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artWORKS Lecture and Workshop with Aleah Chapin

February 23 at 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Free
Artist Aleah Chapin sitting in a studio space with some of her paintings.

Lecture: Friday, February 23, 6:00 PM, WIndgate Center for Art + Design, room 101

Workshop: Painting the Figure: a layered approach

Online/in class hybrid workshop Feb 8 — Feb 27, In-person session Friday Feb 23rd 2:30 — 5:30 PM, Windgate Center for Art + Design

Aleah Chapin is a painter whose direct portrayals of the human form explore topics such as aging, gender, beauty, and embodied experiences in the contemporary era.

Chapin holds an MFA from the New York Academy of Art and a BFA from Cornish College of the Arts. She has attended residencies at the Leipzig International Art Program (Germany) and MacDowell (United States) and has exhibited both Nationally and Internationally at Flowers Gallery (New York, London, Hong Kong), The Belvedere Museum (Vienna), and the National Portrait Gallery (London) among others. Chapin was a recipient of the Promising Young Painters Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters (New York), the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant (Canada), a Postgraduate Fellowship from The New York Academy of Art, and won the BP Portrait Award at the National Portrait Gallery (London). Her work has been published extensively, including New American Paintings, ArtMaze Magazine, 50 Contemporary Women Artists, and Radio Juxtapoz. Chapin is also a subject in the BBC documentary titled “Portrait of an Artist”.

Artist’s Website: https://www.aleahchapin.com/

Instagram: @aleah_chapin

The workshop has limited enrollment, and registration is required.

This lecture and workshop are made possible by the generous support of the Windgate Foundation.

Contact Krista Schoening for more information or to register

kschoening@ualr.edu

Details

Date:
February 23
Time:
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Cost:
Free
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Organizer

artWORKS

Venue

Windgate Center of Art and Design Room 101
2801 S University Ave
Little Rock, AR 72204 United States
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