An artistic avenue.Nothing illustrates the cooperative aspect of art better than an art colony  This article is written like a personal reflection or and may require .Please [ improve this article] by rewriting this article in an . . From July 14-20, whet your brush with a diverse palette of eager artists, art enthusiasts, art teachers, and students for seven days of artistic exploration and creation during the 11th annual Tougaloo Art Colony. The brainchild of Jane Hearn, former Tougaloo board member and local artist, the Art Colony has been an indispensable benefit to the visual arts visual arts npl → artes fpl plásticas visual arts npl → arts mpl plastiques visual arts npl → in Mississippi since its conception in 1997. Cultivating artistic development, the program invites six or seven artists from different geographic and ethnic backgrounds to share their expertise in workshops. This year's featured artists provide a myriad of media choices. Jerrie Glaspher covers oil and acrylic painting acrylic painting Painting executed in the medium of acrylic resins—synthetic resins that dry rapidly, are water-soluble, and serve as a vehicle for any pigment. Its effects may range from the transparent brilliance of watercolour to the density of oil paint. in his workshop, "The Romance of the Landscape." Polish up polish up Verb 1. to make smooth and shiny by polishing 2. to improve (a skill or ability) by working at it: I'm going to evening classes to polish up my German Verb 1. on enamel enamel, a siliceous substance fusible upon metal. It may be so compounded as to be transparent or opaque and with or without color, but it is usually employed to add decorative color. It was used to decorate jewelry in ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome. compositions with Napoleon Jones-Henderson in "Enameling Visual Music." "Fusing/Quilting through Fabric Painting and Abstraction" is framed around the quilting quilting, form of needlework, almost always created by women, most of them anonymous, in which two layers of fabric on either side of an interlining (batting) are sewn together, usually with a pattern of back or running (quilting) stitches that hold the layers expertise of Sonji Hunt. Mario Robinson rolls up his sleeves in "Taming the Watercolor Giant." Finally, Kathleen Varnell produces impressive shapes in "Face, Grace, and the Ceramic Vase." Special free events open to the public include evening presentations by instructors and participants from July 14-18, open studios on July 20, and "The Mother of All Art Auctions" on July 19, with the proceeds funding a museum for the Tougaloo Art Collections. For more information and registration details, call 601/977-7839 or see www. tougaloo.edu/content/Academics/programs/summer/artcolony.htm. |
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