{"id":555146,"date":"2026-07-17T23:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T23:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/555146\/"},"modified":"2026-07-17T23:00:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T23:00:08","slug":"painting-in-the-park-a-new-opportunity-for-beginning-artists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/555146\/","title":{"rendered":"Painting in the Park: A new opportunity for beginning artists"},"content":{"rendered":"

BUNCOMBE COUNTY, N.C. (WLOS) \u2014 Buncombe County Parks and Recreation is offering a colorful new opportunity this summer for beginning artists – a guided painting session called Painting in the Park. <\/p>\n

Painting in the Park is a new series offered by Buncombe County Parks and Recreation this summer. (Photo credit; WLOS Staff)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

For Buncombe County Parks and Recreation Program Assistant and session teacher Caitlyn Fogarty, it’s all about giving people a way to express themselves.<\/p>\n

“Sometimes it’s hard to just sit down and paint in your house,” Fogarty said.<\/p>\n

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The Painting in the Park series guides beginners on painting basics and how to use colors together.<\/p>\n

“We’ll kind of all paint the same thing, but I definitely encourage people to kind of make it their own” Fogarty said.<\/p>\n

Fogarty says all are welcome, regardless of skill level.<\/p>\n

“(it’s a) very low stakes environment, no judgment. Just kind of get you in a place where you can clear your head, and have fun,” Fogarty said.<\/p>\n

For some, this is the artistic outlet they didn’t know they needed.<\/p>\n

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“I am not an artist, and guided painting was appealing,” Kendra Clopton said.<\/p>\n

Clopton brought her granddaughter along, too.<\/p>\n

“I wanted to learn some techniques to help me compete with my 8-year-old granddaughter over here,” Clopton said.<\/p>\n

And it imparts some good life lessons.<\/p>\n

“It’s a learning experience, and it’s a great benefit for her to understand that it’s all in the eye of the beholder,” Clopton said.<\/p>\n

Fogarty says that in the end, it’s not about making the perfect painting. It’s about being yourself.<\/p>\n

“It just gives them that opportunity to kind of be free,” Fogarty said.<\/p>\n

The sessions are held each Thursday from now through August, and the cost is $10. More information is available at BuncombeNC.gov<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BUNCOMBE COUNTY, N.C. (WLOS) \u2014 Buncombe County Parks and Recreation is offering a colorful new opportunity this summer…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":555147,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[307,304,305,306,308,93,61,60],"class_list":["post-555146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-artsdesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555146","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=555146"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555146\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/555147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=555146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=555146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=555146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}