You may be familiar with the HOLT School of Fine Art, as they operate two award-winning art studios in the area already, in Pineville and Oakhurst. Named Winner of Charlotte Magazine’s “Best of the Best Art Studio 2021 & 2022”, their classes are often booked well in advance and waitlisted. Holt School is home to over 500 artists including adults, teens and children ages 8+ who are learning the techniques and foundations needed to draw and paint for a lifetime. They offer some of the QC’s most coveted classes, like their annual Summer “Plein Air” Paint Outside Workshop for ages 10-18, this year taking place at Historic Rosedale.
New Davidson Location Offers More Opportunity
Holt School is so coveted in fact, that the year round classes at the existing studios in Pineville and Oakhurst are basically booked up and operating on a waitlist. Hence the new studio opening on April 1st on Jetton St. in Davidson. This new location will both offer the Holt art experience to Lake Norman area students, and offer Charlotte residents another option to sign up for year round study with Holt School.
This is some hot-off-the-presses good scoop for those of you interested in learning at Holt School – not even open yet, but already booking, the new Davidson studio has a decent amount of availability right now. This rare opportunity is perfect for those who are ready to sign up for their ideal year-long art class.
Women Owned and Artist Owned
Holt Cleaver and Kate Stewart are both professional artists, and are the studio owners who are passing their love of fine art on to the Charlotte community. Their program is built on a foundation in drawing; they believe the more confident a student feels with drawing, the better they can conquer any other art medium. Once students have a basic knowledge of drawing, they will experiment with watercolors, charcoal, and eventually oil painting.
The studios are staffed with professional artists and trained instructors who have a degree in art or are pursuing a degree in art. And with a teacher to student ratio at 1:6, each student is able to have their individual needs met, and the studios can tailor their program to help each student achieve their personal artistic goals.
Sign Up for Summer Now
Holt School’s SUMMER classes and workshops for Adults, Teens and Kids 8+ are open for registration now at all three studios. Summer 2023 Weekly Classes for Adults 18+ run June 12-August 17 (9 classes – closed J4 week), and their Summer Workshops are 1 week in length and cover intensives like Landscape Painting, Figure Drawing, and Portrait Painting.
The Youth Summer classes for ages 8-18 run on the same schedule of June 12-August 17 (9 classes – closed J4 week) but the Youth Summer Workshops are grouped in tighter age ranges on fun topics like Pastel Bootcamp, Digital Oil Painting, and more, including the Paint Outside workshop.
​You can explore them all and sign up by studio at the Holt School of Fine Art website HERE. Just click on the studio you are interested in and use the drop down menu to pick your program area.
Be sure to tell them you saw it on scoop and get yourself or your children started on a life-long love of creating art and expressing creativity today.
MAIN OFFICE – info@holtschooloffineart.com
PINEVILLE – 315 Main St, Suite 4A
OAKHURST – 1620 Oakhurst Commons Dr, Suite 302
DAVIDSON – 610 Jetton St, Suite 180 Davidson, NC
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