Art Innovation Talks

Lee Ann Frame fascinates us with her demonstrations of three different art print making processes. Watching her process is captivating. When she reveals her results, you will want to clap and cheer her on. Enjoy.

Lee Ann grew up and still lives near the shores of Lake Michigan where she derives so much inspiration for her work. She earned her MFA at Kendall Collage of Art & Design in Grand Rapids Michigan in 2006. She’s has had a distinguished career teaching as a professor at Muskegon Community College where she taught Printmaking, Ceramics, Art History Drawing and Art Education. She’s also taught numerous workshops over the years, and we are very excited to have her teach a 2-day workshop at our next Symposium this September in Grand Haven, Michigan. As a printmaker, Lee Ann is captivated with the whole process - finding it collaborative, creative, evocative, and challenging. Printmaking is a long-time honored art that is heavy on process, but it looks like magic when a printed paper is pulled from the plate.

We believe the results you see today will be inspiring.

All images of prints are copyright Lee Ann Frame (dba) Norris Creek Printmaking Studio.

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Kimberly Santini gives an inspiring presentation on her painting process, focusing on the evolution of her latest Talisman series. She shares her methods of tapping into her intuition, following coincidental guides (“winks”), taking risks and freely experimenting when creating her artwork. Kimberly includes a video of her painting process so viewers can see how paintings evolve and shift during their time on her easel.

Learn more about Kimberly's workshops listed on her website - www.KimberlySantini.com.

Allen Hirsh delivered a presentation on generative art as a form of robotic painting wherein a set of computer instructions constructs a digital image.  Allen explains how the system he created for making contemporary generative art uses one or two existing digital images (if two, they are hybridized) to generate a third image.  Using a number of examples, Allen shows both the original and the adjusted photos using his system.

Liz’s presentation emphasizes the importance of embracing one’s artistic influences - past and present - and shows how doing so can improve your own artistic growth. She will highlight some of the practices and habits that catapulted her work to greater heights, garnering her recognition among jurors as well as her peers. 

Visual artists Elaine Weiner-Reed and April M Rimpo love to hear what others remember, see, hear, or feel about their art. Their ekphrastic events feature poets and musicians expressing their interpretations of the visual artists' paintings.

Recent collaborator Patti Ross, a spoken word artist, joins Elaine and April in this talk sharing how their creative collaboration Every Painting is a Song or Story got started. They will detail their experiences creating these events, and provide tips on what to consider if you want to hold your own cross-disciplinary collaborations.