YAM adult art classes are designed for everyone from beginners to artists who want to hone their skills. Every class is taught by a professional artist who is eager to share their creative process and techniques. These museum-based classes are perfect for lifelong learners and creative members of our community. All adult art classes are available for OPI credits.
YAM Museum Members receive 20% off most adult education courses.
This project is funded in part by the Montana Arts Council, an agency of the State Government, and by the National Endowment for the Arts.
Kent Monkman Write-Alongs with Anne Holub
When: Thursdays, January 29; February 12 & 26; March 12 & 26; April 9 & 23, 2026 // 3:30 – 4:30 PM
Cost: Free
Join 2024 YAM writer-in-residence, Anne Holub, as she returns to the museum to lead her popular Write Along sessions. Starting in late January, Anne will lead sessions every 2 weeks on Thursdays. Write-Alongs will focus on the exhibit, Death of Adonis, by Kent Monkman. Learn more about this painting and spend some quality time putting your own impressions into words with Anne and other visitors.
Slow Art Tour: Death of Adonis
When: Thursday, January 22 // 10:30 AM
Cost: Free
Enjoy the galleries at a slower pace. Join Jessica Kay Ogdin, YAM Executive Director, for a conversation about Kent Monkman’s Death of Adonis. This discussion-based tour invites participants to extend their time with a single work of art in a group setting. Death of Adonis, asks viewers to reconsider Albert Bierstadt’s 1888 painting The Last of the Buffalo, by reimagining the nineteenth-century representations of the North American landscape. This discussion-based tour welcomes participants to extend their time with a single work of art in a group setting.
Art Auction Artist Workshop with Tina Renee Becker
When: Saturday, February 28 | 10 AM – 4 PM
Cost: $65
Have you ever wondered: How did they make that? Did you know that coiling is one of the oldest forms of basketry, pre-dating pottery or stone? Here is your chance to learn the how-to behind the beautiful handmade baskets in our shop and up for auction this year! Join AA 58 artist Tina Renee Becker, where you will discover what drives her journey of Pine Needle Basketry. This hands-on workshop is sure to give you a new perspective on an ancient art form.
Slow Art Day at the YAM
When: Saturday, April 11 | 10 AM – 4 PM
Cost: Free
Slow down, reflect, discover, and engage with the Yellowstone Art Museum. Join us for a day of slow looking in the galleries and focus on deep observation and mindful presence. We are thrilled to participate as a venue for this global art movement that challenges the typical museum going experience.
BIG INK at the Yellowstone Art Museum: A Woodblock Printing Workshop
When: April 25 – 26, 2026
Cost: $350 + materials
The Yellowstone Art Museum is excited to host a workshop with BIG INK next spring. BIG INK, along with their portable presses, make woodblock printing accessible to anyone interested in the process and artform, from beginners to professional artists.
Lyell Castonguay, artist and BIG INK founder, will be on-site at the YAM April 25 through 26, 2026. “The Big Tuna,” a travel-capable, modular press, will make for an engaging and educational workshop where attendees can bring their own relief carvings and be an active participant in the printmaking process.
Due to the nature of this workshop, preliminary educational content and carving must be completed in advance of the in-person activities in April. The sign-up deadline is February 9, 2026.
4th Annual Urban Sketchbook Symposium
When: Saturday, May 16 | 10 AM – 4 PM
Cost: Free
Are you ready to start your journey of self-expression, imagination, and artistic discovery? Our “Sketchbook Symposium” is designed to ignite your creativity, one page at a time. Sketchbooks can be anything you want them to be. Visual diaries, places to test new mediums and techniques, or just a place to draw. They can allow you to capture fleeting moments, emotions, and scenes from your everyday life. A sketchbook can be your incubator for ideas. It’s where concepts take shape, evolve, and transform.
Registration coming soon.
Yoga & Figure Drawing Retreat at Tippet Rise
When: Saturday, May 30 | 10 AM – 4 PM
Cost: $50
Welcome warm weather back to Montana! The YAM is planning an incredible Yoga & Figure Drawing retreat at Tippet Rise Art Center. Participants will experience both art forms in symphony with the landscape and architectural wonder of the Cottonwood Campus. Artists, Beth Korth and Marilu Metherell will guide an in-depth dive into drawing the human figure as Yoga instructors, Sarah Brown and Carolanne Rohrs empower our studies with mindfulness of movement and form.
Registration coming soon.
Cancellation Policy
Classes will be cancelled two weeks prior to the scheduled date if enrollment is insufficient. Your enrollment cost will be refunded fully. Please enroll before then to avoid cancellations.
After registering, if you cannot attend a class, you must cancel a full TWO WEEKS before the class, or your money will not be refunded.
