Creating with the Curators (Translucent | Opaque)

Creating with the Curators (Translucent | Opaque)

In-Person Adult Workshop | This program is completed

20 Academy Street Arlington, MA 02476 United States

Shaira Ali Gallery

All skill levels

3/2/2024 (one day)

10:30 AM-12:30 PM on Sat

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25.00 USD

Member Discount Available

Join ACA teaching artists and “Translucent | Opaque” curators, Marjorie Glick and Vicki Paret in an approachable introduction to watercolor and gouache! The artists will talk about the similarities and differences of the mediums, facilitate demonstrations, and conclude with a hands-on workshop with materials for experimentation. Both artists will cover an essential element of their medium before participants begin using materials themselves. We will play and explore, with students painting, collaborating, and finding joy in these expressive mediums. Participants will walk away with an understanding of what makes each medium unique. The work created during the program will be featured in the hall outside the gallery leading into the “Translucent | Opaque” exhibit, demonstrating our learning through community collaboration. This is a great opportunity to try something new, engage with other creatives, and learn from two of ACA’s most sought-after instructors.

Supplies are included in your registration, though participants who would like to use their brushes are welcome to bring theirs. ACA welcomes participants ages 16 to adult to join by signing up in advance.

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Glick, Marjorie

Marjorie Glick (she/her/hers) is known for her large scale vivid realism watercolors that are inspired by New England’s places of antiquity and by the beauty found in nature. She has exhibited at several regional museums and galleries including the DeCordova Museum, Berkshire Art Museum, Brockton Art Museum, Beth Urdang Gallery, Boston, and the Forum Gallery in New York. Her work is in over 40 corporate and private collections including The Federal Reserve Bank, Fidelity Investments, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Tufts-New England Medical Center, all in Boston; Friends Hospital, in Philadelphia. She is the recipient of grants from the Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation (Artist’s Resource Trust Grant) and the Massachusetts Cultural Council. She is represented by The Turtle Gallery in Deer Isle, Maine. She has served as Adjunct Faculty for The Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University and was a member of the faculty of the DeCordova Museum School, in Lincoln, MA from 1986-2012. She leads plein air workshops in Maine, France, and Tuscany. She holds a BFA from Massachusetts College of Art and has studied independently with Wolf Kahn and George Nick.

To learn more about Marjorie, visit her website You can also read a feature on her work in American Watercolor Weekly at: https://americanwatercolor.net/creating-depth-in-large-scale-watercolor-paintings/

Paret, Vicki

Vicki is a painter and a potter with a M.A.T. from Tufts University/School of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, a B.F.A. from Virginia Commonwealth University, and ongoing education at the Harvard Ceramics Studio, Mudflat Pottery School, and Haystack Mountain School of Craft. She has been on the faculty at the Museum of Fine Arts, DeCordova Museum, and Cambridge Center for Adult Education, and until recently was Chair of the Art Department and teacher at Waring School in Beverly. See Vicki’s paintings at http://www.vickikocherparet.com/.