This free community event welcomes ages 14+ (teens recommended to come with accompanied parent or guardian). You may bring sketchbooks to take notes, however, there will be no formal instruction. Participants of Michela Mansuino's "Live Portraits" workshop need not rsvp, as they are already counted with their registration.

Instructor Michela Mansuino is an exceptional artist and instructor who teaches youth and adult classes at The Arts of Great Falls. She currently teaches at Studio Incamminati's Human Realist Program in Philadelphia, where she also studied and earned a diploma of achievement. Michela has won numerous awards, including two honorable mentions from the Portrait Society of America, first prize in the Strictly Painting Competition, and was a finalist in the ARC International Salon. Her plein air painting, 'Still Life with Raffaello,' was featured in Fine Art Connoisseur magazine in July 2022.