Summer Colored Pencil Workshop

Registration is now open online for a Summer Colored Pencil Workshop

With Ann Arbor Community Education and Recreation. July 8 & 9 from 1-4 PM at the Eberbach Cultural Arts Center.

This summer discover the amazing medium of colored pencil. I will show you award winning colored pencil artwork and give an overview of the colored pencil art scene. Basic exercises will include tonal color layering, pressure, strokes, modeling and burnishing. After completing the basic exercises, you will work on a project suitable for framing. Continuing students are welcome and will complete more advanced projects. Materials fee of $3 is payable to instructor at first class. See website http://barbaragoodsittstudio.com. 2 classes.

Helping through Art....

Things are getting busy. I am happy to announce that the two prints I donated to the Circle of Art raised $90 to help feed those in need. Saline Picutre Company, Side Door Gallery in Dexter, and Food Gatherers teamed up for this wonderful event. As an artist, I sometimes feel that what I do is frivolous in a world that needs so much fixing. Fund raising art auctions for non-profit groups offer me the opportunity to make a difference.

On a lighter note, I have added another venue where I will be exhibiting art this summer: Bab's Underground Lounge on Ashley Street in Ann Arbor. First time I will be showing my work in a BAR!! I will be showing a few pieces there from early July through September. If you get thirsty, drop on by for a drink ;)

EXHIBITION SCHEDULE:

“WATER, WATER, EVERYWHERE”

A juired show presented by the Ann Arbor Women Artists

hosted by The River Gallery

120 S. Main Sreet,Chelsea, MI

May 3, 2010- June 12, 2010

GALLERY IN THE DUDERSTADT CENTER- University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

BALANCE: AN ARTISTS' COLLABORATIVE GAME

WCA-MI Traveling Exhibit: May 7-31

Opening Reception May 7, 6-8 PM

Eagle Crest Conference Center

April 21- Mid-June

Babs Underground Lounge

July 5- Sept. 5

213 S. Ashley Street

Ann Arbor

Curves at Westgate Shopping Center

presented by Ann Arbor Women Artists

West Stadium Blvd, Ann Arbor, MIchigan

June 5 - August 2010

Wild Acorn Gallery in Manchester, MI

ongoing

"Balance" Art Show at the Duderstadt Gallery, University of Michigan

ⓒ Barbara Goodsitt

Balance: An Aritsts' Collaborative Game opened Friday at the Gallery in the Dederstadt Center on the campus of the University of Michigan. My partner, Virginia Obidzinski, and I exchanged images of our art to create three pieces inspired by the word "Balance". We influenced each other stylistically and grew creatively during the process.

I am used to working on my art very independently. The idea of working in collaboration with another artist was a bit threatening but I was encouraged by my daughter to participate. She said I would grow and be stretched by this experience. She was right! My partner, Virginia Obidzinski, approaches art in a less representational way than I do. It was a growing experience to combine her artistic method with mine.

My first piece was literal: I precariously balanced fruits and vegetables in a fictional still life and I also wanted to express the idea of a balanced diet as it relates to one's health.

This past year, I have been working on a series of pieces celebrating the joy of food and local produce. I wanted to continue that theme for the Balance Project.

My second piece was influenced by the geometric abstractions Virginia used in her first piece. I thoroughly enjoyed manipulating my subject matter and felt that I was playing a “collaboration game” with our pieces. I used shapes, colors and design elements from both of our pieces.

My third piece is more symbolic of this collaborative experience. I returned to my first design, but I cut the produce open or peeled away the skin. This represents how the collaboration forced me to look deeper into my approach toward art. It reminded me to strive to balance my technical ability with artistic and individual expression.