Children’s Summer Classes with Miss Alison in July Wednesday Mornings
2026-07-22 10:30 - 12:00, 2026-07-29 10:30 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | Ocean County Artists Guild, 22 Chestnut Avenue, Island Heights, NJ, 08732, United States
July Children’s Summer Camp
Wednesday’s 7/8, 7/15, 7/22, 7/29
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
$100 members
$125 non-members
Drop in’s welcome
$25/session for members
$35/session for non-members
Looking for a creative outlet for your children? Look no further! Miss Alison offers all the fun that can be found in our creative space! Come and join in the fun for the following classes:
7/7– Ocean Waves
7/14 – Seahorse Races
7/21 – Boardwalk Fun Food
7/28 – Lighthouse Silhouette
We look forward to seeing your children’s smiling faces all summer long!

Children’s Summer Classes With Miss Alison Wednesday Afternoons in July
2026-07-22 13:00 - 14:30, 2026-07-29 13:00 - 14:30
July Children’s Summer Camp
Wednesday’s 7/8, 7/15, 7/22, 7/29
1:00 PM – 2:30 PM
$100 members
$125 non-members
Drop in’s welcome
$25/session for members
$35/session for non-members
Looking for a creative outlet for your children? Look no further! Miss Alison offers all the fun that can be found in our creative space! Come and join in the fun for the following classes:
7/7– Ocean Waves
7/14 – Seahorse Races
7/21 – Boardwalk Fun Food
7/28 – Lighthouse Silhouette
We look forward to seeing your children’s smiling faces all summer long!

D.Y.O.T. with Instruction with Carol Colvin
2026-07-22 15:30 - 17:30
D.Y.O.T. with Instruction with Carol Colvin
June 3, 10, 17, 24, July 1, 8, 15, 22
3:30 PM – 5:30 PM.
Members: $160
Non-members: $200
Hello members,
My new class is starting, and I will continue to set up a still-life, and instruct students with their own projects, but . . .Ever get frustrated with a watercolor you just can’t get right? Been there, done that. Some time ago I did a portrait of a niece in watercolor. Loved the tilt of her head and the flowers in her hair (she was a bridesmaid I think); but at that time I could not achieve the softness of her face in paint. So, I went over the entire work with pastels, which are soft and blend beautifully. Join me in class, beginning April 1, 3:30 – 5:30, for 8 weeks. $160 members, $200 for non-members. I will supply the pastels. Doesn’t have to be a portrait that you want to enhance, could be landscape, still-life or abstract. So much fun to get messy with your materials.
Here is Sarah
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D.Y.O.T. Evening Edition
2026-07-22 19:00 - 21:00
Do Your Own Thing – Evening Edition
Wednesday
7:00 – 9:00
Bring your own supplies and snack
Members Only
$10.00

D.Y.O.T. Group
2026-07-23 10:30 - 16:00, 2026-07-30 10:30 - 16:00
Do Your Own Thing
Thursdays 10:30-4:00
Bring your own supplies and lunch
Members Only
$10.00

Oil Painting Class: All Levels with Debra Kurtz
2026-07-23 19:00 - 21:00, 2026-07-30 19:00 - 21:00
Oil Painting Class: All Levels
Thursday Evenings – 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
$180 members
$230 non members
July 9
July 16
July 23
July 30
August 6
August 13
Leonardo Da Vinci once said, “The artist sees what others only catch a glimpse of.”
In this class we will be enjoying the process of creating an oil Painting from your photos of a landscape or still-life of your choice while developing and enhancing your oil Painting skills and compositions. Please bring to class a selection of your favorite photos in addition to your canvas and oil painting materials.

Art Chat (Free Event) 4th Friday
2026-07-24 17:00 - 18:30
Members/non-members: Art Chat 2026 (Free Event)
Date: Fourth Friday of the month, (dates subject to change. Contact Moderator)
Time: 5:00 PM- 6:30 PM; Duration: On Going, I’m Interested
Open to Artists of all mediums. Let’s get together to share and talk about our art! Get connected to your local art community! Get feedback from your fellow artists and make new art friends! Let’s talk about what inspires us, the trials and tribulations of being creative, and other topics related to art making, art business and art marketing too! Bring your work – a completed piece or a work in progress. Live in person with option to join the group remotely).
Contact the moderator, Kim Cesaretti if you are interested in attending or have questions.
Mark your Calendars for these 2026 Monthly dates: 1/23, 2/27, 3/27, 4/24, 5/22, 6/26, 7/24, 8/28, 9/25, 10/23, 11/20 (dates subject to change)

Sunday Portrait Workshop
2026-07-26 14:00 - 16:00
2-4 PM, 22 Chestnut Ave. Island Heights NJ.
Enter at side door on Ocean Ave.
$10 for members, $15 for non members, free for teens.
We do not meet the first Sunday of the month due to regularly scheduled gallery receptions or holidays.

Summer Garden Series Watercolor with Leona Lavone
2026-07-27 09:30 - 12:00
Monday Morning Watercolor
Summer Garden Series
Members 80.00/Non Members $100.00
Celebrate the beauty of summer gardens with watercolor!
In this relaxing four-week series we’ll paint a variety of vibrant garden flowers and summer blooms, exploring loose watercolor techniques that bring petals, color, and light to life.
Each week we’ll create a new garden-inspired painting, learning how to paint soft petals, layered colors, and expressive backgrounds. This class is perfect for beginners as well as experienced painters who want to enjoy a creative summer morning.
Weekly Subjects
July 6 — Sunflowers July 13 — Hydrangeas July 20 — Wildflower Meadow July 27 — Coneflowers & Bees
Dates July 6, 13, 20, 27 — 2026
Time 9:30 AM – 12 Noon
Come relax, paint, and capture the joyful colors of summer gardens

Drawing with Joseph Rogine
2026-07-27 13:00 - 15:00, 2026-08-03 13:00 - 15:00
1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
This class is being offered to ages 12 and up!
$20.00 for members per class
$25.00 for non members per class
Instructor: Joseph Rogine
These classes are designed for both beginning to advanced students who want to sharpen their skills in drawing. I have taught students for over 25 years who have never picked up a pencil to draw to those who have been quite advanced.
It is an academic course, (academic being defined as that which can be taught). Drawings are created by copying master drawings, simple to complex still-life objects and classical plaster casts. The student usually begins by copying a master drawing that is supplied to them.
All students start out using graphite pencils with grades of 2H HB 2B. The capabilities and limitations of drawing materials and drawing instruments are discussed at length along with their proper handling. Classes are essentially about learning how to see nature and the world as an artist sees it, through the language and medium of drawing.
The student’s eye will gradually become trained and sensitive on how to compose a layout on the page, assessing proportion, elementary perspective, gauge angles, identify shapes, access the degree of curvature of forms, locate hidden movements and linear rhythms, the structure and modeling of form and the study of light and shade. This opens a whole new world towards a visual literacy that was very common in school curricula 100 to 150 years ago.
Depending on a students’ progress and particular interest repeat students are free to experiment with various drawing mediums like charcoal, pastel pencil, pen and ink etc., along with the drawing surfaces applicable to their chosen medium. Joseph Rogine supply list 2024.
If you have any questions, please contact Joseph Rogine at 732-349-6859, or by email at info@ocartistsguild.org. (ages 12+, teen, adult, drawing)

Yoga
2026-07-28 08:30 - 09:30
Yoga at the Guild!
$40 for members for the month or $10/session.
$60 for non members for the month or $15/session.

Children's Summer Classes with Miss Alison in July
2026-07-28 10:30 - 12:00
July Children’s Summer Camp
Tuesday’s 7/7, 7/14, 7/21, 7/28
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
$100 members
$125 non-members
Drop in’s welcome
$25/session for members
$35/session for non-members
Looking for a creative outlet for your children? Look no further! Miss Alison offers all the fun that can be found in our creative space! Come and join in the fun for the following classes:
7/7– Ocean Waves
7/14 – Seahorse Races
7/21 – Boardwalk Fun Food
7/28 – Lighthouse Silhouette
We look forward to seeing your children’s smiling faces all summer long!

Print Group 12:30 - 4:00
2026-07-28 12:30 - 16:00
Members Only: Print (weekly)
Date: Tuesdays, (dates subject to change. Contact Monitor)
Time: 12:30 PM – 4PM; Duration: On Going
Monitor: Leslie Ovechka
Tuesdays, Materials provided at cost. Reduction printing in all forms using water-based ink and hand painting.
$7.00 fee payable to monitor at the time of each class.

Children’s Summer Classes With Miss Alison Tuesday Afternoons in July
2026-07-28 13:00 - 14:30
July Children’s Summer Camp
Tuesday’s 7/7, 7/14, 7/21, 7/28
1:00 PM – 2:30 PM
$100 members
$125 non-members
Drop in’s welcome
$25/session for members
$35/session for non-members
Looking for a creative outlet for your children? Look no further! Miss Alison offers all the fun that can be found in our creative space! Come and join in the fun for the following classes:
7/7– Ocean Waves
7/14 – Seahorse Races
7/21 – Boardwalk Fun Food
7/28 – Lighthouse Silhouette
We look forward to seeing your children’s smiling faces all summer long!

Cool Beans Coffee House Exhibit Opportunity
2026-07-28 13:00 - 2026-07-29 16:00
Drop off 07/28 and 07/29 for August 2026
The Ocean County Artists Guild will be hanging art every other month (even months).

We are limited to 8 pieces each turn. One piece per artist.
Please e-mail info@ocartistsguild.org to ensure display availability.
Make sure you wire each with a strong wire and secure eye or u hook and no lower than 1/3 from the top. They must be wired. Art cannot be larger than 20″ x 24″ with frame or frameless.
hanging-guidelines-2.pdf (ocartistsguild.org)

Thanks,
Danielle Archdeacon & Janet Frederiksen
Cool Beans Curator

July Solo Shows Down
2026-07-28 13:00 - 2026-07-29 16:00
July Solo Shows Down
July 28th & July 29th
1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
If you have a solo show please note that the shows are to come down on the above mentioned dates. Please reach out to your curator if they have not reached out to you.

Sweet Summer Watercolors with Leona Lavone
2026-07-29 09:30 - 12:00
Sweet Summer Watercolors
Members $120.00/Non Members $150.00
Celebrate the bright colors and simple joys of summer!
In this six-week watercolor series we’ll paint a variety of fresh summer fruits and cheerful table scenes, learning techniques for color, shadows, reflections, and composition.
Each week we’ll complete a new summer-inspired painting, using loose watercolor washes and expressive brushwork.
Perfect for beginners and experienced painters who want to relax and enjoy a creative morning.
Dates June 24 July 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 — 2026
Time 9:30 AM – 12 Noon
Instructor Leona Lavone – Artsy Art Bucket
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Weekly Subjects
June 24 — Strawberries July 1 — Lemons & Leaves July 8 — Blueberries July 15 — Watermelon Slice July 22 — Pitcher & Garden Flowers July 29 — Summer Picnic Scene

Members Show Receiving Dates
2026-07-29 13:00 - 2026-07-30 16:00
Members Show Receiving Dates
July 30th & July 31st
1:00 PM – 4:00 PM Each Day
Theme: Under the Sea

If you are a member and you would like to showcase your work in the members studio please do so. The theme is just suggested, not a requirement. Please note that your piece should be wired and ready to hang. If you need help with wiring please reach out to Danielle at info@ocartistsguild.org. $5.00 for two pieces.

Whimsical Pets Workshop with Leona Lavone
2026-07-31 10:00 - 14:00
Whimsical Pets
Painting Expressive Animal Portraits
7/31/2026
10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
$35.00
Bring your favorite animal to life in this fun and expressive watercolor workshop.
In Whimsical Pets, artists will learn how to paint loose, lively animal portraits full of personality using watercolor and ink techniques. Students will explore playful brushwork, splashes of color, and expressive line work to create charming pet paintings.
The focus of this class is not realism, but capturing character and movement while allowing watercolor to flow naturally across the page.
Participants are encouraged to bring reference photos of their own pets, such as cats, dogs, or other animals, or they may work from provided reference images.
This workshop is perfect for artists who enjoy loose watercolor, expressive line work, and playful creativity.
No experience necessary — just come ready to paint and have fun.

Gallery Meeting/Hanging
2026-07-31 12:30 - 14:00
Gallery Meeting 12:30
Hanging artwork 2:00
If you are interested in joining the gallery committee please contact Janet Frederiksen at jfrederiksen714@yahoo.com

Saturday Morning Figure Drawing Short Pose
2026-08-01 10:00 - 12:00
OCAG Saturday Morning Short Pose
Undraped Figure Drawing Session
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
$20 for members
$25 for non members
Adults 18 and up are welcome

D.Y.O.T. Weekend Edition
2026-08-01 16:30 - 19:30
Do Your Own Thing – Weekend Edition
Saturday
4:30 – 7:30
Bring your own supplies and dinner/snack
Members Only
$10.00

August Gallery Reception
2026-08-02 13:00 - 16:00
AUGUST GALLERY RECEPTION
August 3rd
1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Members Studio: “Under the Sea”
Gallery 1: Jessica Murga

Artists Bio:
Jessica Murga is a photographer and art educator who has been exploring various artistic mediums for over 20 years. Her work is inspired by her passions for travel, nature and creative expression, which she weaves together to craft unique and meaningful pieces. Jessica’s art reflects a deep curiosity about the world and a love for capturing beauty in unexpected places.

Artists Statement:
My work explores the intersection of traditional mediums combined with unconventional materials. By adding embroidery to unexpected surfaces such as photographs, I challenge the boundaries of both medium and meaning. This experimental approach allows me to blend texture and tactile detail creating new ways to see familiar objects.
Gallery 2: Deb Savo

Deborah Savo grew up in the suburbs of Philadelphia and has had a love of art from a very small age. Her mother was very creative and encouraged her to explore her creativity.
Deb attended Moore College of Art in Philadelphia majoring in illustration with a minor in painting. She retired in 2014 after over 30 years in design and illustration and has been pursuing her dream of painting ever since. She loves to further her knowledge by attending various workshops and taking a few classes locally. One of her favorite things is to come to the Sunday Portrait Workshop at the Ocean County Artists’ Guild.
Deb has always admired the Impressionist painters and their ability to portray light and tries to incorporate that in her paintings. She paints many commissioned pet portraits that have grown out of her love of animals. She also loves to paint people and a little landscape painting.
Deb and her husband live in Brigantine. She has participated in many community art activities in Brigantine, including the Artwalk, the Artist Showcase at the Brigantine Community Center, Art pop-Ups, and the Brigantine Arts Fine Arts Festival. In 2021 she won first place an art competition held by the Elks. Last year she painted an electrical box in the center of town.
You can view many of her paintings on her Facebook page Deb Savo Paintings. https://www.facebook.com/debsavopaintings
Pop-Up Gallery: Leona Lavone

Artists Bio:
Leona Lavone – Artist & Instructor
“Art Keeps You Young at Heart”
With over 27 years of teaching experience (1999–2026), Leona Lavone is a passionate artist and instructor dedicated to sharing creativity, building confidence, and inspiring joy through art. Her teaching style is welcoming, encouraging, and rooted in the belief that art is for everyone—no matter your age or experience.
Leona teaches a wide range of mediums including watercolor, acrylics, and mixed media, and is known for her playful and expressive approach she calls her “Artsy Art Bucket.” Her classes, workshops, and demonstrations are offered throughout the year at art associations and community spaces, where she creates an uplifting environment for students to explore and grow.
Her artistic journey began long before teaching—spending over a decade immersing herself in watercolor workshops during the 1990s. In 1999, she began teaching at the Ocean County Artists Guild in Island Heights, New Jersey, where she continues to inspire students today.
In addition to teaching, Leona played a key role in coordinating Visiting Artist Workshops at the Guild. She managed all aspects of these events, from artist communication and scheduling to hosting and ensuring each workshop ran smoothly creating memorable experiences for both artists and participants. This hands-on involvement expanded her artistic knowledge and deepened her connection to the creative community.
In 2025, Leona founded the Joyful Art Collective, a heart-centered creative experience designed to bring relaxation, connection, and inspiration through art. Held every two months at the Ocean County Artists Guild, these gatherings blend simple art projects, gentle movement, and uplifting practices to help participants reconnect with creativity and joy in a welcoming, supportive environment.
Leona’s passion for sharing art extends beyond traditional classrooms. In 2014, she developed and led an Arts & Crafts program for seniors in a residential community, working with groups of 20–30 participants and discovering new ways to connect through creativity. She has also taught youth programs, working with students ages 5–18, and continues to embrace opportunities to teach across generations.
A published creator, Leona has designed a series of artist journals and planners available on Amazon, including:
· Note and Art Journal: Book for Writing and Sketching
· Thumbnail Journal: For Artists
· Weekly Planner – Yellow Pants
· Weekly Planner: Artsy
· Weekly Planner 2: My Schedule
Today, Leona continues to evolve as both an artist and educator—offering classes, workshops, and creative experiences that encourage others to relax, explore, and reconnect with their inner artist.
She proudly teaches students of all ages… from 5 to 100 (literally!).

Loose as a Goose Watercolor with Leona Lavone
2026-08-03 09:30 - 12:00
Loose as a Goose
August 3, 10, 17, 24
9:30 AM – 12:00
$80.00 for members/$100.00 for non-members
Bring your regular Watercolor Supplies
Let go, loosen up, and let the watercolor lead the way
This playful freeing series is all about letting go of perfection and embracing the beauty of loose watercolor. Through expressive brushwork, flowing color, and intuitive techniques, you’ll learn how to suggest rather than define – and discover just how joyful painting can be when you loosen your grip.
Week 1: Playful Marks and Letting Go
Week 2: Loose Florals (No Pressure Petals)
Week 3: Loose Landscapes (Fast & Free)
Week 4: Whimsical and Loose (Your Signature Style – Painter’s Choice)
Loose as a Goose Rules
Don’t overthink
One stroke is enough
Water is your friend
Let it go
Trust the Process

D.Y.O.T. with Instruction with Carol Colvin
2026-08-03 15:30 - 17:30
D.Y.O.T. with Instruction with Carol Colvin
August 3, 10, 17, 24, 31 September 14, 21, 28
3:30 PM – 5:30 PM.
Members: $160
Non-members: $200
Hello members,
My new class is starting, and I will continue to set up a still-life, and instruct students with their own projects, but . . .Ever get frustrated with a watercolor you just can’t get right? Been there, done that. Some time ago I did a portrait of a niece in watercolor. Loved the tilt of her head and the flowers in her hair (she was a bridesmaid I think); but at that time I could not achieve the softness of her face in paint. So, I went over the entire work with pastels, which are soft and blend beautifully. Join me in class, beginning April 1, 3:30 – 5:30, for 8 weeks. $160 members, $200 for non-members. I will supply the pastels. Doesn’t have to be a portrait that you want to enhance, could be landscape, still-life or abstract. So much fun to get messy with your materials.
Here is Sarah
