Hi it's the dead of winter so check out  the Pollack-Krasner House and Study Center Program dates below. The  innovative,  and different perspectives  are explored to encourage this generation of artists.  Dare to be your selves as artists. Jamie Forbes,publisher, critic, artists, anf curator, FineArtMagazineblog.blogspot

___________________________________________________________________________ Virtual Art Programs with  Joyce Raimondo, Education Coordinator _____________________________________________________________________________ Music to My Eyes: Romare Bearden Tuesday, February 17, 12:00pm - 1:15pm (EST) How can you paint the rhythm of a drum or the sound of a piano? Explore the ways in which American artist and composer Romare Bearden and Jackson Pollock were inspired by jazz. Then work alongside Joyce as she demonstrates techniques for creating abstract art inspired by music. Have paint, drawing, or collage supplies on hand. Click Here to Register _____________________________________________________________________________ Paint on the Move: Jack Whitten Wednesday, February 18, 12:00pm - 1:15pm (EST) How can squeegees, rakes, and combs be used to create a masterpiece of art? Discover how American artist Jack Whitten made his mark with unconventional tools. Then splash, pour, scrape, and swoosh paint to create an abstract painting. Bring paint supplies and unusual painting tools such as sticks, forks, combs, rollers, sponges and anything else. Click Here to Register _____________________________________________________________________________ Rip it up! David Driskell Thursday, February 19, 12:00pm - 1:15pm (EST) David Driskell was an American artist, scholar, and curator recognized as a leading authority on African American art. Explore Driskell and Lee Krasner’s innovative collage technique; ripping up paintings and re-configuring them to create new compositions. Then create your own collage painting. Have on hand paint supplies, a sheet of paper and a surface for your collage and glue.  Click Here to Register _____________________________________________________________________________ Creative License: Out of the Box Thursday, February 19, 3:00pm - 4:00pm (EST) What is creativity? How is creativity linked to freedom? Rip up your artwork and create a new one? Use a baster to paint? This live Zoom program highlights the tenets of creative thinking that are exemplified in Pollock and Krasner’s processes and their ground breaking abstract expressionist art. Following a virtual tour of Pollock and Krasner’s studio, participants will create collage-paintings in the sprit of Lee Krasner. Have two sheets of paper, drawing or paint supplies, and glue on hand. Offered by the Cutchogue New Suffolk Library Click Here to Register _____________________________________________________________________________ Mosaic of Color: Alma Thomas Friday, February 20, 12:00pm - 1:15pm (EST) An abstract painter in the 1960’s and 70’s, Alma Thomas, was the first African-American woman to have a solo art exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City in 1972. Explore the exuberant color of Alma Thomas’s abstract paintings. Then create your own mosaic of colors in an abstract painting. Have on hand paint supplies.  Click Here to Register _____________________________________________________________________________ Image: Romare Bearden, Jammin' at the Savoy, 1981-82 pollack-krasnerhouse#romarebearden#creativefun#sunetormfineartmagazine#artfunjazz

Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center Schedule this week Feb 9-14th, 2026

 

___________________________________________________________________________ Virtual Art Programs with  Joyce Raimondo, Education Coordinator _____________________________________________________________________________ Print it Out! Monday, February 9, 12:00pm - 1:15pm (EST) Discover etchings, lithographs and other prints by Pollock, Krasner, and modern artists. Then, Joyce Raimondo will demonstrate simple printmaking techniques that you can do without a press including collagraph and foam printing.   Supplies: water-based ink, brayer, tray to roll ink, several sheets of paper. Foam printing: sheet of styrofoam and pencil. For collagraph; cardboard sheet, textured items such as bubble wrap, corrugated cardboard, scissors, glue. If you do not have supplies, observe. Click Here to Register _____________________________________________________________________________ Chinese Brush Painting with Ursula Thomas Tuesday, February 10, 12:00pm - 1:15pm (EST) How do traditional Chinese brush painters capture the sublime in nature? How can meditation inspire art? Long Island East End artist, Ursula Thomas explains the philosophy of Chinese brush painting, followed by a hands-on demonstration of traditional ink painting techniques. Click Here to Register _____________________________________________________________________________ Artist Response to Climate Change Tuesday, February 10, 2:00pm - 3:00pm (EST) Explore how contemporary artists address issues of climate change in creative and constructive ways. Then create an artwork that expresses your own view on changes to global weather patterns and its consequences. Offered by the East Hampton Library Click Here to Register _____________________________________________________________________________ Dance Into Art Wednesday, February 11, 2:00pm - 3:00pm (EST) Explore how modern artists August Renoir, Edgar Degas, Henri Matisse, and others capture the dynamism of dance in painting and sculpture. Then paint or draw a dance that inspires you in the style of your choice. Offered by the Rush Public Library Click Here to Register _____________________________________________________________________________ What's My Line? Pencil Drawing Workshop Wednesday, February 11, 4:00pm - 5:00pm (EST) Following a presentation of Pollock’s early graphite drawings, we will explore basics of observational drawing and modeling with pencil. From cross hatching, blending, and highlighting, this workshop will teach you creative ways that you can use pencil to create light and shade. Supplies; several sheets of paper, pencil, sharpener, eraser. Offered by the Cragsmoor Free Library Click Here to Register _____________________________________________________________________________ Artist Response to Climate Change Thursday, February 12, 11:00am - 12:00pm (EST) Explore how contemporary artists address issues of climate change in creative and constructive ways. Then create an artwork that expresses your own view on changes to global weather patterns and its consequences. Offered by the Field Library Click Here to Register _____________________________________________________________________________ Breathe with Curators Hayley Ferber and Kristin Reed Thursday, February 12, 1:00pm - 2:00pm (EST) How does calmness foster creativity? Lee Krasner said, “With Jackson there was quiet solitude. Just to sit and look at the landscape. An inner quietness. After dinner, to sit on the back porch and look at the light.”  In a world that feels increasingly overstimulated and demanding, the current exhibition Breathe at Westbeth Gallery in Manhattan offers a space for serenity. Join co-curators Hayley Ferber and Kristin Reed as they take us on a walkthrough of the exhibition. Featuring work by members of the New York Artists Circle, the exhibition explores  breath not only as a fundamental human necessity, but as an invitation to pause,  recenter and find calm. Click Here to Register _____________________________________________________________________________ Dynamic Duos Friday, February 13, 12:00pm - 1:00pm (EST) How do art couples support and challenge each other? Discover the lives and work of creative couples — Jackson Pollock and Lee Krasner, Willem and Elaine de Kooning, Jasper Johns and Robert Rauschenberg, and others. Then live on Zoom, tour the studios where Pollock and Krasner created their groundbreaking art. Click Here to Register _____________________________________________________________________________ Seeing Love Saturday, February 14, 1:00pm - 2:15pm (EST) A passionate embrace, a kiss, or the pain of loss. Explore the joys and sorrows of love through the eyes of great artists Lee Krasner, Jackson Pollock, Marc Chagall, Henri Matisse and others. Then create an artwork that expresses your personal experience of love. Have paint or drawing supplies on hand. Click Here to Register _____________________________________________________________________________ Header Image: Lee Krasner and Jackson Pollock

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Pollock-Krasner House: On Zoom, Picturing Loss: Bereavement and Art Wednesday, November 1, 7:00pm - 8:00 pm EDT

Click here for November ZOOM SERIES www.pkhouse.org Zoom Programs hosted by Joyce Raimondo, Education Coordinator Picturing Loss: Bereavement and Art Wednesday, November 1, 7:00pm - 8:00 pm EDT  Joyce Raimondo leads an informal presentation about how she and famous artists express grief through painting. A discussion of Lee Krasner’s painting following Jackson Pollock’s untimely death is discussed along with artists Edvard Munch, Pablo Picasso, Frida Kahlo, and others. Each artwork serves as a springboard for discussion about the grieving process and participation is welcomed. This special workshop is inspired by Joyce’s loss of her brother as a teenager and the discovery of an enormous strength she found through art. Participants are welcome to share or observe. Offered by Pelham Public Library click here to register with library _______________________________________________________________ Above Image: Edvard Munch #pollockkrasnerhouse#fineatmagazine#fineartfun

Pollack Krasner House, an Study center, ZOOM AND IN-PERSON PROGRAMS WITH JOYCE RAIMONDO Education Coordinator

Click here for www.pkhouse.org ZOOM AND IN-PERSON PROGRAMS  WITH JOYCE RAIMONDO Education Coordinator ___________________________________________________________________ Tuesday, August 1, 2:00 - 3:00 pm EDT EYE OF THE BEHOLDER: What is beauty? A popular celebrity, a splash of paint, an awe inspiring sunset? How do we define beauty? Explore how modern artists such Pollock, Krasner, Warhol, Kahlo and others create and challenge notions of beauty. Then sketch your own idea of what beauty means to you. Have drawing supplies on hand. Offered by Larchmont Library click here to register with library _____________________________________________________________________ IN PERSON FAMILY TOUR AND DRIP PAINTING WORKSHOPS Most Wednesdays and Saturdays throughout summer Ages 4 and above and adult companions  Join Joyce Raimondo for a tour of the house and studio, then express your own creativity in an outdoor hands-on drip painting workshop. For children ages 4 and above accompanied by adults. $10 a person, includes admission and materials (one canvas per person and tempera paint). Maximum enrollment is 12. click here to register ____________________________________________ Image: Andy Warhol, Marilyn Monroe Ppollackkrasnerhouse#fineartmagazine#ffineartfun

Pollack Krasner Study House, continue to celebrate Women's History Month!!!

Click here for full calendar of events and links CELEBRATE WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH MARCH ZOOM WORKSHOP SERIES Joyce Raimondo, Education Coordinator, presents a series of workshops that explore creative vision through the eyes of artists. Following each presentation, participants will create their own art on Zoom. Copy these links into your browser or go to www.pkhouse.org calendar page for registration links. ____________________________________________ Tuesday, March 28, 4:00 - 5:00 pm EDT PAINT THE SOUND Pour it! Stain it. Drip It! This workshop celebrates the work of two pioneering women — painter, Helen Frankenthaler, and sculptor, Lynda Benglis who employed poured techniques to create groundbreaking colorful masterpieces of abstract art. Following, pour liquid paint to create your own abstract artwork.  Have paint supplies on hand such as liquid acrylic, watercolor, or house paint, surface for your painting such as canvas or heavy paper, cups, and sticks. Optional; liquid glue.    Click to Register! Offered by East Hampton Library ____________________________________________ Wednesday, March 29, 2:00 - 3:15 pm EDT MAGNETIC FIELDS: Mildred Thompson Workshop How do artists paint forces not visible to the naked eye? This workshop celebrates the work of abstract painter Mildren Thompson who conveyed energy and magnetic fields in her vibrant abstract paintings. Following the presentation, make an action painting that captures energy in art. Have paint or drawing supplies on hand and a preferably surface that is at least 18 x 24 inches.  Click to Register! ______________________________ Wednesday, March 29, 6:00 - 7:00 pm EDT ART PIONEERS: Women of Abstract Expressionism Celebrate women’s history we discover the women who pioneered abstract art; Lee Krasner, Elaine DeKooning, Helen Frankenthaler, and others. Learn about their lives and their groundbreaking creativity. Following a presentation, tour the home and studio of Lee Krasner and her husband Jackson Pollock.   Click to Register! Offered Central Library ____________________________________________ Thursday, March 30, 2:00 - 3:15 pm EDT FLOWERS INTO ART: Georgia O'Keeffe Workshop  Explore the ways in which Lee Krasner and popular American artist Georgia O’Keeffe captured floral motifs in their abstract art. Then, based on O'Keeffe's work, we will design beautiful floral paintings that are larger than life.  Have drawing or painting supplies on hand and a flower (a photograph, fake flower, or real flower). Click to Register! ____________________________________________ Above image: Georgia O’Keeffe, Oriental Poppies, 1927

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