FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 12, 2006

Run through November 1, 2006

Contact: Danielle Cezanne, Education Coordinator, 651.407.0597, wbca@whitebeararts.org

The White Bear Center for the Arts is offering a unique week-long acrylic and collage workshop with instructor and award winning artist Lana Grow. This workshop will introduce new and experimental ways of painting and stretch your creative boundaries with acrylics. The focus of the workshop is abstract; combining abstract with realistic elements as an option. Emphasis will be on layering and using acrylic paint as a transparent, translucent and opaque water medium. Working on different hot press plate surface papers, the tools and techniques used will include: stencils, water media oil pastels, lifting, staining, stamps, printing, scraping, staining, collage, gold leaf, gesso, gel mediums, color mixing, basic elements of design and finishing techniques. Each day of the workshop will include several demos, handouts, one-on-one time with the instructor and time for the student to work.

Dates/Time: November 6-9, 9:30 AM-4 PM and Friday the 10th, 8:30 AM-3 PM
Age/Level: Advanced, intermediate, flexible experimental painter
Tuition: $375 WBCA Member/$395 Non-Member
Location: Tamarack Nature Center, White Bear Township

For more information or to register contact the White Bear Center for the Arts at 651-407-0597 or wbca@whitebeararts.org. Classes are discounted for WBCA members. Registration in advance is required and space is limited. Visit the WBCA website at www.whitebeararts.org and click on “Classes” to see a full listing of classes offered.

Lana L. Grow is a signature member of The American Watercolor Society, The Red River Watercolor Society, The Society of Layerists in Multi Media and The International Society of Experimental Artists. At this time, she is the only woman Minnesota painter that is a signature member of AWS. Her work has been exhibited in many local, regional and national shows, winning numerous awards. Lana's work has been previously published in several books, and can most recently be seen in Splash 8, The Society of Layerists in Multi Media and Creative Composition and Design. More about Lana Grow can be found on her website http://www.artshow.com/grow/index.html.

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White Bear Center for the Arts is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to build creative and culturally rich communities in the White Bear area by providing arts experiences for children, adults, and families.

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