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Spring ART Workshop with Artist Renée Emanuel

April 25 @ 11:00 am - 3:00 pm EDT

A FUNdraiser benefitting The Greenhouse Project’s Public Programming

Saturday, April 25, 2026   (11:00 am – 3:00 pm)

Winter, we’re done with you. Come welcome spring with a joyful, one-day drawing and painting workshop at The Greenhouse Project, led by artist Renée Emanuel.
Always wanted to try drawing or watercolor? Feeling a little creatively rusty? Or just craving a few hours to slow down and make something beautiful? This workshop is for you.

THE WORKSHOP:
We’ll practice the art of seeing—really noticing the shapes, colors, and rhythms of spring flowers—and gently translating what we observe onto paper. It’s relaxing, meditative, and surprisingly fun. No experience needed, just curiosity.

We’ll warm up with guided drawing in the morning, then loosen up with expressive watercolor washes in the afternoon (with a lunch break in between). Expect a welcoming, no-pressure atmosphere where play and exploration matter more than getting things “right.” Think less perfection, more discovery.  Come play with color, celebrate spring, and support a great cause—we’d love to create with you!

THE ARTIST:
Renée Emanuel is an award-winning painter and teacher with an MFA from Marywood University. Her work has appeared in Country Living Magazine and exhibitions across the region and beyond. She teaches watercolor and acrylic painting in Pennsylvania and Maine—and loves helping people find their creative spark.  (See full bio below.)

THE DETAILS:
$100 per person. All Art Materials are Provided. Lunch will also be Provided.
Pre-Registration and Pre-Payment required. Space is limited to 12 participants. No drop-ins.

Bring a favorite sketchbook or pencils if you like, but it’s totally optional.
A take-home materials list will be shared for anyone inspired to keep painting.

Bonus feel-good factor (Thank You, Renée for your generosity!):
Every dollar raised supports The Greenhouse Project and its educational and community programs.

TIME & LOCATION:
Saturday, April25, 2026   (11:00 am to 3:00 pm)
Doors Open 10:30 am.  Instruction Begins 11:00 am. (Please be early to begin on time.)
Event is held at The Greenhouse Project:  200 Arthur Ave., Scranton PA

Again, Pre-Registration and Pre-Payment required. Space is limited to 12 participants. No drop-ins.

TO REGISTER:
To try to secure your spot in this special event, Email us at:  programs@scrantongreenhouse.org
If the class is not already full, we will send you a link for Pre-Payment of the class fee.

All proceeds for this fun day of creativity and friendship benefit The Greenhouse Project’s Community Education Programs.
Thanks for your donations and your participation!

Sponsored by:
Sponsored by: The Greenhouse Project, Renée Emaunel, and Lackawanna County Department of Arts & Culture

RENÉE EMANUEL – FULL BIO
Renée Emanuel is a Northeastern Pennsylvania painter and educator, whose work bridges intimate observation, landscape memory, and the quiet emotional resonance of everyday objects. A graduate of Marywood University’s MFA program in Painting, she works primarily in acrylic, watercolor, and casein, creating vivid, contemplative images that honor her deep connection to the land and the interior worlds suggested by still life forms.
Her paintings have been recognized nationally, including awards in The Best of America: Watercolor Artists and Artisans, selections for Watercolor Expressions and The Best of Acrylic Painting, and a feature article titled “Cherished Objects” in Country Living Magazine. She has been juried into both the National Society of Painters in Casein and Acrylic and the Pennsylvania Watercolor Society. Her work has appeared in The Best of Pennsylvania Artists and Artisans and in the “Small Works, North America” exhibition in Fairfield, Connecticut.
Renee has exhibited her work widely, including solo shows at The Governor’s Residence through the State Museum of Pennsylvania, 94′, “A Silence in the Seed” King’s College, Wilkes Barre, PA, “A Visual Feast; The Art of Still Life”, Suraci Gallery, Marywood University, “Romancing the Real” and “Talisman”, Suraci Gallery, Marywood University, Scranton PA, “The Golden Moment”, the Pauly Friedman Art Gallery, Misericordia University, Dallas PA, and “In Praise of the Ordinary”, Waverly Small Works Gallery, Waverly PA.
She has also participated in numerous juried and two-person shows as well. Emanuel’s exhibition history includes City Light at the Melberger Art Center in Scranton, PA; An Intimate Landscape at the Butternut Gallery in Montrose, PA; and museum exhibitions such as Art of the Land and Flocks and Feathers at the Everhart Museum in Scranton. She served on the national jury of selection for the National Society of Painters in Casein and Acrylic. She works as a fulltime artist and teaches watercolor and acrylic painting at her studio i Moscow, Pennsylvania. She also teaches pleinair workshops with her husband, artist Bill Teitsworth, in Rockland, Maine.
Her current work continues to explore the poetic tension between object and atmosphere, memory and material, inviting viewers into a world where the familiar becomes luminous and the quiet becomes profound.

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