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Still Teaching in Beautiful Places in 2024


Written on March 3, 2024 at 10:09 am, by

(This post was updated March 20th to reflect schedule changes and additional workshops.) Are you considering taking one of my watercolor classes in 2024?  In addition to my on-line workshops  Continue Reading »

Categories: Adamah Art Studios, Art Techniques, Art Workshop, Bjorklunden, Creative Play, Teaching Art and Creativity, watercolor on Canvas, Watercolor Workshop, Workshops and Classes

Happy and Bright Art Exhibition


Written on July 13, 2022 at 12:28 pm, by

Happy and Bright is an exhibition curated by Gabrielle Javier-Cerullie to counter the times we are in with beauty.  Artists include Helen Klebesadel, Alice Traore, Angelica Contreras, and Xizhou Xie.

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Force of Nature: A Virtual Art Exhibit by Georgia Weithe and Helen Klebesadel


Written on October 1, 2020 at 9:00 am, by

The one thing artists can offer the world during a pandemic is their art. I invite you to visit the virtual exhibition Force of Nature: Georgia Weithe and Helen Klebesadel which  Continue Reading »

Categories: Creativity, Exhibition, On-Line sales, River Arts Art Center, River Arts Gallery, Virtual Art Exhibition, Watercolor

Teaching Watercolor Makes Me a Better Artist


Written on June 17, 2017 at 4:27 pm, by

I just finished a wonderful four-day watercolor intensive. It was preceded by a month-long once a week nature journaling class offered at the University of Wisconsin Arboretum.  Both were wonderful  Continue Reading »

Categories: Ability, art and technology, art collaboration, Art Techniques, Artist Resources, Beauty, Biographical, Career Development, Creaivity Coaching, Creative Play, Creativity, Exhibition, Fabulous Artists, Teaching Art and Creativity, Uncategorized, Watercolor, Watercolor techniques, Workshops and Classes

Art-Science Collaboration: My Artist-in-Residency at the Trout Lake Research Station


Written on July 6, 2014 at 7:41 pm, by

I have just returned from a splendid ten days of non-stop plein air painting (and skitter swatting) in the lake country around Boulder Junction, Wisconsin.  It was my extreme pleasure  Continue Reading »

Categories: A Painting A day, Activist Art, art and technology, art collaboration, Art Residencies, Art Techniques, art-science collaboration, Artist Resources, environmental art, Plein air Painting, Watercolor

Hungry for Art: The Process of Turning the Negative to Positive


Written on July 22, 2012 at 5:32 pm, by

  I just spent a blissful week of teaching, learning, and expanding my circle of inspiration sources with eleven other wonderful women artists who participated in my ‘Watercolor From The  Continue Reading »

Categories: Ability, Art Techniques, Creative Play, Fabulous Artists, giclee prints, Inspiration, Watercolor, Women Artists, Workshops and Classes

The ‘Wright’ place to learn the art of watercolor


Written on July 6, 2012 at 3:05 am, by

Study of Jamie's Dahlia, 8x11, watercolor, ©2012 Helen Klebesadel

I am just back from an enjoyable weekend teaching my workshop, Watercolor: a Fresh Start, at the Frank Lloyd Wright designed  Wyoming Valley School Cultural Art Center to a wonderful group of  Continue Reading »

Categories: Ability, art and technology, Biographical, Creative Play, Fablous Artists, Teaching Art and Creativity, Watercolor, Wisconsin Arts, Workshops and Classes

The Art Of Resistance: The Exquisite Uterus


Written on May 18, 2012 at 9:52 pm, by

Uterus Flag Project

The more I have looked the more I have found systematic outrage across the country at the efforts to regulate women’s reproductive lives by imposing particular moral and religious perspectives. ..Many individuals, including artists, are fighting back in our own ways.

Categories: Activist Art, art and technology, art collaboration, Fiber arts. Fabric design, Political Art, Social networking, Uncategorized, Wisconsin Arts

The high art of visibility: How I am learning to use social media to promote my art


Written on February 19, 2012 at 6:31 pm, by

There are lots of different ways for an artist to approach developing an on-line presence and build a social media network to bring visibility to their art. Developing a social media network is really developing an electronic way to stay in touch with people you know, and to meet and build relationships with others who share your interests.

Categories: art and technology, Career Development, Creative Play, Fabulous Artists, On-Line sales, Promotional Materials, Social networking, Teaching Art and Creativity, This and That, Watercolor