Visions in Mixed Media – A unique community of Artists exhibit work created at Montserrat College of Art’s Continuing Education Program will be at Marblehead Arts Associations from August 1st – August 30th. Artist Receptions: Sunday, August 2nd from 2:00 – 4:00. Please join us.
Marblehead Arts Association – Green Room – 8 Hooper Street, Marblehead, MA 01945
Instructor: Maria Malatesta
Yvonne Chabrier, Diana Bourgeois, Betsy Kidder, Marcia Fernald, Jennifer Toler
Painting by Maria Malatesta
Montserrat will be at the Wenham Museum for Comic Art Workshops
Storytelling through Pictures: Comic Art Workshops
Saturdays: July 11, 18, & 25 from 9am – 12pm
Wenham Museum, 132 Main St (Rte 1A), Wenham, MA 01984
Pre-registration required:
$30 for a single workshop, $75 for all three
Ages: 9 – 12
Instructor: Kevin Ilacqua, Montserrat College of Art Student
Learn how to tell a story through pictures. Come and have fun learning to draw some of your favorite comic book super-heroes, cartoon characters, funny animals, Japanese Anime and Manga. You will learn how to create and design your own comic character in these workshops. Learn the basic techniques of pencil sketching. If you like comics and like to draw this class is for you.
Workshop – 7/11 – Superheroes
Workshop – 7/18 Anime & Manga
Workshop – 7/25 – Alternative comics – Art comics/story
To register contact: Wenham Museum at 978.468.2377 or visit http://www.wenhammuseum.org/youth_families.html
Kevin Ilacqua is a junior at Montserrat College of Art majoring in illustration. Montserrat students of illustration are experts in understanding and creating pictures that inform, entertain and persuade audiences. Illustrations students are trained to draw, paint, sculpt and create by fine artists and working illustrators.
Founded in 1970, Montserrat College of Art is a four-year art college located in Beverly, MA offering an accredited Bachelor of Fine Arts. The continuing education department offers evening, weekend and daytime courses for adults and teens on the North Shore.
Wenham Museum Summer Exhibition – Colorful Characters: Storytelling through Comics, June 9 – September 13, 2009
Illustration by Kevin Ilacqua: Robot Chase