# Event Details

- **Event Name**: (FREE) Art Exploration Workshop with Alison Press
- **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 02 Jun, 2026 at 10:00 am – Tue, 30 Jun, 2026 at 10:00 am
- **Event Description**: 10:00am-12:00pm - Bi-weekly Tuesdays through July 14th
Doors open at 10, program runs 10:15-11:45
Presented by White Horse Community Hub in collaboration with Quietude
FREE - No registration required

Art Exploration is a series of mixed media workshops that are fun, playful art making activities suitable for all levels of experience from beginners to advanced visual creatives.
Each week Alison will lead through presentations and prompts with emphasis on designing and painting abstracted artworks on canvas. New concepts and techniques will be added weekly. Painting processes will all start with quickly drawn sketches that serve simply as a guide to begin. Precision is absolutely not necessary, as folks will be asked to work intuitively and abstractly in producing their individual artworks. Then the paint, papers and marks will be used to build up the painting. The basics of color selection, composition and other art principles will be discussed. Subject matters will include still life florals, landscapes and purely abstracted compositions too. All subject ideas are welcome and will be explored. At the end of each workshop each attendee will have a unique, colorful, and completed painting to take home. This is a time for trying new techniques and to explore and create freely!
This week will focus on mixed media abstract painting. Using a full tool box of artist materials and techniques like acrylic paints, mark-making, oil pastels, and collage, each participant will design and create their own mixed media painting on canvas. The painting will be purely abstract with participants creating by using only forms, shapes and lines with emphasis on color and texture for the overall end composition.



	Alison Press is a visual artist whose work captures the spirit of the Blue Ridge mountain region through bold abstraction and vibrant color. After painting for more than 20 years while working a corporate career, she retired in 2022 to pursue art full-time. Today, Alison is a painter, collagist, and printmaker creating and showing her original contemporary art from her studio at the Asheville Cotton Mill — a historic building in the River Arts District recently reopened after the flood damage of Hurricane Helene in 2024. 
	Her original abstract artwork invites collectors to experience color and form in unexpected ways. Alison’s work has been described as vibrant, joyful, and alive — art that transforms both walls and moods.
	Along with her working art studio and gallery space, Alison also participates in monthly curated exhibitions, with new shows opening each First Friday at Resurrection Studios Collective in downtown Asheville. Her work was recently selected and featured in the River Arts Resilience Project curated by ArtPlay in Asheville. Beyond exhibiting, Alison shares her love of art through teaching — leading workshops at both Resurrection Studios Collective, ArtPlay, and the Community Hub at White Horse Black Mountain.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/montreat/free-art-exploration-workshop-with-alison-press/200030153169118
- **Event Categories**: art, fine-arts, workshops, exhibitions, first-friday, drawing-painting
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 3

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Montreat
- **state**: NC
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 1130 Montreat Rd, Black Mountain, NC 28711-3232, United States
- **lat**: 35.63454
- **long**: -82.31573
- **full address**: 1130 Montreat Rd, Black Mountain, NC 28711-3232, United States, 1130 Montreat Rd, Black Mountain, NC 28711-3232, United States, Montreat

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is (FREE) Art Exploration Workshop with Alison Press being held?
  - **A:** (FREE) Art Exploration Workshop with Alison Press takes place on Tue, 02 Jun, 2026 at 10:00 am to Tue, 30 Jun, 2026 at 10:00 am at 1130 Montreat Rd, Black Mountain, NC 28711-3232, United States, 1130 Montreat Rd, Black Mountain, NC 28711-3232, United States, Montreat.
- **Q**: Who is organizing (FREE) Art Exploration Workshop with Alison Press?
  - **A:** (FREE) Art Exploration Workshop with Alison Press is organized by Quietude Retreat Center.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** (FREE) Art Exploration Workshop with Alison Press is ideal for art lovers, collectors, creatives, and anyone inspired by visual arts, installations, and exhibitions. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Montreat, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If (FREE) Art Exploration Workshop with Alison Press sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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