WORKSHOPS
May 23 - 24, 2025
Chocolate Church Arts Center
Bath, Maine
Pulling It All Together!
Join me for a two-day immersive workshop in Bath, Maine, where we’ll explore the key principles that make a painting visually strong and dynamic. Through exercises and prompts, you’ll learn how to edit, refine, and unify your composition to create artwork that captivates from both a distance and up close.
Our focus will be on shape, form, and contrast—understanding the impact of light and dark, variety and placement—to guide the viewer’s eye and create depth and intrigue. Discover how to make your paintings not just work but pull the viewer in, revealing intricate details upon closer inspection.
Perfect for artists looking to refine their compositions and strengthen their visual storytelling. All media welcome: Oil and cold wax, acrylics, gouache, collage.
The Chocolate Church Arts Center is mid coast Maine’s regional performing and visual arts center. For more than 40 years the Chocolate Church Arts Center has been offering a rich program of live music, gallery exhibitions, theatre for young artists, lectures and workshops.
Workshop hours: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Cost: $350
About Anne
Anne is a dedicated teacher who creates a dynamic learning experience based on years of painting combined with her knowledge of art history and teaching methods. A lifelong teacher at the college and high-school level and in museum settings, Anne holds a CT art certification and was named 2012 Connecticut Art Education Association's Outstanding Secondary Arts Educator. Since 2014 she has been offering classes and workshops in her studio in Maine as well as Todos Santos. Anne is an engaged teacher and accomplished artist who fosters an environment where students can develop new skills, their personal voice and artistic sensibilities. She is passionate about helping her students on their creative and artistic journeys.
Student Work
“Anne Hebebrand is an individual of tremendous educational and artistic merit. Her level of commitment, excellence, and her love of painting, drawing, and teaching are inspirational to all. Anne believes that a successful artist and art educator is one who continues to challenge themselves within their own work, always striving to learn from and along with her students.”
— Patricia Carrigan, Professor of Art, Manchester Community College, Manchester, Connecticut