Acrylic Painting for beginners
October 9 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Beginning Acrylic Painting is a relaxed, step-by-step painting workshop. Participants will learn how to prepare a canvas, use basic brushes, mix and blend acrylic colors. No artistic experience is required. Each participant will leave with a completed painting and the confidence to continue creating.
About the instructor
Rozell “RJ” Jordan is an Indianapolis-based abstract and mixed-media artist, curator, entrepreneur, and U.S. Navy veteran whose work is rooted in survival, discipline, faith, fatherhood, and the emotional realities of Black men. Using palette knives, layered textures, bold color, symbolism, and his signature “Mystaglyphs,” RJ explores Black masculinity, mental health, identity, spirituality, history, resilience, and legacy. His artwork has been exhibited at Newfields, Indiana Black Expo, the Skyline Club, Tea’s Me Café, the Indianapolis Public Library, and Gallery 317, and he received the FLAVA FRESH XXI Committee Choice Award. He is also the founder of RJ’s Palette Art and Gallery 317.
