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Chris Rapa – Busy to Bold: Painting the Place You Remember in Gouache (Online); Saturday, October 24 – 11:30 am PT / 2:30 pm ET / 6:30 pm UK Time

Date: Saturday, October 24, 2026

Time: 11:30 am-12:30 pm Pacific time (2:30-3:30 pm Eastern time/6:30-7:30 pm UK time)

Level: All levels welcome

Medium: Gouache

Presentation Type: Demo

Live gouache demonstration. Chris will demonstrate how she simplifies a busy photograph, identifies the essential shapes and colors, and paints the feeling of the place. She will be working with both wet and dry gouache, and will also share details of the setup she uses while traveling.

Free!

Register once to access all events. Your Festival Pass includes Zoom links to the full schedule plus access to recordings, so you can revisit sessions or watch anything you miss.

Chris Rapa is an Impressionist painter, devoting her practice to the pursuit of light—its shifting moods, fleeting revelations, and the way it transforms the every-day into something quietly extraordinary. Meaning is at the heart of her creative process as she seeks to weave emotion, intention, and narrative into every work. In addition to traditional impressionist techniques, she explores multimedia collage as a way to confront and illuminate the complex challenges faced by women today. Whether through luminous landscapes, colorful still life, or socially reflective collage, her art is driven by a desire to create connection. Chris is the President of the Washington Society of Landscape Painters and serves as Secretary on the Board of the American Impressionist Society. She is an Associate with Distinction member of the American Women Artists and a Signature member of AIS.

Autumn ART IN ACTION Events

(More events are being scheduled and added to the list daily!)

  • Art Chat (Online) - Special Author Event with Landscape Painter Mitchell Albala; Thursday, October 22 - 10am PDT / 1pm EDT / 6pm UK Time

    Art Chat (Online) – Special Author Event with Landscape Painter Mitchell Albala; Thursday, October 22 – 10am PDT / 1pm EDT / 6pm UK Time

    Free!
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  • Karen Sako - Snow Isn’t White An Introduction to Winter Light in Oil & Cold Wax (Online); Thursday, October 22 - 12:45 pm PT / 3:45 pm ET / 8:45 pm UK Time

    Karen Sako – Snow Isn’t White An Introduction to Winter Light in Oil & Cold Wax (Online); Thursday, October 22 – 12:45 pm PT / 3:45 pm ET / 8:45 pm UK Time

    Free!
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  • Debora Stewart - The Foundation of Expression: Underpainting and Expressive Mark Making (Online); Friday, October 23 - 11:30 am PT / 2:30 pm ET / 6:30 pm UK Time

    Debora Stewart – The Foundation of Expression: Underpainting and Expressive Mark Making (Online); Friday, October 23 – 11:30 am PT / 2:30 pm ET / 6:30 pm UK Time

    Free!
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  • Mark Daniel Nelson - Exploring Composition in Procreate (Online); Friday, October 23 - 9 am PT / noon ET / 5 pm UK time

    Mark Daniel Nelson – Exploring Composition in Procreate (Online); Friday, October 23 – 9 am PT / noon ET / 5 pm UK time

    Free!
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  • Sarah B. Hansen - A Splashy Tree in Fall Colors: Watercolor (Online); Friday, October 23 - 3:15 pm PT / 6:15 pm ET / 11:15 pm UK Time

    Sarah B. Hansen – A Splashy Tree in Fall Colors: Watercolor (Online); Friday, October 23 – 3:15 pm PT / 6:15 pm ET / 11:15 pm UK Time

    Free!
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  • Chris Rapa - Busy to Bold: Painting the Place You Remember in Gouache (Online); Saturday, October 24 - 11:30 am PT / 2:30 pm ET / 6:30 pm UK Time

    Chris Rapa – Busy to Bold: Painting the Place You Remember in Gouache (Online); Saturday, October 24 – 11:30 am PT / 2:30 pm ET / 6:30 pm UK Time

    Free!
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  • Richard K. Blades - Capturing the Light and Atmosphere of Fall (Online); Sunday, October 25 - 9 am PT / noon ET / 4 pm UK Time

    Richard K. Blades – Capturing the Light and Atmosphere of Fall (Online); Sunday, October 25 – 9 am PT / noon ET / 4 pm UK Time

    Free!
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Join Us for Autumn ART IN ACTION October 22-25, 2026

  • Thursday, October 22 – 10am-5:30pm Pacific Time (1pm – 8:30pm Eastern, 6pm-1:30am UK/BST)

  • Friday, October 23 – 9am-5:30pm Pacific Time (12pm – 8:30pm Eastern, 5pm – 1:30am UK/BST)

  • Saturday, October 24 – 9am-5pm Pacific Time (12pm – 8:30pm Eastern, 5pm – 1:30am UK/BST)

  • Sunday, October 25 – 9am – 5:30pm Pacific Time (12pm – 8:30pm Eastern, 4pm-12:30am UK/GMT)

Autumn ART IN ACTION Festival – Free!

  • Express Register for the Autumn ART IN ACTION Festival or any individual festival event to access all live-over-Zoom events and recordings afterwards.
  • There’ll be one Zoom link for the entire festival so you can join any time.
  • You’ll receive an email each day of the festival with the line up for the day, the Zoom link (same link all day every day) and a link to the festival page for the recordings.
  • Recordings will be posted within 24 hours after the event. 
  • Festival recordings never expire, they become part of our Free Recordings Library about a month after the end of the festival.
  • After registering, you’ll find the link to the Festival Page with Zoom and recording links in your Online Classrooms. 

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