Private lessons by appointment.  All classes and shows are subject to change without notice.  Please call the organizers to confirm or contact us for more information.

WORKSHOPS

Workshops at Plaza Artist Materials in Towson & Rockville, 2010 schedule:

Sunday, 10/10/2010, 1-4 pm, Peony, Plaza Rockville Store

Saturday, 10/23/2010, 1-4 pm, Suminagaski- Japanese Ink Float Marbling, Plaza Towson Store

 - Meaning “ink floating” in Japanese, suminagashi is an ancient technique of creating art by capturing the patterns of sumi-e ink floating atop a water surface by rice paper.  Learn the basic technique of suminagaski and ways to develop the images into finished artwork with sumi-e techniques.

Saturday, 11/20/2010, 1-4 pm, Rice Paper Monoprint, Plaza Towson Store

 - Rice paper monoprint is a unique way to create images by guiding ink, watercolor and water on a flat surface and picking up the image by absorbent rice paper. The technique creates a more controlled pattern than ink marbling using suminagashi, yet the result is still unpredictable and full of surprises.

Sunday, 12/5/2010, 1-4 pm, Rice Paper Crinkling, Plaza Towson Store

 - Used by many modern watercolorists to create the texture of tree branches, foliage and rock surfaces, rice paper crinkling is an ancient sumi-e technique to paint landscape in the East. Learn how to create texture with wrinkled surface of rice paper. You will also learn basic mounting to smooth the paper for final touches.

Sunday, 12/12/2010, 1-4 pm, Suminagaski- Japanese Ink Float Marbling, Plaza Rockville Store

Sunday, 1/9/2011, 1-4 pm, Rice Paper Crinkling, Plaza Rockville Store

Sunday, 2/13/2011, 1-4 pm, Rice Paper Monoprint, Plaza Rockville Store

Plaza Towson Store - 519 York Road, Towson, MD.  Call 410-823-6401 to register, $45 per session

Plaza Rockville Store - 1594-B Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD.  Call 301-770-0500 to register, $45 per session

NEW - ACRYLIC WORKSHOPS AT MICHAEL'S

Thursday 7/29/2010, 6-8pm, Landscape, Michael's Timonium Store

Saturday 7/31/2010, 2-4pm, Landscape, Michael's Hanover Store

Wednesday 8/25/2010, 6-8pm, Landscape, Michael's Laurel Store

Thursday 8/26/2010, 6-8pm, Floral, Michael's Timonium Store

FREE DEMO Saturday 7/31/2010, 11am-1pm at Michael's Laurel Store

Michael's Timonium Store - 30-36 W Ridgely Road, Lutherville-Timonium, MD.  Call 443-297-0790 to register

Michael's Hanover Store - 7665 Arundel Mills Blvd, Hanover, MD.  Call 410-796-2472 to register

Michael's Laurel Store - 14240 Baltimore Ave, Laurel, MD.  Call 301-776-9231 to register

Introductory 40% off discount - only $27 per person

Joan Lok Two and a half-Day Workshop at Econo Lodge, Whippany, New Jersey

Thursday 7/22/2010 to Saturday 7/24/2010

Econo Lodge, 1255 Route 10 East, Whippany, NJ 07981

Day 1 (half day) - Iris and Butterfly; Day 2 - Sumi-e Landscape: Trees for Four Seasons; Day 3 - Song Birds

$225.  Register with Joan Lok, 410-730-7597.  Download registration form here

Joan Lok Two-Day Workshop at Edina Art Center, Edina, Minnesota

Saturday, 9/18/2010 to Sunday 9/19/2010

Erica Art Center, 4701 West 68th Street, Edina, MN 55435

Day 1 - Song Birds; Day 2 - Sumi-e Landscape: Trees for Four Seasons

Cost and workshop details still being arranged.

 
   

SHOWS

Today's Chinese Art Association Touring Exhibition in Celebration of the 105th Birthday of Lingnam Master Chao Shao-An, Hong Kong and Guangzhou, China; Toronto, Canada; and New York City, USA

3/12- 3/15/2010, Hong Kong City Hall, Hong Kong, China

3/19 - 3/25/2010, Guangzhou Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China

6/5 - 6/10/2010, Chinese Cultural Center of Greater Toronto, 5138 Sheppard Avenue East, Scarborough, M1B 5Z5, Canada

 - Opening Reception and Ribbon Cutting Ceremony: Saturday 6/5/2010 at 11 am.

6/18 - 6/20/2010, Confucius Plaza Community Room, Bowery & Canal Street, New York Chinatown, USA

 - Opening Reception and Ribbon Cutting Ceremony: Saturday 6/19/2010 at 1 pm. 

An exhibition of 55 Lingnam artists from around the world.  Meet Joan at the show in New York.  She is also the curator and coordinates the exhibition's show in the United States

Sumi-e Society of America 47th Annual Juried Exhibition

10/12 - 11/21/2010, Workhouse Arts Center, 9518 Workhouse Way, Lorton, Virginia 22079

Opening Reception: Saturday, 10/16/2010 evening.  Book Signing.

2009/2010 International Asian Sumi-e Brush Painting Traveling Exhibition, Japan & Taiwan

Joan Lok's artwork "Splendid Mountains" received HONORABLE MENTION in this traveling exhibition that will tour various cities in Japan and Taiwan.

12/2 - 12/7/2009 Municipal Museum of Fine Arts, Osaka, Japan

1/20 - 1/28, 2010 Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan

4/3 - 4/10/2010 Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Kyoto, Japan

December 2009 to June 2010, Show sponsored by The Federation of Japan NPO Asian Culture and Art, The Federation of Taiwan Asian Culture and Art, and the Federation of American Asian Culture and Art.  For more information about the show, visit www.ifacasumi-e.org

Ten Oaks Gallery

Joan Lok's artwork are shown at the Ten Oaks Gallery, 6375 Ten Oaks Road, Clarksville, MD 21029  (301)596-9324

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