Pandemic Portraiture: Reflections of Healing: CALL for STUDENTS

Pandemic Portraiture: Reflections of Healing

CALL for Connecticut ART STUDENTS ages 12-18!

Class dates: April 21,28; May 5, 12, 19, 26; June 2,9, (skip 16), 23, 30th Zoom 7-8pm:

Reception practice: Sept. 8th 7-8pm;

Virtual Artists Reception: Sept. 15th 2022 7-8pm

Call for Connecticut Art Students ages 12-18 to participate in “Pandemic Portraiture: Reflections of Healing” online art classes with portraitist, ShawnaLee W. Kwashnak, and supported “with the support of the Department of Economic and Community Development, Office of the Arts, which also receives support from the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.”

Zoom classes will begin April 21st 2022 and end on June 30th (skipping June 16th). We’ll also meet on Sept. 8th 7-8pm in preparation for our Virtual Artists Reception on Sept. 15th 7-8pm. There is no tuition fee to participate. Enrollment is limited and open to first come first served from completed applications that may be obtained by emailing: artist@shawnalee.com.

ShawnaLee W. Kwashnak is a previous recipient of the Artists Respond Grant awarded for Pandemic Portraiture shortly after shutdown of 2020. Her example portrait of Joe Dinova serves as a testament to the value of hometown care during the pandemic. To see students works from the FY20 Pandemic Portraiture Grant Class, please visit www.shawnalee.com “StudentArtShow”.

This is an exceptional opportunity for youth to process and respond to the social dynamics of our pandemic as well as providing a purpose that becomes historical in nature. Participating art students will be expertly guided through the portraiture process as they reflect and document their observations of the healing changes of people in their lives due to the covid-19 pandemic. Art classes will be a mix of demonstration, slideshows, sharing progress and artistic discussions. Independent practice and documentation outside of our class time will be required. The program concludes with a virtual artists reception open to the public with artists, guests, family, and community members invited to attend. A book documenting Pandemic Portraiture: Reflections of Healing will be published. Each student and a CT historical society will receive a complimentary copy of the book. This program may be listed for college and scholarship applications for participants.

ShawnaLee W. Kwashnak was born and raised in Ridgefield and currently resides in Middlebury CT with her beautiful family and home full of adored pets. ShawnaLee specializes in portrait of children or pets in Charcoals or Oils and teaches art classes year round in person and via zoom. She has been drawing and painting her entire life, earned a BA in Illustration from WCSU '96, is a board member of the Connecticut Society of Portrait Artists, and serves as an active Girl Scout Leader to Troop # 64171 and former Troop #64146. www.shawnalee.com Facebook: "Portraits by ShawnaLee".

For more information: please visit www.shawnalee.com “FY22 Grant” page. For an application, please email the artist at: artist@shawnalee.com