Parker's home has become haven for his artwork
Artist Aubrey Parker, 70, of Olivia, is a retired teacher who enjoys painting, writing poetry and songs while also making contributions to the community. This watercolor painting is of an old house in Nacogdoches, Texas.
Fun for Kids: Art Lessons
Kids bored? The Starsmore Discovery Center is offering Children's Art Lessons Saturday, July 31 from 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. Art professional, teacher and exceptionally talented painter Dave Koller will be in the Starsmore gardens to lead a watercolor painting lesson on for kids 9 -15 years old. The cost is $15 per person and includes all materials. Permalink | Comments
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Creative Time
Instructor Molly Campbell works with her students in a visual art projects and mixed media class at the Wynne Home Arts Center Tuesday afternoon. The young artists will spend the week learning to apply techniques such as collage and watercolor painting to paper projects.
Famous tank engine en route to Roaring Camp
Thomas the Tank Engine, the storybook locomotive from the imaginary island of Sodor, will visit Roaring Camp Railroads for two weekends starting Friday, July 30, to give train rides to fans of his long-running PBS series, Thomas and Friends.
Allston-Brighton community notes
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Arts notes -- Walnut Creek Journal/Lamorinda Sun, July 22
"Unbound: A National Exhibition of Book Art," which opened July 11 at the Bedford Gallery downtown, features 65 artists who tear, paint, puncture and sew the pages, covers, and spines of books to create new two- and three-dimensional works of art.
Opportunities abound at School of the Arts
Students and lovers of art are arriving from around the Midwest to attend the revered Rhinelander School of the Arts (SOA), now in its 48th year.
Ice cream social at Hotel Lakeside
LAKESIDE -- Hotel Lakeside will celebrate its 135th anniversary at the 32nd Annual Friends of Hotel Lakeside Ice Cream Social. The event will be from 2:30 to 5 p.m. Saturday on the lawn of Hotel Lakeside.