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RLV OracleArts, Inc. is looking to expand artistic opportunities for artists and residents of southern Arizona by reaching out to new sources of funding and opportunity in Arizona and beyond for the benefit of local and visiting artists, art educators and students, and the general public.

The Drawing Studio of Tucson is pleased to announce NEW studio art courses in ORACLE beginning in October at the RLV OracleArt Wilson Barn Center .

THE SATURDAY MORNING DRAWING CLASS

Six Saturdays, October 4 through November 4 from 9 to Noon

Taught by Andy Rush, Pat Dolan and Sharon Brady

This class is open to anyone from 14 to 99 years of age, with or without past experience, who is seriously interested in: learning to draw directly from observation; learning how to practice to develop technical skill; exploring different ways of drawing with different teaching artists .

Cost: $150 ($135 to TDS Associates) A supply list will be provided on registration

Taught by Elizabeth Manfredi

Six Wednesday Afternoons, 1-4 PM

October 8 through November 12

Open to the beginning or intermediate student. We will emphasize composition, perspective, light and color and technique, using a variety of formats.

Cost: $150 (135 to TDS Associates) A supply list will be provided upon registration

Andy Rush, a long-time Rancho Linda Vista artist, founded The Drawing Studio in 1992 to have a way to share with people from all walks of life how the practice of art can enrich one’s personal visual world. The art programs of TDS are now offered by over 30 teaching artists in the TDS downtown center and at six outlying sites. “Since all the teaching artists live in Oracle, we look forward to sharing our love of drawing with our neighbors and friends.”

Please call (520) 620-0947 to register or for more information.

You can also e-mail Andy Rush (awrush@earthlink.net),

or consult the TDS website (www.thedrawingstudio.org)

One of the cornerstones of the work at RLV OracleArt will be its Artist Fellowships and Residencies, designed to foster the creation and exhibition of artistic works in a rural setting. In its first year, RLV OracleArt will offer an Argentinian Photographry Fellowship, which will bring a promising young photographer from Argentina to Oracle in order to further develop his/her work in a truly unique environment while allowing our rural corner of Arizona the chance to experience the diverse visions of a creative professional we would otherwise never know.

This fellowship has been made possible through a generous private donation. It is our hope in future years to offer more such opportunities to talented artists from diffferent backgrounds working in a range of different media.

For more information, please email us at rlvoracleart@msn.com