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garinda · 10-03-2010, 00:10

Saturday 27 March 10.00am to 4.00pm
Experimental Mixed Media with Pam Potter
Pam potter was born in Penrith , Cumbria ; daughter of the artist Stella Platt. She was educated in Southport, and trained in Fine Art with textiles at the Harris College of Art, Preston . She has a further degree in Education and History of Art, and for most of her career has been a lecturer in Fine Art and Calligraphy at both Blackburn and Preston Colleges.
The development of fabric and paper collage as a medium in the late 60s and 70s was a rejection of mainstream painting and concerned the gender power struggle within art at that time. Pam's work in collage led to a solo exhibition sponsored by North West Arts in Lancaster and further shows across Lancashire . Pam continues to exhibit widely throughout the North West including the Manchester Academy and has shown in London, America, and Europe .
The workshop will include practical experience of working in pastel, graphite, charcoal, collage and other mixed media and painting straight from the tube. Sprays, rollers, scratching, tissue paper, ink, modelling pastes and powdered gesso will be used to develop the representation of the participant's chosen subject into a fantasy of colour and texture, the experimental and the unexpected. Participants will be encouraged to make drawing marks with twigs, ruling pens and plastic spreaders to depict patterns found in the landscape, for example, or whatever fits their chosen composition.
Haworth Art Gallery, Accrington - Workshops, Talks and Activities at the Haworth Art Gallery

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garinda Give, give, give member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Overlookin' ducks & geese Posts: 32,411 Blog Entries: 293 Liked: 27 times Rep Power: 16469	Re: So much for recycling Saturday 27 March 10.00am to 4.00pm Experimental Mixed Media with Pam Potter Pam potter was born in Penrith , Cumbria ; daughter of the artist Stella Platt. She was educated in Southport, and trained in Fine Art with textiles at the Harris College of Art, Preston . She has a further degree in Education and History of Art, and for most of her career has been a lecturer in Fine Art and Calligraphy at both Blackburn and Preston Colleges. The development of fabric and paper collage as a medium in the late 60s and 70s was a rejection of mainstream painting and concerned the gender power struggle within art at that time. Pam's work in collage led to a solo exhibition sponsored by North West Arts in Lancaster and further shows across Lancashire . Pam continues to exhibit widely throughout the North West including the Manchester Academy and has shown in London, America, and Europe . The workshop will include practical experience of working in pastel, graphite, charcoal, collage and other mixed media and painting straight from the tube. Sprays, rollers, scratching, tissue paper, ink, modelling pastes and powdered gesso will be used to develop the representation of the participant's chosen subject into a fantasy of colour and texture, the experimental and the unexpected. Participants will be encouraged to make drawing marks with twigs, ruling pens and plastic spreaders to depict patterns found in the landscape, for example, or whatever fits their chosen composition. Haworth Art Gallery, Accrington - Workshops, Talks and Activities at the Haworth Art Gallery __________________ 'If you're going to be a Kant, be the very best Kant there is my son.' Johann Georg Kant, father of Immanuel Kant, philosopher.