By MATT PIKE
St. Joseph Post
People will have an opportunity to experience the Albrecht Kemper Museum of Art for free.
Communications and Marketing Director Dansare Lawrence says the annual free museum after hours event is coming up tomorrow.
"With that we always have an artist's trading card swap and this time we're going to have a painting demonstration by Jill Tichenor, she's one of our fantastic teachers who works in pastels, and so she'll be doing a painting demonstration live in the gallery," Lawrence tells KFEQ Hotline host Barry Birr.
There will also be an art supplies swap in the basement of the Carriage House, where artists can swap their supplies for unused supplies from the Albrecht.
A new exhibition is being held at the Albrecht Kemper Museum of Art.
The exhibit called Small Wonders features works from Debra Keirce, Denise Horn-Kaplan and Brenda Morgan.
Lawrence says these artists work in miniatures and pay homage to a classical art form.
"Miniatures have been made for close to 25 hundred years and they were kind of very often intimate little gifts that people could give to each other to court someone or to share with a loved family member," Lawrence explains. "So, these are really special little pieces that they like to say that they invite the viewers to lean in and look a little closer."
The exhibition will run through September 15th. An opportunity to view the exhibit for free comes tomorrow (Tues.) during a free museum after hours event, running from 5 to 7pm.
Several art classes are also being held at the Albrecht Kemper Museum of Art in St. Joseph.
An upcoming class this week, a Collage Workshop hosted by Robin Vanhoozer.
Lawrence says the class will focus on creating a personal narrative through collage work
"So that's kind of just merging imagery that you can find in magazines and books and kind of pulling little pieces together that really find your personal voice and who you are and describe you," Lawrence says. "That's a very fun medium to work in."
And Lawrence adds it's also a very unintimidating medium to work in, not having to draw anything specifically and just working to combine different art methods.
The class will be held on Wednesday from 10am t0 4pm. You can contact the Albrecht with any additional questions or click HERE for more information.