The popular ParksARTS Watercolor Painting Workshops are back, with an upcoming event for budding artists ages nine and up at Jamaica Pond on June 9th.
The Jamaica Pond boathouse
Juleen Jones, who has a BFA in Fine Art from Montserrat College of Art, and owns a custom painting business called The Artist Touch, is the featured instructor.
Child artists of all skill levels are welcome to create "greenspace-inspired masterpieces" and all materials will be provided.
This is a free event led by the Boston Parks and Recreation Department and sponsored by Holly and David Bruce. The JP workshop is the first of six workshops across the city.All classes are held from 12 noon to 2 p.m. weather permitting. Dates and locations for the workshops are as follows:
Saturday, June 9
Jamaica Pond Boathouse, 507 Jamaicaway, Jamaica Plain
Sunday, June 10
Adams Park, 4225 Washington Street, Roslindale Square
Saturday, June 16
Christopher Columbus Park, 110 Atlantic Avenue, North End
(meet at Rose Garden)
Sunday, June 17
LoPresti Park, 33 Sumner Street, East Boston
Saturday, June 23
John Harvard Mall, 29 Harvard Street, Charlestown
Sunday, June 24
James P. Kelleher Rose Garden, Back Bay Fens, 70 Park Drive, Fenway
For more info please call 617-635-4505 or visit facebook.com/bostonparksdepartment or boston.gov/parks.