Janice Mason Art Museum - JMAM

05/29/2026

🎨🖌 Join Our Summer Oil Painting Sessions – Create, Explore, and Grow as an Artist! 🖌🎨

This series works best for beginner through intermediate painters. It focuses on drawing, values, color relationships, and controlled brushwork. The classes will help students build a painting in the traditional Atelier-style sequence.

This summer, dive into the joy of oil painting with focused 3-week session blocks running from June through August. Each block meets on Tuesdays from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM, giving you plenty of time to paint, learn, and enjoy a relaxed creative afternoon. (Feel free to bring a lunch or snack to keep your energy up!)

Session 1: June 2, 9, 16
Session 2: June 30, July 7, 14
Session 3: August 4, 11, 18

Pricing (per 3-week session): $125 or $115 for museum members
Spots are limited - secure your place in one (or ALL) of these sessions and spend your summer Tuesdays making art that excites you!

Art Classes Sponsored by: TVA/PRECC

05/27/2026

Have you signed up for this class? Don't delay!

Class: Beginner Landscape in Soft Pastel
Instructor: Jeannie White
Date: Saturday, June 13, 2026, 10am - 3pm
Price: $35 members, $40 non-members

This workshop will focus on a simple way to start your painting and finish it. You may bring your own photographs or paint along with me with this beautiful mountain scene with a river rushing along. Art supplies will be provided. Students may want to bring a snack or sack lunch.
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Class sizes are limited, so don’t delay in calling to reserve your spot! To register for classes or to get more information, call the museum at 270-522-9056 or stop by.

05/23/2026

Thanks to everyone who came out yesterday afternoon for the opening reception for the new exhibit by Dana Majors! It was a great crowd despite the rainy weather. During the reception, Dana also did a presentation about her work which everyone enjoyed.

Today (Saturday), Dana is offering two free interactive sessions which everyone is invited to attend. At 1 PM, Dana invites museum visitors to transform the light of her Lumières on display using specially crafted hand-held lenses, prisms, and color filters. She will guide participants through fun, hands-on experimentation using these simple tools.

That same afternoon at 1:30 PM, Dana is offering visitors the chance to see the colorful surprise of their own family glass illuminated on the Janice Mason Museum walls! Any see-through glass that you can shine a flashlight through at home can be illuminated at the museum! Bring 1-3 pieces of glass to participate in this demonstration. (You will be the only handler of your glass during this fun afternoon!)

Admission to all exhibits at the Janice Mason Art Museum is always free.

Exhibit Sponsor: Lakeland Realty - Cadiz, KY
Museum Hours: Tuesday-Saturday, 10-4; Sunday, 1-4

05/22/2026

05/22/2026

🌟NEW EXHIBIT! 🌟
"Illuminating Cadiz-Lumieres by Dana Major" opens today (Friday, May 22) and runs through July 23. There will be an opening reception this afternoon, 4-6 PM, with an artist talk at 4:30.

Dana Major is a Chicago based, interdisciplinary light artist, and she is thrilled to bring her art to Trigg County, Kentucky, where her family roots run deep. Dana's art is created by using repurposed domestic glass pieces and welded steel. All are welcome to join us and view this unique exhibit!

Dana will also be offering multiple free interactive sessions and workshops throughout her exhibit. The first two are scheduled for tomorrow (May 23).

On Saturday, May 23 at 1 PM, Dana invites museum visitors to transform the light of her Lumières on display using specially crafted hand-held lenses, prisms, and color filters. She will guide participants through fun, hands-on experimentation using these simple tools.

That same afternoon at 1:30 PM, Dana is offering visitors the chance to see the colorful surprise of their own family glass illuminated on the Janice Mason Museum walls! Any see-through glass that you can shine a flashlight through at home can be illuminated at the museum! Bring 1-3 pieces of glass to participate in this demonstration. (You will be the only handler of your glass during this fun afternoon!)

Admission to all exhibits at the Janice Mason Art Museum is always free.

Exhibit Sponsor: Lakeland Realty - Cadiz, KY
Museum Hours: Tuesday-Saturday, 10-4; Sunday, 1-4

Kentucky Arts Council South Arts

05/22/2026

When her show “Illuminating Cadiz” opens Friday at 4 PM in the Janice Mason Art Museum, it will be a clear full-circle moment for Dana Major. Her father, Don, grew up in the Caledonia area just off

05/20/2026

🌟Our new exhibit opens Friday with a reception and an artist talk! 🌟

"Illuminating Cadiz-Lumieres by Dana Major" will open on May 22 and run through July 23. There will be an opening reception on May 22, 4-6 PM, and Dana will do an artist talk at 4:30. All are welcome to join us and view this unique exhibit!

Dana will also be offering multiple free interactive sessions and workshops throughout her exhibit. The first two are scheduled the day after the reception.

On May 23 at 1 PM, Dana invites museum visitors to transform the light of her Lumières on display using specially crafted hand-held lenses, prisms, and color filters. She will guide participants through fun, hands-on experimentation using these simple tools.

That same afternoon at 1:30 PM, Dana is offering visitors the chance to see the colorful surprise of their own family glass illuminated on the Janice Mason Museum walls! Any see-through glass that you can shine a flashlight through at home can be illuminated at the museum! Bring 1-3 pieces of glass to participate in this demonstration. (You will be the only handler of your glass during this fun afternoon!)

Exhibit Sponsor: Lakeland Realty
Museum Hours: Tuesday-Saturday, 10-4; Sunday, 1-4

05/19/2026

🎨🖌 Join Our Summer Oil Painting Sessions – Create, Explore, and Grow as an Artist! 🖌🎨

This series works best for beginner through intermediate painters. It focuses on drawing, values, color relationships, and controlled brushwork. The classes will help students build a painting in the traditional Atelier-style sequence.

This summer, dive into the joy of oil painting with focused 3-week session blocks running from June through August. Each block meets on Tuesdays from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM, giving you plenty of time to paint, learn, and enjoy a relaxed creative afternoon. (Feel free to bring a lunch or snack to keep your energy up!)
Session 1: June 2, 9, 16
Session 2: June 30, July 7, 14
Session 3: August 4, 11, 18
Pricing (per 3-week session): $125 or $115 for museum members

Spots are limited - secure your place in one (or ALL) of these sessions and spend your summer Tuesdays making art that excites you!

05/16/2026

The next meeting of the JMAM ART BOOK CLUB will be Monday, July 6, 2026 at 6 pm in the lobby of the Janice Mason Art Museum. We will discuss "Mona's Eyes" by Thomas Schlesser (the entire book). The JMAM Book Club meets quarterly. Anyone that is interested is welcome to join us!

05/15/2026

Our May Make & Mingle class will be held Tuesday, May 26, 5-7 PM. Kim Brush will be teaching how to make upcycled bracelets. The fee for the class is: $25 or $20 for museum members.

Make & Mingle is a series of low-cost art classes that will be held on the fourth Tuesday of each month at 5 PM (Jan-Oct). Each class offers a guided art activity in a laid-back setting, giving you time to create and chat - no experience needed.

Art Classes Sponsored By: TVA/PRECC
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Class sizes are limited, so don’t delay in calling to reserve your spot! To register for classes or to get more information, call the museum at 270-522-9056 or stop by.