Welcome to Our Workshops

Welcome to the Art League of Fort Bend’s Workshops page! We are dedicated to nurturing creativity and fostering community through the arts. Our workshops are designed for individuals of all ages and skill levels, providing a supportive environment where you can explore your artistic talents, learn new techniques, and connect with fellow art enthusiasts. Join us in our mission to inspire and cultivate a love for art within our community!

Upcoming Workshops

Elizabeth St. Hilaire

Funky Florals

January 13 - 15, 2025 or JANUARY 16 - 18, 2025

Vie Dunn-Harr

Acrylic Expedition

February 17 - 19, 2025

Nola A. Heidbreder

Beginning Rug Hooking

February 25 - 26, 2025

Joan Fullerton

Paint Yourself Free

October 21 - 23, 2025

Instructor Profiles

Elizabeth St. Hilaire

Vie Dunn-Harr

Elizabeth St. Hilaire is an award winning full-time artist, art workshop instructor, and published author

Her unique mixed-media artwork is created from torn tidbits of hand-painted paper. St Hilaire’s collages are collected and have been exhibited both nationally and internationally; images of her work are reproduced and available nationwide on wall canvas, household items, stationery, clothing, jewelry, and more. St Hilaire is a Signature Member of National Collage Society, holds a BFA from Syracuse University, and has been working in her medium for over 20 years.

Her book, Painted Paper Art Workshop, became available through North Light books in 2016. St. Hilaire has written seven books on her process, and has authored articles about her work in Cloth Paper Scissors magazine, The Artists Magazine, and Acrylic Artist magazine. Her work has been featured in Southern Living magazine, The Cloth Paper Scissors Book: Techniques and Inspiration for Creating Mixed-Media Art, and Collage in All Dimensions by Gretchen Bierbaum. Best Selling author BJ Gallagher published a feature article about St. Hilaire and her collage artwork for the Huffington Post and Art Marketing Coach Alyson Stanfield featured Elizabeth on her pod cast series about full-time working artists.

St. Hilaire enjoys painting en Plein Air and has participated in the Wekiva Paint Out (FL), New Smyrna Beach Paint Out (FL), and the Sedona Plein Air Festival (AZ). How do you rip and glue paper tidbits in the wind? St. Hilaire has a mixed media easel designed and manufactured in Italy to do just that!

Elizabeth is a Golden Artist Educator, a former Gel Press Creative Team Artist, and Princeton Brush Ambassador. Her work is featured on Fredrix Art Canvas mixed media canvas board packaging and she is also sponsored by American Easel

Vie Dunn-Harr, Painter (USA) b. 1953

Vie Dunn-Harr derived much of her early training from the traditional Warren Hunter School of Art and has studied independently in academies abroad. She continues to embrace formalism while stepping out of bounds exploring the endless possibilities creatively.

Her recent travels through Italy and Spain sparked a fascination with religious icons, sacred spaces and moments. While visiting churches and cemeteries, the brilliant works of architects and artigiani inspired Dunn-Harr’s next steps. In these silent and glorious places, spiritual and intriguing conversations emerged leading to her Sanctuary Series. Love and sorrow are portrayed in her paintings, and many of the compositions have floral elements symbolizing the beauty, sensuality, and fragility of life. Dunn-Harr’s creative process and paintings are likened to a diary as she walks through life . . .

Dunn-Harr has also taught art classes and creative workshops for most of her career, and she enjoys interaction and collaborating with other artists.

A Contemporary Realist, Dunn-Harr’s career as a painter/artist spans 50+ years.

Nola Heidbreder

Joan Fullerton

Nola Heidbreder is a Fiber Artist and teacher. She has been teaching for over 28 years in her studio in St. Louis, Missouri and nationwide. Traditional rug hooking is the only original North American craft as all others immigrated from other countries.

Nola has co-authored 5 books with sister Linda Pietz and has written articles for Rug Hooking Magazine and ATHA magazine.

Her work has been shown at Sauder Village, New York Folk Art Museum, Schwenkfelder museum, Barron's Art Center, Houska Gallery, Shelburne Museum, Missouri Botanical Garden to name a few.

Specialties include creativity, dyeing, color planning, and historic rug making techniques.

Joan Fullerton is an acclaimed international Artist Educator devoted to the upliftment of others. She is an expert creativity coach who inspires uninhibited humor, the ability to trust your impulses and to play like a child.

​A non-judgmental approach to artmaking expands students' confidence enabling genuine, expressive paintings. Her fine-art career of 50+ years has produced hundreds of poetic paintings hanging in museums and private collections worldwide.

Fullerton used her MFA painting degree to become an award-winning college art instructor. After 13 years of gaining valuable teaching experience in the classroom, she lived, painted, and exhibited full-time in Taos, NM. When divorce created a need for income, Fullerton evolved her unique teaching methods to a workshop format and moved to the Denver area. As her reputation grew, she widened her reach well beyond the studio. Now Fullerton inspires audiences internationally.

While she has been featured in several television interviews, painting blogs, magazine articles, and books, Joan Fullerton is most proud of her online art experience, "Paint Yourself Free," and her "Bossy Pants Card Deck" of painting prompts.

  • Financials

2012 Avenue G, Rosenberg, TX 77471, USA

Gallery

2012 Ave G.

Rosenberg, TX 77471

(832) 945-2882

Gift Shop

905 3rd St.

Rosenberg, TX 77471

Hours

Sunday: 12 PM – 5 PM

Monday: Closed

Tuesday: Closed

Wednesday: 12 PM – 5 PM

Thursday: 12 PM – 5 PM

Friday: 12 PM – 5 PM

Saturday: 12 PM – 5 PM

Art League of Fort Bend

is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that was founded in 1957 and continues to celebrate a rich history of supporting the arts in the Fort Bend County community.

Our mission is to encourage artistic development and to cultivate an appreciation for the arts through education, exhibitions and community outreach.

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