BOSTON – Monday, April 27, 2026 – The Boston Parks and Recreation Department today announced the return of its popular ParkARTS Summer Watercolor Painting Workshop series, taking place throughout May and June. The free workshops are part of Boston Parks’ 2026 ParkARTS program, which brings arts and cultural programming to parks across the city.

Open to Boston residents ages 9 and up, the Watercolor Painting Workshops welcome artists of all skill levels to create their own green space-inspired masterpieces. Materials and instruction will be provided by a local instructor. Pre-registration is required. For more information, please visit boston.gov/watercolor-workshops.

All classes are held from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., weather permitting. Dates and locations for the workshops are as follows:

Saturday, May 30

LoPresti Park

33 Sumner Street, East Boston

Sunday, May 31

Christopher Columbus Park

100 Atlantic Ave, North End

Saturday, June 6

Schoolmaster Hill

Circuit Drive, Boston (Franklin Park)

Sunday, June 7

Boston Public Garden

4 Charles Street, Downtown Boston

Saturday, June 13

James P. Kelleher Rose Garden

73 Park Drive, Fenway (Back Bay Fens)

Sunday, June 14

Jamaica Pond Boathouse

507 Jamaicaway, Jamaica Plain

For more information please visit boston.gov/watercolor. Stay up to date with news, events, and design and construction work in Boston parks by signing up for our email list at bit.ly/Get-Parks-Emails and following our social channels @bostonparksdept on Facebook and Instagram, @parks.boston.gov on Bluesky.