Independent Studio Hours
w/ critique
See prices for specific classes on class list below.
Tuesdays
Tuesday Evenings
Wednesdays
Thursdays
All skill levels welcome, details below
During independent studio hours you may work on your own projects and receive one-on-one critiques during each session. They are designed to allow students to build drawing and oil paint-handling skills independently. All student levels are welcome.
Lead instructor, BJ Parker will be available for individual critiques as well as our other faculty members.
Tuesday evening classes (TBD) are taught by Brei Harris. Brei is a dedicated artist and educator with a deep passion for the human form. She earned her MFA from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco in 2008, where she refined her skills in both traditional and contemporary figurative sculpture.
For over a decade, Brei served as a full-time instructor in the Foundations Department at the Academy of Art University. In her role, she designed and implemented a dynamic curriculum that emphasized the core principles of proportion, gesture, structure, value, and anatomy. Her teaching philosophy focuses on demystifying the complexity of the human figure, empowering students to build strong foundational skills, develop artistic confidence, and cultivate a consistent, disciplined practice.
PAYMENT METHODS
to make your payment, send a check made out to:
GACA, 4814 Washington Blvd., Suite 230, St. Louis, MO. 63108
OR by ZELLE from your bank to GACA's email: gacastudio.info@gmail.com
All studio class sessions take place in the Pierce Arrow Building
(Suite #230) in the Central West End,
4814 Washington Blvd,
St. Louis, MO. 63108
(Notice: GACA classes involve drawing and painting nude figure models.)
Lead instructor, B. J. Parker (center), with students during a GACA class session.
BJ Parker has been designated as an ARC (Art Renewal Center) Associate Living Master. As such, all Parker classes are ARC accredited.
BJ has dedicated himself to becoming a realist artist with the wish to express our shared humanity through the visual arts. In addition, an ARC “Associate Living Master”™ has shown significant skill in all of the building blocks of great art as defined by the ARC.