(Summer20) Two-Day Pastel Workshop: Good Vibrations-Exploring Color Synergy

Visiting Artist Workshop: Good Vibrations-Exploring Color Synergy with Gigi Horr Liverant
Days: Saturday & Sunday
Dates: June 20, 21
Time: 9:30am-3:30pm
Location: Art Barn Painting Studio
Fee: $350 for both days
$200 for one day

Pastel Society of America Master Pastelist, and International Association of Pastel Societies Master Circle member, Gigi Liverant, will lead students through a variety of practices to help them discover energized color relationships.  Demonstrations will be executed in pastels but are not required materials for students. Gigi will show students how to implement color dynamics to gain greater visual impact with pastels or paint mediums.  

The two-day workshop is geared towards the individual artist's goals and abilities.  The first day will include demonstrations in pastel and discussion about the properties of color, followed by examples of the multiple studies employed by Gigi in her own work.  Students will then have the opportunity to explore color dynamics through studies of their own imagery. The second day will continue color exploration and provide guidance toward implementing student’s studies into unique paintings.  

The color exploration will apply to all mediums using a full range of color.  Students should bring subject reference: photos, still life objects, etc. A supply list will be provided.

Gigi Horr Liverant Bio:
Gigi has been the recipient of numerous awards and honors including Best in Show at the Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts 2014, the M.H. Hurliman Armstrong Award at the Pastel Society of America 2016, First Prize Connecticut Women Artists, Best in Show Connecticut Pastel Society, the Andrew Giffuni Memorial Award at the Pastel Society of America Annual Exhibition in 2009 and the Diane Bernhardt Gold Medal Award at the PSA Annual Exhibition in 2000. She is an International Association of Pastel Society Master Circle member, a Pastel Society of America Master Pastelist and a Signature Member of the Connecticut Pastel Society. Liverant has also been awarded important national and regional commissions including the Cow Parades in New York, West Hartford, CT and Boston, MA and murals at multiple private and public locations including the Connecticut Savings Bank. She has been featured in the Pastel Journal and INK magazines and is much sought-after teacher and lecturer in the area. 

​Gigi’s paintings are included in the collection of the Lyman Allyn Museum, Connecticut College, Pfizer, Three Rivers Community-Technical College and the New Haven Paint and Clay Club, in addition to numerous private and corporate collections nationally. Liverant exhibits her work at the Spectrum Gallery in Centerbrook, CT and the Field Gallery in West Tisbury, MA as well as numerous juried group exhibitions throughout the region.  She is a graduate of Paier College of Art in New Haven, Connecticut. Gigi Liverant lives and works in Colchester, Connecticut.
to learn more about Gigi: www.gigiliverant.com