Matthew Jacobson Workshop – Content and Compositional Choices is a artist workshop presented by Wisconsin draft horse painter Matthew Jacobson. The workshop will be held Saturday, February 26, 2011, from 2-5pm at the Bone Creek Annex, the former Legion building, 551 E St., David City, NE. The cost is $20 in advance or $25 at the door. Artists are asked to bring drawing supplies and photos of potential subjects as Jacobson will present a step-by-step demonstration of choosing the right subjects, laying out the composition, and bringing an artwork to completion. Registration is open now and space is limited. Go to their website, www.bonecreek.org and click on Current Exhibition for more information and to register.
This workshop is held in conjunction with “Matthew Jacobson Wisconsin Workhorses” showing at the Bone Creek Museum of Agrarian Art, December 1 – February 27, 2011. A closing reception, open to the public, will be held Saturday, February 26, 2010, 5-7pm with Curator and artist’s talk.
Jim Hamil Workshop-
Bone Creek Museum of Agrarian Art is hosting an artist workshop by award winning watercolor artist Jim Hamil. Hamil has a reputation for excellence in teaching techniques needed to successfully achieve a sense of space and form on a two-dimensional surface. He has taught watercolor workshops across the country and has been named a “Friend of Education” by Phi Delta Kappa (an education association) because of the teaching and painting demonstrations he does for schools, in Kansas City, Colorado, Texas, and Nebraska.
The workshop will be held Saturday, March 5-6, 2011 at David City Aquinas High School, 3420 MN Rd., David City, NE, Room 19. The Saturday workshop will be held from 9am -1pm and Sunday 1-5pm. The cost is $20 per day, $25 at the door, and $5 for supplies. If you cannot attend both days, sign up for one as Hamil will be recapping each day’s lessons. Registration is open now and space is limited. Go to their website, www.bonecreek.org, for more information about supplies needed and provided, and to register.
This workshop is held in conjunction with “Jim Hamil Farmland USA” showing at the Bone Creek Museum of Agrarian Art, March 2 – May 15, 2011. This exhibition includes farmsteads, feedlots, fields, and even larger cities in a 600 mile radius of Smith County, Kansas.