Art Activated

As part of the Alexandria Festival of the Arts, the Torpedo Factory Art Center will be featuring Art Activated on Saturday, September 8. From 12PM-4PM, this free event will combine artist demonstrations with live modern dance by BosmaDance. I'll be giving drawing demonstrations throughout the day, and I would love it if audience members would model for me! My demonstrations will be from 12-1, 1:30-2:30, and 3-4, and I'll be on a different floor of the building each time. Here's the full schedule for the day:

12:00 – 1:00

On the Wheel, Pottery demonstration with David Norton - Studio 22

Bits and Pieces, drawing body parts with Jenny Davis - Mid area, First Floor - Audience is asked to model

Champagne Cork Chairs Workshop with Lisa Schumaier - Studio 16 **

History Inspired Drawing - Archaeology, Room 327 **

Draw or paint patterns inspired by designs discovered on salt-glazed stoneware pottery shards excavated from local archeological sites.

Fiber Production Techniques with Springwater Fiber Workshop – Dock Area Lobby

** Felting, spinning, weaving, knitting, and more


1:00 – 2:00

On the Wheel, Pottery demonstration with David Norton - Studio 22

History Inspired Drawing - Archaeology, Room 327 **

Champagne Cork Chairs Workshop with Lisa Schumaier - Studio 16 **

Fiber Production Techniques with Springwater Fiber Workshop – Dock Area Lobby **


1:30 – 2:30

Bits and Pieces, drawing body parts with Jenny Davis, Third Floor Central Area - Audience is asked to model

2:00 – 3:00

On the Wheel, Pottery demonstration with David Norton - Studio 22

Fiber Production Techniques with Springwater Fiber Workshop – Dock Area Lobby **

Champagne Cork Chairs Workshop with Lisa Schumaier - Studio 16 **

Clothed Figure Drawing with Marjorie Forgues, Art League Gallery, Studio 21

Immediate Figure Sculpture with Tatyana Schremko

Enameling On Silver with Don Viehman, Studio 205

History Inspired Drawing - Archaeology, Room 327 **

How I Designed Two Postage Stamps and Lived to Tell About It by Jim Dean -Studio 306 (From watercolor sketch to finished stamp)

Huge Blossoms on Tiny Canvasses with Joan Holoviak, Studio 342

What Was She Thinking, The story behind the painting -- Kathy Beynette, Studio 7


2 – 4 pm

Printmaking Demonstrations – Studio 325


3:00 – 4:00

On the Wheel, Pottery demonstration with David Norton - Studio 22

Fiber Production Techniques with Springwater Fiber Workshop – Dock Area Lobby **

Champagne Cork Chairs Workshop with Lisa Schumaier - Studio 16 **

Immediate Figure Sculpture with Tatyana Schremko - Studio 32 **

Watercolor Painting with Peter Ulrich, Location Art League Gallery, Studio 21

The New Silver, working with metal clay to create fine silver jewelry with Barbro Ericksdotter Gendel, Studio 201

Bits and Pieces, drawing body parts with Jenny Davis, Second Floor Crossover -- Audience is asked to model

History Inspired Drawing - Archaeology, Room 327 **

Small Portrait Painting with Mary Ann Stevens, Studio 314

Rocks in Acrylics or Metallics with Susan Makara, Studio 339

New School, New Drawings

So I won't be posting any paintings for a few more weeks, since I didn't bring my supplies to my new dorm and can't paint here (yet). But I'll be working that out soon. In the meantime, here are a few sketches I did at various long and boring orientation meetings.

NSAL Career Awards Traveling Show

The work of the NSAL's National Career Awards finalists will be traveling the country through May of next year. The exhibition will visit El Paso, Texas; Birmingham, Alabama; St. Louis, Missouri; Marietta, Ohio; Washington, D.C.; and Champaign, Illinois. Here's the full schedule:

August 22 - September 16
International Museum of Art
El Paso, Texas

September 27 - November 11
Jewish Community Center
Birmingham, Alabama

November 20 - January 4
Centene Center for Arts & Education
St. Louis, Missouri

January 21 - February 15
Marietta College
Marietta, Ohio

February 27 - March 23
Nevin Kelly Gallery
Washinton, D.C.

April 1 - May 10
Green Street Studio, Inc.
Champaign, Illinois

Portrait of a Girl

13.5"x12"

Portrait of a Boy

13.5"X12"

Portrait of Clare... Finished

Just finished it this afternoon.