Working with Mixed Media

 CCOM 1034

Mixed media is fun, experimental and encourages you to look differently at the spaces and objects around you. You will combine a variety of traditional wet and dry art materials with found objects to create a unique piece of art that experiments with texture and colour. This class explores the boundaries (or lack of boundaries) of drawing, painting and sculpture, and will focus on creative exploration and innovative techniques using (but not limited to) acrylic paint, stencils, collage, found materials, nature, etc. At the end of the workshop you will have a finished piece and the courage and motivation to continue this exciting contemporary work at home.

Materials list:

• a sketchbook (for taking notes in/experiment with materials in. It can be small, and if they have an existing one they are willing to work in, that is fine);
• an art pencil, 6B or 8B;
• a white eraser;
• a paint brush(es) of any size(s), with which they are comfortable working;
• In addition, if the students have any materials of particular interest, they are encouraged to bring those to the class, though it is not mandatory. This can be anything from scraps of fabric and paper, to pieces of plastic or metal, old frames, bits of wood, old books, different paints, etc. Basically anything that they might be interested in incorporating into an art piece!

Instructor: Katie Vautour
Time: 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Dates: Saturday & Sunday, October 5 and 6
Location: The Stanton Room, 2nd floor, City Market. Access off North Market Street
Enter and proceed straight ahead through a fire door to access the elevator to the 2nd floor, or take the stairs to your right. If walking, go up two flights and enter the second floor door. The classroom is directly in front of the elevator or to the left if you enter off the stairwell.
Course fee: $75 (plus HST)

About the Instructor:
Katie Vautour grew up in Saint John, New Brunswick and graduated from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University in 2010. Since then, she has worked for a variety of galleries and non-profit arts organizations in New Brunswick and Newfoundland, and has exhibited her drawings and paintings throughout the Maritime provinces. She currently lives and maintains her studio practice in St. John's.

In the past few years, Katie has received grants from both the New Brunswick Arts Board and the Newfoundland and Labrador Arts Council, as well as a City of St. John's Arts Grant. She will be attending an artist residency in Oaxaca, Mexico in spring 2014.

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