Building a Floating Frame

Instructor: Victor Leger

Date: Saturday, January 10, 2026

Time: 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Ages: adults

Members: $126

Non-Members: $140

(Registration deadline: January 7)

Description:

Ever wonder how you could turn strips of wood into a beautiful frame for your artwork? Beginning with 5/4” x 4” poplar wood, (the combined length and width of desired artwork size), participants will learn how to create a finished floating frame. Come experience the new David Marks Woodworking Lab at FPAC and start making your own frames! 

Materials:

Provided by participants:

• 5/4” x 4” poplar, combined length of two sides of the painting to be framed.

(Note: Lowes and Home Depot do not carry 5/4” poplar) Available at Iffland Lumber – Torrington and Minor Lumber - Canton

Instructor Bio:

Victor Leger has been painting since high school in Hartford, CT.  He was fortunate to attend art classes every day at the Wadsworth Atheneum, under the tutelage of artist Peter Waite. Following this experience, he entered his first year at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn with a full scholarship as a painting major. After five semesters he decided to try a different art school, and finished his Bachelor’s Degree of Fine Arts in painting at the San Francisco Art Institute in 1984.

Victor has won various national and international awards and his works are in private and public collections across the US and Canada. He has displayed in ten American museums in a show titled, “The New Reality, Realism in the 21st Century”. 

He routinely makes his own frames and will be sharing his technique in this unique skill-building "mini-shop."

Instructor's Website: https://www.victorleger.com

All workshops are held at the Five Points Arts Center, 855 University Drive

Workshops may be cancelled due to low enrollment if a minimum number of participants are not met. Registrants will be notified in advance and a refund or credit will be arranged (see workshop polices below for details).

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