Fine Art Workshop: Drawing Landscapes - FULL
Date: Sep 19
1:00 pm
- 4:00 pm
Where: Level 3 Atrium
Art
Join art educator Anne Pickard-Vaandering for a fine art workshop that explores line, composition and perspective drawing techniques. Working in the Atrium, we’ll practice methods for rendering the atmosphere and mood of a landscape and explore the importance of vantage points. This workshop includes an interpreted tour of the exhibition, Of Myths and Mountains, which features artworks by members of The Group of Seven and other artists from Labrador and Quebec.
All participants will receive a bag of clean, new materials which they can use and take home.
This workshop is limited to 8 participants to ensure physical distancing. Age 16+. Cost is $30 per person, all materials are provided. To register, please contact Visitor Services at 757-8090.
Events & Programs
How do place, identity, and art intersect, and what do their points of intersection tell us about this place we call home?
In this talk, Rhea Rollmann will explore the significance of queer and trans art in Atlantic Canada with particular emphasis on the work of Erica Rutherford as well as iterations of queer and trans art in NL. There will be an opportunity for questions after the talk.
Tickets: $12 plus HST. Free for Rooms members. Get your tickets online or by calling 709-757-8090.
About the Presenter:
Rhea Rollmann (she/her) is an award-winning journalist, writer and audio producer based in St. John's, NL, and is the author of A Queer History of Newfoundland (Engen Books, 2023). She is a founding editor of The Independent NL and her journalism has appeared in Briarpatch Magazine, CBC, Xtra Magazine, Chatelaine, PopMatters, Riddle Fence, Macleans and more. Her academic work has been published in the Journal of Gender Studies, Labor Studies Journal, Canadian Woman Studies, Journal of Work and Society, Canadian Theatre Review, Canadian Review of Sociology, Screen Bodies and elsewhere. She also has an extensive background in labour organizing and queer/trans activism, and she is Station Manager at CHMR-FM, a community radio station in St. John's.