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Leaving a Trace: the Palimpsest with SHANNON SCHMIDT

Sunday, February 9. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
$50, $40 OHCA members. $5 materials fee

Take something -- a drawing, poem or work of art -- and edit or alter it multiple times to create a new version that culminates into an original work that still recalls the previous life of the item! This class focuses on work that leaves a trace and incorporates absence and deletion as part of its process. We will explore the definition and meaning of a palimpsest, along with artists using this in their work.  Participants will create palimpsests incorporating drawings and/or poems in which lines, forms, shapes and language have been heavily altered, erased and/or drawn into different forms. Methods for deleting, altering and erasing imagery will be discussed and demonstrated. Artists and writers explored in this class include:  Luc Tuymans, Alvin Lucier, Sol Lewitt, William deKooning, Robert Rauschenberg, Frank O'hara, Emily Dickinson, and Jenny Holzer. Students are welcome to bring in source material -- drawings, poems, etc. Future classes may offer sound demonstrations and alterations as part of the class. RSVP by February 5.

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