Instructor: Michael Giaquinto
Monday - Wednesday
October 27 - 29
9am - 12pm
3 sessions

This workshop will approach abstract painting through the use of still life. There will be construction and de-construction of the still-life and in - studio demonstrations and class critiques, plus examples will be shown. This workshop is for all levels of acrylic painting with interests in abstract painting.

Michael A. Giaquinto, former Exhibitions Curator at the Cape Cod Museum of Art, studied art at Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA. and art history at North Carolina State University. He was awarded “Craftsman of the Year '' by the Early American Life Magazine in 2001 and 2005, the VISI Award, from Cape Cod & Islands Art Educators Association in 2017, and and served as guest speaker or the Guild of Harwich Artists, 2017. His work has been exhibited with Berta Walker Gallery; Chabot Fine Art Gallery, and Miller White Fine Arts. He has held workshops at the Creative Arts Center; DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Weny Education Center at CCMOA; and the Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill, He is featured in Deborah Forman’s book, Contemporary Cape Cod Artists on Abstraction, 2015.