Events
Chinese Brush Painting Workshop with Bruce Iverson
Sunday, February 14, 2010 at 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Celebrate the Chinese New Year - the year of the Tiger - at the Evanston Art Center. Explore the nature and techniques of the ancient and elegant art of Chinese Brush Painting and Calligraphy through instructor demonstrations and hands-on projects. All materials will be provided including bamboo brushes, ink, inkstone, and rice paper. We will even offer a simple Chinese lunch! Participants will leave this relaxing and meditative workshop with two completed projects. No previous painting experience necessary.

Bruce Iverson specializes in Chinese Brush Painting (sumi-e in Japan). He has studied with master Chinese brush painters Jean Shen, Ning Yeh, and I-Hsiung Ju and has exhibited his own work nationally. In addition to his many talents, he is also a juried member of the New Hampshire Art Association.

Space is limited. Register early and use class code: 9112
10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. $135 (30-40 minute Lunch is included)
8 students minimum, 15 students maximum EAC - 2 North
Christo's Gates: Why is this Art?
Sunday, February 14th, 2010 at 2:00 p.m.

Evanston Art Center Presents
A Slide Lecture on Christo and Jeanne-Claude: Theory and Practice Lecture followed by a reception

Katherine Hilden, Artist and Evanston Art Center Faculty member, will present a timely lecture on the art projects that Christo and Jeanne-Claude have installed all over the world in the past fifty years. This is the 5th anniversary of "The Gates" in New York's Central Park. The celebrated projects of the artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude have puzzled many people because these projects are both enormous in scale and yet temporary. The 7,500 Gates installed in Central Park in February 2005 were up for only 16 days, after being in the making for 26 years. This lecture will address the question, why is this Art? The lecture places Christo's work in the context of the history of Western art. This program is free and open to the public.