Welcome to Artist-in-Residence Valerie Mann, a talented sculptor, painter, and mixed media artist living in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Having grown up on a large grain farm in Indiana, Mann knows about being completely at the mercy of Mother Nature. She also spent a year home-schooling her kids by exploring different national parks, where they learned a lot by experiencing the land, living simply, and meeting all kinds of people. She channels her deep connection to the world around her into her artwork, contemplating different aspects of balance and re-use. In the body of work she will pursue during her residency, she features birds as metaphors for bigger ideas like adaptation, evolution, purpose, practicality, and the ephemeral nature of our existence. Attend her workshop this coming Saturday, August 16, where she will speak about her process of going from sketch to finished piece, of which she will have samples for everyone to view and touch. Then, she will share her approach to art as “creative problem-solving” by guiding a hands-on activity: participants will reconnect to their creative sides by using Japanese brushes to record details of nature with ink on mat board. Were very excited to have her here! (mw)
Posted on: Mon, 11 Aug 2014 23:40:00 +0000
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