May
6
to Jun 10

Expressionistic Landscape

16 to Adult | all skill levels
Instructor: Mary Pat Turner
Sundays, May 6 – June 10: 2:00pm – 5:00pm
Create one large-scale abstract landscape painting.  Work side-by-side with the instructor and fellow students to develop a landscape from beginning to finish, while exploring a variety of acrylic painting techniques using one surface.  Although, we will be working together, you will be encouraged to make your own compositional choices.  Discuss how color can be used for both spatial and emotive effects, and experiment with mark making as simplified texture. This class is taught using acrylics, but is open to oil painters if they use non-toxic mediums and cleaners.

FEE: $170 / MAC MEMBERS: $153

Register here: http://www.mcconnellarts.org/expressionistic-landscape-acrylic-6-weeks/#more-4159

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May
5
7:00 PM19:00

An Artful Affair

During the evening, the Westerville Education Foundation (WEF) will honor Westerville City School District educators who have utilized WEF resources or been recognized through various WEF initiatives during the year. Everyone in attendance will have an opportunity to take home several pieces of high-quality art created and donated by professional and amateur artists, including items from student artists. The art will be auctioned off throughout the evening in silent and live auction formats.

Buy tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/an-artful-affair-2018-tickets-43169894316

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Mar
13
to Mar 24

ETSU 32nd Positive/Negative National Juried Art Exhibition

Dr. Anja Foerschner, a research specialist at the Getty Research Institute, has accepted my work for the ETSU 32nd Positive/Negative National Juried Art Exhibition. The show runs at the Tipton Gallery from March 13 to 24, 2017. A reception will be held on March 23, Thursday, 5–7p.m. The juror's lecture starts 6 p.m., at the Ball Hall Auditorium. All events are open to the public free of charge.

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Sep
29
6:00 PM18:00

The Blue Party

I will be making a painting during the party, which will be raffled off by the end of the night!

$40/ticket: Enjoy live music, hors d’oeuvres, drinks, and dancing all with a blue theme. Grab a paint brush to add your own splash of blue to a mural that will be displayed in the MAC’s lobby.

http://www.mcconnellarts.org/2016/08/05/mac-blue-event/

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Nov
5
to Dec 10

Expressionistic Painting at the MAC

There is still time to sign-up!

We will discuss how Impressionism marked a shift towards abstraction, and study the transition from strict observation to an expression of the artist’s inner world.  By discovering why major artists such as Manet, Cezanne, Monet, Gauguin, and Matisse made conceptual and formal decisions, we can better understand the origins of Expressionism as a set of attitudes.  Along with these discussions we will create our own expressionist paintings by working from life and photographs. In this course, you will complete studies of a still-life and a landscape.  We will immerse ourselves in the possibilities color has to offer, and embrace new ways of visualizing the world.

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Jul
28
to Aug 9

The 2015 Ohio State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition

My work has been included in the 2015 Ohio State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition at the Cox Fine Arts Center.  Please join us July 28, 6pm-8pm.  $5 at the door admits two people and refreshments are provided.  The show runs from July 29-August 9.  My painting, I Carry the Nest With Me, can be found in the "professional artist" section of the gallery (there is an amateur artist category as well).

The “People’s Choice Award” is selected by you and other fair attendees. The OAC sponsors the $500 award and we want to know what you think! Be sure to grab a ballot and vote for your favorite artwork before the end of the fair on August 9.

Directions: Exit I-71 at 11th Avenue and head west on 11th Avenue, entering Gate 9 by the Martin Janis Center.  Follow the signs to the parking area adjacent to the Cox Fine Arts Center.  OHIOSTATEFAIR.COM 614-644-FAIR    

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Jul
16
to Sep 1

Sign Up - Expressionistic Painting Class at the MAC

Click the link to sign up on the McConnell Arts Center's website.

http://www.mcconnellarts.org/wp/archives/18221

Thursdays, September 10 - October 15: 10:30am-1:30pm

OR Thursdays, November 5 – December 10: 10:30am-1:30pm

FEE $170 I MAC MEMBERS $153

We will discuss how Impressionism marked a shift towards abstraction, and study the transition from strict observation to an expression of the artist's inner world.  By discovering why major artists such as Manet, Cezanne, Monet, Gauguin, and Matisse made conceptual and formal decisions, we can better understand the origins of Expressionism as a set of attitudes.  Along with these discussions we will create our own expressionistic paintings by working from life and photographs.  In this course, you will complete studies of a still-life and a landscape.  We will immerse ourselves in the possibilities color has to offer, and embrace new ways of visualizing the world. 

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Mar
1
to Apr 1

Hit the Hop

My painting entitled "Rupture" will be part of Studios on High Gallery's Hit the Hop Show: "Midwinter's Dream: An Interpretation of Season".

runs March 1-April 1

artist reception is March 1, 4-6pm   

on view during the "Hit the Hop" gallery hop, March 7 from 6-10pm

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