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Iconic Portraiture

admin — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 23:47:58 +0000

Come and advance your drawing skills by depicting Teddy Roosevelt! With inspiration from our Individual to Icon exhibition and under the guidance of local artist Jessica Matson-Fluto, this will be an experience that will challenge experienced artists and help introduce beginners to capturing the likeness and spirit of this ND icon.

Model: Steve Stark as Teddy Roosevelt

Watercolor Studio

admin — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 19:12:46 +0000

In conjunction with her exhibition Faces, Carmen Bruhn is offering Watercolor Studio. While embracing different levels of realism and abstraction and emphasis on color and design, program participants will get a chance to hone their watercolor skills.

Bean Inspiration

admin — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 23:02:58 +0000

Been inspired by beans lately? Here’s your chance to view the bean and seed mosaic portraits in the Individual to Icon exhibition and have a go at creating your own recipe for inspiring art.

The Great Art Free-For-All

admin — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 23:02:00 +0000

In honor of Youth Art Month, you will be allowed to go nuts, bonkers, way-out crazy with art. Bring your own imagination and we’ll provide the stuff from which art is made.

Artist’s Choice

admin — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 22:47:40 +0000

Surprise, surprise. Trust an artist to create a fabulous art project, because that’s what artists do! Anything goes, as long as the inspiration comes from a certain something in the Plains Art Museum galleries. Come prepared to be creative and have fun.

The Weaver’s Song

admin — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 00:31:50 +0000

Be inspired by Somali nomadic basketry and textiles and create a work of art using basic weaving techniques. Guest artist: Chelsea Odden.

Roller Derby Printmaking

admin — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 00:29:55 +0000

Inspired by the Museum’s Steam Roller event happening in the Museum’s parking lot, this Kid Quest will focus on a playful exploration of outlandish printmaking. Guest artist: Lana Soumala.

See the Music, Hear the Art

admin — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 23:55:01 +0000

Explore The White Album: Beatles Meet the Plains exhibition and understand how music paints pictures and colors sing. Campers will create a symphony of artwork that can be seen and also heard!

Wild and Wacky Portraits

admin — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 19:03:59 +0000

Be inspired by the Individual to Icon: Portraits of the Famous and Almost Famous from Folk Art to Facebook exhibition and create self- portraits with various media from seeds to paint to wacky post-modern art techniques!

Woodcut Print Studio

admin — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 22:26:13 +0000

Inspired by the Day of the Dead: Latino Artists Create Steamroller Prints exhibition at the Museum, explore and expand your capabilities by creating woodcut prints with John Volk.

Art for Two: Save the Planet with ART!

admin — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 22:14:48 +0000

Ninety-year-old artist, Vernon Peterson—along with his trusted assistant, Sandy Ben-Haim—will show you how to celebrate Planet Earth in style. Create a centerpiece masterpiece by turning would-be trash into a bodacious botanical bounty.

Painting for Two

admin — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 20:36:40 +0000

Create a circus of color with a child or loved one. Using acrylics, paint clowns and elephants and lions, oh my! Artist, Sandra Miles, will teach the tricks of the trade for making acrylic painting fun and easy.

Abstract Watercolor Studio

admin — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 00:40:07 +0000

Explore texture and form using the versatile watercolor medium with local favorite Sandra Miles. Beginners and experts are invited to participate and explore the possibilities.

Oaxacan Animal Sculptures for Two

admin — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 23:49:38 +0000

Crazy about clay! Learn about the Oaxacan folk art style and create your own fantasy animal in air-dry clay. You’ll create your clay sculptures the first session and paint them in bright colors the second session when they have dried.