OASIS Fine Art & Craft
Location:103 S. Main St., Harrisonburg, VA 22801 Map
Email: info@oasisartgallery.org
Phone: 540-442-8188
Hours:Sunday thru Thursday: 12 to 5 pm
Friday: 12 to 8 pm
Saturday: 10 am to 5 pm
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Classes

OASIS Fine Art & Craft welcomes children, teens and adults for art and music instruction. We offer scheduled classes at times. However, on call classes are available year-round.

Scheduled Classes Pre-register with credit card at 540-442-8188 or in person at OASIS, 103 S. Main St., Harrisonburg, VA.

On Call Classes You may arrange instruction times and fees for one student or a small group. For more information, email the instructor by clicking below on their name (or hovering on their name to see the email address), or call OASIS Fine Art & Craft at 540-442-8188. If you email, please put "Classes" in the subject line.

Scheduled Classes

None currently scheduled.

Adult/Teen Art Classes: On Call

  • Acrylic Painting: explore the basics in painting with acrylics.    Alex Hofgren

  • Basic weaving: Use simple looms and yarns or other fibers.    Judith N. Ligon

  • Beading: Create your own special creation using beads from your local art supply stores or what you can make with polymer clay, etc.     Judith N. Ligon

  • Collage/Montage: Create textural design using various materials found at home and/or your local art supply store.     Judith N. Ligon

  • Copper Enameling: Explore the basics in fusing powdered glass to metal.    Judith N. Ligon

  • Drawing for all ages: Learn to draw what you see.    Judith N. Ligon

  • Fibers, stitches and more! Creating with fabric and threads/fibers, beads, etc. for the wearer or the home.  Judith N. Ligon

  • Mixed media and lino-cut print making.   Barbara Gautcher

  • One Stroke Painting: Basic techniques. - A brush loading and stroke style of painting.  This technique can be added to what you already like to do in painting.   Judith N. Ligon

  • Papermaking: Learn to recycle, use plants in paper and create your own textures for use in collage to acid free scrapbooking pages.    Judith N. Ligon

  • Papier Mache.     Alex Hofgren

  • Photography.   Mike Reisenberg and Frank Doherty

  • Polymer Clay: Cane making, starting with the Skinner Blend - explore color blending and design.  Follow-up classes for creating jewelry, boxes, etc. as desired.    Judith N. Ligon

  • T-shirt Art: Create something special in art-to-wear for summer fun using paint, markers, leaves, stamps, etc.    Judith N. Ligon

  • Watercolor: Explore the possibilites in watercolor using elements of design and color as well as techniques.    Judith N. Ligon

  • Wood Carving: Learn to hand-carve spoons, or more complex objects like spirit-carvings in wood.    Steve Fischer

Music Classes: On Call

  • Guitar lessons: All Ages/All Levels, from Master Teacher and Professional Musician, Bob Bersson. Teaching Awards from James Madison University School of Arts and Letters and the National Art Education Association.
    Types of music: jazz, blues, rock, folk, gospel, world; singer-songwriter.
    Cost: $25 per lesson (30 minutes for elementary-school-age children, 40 minutes for middle- and high-school-age students, 50 minutes for adults). Will also teach two persons at a time or small groups.    Bob Bersson

Childrens' Art Classes: On Call

  • Children's art classes.   Phil James

  • Children's art classes: Pastel painting and oil painting, drawing and expressive art classes.    Elaine Hurst

  • Children's Art Classes: For children 8 years and up.  The child will explore line design, form and texture to 3-D expression using various materials provided by the instructor, purchased from local art supply stores or items from home.    Judith N. Ligon


As a non-profit gallery, OASIS relies on community support and on publicand private grants to continue its program promoting the arts in thevalley.   Both the ArtsCouncil of the Valley and the VirginiaCommission for the Arts provide funding through grants for artists and arts programs.

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