Classes offered

Beginning and Intermediate/Advanced Oil Painting

Learn the basics of oil painting: prepping the canvas, mixing colors, brush techniques, composition and light and shadow. Don’t be intimidated – this can be fun! Supply list will be mailed. Howard County Department of Recreation and Parks - visit www.co.ho.md.us to register 3/25/08-5/13/08 Tuesdays 7:00-9:00pm,registration fee +supplies

Testimonials from students

"excellent information and advice" "instructor makes time to answer questions and give individual instruction" "the instructor is well-educated and can impart information easily" "great information about colors, compositions, shapes, shadow and more depth in painting" "spent just the right amount of time on each basic skill and then moved right on" "nurturing, challenging, enabling, intelligent, encouraging"

Art Walk

Art Exposure Inc. and the Baltimore Walking Club have coordinated a 10k and a 11k Art Walk that begins at the Healing Path, 1123 Light Street, and takes walkers past several Art Exposure venues featuring displayed artwork. More information can be obtained by emailing AEArtDealer@aol.com or calling Ann Wiker at 410.404.3587.

Seminar on Legal Services for Artists

Kathryn Goldman, an attorney from Goldman and Minton PC will lead a seminar 6:00-8:00pm on a date to be scheduled in June. The seminar will be held at the offices of Goldman & Minton PC at 20 South Charles Street, Suite 1201, Baltimore, MD 21202. The seminar will feature "The 10 Basics" for artists in business. These include: registering your art, finding a niche market, documenting your sales, displaying your work, signing a fair agent agreement, limiting your art licenses, bookkeeping, monitoring your rights, policing infringement, and estate planning. The cost for the seminar for members is $20, for non-members $30. Checks can be made out to Art Exposure Inc. Please RSVP to AEArtDealer@aol.com. Parking: There is metered parking on Charles Street and on Redwood Street. Testimonials from attendees: "the legal seminar was excellent...the logistics were handled well...food and meeting location were top rate...(the lawyer) was very informative with the specific legal subjects covered in an easy conversational style...the seminar was close to one-on-one which if replicated could have cost each individual hundreds of dollars."

Marketing Package

This is being offered by Art Exposure Inc. and Purple Dot PR. On a quarterly basis, artists can pay a discounted fee for a PR package that includes: display space in an art opening, listings in media materials, assistance with designing promotional postcards, and assistance with compiling mailing lists. Please contact AEArtDealer@aol.com for more information.

Website Design Package

Artists interested in having a website designed can receive a discounted fee by working with a designer hired by Art Exposure Inc. For more information contact Ann Wiker at 410.404.3587 or AEArtDealer@aol.com

Annual Artists and Venue Appreciation Event

Open to all Art Exposure artists and venue representatives: An annual reception to be scheduled for spring 2008 at One World Cafe on University Parkway. Please come and enjoy meeting other artists and the building managers and business owners who participate in Art Exposure - there will be wine, cheese and of course...artwork! RSVP to AEArtDealer@aol.com or call 410.404.3587

Art Uncorked

Please join us this summer on a date to be scheduled for an evening of art and wine appreciation. Laurie Forster, The Wine Coach, will discuss the finer points of pairing wine with food and Ann Wiker, Art Exposure Inc. will discuss different art styles. Guests will then enjoy visiting "style" stations where art and wine and food have been matched according to their style! Tickets are $75 and can be purchased at . . . www.thewinecoach.com

Mixed Media Art Camp

Experience the magic of puppet making, the joy of painting, the challenge of sculpture, the fantasy of collage-making, and the fun of drawing through the use of multiple art materials! Fee and supplies. Offered several weeks during summer 2008. Sponsored by Howard County Department of Recreation and Parks-Register on-line at www.co.ho.md.us

Masterpieces in Art Camp

Is there a future Picasso in you? Learn to create impressionistic paintings like Monet, portraits like Warhol, and comic strip art like Roy Lichtenstein. You'll learn about several famous artists and create artwork in the same styles they used. Camp includes drawing, painting adn the use of different art mediums. Fee and supplies. Offered several weeks during summer 2008. Sponsored by Howard County Department of Recreation and Parks-Register on-line at www.co.ho.md.us

Drawing and Painting Art Camp

Draw and paint more realistically through the use of multiple materials. Learn shading techniques, perspective, and color mixing while creating portraits, still-lifes and landscapes. Fee and supplies. Offered several weeks during summer 2008. Sponsored by Howard County Department of Recreation and Parks-Register on-line at www.co.ho.md.us

Introduction to Oil Painting

Sponsored by the Creative Alliance at The Patterson in Baltimore, MD 4 Tuesdays, May 20, 2008-Jun 10, 2008 With rich hues, creamy texture, and tremendous range, oils remain king of all media. Instr. Ann Wiker starts with the basics, prepping the canvas and mixing colors, then covers composition, light and shadow.Call 410.276.1651 or visit www.creativealliance.org for registration and materials list. 7-9pm. Adv reg (by May 16) $125, $110 mbrs.of Creative Alliance, Late reg $140, $125 mbrs