2025 Workshops & Instructors
OPM offers five days of workshops with Competition Artists plus a Juror Workshop on the last day of Competition Week.
Workshops with Competition Artists last 3 hours and cost $50 to attend. The Juror Workshop is scheduled for Saturday after the final reception. It costs $100, includes lunch, and is scheduled from 9am–2pm. Anyone may register for workshops.
**In case of rain, workshops may be held in the Campground Rec Hall, aka PAGM Headquarters**
Workshops with Competition Artists last 3 hours and cost $50 to attend. The Juror Workshop is scheduled for Saturday after the final reception. It costs $100, includes lunch, and is scheduled from 9am–2pm. Anyone may register for workshops.
**In case of rain, workshops may be held in the Campground Rec Hall, aka PAGM Headquarters**
Saturday, September 6, 2025
Sunday, September 7, 2025
Monday, September 8, 2025
David R. BeckerMonday morning at the Grand Marais Marina, 9:00am – 12:00pm: Watercolor and Gouache
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Stephen Wysocki |
Tuesday, September 9, 2025
Bob UptonTuesday morning starting at the Rec Hall, 9:00am-12:00pm: Painting the Landscape in Gouache
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Nelia Harper FrenchTuesday afternoon at the Campground Harbor Picnic Shelter, 1:00-4:00pm: Secrets of the Masters: Composition of Outdoor Painting by Edgar Payne
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Wednesday, September 10, 2025
Lisa StaufferWednesday morning starting at Campground Harbor Picnic Shelter, 9:00am-12:00pm: Pastel Possibilities
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Steve PuttrichWednesday afternoon at Artists Point, 1:00-4:00pm: Capturing Light & Story in Plein Air, Oil or Watercolor
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Juror Workshop on Saturday, September 13, 2025
Workshop with Neil Sherman
Time: 9am-2pm, includes lunch
Cost: $100 Location: TBA This workshop will offer hands-on, individualized instruction with Neil Sherman - winner of the 2024 PAGM Best Body of Work grand prize and nationally acclaimed plein air painter of the northern wilds. Neil has ventured far into the BWCAW, by canoe and on skis, to capture the unique qualities of sky, water, and boreal forest in all seasons. His studied approach to composition, value, and chroma offers an opportunity for students to gain greater understanding and increase problem-solving skills when confronting all of Nature's complexity with a paintbrush. |