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2022 Summertime Blog

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"MY HANDS SING THE BLUES"
(The Last Great Summer Session of 2022)
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ARTS OF ASIA
We began with Indonesia, where women invented the Batik process in the 12th Century and it spread around the world.  Our main project for this week was Batik, but we also talked about China, where one of the oldest living civilizations began and where a lot traditional Asian art first occurred, like paper and print making.  China shares with Japan the "three perfections":  poetry, painting and calligraphy.  We tried all these things, including Japanese Sumi-E brush painting. And Amelia Gramling helped us create our own Hiaku!  Batik is a hot beeswax and dye technique that finally requires ironing all of the beeswax out of the fabric.  I plan never to do this again in the summer...  I decided it is a wintertime activity.  But I found my friend the bee keeper is a great resource for material, so I do hope to do this more!  It resulted in brilliant, colorful designs!  We also celebrated India, with Yoga (Thanks Janet Jackson, for being our visiting yoga  instructor a couple of times this week! ) We made Mandalas too!  Some of the Best Families and Friends attended our art show!  

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Thanks so much, Valerie Chaney for your volunteerism! (And thanks Gus, the new Art Matters pup for the entertainment!)
Thanks Always, Emma Bridges, our resident artist, who will go be a student in the WKU art department soon!
Thanks Amelia for the lesson in Haiku!
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"Art Down Under"
Aboriginal Dreaming &
Animals from Kentucky Down Under @ Art Matters
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PRINTMAKING 101

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Famous Artists Who Inspired this Session

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Paint Like Monet
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    Teresa Christmas has done many things, including and especially, she has been a mom and a GrandMama'  Currently, she is also still creating art and teaching art to young artists.  And somehow 20 years went by while she was doing that.  She designed all of the summer art sessions posted here.  These are just some photos that were part of the result. A lot of people have attended or volunteered or helped or donated to Art Matters Community Studio over the last decade, so she reckons it really is a special place.

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  • Summer Art Sessions 2022
    • 2022 Summertime Blog
    • 2021 SUMMERTIME BLOG @ ART MATTERS
    • Memories of Past Summers
  • Registration for Fall 2022/23
  • The New School 2021-22
  • World's Greatest Studio Tour
    • The Art Teacher's Art
  • ART ACTIVITIES TO DO AT HOME
  • Student Art Show 2020
  • This is Art Matters
    • Great Memories at Art Matters
  • The Art Teacher
  • BG Gallery Hop at Art Matters
  • Past Exhibits