Meet Our Instructors

Hilda Vandergriff, Local Artist

California artist, Hilda Vandergriff, learned to draw and paint from art teachers at College of The Sequoias, has taken many workshops on the Central Coast and at The Door Gallery in Fresno, California. Hilda’s art inspiration is nature, insects, flowers, animals and landscapes. She looks for the beauty in all her subject matter that ultimately will translate into an original cherished piece of artwork. The watercolor paintings are a variety of animals, insects, and flowers from travels.  Butterflies and dragonflies are a joy to paint and uniquely all different in her paintings.

Classes:

Watercolor

Acrylic Painting

Maria Rosas, Local Artist

María Rosas is a contemporary, multi-medium artist and teacher. Born in Ecuador, and longtime Californian, she explores deeply emotional and spiritual themes of the human condition in her work. Since 2020, she teaches private lessons in all mediums, and both charcoal and oil pastel at Allard’s, in Fresno. In 2023, she exhibited for Fresno’s Arthop at Sun Stereo with her premiere interactive art installation for Dia de Los Muertos, and again at the Pacific Cove with various pieces. 

Currently her series of “mujeres” is an ode to the resilience of women, their strength against adversities, life struggles, and the inherent growing pains of the divine feminine.

Stay connected with Maria’'s work:

IG: @mariarosasfineart

Classes:

Charcoal Drawing

Colored Pencil Drawing

Pastel

Pen & Ink

Drawing techniques with Graphite

Beth Theilen, Local Artist

Beth is a new artist in town with over 30 years of bookbinding and printmaking experience. Beth Thielen's work and the work of her students are represented in the Getty Museum of Art, the Hammer Museum of Art, the Library of Congress Special Collections, the Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, Houghton Library at Harvard, Yale University, the Spencer Collection at the New York Public Library, as well as other important public and private collections. She is the recipient of awards from the Puffin Foundation, the Kalliopeia Foundation and is a Blue Mountain Center and Rauschenberg residency fellow.

Classes:

Bookbinding

Printmaking

Jamie, Local Artist

Jamie is an artist of the Fresno-area and she is excited to be teaching at Allard’s! Jamie’s art activities and lessons are influenced by her time working in museums and art education centers, and she enjoys leading projects that are inspired by nature, artists of the past and present, and the environments we live in. When teaching lessons on techniques or mediums, she also encourages students to make choices that allow them to make the project their own. As a practicing artist, Jamie often works in mixed-media drawing and painting, and she has exhibited her work at ArtHop and beyond. She received her BA in Studio Art and her MFA in Visual Art from Azusa Pacific University.

Classes:

Kids Art Exploration

Ginny Burdick, Local Artist

Ginny Burdick, CZT, professional artist, lives and works in the foothills of the beautiful Sierra Mountains. She was the owner of A Sense of Place fine art gallery for 11 years, representing the artists of the Central Valley. She works and teaches in soft pastels, oils, Zentangle®, and watercolor. Her work is still represented by A Sense of Place Gallery and the Yosemite Sierra Artist Gallery.

Painting and drawing for the artist are a graphic language through which she expresses herself. Never be afraid to make a bad painting or drawing because from each piece we do we learn more about ourselves, there are no mistakes only new opportunities. Ginny loves sharing her love of art through teaching and mentoring artists.

Ginny’s paintings and drawings are meant to evoke a place each of us has inside: a memory, real or imagined.

Classes:

Introduction to Zentangle

Open Studio

Emily Hubel, Local Artist

Emily Hubel is a professional artist based in Fresno with a BA in Fine Art and two decades of experience as a working creative. She specializes in watercolor, her favorite medium, and also works as a jeweler. She has successfully sold on Etsy for 18 years. At Allard's Art, Emily teaches mixed media, art resin, and polymer clay jewelry classes, where she shares her versatile artistic skills and passion for art with students of all levels.

Classes:

Art Resin

Clay Jewelry

Mixed Media Art

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We want everyone safe and healthy.

Our new Policy & Procedures for our Art Classes:

Most classes are limited to 8-12 people depending on the class.

We have sanitizing stations at the front of the store.

Our restrooms are not open to the public, but open for students.

Allard's Art Class Policy:

First come, first served!

You must register & prepay for the class in advance, as seating is limited.

You may sign-up in store, online, or by calling 559-225-1500.

Please arrive at least 10 minutes before the start of your class for signing in and setting up.

When classes start at 10am on Saturdays, we will open for you at 9:50am.

Pricing, Dates, and Times subject to change.

Class Cancellation Policy:

Allard’s Art reserves the right to cancel classes due to insufficient enrollment or other unforeseen circumstances.

If a class is cancelled due to low enrollment, participants will be notified via their provided phone number and/or email with as much notice as possible and a full refund will be given.
If a make-up class or future date is offered, you will be given the option to register for the future date in lieu of a refund.
Cancellations or class transfers by the participant must be made at least 48 hours before the start of the class for a full refund or transfer.
No refunds will be given for “no call, no-shows” or a late cancellation. Once the class is in session, we will not offer a refund or transfer.