Resource person: artschool@artscenterlive.org

Location: 300 Painting Studio (The ArtsCenter, Programming, Youth Programming A) | 400 Roberson Street, Carrboro, NC, 27510

Description:

Drawing the Figure class studies the human body's structure, proportions, and movement. Students will learn to work the relationship between light and shadow in space, capture the body's expression, and use drawing materials and tools. The class has seven sessions, each covering a different drawing topic. All drawing skills are welcome; this is an excellent opportunity for those drawing the figure for the first time. Note: The minimum age for these sessions is 18. These sessions feature a nude figure model.

About the Instructor: Renzo Ortega (Lima, Peru 1974) is an artist based in Carrboro, North Carolina. Renzo received a BFA in painting from the Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes del Peru (1999), studied at the Art Students League of New York (2000-04) and has his MFA in painting from Hunter College (2014). His artwork has been exhibited in solo and group shows in the United States and Peru, and have been commissioned to create public art projects and community murals. His recent solo exhibitions have been at TW Fine Art in Palm Beach (2022) and LUMP Gallery in Raleigh, North Carolina (2021). Renzo's artwork has been exhibited in museums such as the NASHER Museum of Art (Durham, North Carolina, 2022), Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art SECCA (Winston-Salem, North Carolina 2020), the Works on Paper: 2017 Exhibition at The Weatherspoon Art Museum in Greensboro, in the S- Files Biennial at El Museo del Barrio (New York 2007) and Queens International Biennial at the Queens Museum in 2006. He is a recipient of the 2018-2019 North Carolina Arts Council Artist Fellowship Award, 2018- 2019 Ella Fountain Pratt Emerging Artists Grant Durham Arts Council, 2018 Orange County Arts Commission Artist Project Grant and 2016 Queens Council on the Arts New Work Award. In 2013, as a Kossak Travel Grant recipient, Renzo traveled to Berlin to study German Expressionism, and also in 2015 traveled to Honduras as a part of the U.S. Department of Cultural Affairs Cultural Envoy Program. He partook in the Visiting Artist Residency at the Rubenstein Arts Center at Duke University in 2019, and In 2020, he was the inaugural artist of the New Wave Art Wknd artist-in-residence program in West Palm Beach. www.renzoortega.com.

Available spots: Full

Price: $246.00 Taxes waived

Notes: Supplies: Drawing Pad: 18” x 24”, set of Graphite Pencils, set of Charcoal pencils (optional).

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