BAM! Because Art Matters
The New Bedford Art Museum (NBAM) is delighted to introduce BAM! Because Art Matters.
BAM! Because Adults Need Art more than ever and artists need the opportunity to work with other artists.
Be inspired to broaden your techniques in a studio course at the New Bedford Art Museum this fall. Be challenged to interpret your ideas into original art with instructor Joanna Ruggiero, a former RISD instructor, with a BFA from UMass and a MFA from Vermont College. Joanna comes to the NBAM with a love of art, a wealth of talent, and a commitment to NBAM to teach adult education classes. A talent in her own right, Joanna loves sharing her techniques, her critical review and her inspiring approach to teaching art.
“I believe that it is possible to stretch our creative thinking and practice to the point of breath taking heights. In doing so we come to learn our limitations are set only by the labels and restrictions that we create for ourselves. If I look at a painting upside down, I realize I have just stepped into an entirely different world. Then, when I turn it right again, it is new to me once more.” Joanna Ruggiero
Two classes are offered this fall:
- Painting and Photo-Collage
- Moroccan Still Life
Painting and Photo-Collage
Structured for the intermediate and advanced studio artist.
This class is designed to encourage a different way of working through what is often referred to as, being stuck in a creative void. Regardless of the genre of painting that each artist is engaged in, this process of photo collage has been quite successful in introducing new ways of thinking about mark making. A disposable black and white camera is required.
6 Sessions: Fridays 12:30 – 4:30 pm, September 10, 17, 24, October 1, 8, 15
Fee: $247 for NBAM Members, $270 for non-members
Enrollment is limited. Registration is on a first-come, first-served basis.
Moroccan Still Life
Structured for seasoned beginners to advanced painters. This class is based on Matisse’s love affair with the Moroccan still life and it’s complexities of texture, color, sense of place and whimsy. The studio group contributes to the still life by bringing in eclectic collections of items. We, as a group, arrange the items in a central location in the room. The group will be able to take a space around the study and begin sketches. The first day the group moves around the still life until they find a spot they want to paint. The process helps to discover new ways of seeing the importance of placement, scale, color, texture, humor, fragmentation and detail.
6 Sessions: Saturdays 12:30 – 4:30pm, September 11, 18, 25, October 2, 9, 16
Fee: $247 for NBAM Members, $270 for non-members
Enrollment is limited. Registration is on a first-come, first-served basis.
Enroll Today! Call Joanna Ruggiero 508-778-5642 (from noon – 8:00 pm) to register, or email her at jojosjuju@comcast.net.
Payment is due in full 2 weeks before the start of courses by check made Joanna Ruggiero.
List of supplies will be provided two weeks prior to the start of the course.
