Sumi-e and Beyond- Online Via ZOOM
Adult Class | This program is completed
Sumi-e ink painting is a zen practice of capturing the essence of an object or scene with simple beauty and elegance. You will learn traditional sumi-e ink brushwork techniques, then use them to create a contemporary work of art.
Ceramicists who use brushwork on their pottery may also enjoy this class.
The instructor was influenced by Shozo Sato throughout her BFA and MFA at University of Illinois, learning at the Japan House arts and culture center and building costumes for Shozo’s Kabuki theatre productions.
This is a virtual class. It will be held online via ZOOM. Details on how to get set up with ZOOM will be included in your registration confirmation email.
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Jennifer Kane
Jennifer Kane is a contemporary artist working in Central Pennsylvania and Southern California. She studied art, science, and theater at the University of Illinois, graduating with a BFA and MFA before moving to the State College area, where she has a dual career as a costume designer and conservation artist.
Recent work is informed by her study of climate change, featuring new ways of using materials to physically interpret her subject and observations. The resulting mixed media works on paper were accepted into the main division of the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts in 2018. This was Jennifer’s 15th year as a participating artist at the festival, where she has been an award winning invited artist.
Jennifer’s other current abstract works include ‘Into the Future’, a digital landscape series about construction and destruction from her own on-site photos of concrete, and ‘Access Series’, colorful portraits of utility access portals with a corresponding essay about American access to power and sanitation.