Summer Program

We have our Summer Program out now for the month of July and we're convinced that you'll love the classes and workshops that we have to offer. Why not spend an evening after work, unwinding to the rhythm of drawing and painting. Exploring the neighbourhood with our S Street "Street Art" workshop or taking Figure Drawing to new dimensions with our fanatatsic instructor and artist Diane Wilson. A weekend workshop with Susan Yanero promises to be high spirited and full of energy as we play around with still life.

For teens there's a three week long stint with teachers Mary Feedman and Jill Phillips who will be teaching you how to draw exploratively with a range of materials.

We invite you to come and unlock the potential of the artist within!

More information here: http://www.washingtonstudioschool.com/pdf/summer_2011_flyer_website.pdf

Laurel Dugan: Paintings

Washington Studio School proudly presents works by
graduating certificate student LAUREL DUGAN
Come join us and meet the Artist - Friday, June 10 - 6.00pm - 8.00pm
2129 S Street NW, Dupont metro at Phelps and S Street

Works on view in first floor gallery, June 2nd through June 30th

Artist's Statement - Laurel Dugan
These works are authentic to the stage of life that I am living right now. They express both my artistic ideals and my daily experiences of being part of a growing family. I have always found my life as an artist and my life as a wife and mother to be two sides of the same coin. In this same way, the artworks in this series should be totally integrated -- formally and conceptually. This intersection of form and concept is a truth I try to expose in all of my work. Through color, value, rhythm, mark and direction these works express a sense of humor about life. I love to find the absurdity in the serious, the chaos in the order, and authentic beauty in unexpected places. Toys are a light-hearted vehicle for expressing the serious issues of life. They also communicate a "process of becoming". Good art comes from life lived. I never want my art to be a closed program of personal indulgence. Rather, if I achieve my goal, each work's tenor will resonate with viewers in a personal way. The work should continue to evolve in a viewer's eye long after the first glance.