Mandala Ornament Workshop with Gretchen Holesovsky

Schedule

Sun Dec 21 2025 at 01:00 pm to 03:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Mill District Local Art Gallery | Amherst, MA

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Make a hand-painted glass ornament! Learn how to paint mandala patterns on a glass ornaments with Belchertown artist, Gretchen Holesovsky.
About this Event

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Are you interested in creating a beautiful holiday gift? Or maybe you'd like to paint a beautiful glass ornament to add to your collection? Come learn how to paint mandala holiday bulbs. Artist and rock painter, Gretchen Holesovsky, will guide you in the beautiful possibilities in creating your own holiday memory.

Join Gretchen at the Mill District Local Art Gallery on Sunday, December 21 for this two-hour workshop. Gretchen will guide you in planning your design, and share tips and the use of her tools to help you create your own beautifully painted ornament. All supplies provided.

$35. Ages 16+

Only 15 spots available!

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Gretchen Holesovsky is a self-taught artist who has been painting and drawing since childhood. Her inspiration is drawn from nature, as she was always surrounded by the wonders of the outdoors growing up in Belchertown where she currently resides.

Gretchen was introduced to watercolor in her twenties and fell in love with the medium. She loves the challenges and the beauty of applying color, creating texture and capturing natures’ gifts to us. Over the years, Gretchen has earned memberships into many elite watercolor societies and has earned many awards, and has been published in Splash 10. She has instructed both adults and children in watercolor techniques and creativity through workshops, small group and individual lessons. She enjoys painting with friends and sharing techniques, and loves to encourage others to enjoy and express their own creative process.

After being diagnosed with breast cancer in 2010, Gretchen has refocused her artistic creativity outside of the watercolor society community in support of her hometown and neighboring communities. Now retired, Gretchen pursues new endeavors in multimedia, acrylic, rock painting and many other creative muses.

“I paint because it connects me to the essence of nature and calms me, and takes me to the place where I’m disconnected from distraction. It is my form of meditation.” ~Gretchen

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Mill District Local Art Gallery, 91 Cowls Road, Amherst, United States

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