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SUMMARY:Pastel Painting with Ann Gillespie - Loosening Up!
DESCRIPTION:Free up your mark-making\, color usage\, and creativity in this session! I will have a combination of weekly demos and exercises at the beginning of class\, followed by plenty of one-on-one feedback at your easel. If you are new to pastels this class will also cover all the basics to get you started with exploring this diverse medium.  \nAll pastel levels are welcome but some previous drawing or painting experience is necessary.   \n$250. \nFive Wednesdays\, January 29 – March 5\, 2025 (no class on 2/19) \n10:00am-12:30pm  \nContact Ann to register and for a supply list and with any questions you have. \n\nemail: agillespieart@gmail.com                      anngillespieart.com
URL:https://www.fivesparks.org/event/pastel-painting-with-ann-gillespie-loosening-up/2025-02-26/
LOCATION:Fivesparks Gallery\, 7 Fairbank Street\, Harvard\, MA\, 01451\, United States
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SUMMARY:EXHIBIT Laurie Simko: Past and Present
DESCRIPTION:Laurie Simko: Past and Present \n \nOn view March 1 – April 12\, 2025\n \nArtists Reception\, open to the public\, Sunday\, March 9\, 2025. 3:00-5:00pm \n \nLaurie Simko is an oil painter and collage artist who explores many subjects: primarily the natural world but also still life and  portraiture. Her award-winning work is exhibited in galleries and organizations throughout New England and NYC. She is the recipient of 2 Mass Cultural Council Grants for 2 solo exhibitions of a series of portraits of nurses during the 2020 pandemic.\n \nSimko grew up in the Greater Boston area in Massachusetts. She graduated from California Institute of the Arts in Valencia\, CA with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. She worked as an Art Director and Graphic Designer in several advertising and high-tech firms in the Boston area and was the Design Director at Apollo/Hewlett-Packard for thirteen years. From there she started her own web and print graphic design company\, called Simko Eye Design.\n \nSimko currently paints full-time and co-manages/teaches art classes with Lowell Learns\, an art outreach program for children and adults. Simko lives with her husband and has 2 children and 4 grandchildren.
URL:https://www.fivesparks.org/event/exhibit-laurie-simko-past-and-present/
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ORGANIZER;CN="AnaMaria Nanra":MAILTO:fivesparkseventsandvolunteers@gmail.com
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