Spring Fling! Festival 2026

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You will not be registered until you click the Express Registration button which appears after you create your account. You will need to be logged in with this email and password to access the festival Zoom link and watch recordings later.

Festival Dates: April 9-12, 2026

Winslow Art Center’s Spring Fling is here, and we can’t wait to create with you! Join us for four inspiring days of live demos, interactive work-alongs, and engaging artist talks led by beloved Winslow Art Center instructors from around the world.

Whether you’re looking to spark new ideas, deepen your practice, or simply enjoy the company of fellow creatives, this festival offers a vibrant space to learn, explore, and connect. Each one-hour session invites you to witness the creative process in action while trying your hand at new techniques along the way. Let’s welcome spring together with inspiration, community, and art-making in motion. We’re looking forward to seeing you there!

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.

Upcoming Festival Events

Full lineup coming soon! Featured artists include: Ingrid Christensen, Jean Mackay, Richard Suckling, Orit Reuben, Lucy Marks, Mark Daniel Nelson, Michael Weller, Debora Stewart, Anton Nowels, Wayne Jiang, Linda Robertson, Ann Rosenthal, Richard K. Blades, Mark Thompson, Daniella Woolf, Tim McCormack, 13 Broken Horses (Brian McPhee), Molly Hashimoto, Karen Sako, Laura Smith and more!

Spring Fling! Festival – Free!

Register for the Festival or any individual festival event to access all live-over-Zoom events and recordings afterwards.
There’s one Zoom link for the entire festival, join any time.
You’ll receive an email each day of the festival with the line up for the day, the Zoom link and festival page link for the recordings.
Recordings will be posted within 24 hours after the event.
Festival recordings don’t expire, they become part of our Free Recordings Library a month after the end of the festival.
After registering, you’ll see a red button on this page and in your Online Classrooms. to take you to the Festival Page with Zoom Links, Supply Lists, Reference Photos and the Recordings.

Winslow Art Center will close between 1am-2am Pacific Time (UTC -7, 4-5am Eastern, 9-10am BST) for site maintenance. Class recordings can be watched during this time, please click here for instructions.

Spring Fling! Festival 2026

Upcoming Festival Events

Art Chat (Online) with Ingrid Christensen – Becoming the Artist that You’re Meant to Be (Recording)

Debora Stewart – Expressive Florals with Oil Sticks (Recording)

Linda Robertson – Light and Layers in Encaustic Wax (Recording)

Scott Gellatly – Abstracting the Landscape: Creative Play (Recording)

Soo Hong – Fluid Versatility: Watercolor (Recording)

John Seed – “More Black!” (Recording)

Richard K. Blades – Painting the Expressive Floral Still Life: Finding Light, Color and Form (Recording)

Mark Thompson – Reductive Drawing: Finding Light in the Shadows (Recording)

Ann Rosenthal – Signs of Spring: Mixed Media Accordion Fold Book (Recording)

Molly Hashimoto – Capturing the Spirit of Place (Recording)

Tim McCormack – Seven Kinds of Self-Portrait (Recording)

Jean Mackay – Sketching through the Year (Recording)

Karen Sako – Beyond the Surface: Oil & Cold Wax (Recording)

Paul Bailey – The Gentle Coast (Recording)

Lucy Marks – Painting a Mediterranean Landscape (Recording)

Mark Daniel Nelson – Intuitive Abstracts in Procreate (Recording)

13BrokenHorses (Brian McPhee) – The Power of Value: Metallics in Black & White (Recording)

Cynthia Armstrong – Mix This to Match That: ‘Mastering’ Hues in Watercolor (Recording)

Daniella Woolf – Studio Warm Ups (Recording)

Zoë Cohen – Vessels (Recording)

Richard Suckling – Springtime Swimmers in Pastel and Gouache (Recording)

Michael Weller – Sketching a Painting by Vanessa Bell Using Mixed Media (Recording)

Anton Nowels – One Brush, Infinite Decisions: Painting a Landscape in Acrylic (Recording)

Wayne Jiang – Introduction to Glazing and Layering in Acrylic (Recording)

Orit Reuben – Capturing Light in Pastels (Recording)

Barbara Bailey Porter – The Painterly Mark: Small-Scale Demo (Recording)

Anne Wolfer – Keep Your Still Life Alive through Disruption (Recording)