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We are located at
4 Cranberry Road
Carver, MA 02330
508-866-5700

  Holistic Art Education
  

Cranberry Barn Studios is where artists grow. Please join us!

Nurture your creativity and sense of wonder in a unique, inspirational setting. Unlike many typical art classes housed in institutional facilities, Cranberry Barn Studios is a newly renovated barn studio in a lovely, rustic, natural environment surrounded by apple trees, split rail fences, and cranberry bogs. 

Classes are offered for all ages, including those without prior artistic experience. Class sizes are very small and tailored to individual needs, with only 6 students per class at reasonable prices! Enrollment is on a first-come basis.

Unlike art classes that focus largely on materials, here the focus is on YOU. Embark on a uniquely personal creative journey where the art you produce is intended to be personally meaningful, inventive and purposeful while strengthening your artistic and technical skills within a respectful and supportive community of learners. Here, art is more than the making of objects. Making art is seen as an authentic process, a way to connect with your creative self, others, and the world while exploring ideas and media that matter to you.

Virginia K. Freyermuth, M.F.A., Ph.D., Director and Instructor

Mine is a holistic approach through which the heart and mind are open to possibility, where intention and intuition are honored, and where doing work that matters with wonder, grace and love is valued. To me, every person is an artist. Art is inclusive, an inherent part of who we are as human beings; it is our universal language. Art cultivates the whole person, expanding the richness of meaning in life.

I have been a teacher of art for 30 years, most recently as the K-12 Art Coordinator of the Duxbury Public Schools and a full-time faculty member at UMass Dartmouth. I was selected as the 1994 Massachusetts Teacher of the Year by the MA Department of Education, and was chosen the 1995 National Outstanding Art Teacher by Walt Disney's American Teacher Awards. I hold Bachelor and Master of Fine Arts Degrees in Painting and a Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Studies with a Concentration in Art Education. I pursue my own art in varied media.