POUGHKEEPSIE – The Art of the Card: Spring! Workshop
- Arts Mid-Hudson
- 696 Dutchess Turnpike, Poughkeepsie, NY United States
Additional Information
In this 2.5 hour workshop, Patti will guide participants in designing greeting cards with a spring theme using a variety of art and antique papers from her collection. She will discuss the origin of greeting cards, how they inspired her art career, copyright law in design and reproduction, adhesives and other methods used for adhering paper, fabric, and embellishments into the work. She will also discuss the use of printing, watercolor, and photography in card design
Dates: Monday, March 25: 11:00am – 1:30pm
Price: $35 AMH Members, $50 NonMembers
Age: 16 years or older
RSVP: Reserve your spot by March 22
Instructor: Patti Gibbons
About Instructor:
Patti Gibbons is a fine artist and designer who resides in Kingston, NY. She holds an AA degree in Visual Arts, and a BS and MS in Art Education. Patti was a public school art teacher for over 20 years, and now works from her home studio full time.
Inspired by women of the 19th century who designed handmade Valentines, Patti has been designing greeting cards for historic sites, private clients, and local specialty shops for the past 25 years. She incorporates sewing, watercolor, ink, antique, vintage, and specialty papers – to design one-of-a-kind framable works of art, and fine art collages.