d'ART Demonstrations

Connect with creative process!

Join us each Saturday from 1-3:00 PM when the d'ART Center showcases FREE interactive Art Demonstrations in a wide variety of artistic mediums.

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d'ART Center Demo's

APRIL 2009

Saturday, April 4, 2009 1-3:00 pm
Eggs-alent!
Artist Anne May
Learn the art form of Pysanky Eggs  - blown eggs decorated through a succession of wax applications and dye baths. (just like the batik process)
Demo held in Selden Arcade

Saturday, April 25, 2009,  12-2:00 pm *
Art of Glass 2
Lampwork Glass Demonstration
Artist Cathy Jo Ramsey
d'ART Center Artist, Cathy Jo Ramsey, will work on mandrel and off mandrel, share basics of shaping beads, pulling stringers, various surface decoration as well as some advanced techniques and tips working with galss rods and dichroic glass to create one of a kind Lampwork glass earrings, pendants and glass figurines.
Demo held in d'ART Studio #138
* Gallery Talk held by internationally known glass artist Stephen Rolfe Powell at 2:00pm in d'ART's Main Gallery.

MAY 2009

Saturday, May 2, 2009, 10-4:00pm
Art of Crustaceans
Artist Ben Sivells
d'ART Center Artist, Ben Sivells, demonstrates his amazing technigue for working with natures sea shells to create one-of-a-kind 3D sculptural artworks. 
Demo held in d'ART Arcade.

Saturday, May 9, 2009, 1-3:00pm
Papier Mache
Artist Nancy Wall
d'ART Center Artist, Nancy wall, will work with papier mache -  a construction material that consists of pieces of paper, sometimes reinforced with textiles, stuck together using a wet paste (e.g., glue, starch, or wallpaper adhesive). The crafted object becomes solid when the paste dries and can transform into any design, Nancy's favorites are mermaids and dogs.
Demo held in d'ART Arcade.

Saturday, May 23, 2009, 1-3:00pm
Art of Glass 2
Lampwork Glass Demonstration
Artist Cathy Jo Ramsey
d'ART Center Artist, Cathy Jo Ramsey, will work on mandrel and off mandrel, share basics of shaping beads, pulling stringers, various surface decoration as well as some advanced techniques and tips working with galss rods and dichroic glass to create one of a kind Lampwork glass earrings, pendants and glass figurines.
Demo held in d'ART Studio #138.

For additional information please call the d'ART Center @ 757-625-4211.