Join us for a hands-on pastel workshop where you'll create a fall themed artwork to take home that night. Whether you're a beginner or have some experience, this workshop is designed to inspire and guide you. Pastels offer immediate, satisfying results with easy clean up compared to wet media. Beginners can follow along with the teacher and those that have more experience can add their own spin on their fall fantasy art. Join us for an evening and take home a complete project—something to be proud of!

All levels welcome, no need to be able to draw a straight line – we have rulers!

Instructor: Meredith Fitzgerald
As a working artist, Meredith currently focuses on varying interpretations of landscapes of place, body, and memory. Through oil paint, pastel, installations, and videos, she explores landscapes affected by the passage of time. Meredith has experience with printmaking, knitting, sewing, embroidery, wreath making, calligraphy, origami, woodworking, welding, and robotics. Meredith has an MFA from the Pratt Institute and has been a resident at the Vermont Studio Center. (meredithfitzgerald.com)

Age: 16+
Dates: Friday, October 17, 2025
Time: 6 to 9 p.m. (which includes a break for snacks, socializing and stretching)
Materials: Tuition includes all supplies

HCA Policies: Please review our website's HCA Student Policies and Procedures here.

• Injury Waiver: You must agree to the HCA injury waiver to register for classes. 
  
  
• Photo Release Agreement: You can agree to the HCA's Photo Release Agreement during registration.
  
  
• Waiting List: If this class is sold out, it will say so below and will not allow you to register. If so, please add your name to our waitlist here. 

Scholarships: The HCA believes the arts are for everyone. Thanks to the generosity of the Dora Kishibay Garabedian Scholarship Fund and individual donations to our scholarship fund, we can assist children, teens, and adults who might not otherwise be able to afford classes. Assistance is awarded based on demonstrated need, motivation, and potential benefit to the student. Apply for a scholarship here.

MEMBERS SAVE ON CLASSES: Your membership helps the HCA change the lives of artists and art lovers through its nurturing faculty, state-of-the-art facility, and need-based scholarship program. We are pleased to offer 5% off class costs to HCA Members from the Insider–Plus LEVEL and up.

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