Reawakening the Renaissance – An afternoon with Kurt Wenner
Saturday, March 12th at 3:30 PM
San Juan Community Theatre - Whittier Stage
Spend an afternoon with world-renowned artist and inventor of 3D pavement art Kurt Wenner, as he recounts a fascinating journey that started in Rome and took him around the world. Wenner's studies of the European classical tradition found it to be a language of form with ancient roots that is still a valid vehicle for artistic expression. His studies and works include drawings, paintings, sculpture, architecture, and decorative arts; as well as innovative contemporary media.
Incident at Waterloo by Kurt Wenner
Adults - $20
Students - $10
Admission includes entry to the Artist Reception, immediately following the presentation in the theatre lobby. Present your ticket stub for a free glass of wine or sparkling cider!
Buried Brilliance – The Lost Language of Classical Design
Sunday, March 13th at 2:00 PM
San Juan Community Theatre Gubelman Room (Limited Seating of 70)
European art has left a mountain of astounding masterpieces in painting, sculpture, and architecture, but today it is often a mystery as to how these feats of human expression were accomplished. Kurt Wenner will demonstrate the structural nature of classical design and drawing; with live drawing demonstrations of geometry, proportion, and a figure study from Michelangelo. He will show how the classical tradition is not a style, but an actual language of form based on a profound knowledge and appreciation of the physical universe. An image by Michelangelo will be projected and accompanied by a live feed camera on Wenner's hand as he demonstrates how the Old Masters created their work.
Adults - $20
Students - $10
Framed, signed and numbered giclée prints, created especially for this fundraising event, by the artist, will be for sale for $125.
Proceeds benefit the San Juan Islands Museum of Art & Sculpture Park and Spring Street International School.
Study for Spring by Kurt Wenner
IMA will feature an exhibit by Kurt Wenner from July 16 – October 23, 2011
Kurt Wenner is an international master artist who interprets Renaissance classicism with a thoroughly singular voice. Unlike any other contemporary talent, Wenner fuses the genius of the past and twenty-first century imagination with stunning originality. A firm believer in arts education, Wenner has taught more 
than a hundred thousand children over a 10-year period, and received the Kennedy Center Medallion in recognition of his outstanding contribution to arts education. He has lectured at corporate events and conducted seminars and workshops for organizations ranging from the National Gallery of Art and the Smithsonian Institution to Disney Studios, Warner Bros. Studios, Toyota, and General Motors.
Kurt Wenner at work in Herald Square
For more information about:
Kurt Wenner go to: www.kurtwenner.com
Spring Street International School: www.springstreet.org
For tickets go to: www.sjctheatre.org
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