WORKSHOPS
Sarah regularly teaches art history courses and art workshop at the Saint John Arts Centre. Check with Sarah or the SJAC for details on upcoming courses.
Previous Art Workshops:
Five Thousand Years of Art and the Human Body. Saint John Arts Centre, Wednesday evenings, March 16-April 6, 2011, 6:30-8:30 p.m., $75. Contact the SJAC at 633-4870 to register.
Instructor Biography
Sarah Jones is a Saint John-based visual artist. Her oil painting and mixed media work explore the intersections of urban and industrial culture in Saint John. Her first solo show, Port City, was exhibited at the Saint John Arts Centre in January, 2010. Sarah recently opened her art studio as Jones Gallery at 122 Germain Street, Saint John, NB, and was nominated in the Emerging Artist category for the inaugural Saint John 225 Arts Awards Gala in June 2010.
Sarah graduated with a Master of Arts degree in Art History from Queen's University in Fall 2009, and was a recipient of the prestigious Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) graduate research grant. Her graduate research focused on the relationship between Fine Art and Folk Art as manifested in the life and work of Nova Scotian artist Maud Lewis. Sarah graduated from UNB Saint John in 2007 and was the valedictorian of her class.
Palette Knife Painting. Saint John Arts Centre, Thursday evenings, October 7-21, 6:30-8:30 p.m., $60. Contact SJAC at 633-4870 to register.
Join artist Sarah Jones for a guided introduction to her favourite artistic tool and learn the technique of impasto (thick stuff!) oil painting with the palette knife. Knife-novices are welcome.
Art in Rome: Warrior Popes, Duels, Disasters and Moody Artists. Saint John Arts Centre, Wednesday, November 17, 6:30-9:00 p.m., $20. Contact SJAC at 633-4870 to register.
This informal lecture covers the brilliant Renaissance and Baroque periods of Roman art through the work of Michelangelo, Raphael, Bernini and Caravaggio. Learn about the sometimes-stormy relationships between these artists and their patrons, their sometimes-deadly mishaps, and how their art and architecture irrevocably changed the face of Rome.
This lecture is given by artist and art historian Sarah Jones, and is illustrated with images from Sarah’s art historical studies in Rome.
Art in Paris: Politics, Protests, and Artists Who Paint and Occasionally Throw Bricks. Saint John Arts Centre, Wednesday, November 24, 6:30-9:00 p.m., $20. Contact SJAC at 633-4870 to register.
Join artist and art historian Sarah Jones for an informal lecture on the art of nineteenth-century France – Romanticism, Realism and Impressionism. Learn about the French Academy’s iron-fisted hold on art production against the backdrop of the stormy French politics of the 1800s, and how the new young artists like Courbet, Manet, and Monet defied the system and launched a controversial new era of art.
Controversial Artwork: 1000 Years of Bans, Bonfires, & Protests. Saint John Arts Centre, Wednesday evenings, 6:30-8:30, May 5-26. Contact SJAC at 633-4870 to register.
This survey workshop focuses on art that caused a stir – paintings, sculptures and architecture that have riled up royalty, politicians and patrons over the past one thousand years. Artist Sarah Jones (MA Art History, Queen’s University) leads an interactive discussion on the history of art controversies, from racy medieval gargoyles to the current debate on valuing contemporary art, and explores the dramatic clash between art, morality and politics. Every class is fully illustrated with artwork images and photographs.