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Jeff Evans Studio Announces New Art Website in Participation with the OPEN YOUR EYES Studio Tour

OPEN YOUR EYES Studio Tour Artist.

 

Welcome to a working studio with hourly printmaking demonstrations during the "Open Your Eyes" Studio Tour. Children are welcome and can make a print of their own. Stroll across the red covered bridge to enjoy some lemonade or iced tea in Jeff and Alecia's celebrated gardens.

 

Jeff Evans is a mixed media artist printmaker and sculptor, working in collage, woodcuts, etchings, engravings, linocuts and clay. Decor Magazine wrote ‘Weaving traditional media and contemporary themes into original compositions of astonishing depth, his pieces start with woodcuts or etchings, collaged, reworked and reincarnated through layering, pasting and rendering in acrylics and oils.'

 

Born in New York City to a Fauvist painter, Jeff Evans studied at Hamilton College, at the National Academy of Fine Arts and at New York University's Graduate Division of Fine Arts. He studied printmaking with master printers Bob Blackburn and Krishna Reddy. Extensive travel in the United States, Europe, South America, and Asia and a desire to capture the mood and rhythm of each location greatly influence his work. Evans often seeks out local materials and incorporates their energy into his art, including paint, paper and especially water – from Venetian Canals, Indonesian Rice Paddies, Amazonian Mountain Streams and European Rivers.

 

Twenty-four artists will open their creative spaces to the public to show their work and discuss their creative processes during the "Open Your Eyes" Studio Tour. The "Open Your Eyes" tour takes place in the towns of Bantam, Cornwall, Goshen and Warren, on Saturday, June 26 from 10 – 5 pm and Sunday, June 27 from 10 – 4 pm and is free to the public. The studio tour is organized by the Northwest Connecticut Arts Council and supported through a grant from the Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism. The artists include painters, sculptors, photographers, architects, ceramicists, printmakers and woodworkers. For more information about Open Your Eyes Studio Tour go to www.openyoureyestour.org

 

"This event aims to shine a light on the many artists who live, work and contribute so much to our region. The Open Your Eyes Studio Tour recognizes that when the public learns first-hand from the artist about what is involved with the making of a work and the ‘story' behind it, a deeper connection and involvement with the art work happens. We're hoping each artist and visitor make those types of lasting connections through this event," said Amy Wynn, Northwest Connecticut Arts Council's executive director.

 

The Northwest Connecticut Arts Council is a non-profit organization devoted to promoting the arts and cultural resources of northwestern Connecticut. The Council considers that arts and culture are integral contributors to the quality of life in the region. The Council focuses on assisting artists and cultural organizations in their efforts to thrive, and on informing the public, and giving access to the arts across the region.

 

Open Your Eyes Studio Tour

Saturday, June 26, 10 – 5 pm

Sunday, June 27, 10 – 4 pm

Warren, CT

Price: Free

 

Contact Information:

Name: Jeffrey Evans

Phone: 646.251.9912 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 646.251.9912 end_of_the_skype_highlighting

Web site: http://www.jeffevansstudio.com

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Questions about Art and Prints?

How does the process of printmaking differ from other art mediums?

When printmaking, what is each image reffered to as?

What is an edition in printmaking and how is an edition numbered?

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What is a key block?

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How is linoleum printing similar and different from wood prints?

Why is dry point more like drawing in soft pencil or crayon?

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What is ground, in reference to etching? What role does it play in the process of making a printing plate?

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And I don't suppose you're an art student though well you should be, asking all these questions. Good luck in the arts. You should go far.

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