Triskele Studios

EVERGREEN HERITAGE CENTER ARTS WORKSHOPS UPDATE...NEW FOR 2013!  I will be conducting a total of 6 workshops this year at Evergreen.  Here is an outline of the first 3!  We had such a great response back in the fall of 2012...we have decided to build the program!!  For more information on the work of Evergreen, please go to:  http://www.evergreenheritagecenter.org/    Evergreen is located on Trimble Road, Mt. Savage Maryland. Workshop participation is limited, so reserve a spot early! More information will be forthcoming!

The Evergreen Heritage Center (EHC), a scenic historical property in Allegany County, offers learning opportunities for both children and adults.  Last fall, the EHC Foundation successfully conducted a pilot of its new Environmental Arts program which offered participants the opportunity to attend a workshop conducted by local artist Maggie Pratt in which they learned about sunflowers, and created oil paintings of these beautiful plants. Several participants requested that we continue this program and offer a series of workshops in which both budding and experienced artists could learn more about our environment and capture their experiences on canvas, in sketchbooks, and/or in journals.  As a result, in 2013, the EHC Foundation is offering a series of Evergreen Artist Workshops.  The first of three spring workshops is The Trees of Evergreen (April 21).  This workshop will explore the heritage evergreens planted at the EHC over 100 years ago.  Participants will receive instruction on basic sketching, oil techniques, composition, etc. and then engage in a brief “walk and talk” during which they will learn the history and characteristics of these majestic trees and draw sketches that will augment photos provided by the instructor.  Participants will then have the opportunity to create oil paintings of their chosen subject(s).  The second spring workshop is Macro Nature (May 19).  This workshop will teach participants how to use small discoveries to make create larger abstract paintings.  Attending artists will have the opportunity to collect blossoms, leaves, stones, pinecones, and other nature treasures; to develop drawings of these elements; and then to create a painting expressing their discoveries.  The third spring workshop is The Evergreen Landscape (June 16).  This workshop will explore landscape painting, including its role in historical preservation, and the Hudson River School painters and their use of color.  Attending artists may then create a painting from a variety of photos of the Evergreen Heritage Center landscape.  All workshops will be conducted by artist Maggie Pratt.