June 2021
Paintings by Jane Parsons and Marcia Crumley at Concord Art
Two artists with unique and colorful visions present the natural world in ways that surprise and delight. These two painters work primarily in different media (Jane in oils and cold wax, Marcia in acrylics and encaustics) but they share a love of color, layers and texture. In collaborating on this show, the artists created pairings of their works that clearly reveal their common love of nature, while also sparking a playful dialogue between the paintings. At this point, we are keeping…
Find out more »2 Day Online Art Workshop: Embrace the Practice – Daily Painting with Lisa Daria Kennedy
Online Workshop: Embrace the Practice: Daily Painting with Lisa Daria Kennedy MEDIUM: Painting All Levels Saturday, June 26 and Sunday June 27, 2021 10:00am - 12:00pm (BREAK) 2:00pm - 4:00pm The workshop embraces the importance of a regular painting practice. Lean a quick, decisive painting process and a path to improving creativity and image making skills. Let’s create a daily painting habit that works for you. www.lisadariakennedy.com This class is hosted through Concord Center for the Visual Arts. For more…
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One Week Online Art Workshop Begins: Landscape Collage Into Painting: Clean Color & Sculptural Form with Amy Wynne
Online Workshop Landscape Collage Into Painting: Clean Color & Sculptural Form with Amy Wynne MEDIUM: Mixed Media All Levels July 5 - 9 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM Simplifying the landscape through collage is a perfect foundation for a painting. This concise interpretation helps the artist avoid being seduced by the details and paint with clear, clean color shapes. Painting with the palette knife helps keep colors clean and reduces the tendency to blend and flatten form with muddied colors.…
Find out more »Concord Art’s Online Art Class Begins: Experimental Drawing with Kate Hanlon
ONLINE CLASS: Experimental Drawing with Kate Hanlon MEDIUM: Drawing All Levels Tuesdays, July 6 - August 3, 2021 from 10:00pm–1:00pm M: $300 / NM: $350 Every drawing is a self portrait of its maker, a record of a temperament, mood, and response to the world that is as unique as a signature. Beginning with simple mark-making, we'll engage our sense of curiosity and explore a range of approaches to drawing as a process. Working from observation, imagination and memory, our…
Find out more »Concord Art’s 2 Day Online Art Workshop: The White Line Woodcut and Beyond with Kate Hanlon
Online Workshop The White Line Woodcut and Beyond with Kate Hanlon Medium: Printmaking All Levels Saturday, July 10 and Sunday, July 11, 2021 from 10:00am–1:00pm 10am - 1pm on ZOOM The white line woodcut, also known as the Provincetown Print, is a uniquely American form of printmaking, invented by artists working in Provincetown in the early 1900s. In this method, beautiful multicolor prints are printed by hand using a single block, eliminating the need for a press or complicated registration…
Find out more »Concord Art’s 1 Week Online Art Workshop Begins: Plein Air From Your Porch! with Emily Passman
Online Week-Long Workshop Plein Air From Your Porch with Emily Passman Medium: Drawing and Acrylic or Oil Painting Intermediate to Advanced - All Painters Welcome! Monday, July 12 - Friday, July 16, 2021 ZOOM class 10:00AM - 2:00PM each day You want to paint representationally, but with an expressionistic flair... Set up your easel or drawing-board on your lap, nearby to the comforts of home. Join Emily in drawing and painting from observation in either oils or acrylic paints and…
Find out more »Concord Art’s 2 Day Outdoor Art Workshop: Narrative Mending with Karen Stevens
Outdoor Weekend Workshop Narrative Mending with Karen Stevens All Levels Medium: Fiber/Cloth Friday + Saturday July 16 + 17, 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM Using our most loved and worn garments as a canvas, we will explore new ways to continue the story of cloth through mending. Over time our clothing takes on its own narrative, through the repetitive wear of daily tasks, or a sudden unexpected tear. Rather than replacing it with something new, an opportunity opens up to…
Find out more »Concord Art’s 3 Day Outdoor Art Workshop: Plein Air Painting at River Road Farm with Maris Platais
Plein Air Painting at River Road Farm with Maris Platais Medium: Painting All Levels Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday July 20-22, 10:00AM - 4:00PM Come enjoy the summer breezes under old shade trees on an 18th century New England farm. The scenery ranges from pastures and stone walls to horses, woodlands, and even a small pond. This workshop is designed to encourage each participant’s own vision and creativity with individual critiques as well as demonstrations. We will be looking beyond the obvious,…
Find out more »Concord Art’s 2 Day Online Art Workshop: Embrace the Practice: Daily Painting with Lisa Daria Kennedy
Online Workshop Embrace the Practice: Daily Painting with Lisa Daria Kennedy MEDIUM: Painting All Levels Saturday, July 24 and Sunday July 25, 2021 10:00am - 12:00pm (BREAK) 2:00pm - 4:00pm The workshop embraces the importance of a regular painting practice. Lean a quick, decisive painting process and a path to improving creativity and image-making skills. Let’s create a daily painting habit that works for you. www.lisadariakennedy.com This class is hosted through Concord Center for the Visual Arts. For more info…
Find out more »Concord Art’s 1 week In Person Art Workshop: Watercolor Intensive Workshop with Marjorie Glick
In-Person, In-Classroom Workshop! Watercolor Intensive: Creating a Sense of Place with Marjorie Glick IN PERSON at 37 Lexington Road, Concord, MA 01742 MEDIUM: Watercolor LEVEL: Intermediate (Basic knowledge of Watercolor required) Monday, July 26 – Friday, July 30, 2021 10:00am–3:30pm Color, as it is used in watercolor and as a tool for expression, will be the focus of this workshop. Through individual mentoring, you will clarify your vision and intent by exploring how you see, interpret, think about, and layer…
Find out more »August 2021
Concord Art’s 1 Week Outdoor Workshop: Painting Plein Air with Ying Li
Outdoor Workshop Painting Plein Air with Ying Li MEDIUM: Painting All Levels In this workshop students will explore techniques and concepts in landscape painting with emphasis on individual development of style and theme. We will investigate various approaches to representational and abstract painting, and the metaphorical meaning in landscape paintings. Students will work on site from the surrounding landscapes and historical motives, and will discover how a basic image can be transformed into a personal statement through the process of…
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