Archive for 'Workshops & Demonstrations'

10th Annual Gills Rock ArtFest, North of the Tension Line at Charlene’s Gallery Ten, Sept 4-5

Posted on 28. Aug, 2010 by Stephen Kastner.

More than twenty diverse artists working in a tent village, a ginormous Choc-a-lot group-art painting project, a burning man bonfire and drumming circle and the world’s greenest runway fashion show – who in Door County still thinks it’s  “remarkable that life exists north of Sister Bay?”
For the past ten years, Charlene Berg has been evolving [...]

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Paul Lurie lecture and presentation at Gallery Ten: “Fine Art Photography Using Film and Digital Tools,” Aug 14

Posted on 11. Aug, 2010 by Stephen Kastner.

Door County artist Paul Lurie calls himself “a road photographer,” in that he finds his inspiration along the roadside while walking, biking or slowly driving.
“I enjoy the vistas of the landscape, whether it is the wilderness, the water, a rural farm or an urban streetscape,” says Paul Lurie. “I am interested in how those landscapes [...]

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Kewaunee Academy of Fine Art Relocating Operations to Algoma, Supplies and Moving Sale July 17

Posted on 09. Jul, 2010 by Stephen Kastner.

Six years after its launch, The Kewaunee Academy of Fine Art under the direction of Norma Bell is moving operations from Kewaunee to Algoma.
The school will be located in a new facility in the Lake Michigan shoreline town of Algoma, 12 miles north of Kewaunee. The move will be completed just in time for [...]

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Explore the Digital Art of Fingerpainting at the Flying Pig, July 12

Posted on 01. Jul, 2010 by Staff Reporter.

Susan Murtaugh paints on the iPod Touch’s small screens and then outputs the results to paper archivally.
On July 12 at 7 pm the Flying Pig Gallery and Greenspace will host a return engagement with artist Susan Murtaugh, a followup to her January presentation on the digital art of finger-painting. She will explain and demonstrate how [...]

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Hardy Gallery, FOG and Peninsula Art School Launch 2009/2010 Exposure to Creativity Program

Posted on 08. Oct, 2009 by Staff Reporter.

The Hardy Gallery in Ephraim, in conjunction with Friends of Gibraltar (FOG) and the Peninsula School of Art (PSA), is pleased to announce preparations for its Exposure to Creativity (ETC) program. The program is an arts mentorship for Gibraltar High School students, and will launch for the 2009/2010 season on Tuesday, October 27 and will [...]

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Learn Rug Hooking This Summer at Sievers on Washington Island

Posted on 16. Jan, 2009 by Staff Reporter.

Come join me, Beth Ciesar at Sievers School of Fiber Arts on Washington Island this summer for a week of primitive rug hooking! I will start you at the beginning, where you can create your own story and develop it using patterns, colors and textures that appeal to you. The goal is to begin from [...]

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Kewaunee Academy Adds Part Time Curriculum Opportunity

Posted on 19. Nov, 2008 by Staff Reporter.

The Academy now offers students of all levels the opportunity to attend instructor-facilitated, three-hour figure drawing classes on Saturday afternoons or on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings. The sessions will be held in conjunction with full time students. In addition, instructed drawing from the cast will be offered on Saturdays with open studio time available [...]

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Local Youth Learn Importance of the Arts in Hardy ETC Program

Posted on 12. Nov, 2008 by Staff Reporter.

EPHRAIM, WI – On Tuesday, November 4, Gibraltar High School students were enthralled in a myriad of creative hands-on workshops offered in collaboration with the Hardy, Friends of Gibraltar (FOG) and Gibraltar High School through the Exposure To Creativity (ETC) program.
The Exposure to Creativity (ETC) program was launched during the 2007-8 school year. The goal [...]

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