March 5 - April 9 Dana Zed — Glass Fusing for Mosaics March 8 - 9 Madeline Behrens-Brigham — New Mosaics: Mixed Media Creations March 8 - 9 Josef Norris — Facilitating Community Mosaic Projects: Hands on Workshop April 12 - 13 Madeline Behrens-Brigham — Renegade Quilting April 25 - 26 Sherri Warner Hunter — Mosaic for Sculptures May 3 - 4 Ellen Blakeley — Tempered Glass Mosaics May 17 - 18 Laurel Skye — Garden of 1,000 Flowers (Millefiori Workshop) April 19 - 23 Sherri Warner Hunter — Concrete Institute June 7 - 8 Pippa Murray — Indirect Methods in Mosaics June 14 - 15 Brent Sumner — Decorative Welding Workshop July 10 - 13 Brent Sumner — Darjit!: Architectural Sculpting Workshop

Yuriko Tse in Irina Charny's Magic Butterfly class

Institute of Mosaic Art is proud to host talented, professional instructors from across the country through our Visiting Artist Series.

Isaiah Zagar's Visionary Mosaics class work on a mural at IMA

Some of the biggest names in the mosaic world offer their expertise to students at IMA. Well-known artists in the fields of glass, ceramics and sculpture also frequent the Visiting Artist Series. Many of our Visiting Instructors have advanced art degrees, all have years of professional experience and are well respected in their fields. All Visiting Artists share their wealth of knowledge in specific subjects and techniques related to the mosaic arts.

Visiting Artist courses are offered as weekend or week-long intensives and multi-session courses. We offer all levels of courses though our Visiting Artist program, from beginning and experimental classes, to advanced and professional courses.

Highlight from our Visiting Artist Series Includes:
SHERRI WARNER HUNTER: Concrete Institute
SONIA KING: Advanced Mosaics— Three day intensive
IRINA CHARNY: Magic Butterfly — Mixed Media Mosaics
JIM BACHOR: Double-Reverse Ravenna Mosaic Method— Five-Day intensive
ISAIAH ZAGAR: Mosaic Mural Making— Visionary Mosaics

Double Reverse Ravenna Technique with Jim Bachor

Sherri Warner Hunter in her Concrete Institute class

Sonia King's Advanced Mosaics Class