Open Studio
It's only $5 for 3 hours!
(tips at event welcome to cover art supplies)
Come join us for an open studio time where you are free to paint, draw, use the pottery wheel or whatever your artistic heart desires!
Bring your own supplies or use what you can find at the studio. Our available supplies vary so if you have a specific project in mind probably best to bring your own. Typically, we have an assortment of papers, pencils, markers, acrylic paints, water colors, brushes, craft supplies, etc.
All Ages welcome!
Every Sunday (beginning June 1st, 2025)
4-7pm
PAY HERE OR IN PERSON
CASH OR VENMO
Please join us for a guys’ night out to paint or draw and to socialize. Artists of all skill levels are welcome from experienced artists to complete beginners. This will be an open studio where you are free to work on what you want, with no instruction. Bring your project or start one here. If you have art supplies, please bring them to use. If not, some supplies will be available to get you started. No oil paints please. Tables/flat surfaces and easels will be provided.
When: 2nd & 4th Thursdays of Month
Time: 6-8PM
Where: There Art Forge of Franklin
1117 Columbia Ave
RSVP halwri@gmail.com
Art Knights
Golden Sunflowers
A textured acrylic art class. Explore heavy texture using a palette knife, paint brush and other techniques!
Create some beautiful tall sunflowers!
Cost Includes Everything
$65 Adult
Oct 20th | 1-3pm
*Registration can be used for ANY Sunday
Extra Texture Acrylics with Joan Wilkes
Landscape paintings grab attention when bold texture makes you want to reach out and touch them! Learn how to incorporate various mediums to take your acrylic paints to the next level.
(Class size restricted to 6 for optimal instruction)
All materials, including paint, medium, brushes, palette knives, and premium 11x14 canvas, are provided.
Wednesday, Sept. 24th
10am-2pm
$100
CLASS
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ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM
with Samm Musick
Join Samm Musick in learning the art of Abstract Expressionism. We will also study the use of cubism and various other art forms that can be integrated into your style. We will study art and design principles, study the masters like Kandinsky, Weiss, Kirchner, Nolde, and so many more! Class is limited to 8 students so grab your spot early.
We will create an Acrylic and mixed medium painting that you can be proud to hang on your wall or give as gifts or sell! This will be medium to large canvases, gallery wrapped, ready to hang with hardware included!
Time: 6-9pm
Oct 29th.
Cost $150 (all materials included)
INTRO TO OIL PAINTING
with Elisabeth Marsch
Not sure where to start with oil painting? Join us for a one night introduction!
Learn about pigments, oils, mediums, canvasses, and more. Learn foundational techniques plus tips and tricks for working with oils while creating your very own painting in class. Students will leave with their painting, a handy guide for using oils, and a simple list of items needed to start their own oil painting journey.
All materials provided. Reference photos for painting will be provided, but students are welcome to bring a photo of their own to paint. Beginners welcome!
Cost: $75 (includes all materials)
Sept 15th 6-8pm
INTRO TO OIL PAINTING
with Elisabeth Marsch
Looking to learn oil painting in a guided setting? Join us for this 5-week class!
This class is perfect to:
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Continue learning oils if you enjoyed the Intro to Oils one-night class
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Develop your painting skills if you’re already experienced with oils
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Dive into oils as a beginner painter
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Make meaningful handmade gifts for the holidays
Over 5 weeks we will learn how to make beautiful oil paintings from beginning to end. Students will enjoy hands-on painting time with guided instruction and teacher feedback. We will have opportunities to practice landscape, still life, florals, animals, and/or portraits, depending on student inclination. Each participant will receive a simple guide for creating oil paintings and a convenient supply list for painting at home. All materials will be provided for painting in class.
We will learn about pigments, oils, mediums, canvasses, and more. We’ll learn foundational and advanced techniques plus tips and tricks for working with oils while creating your very own paintings in class. For those who attended the Intro to Oils One-Night class, we will explore those concepts and materials in greater depth while creating more polished paintings over multiple sessions.
All materials provided. Reference photos for painting will be provided, but students are welcome to bring photos of their own to paint. Beginners and experienced students welcome!
Cost: $350 (includes all materials)
Follow Up to the Intro to Oils One-Night Class
5 Monday Nights
Oct 20th - Nov 17th 6-8pm
Groups/Parties
Perfect for Birthday Parties, Corporate Team Building, Bachelorette Parties, and more!
You can choose from Instructed Classes where we provide an Instructor and Supplies to Non-Instructed where you provide your own supplies and craft project. Art Forge always has extra supplies on hand too!
Group Hourly Rates include up to 12 Participants with $20/hr for additional participants.
Please call us at 615-669-6289 or email theartforgefranklin@gmail.com to schedule your time
and pick your course (Group Instructed Parties).
Walk-Ins Hourly Pass
Not looking for a membership but just want a workspace you can be messy in for a few hours? We got you covered! Please call us at 615-669-6289 or email theartforgefranklin@gmail.com to get your door access code and instructions.
LOCATION:
FRONT ENTRANCE
(NORTH SIDE OF WILLIAMSON HERALD BUILDING)
Class Instructors
CAMDEN
Camden Jones is a dedicated artist with a Master of Arts degree and a deep-rooted passion for the outdoors. His work is grounded in a lifelong appreciation for wildlife and quiet, often-overlooked moments. Whether painting en plein air or observing the subtle movement of wildlife, Camden brings a sense of honesty to every brushstroke.
In addition to his studio and fieldwork, Camden has a genuine heart for teaching. With patience, encouragement, and a love for the craft, he creates a welcoming space where students of all levels can explore and thrive.
Camden creates with thoughtful expression—believing that feeling the wind, hearing the birds, and watching the light shift add something irreplaceable to his work. Through his art and teaching, he aims to share his curiosity while helping others find their own creative voice.
MELISSA
Melissa has been involved in all things art all of her adult life. She studied art education at The University of Tennessee – Martin and has a Bachelor of Science in Education with a major in art education. She began her teaching career in the art classroom in the suburbs of Memphis in the late 1990s. During this time, she earned a teaching license with a K-12 art endorsement. She has worked professionally teaching students from preschool to college level. She also holds a Master of Architecture degree and spent years designing hospitals with an amazing firm in the Nashville area.
After leaving the professional world of architecture, she became a stay-at-home mom to her two wonderful kids (her favorite job yet). As her kids were growing, she become ready to step back into art on a more full-time level. Over the past seven years, she has enjoyed stepping back into one of her favorite roles as educator. She started Art Smart Kids from her home and has loved sharing her love of art with a whole new group of creative learners as her business has grown. She now offers classes, camps, and custom commissions for ages 2-adult.
ELISABETH
Elisabeth Marsch specializes in portrait and figure painting on reacted copper panels. She works with acids, metal, and unusual materials to create rich substrates for her paintings, which explore the human psyche and its relationship to other people and the world.
Since taking her undergraduate degree in painting, aesthetics, and philosophy from Union University (Jackson, TN), she has worked as a metal smith, artist, and art tutor while showing in solo and group exhibitions and giving talks on the practice and philosophy of art. In 2016 she attended a residency at the New York Academy of Art in lower Manhattan, upon completion of which she moved to Franklin, TN to further develop her work in portraiture. Elisabeth has attended workshops with a variety of master artists, including Makoto Fujimura (2018), Richie Carter (2022), Ernest Vincent Wood III (2024), and Suchitre Bhosle (2025). In 2024 she moved to Spring Hill, TN where she continues to develop her work in the human figure and experimental media.
Elisabeth is a member of NOAPS, the Portrait Society of America, the Chestnut Group, the Spring Hill Chamber of Commerce, and is a member with Distinction of American Women Artists.
https://www.marschstudios.com/
IG @Marsch_Studios and @Minuscule_Portraits
SAMM
Born in Columbus, OH Samm Musick shared a love of art with his late Father and Art collector Ron Musick. Samm's passion for theater and music combined with a love for travel have angled Samm to study art and architecture in Europe, Asia, The Middle East, Australia and The Americas.
Samm studied art at O'More College of Design while studying Interior Design.
NICOLA
Hello my name is Nicola.
I love to paint with heavy textured Acrylics! Heavy texture allows me the creativity of bringing my paintings to a whole new dimension.
My inspiration has always been nature and especially florals! I think that stems from my English background and my Mother's love for flowers. I was born in England and my family moved to California where I grew up but I have called Tennessee home for 32 years.
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