Science and art are not mutually exclusive. Both are used to explain and make sense of the world around us. Nikki uses her strong scientific background in biology and art to develop her printmaking process, and uses the confluence to produce two dimensional scenes anyone can approach.
Students in Nikki’s printmaking classes often comment that they appreciate how she’s able to create an environment that is comfortable and experimental, with clear techniques and methods in this process oriented art.
Nikki’s upcoming classes at the League:
BEGINNING PRINTMAKING (SHORTIE) / Nikki Barber
$ 195. 4 Week Class / Mondays starting Feb 11th
10:00-2:00pm
INTERMEDIATE PRINTMAKING (SHORTIE) / Nikki Barber
$ 195. 4 Week Class / Mondays starting Feb 19th
6:00-10:00pm
DRYPOINT MONOTYPE / Nikki Barber
$ 195. Two Day Workshop/Sundays, Feb 10/17
10:00 – 4:00pm
WOODBLOCK PORTRAITS / Nikki Barber
$ 195. Two Days, Sundays, Mar 31/April 7
10:00 – 4:00pm
Pictured: Vitreography print by Nikki Barber (Vitreography will be offered in the spring!)
Welcome another selection of faves from our January 30SAL Creative Challenge. Day 7 the challenge was to transcribe Manet’s Luncheon on the Grass. A transcription doesn’t have to be a copy, it can be a way to take an element or concept and reimagine it in another form. Some of these images were borrowed from …
Every time I write a V. Note, I get ideas for five more. Then I spend the next month driving myself crazy because I don’t make time to write again. I’m sure all of you can relate to the constant vigilance it takes to make time for creating. In the previous post I talked about …
(2015 photo above by SomanMateo Photography) Katherine Wright and Lendy Hensley are participating in the Kirkland Artists Studio Tour. Katherine is teaching Intro to Watercolor at the League this summer, and Lendy teaches Intro to Oil. Both will have their lovely paintings on display for you to see. Great to see our artistic community is active and …
A Post-Abstract Representational Artist From Wikiart: Avigdor Arikha (April 28, 1929 – April 29, 2010) was a Romanian-born French–Israeli painter, draughtsman, printmaker, and art historian. Avigdor Arikha (originally Victor Długacz) was born to German-speaking Jewish parents in Rădăuţi, but grew up in Czernowitz in Bukovina, Romania (now in Ukraine). His family faced forced deportation in …
Using the Scientific Method to Inform the Creative Process
Nikki Barber on the Scientific Method
TODAY! January 28th 2019, 5:30-7:00pm
Bellevue College, Gallery Space D271
Science and art are not mutually exclusive. Both are used to explain and make sense of the world around us. Nikki uses her strong scientific background in biology and art to develop her printmaking process, and uses the confluence to produce two dimensional scenes anyone can approach.
Students in Nikki’s printmaking classes often comment that they appreciate how she’s able to create an environment that is comfortable and experimental, with clear techniques and methods in this process oriented art.
Nikki’s upcoming classes at the League:
BEGINNING PRINTMAKING (SHORTIE) / Nikki Barber
$ 195. 4 Week Class / Mondays starting Feb 11th
10:00-2:00pm
INTERMEDIATE PRINTMAKING (SHORTIE) / Nikki Barber
$ 195. 4 Week Class / Mondays starting Feb 19th
6:00-10:00pm
DRYPOINT MONOTYPE / Nikki Barber
$ 195. Two Day Workshop/Sundays, Feb 10/17
10:00 – 4:00pm
10:00 – 4:00pm
Pictured: Vitreography print by Nikki Barber (Vitreography will be offered in the spring!)
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