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“What If? Why Not?! — Mixing Media/Mixing Methods” with Anna George –Studio 2–starts 3/29 9:30-12:30 Wednesdays

“What If? Why Not?! — Mixing Media/Mixing Methods” with Anna George

Relax into light adventure with this fun, evolving class series in Studio One. Will Spring inspire innovative work where both common and uncommon materials unpredictably mix? Find out in these seven weeks of combining and repurposing materials, where each artist integrates simple principles of composition and addresses each new surface with both a conventional and an unconventional eye. Build a piece with mementos or simply play. “The finest ingredient ever is the imagination,” notes instructor, Anna George, “and play is premium.”

 

What if? Why not?!  allows everyone to complete several pieces. No experience is necessary. Guided projects at the outset involve working on boards, paper, and canvas and selecting from an assortment of provided ingredients. Members then utilize their own materials, or if preferred, continue with materials provided by the instructor at cost.

 

Collect the finest found materials–thread, mesh, music sheets, straw, bits of nature, foils, shavings, tissue papers, string, the odd finds. Tools and adhesives for assembling are provided. Even simple pen marks over a sweeping swath of paint work magic, just as cut paper shapes land on a smooth ground—the choices are endless.

Materials fees for the first three weeks is $23; for seven weeks, $52 remitted separately to Anna George.

 

 

Anna George, Instructor

Anna studied fine art in two east coast colleges and universities and has exhibited since. After founding a gallery in San Francisco, and garnering awards, she opened a big, bright studio on the Berkeley, Oakland border which housed a showroom of her multi-styled work. A decade later she moved a bit east where she has offered classes year-round for over eleven years at two venues. "I love witnessing our kinship as well as the growth and diversity of work emerging in the class," she says. "Each student moves in the direction they choose." In 2013 Anna launched and began hosting the RAA evening Soirées des Artistes which honors one artist in the community each event. Her current work involves oils and acrylics, canvas, linen, silk and mixed media. Call George at 925 783 9000. See annageorgeartist.com; for unrepeatable painted silkwear, annageorgeonline.com. In Anna's words, "In art there is heart."