Instruction
Teaching through the New Orleans Academy of Fine Art: I taught portrait, life, and landscape painting at the New Orleans Academy of Fine Art (www.noafa.com) from 1994 to about 2018. I’m not currently teaching there but I periodically make pro bono presentations in the lecture room and perhaps one day I’ll teach regular classes there again.
Private Classes: I teach three weekly plein air landscape painting / drawing classes. Two are in New Orleans; one on Thursdays and the other on Saturdays. They’re held 8:30 to 11:30am and we move to different outdoor locations around New Orleans, staying in each about 4 to 8 weeks. On Sundays I teach a class on the North-Shore, headquartered in Mandeville, though we move to various locations around the North-Shore. The fee is $40 per student, per class, payable each 3 hour class. For more info, e-mail me at: sandmany11@cox.net
Workshops: I teach 3 day workshops for landscape or portrait painting when invited by artist associations, private groups, or individuals. My fee is $2000 plus travel expenses for workshops held within the regions of New Orleans or Southeast Louisiana or in the metropolitan area of Jacksonville FL. Outside of those areas my fee is $3000 plus travel expenses. For more info, e-mail me at: sandmany11@cox.net
Upcoming Workshops:
I’m scheduled to teach a three-day workshop at St. Joseph’s Abbey in Covington, LA in February 28 to March 03, 2023. I taught this workshop two of the last three years (one year was cancelled for COVID). We’re planning for it to be a yearly event.
Recent Past Workshops:
February 2022, a three day plein air workshop at St. Joseph’s Abbey in Covington, LA.
A one-day architectural drawing workshop Friday, October 15 in Alexandria, LA. I taught this the week I adjudicated the first annual “Farm to Forest” plein air event.
February 2020, a three day plein air workshop at St. Joseph’s Abbey in Covington, LA.
Spring of 2019, plein air workshop at Ardoyne Plantation in Houma hosted by the Terrebonne Art Guild, coordinated by Michelle Eroche
Fall of 2018, Two plein air landscape painting workshops in Mississippi – one in Natchez at Edgewood Plantation, hosted by Hedy Boelte, and the other in Jackson, at the Cedars, hosted by Dean Blackwell
March 3 – 5 2017, Portrait painting workshop at the Arthouse in Covinton, LA hosted by the St. Tammany Art Association, http://www.sttammanyartassociation.org/portrait-painting-workshop/
October 28 – 30 2016 Plein Air Landscape Painting in Mandeville, LA hosted by the St. Tammany Art Association https://www.facebook.com/events/1078480818877722/
November 11 – 13 2016 Plein air landscape painting in Jacksonville, FL hosted by Robert Leedy https://www.facebook.com/events/1766607606947961/
My vision is to start a class in New Orleans like those offered at the Art Student’s League of New York where serious art students work several days each week. I would be present one of those days each week to provide critique and heavy demonstration. This will lend itself well to plein air landscape painting since there is no overhead cost for a studio and no end of beautiful sites to paint in New Orleans. I envision the group of students moving around to different locations in the city, staying two or three weeks at each location, setting up their easels in close proximity to each other. On the day I attend, all students will follow me from one easel to another so that everyone benefits from the demonstration and critique that I do for each individual. To keep the tuition for each student as low as possible, one of the more experienced students would be the monitor responsible for coordinating the class and logistics in exchange for free tuition. I believe it is the best approach for serious academic painting students. If you’re interested in instruction like this, have some thoughts on the matter, or are interested in small group private instruction, e-mail me at sandmany11@cox.net.
Consulting
I am happy to take individuals or small groups (artists or non-artists) on impromptu plein air painting trips (morning or afternoon) in the New Orleans area for a fee of $140 for an individual or $100 per person for two or more people.
With enough advance notice I am happy to schedule demonstrations and slide presentations for public schools and libraries pro bono.
e-mail me at sandmany11@cox.net.
