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Saturday and Sunday, May 3 & 4 2025
The Sacred & Profane Art Academy at Sedona UMC
Learn about Sedona UMC's Artist In Residence, Rev. George Dorado Blanco, HERE.
The Sacred and Profane Art Academy is a community art instruction center based on the Sedona United Methodist Church campus. Our instructions are grounded in the belief that every living thing emerged from the same source of creative sacred energy, becoming manifested in a profane or secular world, hence our name.
Our goal is to facilitate the integration of human creativity with virtues of hope and love through art. Our purpose is to offer a safe and sacred space for participants to nurture and nourish their imagination. Our programs are geared to encourage and promote Art Education and Appreciation in the city of Sedona and surrounding communities, nurture the growth and development of the arts by serving the needs of artists of all types, and to connect the art and the artists with the community and visitors of the Sedona area.
Although recently created, the Sacred and Profane Art Academy is a repository of many years of experience in managing, educating, organizing, and conducting community-based events. Our facilitator instructors are mostly retired former educators, and active artists. We offer both intergenerational and group workshops as well as individually guided instruction.
Read on to learn about upcoming classes & subscribe to our email list below!
Upcoming Art Classes
To register or inquire, contact the instructor directly by email (included in the descriptions below) or contact the SUMC office. All classes take place at the Sedona UMC campus & will provide time for a lunch break where applicable. There is a kitchenette to store food on campus.
Fri. May 23th & Sat. May 24th
11am-6pm
2 Day Red Rock Plein Air Workshop w/ former NAU Art Professor George Dorado Blanco
Painting from nature is a non-structured approach to outdoor painting which takes
advantage of the many inspiring beautiful sceneries of Sedona.
The workshop is designed to be accessible to all levels of expertise; from the novice
to the experienced will find out that sharing in a group setting will bring greater
satisfaction, excitement and joy.
Participants will learn to sketch and paint Plein Air with the guidance and assistance
of the instructor at each stage of their creative process. Each person will choose the subject they are interested in (on location) and the instructor will first introduce the genre and the media and guide them in the direction they should proceed in order to achieve the expected result.
In addition to painting, we will learn to cope with the challenges of Nature, and
admire its changeable beauty while celebrating as part of the human specie our
interconnection and mutual dependency.
You will decide what to paint with no obligation, and with no expectations.
Experience: All levels, with ability to carry their own materials on rough terrain.
Medium: Acrylics on Canvas
Materials: Instructor to provide list.
Registration: Limited to 12 students. To reserve your space,
contact George Dorado Blanco
gdorado@q.com
Cost: $375 Bring cash or check made out to Sedona UMC first day of class.
MORE CLASS INFORMATION COMING IN 2025
To include fundamentalsof drawing, oil painting, watercolors, airbrushing, ceramics, pastels & more! Please fill out the form below to let us know areas of interest & to be added to our Art Academy mailing list.