GIVEN BY LOCAL ARTIST MELISA RICHARDSON "FASHION" AND PJ. VAN ROGGEBAND "DRAWING"
Ateliers '89, situated at Dominicanessensteet 34, presents a workshop of Fashion especially for al the talented youth and adults with great taste for fashion and also to those ones who wants to enroll into drawing together with writing! We invite al youth starting up from fourteen and to adults "young at heart" who wants to experience these unique workshops full of creativity with no limits, starting October the 10'th to November the 3'th 2011.
The workshop titled "fashion" has a duration of 4 weeks, where participants under the guide of local artist Melisa Richardson, have to design one or more "wearable pieces". Each garment has to be inspired by the main theme of the workshop which is "Feelings and Emotions". This depicts that each participant has to explore his or her own world of emotions and feelings theta he or she chooses, they can works their designs with unconventional materials; for example metal to illustrate strong emotions.
Along this fashion workshop the students will learn about the world of fashion, the arts and all that has to do with putting your show together and the producing of your designs. Each participant will guide their part of the show in every detail such as; from the designs to hair and make-up, also music and lighting for the final show. There will be a model casting that will take during the second week of the workshop, where the participants have the opportunity to choose their own model to work with. Also their will be a foto-shooting so they can make their design more appealing. The workshop will end with a runway show which will take place during the "Aruba In Style'' which will take Aruba of course in a fashion frenzy.
Every person will have four days a week to work from Monday to Thursday from 6.30'PM to 9.30'PM., under the guide of Melisa Richardson and PJ. van Roggeband. Both are extremely pleased to work with all that are interested in creating this beautiful fusion between fashion art, drawing and writing, as they are exploring the interesting way of expressing themselves trough their feelings and emotions.
PJ. van Roggeband is a very gentile person who is also very content and committed to come and share with our local talents and look forward to a unique and vibrant workshop. In his workshop he will combine Drawing, Writing and gives the opportunity to transmit these in to masks. So again the sky is the limit.
Drawing, Writing and Mask making
In this workshop each student will start making a series of drawings in carbon or Chinese ink on paper,
huge words and small observations; with the sole title of FREE AT HEART, where the master artist PJ. van Roggeband will take care of each and every one trough this workshop,with lots of love and patients, where drawing and writing are central. In these workshop the participants will work with different materials, from fast sketches to illustrations that require more time. Next to pure text the writing part will concentrate on how to incorporate a text into an image (Picture/Drawing) or the other way or else. Wonderful is that their will be an open opportunity for (sound)poetry, depending on the participant and how to present this.
Also there will be space for mask making and other attribution to the final presentation.
The final presentation will be on Friday the 4th. of November at 7'PM. This unique event will be put together with a runway show, as in and part of "Aruba In Style". This opening of the fashion, drawing exhibition will be, presented along with opening of Youth BRA-ART. Especially for the awareness of breast cancer with the collaboration of the fabulous Mary Joan Foundation.
If you are the person with a great passion for fashion or drawing/writing and you wish to enroll and participate and express yourself in an artistic way or participate with your fabulous ideas for Bra-Art,
Please contact Elvis López by calling the following numbers 5885776 or 565 46 13 or pass personally at the Ateliers '89 or e-mail: elvis@ateliers89.com. Ateliers '89 is situated at the Dominicanessenstreet 34 in Oranjestad. Enroll now as places are limited.
Elvis López - Director Ateliers '89 - Contemporary Art Institute Aruba - Art Studios - Exhibition Halls - Artist in Residence - Address; Dominicanessenstraat 34 - Oranjestad - Aruba - Tel (297) 588 577 6 - Cel (297) 565 46 13 - E-mail; elvisisgod@setarnet.aw - elvistadios@hotmail.com - Foundation Ateliers '89 Academia di Bellas Artes Aruba - Donation Aruba Bank 2222 97 01 90 - Web;http://www.ateliers89.com
