Go Fund Me campaign "Save Patris Studio and Art Gallery" update

Check out the Sacramento Bee article that highlights the passion behind saving Patris Studio and Gallery
http://www.sacbee.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/erika-d-smith/article100075152.html

Click here to go to our Go Fund Me Account 

To help us buy the Patris Studio and Gallery
Thank you world for all your support!
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UPDATE:
Good News!! The seller has agreed to let us purchase the building and so the Patris Studio and Gallery has survived!!! Last week I wondered how I'd be able to continue the good work we started here in Oak Park and on Sunday Sept. 4, people began showing up in my life - one by one -and together we made it happen.
Thank you to all of your support and generosity!

Now more than ever before, we invite you to share this story with your friends, family and colleagues, the world! We have closing costs, inspections, the list goes on and on. Your continued support and generosity will bring us closer to the victory lap and help us launch this new chapter for Northern California's premier art venue.

With a heart overflowing with gratitude, thanks again world for joining us in this amazing story.

Stay tuned for exciting details and more updates!

POP UP open studio sesion: 3-hour long pose session with nude model Friday Sept. 30

Join us for a special POP UP open studio session with a 3-hour long pose nude session which will take place on Friday September 30, 2016 from 9:30 am - 12:30 pm. $11 open studio fee.

This summer we will be hosting a few different special POP up sessions with a 3 hour long pose nude.

So grab your art supplies and head on over to Patris Studio some summer figure painting on Friday September 30

Announcing: Salvatore Victor Figure Drawing Seminar June 4

Announcing: Peggi Kroll Roberts Figure Painting Workshop

Painting by Peggi Kroll Roberts

Announcing:

Peggi Kroll Roberts  

Figure Painting Workshop

When:  October 21-23, 2016

Where: Patris Studio and Gallery

Cost: $475 and  includes all model fees

Registration: contact Patris for details

click here to download flier with more info

In Peggi's workshop, we will paint the figure in simple costumes, utilizing props, different poses and simple vignettes in the studio. There will be lots of demonstrations emphasizing the big shapes and color/value relationships.  This workshop is great for beginning to advanced students alike, in a comfortable and easy-going atmosphere. 

click here to visit Peggi's website  

"We will cover a lot of canvas-burning mileage by painting smaller sizes. I believe that more is learned through many small starts than laboring over a large canvas."​

                                                               -Peggi Kroll Roberts

Painting by Peggi Kroll Roberts

Announcing: 3-day Portrait Painting Workshop with Ignat Ignatov

Portrait Painting From Life

3-day Oil Painting Workshop
With master artist Ignat Ignatov

portrait by Ignat Ignatov

 

September 23-25, 2016
9:30 am - 4:30 pm
$400 + $35 model fee
 
In this workshop we’ll practice painting portraits from a model, using the wet-into-wet direct approach also known as alla prima. Ignat’s workshop will focus on a  step-by-step  painting method from start to finish and provides valuable lessons for artists of all levels.

Register today by emailing 
Patris @ artist_patris@yahoo.com
for more info and registration details. 

portrait by Ignat Ignatov

In Memory of Terre Johnson--long live his Legacy

To the man who was my neighbor, my friend, my landlord, my art patron, my community comrade and business leader, our Oak Park advocate and executive director - and so much more - Terre Johnson will always be remembered for the life he lived and the lives he touched. What a legacy to leave and what a life to celebrate. I will always remember you always Terre Johnson and be forever grateful to you.

My heart longed to set up my studio in Oak Park and this beautiful building belonging to Terre and Michael was the perfect place. In 2012, they gave me the keys and we began to prepare the place to become the Patris Studio and Art Gallery.

On a hot 2nd Saturday in July of 2012, we held the grand opening of  Patris Studio and Gallery in Oak Park with a huge celebration and open house. 

At the gallery, there are many special events as well as all of the day to day art happenings.  One special event that Terre organized brought us Mayor Kevin Johnson, Jay Schenirer, and a very important VIP from Washington DC. 

So it's with most grateful heart and thankfulness that I will always remember Terre Johnson for giving me an opportunity to make my dream come true--to create a thriving, vibrant art center here in Oak Park and have a studio where I can continue to grow, learn, and develop my art skills.
Thank you Terre Johnson and Michael Luna. 

"Outside the Studio Door" oil on canvas by Patris

Figure Drawing Seminar with Salvator Victor April 23--registration open now!

Contact Salvatore Victor to register for this high impact figure drawing seminar.  His seminars are always highly motivational, skill building exercises for artists of all levels.  Come check it out!