Debi Pendell Announces Winter/Spring Exhibits & Classes

North Adams, MA - North Adams-based artist Debi Pendell announces her classes and exhibits for winter and spring of 2009.

Pendell's work is currently on exhibit at Allium Restaurant ( 413.528.2118) in Great Barrington, courtesy of the Kolok Gallery, and she will be curating and hanging her next Community Art Work Project Show at North Adams Regional Hospital March 30-April 20. The exhibit will officially be on display from April 10-October 23.  If you are a north Berkshire area artist and would be interested in having your work in the exhibit, or would like further information, contact Pendell at debipendell@msn.com, 413-664-2787, or cell 413-346-3362.

A Tuesday night Mixed Media Collage Class begins January 13, and January 20, 27, February 3, 10, 17 from 5:30 - 8:30 p.m. at Loft #205 in the Eclipse Mill, 243 Union Street (Rts. 2 & 8), in North Adams. Students will draw, paint, collage, or work in mixed media (but NO oil based media) focusing on the topic of The Golden Mean (The Golden Ratio, The Golden Rectangle). Tuition is $210 for 6 weeks. Register directly with Pendell at debipendell@msn.com, 413-664-2787, or cell 413-346-3362.

The Annual April Artists' Retreat is scheduled for April April 27 - May 1 from 9 am.m-4 p.m. in Pendell's Eclipse Mill loft. Every year students come from Connecticut, Vermont, New York, and Massachusetts - even from London, England! (and this year, possibly, from Mississippi) - to immerse themselves in art making for an entire week. From 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. we have class in the studio - the topic for this year will be determined by the participants. Tuition is $500 for the week-long workshop. Lodging and food extra. This workshop is full, but, since April is some time from now, there will mostly likely be a space or two that opens up. Contact Debi Pendell at debipendell@msn.com, 413-664-2787, or cell 413-346-3362 if you would like to be put on a waiting list.

From 9 a.m.- 4 p.m. on June 13 & 14 Pendell will teach an Acrylic Image Transfers Workshop at
I.S. 183, Art School of the Berkshires in Stockbridge MA. Learn several methods of creating acrylic image transfers using a variety of acrylic gels, mediums and paints. Each student will be guided in their own personal project - a mixed media collage or an acrylic painting - on canvas, board or paper (student's choice). Methods to be explored include changing the scale of the image and repeating it, overlapping two or more images, and applying images to unusual surfaces (i.e. crackle paste). Register directly with I.S. 183 (413) 298-5252.