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“Medium” Presentations Schedule

Andy Smith of Visual Realia, LLC, has curated a set of seven arts presentations focusing on art mediums across two weeks, working in space provided by the Pennsylvania College of Art & Design . All presentations are offered free of charge to the general public.

Andy Smith of Visual Realia, LLC, has curated a set of eight arts presentations focusing on art mediums across two weeks, working in space provided by the Pennsylvania College of Art & Design. All presentations are offered free of charge to the general public. Presenters include:

Reagan Bitler
Ophelia Chambliss
Cultural Alliance of York County, Rita Whitney & Kelley Gibson
Kristin Kest
Mary Moores
Andy Smith
Helen Tafesse
Terri Yacovelli

Seating is limited to twenty-four audience members; reservations are not necessary. Doors open at least thirty minutes before the scheduled session. Bookmark and revisit this page for updates.

Clay monoprints by Andrew Smith and Mitch Lyons will be displayed, and Smith's works will be available for purchase. Lyons, a Pennsylvanian, created the medium and its initial techniques.

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"Medium"
June 2nd - June 14th
PCA&D, 133 S Duke St, York, PA

Presented by PCA&D Work/Space & Andy Smith of Visual Realia, LLC

Schedule:

Monday, June 2nd - Set Up (Feel Free To Stop By!)

• Tuesday, June 3rd, 6:30 PM - Gourd Artwork, Reagan Bitler
Handout

• Wednesday, June 4th, 6:30 PM - Pastels, Mary Moores
Handout

• Thursday, June 5th, 6:30 PM - Cultural Alliance of York County: State of the Shifting Ground on Local, State, and Federal Cultural Support with Rita Whitney and Kelley Gibson
Handout

• Friday, June 6th, 5:00 - 9:00 PM -
This evening has been cancelled due to a facility issue. Other sessions should continue as scheduled.
Clay Monoprint Exhibit, Works by Mitch Lyons (Medium Creator) & Andy Smith, Firefly Night Market
Handout

Saturday, June 7th, Closed

• Sunday, June 8th, 6:30 PM - Conceptual Design, Helen Tafesse
Handout

• Monday, June 9th, 6:30 PM - Bas-Relief as Pictorial Space & Clay Handbuilding, Kristin Kest
Handout
Bas-Reliefs as Pictorial Space by Kristin Kest

• Tuesday, June 10th, 6:30 - Encaustic Demonstration, Terri Yacovelli
Handout

• Wednesday, June 11th, 6:30 PM - Acrylic on Pellon, Ophelia Chambliss
Handout

• Thursday, June 12th, 6:30 PM - Clay Monoprint Discussion & Demonstration, Andy Smith, with Works by Mitch Lyons, Medium Creator
Handout

• Friday, June 13th, 4:00 - 8:00 PM - Clay Monoprint Exhibit, Works by Mitch Lyons (Medium Creator) & Andy Smith

Royal Square Event:
Radiant Spectrum Crawl, 4:00 - 6:00 (Exhibit Open Until 8:00)
Find the Facebook Event Page Here
Orange Theme!
Stop by for Orange-Themed Treats

York Arts Week Kickoff

Saturday, June 14th - Tear Down (Feel Free To Stop By!)

Throughout the Medium series of presentations, attendees will get one raffle entry for each presentation they attend. At the end of the series, the raffle winner will receive a free matted and framed 8” x 10” still life monoprint of oranges, as shown below.

“Still Life: Oranges” - Clay Monoprint by Andrew T. Smith

Parking in the Royal Square Area

Metered street parking is available throughout the area. These metered spots are free after 5:00 PM. If parking before 5:00, you will need to feed the meters or use the ParkMobile app.

Parking Lots

The following lots allow free parking after 5:00 PM:

• Corner lot of E. Newton Ave and S. Duke Street

• E. King Street and S. Queen Street (Across from The Bond)

These lots are patrolled; It’s important not to park in those lots before 5:00 PM.

If the weather is nice, the following garages are reasonable walks:

Market St. Garage – 41 E. Market St., York PA 17401 (Across from the York County Administration Center)

King St. Garage – 15 W. King St., York PA 17401 (Across from the York City Police Department)

Thanks to:

PCA&D - Pennsylvania College of Art & Design
PCA&D - Center for Creative Exploration
Natalie Lascek, Executive Director, Center for Creative Exploration
Alex Schaufele, Director of Exhibitions
Jennifer Kopf, Director of Public Relations
Royal Square District
Susan Scofield/Hive

Andrew Smith (Visual Realia, LLC) is found online at:

visualrealia.com

www.facebook.com/VisualRealiaStudio

bio.site/visual realia

cultureontheline.com

"PCA&D acknowledges that York has a thriving creative community with several organizations that offer meaningful support. One thing that is often lacking, even in well-supported arts communities, is spaces that allow creatives to experiment or workshop ideas that are not always revenue-generating. This has led us to rethink the use of the PCA&D York space and present it as a creative pop-up program called the PCA&D Work/Space, where artists and creatives can submit an application/proposal to use the space for an experimental action, event, or creative idea in two-week increments for a small fee.

The PCA&D Work/Space program will be creatively flexible, and we anticipate possible uses being group readings or writing sessions, studio space for testing out larger works, a space to view an evolving body of work at one time, or for temporary installations, etc. Our goal is to promote curiosity, prototyping, and exploration of new concepts within the York community."

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City's Edge

Due to the relatively short history of clay monoprints as a medium, creating one always feels like an experiment. This is particularly true as I try to see how the prints interact with other mediums.

“City’s Edge”
16” x 20”
Clay Monoprint, Watercolor, Watercolor Pencil, and Acrylic
Andrew Smith / Visual Realia Studio

Due to the relatively short history of clay monoprints as a medium, creating one always feels like an experiment. This is particularly true as I try to see how the prints interact with other mediums.

Clay slip without pigment is an off-white, somewhere between grey and white. Unfortunately, one limitation of clay monoprints is the difficulty in getting a true white or a deep, rich black. I set out to use both via acrylic paints in this work.

To offset the dark city, nature speaks up colorfully in the foreground.

In both instances, the shapes and colors were present in the print, but I sought to emphasize what the monoprint brought. The use of watercolors and watercolor pencils helped with enhancing color. The monoprint, acrylic, and watercolors each bring subtle textural differences, as well.

Most monoprint images I share here are “cropped” to show only what will be visible once framed. In the photo immediately above, I thought it would be instructive to show the entire surface of the print before framing. The edges with less color can be caused by the wooden matrix (clay slab) frame or the taped edge where I intended to end the print. These areas will be trimmed or hidden by the frame.