Painting-Χ
Advanced class | Every second Thursday 4.30 - 7 pm
We usually say that where there’s a will there’s a way, but in Art we would say that where there’s a way the will is always there.
In recent year we have dealt with the body and its various aspects, mainly through drawing and painting. And the model is always with us.
We studied (and will continue to study) painterly movements and practitioners from various eras of art history.
Our acquaintance with art covers contemporary exhibitions, presentations of new trends and quite often the views of women and emerging female artists.
Our range of subjects extends in all directions, including the landscape around us.
Internal or external landscape? We wish to ‘talk’ with our materials and ‘listen’ to what they propose. A sincere talk with the material leads to our personal path, our very own expression. How do I go about discovering my personal style in painting?
Originality / Style / Authenticity / Voice
New issues each week familiarise us with a more specialised terminology. And as always, a critical commentary during class and long-term assignments on a subject help us get nearer to our personal expression.
Class dates:
October: 12 and 26
November: 9 and 23
December: 7 and 21
January: 11 and 25
February: 8 and 22
March: 7 and 21
April: 4 and 18
May: 17 and 31
Emilia Tsekoura
Born in Athens, Emilia Tsekoura studied at the Art Communication & Learning team in Athens (1978-80), at the Boston Museum’s School of Fine Arts (1980-84) and at the same time at Tufts University, graduating with a Bachelor in Arts & Sciences.
Between 1988 and 2013, Emilia taught at the Athens College using differentiation teaching, art therapy and the method of Harvard University’s Project Zero (TFU, Visual Thinking). To this day she has had several solo shows in Greece and the US and has participated in numerous group exhibitions.
She is motivated by concepts originating from her own nature and expressed in autobiographical and expressionist ways: woman, Goddess/Idol, birth, genesis, the ovoid, rebirth. The philosophy of constant change in life, nature and art is always the key principle behind her every work.
One element in her art is symbolism and the translation of icons into archetypes. The egg, the sphere, the round, the zero or “nothing” and their reflections, the heart, the spiral, the geometries of nature and many other familiar symbols and concepts appear in various guises, media and materials throughout her artistic course.
She works in Athens and teaches at the art workshops of Fougaro in Nafplio since 2013.
