PAFA
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
$115
with Joseph Sweeney
Next available session starts Apr 26, 2025 at 10 am
Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. (Rain Dates: May 3 – 4*)
Instructor: Joseph Sweeney
Weekend Workshop
Credit: Non-Credit Only
Paint on location on the grounds of beautiful Ridgeland Mansion, the historic 18th century Federal-style house located in west Fairmount Park, Philadelphia. Landscape painting topics will include color mixing to achieve a sense of light and air, capturing time of day, compositional fundamentals, and sound painting practices for oil, acrylic, or pastel painting. Students are responsible for their own transportation.
* Rain Dates: May 3 - 4. Please reserve the rain dates in your schedule when registering – no refunds for withdrawals less than one week prior to the original workshop date, including for students unable to attend the postponed date. See policy guide, below.
Register by: April 18
Materials List
Winter/Spring 2025 CE Policy Guide, including withdrawal/refund policies
New Venue
Plein Air Painting at The Arboretum
at Haverford College 2025
April 22,23,24 2025 Earth Day
Price $300. For three days.
The Arboretum at Haverford College Plein Air Painting
Beginning Earth Day April 22,23,24 2025 from 10 AM to 2 PM
A rare opportunity to paint and explore meadows, gardens and wooded
areas of the 216 acre Haverford campus.
Plenty of parking, and shelter if the weather doesn’t cooperate.
Haverford College was founded in 1833 by members of the Religious Society of Friends.
Duck Pond
3.5 acres with adjacent log cabin known as the Skating House.
for those past years when the pond used to freeze over.
The Treaty Elm
A descendent of the tree linked to encounters between the Lenape People and William Penn in the 17 century.
Numerous architectural structures to paint including
Founders Hall
Also a section of curated conifers call the Ryan Pinetum.
Haverfarm an agricultural area worked by community members.
And the Nature Trail 2.2 course running around the perimeter of the college.
Price $300. For three days.
For more information or to register contact: joesweeney@mac.com
Haverford College
Address
To register contact: joesweeney@mac.com
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Plein Air Painting Class,
Cape May, NJ
Plein Air Landscape Painting
At Cape May Point Arts and Science Center,
May 5,6,7,8, 2025 Price $400.
Instructor: Joseph Sweeney oil, acrylic and pastel,
On location at Historic Cape May, New Jersey. Two hours from Philadelphia. 10am-2pm
Join plein-air painter Joe Sweeney for a long weekend painting retreat in Cape May, New Jersey. Experience small town hospitality while painting the landscape/seascape of Cape May, including Cape May Point, the Cove with sweeping vistas, Cape May Lighthouse, and Sunset Beach.
Rain location: Many
Learn to paint efficiently out-of-doors with tips on choosing a prime location, reading the weather and light at a particular time of day and setting up a landscape palette. Featuring demonstration and lecture on painting surfaces, materials, mediums, compositional drawing and making color studies. Geared towards oil, acrylic and pastel, but experienced watercolorists are welcome.
At the Cape May Point Arts & Science Center
101 Lehigh Ave Cape May, NJ 08204 United States
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Register with: Joe Sweeney at: Email: joesweeney@mac.com
web page: www.joesweeneyart.com
Joseph Sweeney is a professional landscape painter living in Ardmore, PA. He received a BFA in Painting and Drawing from the Philadelphia College of Art (now the University of the Arts) and an MFA from Penn State University. He has taught for many years at area institutions and art centers including PAFA, the University of the Arts, Wayne Art Center, Woodmere Art Museum and Chester Springs Yellow Springs Studio. His work has received numerous awards and is included in many public and private institutions, collections and museums.
To apply contact joesweeney@mac.com
