Upcoming events

    • 28 Apr 2024
    • 1:00 PM
    • Kay Dalton Room, Monrovia Community Center

    Photographing and Editing Your Artwork for Promotion and Art Calls with Austin Lubetkin

    • 28 Apr 2024
    • 2:00 PM
    • Kay Dalton Room, Monrovia Community Center
    • 16
    Register

    Love Your Fur Baby? Make a Colorful Keepsake Portrait!

    Register now for Paint Your Pet Class for adults.

    Instructor Sally Weiss will show you in a fun, easy, step-by-step approach how to make a colorful keepsake portrait of your fur baby.



    Cost: $25 per person including materials

    Class size limit: 10 so claim your spot NOW.

    MAFA pet portrait artist Sally Weiss will help you create a colorful painting of your pet on a 9 x 12 canvas with acrylic paint. “Oh, I’m no painter!” you say? Wait till you come under Sally’s magic spell with her fun and easy step-by-step approach!

    MAFA will provide the paint, brushes, canvas, and tabletop easels. Just bring along your favorite color photo print of your sweet fur baby, along with a black and white print on paper of that photo in the size you’d like for your finished painting.

    Then meet us in the Kay Dalton Room of the Monrovia Community Center at 2:00 p.m. that day to start the workshop.

    Oh, did we mention that the workshop will also include the following at no charge?

    • Delicious free hors d’oeuvres donated by Rivanis Baking Company
    • Beverages donated by Wine of the Month Club
    • Beautiful live music

    About the instructor:

    Sally grew up with a fascination for and appreciation of nature. She’s always loved to create in many forms, including drawing, stained glass, pottery, interior design, gardening, and cooking. Now bright, bold paintings are her way of sharing the joy of nature, and flowers and dogs are among her favorite subjects to paint.

    Sponsored by Monrovia Association of Fine Arts

    • 28 Apr 2024
    • 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    • Kay Dalton Room, Monrovia Community Center


    • 29 May 2024
    • 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
    • Multi-Purpose Room, Monrovia Community Center


    • 29 May 2024
    • 7:00 PM
    • Multi-Purpose Room, Monrovia Community Center
    WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
    • Learn to think more like a photojournalist when photographing:
    • How to put yourself in position to get the shot
    • How to see and cover a scene or event
    • Mental attitude
    • Making your gear work for you
    • Capturing decisive moments that make memories

    INSTRUCTOR BIO

    Brian Wilson has spent more than 50 years with a camera in his hands. He holds a Bachelor of Journalism from the Photojournalism Sequence at The University of Texas at Austin and a Masters Degree in Clinical Psychology from Antioch University. He worked for many years as a professional photojournalist, doing hundreds of assignments for publications including USA TODAY, Time, US NEWS and Texas Business Magazine as well as corporate clients. Today his focus is on fine art scenic and travel photography where he still applies the skills he honed as a photojournalist, and enjoys passing along his experience-based knowledge and passion for photography to others.

    INSTRUCTIONS/TO BRING:

    Bring any photos you’ve found that you’re not sure how the photographer got the shot, and/or any of yours that did not quite turn out as you’d hoped, but you’re not sure why! We can discuss how to get the shots you love.

    Admission is free but you must RSVP to reserve your seat. RSVP to christine@monroviafinearts.org. (Include a live link to my email address.)


    • 26 Jun 2024
    • 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
    • Multi-Purpose Room, Monrovia Community Center


    • 29 Jun 2024
    • 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
    • 418 S. Myrtle Ave, Monrovia CA 91016
    • 50

    Here’s a chance to stroll in the cool evening breeze, listen to musical entertainment, meet with friends and sample the great shops and restaurants in Old Town. A dozen professional artists as well as local students will demonstrate, display and sell their work.


    • 24 Jul 2024
    • 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
    • Multi-Purpose Room, Monrovia Community Center


    • 27 Jul 2024
    • 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
    • 418 S. Myrtle Ave, Monrovia CA 91016
    • 50

    Here’s a chance to stroll in the cool evening breeze, listen to musical entertainment, meet with friends and sample the great shops and restaurants in Old Town. A dozen professional artists as well as local students will demonstrate, display and sell their work.


    • 28 Jul 2024
    • Kay Dalton Room, Monrovia Community Center


    • 24 Aug 2024
    • 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
    • 418 S. Myrtle Ave, Monrovia CA 91016
    • 50

    Here’s a chance to stroll in the cool evening breeze, listen to musical entertainment, meet with friends and sample the great shops and restaurants in Old Town. A dozen professional artists as well as local students will demonstrate, display and sell their work.


    • 28 Aug 2024
    • 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
    • Multi-Purpose Room, Monrovia Community Center


    • 25 Sep 2024
    • 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
    • Multi-Purpose Room, Monrovia Community Center


    • 05 Oct 2024
    • 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
    • Monrovia Library Park, 321 S. Myrtle Ave., Monrovia


    • 20 Oct 2024
    • Kay Dalton Room, Monrovia Community Center


    • 30 Oct 2024
    • 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
    • Multi-Purpose Room, Monrovia Community Center


    • 21 Nov 2024
    • 24 Nov 2024


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