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Draw@MOCA: Laura Bell
Draw@MOCA with Guest Artist, Laura Bell
February 20, 2016 | 1-3 pm
Paper Diorama
Paper Diorama
This class will show guests how to turn a two dimensional image into a three-dimensional diorama. Using simple and humble materials like paper boxes, drawings and found materials, we will create a small shadowbox, inspired by Bell’s work, which uses portions of drawings, which are, cut and put together, to create a little intricate world. Guests may bring in their own small drawings or found materials to create an image with depth and dimension. The class will offer an introduction to several art making techniques including paper cutting, drawing, and collage.
Artist Bio
Laura Bell is an Atlanta artist working in mixed media. The works reference the natural world and the astonishing, often unsettling beauty found in natural phenomena, is explored through the use of hybrid, imaginary, and existent imagery. Laura Bell received her MFA from the Tyler School at Temple University and her BA with a concentration in Art and Art History from the Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington.
She is represented by Whitespace Gallery in Atlanta. Recent group exhibitions include Intersections of Gender and Place. At the Mississippi University for Women, Exquisite, at the Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Solar Heresies at Mammal Gallery, Second Nature, with Barbara Archer Gallery and the Goat Farm, and solo exhibitions Gurgle and Seep at Whitespace Gallery and Delicate Intricacies at Blackbridge Hall Gallery at Georgia College and State University in 2013. Upcoming exhibitions include a group show at the Macon Museum of Arts and Sciences in March 2016 and a solo exhibition at Whitespace Gallery in October 2016.