Creativity & Classic Art Class | Acrylic Paint | Perseus' Last Duty

This Wednesday evening art class is designed to teach you some art history and give you confidence in painting, whether you’ve never picked up a brush or you’ve been painting for years.

Each class breaks down professional art concepts into easy-to-follow, guided experiences that feel accessible, playful, and freeing. Advanced painters and total newbies consistently enjoy the class together, side by side.

Every class begins with gentle instruction and storytelling around the inspiration, followed by generous painting time. We close with a review where your artwork is described as if it’s one of the most significant paintings in the art world—because in that moment, it is.

You’ll leave feeling relaxed, smarter, and maybe a little proud.

Past participants have called the class “life-changing” and “the perfect blend of instruction and freedom.”

Location:
4321 Bridge Ave — in the community room of a beautiful old church with tall ceilings, candles, and twinkle lights. The building sits directly across from Mason’s Creamery, which also serves gourmet ramen, making this the perfect cozy, creative evening out.

Instructor

Your instructor is a lifelong artist who specializes in quieting the inner voice that says you’re not good at art. She creates a welcoming, safe space where creativity feels natural, and judgment disappears.

Come feel cozy.
Come paint.
Come surprise yourself.

Perseus' Last Duty (1949)Max Beckmann

This painting depicts Perseus, a celebrated warrior from Greek mythology whose name derives from the Greek word "to waste, ravage, sack, destroy." Perseus’s most famous feat was cutting off Medusa’s head. Yet, the mass slaughter depicted here is not found in the ancient myth, but instead suggests a nightmarish allegory filled with private, enigmatic symbols, perhaps reflecting Beckmann’s experience of barely surviving two world wars. Traumatized while serving as a medical orderly during WWI, Beckmann later became the target of Nazi persecution. In 1947 he immigrated to the United States. Created in the aftermath of the Holocaust and under the Cold War threat of nuclear annihilation, this painting suggests a bitter critique of mankind’s propensity for destruction. Presenting Perseus in female dress subverts the hypermasculine glamorization of military heroes common to national historical myths. - Description from the Cleveland Museum of Art