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Workshops

Is your school, art organization, business or civic group interested in a workshop?
Hands-on workshops are available in half-day, full-day, consecutive days or they can be tailored to your specific needs.
email: artbychristykosmicki@gmail.com
or call 308-991-7354
  • Abstract Expressionism and the Portrait: The Importance of  Color, Line and Mark-making;  Workshop available in acrylic, oil pastel, charcoal, conte crayon or mixed media.
  • Action Painting: in the style of Willem & Elaine de Kooning; Workshop available in acrylic, oil pastel, charcoal, conte crayon or mixed media.
  • Calligraphy Basics: Round Hand & Italic
  • Sights and Sounds: Gene Davis and the Washington Color Painters; This acrylic painting workshop includes lecture, curriculum materials & hands-on workshop designed for the artist/educator teaching middle school and high school art.
  • Mandala’s Past and Present: A History of Symbolism, Healing, Meditation, Self-exploration and Decorative Design”; a drawing workshop focused on past and contemporary applications for creating mandalas. This workshop includes lecture, curriculum materials & hands-on workshop designed for the artist/educator teaching middle school and high school art.
  • Relief Sculpture: recycled Styrofoam and acrylic paint
  • Silk Paintings on Hoops using Jaquard Dyes and Resist
  • 3D Design with a Twist: Lead, Collaborate, Speak, Present, Evaluate; interactive presentation using found objects
  • “Working Inside & Outside the Grid”; a drawing workshop focused on Cubism and 5 abstract concepts invented by Picasso and Braque during a 7-year artistic collaboration.  Students explored 5 Cubistic innovations and completed a final abstract drawing in a medium of their choice. This workshop includes lecture, curriculum materials & hands-on workshop designed for the artist/educator teaching middle school and high school art.
  • “Visual Literacy and the Power of Art Images in Contemporary Culture”; This workshop can be tailored to your specific needs.
  • Designing a Comprehensive Unit Plan
  • Read on! Designing Comprehensive Art Units Inspired by Children’s Books
  • Successful and Dynamic Independent Studies can be Designed by High School Students; presentation on discussion