The Rowayton Arts Center (RAC) is offering a new adult class, “Creating Your Artist Book,” on Wednesday mornings from 10am to 1 pm, beginning May 8, 2019. The instructor, Mari Gyorgyey, will have students sketching, collaging, sewing, painting, and writing – sometimes all at the same time in an effort to create their own personal book of images, items and words.
Students will have the choice of working in a premade book or binding new pages with basic stitching and create covers. Varnishes and gloss mediums among many other materials will be discussed.
Mari Gyorgyey is best known for her nonlinear narrative art which flows into book arts, pen and ink drawings, paintings, computer imagery, and fine art etchings. Mari’s approach can be described as figurative and expressionistic. Since earning her BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design, and MFA from University of Pennsylvania, Gyorgyey has shown her work domestically and internationally with solo shows in Tapio Gyorgy, Hungary, and Budapest, Hungary as well as Stamford, CT. She has won printmaking awards from the University of Pennsylvania, Dharma Silk Company, and the Center for Contemporary Printmaking.
RAC celebrates the study, creation and appreciation of the arts through classes, exhibitions and events open to all in the community. For almost 60 years, the RAC has been a cultural gem in the Norwalk community. It is an exceptional gallery where regional artists may exhibit and sell their art, as well as a wonderful venue for art workshops and classes. The Art School offers classes to children and adults at all levels. The RAC Gallery and Art School overlooks the scenic Five Mile River in Rowayton, CT at 145 Rowayton Avenue. For more information, please visit rowaytonarts.org.
Image: Art book by Mari Gyorgyey