Second Stage Presents: Virtual Events
Neuro Art: A Way of Painting Mindfully
2-Part Virtual Painting Workshop
April 11-12, 7:00-8:30 PM

​Painting offers an easy way into meditation and  mindfulness. Using our hands creates an opportunity for our busy minds to be quiet. The process of creating neuro art is a creative wellness practice you can continue to use after this online class experience together. In this two-part workshop, you will practice easy ways to draw and paint your way into mindfulness. Join instructor Karen Wade for this two-part painting workshop.

​Karen Wade has a BA in studio art and a current teaching certificate in visual arts and in gifted education. She has taught art in public and private schools from pre-K to 12th grade for the past 20 years. She teaches full-time on Outschool.com.
Art supplies: Your choice of acrylic or watercolor supplies
Supplies for acrylic painting:
  • Canvas, size of your choice (instructor will be painting an 8x10” canvas)
  • Paintbrushes, large and small
  • Acrylic paints, colors of your choice, including black and white
  • Water cup and paper towels
  • Several pages of paper, a pencil, and eraser
  • Permanent marker, like a Sharpie, and/or paint pens
  • Assortment of found objects, like bottle caps, fabric, bubble wrap, etc.
  • Optional: carbon paper, access to a printer
​Supplies for watercolor painting:
  • Sturdy paper, watercolor paper preferred
  • Watercolor paints
  • Water cup and paper towels
  • Paintbrushes, large and small
  • Several pages of regular paper, a pencil and eraser
  • Permanent marker like a Sharpie, and/or paint pens
  • An assortment of found objects, like bottle caps, leftover fabric, mesh from produce bags, bubble wrap, etc.
  • Optional: carbon paper, access to a printer​

Past Virtual Events
Mindful Messages: Painting Powerful Words
March 14-15, 2022

This two-session online art class offered mindful art practices and practical tips for easy lettering with paint. In the first session, participants will take time to breathe and connect with their intention, then follow an intuitive painting process together to create a color field. The second session was all about lettering: practical tips and connecting with the power of words.
Virtual Book Reading Series
February-April 2021

The "Read to Me" series featured a different local published author or aspiring writer reading a selection from a favorite literary work or their own work. Featured guests read excerpts  from "The Selected Works of Audre Lorde", "Wisdom Teeth" by Derrick Weston Brown, "The Warmth of Other Suns" by Isabel Wilkerson, "Still I Rise" by Maya Angelou, "This Is Your Time" by Ruby Bridges, and others.
Virtual Art Class for 5-11 year olds
January-February 2021

Virtual art class projects taught by Amherst Middle School art teacher Jennifer Fitzgerald utilized mostly supplies commonly found in the home.