East End Arts Incoming artists-in-residence: Christina Schlesinger & Dawn Daisley from July 26-31

East End Arts is proud to announce the incoming Artists-in-Residence for the period of July 26 through July 31, 2015: Christina Schlesinger, a painter, collage and encaustic artist; and Dawn Daisley, a printmaker creating relief, etching, collagraphs, photo transfers, and various other printmaking methods.

In addition to spending time creating their art, both artists will be offering specialized workshops for adults and children during their residency. All workshops will be held at the East End Arts School located at 141 E. Main Street, Riverhead; advance registration is required (631-369-2171):

Workshops for Children

RELIEF (Ages 9-14) with instructor Dawn Daisley, taking place on Monday, July 27, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. for information click here.

COLLAGE (Ages 9-14) with instructor Christina Schlesinger, taking place Tuesday, July 28, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. for information click here.

Workshops for Adults

SOLARPLATE ETCHING with instructor Dawn Daisley, taking place on Wednesday, July 29, 1 – 4 p.m. for information click here.

COLLAGE with instructor Christina Schlesinger, taking place on Thursday, July 30, 1 – 4 p.m. for information click here.

At the culmination of their residency, meet the artists and learn about their concepts and processes at their free artist talks to be held on Friday, July 31 from 4 to 5 p.m. in the East End Arts Carriage House (located behind the East End Arts School, 141 E. Main Street, Riverhead). Following the talks will be an exhibit of their works and reception, where the public is invited to talk with the artists to see and hear about the results of their week-long residency from 5 to 7 p.m.

For more information about this residency, visit this website.

More about artist Christina Schlesinger
Christina Schlesinger is an artist who lives and works in New York City and East Hampton. For many years she worked in public art, creating large murals with street gangs and in some cases the homeless. Along with muralist Judy Baca, she created SPARC, the Social and Public Art Resource Center, in Venice, California. One of her murals, “Chagall Returns to Venice Beach”, has been declared an “iconic mural” by the City of Los Angeles. She taught Cultural History and Studio Art at the Ross School in East Hampton. Most recently, she had a show of her “Tomboy” paintings at the Leslie + Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art in SoHo. One of her paintings will appear this summer in the Ms. Magazine’s blog “girlie calendar” as “Miss July”. For the past several summers, she has taught encaustics at the Art Barge in Amagansett.

More about artist Dawn Daisley
Dawn Daisley studied at Parsons School of Design where she believed graphics to be the visual language of her generation. She lived in the East Village in the 1970’s and viewed the pop art of that period as an ethnographer, trying to find parallels to her own experiences as a graphic designer. Dawn feels combining art, science and technology will be the future of artistic expression… art that speaks of a culture and its people. Dawn returned to school as a student at Pratt Institute for a BFA in Art & Design Education and found purpose, confidence and self-awareness in her abilities as a learner, teacher, and artist. She continued to complete an MA in Studio Arts at Adelphi University. Her work combines her years of professional experience in graphics and communication with fine art esthetics, creating a unique perspective.
For more information, contact the East End Arts School at 631-369-2171 or by email.

Source: East End Arts press release dated July 20, 2015.