Drawing in the Age of Information
February 16th – March 28th, 2008.
Hosted by Applied Arts, School Of Visual Arts
ARTIST: Roz Dimon
CORPORATE SPONSOR: Wacom Technology
OPENING RECEPTION: February 16, 4:00-8:00PM (6PM demo by Roz drawing with Wacom)
EXHIBITION: Ten limited edition pigment prints of drawings completed in 2007, working live from the nude model.
5 Free Training Demos:
Feb. 18th & 25th (Mon.) 6:00-6:30 as part of 6-9PM Open Studio Figure Drawing
Feb. 28th & Mar. 20th 5-6PM (Thurs.)
March 8th, 11AM-12pm (Sat.)
What’s unique about these drawings?
Surrounded by other artists using traditional media (charcoal, pen and ink) drawing from a live model, Roz Dimon sketches, honing her skills. The only difference is she plugs her backlit canvas into the wall and draws with a pressure-sensitized digital pen and tablet designed by Wacom Technology. Her unique style is captured perfectly as she applies her stylus to a plane in space. The tools she uses are of today but point towards the future, and give her work an exciting edge. At the same time, it’s still all about her hand, her touch, her vision.
What’s exciting about this exhibition?
Dimon’s drawings connect us with the past, the classical roots of drawing and painting, and they explore the future. In a larger scope, this show comes at a time when the field of digital art is reaching a new level of maturation in both artistry and technology; alongside a growing public’s ability to understand and appreciate it. It also seems fitting that a show such as this originates in Long Island, a region teeming with artistic energy and American art history.
“I am beginning to do some of my best work here. I work with a different kind of light than the American Impressionists or the Abstract Expressionists… however, there is an undeniable creative force at work here on the East End where moraine meets sky and artists gather.”
Roz Dimon
This exhibition and educational venue is made possible by a collaboration between: Wacom Technology, providing funding and equipment for demonstration, including several Wacom tablets as well as the Cintiq, a state-of-the-art interactive tablet.
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Roz Dimon, an ongoing innovator in the realm of digital painting and drawing has 8 pieces in the collection of AT&T among others. She has been featured in Forbes magazine alongside David Hockney and has had numerous shows both nationally and abroad. She curated a major show of digital art, “code,” for Ricco/Maresca Gallery in NYC which drew a crowd of over 300 on opening night and was covered by all 3 National Television Networks, Prix-Ars Electronica and CNET online.
Roz will discuss her work and demonstrate drawing with the Wacom throughout the exhibition.
Please join Applied Arts in bringing this exhibit to a wider audience.
Applied Arts is located at 11 Indian Wells Highway, in Amagansett, NY
CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION ON ROZ DIMON
Upcoming Workshops with Roz Dimon
Wacom Workshop: Drawing in the Information Age
Date & Time: 3 day workshop Wednesday - Friday, March 19th - 21st, from 1-4pm
Instructor: Roz Dimon
Fee: $250
Description: Focus will be on learning how to draw and paint with the Wacom pen and tablet using Photoshop as the digital palette. Students will learn how to work with a myriad selection of brushes and a palette of millions of colors. At the same time, they will be encouraged to explore what works best for their particular needs or artistic vision. If a student wishes to work on an existing image, they should bring it on a CD, DVD, or Flash drive. Wacom tablets will be provided unless you would like to bring your own. Students should have a beginner or intermediate knowledge of Photoshop and knowledge of either PC or Mac computer operating systems.
Long Island Landscape Revisited: Painting in the Information Age
Date & Time: 5 day workshop Monday - Friday, June 16th - 20th, from 1-3:30pm
Instructor: Roz Dimon
Fee: $285
Description: Students will be creating a work of art applying the digital palette to their unique vision of today’s contemporary Long Island landscape. Students should bring in a digital photo or an image to scan. Emphasis will be on learning tools in Photoshop that bring out each student’s particular style and artistic vision. The course will also focus on understanding this new medium and how to think about it in regards to its importance and relevance to contemporary art and culture. Final digital images can be printed small or large scale at Applied Arts for an additional fee.
Please call 631-267-2787 to register. Spaces are limited and filling quickly.
Roz Dimon is an artist, curator and teacher. Passionate about the digital palette which she says defines our age as distinct from any other, she feels this medium can be a life changing one for artists who are not just emerging but emerged. Her classical art training in painting and drawing is self- evident from her latest digital drawings to her information paintings, all of which can be explored at her websites: www.ArtStory.net and www.DIMONscapes.com.
