Mesquite Fine Arts Center Art Classes and Workshops
Mesquite Fine Arts Center / Virgin Valley Artists’ Association Art Classrooms, 15 W Mesquite Blvd., Mesquite, NV 89027
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Mesquite Fine Arts Center Art Classes and Workshops offers art classes, one day workshops, and multi-day workshops that include Beginning Watercolor, Intermediate Watercolor, and drawing. Activities take place in the Virgin Valley Artists' Association's Art Classrooms and follow a regular schedule of classes, workshops, and activities. Some events require advance registration, some are drop-in, and online registration is available for exhibitions and classes.
• Schedule: Beginning and Intermediate Watercolor are held on Wednesdays, with an Intermediate morning class from 9 a.m. to noon and a Beginning afternoon class from 1–3 p.m.
• Price: Classes and workshops are open to visitors and residents of the Virgin Valley at very reasonable prices, and some are offered for free.
The program is operated by the Virgin Valley Artists’ Association, whose mission includes operating the Mesquite Fine Arts Center, welcoming and informing visitors about art displays and opportunities, promoting the center as a vibrant and evolving facility, ensuring artist representation, exposing the community to national, state, and local works of art, advertising and holding open competitive shows on a regular schedule in all art mediums, and providing instructional opportunities in visual arts for both members and the community. Leadership roles within the organization include Communications Chairperson Lisa Burnette, Treasurer Dottie M Golden, Secretary Sharon Capizzi, Gift Shop Chairs Char Lang and Jan Eckman, Prints and Social Media Chair Shirley Smith, Jewelry and Cards lead Margaret Schaffer, Hanging Art lead Susan L McPherson, Membership Director Christine P Picior, Pottery lead Kathleen Birkholz, Website Admin Frances Kilpatrick, and Brown Bag Chairperson Steve Dudrow. A $2,000 grant from “Do It Best” supports the art community in Mesquite and the Virgin Valley, and the same $2,000 grant is listed as a credential supporting the art community. New students are instructed to call Char at 702-377-9089 prior to coming.
Last updated February 21, 2026.
• Schedule: Beginning and Intermediate Watercolor are held on Wednesdays, with an Intermediate morning class from 9 a.m. to noon and a Beginning afternoon class from 1–3 p.m.
• Price: Classes and workshops are open to visitors and residents of the Virgin Valley at very reasonable prices, and some are offered for free.
The program is operated by the Virgin Valley Artists’ Association, whose mission includes operating the Mesquite Fine Arts Center, welcoming and informing visitors about art displays and opportunities, promoting the center as a vibrant and evolving facility, ensuring artist representation, exposing the community to national, state, and local works of art, advertising and holding open competitive shows on a regular schedule in all art mediums, and providing instructional opportunities in visual arts for both members and the community. Leadership roles within the organization include Communications Chairperson Lisa Burnette, Treasurer Dottie M Golden, Secretary Sharon Capizzi, Gift Shop Chairs Char Lang and Jan Eckman, Prints and Social Media Chair Shirley Smith, Jewelry and Cards lead Margaret Schaffer, Hanging Art lead Susan L McPherson, Membership Director Christine P Picior, Pottery lead Kathleen Birkholz, Website Admin Frances Kilpatrick, and Brown Bag Chairperson Steve Dudrow. A $2,000 grant from “Do It Best” supports the art community in Mesquite and the Virgin Valley, and the same $2,000 grant is listed as a credential supporting the art community. New students are instructed to call Char at 702-377-9089 prior to coming.
Last updated February 21, 2026.
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