The Arts & The Park 2019 workshops are now open for registration. Guest artist instructors are: Craig Thomas, John P. Lasater IV, Laura Rabon, and Byron Taylor.
Craig Thomas is known for his murals and street paintings in North America and Europe. He will be creating a 3-D sidewalk chalk painting during Art Springs (April 27-28.) He is the instructor for Creating Public Murals & Street Art and the Chalk Walk Art Workshop.
John Lasater is considered to be one of the best American plein air artists. His work is published in Southwest Art, Plein Air Magazine, and Art of the West Magazine. He is a Master Signature Member of Outdoor Painters Society and Signature Member of Laguna Plein Air Painters Association. Lasater will teach the two-day Vitality in Landscape Painting class. Day one will be studio painting and day two will cover plein air. Lasater will demonstrate in oils but students may use any medium.
Laura Raborn’s paintings are exhibited at Justus Fine Art Gallery and at the Landmark Building’s Next Generation exhibit. She is conducting the collage workshop, Simple Stencils=Dynamo Designs, where students will make stencils using various ready-to-find materials and then use them to create complex designs.
Byron Taylor will teach a three-day workshop, Painting Oil Portraits. Students will work from a photographic reference as Taylor teaches techniques needed to execute an oil portrait.
He exhibits at Legacy Fine Art Gallery and in the Next Generation exhibit. He is a member of Oil Painters of America, and Portrait Society of America.
All these workshops have limited seating, so register early at HotSpringsArts.org. For information about the classes, contact Donna Dunnahoe at workshopsl@hotspringsarts.org or call 501-545-0535.
