Description
Just Art It is delighted to continue offering weekend master classes and evening events this year! Our weekend masterclasses are intensive, full-immersion classes, carefully selected to complement our yearly course program, and to offer you unique opportunities to learn from wonderful accomplished guest artists.
DATES and DETAILS of our guest artist MasterClasses
This May join us on Friday 2nd and Saturday 3rd for a new Artist Working Talk and a MasterClass with graphite & pastel artist, Sara Gallagher, an internationally acclaimed artist who utilises her hyperrealistic, ethereal drawings to break social taboos surrounding mental and emotional health. Combining her love of both drawing and painting, Sara developed her own mixed media technique that blends the precision of pencil and the fluidity of paint.
Just Art It is delighted to have Elena Santos in conversation with Sara Gallagher at Just Art It on Friday 2nd May 2025 from 7pm until 9pm to talk about the nature of the artist profession beyond the artwork, her creative process and the business side of the art world answered by someone who was able to turn their practice into a full time career. This evening event will be accompanied by an exhibition of Sara’s work, and the master class will follow in the morning on Saturday 3rd May from 11am until 4pm.
The master class will cover a practical demonstration of Sara’s hyperrealistic drawing techniques, suited for a graphite-only, from 11am to 1:30pm, followed by a critique/questions session, after lunch break, from 2:30 to 4pm, where attendees are welcome to bring one physical finished drawing to share with the group, to be reviewed by Sara with the aim of offering professional tips to improve their technique, and/or how to introduce Sara’s techniques in their practice.
Cost: €175 (inc. 23% VAT) including priority entry and reserved seats for the Artist Talk on Friday for you plus one!
From this masterclass you will get:
- A 2.5 hour portrait demo and thorough step-by-step instruction on how Sara establishes the realistic graphite foundation for each of her drawings.
- Discussion about the three main factors that create realism in your drawings – and how to explore beyond them.
- Overview of all of her supplies and tools
- Simple tips and tricks that make a huge difference on the paper and in the studio
- Skills that can be easily integrated into your own drawing or painting practice, regardless if you are a beginner or a professional
- 1.5 hour long critique and Q&A
- Unique opportunity to get a professional eye on one of your own artwork, along with clear, supportive critique
- A chance to have some of your questions about the creative or business side of the art world answered by someone who was able to turn their practice into a full time career.
- Special discount on Sara’s classes, mentorship, and limited edition fine art prints for all attendees.
Artist Bio:
Sara Gallagher (b. 1990) is an internationally acclaimed artist who utilises her hyperrealistic, ethereal drawings to break social taboos surrounding mental and emotional health. Combining her love of both drawing and painting, Sara developed her own mixed media technique that blends the precision of pencil and the fluidity of paint.
Sara received her BFA with emphasis in Painting, Drawing and Photography from SF State in 2013 and studied under the renowned hyperrealism artist Dirk Dzimirsky from 2019-21. Her work has be honoured with numerous awards including 1st Place Drawing in the 17th ARC Salon, Best Drawing in the Almenara Art Prize 2023, 2nd Place Overall in the 2023 Pastel 100, and others. She has exhibited at museums and galleries across the globe such as the European Museum of Modern Art (MEAM), Sotheby’s NY, and the Butler Institute of American Art, and is included in collections such as The Bennett Collection of Women Realists and The Lunar Codex, a cultural heritage site, on the Moon. Sara is represented by CK Contemporary in San Francisco, CA.
Artist CV: https://www.saragallagherartwork.com/pagecv
Adults classes and courses T&C, Code of Conduct, Cancellations & Refunds. Please note that by enrolling in our classes you agree to the following:
- Set up a reminder: There are not scheduled email reminders for the beginning of your classes.We won’t be able to issue partial refunds or offer recovery classes for late start or any missed classes.
- If you provide us with false booking information, we reserve the right of admission, and no refund will be issued.
- In the case you miss classes due to any kind of illness, including COVID-19, we won’t be able to issue partial refunds or offer recovery classes.
- Please note that bookings are not transferable to another course or date in any circumstances.
- Please do wear a face mask if you feel you might be at health risk: Please note that the use of a face mask for the duration of our classes is not mandatory, but there might be participants who will prefer to keep using it. We kindly ask to respect individual choices. Thank you.
Code of Conduct: This code of conduct is intended to ensure that all students are able to have a positive and creative learning experience. It is important that students and their parents/guardians carefully review and understand this code of conduct before signing up for a class. Students are expected of the following:
- to be respectful and considerate of their classmates and the instructor at all times.
- to follow the rules of the class and adhere to the instructions and guidelines provided by the instructor.
- to respect the school’s property, equipment and materials, and use them responsibly.
- to be punctual and arrive on time for class and leave on time when the class finish. Bear in mind that there are other classes courses before and/ or after your class. Early arriving or later leave is not admitted.
- to be attentive and engaged in class and participate in class activities as appropriate.
- to use appropriate language and behaviour while in class and to respect the privacy and personal space of others.
- to follow any additional rules or guidelines that may be provided by the instructor or the school.
- In the case that Just Art It has to cancel the course, we will issue a full refund.
- If you need to cancel your booking, we operate a strict 10 working days notice in order to issue a refund, due to the limited number of students we cater for. Please bear in mind that we don’t consider weekends, bank holidays, annual holidays and public holidays as working days. To cancel your booking please contact us by email info@justartitgalway.com and provide us with your booking number. Please note that administration fee of 50€ will apply.
- If a last minute cancellation occurs, we will try our best to fill your space, however we can only offer a refund if someone else books your place.
If a friend or family member wants to take your place for the full duration of the course we have to be notified at least 48 hours before starting the course, and the person has to comply with our classes terms and conditions. Also, in this case we are not responsible for any type of fee exchanges or transactions.
