Mosaic Mirror class starts Thursday, August 1

6 - 10" square mirrors
Materials used include:Crystal Colorfusion glass,
Van Gogh glass,Bisazza Opus Romano,
iridescent glass, millefiori

Resident artist Dotti Stone will be teaching a Mosaic Mirror class beginning Thursday, August 1 - meets four consecutive Thursdays, 6-8:30 pm in the classroom just past the office.

Students will use a variety of colorful tiles to create a 10" square accessory mirror. 


Make something for your home or create a one of a kind gift for someone special.

Register now! Find full details on Bower's website
Go to: www.bowercenter.org   or stop in the Bower Center office.

Bower's July Arts Camps

Music
Pottery 
Papier Mache 
Mosaics  
Photography 
Digital Art 
Drawing & Painting ... 
creative enrichment activities, 
that, in addition to new kids, 
others have been returning 
to enjoy year after year.


A two room pottery studio - one space for slab building and one for wheel thrown pottery await students.

A classroom with two large tables and shelving with various types of glass and porcelain tiles, glass nuggets, pebbles and other materials inspires creative designs for lasting mosaics.

The Terrace Gallery is transformed into a classroom for papier mache and drawing and painting during arts camps weeks and students not only create their own work but are inspired by current exhibitions. 






In the background are several art works in the 2013 Bower Center National Juried Exhibition.

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2013 Bower Center National Juried Exhibition is up!

Susan Jamison is the juror/judge for Bower Center's National Juried Exhibition that was just installed. Exhibit committee members, Rob Jarvis, Pat Dougherty, Revelle Hamilton and Dotti Stone handled the installation of 55 arts works that include 2-D and 3-D works in a variety of media.

A reception will be held on Second Friday, August 9, 5-8PM and the awards will be presented by Susan Jamison at 6. Resident artist and pianist Karen Carter will provide music for the evening.

The exhibit will remain up through Saturday, August 31.

Second Friday Welcome Committee! Rob Jarvis

A nice steady stream of visitors dropped in on Second Friday, July 12 ... and who could resist the friendly face and charm of our official greeter Rob Jarvis at the front door.

Please note the reminder of Another Roadside Attraction next to the table.
Mark you calendar for Saturday night, July 27, 7:30 PM.

Arts Camp - "Y" week

Pottery

Area "Y" youth from Goodview, Forest and Bedford "Y"s returned to Bower Center for a second summer of a three-day arts camp. Each day a different "Y" group came in, the younger children in the morning and older in the afternoon.

Painting

Making selections for a mosaics project

Karen leading a cup dance

Classes included Pottery, Painting 
& Drawing and Mosaics on Tuesday and Wednesday, and those, plus dance on the third day. Judy Hylton, Linda Keltz, Dan Perkins, Dotti Stone and Karen Carter rounded out the team of instructors.

It was a crazy, hectic, fun few days and the kids had such a great time with these hands on creative activities.

We look forward  to having them back the summer of 2014.

Another Roadside Attraction

Another Roadside Attraction

Saturday, July 27, 7:30 PM

Tickets:

$10. in  advance  
can be purchased 

through www.lynchburgtickets.com

$12. at the door

The Attraction’s signature sound is equal parts gypsy jazz, vaudeville, circus funhouse, and riverboat steam, rattled around in a boxcar for a couple thousand miles.

Oil Painting with Suzanne V Paddock

New oil painting class in August & September

Our Home

Suzanne V Paddock is offering oil painting classes that will be small to ensure plenty of one-on-one time. She will be sharing three points she has used to create her own style:

Basic Pencil Drawing
Understanding Color
Developing a Philosophy

Saturdays:
11AM-1:30 PM
August 10, 17, 24, 31
$115.

Tuesdays & Thursdays:
6PM-8:30

Self Portrait - Energy of the Hands

September 10, 12, 17, 19
$115.

Bring supplies based on a supply list from instructor.
Exception: Supplies for color lesson are provided

Paddock is a frequent exhibitor at 
Bower Center, is a member of 
The Electric Company Artists' Co-op 
in Bedford, The Smith Mountain 
Arts Council, Bald Knob Artists, 
and is represented by 
2nd Helpings in Roanoke.

Gentleman with Two Crows

Paddock's work focuses on the emotional threads triggered by relationships (intimate and public), memories, irony, loss and death. 
She draws upon her interest in illustration to create figures and skyscapes to convey real and fictional conversations. Paddock uses her expressive style cathartically to heal and explore her life's journey.

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