Let’s Head to the Clouds is a workshop by Diana Coidan with the Champion Education “Master Class” Art Program in Morrisville. Sharpening your pastel skills on creating expressive clouds which are integral to the art of landscape painting…over land or sea. Learn to create spectacular cloudscapes.
Sunday, July 26th
For more information and to register: www.cier-art.com/masterartdiana.html
Diana is featured in a full page of the March-April Cary Living Magazine – Page 82 with her pastel “Snowy White Elegance.”
Jeri Greenberg named Juror of Selection for Pastel Painters Society of Cape Cod’s annual National exhibit FPO (For Pastels Only).
I will be teaching a “Behind The Looking Glass” for the PSA in NYC on May 9th, The Many Colors of White workshop for the Piedmont Pastel Society August 29th, a workshop for the Pastel Society of South Carolina September 12, and a 3 day workshop at the Jersey Shore in October.
Plus JUST ADDED: A DEMO FOR THE LEFT COAST PASTEL SOCIETY IN APRIL, FOLLOWED BY A WORKSHOP IN 2021.
GALLERY REPRESENTATION: Water+Color Gallery in Wilmington NC beginning 3/13/20 and Art In Bloom Gallery beginning 06/24/2020.
On January 25th, Deb Covington of Emerald Isle, is having a show and sale of her work, at the Bogue Distillery on Hwy 24.
The event is the first important event by the Seaside Arts Council of Swansboro. Everyone is invited.
New Year, New Artists – December 27 – January 28
I am a featured artist from December 27 – January 28 along with Lois Blasberg and Suzanne Love, also new members of the Cary Gallery of Artists, 200 S. Academy Street, Cary NC 27511, 919-462-2035.
My painting, Ice Flow, has been selected for the exhibit, Cold II, This show is with the
National Association of Women Artists and will be held at the NAWA Gallery in NYC from
January 8-30.
I recently won the Art Spirit Foundation Gold Medal Award for Excellence in Pastel at the American Artist Professional League’s 91st Grand National Exhibition 2019 with my drawing “In The Bag”.
The show was at the Salmagundi Club in New York in November.
3 Day Workshop – Naples Art Association – February 17-19, 2020
2 Day Workshop – North Port Art Center – March 14-15, 2020
Give someone you love or better yet Yourself the perfect Holiday Gift of freedom and creativity! Join me in a workshop in Glorious Naples Florida and the North Port Art Center in Florida for a workshop immersion in Abstract Pastel Painting!
Here’s what you will learn:
– Principles of design
– Mounting paper and tinting
– How to set up your surface
– Choosing a palette for maximum impact
– Expressive mark making
– Exercises to warm you up and leapfrog you ahead
– How and where to find inspiration
– Color Combinations that WORK!
– How to get that ‘Glow’
– Resources for ideas
– New and unique techniques and materials
– Framing techniques for your new masterpieces
Spaces are limited so each student receives plenty of attention. The workshop is geared from beginner to advanced. A working knowledge of color and design basics are helpful. A range of pastels from hard pastels to soft are important. A supply list is provided after registration. [Acrylic painters are welcome] Handouts and additional materials will be emailed.
I truly look forward to sharing what I’ve learned on my journey and hope you’ll join me. Email if you have any questions but don’t delay. There are only a few spaces left!
Naples Art Association: REGISTER TODAY!
North Port Art Center: https://northportartcenter.org/
LET’S HAVE SOME FUN AND MAKE SOME ART!
Laura Pollak
laurapollak.artist@gmail.com
www.laurapollak.com
Upcoming Workshops at the Arts Council of York County (121 E. Main Street, Rock Hill, South Carolina 29730)
From Boring to Breathtaking Pastel Workshop
Bethany Carter Fields
Mon-Wed February 17-19, 2020
10 am to 4 pm
$450
lunch included daily
Deeper, Darker. Richer. Pastel Workshop
Terri Ford
Mon-Wed Mar 27-29, 2020
10 am to 4 pm
$495
Lunch included daily
Skies, Trees and Water Pastel or Oil Workshop
Barbara Courtney Jaenicke
Tues-Thurs Sept 15-17, 2020
10 am to 4 pm
$475
Lunch included daily
For more information and payment, go to: www.fortmillartguild.com
Wendy Koehrsen placed 3rd Place in the professional drawing category at the 2019 NC State Fair with a pastel painting Look at Me.
Lecture by Mr. Perry Hurt, Associate Art Conservator, on late 18th-20th century painting and the lunch at the museum afterward.
I have a new show of 28 paintings at This & That Gift Gallery, 118C East Main Street, Carrboro. The show, up until October 30, includes some works that were in my Arts Center show in May, others that were not and several new paintings done this summer.
Artist’s Reception is Friday October 11, 6 pm to 9 pm.
These two images were selected by the Mission Hospital Cultural Arts Project. They will be displayed as large giclee prints with other artists of Western North Carolina whose work was chosen. Mine will hang with others in the tower of the Mission Hospital’s new Medical Research wing. A reception is planned before they open.
