Department of Cultural Affairs
Thursdays, February 23 – April 6, 2023
6-8pm
In person at the Center for the Arts Eagle Rock.
Ages 15+
$325, all materials included.
Learn the anatomy of the human head and how to use drawing fundamentals to capture a person’s likeness on paper. Explore different drawing materials such as graphite, conte, and charcoal. This workshop is perfect for beginner and intermediate artists!
Register at linktr.ee/cfaer.
Please Venmo payment @CFAER or via PayPal at info@cfaer.org.
The Power and Transformation of One Resource, Lint Art in the Park is excited to welcome artist Veronica De Jesus, @veronicadejesusart, art for a series of workshops organized around resources. The first two workshops on February 15 and 22 will focus on the transformation of lint, the byproduct of washing our clothes. We will spend time with this discarded material, lint. Lint will be our powersource, putting both a light on both the fragility and power of resources. We will look…
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