Contemporary Realism

Contemporary Realism
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3/30/16

Drawing in Color

Sharon at WCC with her art


We are nearing the end of our winter session of my class,"Drawing in Color" at Washtenaw Community College. This class is  a diverse group. Each person brings unique perspective, creativity and talent to their work.  Here is Sharon, who is enthusiastically exploring art. She produced this excellent whimsical portrait of her cat from a lesson on drawing fur and animals.  I had to capture a picture of Sharon and her artwork.

3/17/16

AAWA Spring Juried Show

My mixed media piece, String Theory, was juried into the Ann Arbor Women Artists Spring  Show.  This show has a large variety of work and will be on display through April 29th. Our Juror is Nora Venturelli who is a lecturer at the University of Michigan School of Art.





String Theory
© Barbara Goodsitt

3/7/16

Assemblage Workshop with Valerie Mann at Maker Works

Valerie Mann is a marvelous local artist who conducted an asemblage workshop for AAWA at Maker Works.  Here are some pictures from the workshop and the assemblage, mixed media piece I put together.  Maker works is  a 14,000 sq ft facility "filled with tools, for builders, makers, artists and tinkerers". It supports the creative community in Ann Arbor.



front view of my assemblage

top view of my assemblage
The morning of the workshop, I had eaten a bagel for breakfast  and was wearing aqua and  purple. I think that influenced my design : ). Many of the shapes in this assemblage were cut out using a laser cutter.

Touring Maker Works

Val Mann at the workshop