July 9th, 2008
Back by popular demand: “Learning to Draw the Natural Way ”, a 6 week drawing class at the Harlow Gallery. This class, weather permitting, will spend some time drawing outdoors in scenic downtown historic Hallowell! No prior drawing experience necessary!
Dates: Wednesday evenings starting August 13, 2008 and running for 6 weeks
Time: 6 pm
Tuition: $72 for members of the KVAA and $90 for all others.
The Kennebec Valley Art Association presents a six-week drawing class on “Learning to Draw the Natural Way” with multi-talented artist Dave Peloquin. Peloquin teaches drawing based on the ideas and techniques of Kimon Nicholaides, who taught that learning to draw is really a matter of learning to see. Through deep observation and natural drawing techniques, students will find the confidence to approach any subject they wish to draw: landscape, figure, portrait or still life.
The workshop will take place Wednesday evenings at 6pm starting August 13 and ending September 17. Tuition is $72 for members of the Kennebec Valley Art Association and $90 for non-members, payable on the first day of class. All are welcome and no experience is necessary! Space is limited, please call the Harlow Gallery at 622-3813 to register for the class.
The instructor, Dave Peloquin is a lifelong artist who studied art at Swain School of Design, and drawing with Gene Tonoff. Peloquin has worked professionally in fine art, illustration, television, and commercial design. He is also a published author, recording artist and touring folk musician. (above drawing by Peloquin)
July 7th, 2008
Tuesday, July 8, 2008 @7pm
ArtTalk by Peter Precourt
Peter Precourt, an assistant professor of art at UMA, will give an artist’s perspective about how one might view and appreciate contemporary art.
Peter Precourt lives and works in Winthrop, Maine, with his wife and two young children. He is currently an assistant professor of art and gallery director at the University of Maine at Augusta. He received his MFA in Painting from the University of Houston in 2000, and later served as an affiliate artist there. He worked as an education associate and the initial Teen Council coordinator at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH), where he curated three exhibitions. In 2005-2006, he served as head of the painting department at William Carey University in Gulfport, Mississippi. In 2007, he conducted a four part lecture series at the CAMH concerning art since 1960, and has also lectured at the University of Southern Maine, the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, and the ArtHouse center for Contemporary Art. His work has been exhibited in Augusta, Austin, Dallas, Houston, New Orleans and New York.
ArtTalks at the Harlow Gallery are sponsored by Gardiner Savings Bank of Maine
July 3rd, 2008
Exhibition Dates: July 3-27, 2008
Opening Date: Thursday, July 3rd, 5 to 8pm
Visit the Harlow Gallery in July to see what area artists have been working on recently. This month the gallery will showcase artwork submitted by member artists of the Kennebec Valley Art Association. The exhibition theme is “Journeys Through Maine and Beyond” and the exhibition will include travel journals, paintings in oil, acrylic, pastel, and watercolor; mixed media, photography, sculpture and more, all by local Maine artists. Most work will be for sale and priced affordably. Join us for the opening celebration on July 3rd to meet many of the artists in person. Free and open to the public, refreshments included.
