Art Making Workshops & Classes for All Levels @ BMoCA
Explore contemporary art created by living artists in our downtown Boulder building. Learn from highly skilled and respected artist-educators. Develop art making skills, learn new techniques. Meet people who are serious art lovers. Geared toward adults of all ages and artists of all skill levels.
Spring 2026 Adult Art Workshops
Murals w/Meta Quest
Date: Saturday, March 28, 2026 @ BMoCA
Time: 11am - 1pm
Cost: $75/$65 members BUY TICKETS
Laying out artworks for large scale projects has always been a struggle for many artists. The grid and templates have been used for hundreds of years, and more recently, projectors have been the choice of muralists. Now the Meta Quest Goggles have changed the landscape of mural prep, solving some of the problems with using projectors. But new technology can be intimidating. Learn how to use this new technology and see if it can help you with your upcoming projects.
Materials to bring: Laptop, Meta Quest Goggles (3 or 3s if possible, not required)
Instructor Bio: Jennifer Chaparro is a street painter/graphic designer and muralist based in Arvada, CO. She has created permanent and temporary art works all over the US and Europe, winning awards for her large scale interactive 3D artworks. She has a BA in Design from UCLA and her Maestro Certification in Street Painting. Her business, Amazing Street Painting, was started in 2008, and she has created art projects for Ford, Walmart, Square and others.
Creative Coding with Gus Becker
Date: Tuesday, April 14, 2026 @ BMoCA
Time: 6 - 8pm
Cost: $75/$65 members BUY TICKETS
Using a graphics programming library for JavaScript called p5.js, participants learn how to write and run code completely from a web browser. Bringing accessibility to programming concepts to the visual nature of graphic imagery, this class melds a powerful (and fun) teaching method with a fun approach to online art-making.
Materials to bring: laptop
Instructor Bio: Gus Becker is a Denver-based research scientist and artist who facilitates several groups in-person and online related to art-making and web revival.
Upcycled Denim DIY with Olivia McCann
Dates: Two Tuesdays, April 21 & 28, 2026 @ BMoCA
Time: 5 - 8pm
Cost: $150/$130 members BUY TICKETS
This hands-on workshop introduces participants to block printing on clothing through designing, carving, and printing custom linoleum blocks directly onto garments using fabric-safe ink. Focusing on DIY creativity and wearable art, the class centers on transforming clothes with original printed designs while learning the fundamentals of carving and textile printing. After printing, participants will have the option to further personalize their pieces using fabric markers and hand-sewn patches. The result is a one-of-a-kind, artist-designed piece to wear and keep.
Materials to bring: Bring your own materials (fabric markers and patches of fabric, needles, thread and scissors).
Instructor Bio: Olivia McCann is an artist and upcycle designer based in Denver, CO. Passionate about giving new life to discarded materials, she specializes in upcycling, collage, and abstract painting—creating vibrant, one-of-a-kind pieces from secondhand finds.
Eco-Collage with Robin Whatley
Date: Saturday, July 11, 2026 @ BMoCA
Time: 1 - 4pm
Cost: $100/$85 members BUY TICKETS
In this one day, 3-hour workshop, we will explore the art of collage while working with the topic of circular systems. Using provided collage making materials, students will be challenged to create an original collage or mixed media piece incorporating images of water cycles. Students will be allowed to choose one of three select images of a water cycle (i.e. evaporation, condensation, precipitation) to begin constructing a collage. While using as much or as little of the image, students will embellish their piece with the provided collage making supplies (i.e. magazines, tissue paper, text and found images). The workshop is focused on helping students relate to the circular system with the use of recycled magazines, found images, and mixed media supplies.
Materials to bring: magazines, tissue paper, text and found images
Instructor Bio: Robin Whatley is a mixed media collage artist, educator, and curator based in Denver CO. With a background in arts administration, she holds a BFA with a concentration in painting from Colorado State University, and studied at the Santa Chiara Italart in Castiglione Fiorentino, Italy. Her work examines old print ads like an archeological artifact of our ancestors. The nameless figures inked into aged pulp of 1960’s magazines are carefully rescued from the dehumanizing old Madison Ave world and safely released into a vivid and futuristic landscape. These seamlessly blended vintage paper cut-outs and water-based paintings transport the viewer into surreal and otherworldly landscapes where humanity and identity are explored beyond consumerism.
Image courtesy of the artist.
Refund Policy for Adult Classes & Workshops: If you would like a refund, please notify BMoCA at least 24 hours before the event. We will do our best to refund the full amount to your card. You may also donate your admission ticket. Please contact us via email at Marketing@bmoca.org.
Cancellation of Event: If there is a reason that causes BMoCA to cancel an event, we will notify you and offer an option of either a new date, or refund.