Festival in Cincinnati, Ohio - 2012

The Space Between exhibit - 20 pieces from the 40 piece exhibit are being shown at Festival in Cincinnati, Ohio this weekend.  Judy Coates Perez is there teaching, and took all of the photos for us on her iPhone, so we can see it.  The artists whose work is featured are:

Leslie Tucker Jenison and Jamie Fingal, co-curators

Linda T. Minton and Susan Brubaker Knapp

Sherry Kleinman and Deborah Boschert

Jayne Larson and Cindy Cooksey

Joanell Connolly and Jeannie Moore

Julie Schlueter and Pam Klebaum

Susie Monday and Gayle Simpson

Judy Coates Perez and Teresa Shippy

Terry Waldron and Yvonne Porcella

Jamie and Leslie teach at Festival in Cincinnati!

Festival in Cincinnati - Here's the sign on the door outside our classroom...pretty cool!  A dream of ours to teach at Festival.  More photos on both of our personal blogs Jamie Fingal and Leslie Tucker Jenison's blog

The collaborative painting begins with a playlist of eclectic music in the background.  When the music stops, everyone changes places, so you are not painting in the same spot the entire time.  The students painted 2 different canvases.

No painting experience necessary in this class.  Canvas is getting a little more detail

In all the classes we have taught with the painted canvas, this is the first class to add words.  Canvas #2

More details and it is coming together!

I love this!

Our students!

Cutting up the canvas, and having the students select a section from each canvas, face down, so it would be a surprise as to what they got.

Students had the option of saving one section for a future project, and cut up the other one to create art cards, postcards, ATC's and cover a journal.  We will be teaching this class at Festival in Long Beach also!

Scenes from our "Musical Chairs Painted Canvas" Class in Cincy

"Musical Chairs:  A Painted Canvas Adventure" is a collaborative painting endeavor on primed canvas.

The students painted, switched positions, and painted over the work of others in the class.  Two canvases were set up and the students switched back and forth.  The first half of the day was spent on the paintings.  After the lunch break both canvases were divided and each student got a portion of each one.

These pieces were subsequently fashioned into journal covers, art cards, postcards, ATCs (artist trading cards), and more.  We played music and had a fantastic time!

Here is the progression of one of the canvases:

the artists pose in front of one of the painted canvases.

Beautiful!

Afternoon:

We gathered around a table and spent the afternoon creating

lovely pieces of art with the painted canvas, markers, etc.

This class is such a joy for Jamie and I to teach!

If you are planning to come to Costa Mesa to CREATE!, we will be teaching it there.

Please join us!

Beneath the Surface at Festival in Cincinnati

The show floor from the sky walk.  Beneath the Surface was on the other side of the vendors - see top of photograph

Show open and people viewing the exhibit

Beneath the Surface at Festival in Cincinnati;  the exhibit was across from the SAQA Exhibit and next to the Festival Theatre.  These photos were taken before the show was open.

This was a horseshoe configuration for this part of the exhibit

Another view

Another view

The other side.  The exhibit was well received and every time that Leslie and I went on the floor to check things out, we enjoyed interacting with everyone about the exhibit.  Our last hurrah for BTS!  Thank you to all of the artists in Beneath the Surface!

Leslie and Jamie are Teaching at Festival in Cincinnati

Leslie Tucker Jenison and Jamie Fingal will be teaching at Festival in Cincinnati.  It's pretty cool to see our names in print in the class catalog!

Musical Chairs:  A Painted Canvas Collaboration - an all-day class on Saturday, April 9th.  We will paint a huge canvas in the morning, and then cut it up and give a section to each student to make into the following items in the last photo on this post.  It's a really fun class!