Professional Development for Artists: Golden New Products Demonstration with Artist Roy Kinzer
 
(Riverhead, N.Y.) –  Experience the vast potential and versatility of Golden acrylic gels, texturizers, mediums, the new ‘Open’ acrylics and Digital Media products in this informative workshop for artists, held on Friday, March 26 from 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. at the East End Arts Council’s Carriage House art studio. A $5 donaton for members, and $10 donation for non-members is suggested. To register call (631) 369-2171.
 
Artist and Golden representative Roy Kinzer will use an example of his own work and discuss his painting process, covering a wide variety of Golden products. Learn how gels and mediums can extend paint and create unique textural surfaces. Explore Grounds that create surfaces for watercolors, graphite, charcoal, pencil, pastels and silverpoint. Two exciting new product lines will be introduced: OPEN, a slow-drying acrylic paint; and Digital Mixed Media products that allow you to merge digital printing with paint. The lecture also covers the lightfast properties of pigments, proper acrylic priming techniques, and health and safety concerns. Free packet of literature and paint samples.
 
Roy Kinzer has an M.F.A. (Vermont College) and a Certificate of Art (Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art). He is a Pollock-Krasner award winner (2004) and has exhibited extensively, including at the Slater Museum in Connecticut and the Montclair Art Museum in New Jersey. His current paintings are aerial landscapes derived from altered maps and satellite images.
 
Golden Artist Colors, Inc. began in 1980 in a small barn in New Berlin, NY.  Sam Golden, his wife Adele, son Mark and daughter-in-law Barbara Golden along with partner Chuck Kelly, founded a new company that would embody Sam’s dedication to professional artists, work Sam described as simply “making tools for artists.”  Through their success, loyal following of artists, and culure of community involvement, the company won numerous awards and expanded reach to an international clientele. In 2002, Golden became an employee owned company, but Golden product is still created on the original grounds of the old barn in New Berlin, NY. For more information on Golden Artist Colors, call 1-800-959-6543 or visit http://www.goldenpaints.com/ .
 
East End Arts Council, established in 1972,  is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization recognized by the IRS and the NYS Bureau of Charities.  Proceeds of all events, sales, classes, donations and memberships benefit our mission of bringing the arts to everyone and inspiring our communities through service, advocacy and education.