Art Escape March 19, 20 & 21

Like the idea of immersing yourself in art for three days? The weekend of March 19-21, I am very excited to be teaching a Silk and Dye Painting Intensive at Artascope Studios in South Portland. We will spend 3 days (Fri. 6-9, Sat. 10-6, Sun. 10-2) creating beautiful fabric projects with wax and dye paint.

Here is the description : "In this class you’ll use traditional and non traditional dyeing techniques to create multi-layered, one-of-a-kind art fabrics. Learn about wax resist techniques, while choosing from a gorgeous palette of paintable dyes. You’ll develop color palettes and use patterning to create fabrics that can be used to make a statement in any project from home decor to clothing." The weekend is designed to be fun and give participants a chance to really explore and learn the process of painting with wax and dyes.

If you would like to see the process check out my blog entrys from last spring.

For more information check out at the art escape web site.

See you on the 19th!

Upcoming Hoilday Shows

Here is what is coming up next for me. Two great shows!

December 12 (Sat) Designing Women Woodfords Congregational Church, Woodford St., Portland 9am-4pm

December 10th - 30th Holiday Sale at Artascope Studios 352 Cottage Road, South Portland, Opening Sunday, December 13th Daily 9am-7pm

Also, my etsy shop is always open. Go to www.suzannedrown.com for more info.

Making Preparations for the Holiday Season

Here is my show schedule for November and December 2009! I am really excited to be participating in these great shows!

November 14 (Sat) Waynflete "Hands to Art" 360 Spring St., Portland 10am-4pm

November 20-21 (Fri-Sat) Zaz and Moe Studio Show 37 Hawthorne Lane, South Portland Friday 2pm-8pm, Saturday 9am-3pm

December 12 (Sat) Designing Women Woodfords Congregational Church, Woodford St., Portland 9am-4pm

December 10th - 30th Holiday Sale at Artascope Studios 352 Cottage Road, South Portland, Opening Sunday, December 13 Daily 10am-7pm

Also, my etsy shop is always open. Go to www.suzannedrown.com for more info.

Summertime is Calling!

Summertime means summer camps - a rite of passage for so many kids and families! So my focus for the last few days has been planning and preparing for summer camp...well camps!

This summer, I am expanding my teaching horizons with two new opportunities and I am very excited! I get to play and teach and watch great kids come up with some really cool creations! Does it get better than that?

July is camp month for me. First, I will be at Summer Stage in South Portland. Next, I will travel to South Burlington Vermont for a week.as a teaching artist at the School House Summer Camp. Then, at the end of the month I will be teaching and hopefully inspiring another group of summer campers at the Fiddlehead Center for the Arts in Scarborough! The last two camps feature the fiber arts so we will be batiking, marbling, painting, embellishing, playing, making masks! For more information check out their websites!

Are you a grown-up looking for some summer fun? Check out the classes at Artascope Studios! I will be teaching classes there in June, July and August and they offer many more classes with many talented artist / teachers. Check them out on the web!

Doing a Demo!

Next Saturday I will demo how to batik and paint with dyes. Join me Saturday March 14th from 10am to 1pm at Artascope Studio's monthly Open House event! Hope to see you there!

Great Class!

I had a wonderful afternoon on Saturday teaching 3 wonderful ladies about batik and silk painting! They created 3 beautiful and unique scarves!

Class Tomorrow!

I am teaching a great class tomorrow called Silk Painting at Artascope studios from 2-6. Students will learn about painting with wax and dyes and create their own beautiful scarf. Call 799.5154 to sign up.