Mosaic

LILIAN BROCA

The Art of Mosaic - The Indirect Technique
This two week course will explore intensely the indirect technique, in particular the reverse method on paper, one of the easiest techniques in mosaic making. The students will learn about "thinking mosaic" when sketching the design, rather than copying somebody else's finished artwork, as well as various andamenti. Selecting and mixing colours with glass, glass cutting, glass gluing and finally flipping the mosaics onto the permanent substrate are a few of the steps the students will engage in. There will be a power point presentation on mosaics through the ages as well as current work in progress in the artist's studio. A Questions and Answers period will follow. Visits to museums showing real ancient mosaics will add general knowledge to this intense hands-on course. Students will complete a small mosaic during this two week period.

Materials for students to bring:
Pencils, carbon paper, masking tape, brushes, sponges, rubber gloves, paper towels, old rags, a small mirror

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Lilian Broca

Lilian Broca graduated from Concordia University in Montreal with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1968 and with a Master of Fine Arts Degree from Pratt Institute in New York, in 1971. For thirteen years she was a Fine Arts Faculty member at Kwantlen College where she taught studio courses in Painting and Drawing. Her work is included in important private and public collections around the world.
The last of her major exhibitions before mosaics was a 10 year retrospective exhibition of paintings and drawings at the prestigious Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA, January -March, 2001. Then in 2002 Broca, began working on a new series on the biblical Queen Esther, a body of work executed in smalti and Venetian glass mosaics. Since then Lilian Broca has been exhibiting regularly with SAMA, winning First Prize in Two Dimensional Category twice in six years. The artist was invited to participate in the prestigious 2003 Florence Biennale International Exhibition in Italy. There, her mosaics won the Lorenzo il Magnifico gold medal in the Mixed Media category. The entire solo show The Queen Esther Series, at The J.D. Carrier Art Gallery in Toronto Canada in 2007, was sold to a private collector. At this time a book and a documentary film are in progress.

* An additional €20 registration fee is charged during application
** The amount of deposit to be paid is €300
*** The accommodation is full board and the fee is € 35 euro per person/per night in room for 3-4 people. Single and double rooms are limited.
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