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Create your Summer at the School of Art Class Registration is Now Open!
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t’s finally summer and we are dreaming of relaxing breezy mornings, afternoons, and evenings in the School of Art studios. Registration is underway for the Community Arts Education classes taking place during July. Join us and add art to your summer days.
NEW! The Kids Summer Art Institute has more session options! All Drawing and Painting classes for ages 4 through 12 are available for one, two, three, or four weeks. For the same ages, Ceramic and Sculpture classes are available in two-week courses, diving deep into 3D materials and processes. Since variety is the spice of life, course content changes each session. There are three amazing classes for teens (13-17) this summer. Beginning Jewelry is a creative and skill-driven class that teaches students to master all things, torches and metals to stones and bezels. Teen Drawing and Painting, taught by Sandra
DeVisser, is the best class around for teens who want to seriously improve their art game. For students in 10th, 11th, and 12th grades, the College Prep Portfolio class is a must to solidify their drawing and presentation skills while building a robust body of work for college review. Adults have a variety of classes for all skill levels to explore; The Figure Drawing Salon, Studio Painting, Digital Photography/Photoshop, Mold Making, Steel Fabrication, Jewelry, and Plein Aire Painting. Bryan McGrath will be hosting an intensive Wood Firing Ceramics workshop, Aesthetics of Heat and Ash, for intermediate/advanced students June 6 through 14. All classes begin in July with the exception of the ceramics workshop and Adult Advanced Jewelry beginning early June. For a details of courses and workshops offer this summer or to register for classes, please visit www.mwpai.org/learn or contact the School of Art at 797-8260.
Celebrated Fashion Guru Valerie Steele Headlines Paris Fashion Lecture, Book Signing and Parisian-Market Reception alerie Steele, described as “The Freud of Fashion” by the International Herald Tribune and cited as number 18 among “Fashion’s 50 Most Powerful” by the Daily News, will present a captivating lecture at the Museum of Art on August 6. Ms Steele, director and chief curator of The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology, she has organized more than 20 exhibitions including Shoe Obsession (2013), Gothic: Dark Glamour (2008), and The Corset (2000). A prolific author with a Ph.D from Yale, The Washington Post called Steele one of “fashion’s brainiest women” and the International Herald Tribune dubbed her “The Freud of Fashion.” In 2009 the Daily News listed Steele as number 18 of “Fashion’s 50 Most Powerful.” As author, curator, editor, and public intellectual, Steele has been instrumental in creating the modern field of fashion studies and in raising public awareness of the cultural and social significance of fashion.
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Thursday, August 6, 6 p.m. $25 MWPAI Members • $40 General Admission (includes exhibition admission and reception) Tickets, 315-797-0055
Parisian-Market Reception
Ms. Steele will explores the connections between fashion and modernity that fascinated French 19th-century artists and poets. Paris provided numerous arenas for fashionable display, such as the new opera, the boulevards, and the couture atelier. There was a veritable retail revolution, with the rise of the department store, as well as a burgeoning fashion press. The image of la Parisienne, the New Woman, and the dandy became iconic figures.
Taste Local Farm Foods Artisanal Cheeses Sheep, Goat and Cow’s Milk Gelato (We know it’s not French, but it is delicious!) Fresh-Roasted Coffee Truffle Oil, Herbed Olive Oils and Vinegars French Bread French Wine Tasting (additional fee) Catered Hors d’oeuvres, Cash Bar with French Cocktails
Following the lecture, Ms. Steele will be available to sign copies of her book, Paris Fashion: A Culture History (for sale in the Museum Shop).
Vendors will have their fresh products for sale.
Parisian Market Reception Sponsored, in part, by
Drawing for Reservations for Two at a French Wine and Food Pairing at The Tailor & The Cook.