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Melanie Parke Summer Classes at The Old Art Building Leland, Michigan

Melanie Parke will be teaching two classes this summer through the Old Art Building in Leland.
Gouache: Color and Form, July 13, 2010 10am - 4pm
Introducing gouache to all skill levels. Like watercolor, gouache is water based, has a
wide range of transparency and allows easy transport and clean up. Unlike watercolor
however, it offers [...]

September Maine Residency

Melanie Parke and Richard Kooyman were awarded a residency this September at the Heliker-Lahotan Residency Program on Great Cranberry Island, Maine. Great Cranberry Island is the largest of a group of five islands and sits off the southern shore of Mount Desert Island and Acadia National Parke.
In the 1950s, artists John [...]

10th Annual Summer Exhibition

This year marks the 10th year that Melanie Parke and Richard Kooyman have been hosting a Summer Exhibition of new work at the Old Art Building in Leland, Michigan.
This years exhibition will included new oil on canvas and works on paper from both Parke and Kooyman.
Melanie Parke will be showing landscapes of the Leelanau County [...]

"Poetry in Paint" at Tvedten Fine Art

Richard Kooyman Evening Shore 15" x 30" o/c 2009
"Poetry in Paint" will be the theme of an exhibition of new paintings by Melanie Parke and Richard Kooyman at Tvedten Fine Art in Harbor Springs, Michigan. The opening reception will be Thursday, July 2nd from 5:30 -8pm at 284 E. Third Street in Harbor Springs. [...]

Melanie Parke Talk at Becky Thatcher Designs-Leland

Melanie Parke Single Peonie gouache on paper 16" x 20"
Melanie Parke will give an artists talk at a opening/reception for the exhibition called "Works on Paper" June 26th, 5-9pm at Becky Thatcher Designs in Leland, Michigan. The exhibition will showcase Parke's use of gouache on paper and will included NW Michigan Landscapes [...]

Richard Kooyman Summer Workshop

Richard Kooyman Summer Class
Gouache/ The Poetry of Paint
June 15,16,17 - 10:00-4:00 $300
Old Art Building, Leland
There are a few spots left for Richard Kooyman's Summer Gouache class at the Old Art Building in Leland, Michigan. Working on location in Leland this class will emphasize working poetically using gouache, a opaque watercolor. The class will focus on [...]

Claudia in Chief this Sunday May 31st

This coming Sunday, May 31st at 4 pm Melanie Parke's 100 year old store front studio will host a house concert with singer/musician Claudia Schmidt. Claudia has recorded fourteen albums of mostly original songs, exploring folk, blues, and jazz idioms featuring her acclaimed 12 string guitar and mountain dulcimer playing. She can weave the elements [...]

Melanie Parke Residency Classes

Classes as part of Melanie Parke's 2009 Ann Hall Artist in Residence through the Old Art Building in Leland, MI are filling fast. Registration is required and can be made through the Old Art Building … …Old Art Building, Leland, MI. Space is limited for the following events…
June 25th
Drawing Workshop 10 am to [...]

Summer Art Classes in Leland, MI

Both Melanie Parke and Richard Kooyman will be again teaching a summer class through the Old Art BUilding in Leland, MI. Registration is now taking place and you can register by contacting Judy Livingston, Director at …the Old Art Building or you can call 231-256-2131
A Drawing Marathon with Melanie Parke
July 13, 14, 15 2009 10am [...]

Melanie Parke and Richard Kooyman selected for Residency

This September Melanie Parke and Richard Kooyman will be trading in their love of the beaches and bays of Lake Michigan for the coves and harbors or Maine where they have recently been accepted for a artist residency at the Heliker-Lahotan Residency Program on Great Cranberry Island, Maine. Great Cranberry Island is the largest of [...]

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