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  • About
    • The Frank Bette Center
    • The Frank Bette Legacy
    • Board of Directors
    • News
    • Newsletters
    • Press & Media
    • Contact Us
    • Site Map
  • Classes
  • Exhibits
    • Current Call for Art
    • Main Gallery
    • Alone Together
    • Signature Gallery
    • Dreamscape
    • Satellite Galleries
    • Alameda On Camera >
      • 2020 AOC Video Tour & Awards
      • Alameda On Camera Review
      • For AOC Participants
    • Plein Air Paintout 2021 >
      • 2020 Plein Air Artists
      • Artists Choice Awards
      • 2019 PAPo Winners
  • Programs
    • Alameda Island Poets
    • Poetry at the Bette
    • Alameda Island Poets Workshop
    • Music: Acoustic Jam
  • Membership
    • Artists Members
    • Opportunities
  • Donate
    • Sponsors & Donors
    • Electrical Rewire Project
  • Get Involved
    • Volunteer
    • P22 Volunteers
  • NEWS
  • Gift Cards
  • Special Events
  • Videos

Classes and Workshops

Drawing

  • Life Drawing with Model ~ Weekly ~ No Instructor:
  • Perspective for Artists Drawing Workshop: 3 Sessions with Carolyn Lord
  • Intermediate Perspective for Artists Drawing Workshop: 3 Sessions with Carolyn Lord
  • Online ~  Drawing Dynamics: 6 Sessions with Margaret Fago, Wednesdays
  • Online ~ Drawing and Brain Exercises 2: 1 Session Workshop with Colleen Gianatiempo​​

Painting

  • ​Online ~ Color Dynamics in Watercolor: 6 Morning Sessions with Margaret Fago, Mondays
  • Online ~ Color Dynamics in Watercolor: 6 Morning Sessions with Margaret Fago, Tuesdays ​
  • Online ~ Copy a Master in Watercolor: 1 Session with Wendy Soneson
  • Begin Again in Oils: 4 Sessions with Peggy Cotton​​

Mixed Media

  • Online ~ ​Paint with Watercolor! Draw with Sticks and Ink!: 1 Session with Emily Weil
  • ​Online ~ Pocket Sketching™:  5 Sessions with Kath Macaulay

Photography

  • Online ~ iPhone Photography 101 Workshop: 1 Session with Amy Patick

Cartooning

  • Online ~   Creative Cartooning Workshop: 1 Session with Gary Francis

Music

  • Not Quite Beginning Guitar: 6 Sessions with Janet Lenore
  • Intermediate Ukulele: 6 Sessions with Janet Lenore


Gift Certificates available

 You can purchase gift certificates at the Frank Bette Center that can be used for anything from a class and membership or to the purchase of artwork.
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IMPORTANT: Many of our classes and workshops are held upstairs.  If you have mobility concerns, please contact us  and we will do our best to accommodate you.

Note:
Please call the gallery at 510-523-6957 if a class you are interested in is not posted here or email Programs. 


UPDATES AND MORE INFORMATION
Along with our most popular classes and workshop the Center regularly presents a selection of new and different offerings. Our monthly Classes and Workshop online newsletter details dates, days and times, cost, a brief description of all classes, workshops, and programs as well as links to the website for more information and to enroll.  Subscribe below to this online newsletter.

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