Walnut Gallery - Contemporary Art & School of Fine Arts
534a Walnut Street
on the corner of 6th and Walnut St.
above Recovery Room Upholstery
in Downtown Gadsden, AL
Open by appointment

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Classes Now Underway - Enrollment Open

In addition to art exhibitions, Walnut Gallery will also have a private school of fine arts with an outreach education program and will offer scholarships for those with financial need. A listing of available classes can be found here. The Walnut Gallery School of Fine Arts exists to provide quality training in the visual arts for up and coming artists as well as beginning students eager for discovery. “We've been really fortunate to have assembled a team of educators with such a high caliber of expertise and experience,” said Mario Gallardo, co-founder of the Walnut Gallery. “Our instructors have many MFA, BFA, and AS degrees between them. This standard of excellence we've established in our teaching staff will make the Walnut Gallery one of the finest private art schools in the region.” The gallery will begin offering classes to the public in November. A partial list of available and future classes includes:

Youth Classes
Intro to Art
Drawing I & II
Photography (pinhole)
Mixed Media
Comic/Illustration Art
Two Dimensional Design
Three Dimensional Design
Watercolor
Printmaking
Adult Classes
Figure Drawing I &II
Watercolor
Printmaking
Photography (Black and White film)
Digital Photography
Intro to Sculpture
Figure Modeling
Raku Ceramics






Pictures: Grand Opening Oct 11

Thanks to everyone who helped make the Walnut Gallery grand opening reception a success. Thanks to Holiday Inn Express & Suites for sponsoring the event and Flip Side Cafe for providing coffee and refreshments.

Taste and Tint

An adult painting class with JA Ritter


Enjoy an evening of Vino and painting in acrylics. Impressionistic and loose, for all levels of experience. Subjects range from still life to experimental abstractions. Emphasis on strong composition and vibrant colors. Stress free, interesting and fun…

Intro to Art

An introductory art class for kids


Does your child love to draw? Do they show an interest in art, comics, or cartoons? Nurture that interest with Intro to Art. Our introductory class for kids covers the basics in a range of techniques including drawing, painting, sculpture - even pinhole photography! -Printable Sign-up Form (PDF)

To view our full lineup of classes and for details on signing up, click here.