CLARTSA033 - Petals and Plants: The Art of Nature
Spring is a glorious time on the Rice University campus. Let your creativity blossom in this interactive mixed-media workshop celebrating spring flowers and other plants. With professional artist and museum educator Ellen Orseck as your guide, draw inspiration from Georgia O’Keeffe, Frida Kahlo, Vincent van Gogh, Gustav Klimt, Henri Matisse, Yayoi Kusama, Andy Warhol, Edouard Manet and many other artists who have paid tribute to nature in bloom. Weather permitting, several class sessions will be held outdoors. Select from a wide range of media including acrylic paint, watercolor, drawing, collage and more. Artists at all levels are welcome. Includes a field trip or a visiting artist.
Course Details
Ellen Orseck, M.A., M.A.T., is a Houston-based artist whose artwork has been exhibited across Texas as well as in New York City and Lima, Peru. She has been awarded several commissions from state art councils, corporate collections and private patrons, and was a finalist for the Hunting Prize. Ms. Orseck shows her work at Carolyn Garcia Gallery, Winter Street Studios and Mother Dog Studios in Houston, and one of her paintings is in the permanent collection of the Myrtle Beach Art Museum. Her education includes four years at the Glassell School of Art. Ms. Orseck holds a master’s degree in painting from New York University and a master’s degree in museum education from George Washington University, and has taken a course in old master painting from the New York Academy of Art.
On Campus
This course will be delivered on campus / in person. Parking and room information will be sent prior to the class start date.
Fee does not include cost of supplies, approximately $50–$75, depending on materials used. Participants are responsible for their own field trip transportation. Studio art supply lists are shared two weeks before the course start date. Contact cpcoord@rice.edu with questions.