Sedona AZ (March 5, 2015) – The Sedona Visual Artists’ Coalition (SVAC) is hosting a FREE two-hour lecture and demonstration on Golden acrylic paints, presented by nationally recognized artist Nancy Reyner, at its monthly meeting at on Thursday, March 19, 2015 at 6 p.m. Space is limited to 50 participants and pre-registration is required by March 12.Technical tips, cool tricks, free product samples and information packets, including hand-painted color charts, will be provided to all participants. To sign up, contact Fran McNamara at 516-528-1124 or email frannymack1@gmail.com prior to the lecture which will be held at Keep Sedona Beautiful, 360 Brewer Road in Sedona.
Nancy Reyner is a painter with more than thirty years experience who exhibits, lectures, and teaches locally and nationally. Reyner says, “From traditional to contemporary to mixed media, acrylics are infinitely versatile. Artists of all levels will come away from this lecture with fresh new insights.” In addition to holding a BFA from Rhode Island School of Design and an MFA from Columbia University, Reyner is the author of three painting technique books and has produced several instructional DVDs.
Reyner will be traveling to Sedona from her home in Santa Fe, New Mexico to share her expertise, new paints, products, techniques, and paint colors in an extensive and broad overview. Some of the topics she will cover include Digital Mixed Media – combining photography with paint, slow drying “Open” Acrylics – great for outdoor landscape painting, drawing with High Flow paints in refillable markers, Interference and other reflective paints, innovative combinations of Mediums, Gels, and Pastes, pouring, collage, custom textural grounds and surfaces, and archival practices using Gesso, Stain Sealers, and Varnishes. You can find more information on her presentation at www.goldenpaints.com.
SVAC is an inclusive organization that welcomes artists at all levels and offers a sense of belonging. Membership benefits are many: Participation in the popular Open Studios Tour and the annual Fall Art Exhibition, the opportunity to post a web page on the SVAC interactive website, and interaction with SVAC committees which help further the arts in our community. SVAC is very proud of its Scholarship program as well as its Inter-Generational Mentoring Program, where members bring the fine arts into the schools and to adult daycare organizations. For more information about SVAC, visit the website at http://sedonaartistscoalition.org/, contact president@sedonaartistscoalition.org, or call (928) 239-9967.
