New Course schedule online Now! For classes beginning March through August. In this issue: New Satellite with Painting classes, Portrait Painting and more.
Metal Arts Village (Studio “e”): New Satellite. An artist village with up to 12 different art studios, 3230 North Dodge Blvd (at Fort Lowell). You are invited to visit every full moon for Open Studios, including next Friday, February 14, 5-8 pm. Starting February 19 at MAV: Intermediate Oil Painting, and February 20: Introduction to Oil Painting, both with Betina Fink. There is one spot available in each class.
Dawn Emerson Workshop: “Rethinking Pastels from the Bottom Up” (at the Main Studio): March 28 – 30. Join TDS and renowned guest artist Dawn Emerson for this inspiring 3-day workshop. Each day will practice a different “surface level” of drawing with pastel, from the substrate UP and DOWN. Sure to be fabulous, so don’t delay your registration! Image above by Dawn Emerson.
Call for Entries: Love Your Mother Earth. Deadline entry March 3, 2014. Click here for prospectus. A juried exhibition about conservation, climate change, and sustainability. Any medium or style that reflects that theme.
In the Gallery: One of our esteemed guests at the “Beauty of the Beast” opening last week: Elfie the Elf Owl. Picture courtesy of Stacy Egan. From the Wildlife Rebab of Northeast Tucson. The exhibition will continue through February 24.
Portrait Painting in Watercolor: begins 2/14 with Judy Nakari. Capture the essence of a person in watercolor, while expanding your painting and figurative skills.
Getting Art Done: Stop thinking about it, and just do it! This peer facilitated group meets on Wednesdays beginning February 19, and offers the artist a workbook format and more, to help one produce more work. A nurturing group experience. “The Thinker” (“Le Penseur”) by Auguste Rodin, 1904, Bronze.
Figure Open Studio and Still Life Open Studio; ongoing weekly opportunities to hone your skills working from the figure or still life. Non-instructional, drop in. The backbone of your studio practice, right here. Above image courtesy of Rebecca Olson.
This beautiful drawing (right) was made by a teen student in our summer immersion program called the Art of Summer. Find out more on this award winning program, and consider either sponsoring a youth or teen, or enrolling one of your own.