Plein Air Workshop, Sound Garden

Sound Garden WorkshopsFree outdoor art workshops will be open to the community the week of June 13th.  Workshops will take place near the Land O’ Lakes Community Park Pavilion and Walking Trail (located behind the Northern Waters Museum) and are geared for all ages. (Please note ages 7 – 10 need to be accompanied by an adult.) They will be led by Composer JG Everest from the Twin Cities with help from local naturalists and artists. All workshops will tie into a free, interactive outdoor exhibit called the LOLA Sound Garden, which will be open to the public on June 18, 20, and 21. This exhibit will be located in the same place as the workshops and will include artwork from the workshops and artwork from the students in Watersmeet schools, SOAR MS Charter School, and LOLA Homeschool students. 

Click here to see a video of last year’s LOLA Sound Garden. 

Click for PDF of workshop flyer Sound Garden Workshops

Sound Garden Plein Air Painting Workshop – Wednesday, June 15, 2022 (1 – 5 PM) Free 

After a short guided nature and history walk through the Sound Garden trail, artist and LOLA Marketing and Communications Coordinator McCall Hocking will lead painters through a Plein Air painting experience. Plein Air is painting the surrounding landscape while outdoors, which gives the painter a better understanding of the changing light and color. Enjoy nature while learning the basics of Plein Air, mixing paint colors, and applying paint with brushes and palette knives. Water-soluble Oil Paints will be used, though wearing old painting clothes is highly recommended, as well as a lawn chair if you’d like to sit. Open to all abilities, limited number of spots available. 

*will be held under the Pavilion if the weather is bad.

• LOLA Arts has lifted its mask requirement for in-person events and classes effective May 23rd, 2022.  LOLA visitors and students who want to wear a mask are more than welcome to do so. Moving forward, any mask or COVID-19 precaution policies or changes to current policies will align with the CDC recommendations based on COVID-19 community levels.