Angela White
Saturday, July 29, 2023
1:00 – 5:00 pm
$140 non-member/$125 member
$20 materials fee paid directly to the instructor
Location: 1 Commandant’s Lane, Benicia
Level: All levels
Age minimum: 18+
Minimum 4 | Maximum 12
Class description: This workshop, with artist and arts educator Angela White, will offer a fun and inspiring hands-on entry into the world of found-object, assemblage art. Participants will hear about some of the influential artists in the genre, learn the techniques of assemblage, and apply them to create their own works.
Themes & Ideas: These can come from words, poems, phrases, music, a specific object, a memory, a place, a concept, or an event with a strong meaning.
Inspiration: We will discuss the artwork of influential assemblage artists Betye Saar, Joseph Cornell, Louise Nevelson, and Joseph Bennett.
Materials:
Suggestions for what to bring to create art personal to you:
1. Materials: Perfect materials for assemblage include buttons, machine parts, wire, toys, game pieces, recycled plastic objects, jewelry, foam board, small boxes, lids, bottle caps, shells and other items from nature, beads, fabric pieces, pottery fragments, patterned paper, recycled materials, or any item that speaks to you.
2. Substrate: A sturdy, hard material such as cardboard/chipboard, recycled cardboard boxes, decorative gift boxes, wooden boxes, and the insides of wooden art cradles. A substrate box will be provided.
Toolbox: X-Acto knife, utility knife, cutting mat, sharp scissors, serrated knife, brushes, metal ruler, hammer, small nails, pencils, white tacky glue, hot-melt glue gun, glue sticks, gel medium, acrylic paints, markers, and gesso.
The instructor will provide some materials, substrates, and tools. Students are encouraged to bring their own as well.
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ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR
Angela White is a fine artist who is inspired by physical, spiritual, and emotional memories that create the visual depth and density of her work. Abstracts and seascapes compose the majority of her compositions. Natural and sensual materials such as oils and encaustic paint allow the blending of edges to create visual depth. Angela’s work is featured in both corporate and private collections. In the past 20 years, Angela has exhibited oil, encaustic and mixed media paintings extensively in juried shows across the DC metropolitan area as well as in New York and the West Coast. She holds two B.A. degrees and an M.A. degree from the University of Maryland.
Instructor website: angelawhiteart.com