Thursday, May 21, 2015

Creating And Sharing

Horseshoecrab2  color pencils by Meera Rao

My work Horseshoe crab2 has been selected for the Hill Center Galleries 2015 Regional Juried Exhibition that will run from June 25 through September 29in Washington DC.  I was super excited to read in the acceptance letter that 'Juror, Mark Leithauser, Senior Curator and Chief of Design for the National Gallery of Art, selected a distinctive group of pieces from a very large field of entries -- 500 pieces from over 100 artists.'  I am grateful and looking forward to the exhibit!

Equally satisfying was the wonderful interaction I had with elementary school students in our little town at their annual Arts Festival.  I had cut up a couple of my abandoned paintings into bookmark sized strips and had the students personalize them with their art work on top or the back with color pencils as they wished.  For most of them having a background already present meant no fear of the blank paper :) - they were very happy to create on top of it. They were excited at the challenge of incorporating the colors and patterns into their own design. 



Few others decided they wanted a to decorate both the sides and made use of the learn to draw reference books! I had so much fun with them - helping them understand art is what they decide to create and is very subjective.  They also saw how to recycle art :)


6 comments:

Sadami said...

Congrats on your in!! How wonderful it is!! Indeed, the work is lovely. I like your sensitivity. Moreover, you teach children!! I'm ceratin children are fortunate to have you. Enjoy drawing with anyone. Best wishes, Sadami

padmaja said...

Congrats on the selection, the painting is phenomenal!
Love the book mark idea, true, it must have been more exciting than dealing with a blank paper!

Hema P. said...

Congratulations, Meera! Just the right artwork to be selected for summer viewing :).

And I bet it was quite a fulfilling experience working with all those budding artists at the elementary school!

Meera Rao said...

Sadami, thank you! Just dropped off the painting today for the show :)

Meera Rao said...

Padmaja, Thank you :) yes, I always enjoy sharing my work with the children - love to see their eyes light up when they figure out something :)

Meera Rao said...

Yes, Hema, it was all around fun evening and experience :) and i am still excited about being included in the show in DC - which opens this week :) Thank you for your support!

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