St. Michaels Events is excited to announce the first in a series of art classes that will take place at the Local port of Art located at 210 S Talbot Street in historic St. Michaels. “Masterworks for Minis” is geared towards children ages 4 and up. Classes will take place this summer starting Saturday, June 28, July 12 & 19, August 2, 16 & 30th from 10:30 a.m. until 11:30 a.m. The class will be limited to 20 children per class. Children must be accompanied by an adult and prices cover the adult, child & supplies. Residents of Talbot county $20; non-residents $30.
Each session will begin with children observing and discussing a featured artwork of a master artist that showcase unique technique. The class will recreate a piece of art that will mimic the technique of a master artist and will allow the children to explore and create their own styles & creativity on their level.
The idea of how artists depict movement in art will be reinforced as the children create dynamic art of their own. The best part of this course is interaction with parents and/or guardian which not only strikes the interest of art in the young but also strengthens the bond/relationship of those who attend with them.
The instructor, Deena Deese Kilmon, currently of Easton MD, hails from the Tarheel state and still likes calling North Carolina home. At the present time she is in media sales but never strays too far from her creative side.
A yearly competitor in the St Michaels Giant Pumpkin carving for the last 15 years, she happily paints in watercolor and acrylics, carves watermelons, dabbles in fine miniatures and bead making. She was the ArtReach Coordinator for the renowned outreach program at the Academy Art Museum in Easton, MD from 2000-2006 and brought thousands of children to the museum during that time. She studied art and history at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and enjoys designing children’s curriculums that merge both disciplines. She encourages students to understand that the history of the world is in art and that the study of both helps understand a particular time or place.
Kilmon has two children and is married to a member of one of the old Bay Hundred families. She is a former board member of the St. Michaels Museum and a past director of the St. Michaels Community Center. She currently sits on the board of the Phillips Wharf Environmental Center in Tilghman Island. She is inspired by our natural environment and rich traditions on the Shore. One of her current focus points is reverence of hand crafted meals, farm-to-table dining, eating locally produced food and paying homage to that construct and what it means to us culturally and economically.
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