| Jackson, Tenn. - The
51ÉçÇø Department of Art will be hosting a
workshop for children ages 9-13 from June 7-11. The
workshop is titled, "The Art in You: Exploring the
value of personal story as inspiration for artwork." The
workshop will be held in the Union Art Department located
in the Penick Academic Complex and will feature a morning
session from 9 a.m.-12 p.m. and an afternoon session from
1-4 p.m. The cost is $150 per student, which includes all
materials. Registrants can choose between the morning and
afternoon sessions.
The instructors for the workshop are Marilynn Eblen,
who has served as the Visual Art Specialist at Jackson
Middle School for the Arts and Humanities, and Debra
Tayloe, an active artist in the community who has held a
series of children' s workshops inspired by her studies
at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Students will be encouraged to work individually in an
atmosphere of experimentation and discovery at the
workshop. They will have the opportunity to explore
painting, collage, printmaking and three-dimensional
work.
Class sizes are limited to facilitate individual
instruction, and enrollment is on a first come, first
serve basis. For more information, call Debra Tayloe at
(901) 661-5378.
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