September 19-21, 2025
"Retreat en Plein Air"
taught by Joanne R. Kollman
Medium: oil or gouache (intermediate acrylic)
Skill Level: all levels
Scenic Menucha is an awesome destination for a plein air retreat. This will be Joanne’s 3rd year. She will be in the field painting sunrise and sunset, almost at your doorstep. This can be a one-shot painting, a gathering of color notes, or a learned process of returning to the same location at the same time for no more than 30 minutes of painting the fleeting light. Since both vistas east and west are spectacular from Menucha, this is a rare opportunity to roll out of bed to paint, watch a demonstration, and observe the fleeting light. The classroom schedule is 9-4, however, this workshop is designed as a retreat to meet your inspirational and energy needs. Memory painting can play an important role in your process as well.
Joanne will help you overcome fears, have fun while you learn, see as a painter, master various levels of color mixing, value and temperature relationships, and expressive mark-making. Menucha's grounds will provide much to observe and paint. You'll be well-fed and comfortable in our accommodations. The workshop will begin on Friday, September 19th, in the afternoon and will conclude on Sunday, the 21st.
Students will learn techniques to capture the fleeting light, composition & design studies and beginners will learn the basics of Alla Prima and or Plein Air painting. Beginning students may find comfort in an outdoor still-life setup.
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About the Artist
Joanne Radmilovich Kollman is a long time Oregonian. Her abstract representational painting of the figure, landscape and still life portray a lyrical and energetic style. Brushwork and use of broken color elicit movement and spontaneity in her paintings. Joanne paints or draws from the model, still life, or landscape with a belief that working from life is the best way to learn, to understand color and to interpret emotion into a painting.
Joanne is a signature member of the American Impressionist Society. Her work is distributed nationally to galleries, and she exhibits locally at Oregon Society of Artists, the Robin Becic Gallery and other venues and competitions where she has won numerous awards. She facilitates life drawing and the single pose figure sessions at Oregon Society of Artists as well as instructed classes: Expressive Painting, Portrait and Figure Painting, Life Drawing & Plein Air.
"My surroundings motivate and interest me to use any subject to explore the expressive quality of the oil paint. I strive to capture the spirit of what I see and experience through color, brushwork and observation of changing light."
Learn more about Joanne on her website
Menucha offers rates for participants who stay overnight and eat all meals at Menucha, and for commuters who take the class and eat one or two meals at Menucha but do not stay overnight.
The class will be utilize Beam House for lodging as well as the Beam House garage as an sheltered studio space, and scenic points around Menucha for plein air instruction and painting.
Beam House has 5 bedrooms and 3 shared bathrooms.
Overnight Guest Cost is all inclusive of instruction fee, lodging, and 5 meals (Friday dinner through Sunday breakfast)
Private room (no roommate, shared bath) $656
Shared room (1 roommate, shared bath) $506
Commuter Guest Cost is inclusive of instruction fee, site-use fee, and meals as noted
Commuter (1 lunch and 2 dinners) $395
Lunch-only Commuter (1 lunch and Friday dinner) $370
| More than 90 days out | 100% refunded less $50 administration fee |
| 46-90 days out | 65% refunded |
| 30-45 days out | 50% refunded |
| Less than 30 days out* | No refund available* |
There are no refunds once the program has started.
If the event is canceled by Menucha, the full deposit will be refunded.
For those concerned with cancellations because of covid, you may want to consider the Optional Purchase Protection that is available during registration (but not after).
Please confirm the status of your program before making travel arrangements. Menucha is not responsible for participants’ travel expenses and/or arrangements.
Purchase Protection
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