Drawing to Look Closely—A figure drawing workshop in the Sharrer exhibition


• Sunday, October 22, 2017
• Museum of Art First Floor Gallery
• 10:30–Noon

• A DANGEROUS WOMAN Subversion & Surrealism in the Art of Honoré Sharrer

  Katy Schneider, artist/guest instructor

  Join artist Katy Schneider to learn or polish sketching and drawing skills and participate in a facilitated discussion and drawing exercises designed to encourage careful looking at Honoré Sharrer’s work. Explore gesture, proportion, perspective and volume while working from a nude model as well as Sharrer's paintings.

  Katy Schneider teaches drawing and painting at Smith College. She is a recipient of a Guggenheim and an N.E.A. fellowship, and awards from the National Academy of Design and the Academy of Arts and Letters. Focusing on themes related to her upbringing — making the most of a small space, organizing chaos, and uncovering family dynamics — her work is in numerous collections including The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, the New Britain Museum and SCMA.

  No experience necessary | open to all levels | all materials provided

  SCMA members: $5 | non-members: $15

  Space limited | register: SCMAmembers@smith.edu or 413.585.2777