Artwork by Eric Jordan

AT RAINBOW COMMUNITY SCHOOL

574 Haywood Street Asheville  

Everyone, from the beginner to the accomplished artist is confronted by the constant question in art: what’s the next challenge? Often it is to unwind and loosen line allowing accidents and experiments to happen. What happens if collage meets charcoal? Paint meets graphite? Ink intrudes upon pencil? This class will build upon your drawing and compositional skills and allow you to explore combining media and subjects, work reductively and collaboratively, and learn new techniques and practices that enhance your work. But most of all, you’ll remember the importance of play and the element of surprise as you work! You’ll elaborate and expand on your usual methods, and allow chance and spontaneity to inform and guide you into energizing your work and leading it into new directions. Media include wet and dry drawing media, water-based paint, ink, and collage. For all skill levels. Fee is $175.

Instructors: Pamela Lanza and Jacob Fisher. Pamela Lanza has an MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute and has taught at UC Berkeley Extension and SFAI for 20 years Her artwork has been exhibited at The Graduate Theological Union (Berkeley), University of North Carolina Asheville, Florida State University, California Institute of Integral Studies (San Francisco), Stanford University, and her poems have appeared in Aurora (Agnes Scott College, Decatur GA), Harper Ferry Review, and the Paterson Literary Review. http://www.pamelalanza.com/   Jacob Fisher has an MA in linguistics from UC Santa Cruz and has studied and practiced visual arts for 20 years. He is the proprietor of .retool., a vegan company specializing in handmade bags, pouches, wallets, belts, and straps: www.retoolsf.etsy.com