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The following university-style, fine art lecture is designed to be both entertaining and informative for a wide range of audiences: working artists of all media, art appreciators, art students, and fine arts educators. This PowerPoint presentation is given by artist and renowned teacher Steven Aimone, author of EXPRESSIVE DRAWING: A Practical Guide to Freeing the Artist Within (Lark Books, 2009) and DESIGN! A Lively Guide to Design Basics for Artists and Craftspeople (Lark Books, 2004), and each is available for arts groups and institutions everywhere. The lecture run between 1 and 1 ½ hours, and additional time is set aside for an interactive question-answer session. Fees for the lectures are determined on an individual basis; lodging and travel expenses are additional. Combine a lecture with a workshop offering for increased cost effectiveness. Contact us for more details.

1.  THE LANGUAGE OF NONOBJECTIVE COMPOSITION
A challenging and engaging introduction to the language of non-objective design. Simply put, the question posed is this: what can art do when it’s not describing appearances or telling stories?

The answer put forward by this lecture is that art can speak of realities that are internal and/or transcendent. The audience is encouraged to

• Consider visual elements (such as line and shape) as animate entities that stand as surrogates for animate entities in nature
• Discover how visual relationships such as rhythm and equilibrium speak as metaphors for internal and spiritual realities.

This PowerPoint presentation includes images of work, and quotes by, master artists of the 20th (and 21st) Century including Wassily Kandinsky, Piet Mondrian, Paul Klee, Hilla Rebay, Jean Arp, Arshile Gorky, Joan Miro, Hans Hofmann, Georgia O’Keefe, Jackson Pollack, Robert Motherwell, Mark Rothko, Lee Krasner, Agnes Martin, Susan Rothenberg, Terry Winters. General audiences will come away with a better understanding and appreciation for “abstract art.” Art-makers will gain a broader understanding of the creative potential of non-objective arrangement, and understanding that underlies all design (regardless of style, medium, or subject).

RECENT AUDIENCES for this lecture include:

• Hirsch-Lassen Gallery, Metarie, Louisiana
• Vancouver Island Art Workshops, Vancouver Island, British Columbia
• Stetson University, DeLand, Florida
• Malaprop's Bookstore and Cafe, Asheville, North Carolina
• York Art Association, York, Pennsylvania

• Association of Professional Landscape Designers,                  

  Annual Convention, Tarrytown, New York

• Florida Watercolor Society, Annual Convention, Daytona Beach, Florida

• Fiber Arts Study Group, Textile Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
• Society of American Mosaic Artists, ( Annual Conference) Mesa, Arizona

• Aimone Art Workshops, Atlantic Center for the Arts,New Smyrna Beach, Florida Monhegan Island, Maine, Rockland, Maine, Thomaston, Maine, Asheville, North Carolina

• Dunedin Fine Art Center, Dunedin, Florida

• Universalist Unitarian Church, Ormond Beach, Florida