Press Release

Visiting Artists Workshops- Summer and Fall 2010

Thursday, June 17, 2010

Brian Larkin and Ilse Buchert Nesbitt
Newport Art Museum

NEWPORT, RI: Painter Brian Larkin and master printmaker Ilse Buchert Nesbitt will lead Visiting Artist Workshops at the Newport Art Museum this summer and fall. The workshops are one of many different types of art courses offered at the Newport Art Museum. These intense, one to four day classes are taught by accomplished, visiting artists.

The White Line or "Provincetown Print" with Brian Larkin
September 25
10 am - 3 pm
Brian Larkin will teach "The White Line" or "Provincetown Print", a technique originated in 1915 by a group of Provincetown artists devoted to the re-invention and simplification of the Japanese woodblock print process. This print is made with a block of wood, a knife, a spoon and watercolor paints. It has been taught by artists for generations. View Larkin's work at www.cortilegallery.com.
$95 for members and $105 for non-members.

The Woodcut Workshop with Ilse Buchert Nesbitt, master printmaker
Saturdays from October 16 to October 30
9:15 am to 12:15 pm
After a brief discussion of the history and technique of the woodcut, students will design and cut their own block and print it on the press. To see Nesbitt's work visit www.ThirdAndElm.com.
$160 for members and $185 for non-members. Studio fee of $25.

Advance registration is required for all Visiting Artist Workshops. To register call (401) 848-2787, visit www.newportartmuseum.org, or stop by the Newport Art Museum's art school, the Coleman Center for Creative Studies, Monday through Friday, 11 am - 3 pm. The Coleman Center is located in the Gilbert S. Kahn Building, 26 Liberty Street in Newport, part of the Museum's three-building campus at 76 Bellevue Avenue.

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