El Valle Artists Association will host a one-day workshop with Julie Bernstein Engelmann on Saturday, May 25, at the Pine Shadows Club House, 2050 W. SR 89A in Cottonwood.

Workshop times are 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Contact Workshop Chairwoman Nadine Cummins at (480) 375-0982 or nadinecum@msn.com with any questions and details for joining the workshop.

Engelmann holds an master’s degree from the University of California, Los Angeles, and a bachelor’s degree from Barnard College in New York City, where she studied with first-generation abstract expressionist Milton Resnick. Her luscious artworks have won many awards and were featured in a retrospective solo exhibition at the Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art in Pennsylvania. She is also an instructor at the Sedona Arts Center School of the Arts.

Engelmann is passionate about teaching three vital qualities of powerful abstract painting: Meaning, naturalness and spatial depth and flow. Her layering technique gives a powerful foundation for abstract painting. Participants will leave with a deeper understanding of an acrylic abstract painting and how to find a story. To learn more about El Valle Artists association, visit the group on Facebook or elvalleartists.org