Children are guided in a hands-on learning environment through the basics of painting, drawing and clay, exploring Art History and their own imaginations.
Does your child want a summer program where they can immerse themselves in visual art?
The Young Artists Studio summer program educates and promotes teen artists in a hands on learning environment through painting, drawing, sculpture, and mixed-media project. Students will create unique projects while also learning professional art techniques and theories. With only 10 spots available, specialized and personal instruction gives students the opportunity to pick their own path as an artist and develop skills to create a diverse portfolio or art for their personal collection.
Open Pottery Studio allows individuals with previous pottery knowledge to freely create new works of art! A studio monitor will be in attendance to answer questions and provide advice, but only minimal instruction is provided. Students receive as much low-fire Gator White clay as they need for $1.00/lb, use of the pottery wheel, slab roller, and all tools and glazes. Students may also bring any low-fire clay, low-fire glazes, and tools, they may want to use. STAA will handle all bisque and glaze firing on site. Firings will take place at the end of the third and fourth weeks of studio, so make sure your pieces are bone dry and ready! Any additional firings will be a $15 charge per firing to the student.
In this introduction workshop, students take advantage of the nature of acrylic paint and work in multiple layers of transparency and opacity. Students will create a painting from start to finish using a negative painting approach - painting “around” an object to suggest its shape, as opposed to “filling it in!”
This 3 to 4-hour workshop introduces negative painting techniques with demonstrations and mini-exercises to impart basic acrylic painting tips about brushwork, edges, color characteristics, value contrasts and more. As a culmination to the workshop, you will use these tips and techniques to create your own nature-inspired painting!
Students will learn the difference between “positive” and “negative” painting, learn about the color characteristics integral to the technique, conduct transparency tests, and identify fundamental shapes.
In their main project, students will build on their exercises to create a dramatic acrylic painting.
Students will also receive a Workshop Handbook to print out and keep for reference to help you continue your practice and exploration of negative painting at home!
Covington Art Market is a juried market of STAA Artist Members. STAA Artist Membership is required to participate. Become a Member here.
CAM is a great opportunity for fine artists seeking a venue to sell their artwork. Painters, photographers, mixed media artists, illustrators, potters, sculptors are all encouraged to participate. Held in partnership with the City of Covington, the Covington Art Market is strategically held during different city events.
A separate registration is required for each date. Registration typically opens 4 to 6 weeks prior to any event.
For two artists sharing a space, membership is required for each artist.
Please email photos of your artwork to maggy@sttammany.art for approval. If you have any additional questions, please call the St. Tammany Art Association at (985) 892-8650.
Everyone’s favorite pottery camp is back! Resident ceramics instructor, Janie Dick, will explore old and new techniques used throughout history in ceramics with students. Campers will work with clay and use a variety of techniques to create fabulous ceramic pieces. While developing their fine and major motor skills, children will be encouraged to use their imaginations to create functional and sculptural work on the potter’s wheel and through handbuilding techniques.
Campers will use an acrylic photo transfer method, which is adaptable to all ages. Campers will first transfer their photo onto a canvas in black and white using an acrylic medium. Next, they paint portraits in either traditional or non-traditional colors.
The digital photos are to be sent in advance. Once registered, you will receive an email with instructions on uploading or emailing photos.
The St. Tammany Art Association is proud to present the return of the 55th Annual National Juried Exhibition, The Summer Show, to the Miriam Barranger Gallery. A minimum of $3,500 in cash prizes including a $2,000 prize for Best of Show will be awarded. Other cash and merit awards will be presented at the discretion of the Juror.
The juror for the 2025 Summer Show is Sasha Newkirk. Newkirk has designed and curated exhibitions, taught and given lectures, and mounted artwork at some of New York’s leading institutions, and contributes regularly to Metalsmith Magazine.
Up to three artworks may be submitted per artist. The fee to enter is $35 for one, two or three artworks.
DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: Online entry and payment will be accepted until 11:59 PM in Mountain Time on Saturday, April 26, 2025. Submissions will be accepted only through CaFE.org.
NOTIFICATION TO APPLICANTS: Results of the selection process will be announced on or before Tuesday, June 3, 2025
EXHIBITION: The exhibition will be on display July 12 - September 12, 2025 in the Miriam Barranger Gallery of the St. Tammany Art Association in historic downtown Covington. Regular gallery hours are Wednesday to Friday from 10 AM to 4 PM and Saturdays from 11 AM to 4 PM. The exhibition is free and open to the public.
ARTISTS RECEPTION: Saturday, July 12, 2025, 6-9pm with presentation of awards at 7pm.
CLOSING RECEPTION: Saturday, September 13, 2025, at 6-9pm
All events are free and open to the public.
Are you interested in learning how to make unique and handmade cards and books for the holidays? Join Rachel in this hands on workshop where you will learn how to work with a gel plate and acrylic paints to monoprint on paper! Students will learn how to turn their printed paper into a book cover to create a basic pamphlet stitch booklet. Students will leave with a completed project.
Skills learned:
basic monoprinting using a gel plate
basic bookbinding
basic single pamphlet stitch
single cards
Covington Art Market is a juried market of STAA Artist Members. STAA Artist Membership is required to participate. Become a Member here.
CAM is a great opportunity for fine artists seeking a venue to sell their artwork. Painters, photographers, mixed media artists, illustrators, potters, sculptors are all encouraged to participate. Held in partnership with the City of Covington, the Covington Art Market is strategically held during different city events.
A separate registration is required for each date. Registration typically opens 4 to 6 weeks prior to any event.
For two artists sharing a space, membership is required for each artist.
Please email photos of your artwork to maggy@sttammany.art for approval. If you have any additional questions, please call the St. Tammany Art Association at (985) 892-8650.
Covington Art Market is a juried market of STAA Artist Members. STAA Artist Membership is required to participate. Become a Member here.
CAM is a great opportunity for fine artists seeking a venue to sell their artwork. Painters, photographers, mixed media artists, illustrators, potters, sculptors are all encouraged to participate. Held in partnership with the City of Covington, the Covington Art Market is strategically held during different city events.
A separate registration is required for each date. Registration typically opens 4 to 6 weeks prior to any event.
For two artists sharing a space, membership is required for each artist.
Please email photos of your artwork to maggy@sttammany.art for approval. If you have any additional questions, please call the St. Tammany Art Association at (985) 892-8650.
Have a special someone you want to create a memorable evening with, or do you and your friends need a night out?
Join us for this “couples” course! Each couple creates hand thrown pieces on the potter’s wheel. Instructor Janie Dick will teach students how to work with clay to throw their very own vessel. Create a variety of pieces, then choose the best one to complete the firing process. Students will work with stamps and tools to add texture to their pieces, attachments, and choose glazes to add color. Pieces are then fired, and students will receive an email when they are ready to be picked up!
Join us at 6:00pm on Thursday, May 22nd for an Artist Talk with
Barranger Gallery artist Tom Walton!
B.Y.O.W.
Get the girls together, sip some wine, and build a mug!
Students will learn the basics of handbuilding with clay to create their very own ceramic mug. Students will work with stamps and tools to add texture to their pieces, add attachments, and use glazes to add color. Pieces are then fired, and students will receive an email when they are ready to be picked up!
Ladies! Come explore ways to capture ideas, thoughts, and feelings in the spur of the moment as you create your story through art! Feed your soul and spark your imagination by assembling a unique journal using techniques such as painting, sketching, stamping, collage, and inspired writing. All skill levels are welcome with NO exceptions as we share in the joy of self-expression, creativity, and community!
Covington Art Market is a juried market of STAA Artist Members. STAA Artist Membership is required to participate. Become a Member here.
CAM is a great opportunity for fine artists seeking a venue to sell their artwork. Painters, photographers, mixed media artists, illustrators, potters, sculptors are all encouraged to participate. Held in partnership with the City of Covington, the Covington Art Market is strategically held during different city events.
A separate registration is required for each date. Registration typically opens 4 to 6 weeks prior to any event.
For two artists sharing a space, membership is required for each artist.
Please email photos of your artwork to maggy@sttammany.art for approval. If you have any additional questions, please call the St. Tammany Art Association at (985) 892-8650.
Everyone’s favorite pottery camp is back! Resident ceramics instructor, Janie Dick, will explore old and new techniques used throughout history in ceramics with students. Campers will work with clay and use a variety of techniques to create fabulous ceramic pieces. While developing their fine and major motor skills, children will be encouraged to use their imaginations to create functional and sculptural work on the potter’s wheel and through handbuilding techniques.
The St. Tammany Art Association is honored to present Time in Louisiana, a solo exhibition of oil paintings by Tom Walton.
Time in Louisiana is a collection of sometimes figurative paintings, oil on linen, set in domestic spaces. The paintings are evocative of universal themes such as home, shared spaces, and even isolation in those spaces. Painting from direct observation, Walton describes his surroundings, inviting the viewer into paintings that feel deeply personal but are not limited to autobiography. The work is liminal in that it captures a moment that is otherwise looked over; here is the time when something has already occurred, or something is about to happen. The moments are fragile in their evanescence, quiet, and meditative. The paintings are gifts in that they honestly describe these moments.
Walton’s process is one in which he practices focus with intention, but with restriction. Because of the care Walton gives to his practice of observation, his paintings are deeply attentive to his subjects, giving them almost formal and symbolic resonance. The restriction is more the permission to allow the act of painting to lead the work. The paintings are content inspired, and yet not content driven.
In this class students will explore the visual effects of color and how our eyes and minds perceive it. Students will make a painting a week based upon the various visual effects we will be studying in this class. The supply list is the same as Intro to Color & Design.
Open Pottery Studio allows individuals with previous pottery knowledge to freely create new works of art! Resident pottery instructor, Janie Dick, will be in attendance to monitor ceramicists and answer questions, but only minimal instruction is provided. Students receive as much low-fire Gator White clay as they need for $1.00/lb, use of the pottery wheel, slab roller, and all tools and glazes. Students may also bring any low-fire clay, low-fire glazes, and tools, they may want to use. STAA will handle all bisque and glaze firing on site. Firings will take place at the end of the third and fourth weeks of studio, so make sure your pieces are bone dry and ready! Any additional firings will be a $15 charge per firing to the student.
Single-Session Classes
Friday, March 14th
Friday, March 21st
4:00pm - 6:00pm
Have a special someone you want to create a memorable evening with, or do you and your friends need a night out?
Join us for this “couples” course! Each couple creates hand thrown pieces on the potter’s wheel. Instructor Janie Dick will teach students how to work with clay to throw their very own vessel. Create a variety of pieces, then choose the best one to complete the firing process. Students will work with stamps and tools to add texture to their pieces, attachments, and choose glazes to add color. Pieces are then fired, and students will receive an email when they are ready to be picked up!
Single-Session Classes
Friday, March 14th
Friday, March 21st
4:00pm - 6:00pm
Have a special someone you want to create a memorable evening with, or do you and your friends need a night out?
Join us for this “couples” course! Each couple creates hand thrown pieces on the potter’s wheel. Instructor Janie Dick will teach students how to work with clay to throw their very own vessel. Create a variety of pieces, then choose the best one to complete the firing process. Students will work with stamps and tools to add texture to their pieces, attachments, and choose glazes to add color. Pieces are then fired, and students will receive an email when they are ready to be picked up!
In this class, students will learn how to paint with gouache! Gouache is a wonderful opaque watercolor paint that has been in use for centuries. It is used on paper and dries to a matte finish. Students will learn all of its various uses, from thick to thinned with water, layering techniques, and beyond.
Week One: Layering Techniques
Week Two: Botanical Study
Week Three: Ink Wash Technique
Come one, come all - and make a custom pair of earrings in the gallery! I provide the pieces, the inspo, and the how-to. You provide your design and color sensibilities. After two hours of music, wine, and fun, you’ll get to take home your one-of-a-kind, ready-to-wear-earrings - and maybe you’ll make a new friend while you’re at it.
Drawing is the foundation of the arts, the basis of all eventual understanding of every form of painting, including abstract, figure, landscape, etc. Drawing classes stress the comprehension of value, proportion and scale.
Bring your own drawing utensils and paper/newsprint or whatever you wish to draw on. This is a laid back group of art enthusiasts that gather to learn from each other and draw. All levels of experience welcome. Adults only; under 18 with parent permission.
No Instructor, Group Gathering
Location: The Art House at 320 N. Columbia St. in Downtown Covington
FEE: $25; includes rental facility, live model, wine and cheese.
Pre-registration and pre-payment is required!
Please contact Bill Badon: 504-812-0973 or LTHRART@hotmail.com
It’s that time of year! STAA’s Annual Meeting is Here!
Interested in joining our Board of Directors? Or know someone that is?
Email Maggy at maggy@sttammany.art for and application and more information!
This Discovering Watercolor Course is for all skill levels. This four-week course explores nontraditional watercolor techniques. Together, we will navigate a variety of techniques and exercises. Rachael will guide you in developing the skills, knowledge, and confidence in these unique areas of watercolor creation. No prior knowledge of watercolor is required! This course is for adults only. This course is mainly about having fun, creating art with unexpected outcomes, and applying experimental skills to everyday watercolor ideas.
Join us for Covington’s Olympia Parade on Saturday, February 22nd!
A single ticket includes restroom and a covered viewing area!
Pre-purchase tickets end at 4pm on the 22nd, so be sure to buy ahead of time!
B.Y.O.W.
Get the girls together this Galentine’s Day, sip some wine, and build a mug!
Students will learn the basics of handbuilding with clay to create their very own ceramic mug. Students will work with stamps and tools to add texture to their pieces, add attachments, and use glazes to add color. Pieces are then fired, and students will receive an email when they are ready to be picked up!
Have a special someone you want to create a memorable evening with, or do you and your friends need a night out?
Join us for this “couples” course! Each couple creates hand thrown pieces on the potter’s wheel. Instructor Janie Dick will teach students how to work with clay to throw their very own vessel. Create a variety of pieces, then choose the best one to complete the firing process. Students will work with stamps and tools to add texture to their pieces, attachments, and choose glazes to add color. Pieces are then fired, and students will receive an email when they are ready to be picked up!
Want to know why Van Gogh, Cezanne and Monet's paintings are so famous and well loved? Want to make your artwork sing like theirs? In this four week class, instructor Rachel Crawford will let you in on one of their secrets... COLOR! This beginning Color Theory class will explore the theory and history of color through hands-on color mixing and painting. Students will create a variety of color wheels and each week, will create a small painting applying color mixing theory using the various color wheel relationships to learn color harmony, contrast, and value. This class will also cover the principles of design, the elements of art, and the Divine Proportion when planning out the small painting designs.
*Note: Traditional gouache will be used in this class (see materials list).
Students will learn step by step how to throw basic forms on the potter’s wheel. In the first two classes, students will learn and practice making different vessels that could be wheel thrown such as mugs, bowls, and plates. Students will trim their thrown pieces and then work with stamps and tools to add different textures, designs, and attachments to their work. In the last class students will apply glazes and the instructor will give students a time and date to pick up their fired pieces. Students are asked to bring an old rag or towel to use for clean up!
Have a special someone you want to create a memorable evening with, or do you and your friends need a night out?
Join us for this “couples” course! Each couple creates hand thrown pieces on the potter’s wheel. Instructor Janie Dick will teach students how to work with clay to throw their very own vessel. Create a variety of pieces, then choose the best one to complete the firing process. Students will work with stamps and tools to add texture to their pieces, attachments, and choose glazes to add color. Pieces are then fired, and students will receive an email when they are ready to be picked up!
Join STAA and Zona for “Part 2” of her popular Abstract Mixed-Media Workshop! In their Beginner’s course, students learned about the formal elements of design and discovering their artistic voices. Now, put these skills to use and continue your education with Zona by going deeper into your abstract expression as an artist. Zona will guide you in blind contour drawing, spontaneous line drawings, observational painting, and composition investigation. Explore these new skills and work intuitively to find your natural “mark” as an artist. Students will learn what it means to create a cohesive series as they complete paintings throughout the course.
Open Pottery Studio allows individuals with previous pottery knowledge to freely create new works of art! Resident pottery instructor, Janie Dick, will be in attendance to monitor ceramicists and answer questions, but only minimal instruction is provided. Students receive as much low-fire Gator White clay as they need for $1.00/lb, use of the pottery wheel, slab roller, and all tools and glazes. Students may also bring any low-fire clay, low-fire glazes, and tools, they may want to use. STAA will handle all bisque and glaze firing on site. Firings will take place at the end of the third and fourth weeks of studio, so make sure your pieces are bone dry and ready! Any additional firings will be a $15 charge per firing to the student.
