Release Date: February 22, 2005

MONMOUTH, Ill. — Kate Smith, a member of Golden’s Working Artist Program in Chicago, will be on the Monmouth College campus Feb. 24-25 for a presentation and a workshop. Both events are free and open to the public, but reservations are required for the workshop.

Entitled “Golden’s A-Z of Acrylics,” Smith’s presentation will be given Feb. 24 at 6:30 p.m. in Room 210 of the Haldeman-Thiessen Science Center. The fun, fast-paced presentation will cover a wide variety of acrylic products, and their history and development will all be discussed and demonstrated.

The three-hour workshop, which will involve acrylics, gels and mediums, begins at 9:30 a.m. on Feb. 25 in Room 203 of McMichael Academic Hall. For reservations, contact assistant professor of art Marjorie Blackwell at 309-457-2108.

Smith earned her M.F.A. degree from the Royal Academy of Arts in London. She moved to Chicago in 2001 and joined Golden’s a year later. Her hands-on workshops and presentations address mixing media, color and texture, as well as the flexibility of acrylic. Her own work, on paper and board using mixed media and collage, is exclusively represented by The Cadogan Contemporary Gallery in London.

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