Co-curators Contacts:
Michele Reday Cook mredaycook@mac.com
Joan Ulrich ulrichclay@aol.com
Juror Tania Karpowitz
Since the beginning of time, artists have attempted to
capture the human figure in all its diversity. Ancient drawings
and sculptures may have been symbols of fertility
or of great bravery. The human figure was depicted as deities and in religious rites.

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JUNK MAIL Collage with Karen Schmitz

Sunday, June 22, 12-3pm

Turn your throw-away junk mail into intriguing collages by recycling them into art. Learn about composition, color and shape. Learn about gluing & techniques that will give your collages a pro-finish.

Learn what the “kiss” is in your collage. Having fun creating by putting some funk in your junk!

¨      DRA $25/Non $35
¨      Class size limited to 10
¨      Bring straight edge (ruler), blades, scissors and junk mail.

Karen Schmitz is an artist known for her award winning contemporary -monotypes, paintings, mixed medium collages and creative handmade cards. Her subject matter is usually based on current concerns and happenings, usually with a deep and or humorous spin.

Location:

Del Ray Artisans
The Nicholas a. Colasanto Center
2704 Mount Vernon Avenue
Alexandria, VA 22301

Instructor Contact: Karen at schmityk@yahoo.com

Jennifer Lea Hall

T. C. Williams Student Art Show-May 3rd -18th

T C Williams High School senior Olivia T. Morrow is winner of 2008 Ted Eichers Scholarship

"April 2008, Art Music Show. West Wall, main gallery Del Ray Artisans"

Panoramic Photo by John Hiller

Art Music Curator: Jamee Telford 703-842-7542

The Spirit of Del Ray Curator: Seana Gallagher 703-254-4977
Click Here SHOW IMAGES + SILENT AUCTION ITEMS AT The Spirit of Del Ray

Curator - Linda Silk

TRIBUTE TO ALL THINGS MAGICAL : THE LIGHT AND THE DARK
Sarah Pearson Curator for DRA October 2007 Show

ALL-MEMBER ART SHOW
Tracy Wilkerson Curator for DRA September 2007 Show

ART CAMP KIDS 2007 (photo credit -- MEGHAN COOK)

Your Life is Art

AUGUST 11, 2007
1:00-4:00 p.m. • Del Ray Artisans
2704 Mount Vernon Ave. • Alexandria, VA
703) 838-4827

$60 DRA members • $75 non-DRA members

( Have you ever heard yourself say something like, “I’m not creative,” or
“I’ve never been good at art...I can’t even draw flies!”

Ever watched wistfully as your child colored outside the lines, drew green and purple tigers pouncing on clouds of marshmallows, or whipped up a family portrait of meltingly moving stick figures, complete with the family dog and goldfish? Why is it we believe that creativity and visual expression are the exclusive domains of children, or worse…those mysterious, uber-talented, somewhat eccentric, and often vastly scary creatures called “artists?”

Your Life is Art is about showing people that they are creating art every day simply by the way they live. The way you live is the outward expression of the person you are, the feelings you have, the words you use, your posture, your humor, the way you move, the way you do anything…Is artful. It’s artful because no one can live the exact same life the exact same way. We all create as we go along.

Participants in Your Life is Art will learn to:

• Embrace the creative energy of destruction
• Discover the expressive power of the stick figure
• Explore the graphic nature of the written word
• Learn new ways to “process” life.
• Find freedom in using their “voices” visually.
• Own what in their lives is done artfully.