The Yellow Barn Studio & Gallery
7300 MacArthur Blvd
Glen Echo, Maryland 20812
Join us at The Yellow Barn Studio, a creative oasis in Glen Echo Park, where community and artistic guidance converge in our nationally-recognized artists’ programs. Founded by acclaimed artist Walter Bartman, The Yellow Barn Studio is a haven for budding artists and experienced painters alike. We offer classes in watercolor, oil, acrylic, drawing, and printmaking, with a special emphasis on plein air painting.
Summer 2023 Registration is Open!
View the Glen Echo Spring and Summer Catalog
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW:
• Registration is totally online; no walk-in services are available
• There will not be a printed Glen Echo Park Catalog; all classes and workshops are available for online viewing through a digital catalog.
Questions about your registration? Please call the registrar at (301)634-2255 or email registrar@glenechopark.org
Click on this link to read more about our online curriculum due to the Coronavirus.
Roger Perez
Carolyn Boccella Bagin
The Spirit of Collaboration
May 20-21, 2023
Gallery Hours
Saturday 12-8pm, Sunday 12-5pm
Reception Saturday 5-8pm with live music and refreshments
2023 Show Schedule
May 20-21 Roger Perez & Carolyn Boccella Bagin
May 27-28 Friends of the YB Small Works Show
June 3-4 Folk Festival at Glen Echo Park
June 10-11 Marian Willinger & Wendy Smith
June 17-18 Bill Johnson
June 24-25 Eric Westbrook
July 1-2 Arleen Cannata Seed & Maro Nalabandian
July 8-9 Dipali Rabadiya
July 15-16 Emil Markulis
Aug 5-6 Joanie Grosfeld
Aug 12-13 Paintings from Workshops Abroad with Walt Bartman
Sept 2-3 Friends of the YB Drawing Show
Sept 9-10 Jen Sterling & Michele Hoben
Sept 16-17 Cheryl Bearss
Sept 23-24 Jean Schlesinger & Eve Troncone
Sept 30-Oct 1 Leni Paquet-Morante & Steve Moen
Oct 7-8 Paul Zapatka
Oct 14-15 David Bottini
Oct 22-23 Ann Schlesinger – Jacob Memorial Show
Oct 28-29 Alexandra Cheshire
Nov 4-5 Helene Patterson & Margie Alagia-Ingram
Nov 11-12 Walter Bartman
Nov 18-19 Anatol Woolf
Nov 25-26 Jenny Wilson
Dec 2-17 Friends of the YB Members Show
Personal critiques of your artwork by Walt Bartman
Click here to sign up for a Critique
Walt Bartman is founder and director of the Yellow Barn Studio. His career spans fifty years and he has taught thousands of students. Many are important artists, curators, designers, animators, photographers, and educators. Walt has been recognized personally by three U.S. Presidents for his outstanding teaching. His work is represented by the Bridge Gallery in Shepherdstown, W.Va.
Now for the first time, Walt will be available for personal critiques. Each critique will be limited to one hour with a maximum of ten paintings. The fee will be one hundred dollars. Each critique will be recorded and available as a personal copy to the student. Walt will show annotated notes on each work discussed. Registrations are now being scheduled.
SUMMER CLASSES
Summer classes and all workshops are sorted by date.
Have questions about your registration? Please call the registrar at (301)634-2255 or email registrar@glenechopark.org.
MONDAY CLASSES
SUMMER
Virtual Introduction to Digital Painting with Procreate $240.00
Penny Mause
M, 9:30 AM-12:30 PM
7/3/2023-8/21/2023
Onsite Still Life Painting $300.00
Leo Ramos
M, 4:00 PM-6:30 PM
7/3/2023-8/28/2023
Virtual Palette Knife Painting Mini-Class $120.00
Ann Wallace
M, 9:30 AM-12:00 PM
7/10/2023-7/31/2023
Virtual Exploring Watercolor $305.00
Michael Shibley
M, 1:00 PM-3:30 PM
7/10/2023-8/21/2023
Onsite Learn to Draw Stylized Figures $120.00
Kimberly Yourick
M, 1:00 PM-3:30 PM
7/10/2023-7/31/2023
Onsite Drawing for the Absolute Beginner $120.00
Kimberly Yourick
M, 1:00 PM-3:30 PM
8/7/2023-8/28/2023
TUESDAY CLASSES
SPRING
Onsite Abstract Expressionist Painting- Acrylic $330.00
Tory Cowles
Tu, 9:30 AM-12:30 PM
5/16/2023-7/11/2023
SUMMER
Virtual Pastel and Gouache Painting Mini-Session $120.00
Ann Wallace
Tu, 9:30 AM-12:00 PM
7/11/2023-8/1/2023
Onsite Everyday Drawing $120.00
Penny Mause
Tu, 10:00 AM-12:30 PM
7/11/2023-8/8/2023
Virtual Finish Your Painting $325.00
Eric Westbrook
Tu, 1:00 PM-3:30 PM
7/11/2023-8/29/2023
Virtual Landscape Painting Tuesdays $210.00
Walt Bartman
Tu, 10:00 AM-12:30 PM
7/18/2023-8/22/2023
Virtual and Offsite Sunset Painting $210.00
Walt Bartman
Tu, 6:30 PM-9:30 PM
7/18/2023-8/22/2023
Virtual Play With Abstraction – Post-War $145.00
Elisabeth Vismans
Tu, 1:00 PM-3:00 PM
8/1/2023-8/22/2023
Virtual Paint Flowers with Light $145.00
Elisabeth Vismans
Tu, 4:00 PM-6:00 PM
8/1/2023-8/22/2023
Onsite Beginning and Intermediate Oil Painting for Teens and Adults $120.00
Kimberly Yourick
Tu, 4:00 PM-6:30 PM
8/8/2023-8/29/2023
WEDNESDAY CLASSES
SUMMER
Virtual Drawing Water in Colored Pencil $145.00
Lis Zadravec
W, 5:00 PM-7:00 PM
6/7/2023-6/21/2023
Onsite Portrait and Figure Drawing and Painting $215.00
Gavin Glakas
W, 7:00 PM-9:30 PM
6/28/2023-8/2/2023
Virtual Intermediate Digital Painting with Procreate $240.00
Penny Mause
W, 9:30 AM-12:30 PM
7/5/2023-8/23/2023
Virtual Drawing Perspective $150.00
Margaret Lashley
W, 10:00 AM-12:30 PM
7/5/2023-8/2/2023
Onsite Painting from Photos $300.00
Leo Ramos
W, 1:00 PM-3:30 PM
7/5/2023-8/30/2023
Virtual Visual Fitness: Workouts for Seeing More Mini Session $160.00
Renee Sandell
W, 1:00 PM-3:00 PM
7/5/2023-7/26/2023
Virtual Crosshatching $150.00
Margaret Lashley
W, 1:00 PM-3:30 PM
7/5/2023-8/2/2023
Virtual Exploring Pastels Mini-Class $120.00
Ann Wallace
W, 9:30 AM-12:00 PM
7/12/2023-8/2/2023
Onsite Gansai Watercolor Painting $270.00
Ally Morgan
W, 10:00 AM-12:00 PM
7/19/2023-9/13/2023
Offsite Landscape on Location $210.00
Walt Bartman
W, 10:00 AM-12:30 PM
7/19/2023-8/23/2023
Onsite Landscape, Figure & Studio Painting $210.00
Walt Bartman
W, 4:00 PM-6:30 PM
7/19/2023-8/23/2023
Onsite Intermediate Drawing $120.00
Kimberly Yourick
W, 1:00 PM-3:30 PM
8/9/2023-8/30/2023
THURSDAY CLASSES
SUMMER
Virtual Composition and Storytelling $130.00
Lis Zadravec
Th, 2:00 PM-4:00 PM
7/5/2023-7/26/2023
Onsite Basic Principles of Drawing $300.00
Leo Ramos
Th, 9:30 AM-12:00 PM
7/6/2023-8/31/2023
Virtual Realistic Abstraction in Drawing & Painting $120.00
Marcie Wolf-Hubbard
Th, 4:00 PM-6:00 PM
7/6/2023-7/27/2023
Virtual Acrylic Painting $295.00
Gita Mirshahi
Th, 7:00 PM-9:30 PM
7/6/2023-8/24/2023
Virtual Pastel Portraits Mini-Class $120.00
Ann Wallace
Th, 9:30 AM-12:00 PM
7/13/2023-8/3/2023
Onsite Everyday Drawing $150.00
Penny Mause
Th, 10:00 AM-12:30 PM
7/13/2023-8/10/2023
Virtual Learn to Work with Opaque Watercolor- Gouache $210.00
Walt Bartman
Th, 1:00 PM-3:30 PM
7/20/2023-8/24/2023
Onsite Introduction to Portrait Painting From Life $295.00
Mark Giaimo
Th, 7:00 PM-9:30 PM
7/6/2023-8/31/2023
Virtual Mixed Media Approach to Painting Animals $270.00
Ally Morgan
Th, 7:00 PM-9:00 PM
7/20/2023-9/14/2023
FRIDAY CLASSES
SUMMER
Virtual Wallpaper and Textile Design in Procreate $120.00
Penny Mause
F, 9:30 AM-12:30 PM
7/7/2023-7/28/2023
Virtual Art for Your Floor Mini-Class $120.00
Ann Wallace
F, 9:30 AM-12:00 PM
7/14/2023-8/4/2023
SATURDAY CLASSES
SUMMER
Onsite Portrait and Figure Drawing and Painting $215.00
Gavin Glakas
Sa, 10:00 AM-12:30 PM
6/24/2023-7/29/2023
Onsite Color Theory $240.00
James Vissari
Sa, 9:30 AM-12:30 PM
7/8/2023-8/26/2023
Onsite Composition $240.00
James Vissari
Sa, 1:00 PM-3:30 PM
7/8/2023-8/19/2023
Virtual Acrylic Painting $295.00
Gita Mirshahi
Sa, 4:30 PM-7:00 PM
7/8/2023-8/26/2023
SUNDAY CLASSES
SPRING
Virtual Learn from a Ballerina: How to Paint Movement $150.00
Honorata Perzanowska
Su, 10:00 AM-12:00 PM
5/14/2023-6/4/2023
SUMMER
Onsite Color Theory and Color Mixing $150.00
Holly Buehler
Su, 9:30 AM-12:00 PM
6/11/2023-7/9/2023
Virtual Learn from a Ballerina: How to Paint Movement $150.00
Honorata Perzanowska
Su, 10:00 AM-12:00 PM
7/2/2023-7/23/2023
Onsite Drawing and Painting $270.00
Mark Giaimo
Su, 4:00 PM-6:30 PM
7/2/2023-8/27/2023
Onsite Color Theory and Color Mixing $120.00
Holly Buehler
Su, 9:30 AM-12:00 PM
8/6/2023-8/27/2023
Virtual Learn from a Ballerina: How to Paint Movement $150.00
Honorata Perzanowska
Su, 10:00 AM-12:00 PM
8/6/2023-8/27/2023
WORKSHOPS
In order by date
SPRING
Virtual Painting from Photos Monthly Seminar Workshop $35.00
Maud Taber-Thomas
M , 1:00 PM-3:30 PM
5/29/2023-5/29/2023
SUMMER
Offsite Paint the Chesapeake on Tilghman Island Workshop $250.00
Walt Bartman
F,Sa,Su, 10:00 AM-5:00 PM
6/2/2023-6/4/2023
Virtual Charcoal Drawing from Photos Workshop $178.00
Maud Taber-Thomas
Sa,Su, 10:30 AM-3:30 PM
6/3/2023-6/4/2023
Onsite Oil Painting Bootcamp Workshop $180.00
Dipali Rabadiya
Sa,Su, 12:30 PM-4:30 PM
6/3/2023-6/4/2023
Offsite Lockhouse Painting Workshop $160.00
Monica Pittman
Sa,Su, 9:30 AM-3:30 PM
6/10/2023-6/11/2023
Offsite Paint with Passion en Plein Air on the C&O Canal Workshop $200.00
James Vissari
W,Th, 9:30 AM-3:30 PM
6/21/2023-6/22/2023
Offsite Sunset Painting on the Potomac Workshop $125.00
Walt Bartman
Sa, Su, 5:00 PM-8:00 PM
6/24/2023-6/25/2023
Virtual Visual Fitness: Intensive Creativity Workout Workshop $90.00
Renee Sandell
Sa, 1:00 PM-4:00 PM
6/24/2023-6/24/2023
Virtual Mastering the Art of Color Mixing Mini-Session $225.00
Maud Taber-Thomas
M,Tu,W,Th,F, 9:30 AM-12:00 PM
6/26/2023-6/30/2023
Virtual Painting from Photos Monthly Seminar Workshop $35.00
Maud Taber-Thomas
M, 1:00 PM-3:30 PM
7/17/2023-7/17/2023
Virtual Draw from Your Photos in Colored Pencils Workshop $95.00
Lis Zadravec
W, 5:00 PM-7:00 PM
7/19/2023-7/26/2023
Offsite Paint the Chesapeake on Tilghman Island Workshop $250.00
Walt Bartman
F,Sa,Su, 10:00 AM-5:00 PM
7/21/2023-7/23/2023
Onsite Encaustic & Mixed Media Painting Workshop $170.00
Marcie Wolf-Hubbard
Su, 12:00 PM-5:00 PM
7/30/2023-7/30/2023
Onsite Dog Days of Summer Painting Workshop $120.00
Holly Buehler
M,Tu,W, 9:30 AM-12:30 PM
8/7/2023-8/9/2023
Virtual Local Wildlife in Colored Pencils Workshop $95.00
Lis Zadravec
W, 5:00 PM-7:00 PM
8/9/2023-8/16/2023
Offsite Paint the Chesapeake on Tilghman Island Workshop $250.00
Walt Bartman
F,Sa,Su, 10:00 AM-5:00 PM
8/18/2023-8/20/2023
Virtual Mastering the Art of Color Mixing Week $225.00
Maud Taber-Thomas
M,Tu,W,Th,F, 9:30 AM-12:00 PM
8/21/2023-8/25/2023
Virtual Painting from Photos Monthly Seminar Workshop $35.00
Maud Taber-Thomas
M, 1:00 PM-3:30 PM
8/21/2023-8/21/2023
Virtual Flower Painting Demystified Workshop $178.00
Maud Taber-Thomas
Sa,Su, 12:30 PM-4:30 PM
8/26/2023-8/27/2023
IN-PERSON CLASSES
Do you prefer to paint in-person with other artists? This is a list of just our studio and outdoor classes. Click on the class title to visit the Glen Echo website where you may register. The classes are sorted by day and time.
Have questions about your registration? Please call the registrar at (301)634-2255 or email registrar@glenechopark.org.
ONSITE classes are in the Yellow Barn Studio
OFFSITE classes are on location
SPRING IN-PERSON CLASSES
SUMMER IN-PERSON CLASSES
MONDAY
Onsite Still Life Painting $300.00
Leo Ramos
M, 4:00 PM-6:30 PM
7/3/2023-8/28/2023
Onsite Learn to Draw Stylized Figures $120.00
Kimberly Yourick
M, 1:00 PM-3:30 PM
7/10/2023-7/31/2023
Onsite Drawing for the Absolute Beginner $120.00
Kimberly Yourick
M, 1:00 PM-3:30 PM
8/7/2023-8/28/2023
TUESDAY
Onsite Everyday Drawing $120.00
Penny Mause
Tu, 10:00 AM-12:30 PM
7/11/2023-8/8/2023
WEDNESDAY
Onsite Portrait and Figure Drawing and Painting $215.00
Gavin Glakas
W, 7:00 PM-9:30 PM
6/28/2023-8/2/2023
Onsite Painting from Photos $300.00
Leo Ramos
W, 1:00 PM-3:30 PM
7/5/2023-8/30/2023
Offsite Landscape on Location $210.00
Walt Bartman
W, 10:00 AM-12:30 PM
7/19/2023-8/23/2023
Onsite Landscape, Figure & Studio Painting $210.00
Walt Bartman
W, 4:00 PM-6:30 PM
7/19/2023-8/23/2023
Onsite Intermediate Drawing $120.00
Kimberly Yourick
W, 1:00 PM-3:30 PM
8/9/2023-8/30/2023
THURSDAY
Onsite Basic Principles of Drawing $300.00
Leo Ramos
Th, 9:30 AM-12:00 PM
7/6/2023-8/31/2023
Onsite Introduction to Portrait Painting From Life $295.00
Mark Giaimo
Th, 7:00 PM-9:30 PM
7/6/2023-8/31/2023
Onsite Everyday Drawing $150.00
Penny Mause
Th, 10:00 AM-12:30 PM
7/13/2023-8/10/2023
SATURDAY
Onsite Portrait and Figure Drawing and Painting $215.00
Gavin Glakas
Sa, 10:00 AM-12:30 PM
6/24/2023-7/29/2023
Onsite Color Theory $240.00
James Vissari
Sa, 9:30 AM-12:30 PM
7/8/2023-8/26/2023
Onsite Composition $240.00
James Vissari
Sa, 1:00 PM-3:30 PM
7/8/2023-8/19/2023
SUNDAY
Onsite Color Theory and Color Mixing $150.00
Holly Buehler
Su, 9:30 AM-12:00 PM
6/11/2023-7/9/2023
Virtual Learn from a Ballerina: How to Paint Movement $150.00
Honorata Perzanowska
Su, 10:00 AM-12:00 PM
7/2/2023-7/23/2023
Onsite Drawing and Painting $270.00
Mark Giaimo
Su, 4:00 PM-6:30 PM
7/2/2023-8/27/2023
Onsite Color Theory and Color Mixing $120.00
Holly Buehler
Su, 9:30 AM-12:00 PM
8/6/2023-8/27/2023
IN-PERSON WORKSHOPS (IN ORDER BY DATE)
SUMMER
Offsite Paint the Chesapeake on Tilghman Island Workshop $250.00
Walt Bartman
F,Sa,Su, 10:00 AM-5:00 PM
6/2/2023-6/4/2023
Onsite Oil Painting Bootcamp Workshop $180.00
Dipali Rabadiya
Sa,Su, 12:30 PM-4:30 PM
6/3/2023-6/4/2023
Offsite Lockhouse Painting Workshop $160.00
Monica Pittman
Sa,Su, 9:30 AM-3:30 PM
6/10/2023-6/11/2023
Offsite Paint with Passion en Plein Air on the C&O Canal Workshop $200.00
James Vissari
W,Th, 9:30 AM-3:30 PM
6/21/2023-6/22/2023
Offsite Sunset Painting on the Potomac Workshop $125.00
Walt Bartman
Sa, Su, 5:00 PM-8:00 PM
6/24/2023-6/25/2023
Offsite Paint the Chesapeake on Tilghman Island Workshop $250.00
Walt Bartman
F,Sa,Su, 10:00 AM-5:00 PM
7/21/2023-7/23/2023
Onsite Encaustic & Mixed Media Painting Workshop $170.00
Marcie Wolf-Hubbard
Su, 12:00 PM-5:00 PM
7/30/2023-7/30/2023
Onsite Dog Days of Summer Painting Workshop $120.00
Holly Buehler
M,Tu,W, 9:30 AM-12:30 PM
8/7/2023-8/9/2023
Offsite Paint the Chesapeake on Tilghman Island Workshop $250.00
Walt Bartman
F,Sa,Su, 10:00 AM-5:00 PM
8/18/2023-8/20/2023
THE FRIENDS OF THE YELLOW BARN
Please support the Yellow Barn Studio by becoming a member of the Friends of the Yellow Barn Studio
BENEFITS OF JOINING THE FRIENDS
The Friends’ is dedicated to providing educational and exhibition opportunities to its members. The Friends’ relies on your membership dues to support the three annual member shows (the Drawing Exhibition, the Small Works Show and the Members Show), and to offer speaker and workshop events when possible. Your membership fee also supports the annual High School Exhibition, a juried show for all high school art students in the DMV region.
www.friendsoftheyellowbarnstudio.org
For information or questions about membership contact
Lee Ann Howdershell leeannhowdy@gmail.com
In the Garden by Joanie Grosfeld
Friends of the Yellow Barn
The Friends of the Yellow Barn was incorporated as a nonprofit organization in 1994. Its mission is to support The Yellow Barn Studio at Glen Echo Park. In its infancy, the Friends, with a band of committed volunteers, helped create a functioning art studio out of a dilapidated yellow car barn – the warmly and appropriately titled Yellow Barn Studio. The original Board of Directors were Walt Bartman, President; Dick Beers, Vice President; Jane Matz, Treasurer; Michael Shapiro; and Phyllis Lieberman. With their help, the Yellow Barn Studio became a reality.
In a few short years, the Yellow Barn Studio earned its reputation for a high quality of instruction and affordable art classes, for all ages and levels of experience, in a supportive atmosphere. The Yellow Barn is more than an art school – it is an inclusive art community.
As a not-for-profit organization, the Friends of the Yellow Barn’s mission is to raise money through donations and grants for renovation and programs associated with the Yellow Barn art studio. The Friends’ philosophy, consistent with the spirit of the late 19th Century Chautauqua movement upon which Glen Echo Park was founded, is that art is universal and thus, should be accessible to all. The Friends’ goal is to encourage all area residents, of all ages and all means, to experience the wonder of the visual arts through drawing and painting.
Today, over 600 members have joined the Yellow Barn Studio. As Friends, they have strongly supported the programs and classes at the Yellow Barn.
As times change, so has the Board of Directors. Our present Board is made up of Jim Kettler, President; Susan Galego, Secretary; Lee Ann Howdershell, Membership; Larry Schlaifer, Treasurer, Michel Escalant, Website, and Walt Bartman, founding member.
In 2003, the restoration of Glen Echo Park coincided with the Yellow Barn outgrowing its studio. Friends responded by undertaking a major capital campaign to replace the endearing, but lacking (and often cold) studio with the “New” Yellow Barn – a state-of-the-art studio more suited for the quality of its instruction and its students’ work. Today, over seventy classes a week are taught in the Yellow Barn, making it one of the largest painting and drawing programs in the metro area.
In order to reach residents with limited resources, Friends supports outreach programs such as its yearly competition and public art exhibition at the Yellow Barn Studio for all area high school sophomores, juniors, and seniors. This exhibition honors and encourages young talent while providing the public the opportunity to view and enjoy the work of emerging artists. The exhibition is supported by the generosity of the Friends of the Yellow Barn, area businesses, and art lovers. A Jeanne North and Mitzi Yater Fuller scholarships are awarded yearly to deserving students.Many community outreach projects are sponsored by the Friends of the Yellow Barn throughout the year. The Annual Members Show, the Small Works Show, and the Drawing Show offer members of our community the opportunity to display and sell their work. Each year, the Friends sponsors a distinguished artist/speaker. Victoria Wyeth (granddaughter of Andrew Wyeth), Mary Whyte (noted watercolorist), and Wolf Kahn (painter) have spoken to our community.
Over the years, the Friends have run fundraisers to benefit those in need.
If you are interested in becoming a friend / member of the Yellow Barn, contact us here.
Your tax-deductible donations will guarantee that the Yellow Barn will be here for future generations of artists. To make a donation, please make your checks payable to the Friends of the Yellow Barn and send them to:
Friends of the Yellow Barn Studio
P.O. Box 158
Glen Echo, MD 20812
Join us at the Yellow Barn Studio!
Click on the images to step inside.
