FREE Programs: Art Lecture & MamaGirl Art Education Workshop

757-683-6271  757-683-6271

MamaGirl: Outsider Visionary Artist

The free Visiting Artist talk will be on Saturday, January 16th at 10am at The Baron and Ellin Gordon Galleries located in the University Village on the Campus of Old Dominion University at 4509 Monarch Way;  757-683-6271  757-683-6271 . 

All are welcome to this free art lecture at the gallery.

1:00 Saturday, January 16, 2010

Free Art Education Teacher Studio Methods Workshop

The free teacher studio workshop follows the lecture at 12:00-3:00 at the ODU Visual Arts Building in the Art Education Classroom second floor; (Visual Arts Building 'VAB' is located across from the new ODU football stadium). Teachers, students and friends are all encouraged and welcome to attend this free workshop.  

The workshop aims to share affordable, hands-on studio methods, techniques and ideas relevant to today’s learner in the classroom setting.  Teachers, students and friends will work on a collaborative paper-mache work of art based on his or her own identity within our community. 

The individual works created will become part of a larger collaborative piece.  Folks are invited back to the classroom to paint their works on Sunday Jan. 17^th  (10:00-12:00 and/or 1:00-3:00) or Monday Jan 18^th (10-12:00 and 1:00-3:00). 

Come celebrate the arts and the Legacy of Dr. King with MamaGirl. 

Day 2 - Sunday January 17, 2010

10:am-12:00 and 1:00-3:00

Free Open Studio Sessions

Guests, artists, students are invited to participate in the workshop and create a paper mache piece to contribute to the three dimensional collaborative installation.  This event is free and part of our community "Art Happening” event.  The concept is Social Justice: Celebrating the Legacy of Dr. Martin L. King.

Day 3 - Monday January 18, 2010

10:00am-12:00 and 1:00-3:00

Free Open Studio Session

Visit anytime throughout the day to paint, embellish and install the mini-masterpiece onto the final artwork.  

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About MamaGirl:

A native of the Eastern Shore, MamaGirl (born Mary Onley) presents self-taught artwork that is stylized, bold and confident.  She shares a repertoire of motifs to tell dream-like, visual stories.  Her subject matter is often figures or animals; images within a flattened space. Her bright colors and simplified shapes give her work a rawness that is commonly found in self-taught or outsider art.   MamaGirl’s work is playful to the eye in almost a child-like style, complete with her signature watermelon trees. 

Her work is the result of what she calls “inspirations from the spirit”.  Like the march on Washington, MamaGirl views the upcoming lecture and community workshop as a way to bring all people together and honor the legacy of Dr. Martin L. King.  She is concerned with “everyone coming together - - and bringing people together”.  Art allows this.  “When they were marching it was a group - - - black, white, pink or pokadot.. it was a mix of people marching - - - this event is about bringing all people together - - we can come together.”

Techniques using recycled newspaper, very small amounts of glue and classroom paint along with meaningful themes make for a perfect studio workshop for local art teachers and pre-service art education students in the art program at Old Dominion University.

MamaGirl has led various workshops including sessions in  Maryland, Richmond, VA  and at Hampton University in Hampton, VA.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyKVbBWaSJE

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All events are free and open to the public. For teacher workshop information contact: paedward@odu.edu