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Join us for Sculptural Lighting at McColl Center, where you'll learn to design and fabricate a unique light fixture. Starting with small models based on your drawings and using primarily linear steel elements, you'll have the opportunity to incorporate sheet metal and other materials of your choice with techniques like brazing and cold connections. This class allows you to create your own distinctive piece and enhance your sculptural skills. Whether it's your first time taking this class or you take multiple sessions, you'll grow as a creative and be part of a supportive community of artists.
All skill levels welcome. Ages 16 and up. Register with a friend and get $25 off per person.
Class will meet weekly on Mondays from 6:30 - 8:30 PM. Class dates are September 16, September 23, September 30, October 7, October 14, and October 21.
**This is a 6 week course. Refunds will not be given for missed classes, or for registrations canceled less than 48 hours before the start of the first session. For a full refund, please email dkapner@mccollcenter.org before September 13, 2024.
About the Artist:
Jessie Avant Smith (b: 1979, American) is a multi-disciplinary artist and educator born in South Carolina, living and working in Charlotte, North Carolina. She works in her converted garage home studio creating steel and mixed media sculptures, two-dimensional works, and contemporary jewelry. Her sculpture and jewelry work incorporates steel (her main love), brass, non-ferrous metals, and other materials such as lighting, wood, and found objects. Her quirky still life pieces contain the occasional figure and are painted in acrylic and dry media on wood, found objects, or paper. Her work is inspired by images of nature and nostalgia. Using low contrast, split complementary color palettes, and pleasing linear elements she draws the viewer in for a moment of rest, contemplation, and maybe a little laugh.
Avant Smith has studied at Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC; University of Georgia, Cortona Italy; and Penland School of Craft, Penland, NC. She has work in many private collections as well as permanent collections at The York County Museum, Rock Hill, SC, The Florence Museum, Florence, SC, and the City of Hartsville, SC.