Meet our Instructors - Judy "JJ" Jacobs

We recently announced the spring schedule of classes and workshops now being offered at the Art Foundry Gallery.

As part of our ongoing series featuring each of the program's instructors, we are introducing JJ Jacobs this week. For more information about the classes, including JJ's "Upcycled Mixed MediaTags " workshop on Saturday May 1, go to our website artfoundrygallery.com

JJ Jacobs

Judy "JJ" Jacobs has been an aspiring artist since the age of 2 when she learned crayons were for drawing and not eating. She excelled in art throughout her schooling but majored in business and real estate because "it paid the bills."

After 30 years of working in property management and commercial real estate development she decided to follow her passion and opened a studio at The Artists Upstairs featuring her colorful abstracts; lamp-worked beads; fused glass and found object art. Her art is in private and corporate collections all over the world.

"Echo Canyon"

For more information see:

http://www.comingabstractions.com/

http://www.comingabstractions.blogspot.com/

J.J.Jacobs (916) 997-0005

Sneak Preview

Opening at the Art Foundry Gallery

May 6, 2010

William Ishmael

"Light and Imagination"

"Clear Light" Acrylic on Canvas, 48" x 48", 2008

Compelling new work from this talented abstract artist, whose brilliant and highly textural paintings incorporate such unique elements as sand, charcoal, and seed pods into the final enigmatic composition.

“My work intends to capture the feel of time and weather – the stained and varnished rocks of the Grand Canyon; corroded metal and desert streambeds… the battered walls of Rome and Mexico.”

Join us For a Special Thursday Night Preview: May 6 5:30-7:30pm

Second Saturday Receptions

May 8 and June 12 6-9pm

Meet Our Instructors - Katherine Venturelli

We recently announced the spring schedule of classes and workshops now being offered at the Art Foundry Gallery.

As part of our ongoing series featuring each of the program's instructors, we are introducing Katherine Venturelli this week. For more information about the classes, including Katherine's "Intro to Oil Based Monotype Printmaking" workshop beginning on April 17th, go to our website artfoundrygallery.com

Katherine Venturelli

Katherine Venturelli is an artist and teacher nationally recognized for unique or varied edition artist books and fine prints produced from her printmaking studio in Sutter Creek, California. The work is represented in many prestigious collections including the Palace of the Legion of Honor (San Francisco); Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe; Walker Art Center (Minneapolis); Crocker Art Museum Sacramento.

©Katherine Venturelli "Shrine"

She is on the art faculty for Los Rios Community College District. Over the past 30 years as an arts educator, Katherine has been able to share her passion for the monotype process.

©Katherine Venturelli "Into The Darkness"

For more information about Katherine go to: caprintmakers.org

To register for her workshops, email her at: kventurelli@peoplepc.com or call 209-267-0567

Meet Out Instructors - Martha Esch

We recently announced the spring schedule of classes and workshops now being offered at the Art Foundry Gallery.

As part of our ongoing series featuring each of the program's instructors, we are introducing Martha Esch this week. For more information about the classes, including Martha's sculpture, painting and drawing classes, visit our website: artfoundrygallery.com

Martha Esch

Martha Esch was lucky as a child to have a neighbor who gave her classical oil painting instruction.

She is well-versed in various mediums and gladly shares many secrets and technique tricks with her 180 grade school art students, and adult students at her studio gallery in Locke, California, and art workshops at Wilbur Hot Springs.

Esch’s teaching philosophy: Demonstrate often, maximize student production time, constructive critiques, no wasted precious art time. Esch’s strengths: figures, portraits, illustration, realism, impressionism, lettering, painting & sculpture.

Education: Cleveland Institute of Art; Kent State University, B.A., Studio Art /Aerospace Flight minor. www.marthaesch.blogspot.com www.artworksinprogress.com www.theaerodrome.com/ Martha Esch (916) 776-1000