Pattern as Practice: Mindful Mark-Making with Acrylic Ink
Pattern as Practice: Mindful mark-making with acrylic ink Artist/Instructor: Jennifer (Jen) RyanSaturday, March 14Time: 10:00 AM-12:30 PM Fee: $55 members/$70 not-yet members Supplies are included Participants can bring an apron or wear paint-friendly clothing and a small reference color (photo/object) that feels calm or energizing to them. Discover a process-driven approach to design through automatic mark-making. We’ll begin with a look at the artist’s art-making practice, which often explores repetition as a way to manage anxiety and create order through delicate, deliberate gestures. Participants will select a simple mark (a dot, dash, hatch, curve, etc.) and a limited color palette of acrylic inks. While working on their piece, participants will build a meditative rhythm and quiet focus through placement, repetition, and attention to negative space. Jennifer Ryan Jennifer Ryan’s contemporary artwork features organic design made by creating groups of small lines, each dicta