Visit the museum November 5 for the Modern Mondays program Living With Art.
Carolyn Jacobs, studio faculty member at Central Piedmont Community
College, and Karen Derksen, Director of Winthrop University Galleries,
lead a discussion on how to incorporate art into your life and home, and
offer practical tips to properly maintain it. Participants will also
learn how the Bechtler family incorporated art into their professional
and personal lives.
Cocktails at 6pm. Lecture at 6:30. Tickets are $8 for non-members. Free to members.
Modern Mondays at the Bechtler Museum
Sunday, October 28, 2012
Monday, October 8, 2012
Collaboration with Charlotte Symphony
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| Carolyn Jacobs, (in progress and untitled) 24x18" acrylic, starch, pastel on Stonehenge paper |
October is a busy, busy month!
My Drawing II class has been asked to create images to be projected while the Charlotte Symphony plays in Tate Hall on October 25.
This is a little sneak peak at one of my contributions, which is in progress....
November is my museum month....
I've got two exciting events coming up!
Monday, November 5, Karen Derksen and I will give a talk at the Bechtler Museum on the idea of looking at art versus living with art. It's part of the Bechtler's Modern Monday Series. We'll talk about subjective things like what draws you to purchase a particular work, and then about more practical issues like installing it and maintaining it. We'll also talk a little about how the Bechtlers incorporated art into their daily life. Fun in the 4th floor gallery should be had by all!
Cocktails at 6pm
Lecture at 6:30pm
Scheduled to last 45 minutes to an hour.
The Bechtler site isn't updated with it yet, but here is a link for more info:
Bechtler's Modern Monday Series
Then, on November 13, I'll be leading a figurative session at the Mint Museum exploring expressive color. This is in conjunction with Beverly McIver's exhibition, and part of a class with master educator Rita Shumaker. Fasten your seatbelts, we're going to be flying high! This is scheduled for 6-8pm. Come early, stay late....the museum is free and open to the public on Tuesday nights.
Here's the info on the Mint session:
Hand and the Eye
See you there, my friends :-)
Monday, November 5, Karen Derksen and I will give a talk at the Bechtler Museum on the idea of looking at art versus living with art. It's part of the Bechtler's Modern Monday Series. We'll talk about subjective things like what draws you to purchase a particular work, and then about more practical issues like installing it and maintaining it. We'll also talk a little about how the Bechtlers incorporated art into their daily life. Fun in the 4th floor gallery should be had by all!
Cocktails at 6pm
Lecture at 6:30pm
Scheduled to last 45 minutes to an hour.
The Bechtler site isn't updated with it yet, but here is a link for more info:
Bechtler's Modern Monday Series
Then, on November 13, I'll be leading a figurative session at the Mint Museum exploring expressive color. This is in conjunction with Beverly McIver's exhibition, and part of a class with master educator Rita Shumaker. Fasten your seatbelts, we're going to be flying high! This is scheduled for 6-8pm. Come early, stay late....the museum is free and open to the public on Tuesday nights.
Here's the info on the Mint session:
Hand and the Eye
See you there, my friends :-)
Saturday, September 15, 2012
Thursday, September 13, 2012
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
More art, less lupie
I gave my card to someone tonight, and as it left my hand I thought "Holy shit, I haven't posted in a long time!" Waaaaaaay. Toooooo. Long.
Life gets in the way sometimes. Since my last post, I have packed up all my belongings----shall I go on a tangent about how I have become a hoarder? I then moved all belongings exactly one mile into a new-to-me house. I am almost done with unpacking all these things, most of which I have grown to hate (or at least question) in the last month or so. That said, there is a grand transformation that takes place when one moves into a new abode. The nesting inclination is a little like The Force. Or a bad rash. It leaves its mark.
I bought cat xanax in the form of air freshener to help my cats adjust to the new house. $50. I do not want to examine this purchase too closely.
Since I no longer have a fenced-in-yard, I spend an alarming amount of time walking dogs and picking up poop. This makes me realize that my previous yard must have been....okay, I do not want to go there either. Literally.
It absolutely makes my day when I take the dogs on their evening walk, and glimpse the small herd of deer who graze in a yard that backs up to the greenway. We regard each other with equal fascination each time. And each time I walk away smiling. I think they walk away confused, wondering what the hell that idiot woman is smiling about.
And then, there is lupus....its own full-time job. Trying to balance nesting with resting is challenging. Benlysta infusions wipe me out a little for a day or two. It would be difficult to hate prednisone more than I do, and I am glad that I only have online classes to teach this summer. It's just A LOT to deal with, and the way I deal with most things is to make art....and I haven't been able to. But I see the light at the end of tunnel; the number of boxes left to unpack is in single digits, and unless I fall into a sleeping beauty-like stupor, I should be back in the saddle soon!
Life gets in the way sometimes. Since my last post, I have packed up all my belongings----shall I go on a tangent about how I have become a hoarder? I then moved all belongings exactly one mile into a new-to-me house. I am almost done with unpacking all these things, most of which I have grown to hate (or at least question) in the last month or so. That said, there is a grand transformation that takes place when one moves into a new abode. The nesting inclination is a little like The Force. Or a bad rash. It leaves its mark.
I bought cat xanax in the form of air freshener to help my cats adjust to the new house. $50. I do not want to examine this purchase too closely.
Since I no longer have a fenced-in-yard, I spend an alarming amount of time walking dogs and picking up poop. This makes me realize that my previous yard must have been....okay, I do not want to go there either. Literally.
It absolutely makes my day when I take the dogs on their evening walk, and glimpse the small herd of deer who graze in a yard that backs up to the greenway. We regard each other with equal fascination each time. And each time I walk away smiling. I think they walk away confused, wondering what the hell that idiot woman is smiling about.
And then, there is lupus....its own full-time job. Trying to balance nesting with resting is challenging. Benlysta infusions wipe me out a little for a day or two. It would be difficult to hate prednisone more than I do, and I am glad that I only have online classes to teach this summer. It's just A LOT to deal with, and the way I deal with most things is to make art....and I haven't been able to. But I see the light at the end of tunnel; the number of boxes left to unpack is in single digits, and unless I fall into a sleeping beauty-like stupor, I should be back in the saddle soon!
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
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| Carolyn Jacobs, Amy B, charcoal and conte on grey canson paper, around 24x18, 30 min. sketch Collection of the model. |
I drew a quick sketch of Amy last year, and it was not even remotely successful, and it has haunted me--like all bad drawings haunt me. But this one....I'm okay with this one. It's a good likeness, and captured her affect pretty well.
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