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Plankton action drawing workshop with Cynthia Beth Rubin. The emphasis is on quick gesture drawings, capturing the general forms of a wide variety of plankton.
Learn to love microscopic ocean plankton through drawing. This workshop is designed for artists and would-be artists of all levels who want to become more familiar with microscopic ocean life. The emphasis is on quick gesture drawings, capturing the general characteristics of a wide variety of plankton in a progressive series that leads us to more closely observing details and intuitively developing our awareness of these fascinating and varied marine lifeforms. Leave the precise scientific illustration for another time; this workshop is for loose, playful drawings that invite us to feel the plankton with our eyes.
No prior drawing experience required; experienced artists welcome. Participants are encouraged to bring their own non-liquid, dust-free drawing materials, and their own favorite sketch paper. For adults and young artists over 12 years old. This event is free, but registration is required.
About the Artist
Cynthia Beth Rubin creates plankton-based art in partnership with the Menden-Deuer lab at the Graduate School of Oceanography, at the University of Rhode Island. The oceanographers provide samples and scientific information, as well as valuable critiques. Together they explore the question: how do we bring empathy and curiosity to the unseen, or rarely seen, life of the Ocean? Our lives as humans are dependent on and bound to the invisible microscopic life of the ocean; without plankton contributions to the ecosystem, humans cannot exist, and yet we rarely, if ever think of plankton. These artworks invite us to think of the plankton. Rubin’s exhibition “Do Planktons Have Feelings” opens at Artspace on December 14, 2019.
Connecticut’s leading forum for visual artists returns to New Haven October 4 - November 3, 2019. City-Wide Open Studios invites the public to embrace the arts—and to learn more about the creative processes of visual artists—by visiting hundreds of artists in studio and temporary spaces across New Haven. City-Wide Open Studios is presented by Artspace. Learn more cwos.org.
AGE GROUP: | Teens (13-17) | Adults (18+) |
EVENT TYPE: | Literature, Arts, and Culture |
TAGS: | Tinker Lab | Teens (13-17) | STEAM | Ives Squared | Art |
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