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IMA hopes you had a wonderful Valentine's Day!
Emergence, Detail Laurel True |
February is an exciting month: Valentine's Day, Black History Month, President's Day and moving towards Spring, longer days and warmer weather in the Bay Area!
New class schedule!
Please visit our website for a full listing of exciting classes and workshops for all levels.
We have a wonderful lineup of Visiting Artists and our top notch regular programming with many new classes.
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| Renegade Quilting |
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| Isaiah Zagar |
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| Mosaic Mural Making |
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| Light Weight Concrete Sculpture |
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| Architectural Applications |
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| Pet Portraiture |
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February 28 - March 1
Lightweight Concrete Sculpture for Mosaic with Tracy Broback
A student favorite! This class fills up quickly!
February 28 - March 1 Two spaces left!
Visiting Artist Series: Laurie Mika Mixed Media Mosaics — Urban Icons
February 28 - March 1
Architectural Applications — Floors, Walls and More!
with Laurel True
A must for those wanting to do permanent applications!
March 5 - April 9
Mosaic Pet Portraiture
with Delaine Hackney
Celebrate your pet mosaic style.
March 11 - April 29
Mosaicing Three-Dimensional Forms
Tracy Broback
Techniques for a professional finish for sculptural mosaics.
March 14 - 15
Introduction To Smalti with Laurel True
This month we also offer
selections from our core classes
These courses are some of the essential building blocks of mosaic art.
Mosaic 101 — Introduction To Mosaics,
Exterior And Garden Applications,
Grout Clinic,
Architectural Applications — Floors And Walls and
Introduction To Glass Mosaics
Click here for the full class schedule: www.instituteofmosaicart.com/classes.html
IMA on the Road!
Laurel True will be teaching a series of multi-level mosaic classes in New Orleans this Spring. If you cant get to the West Coast, come down to the Big Easy and combine business/ education with pleasure!
It is beautiful in Spring and lots of fun activities, French Quarter Festival, Jazz Fest, Bywater Art Market, galleries, music and more!
For more info on classes in New Orleans:
http://www.truemosaics.com/road.html
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New Resident Artist Program at Institute of Mosaic Art
The Resident Artist Program at Institute of Mosaic Art has been created to answer the need for affordable studio space and to provide regular student artists with a welcoming space to work and be in a community art environment at IMA.
Resident Artist's are self-starters who are not seeing instruction as part of this program and must have taken at least three classes at IMA to qualify.
Space is limited to 6 Resident Artists.
Benefits:
Access to classroom studio space 6 days a week
Storage for artwork, tools and materials
Use of basic supplies
Exhibition space for IMA RA's with low commission
Priority signup for new classes and Visiting Artist classes
10% off in the retail store at all times
Use of glass kiln at reduced firing rate
$125/ month plus 1 hour volunteer work on site at IMA
For more information or to apply for this program
Click or email: info@instituteofmosaicart.com
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It Bites Detail, by Jeannie Houston Antes |
We have three wonderful mosaic exhibits showing right now at IMA. The walls are full of art with the below exhibitions as well as work from our permanent collection.
The Future is NOW
Work by Jeannie Houston Antes
Mixed media mosaics that explore themes like creation, love, passion and fate.
The combined desire to build things and tell stories about her experiences have come together in the form of Jeannie's mosaic assemblages. Using found objects, glass, and jewelry, broken ceramics, photos, bottle caps and typefaces, Jeannie creates a visual narrative about her world.
8-8-08 by Randi Cassenza |
Randi Casenza
12" x 12" x 12: A Year in Mosaics
"This series began almost as a spiritual discipline, a desire to make a commitment for one year and see it through."
Mosaic artist and longtime IMA student Randi Casenza created one mosaic a month during the year 2008, inspired by her life. This visual journal is a compelling example of the creative process unfolding and a showcase of mosaic methods and materials.
Visions / Journeys
New Work by Laurel True
Invisible by Laurel True |
True's new series of work combines materials and elements from around the world- from remote West African villages to the street corners of New Orleans and East Oakland. Working with elemental themes and the concepts of life, birth, beauty and decay, True weaves together both traditional and non-traditional mosaic media and techniques in her new work.
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Total Rhythm Open House
IMA welcomes Total Rhythm Studio to the Jingletown neighborhood. All are invited to attend their open house on Sunday, February 22nd.
Total Rhythm Studio
1pm-6pm
3001 Chapman St. Oakland, CA 94601 (IMA building, Chapman St. entrance)
Please help Total Rhythm, the Bay Area's premier World Rhythms Studio, celebrate it's new digs! After five years in Oakland's Redwood Heights district, we've landed in Jingletown, with a beat!
Total Rhythm offers adult and youth drumming classes, percussion workshops and more! For more info please visit www.totalrhythm.com.
Melrose Neighborhood Shout Out
True Mosaic Studio is working on designs for the new Firehouse 18 in the Melrose neighborhood of East Oakland. If you live in this neighborhood and are interested in being part of the design process, please contact Laurel True at laurel@truemosaics.com.
Jingletown Gets Another Mosaic Mural!
The neighborhood where IIMA is located is home to over a dozen mosaic murals and installations done by IMA students and instructors. Come take a walking tour!
Our newest mural from Joesef Norris' Community Mosaics class is located at 2929 Ford St. between Peterson and Derby.
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True Mosaics Studio is available for commissioned projects. True Mosaics Studio specializes in commercial and residential architectural mosaics, public art and community projects.
Laurel True with Park City youth |
IMA director Laurel True was invited to the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah in January by InStyle Magazine and St. Ives.
St. Ives Spa and Gallery hosted a solo exhibition of Laurel True's new mosaic work, which was on display for the duration of the festival. She also designed and facilitated a group mosaic project with local youth and celebrity spa visitors. The piece created, Sego Lily, was donated to the Kimball Art Center in Park City.
For more information about True Mosaics Studio, please check out our blog:http://truemosaicsstudio.blogspot.com/
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Shop locally for your mosaic supplies!
Mosaic Studio Supply, located right in the IMA building, was started by a professional mosaic artist and is stuffed with the things you need! We have adhesives for all uses, sanded grout in 25 amazing colors (3 # bags and 25# bags), tons of specialty tesserae and substrates, plus a large selection of brightly colored tile. We also have lots of mosaic resource and inspiration books, mosaic and grout kits and a great selection of the best tools.
Our team members are all knowledgeable mosaic artists who know their stuff and are ready point you in the right direction with tools and supplies for any project.
Did you know that if you are a student taking a class or participating in a lab at IMA you get 10% off in Mosaic Studio Supply while on site for that class?
This is a great deal and can be applied to almost everything in the store!
The IMA team bids a fond farewell to Mosaic Studio Supply store manager Delaine Hackney. We wish her all the best in all her endeavors as she pursues her career in commissioned works.
Delaine will continue to teach her popular Mosaic Pet Portraiture class at IMA!
To shop online go to: http://www.mosaicstudiosupply.com
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