Creative Demonstration

Grumbacher Paint is looking to hire accomplished acrylic painters to teach two hour workshops at a major retailer in locations across the United State and Canada. Artists must be capable of demonstrating a still life, landscape, seascape, and floral. They have developed a flexible curriculum in acrylics for an artist to use or adapt to fit to his or her style, and hope to offer approximately one to four workshops per store per month. The artist will have flexibility in scheduling.

Compensation is $100 per workshop, and teaching materials will be provided to the artist at no cost.

Anyone interested should email Jennifer Kopec at jkopec@chartpak.com with examples of their work in acrylics, along with a resume and contact information. (FYI: Chartpak is a manufacturer of fine art supplies. Koh-I-Noor, Grumbacher, Higgins ink, and Clearprint are some of their brands.)

Still Made in Trenton

This Saturday, June 27th, Made in Trenton opens at Ellarslie, the Trenton City Museum, with a reception from 7 - 9 pm. Brian Hill, museum director, describes it as 'an exhibit of the many and varied goods produced in the capital city today." Manufacturing mainstays, including the Switlik Parachute Company (who outfitted the expeditions and exploits of early U.S. adventurers including Amelia Earhart and Admiral Richard Byrd) and the world famous Boehm Porcelain will be featured alongside work from Ana Candles, Dathil (e-learning business), Terracycle, Saya’s African Fashions, and the shop of Sasha Parubchenko, the blacksmith of Trenton.

The show will run through the summer to September 13, 2009. Lovers of Boehm porcelain should note that a special demonstration will be offered at Ellarslie by Boehm artists this Sunday, June 28, at 2:00 p.m. Boehm artists will show off techniques used in the company's signature flower making, and the construction and decoration of their popular flowers and eagle figures.