In Studio
YAC’s 21st Birthday Party

YAC officially turned 21 last Friday. And we had a party! (albeit remotely) Mentors, YACsters, board members, and a few alumni dropped by to celebrate and draw yaks with us while we laughed and exchanged ›››
YAC To Launch Outdoor Meetups!

Good news for YACsters! After three months of running our program virtually, YAC is adding something new. We’re headed for the great outdoors to be with each other in weekly YAC Meetups because it’s time ›››
We’re Still Mentoring!

It’s been over 20 days since we had to shutter our studios in downtown Monterey, but we didn’t disappear. We moved YAC’s program to an online clubhouse to keep them engaged with their art, each ›››
30Days/30Drawings Returns!

YAC’s 30/30 challenge returns this March! Sharpen those pencils, grab your paints, pens, pastels, etc… and get ready to create a piece of art everyday! 30 Days/ 30Drawings brings together YACsters, mentors, professional artists and ›››
The Village Project at YAC!

We were so thrilled to have The Village Project come paint at YAC last week! We do outreach with The Village Project twice a month but this was the first time they got to come ›››
Nature Drawing with Erin Hunter!

Huge thanks to artist and science illustrator Erin Hunter for the fabulous ‘Drawing from Nature’ workshop she lead at YAC two weeks ago! YACsters had such a good time drawing the amazing assortment of flowers, ›››
YAC participates in the Brooklyn Art Library Sketchbook Project!

This March, in conjunction with our twice-yearly 30Days/30Drawings challenge, we had the fabulous opportunity to participate in the Sketchbook Project! Located in the Brooklyn Art Library, The Sketchbook Project features 38,702 artists’ books contributed by ›››
YACebana Workshop – Ikebana YACstyle!

YACsters enjoyed a fabulous month-long Ikebana workshop in studio with Susan McKendry and Hanni Liliedahl! Ikebana is the Japanese art of floral arrangement – it has a very long history and over 1000 different schools ›››
Awesome Caran D’Ache Demo at YAC!

Huge thanks to Caran D’Ache for the fabulous demo in studio at YAC! We learned so much and had so much fun playing with their fabulous products, thank you!
30/30 Returns September 1st!

Tomorrow (September 1st) marks the beginning of YAC’s 7th installment of the 30Days/30Drawings challenge! 30Days/30Drawings brings together YACsters, mentors, professional artists and YAC alum in an old art school exercise that boosts artistic fluency and ›››
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