Creative Mark Making

Artist/Instructor: Kathy Gaye Shiroki 
Wednesdays, June 19 and 26
Fee: $37 members/$47 not-yet-members (includes both classes)

Develop innovative ideas by trusting your intuitive process. Artists need time to explore and play in new ways that generate unique perspectives. Participants will create using various materials and approaches to inspire and motivate their creativity. This hands-on workshop is about investigating and experimenting through artmaking. No experience is necessary.  

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About the Aritst

Kathy’s innovative approach to looking at art opens new conversations. She has worked in Modern and Contemporary Art Museums for over thirty years. In conjunction with her museum work at the Burchfield Penney Art Center, she is the liaison between the Burchfield Penney and Buffalo State University. She is an Adjunct Professor in the Art and Design Department, teaching classes that range from Art Education courses to Themes and Issues in Contemporary Art. Kathy contributed to the publication Academic Museums: Exhibitions and Education, Museums, etc., on ‘Peer-to-Peer Tours,’ Buffalo State student-led tours at the Burchfield Penney. Her installation work has been exhibited nationally, reviewed in the Los Angeles Times, and locally exhibited at Hallwalls and King Fish Gallery. Kathy Gaye Shiroki holds an MFA from the University of California, San Diego, a BFA from Tyler School of Art, and her Associate’s degree from Rochester Institute of Technology, School of American Craftsmen.

Suggested Supplies:

A brown paper bag, for example, from Trader Joe

Mark-making materials, colored pencils, markers, and anything around the house

Black sharpie maker

Sketchbook

Scissors

For further information, contact Kathy Gaye Shiroki