Teen Workshop: Oil Painting and the Figure @ Frist - April 4, 2009

Teen Workshop: Oil Painting and the Figure
Saturday, April 4, 10:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
Registration and fee required, call 744-3355

Terry Thacker, a Nashville-based artist and professor and chair of the fine arts department at Watkins College of Art, Design and Film, will lead this one-day painting workshop in conjunction with the exhibition Paint Made Flesh. Participants will first tour the exhibition and discuss some of the ways artists use oil paint to depict the human body. After, they will move to the Frist Center studios where they will create their own figure paintings during a session with a clothed model.

Cost: $40 members; $50 non-members. Cost includes all supplies and gallery admission. Participants may bring their own lunches or purchase them in the Frist Center Café.

Location: Frist Center Studios

Registration:
Register for this program by filling out and returning the Workshop Registration Form or by calling 615.744.3355.

Watkins Community Education - children & teens - Summer 2008

Watkins College of Art & Design's Community Education Summer of the Arts Program

July 7 - 11, July 21 - 25 and August 4 - 8

Watkins College of Art&Design, 2298 Rosa L. Parks Blvd.

The Community Education Summer of the Arts Program for children and teens has three sessions left. There are many opportunities for budding artists ages 4 - 18 to discover and explore various art forms and methods at the college's state-of-the-art campus in MetroCenter. Each class meets for one week, Monday - Friday, for half-day sessions. For more information, visit www.watkins.edu/community or call (615)383-4848.