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Artists Association of Nantucket
ART CLASSES EVENTS

Course Description

This fun workshop is designed for experienced painters working in any medium who want to explore ways to create more modern, bold, and expressive paintings by taking a less representational approach. Each day we’ll explore ways to employ one of the abstract elements of painting; line, value, color, shape, and texture to express an unexpected idea or statement. There will be short presentations, followed by some simple exercises. This is not a “how to paint” class, rather a place to explore and experiment with fellow artists. We’ll be working independently (using materials of your choice) from still lives and/or photos. There will be a quick critique at the end of every day.

Cancellation Policy

AAN depends upon student tuition to continue to offer classes and workshops. Due to our commitment to small class sizes and the hands-on nature of art education, we are greatly impacted by cancellations. Nevertheless, we do understand that plans change. If you need to cancel your reservation for a class or workshop, please note our cancellation/refund policy here and let us know as soon as possible.

Materials

PLEASE NOTE: The AAN’s Painting studio is equipped with easels and glass top carts for palette use and daily personal storage. Due to this studio’s evening classes in a variety of media, please be prepared to leave your cart and easel clean, store work in progress in drying racks provided, and transport your supplies to and from the studio each day. Storing unused paint in a plastic palette bin is suggested. Thank you in advanced for your consideration.

This workshop is open to any medium (preferably oils, acrylics, pastels, or gouache).
Please bring your normal painting materials and at least 6 surfaces to paint on 9 x 12 or larger.

Modern Painting, 18+

Nancy Colella

Nancy (born c. 1950, Englewood, NJ) earned a B.A. in Fine Art from Muskingum University, then studied painting at the Aegean School of Fine Arts in Paros, Greece, and at the Instituto Allende in San Miguel, Mexico. After a career in the hospitality business and while raising two children, she resumed her studies at Mass College of Art. She has studied with, and is currently inspired by, contemporary painters Peggi Kroll Roberts, Mark Daniel Nelson, Nancy Gruskin, Catherine Kehoe, and Tracey Everly, to name a few. She is a Copley Master of the Copley Society of Art in Boston, MA, and a faculty member of the North River Arts Society in Marshfield, MA. She teaches numerous online and live workshops throughout New England. She lives in Norwell, MA (winter) and Scituate, MA (summer) with her husband and yellow lab, Limoncello.
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