MARION – Registration is now open at the Marion Art Center for fall courses for both children and adults.

Instructor Jay Ryan will teach a four-week intersession course, All-Levels Watercolor Painting for adults. This course, for beginning through advanced watercolor painters, will run from 10 a.m. to noon Thursday mornings in September (Sept. 3, 10, 17, and 24). Students will paint outside on the art center lawn, weather permitting, or class will be held in the studio with adequate space for social distancing.

The cost for the class is $95 for art center members, and $110 for nonmembers. Masks are required while inside the Marion Art Center.

A two hour, eight-week beginner course will start on Thursday, Oct. 1, and a new three-hour intermediate-advanced course will start Friday, Oct. 2. 

Instructor Catherine Carter will lead a five-week course, Botanical Drawing for Adults, on Tuesday evenings from 6 to 8 p.m. from Sept. 8 to Oct. 6. In this class for beginners or
intermediate artists, students will use colored pencils to explore the complex shapes and intricate surfaces of botanical subject matter, with a focus on value, color, and composition. The cost is $145 for art center members and $165 for nonmembers, including a $10 materials fee (to cover cost of fresh arrangements weekly).

Students must wear a mask while inside the building. The number of students will be limited to allow adequate space in compliance with Massachusetts safety guidelines. 

Children’s Art Lab owner Benares Angeley will teach Art in the Afternoon on Fridays from 3 to 4 p.m. Session 1 (four classes) will run Sept. 11, 18, 25, and Oct. 2. The cost is $80 for
art center members, $95 for nonmembers. Classes have a variety of themes. In Ocean Lab, students will create enchanted coral reefs and small oceans. 

Class will be held outdoors on the MAC lawn if at all possible. Otherwise, students will be indoors in the studio. Students must wear masks and will be asked to wash and sanitize hands before beginning class. Class size will be limited to maintain adequate social distancing. Sippican School students can come directly to the art center for Art Lab. Parents must provide release forms to Sippican School for children to be walked over by an art center volunteer or staff member. All other students should be dropped off at 3 p.m. Parent pick-up is at 4 p.m.

Visit marionartcenter.org/adult-classes or marionartcenter.org/art-lab for rates, details, or to register.