March 25, 2024: Inside Fruit: Painting From the Inside
Triptychs: Creating in Threes February 2024
During our first watercolor workshop of 2024, we will learn to use the idea of triptychs, a painting made up of three sections.
Triptychs: Creating in Threes
Learn To Create Beautiful Watercolor Paintings
All Skill Levels Welcome
Monday, February 26th, 6:30 – 7:30 pm EST
$25/class
About the Artist: Megan Jefferson
I attended Miami University and received a BFA, with a focus in painting and have been a practicing artist for 20 years. I am a colorist with a keen interest in the beauty of nature. My paintings are ethereal, they invoke a sense of peace, wonder and stillness.
For me, inspiration comes from the light hitting the distant land, amazing flowers and flora all around us and the infinite colors in the sky.
As a painter, I am much more interested in how the experience of creating feels and the alignment of it being joyful, at ease and flowing, than I am about the outcome being a direct result of a perfect depiction of subject matter. Painting is a graceful dance that keeps me focused in the moment and allows creation to happen from a calm and centered place.
One of the beautiful things about watercolor is that is forces me to work in the moment, to consider every stroke and proceed by allowing the material to behave in its natural way. The water and colors pool, drip, merge and blend. The outcome of this essence is unpredictable, bringing the joy of surprise.
I sell my work regionally and nationally online and in local galleries.
You can find more of my work here:
Instagram: megsjlart
March 8, 2024: The Lunar Codex: Artists, Authors, Filmmakers, and Musicians Dream
Friday, March 8, 2024 1 to 2pm est
daVinci Art Science Roundtable –
The Lunar Codex: Artists, Authors, Filmmakers, and Musicians Dream
daVinci Art Science Roundtable
The daVinci art science roundtables are a facilitated monthly series of exploratory discussions for artists and scientists to talk about the culture of their two fields and how they might collaborate more meaningfully. Ultimately, the discussions also explore how collaborations intersect with public understanding of science. The roundtables began with the basic assumptions that discussion between the artists and scientists had the potential to create new knowledge and ideas that would be of interest to the participants and eventually to the public as well.
On November 16, 2022, the Orion spacecraft launched on NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS), orbiting the Moon and returning to Earth on December 11, in the first of NASA’s Artemis missions.
For NASA’s moon landings, and for the Lunar Codex, this was a prelude: Along with other payloads, Orion carried a flash drive that included “Three Faces of the Moon” – a series of poems which will be archived on the surface in a 2024 mission by the Lunar Codex.
All in all, the Lunar Codex comprises six time capsules, each launched by a different mission.
Join us for this free event on Friday, March 8, 2024 from 1pm to 2pm EST.
February 9, 2024: The Arts, Creativity, and Changing Perspective
Friday, February 9, 2024 1 to 2pm est
daVinci Art Science Roundtable –
The Arts, Creativity, and Changing Perspective
daVinci Art Science Roundtable
The daVinci art science roundtables are a facilitated monthly series of exploratory discussions for artists and scientists to talk about the culture of their two fields and how they might collaborate more meaningfully. Ultimately, the discussions also explore how collaborations intersect with public understanding of science. The roundtables began with the basic assumptions that discussion between the artists and scientists had the potential to create new knowledge and ideas that would be of interest to the participants and eventually to the public as well. Building upon our past Roundtables on Neuroscience, the arts, and the brain we will begin our conversation with a discussion of a piece written by one of our members, Dr. Afsana Elanko on the arts, creativity, and changing perspective. Come prepared to reflect on the links between mental health and creativity. Join us for this free event on Friday, February 9, 2024 from 1pm to 2pm EST.
January 12, 2024: The Convergence of Art and Neuroscience
Friday, January 12, 2024 1 to 2pm est
daVinci Art Science Roundtable –
The Convergence of Art and Neuroscience
daVinci Art Science Roundtable
The daVinci art science roundtables are a facilitated monthly series of exploratory discussions for artists and scientists to talk about the culture of their two fields and how they might collaborate more meaningfully. Ultimately, the discussions also explore how collaborations intersect with public understanding of science. The roundtables began with the basic assumptions that discussion between the artists and scientists had the potential to create new knowledge and ideas that would be of interest to the participants and eventually to the public as well. We have amazing eyes. What we can see with the unaided eye is only a small fraction of what is possible to see with the aid of simple devices and techniques. From simple magnifying glasses to telescopes, microscopes, special cameras, and spectroscopes we are able to greatly expand our knowledge of ourselves and of the world around us. Join us for this free event on Friday, January 12, 2024 from 1pm to 2pm EST.
