Monday, December 28, 2026
    • 4 sessions
    • 157 Old Main Street Marshfield MA 02051

    Join North River Arts for Figure Drawing!

    Settle into a relaxed, creative atmosphere and spend your Monday evening drawing or painting from a live nude model. Each session begins with a series of short, dynamic poses designed to help you warm up, loosen your hand, and explore gesture. We then transition into longer poses, giving you the opportunity to dive deeper into proportion, anatomy, shading, and more refined detail at your own pace.

    This is an uninstructed studio session, making it a wonderful option for artists of all levels who are looking to practice, build confidence, or simply enjoy dedicated time to create in community with others. Bring your preferred materials and enjoy a supportive, inspiring environment to grow your figure drawing skills.

    Easels provided by NRAS. $20 drop in fee at the door, cash only. Space limited to 14 students. 

    • Tuesday, September 29, 2026
    • 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
    • 157 Old Main Street Marshfield 02051
    • 10
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    In this one-day workshop, we'll learn and practice core watercolor techniques through class exercises and a series of ‘postcard’ studies, focusing on creating skies (various weather, clouds), water/ocean painting techniques/textures, and land/trees (foreground to background).

    Painting these landscape elements will help you hone foundational watercolor skills, and these ‘coastal building blocks’ can be used for a variety of painting subjects.

    The class will include instructor demonstration and guidance through a series of in class exercises and small painting studies, along with inspiration and ideas for continued practice. You'll learn key process techniques for working with watercolor and layering paint that you can take into other subject matter and your future paintings.

    To keep supplies costs low for students and to facilitate the class lessons, all necessary materials will be provided. You are welcome to bring your watercolor painting supplies if you have materials (such as brushes) that you are comfortable using.

    Tara Connaughton is a local artist who teaches watercolor and botanical illustration through local workshops, privately, at organizations around the South Shore and the Massachusetts Horticultural Society botanical art program (Wellesley, MA). She has a Certificate in Botanical Art & Illustration through intensive study of this art form. Tara uses her passion for painting and love of nature to teach and inspire others to find their creative spirit and connect with the world around them. Tara is also a freelance illustrator, creating custom art and illustration for clients across a wide range of subjects, with a focus on  artwork for wedding invitations and stationery as well as house portraits.

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    • Saturday, October 03, 2026
    • 9:30 AM - 4:00 PM
    • 157 Old Main Street Marshfield Hills 02051
    • 12
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    Want to paint looser and more abstractly? If you have struggled with this, the Fast and Loose Landscape workshop may be for you.

    You will explore loosening up your mark making and moving toward abstraction of the landscape, while keeping one foot in the representation of the scene. Color choices and mixing will be discussed. You will work with a limited palette that will be surprisingly flexible and expansive.

    Class begins at 9:30 with a slide orientation outlining the workshop. Suzette will demonstrate techniques and lead you through exercises. Pics of landscapes will be supplied but it is recommended you bring photos of a landscape dear to you. Ultimately, you will work from memory to create your final piece but, the photos help with the exercises and serve as a reference. 

    Materials List:

    Must have:

    • A Bristol pad, Vellum or Smooth, as big as you please but not smaller than 11x14
    • A graphite pencil
    • 3 inexpensive 11x14 or larger canvases
    • masking tape
    • acrylic paints (even the small $2 craft bottles work great. Don’t over spend for an exercise)
    • Blue (ultramarine or cobalt)
    • Yellow (cadmium or primary like hue)
    • Red (cadmium or primary like hue)
    • larger bottle Titanium White
    • Payne’s Grey (may not find in cheap bottle- ok to get tube)
    • Palette and palette paper
    • water container
    • 3 different sized brushes (bring what you have! a thin one for lines, big one for large spaces)
    • water spray bottle
    • any tools you can use to scrape (palette knife, credit card, etc)
    • Bring a few photos of landscapes that move you. Ideally a place that is familiar to you. I will also supply pics. 

    Don’t fret about the list. We will make it work by sharing and improvising.

    Nice to have:

    • pastels, oil or soft
    • ink tense pencils 
    • Cran d’arche Neocolor crayons or like product
    • any other colors of acrylic paint we will use VERY sparingly for accents

    Suzette Lebenzon is a contemporary landscape painter based on Cape Cod. Her work explores a variety of settings;  the intimate environs of overgrown gardens, the meticulous designs of botanical gardens and arboretums; the mystery of the woods; and the expanse of the coastline. Using unconventional color choices, bold mark making, layering of paint, and vigorous scraping and scratching for texture, Lebenzon creates work that surprises and provokes engagement.

    Lebenzon has exhibited widely. Currently her work can be found at AM Zehnder Gallery in Wellfleet, MA; BBLG Gallery in Smithtown, NY; and Portico Atlas, in NYC. She was made a signature member of NAWA in 2023 and also was the recipient of a Mass Cultural Council Unrestricted Artist Grant that same year. This year, she was accepted in to the Copley Society of Art, as a professional member. 

    Her work hangs in a prominent pediatric Boston hospital, medical offices and numerous private and corporate collections. 

    Born in Massachusetts, Suzette received her art training at Vermont College at Norwich University. 

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    • Thursday, October 08, 2026
    • 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
    • 157 Old Main Street Marshfield MA 02051
    • 11
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    Join us for a deeply restorative expressive arts series. Expressive Arts for Self Care is a course in which you will learn to connect with your feelings, emotions, and inner wisdom through process-centered art-making. Each session opens with a grounding mindfulness practice to help you drop into your body and access your innate creativity. After an immersive art-making experience, Maura will guide you through reflective journaling, and supportive community sharing, teaching you how to derive wisdom within your imagery. The goal is not to create conventionally-pleasing works of art; in this course, we center process over product to foster play, curiosity, discovery, and self-growth.

    Supplies will be provided but students are welcome to bring your favorite (quick-drying, portable) materials if you choose. 

    Maura Raymond is an expressive arts facilitator, high school art educator, certified yoga and breathwork instructor. She has a professional teaching license in Massachusetts, where she has been teaching high school visual art since 2014. Maura has ample experience teaching conventional art skills, but she is most aligned with teaching art from an Expressionist perspective. She is passionate about facilitating process-centered art workshops that promote participants’ creative and mental wellness.

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    • Saturday, October 10, 2026
    • 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
    • 157 Old Main Street Marshfield Hills, MA 02051
    • 16
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    Once your art is completed - then what? Where do you go from there?  This intensive one-day workshop will help you examine artistic goals for your career and hone your business skills. Designed by an artist for artists this workshop will inspire you with tips and techniques to help you keep track of your art, self promotion, selling your art, pricing, competitions, bookkeeping tips, and much more. Bring a notebook and your questions for a lively conversation. Handouts will be included.

    Liz Haywood-Sullivan, IAPS/EP, PSA-MP, has been dedicated to working exclusively in the pastel medium since 1996. Her attraction to the medium is pastel's unique ability to capture light and atmosphere in the landscape. She is a sought-after instructor and judge for pastel societies and arts organizations around the world. Liz authored the popular book Painting Brilliant Skies and Water in Pastel (Northlight, 2013). Her award-winning pastel paintings have been featured in numerous books and magazine articles, and have appeared in national, international and museum exhibitions worldwide. Liz is a President Emerita of the International Association of Pastel Societies (2013-2017) and past president of North River Arts Society (2021-2025). Her online instruction can be found at www.epiphanyfineart.com.

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    • Monday, October 12, 2026
    • 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
    • 157 Old Main Street Marshfield Hills 02051
    • 8
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    Stuck on a sewing project and need some guidance or motivation? Come to the Open Sewing Studio every second Monday of the month to work alongside other sewing enthusiasts! Hosted by NRAS sewing instructor Olivia Harvey, you’ll be able to ask questions and receive assistance, if desired, to help fine-tune your skills. Bring any project, your sewing machine, and the supplies you need, and let’s get sewing! Please note, this is not a structured class and is intended for those with some prior sewing experience.

    Olivia Harvey is an avid sewist and upcycler who first learned how to sew as a kid right here at NRAS with Brooke Stanton — and she hasn’t stopped since! Along with making and embellishing her own clothes, Olivia also sells her upcycled creations through her online shop OHpleeze. She believes that everyone should learn how to sew because it makes life (and your closet) a lot more interesting!




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    • Friday, October 16, 2026
    • 6:00 PM - 8:30 PM
    • 157 Old Main Street Marshfield MA
    • 12
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    Celebrate the season by creating your own pumpkin masterpiece on canvas. Grab your friends and enjoy a relaxing evening of painting, laughter, and fall vibes.

    No experience necessary

    All supplies included

    Step-by-step instruction

    Take home your finished masterpiece

    Sue Casey is a local artist and educator who studied at the Rhode Island School of Design and earned her degree in Art Education from Rhode Island College. She taught art in the Attleboro Public Schools for more than 30 years, inspiring generations of students through her passion for creativity and learning. Today, Sue devotes much of her time to her own artistic practice while teaching art classes and workshops throughout the South Shore.

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    • Saturday, October 17, 2026
    • 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
    • 157 Old Main Street Marshfield Hills 02051
    • 4
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    Toward the end of her life, reflecting on the beginning of her work in New Mexico, Georgia O'Keeffe said, "I thought someone could tell me how to paint a landscape. But I never found that person. I had to just settle down and try...They could tell me how to paint their landscape, but they couldn't tell me how to paint mine." 

    Finding and painting one's landscape (joyfully) can be the work of a lifetime. Drawing on O'Keeffe's wisdom, this workshop will not focus on specific techniques or approaches to landscape painting, but rather will work with each participant to develop confidence in their skills and individual visual language. One develops their skill as a painter by painting, so the goal of this workshop will be the development of small suite paintings of modest scale. 

    We’ll start our workshop looking at the work of some contemporary landscape painters, and we’ll spend most of the day painting. The instructor will work in parallel with other participants (offering requested demonstrations for the group), while also circulating to provide individualized support to each participant. 

    Materials List: Hocking Materials List.pdf

    Pete Hocking is a painter, teacher, curator & writer on Cape Cod. His work is concerned with nature, place, poetics, and identity. He's a founding board member of Provincetown Commons, an economic development center for the creative economy.  He taught part-time at RI School of Design from 1997- 2022. From 2003-2021 he was full-time faculty in Goddard College’s MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts program. He was director of RISD’s Office of Public Engagement (2007-11), and Associate Dean of the College & Director of the Swearer Center for Public Service at Brown University (1992-2005). More information about his work and teaching method is available at petehocking.com

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    • Saturday, October 24, 2026
    • 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
    • 157 Old Main Street Marshfield Hills 02051
    • 12
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    Learn how to create sparkle, luminosity and vibrancy with the transparent medium of watercolor!

    Most often, watercolor is considered a light-to-dark medium. But in this one-day workshop, we’ll challenge that approach! Learn how to achieve instant atmosphere in your paintings by establishing the background first, maximizing your value scale by leaving foreground details for last. Glowing watercolors are within reach! 

    Some previous watercolor experience is helpful but beginners are welcome.

    Materials List:  Basic Supply Kit_6404.docx

    Irena Roman, AWS, DF, is a transparent watercolorist from Scituate, MA. In addition to being a nationally recognized award-winning painter, she’s a professor at Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, with over thirty years of teaching experience.

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    • Saturday, October 31, 2026
    • 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
    • 157 Old Main Street Marshfield Hills 02051
    • 11
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    Unlock the secrets of vibrant, balanced color in this hands-on workshop focused on the core principles of color harmony. Whether you are a beginner or looking to refine your palette, this session will teach you how to move beyond random color choices, toward an intentional palette for a painting in oil, acrylic, gouache, or pastel. 

    We begin with two of the most effective color schemes in art:

    • Triads: Using three colors equally spaced on the color wheel to create a vibrant, high-contrast palette.
    • Split-Complementaries: Pairing a base color with the two colors next to its’ complement, offering the visual interest of contrast with a more sophisticated, neutral palette.

    Participants will first construct a detailed color chart, in oil, acrylic, or gouache, mapping out the chosen scheme and discovering the range of color that is produced from just 3 tubes of paint! From there, we will explore the concept of dominance and create swatches based on learning how to apply the 60-30-10 rule—where one color leads the composition while the others provide support and accents. Using these custom charts and swatches as a road maps, artists will spend the second half of the workshop creating color studies and a small painting. Although the charts are made with liquid paint, pastelists can isolate and collect the colors on the charts to take advantage of the inherent harmony of paint.  

    What You Will Learn:

    • How to mix triad or split-complementary color chart in oil, acrylic, or gouache.
    • The role of a color chart in planning successful painting.
    • How pastelists can gather pastels to coordinate with the charts and borrow the inherent harmony created with a liquid painting medium. 
    • Strategies for establishing color dominance to support your vision for a painting.

    Sign up to transform your approach to color and bring a new level of harmony to your creative process!

    Materials List: KrajcikAllison_1Day Workshop Proposal-HueHarmony .pdf

    Allison Krajcik is a fine art pastelist and oil painter known for her luminous land and seascapes, still life, and florals that radiate with atmosphere and emotion. Allison builds depth through layered washes and warm underpaintings, resulting in pieces that feel both grounded and ethereal. Her subject matter often reflects the quiet beauty of the natural world – from the windswept coast to delicate botanicals – each rendered with sensitivity to light, color and movement. A Southeastern Massachusetts native, Allison brings an intuitive sense of place to her work, inviting viewers to slow down and observe the subtleties of their surroundings.

    Since her reemergence in 2020, she has achieved Master Circle status with the International Association of Pastel Societies (IAPS), signature status with the Pastel Society of American and the Pastel Painters of Cape Cod and has been accepted into several exhibitions with the American Impressionist Society. Her paintings have earned widespread recognition including awards from the Copley Society of Art in Boston and Dakota Pastels International Competition. Her work has also won “Best of Show” awards in international competitions with the Pastel Painters Society of Cape Cod and the Pastel Society of New Hampshire. Her work has also been exhibited at the National Arts Club in New York and the Butler Institute of Ohio.

    Her landscapes have been featured in American Art Collector Magazine and Plein Air Magazine and she was invited to write about her creative process for the French magazine, Pratique des Arts, where she shared insights into the “inner glow” that characterizes much of her work. Michell Albala, author of Landscape Painting and The Landscape Painter’s Workbook, will include her painting “Veiled” in his upcoming book New Lessons in Landscape Painting, expected in October of 2026.

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    • Saturday, November 07, 2026
    • 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
    • 157 Old Main Street Marshfield
    • 11
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    Value is defined as the degree of lightness or darkness of a color.  Establishing correct values is critical to creating a strong composition and sense of depth.  In this one-day workshop, we will focus on accurately assessing values, learning to reduce an image to a set of limited values and to focus on value shapes rather than discrete objects and colors.  As you will discover, “value does the work and color gets the credit!”  In the morning, you will create a number of small value studies.  In the afternoon, you will create a larger piece, applying the lessons you have learned.  All students will have personalized feedback and guidance.  This class is appropriate for all levels.  While the instructor works in pastel, students in this class are welcome to work in any medium.

    Materials list: Quay Materials List Values November 2026 4936-2487-8272 v.1.pdf

    Heather Quay

    “My goal is to have my paintings capture the feeling of a particular time and place. I have always been fascinated by the way that painters portray the quality and temperature of light. As a pastel painter, I continue to be drawn to scenes where the light is the central character. Whatever I am painting – from landscapes, both natural and manmade, to figures, animals, and portraits – I’m always striving to render the light I see onto the surface of my artwork.”

    Heather’s work has been included in national and international juried exhibits, and has won a number of awards. She is an Associate Member of the Pastel Society of America, and a Signature Member of the Pastel Painters Society of Cape Cod, the Connecticut Pastel Society, the Central Massachusetts Pastel Society, and the Maryland Pastel Society. She is also a member of the North River Arts Society, the Pastel Society of New Hampshire and the Lyme Art Association. Heather’s paintings have appeared in The Pastel Journal and she is a Featured Artist on the Artsy Shark website. More about Heather and her work can be found at www.heatherquay.com

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    • Monday, November 09, 2026
    • 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
    • 157 Old Main Street Marshfield Hills 02051
    • 8
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    Stuck on a sewing project and need some guidance or motivation? Come to the Open Sewing Studio every second Monday of the month to work alongside other sewing enthusiasts! Hosted by NRAS sewing instructor Olivia Harvey, you’ll be able to ask questions and receive assistance, if desired, to help fine-tune your skills. Bring any project, your sewing machine, and the supplies you need, and let’s get sewing! Please note, this is not a structured class and is intended for those with some prior sewing experience.

    Olivia Harvey is an avid sewist and upcycler who first learned how to sew as a kid right here at NRAS with Brooke Stanton — and she hasn’t stopped since! Along with making and embellishing her own clothes, Olivia also sells her upcycled creations through her online shop OHpleeze. She believes that everyone should learn how to sew because it makes life (and your closet) a lot more interesting!




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    • Monday, December 14, 2026
    • 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
    • 157 Old Main Street Marshfield Hills 02051
    • 8
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    Stuck on a sewing project and need some guidance or motivation? Come to the Open Sewing Studio every second Monday of the month to work alongside other sewing enthusiasts! Hosted by NRAS sewing instructor Olivia Harvey, you’ll be able to ask questions and receive assistance, if desired, to help fine-tune your skills. Bring any project, your sewing machine, and the supplies you need, and let’s get sewing! Please note, this is not a structured class and is intended for those with some prior sewing experience.

    Olivia Harvey is an avid sewist and upcycler who first learned how to sew as a kid right here at NRAS with Brooke Stanton — and she hasn’t stopped since! Along with making and embellishing her own clothes, Olivia also sells her upcycled creations through her online shop OHpleeze. She believes that everyone should learn how to sew because it makes life (and your closet) a lot more interesting!




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157 Old Main Street
Marshfield Hills, MA 02051
P.O. Box 307

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