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PAAM'S 2010
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Process or Product: A One-Day Drawing Workshop with M. J. Levy Dickson
June 29, July 6, 13, or 20, 10-3pm
$100 per day
When participating in the drawing process, many people worry about how the final product will look and sacrifice exploration for image. This class will encourage experimentation with pencil, charcoal, cont? crayon, and pen and ink; surfaces such as smooth, textured and colored papers; and alternative surfaces and mark-making materials. We’ll look at drawings from other cultures done in many mediums, and work in the studio utilizing basic shapes. In the afternoon, composition and perspective will be discussed, and students will have a choice of going outside for further exploration or continuing their work in the studio.

Register for four or more one-day workshops and receive 5% off
M.J. Levy Dickson explores global interconnectedness through her artwork, and has discovered a common denominator in the natural world. During her most recent artist-in-residency in Tangier, Morocco, as well as her travels to Iceland, where she has also exhibited her work, and Bali, Dickson finds universal patterns in nature through color, light, mood, and subject that transcend conventional land and water boundaries. She hopes to use her environmentally focused pieces to communicate the importance of preserving our beautiful natural surroundings worldwide. Dickson studied with Jan Cox while in the Diploma program at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and has a BFA from Tufts University, as well as an MFA in Art Education from Boston University. She has taught at MIT, the Boston Architectural Center, Lesley University, and the Nantucket Island School of Design and the Arts, as well as privately with all age groups. Dickson works with a variety of mediums in her paintings and drawings to convey a composite relationship between mood and subject. Dickson hopes to use her environmentally focused pieces to communicate the importance of preserving our beautiful natural surroundings worldwide.