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MIDDLETOWN, Calif. – Middletown Art Center’s Restore Project features printmaking - drypoint etching with artist Nicholas Hay this Saturday, Feb. 2, from 1 to 5 p.m.
Adults and children age 11 and up of all levels of art making experience, from newbies to professionals, are invited to attend this inspiring class for just $5.
“We’ll use a drypoint technique to draw into a plastic plate with a metal etching pen,” explained Hay. “Participants will be able to make changes and refinements to their image and run their plate through the press several times during class. The process of printmaking is quite magical, and anyone who likes to draw can create compelling images.”
Please register in advance for all Restore classes at http://www.middletownartcenter.org/restore, email
MAC encourages folks to come to several classes, to hone skills, learn new ones, and develop a body of work. Participants may also work on monotypes during this class. Printmaking and writers workshop participants are invited to submit work for inclusion in MAC’s second chapbook.
The first, Resilience, a community reframes disaster through art features the work of 22 poets and 17 printmakers who participated in the Resilience project last year, and is available at MAC and on the MAC website. You can preview the book at www.middletownartcenter.org/resilience-chapbook-excerpt.
In the coming weeks Restore participants will begin to collaboratively plan a new Art Trail on Rabbit Hill. A guided tour with naturalist Ed Dearing, and planning meeting are scheduled for Feb. 16 at 1 p.m. to inform an Art Trail design that responds to this specific site and its recovering environment.
This project is part of a partnership with the Lake County Land Trust, stewards of Rabbit Hill. MAC welcomes anyone interested in joining this enriching community project to join the guided walk on Feb. 16 and one or many Restore classes.
The Restore project provides Lake County residents with low-cost art classes and the opportunity to learn or refine skills in a variety of materials and techniques. Classes take place most Saturdays or Sundays through May 2019 and include monthly writers workshop, printmaking, sculpture and mixed-media classes.
Restore offers a writers workshop with Lake County Poet Laureate Richard Schmidt on Feb. 9, from 1 to 5 p.m. On Sunday, Feb. 10, also from 1 to 5 p.m., Emily Scheibal will guide participants through creating waste molds for plaster casting. A woodworking workshop with Marcus Maria Jung will be offered on Sunday, Feb. 17, also from 1 to 5 p.m. at MAC.
The Restore project was made possible with support from the California Arts Council, a state agency, with additional support from local organizations, businesses, and individuals. Visit www.ca.arts.gov to learn more about the California Arts Council’s work in communities and schools throughout California.
Middletown Art Center is located at 21456 State Highway 175 at the junction of Highway 29. Be a part of the growing arts scene in Lake County by becoming a MAC member, by participating in classes, or by attending one of the many arts and cultural events at MAC.
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