Committed to the Core

An Intensive Inquiry through Intuitive Painting

April – December 2026

ELIGIBILITY FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE PROGRAM

Note: This program is for experienced intuitive painters. To be eligible, you should have attended at least one 7-day intensive, taken a year's worth of weekly classes (four 8-week classes), or have other equivalent experience. If you have questions about whether your prior experience qualifies, please contact Claudia Erzinger or Maria Freebairn-Smith (email ccepaintingstudio@gmail.com)

REQUIREMENTS FOR PARTICIPATION (YOUR COMMITMENTS)

Each participant must develop a plan for ongoing painting practice roughly equivalent to 48 hours of painting time over the 9 months of the program. For example, you might attend weekly classes, or you might attend all community classes and 1-days. 

PAYMENT

The fee for the 9-month, Committed to the Core program is:

$500 deposit due February 2nd, 2026

Early bird: $3,400 due February 2nd, 2026

Full tuition: $3,500 due March 16th, 2026

You can pay in advance or in monthly installments. Some financial assistance is available. Donations to provide scholarships for other painters are welcome. Please indicate your answers to the following items in the spaces below.

HOUSING DURING INTENSIVES (OPTIONAL)

Some painters may travel long distances to attend the intensives. The following questions are meant to help facilitate housing options (for example staying in a local painter's home, sharing a hotel room with another painter, or sharing an Airbnb rental)