ARTicipation for Adults: Equestrian Art: From the Barn to the Track

The ARTicipation workshop will introduce the the different roles of horses in art. Media include Acrylic Painting, Charcoal Drawing and Mixed Media Collage. In this art making experience personal expression will be encouraged to create a work of art that is either abstract or realistic. Artists such as George Stubbs, Rosa Bonheur, Edgar Degas, Pablo Picasso, Leonardo DaVinci, Edward Munch Jacque Lipchitz and the more popular Carousel Horse.

This event corresponds with ArtScapades presents: Equestrian Art: From the Barn to the Track on November 13^th. ArtScapades will be exploring the most famous horse paintings throughout art history. ArtScapades will look at the different roles of horses in art, and discuss the allure horses have had for artists beginning at the dawn of time, and moving through to modern and contemporary images. We strongly encourage all attendees to attend the ArtScapades lecture before the ARTicipation workshop.

About the Instructor: Jeanne McDonagh is a digital arts teacher and artist who recently retired from a 32-year career at New Canaan High School. Ms. McDonagh, who considers herself a “lifelong learner,” earned a BA, BS from Saint John’s University and an MFA in Painting and Graphic Design from the Rochester Institute of Technology. In addition to her teaching career, Jeanne McDonagh has exhibited her photography at Mystic Museum of Art, Fairfield Museum, and Carriage Barn Arts Center. She has been a photography juror and commentator for the Lower Fairfield Photography Club (2009 – 2020) and the Norwalk Photo Club (2013).