Date/Time: Wednesday, March 11, 6:30 PM, MST.
Note: starting in September 2025, TAG’s Speaker Series will occur on the SECOND WEDNESDAY of each month, from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM.
This will be an in-person meeting in the Elm Room at the Clark Park Community Center in Tempe, located on Roosevelt Street (NW of Broadway and Mill in Tempe). Our new meeting room is bright and comfortable place to learn, laugh, eat, and catch up.
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Speaker’s name: Sandra Luehrsen
Speaker’s webpage: https://sluehrstudios.com
Bio:
Sandra Luehrsen was born in Chicago, Illinois. She earned BA and MA degrees from Northern Illinois University and an MFA from Arizona State University (ASU). Luehrsen taught 3D Design as an adjunct faculty member at Mesa Community College for 18 years. She shows her art locally, nationally, and internationally.
The Auckland Institute and Museum in New Zealand, the ASU Art Museum Ceramics Research Center, Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum, the West Valley Art Museum, Mesa Community College, the Cities of Phoenix, Tempe, Peoria, Chandler and Prescott Valley, and many notable private and corporate collections hold Luehrsen’s work.
I left the green Midwest to live in the wild khaki colored desert. Inspired by desert plants, the colors of the land and sky, and a greener past, I use clay sculpture and mixed media prints to create my art. I build trees of life, gardens and skies with suns, planets, and stars with clay.
Title of presentation: Express Your Ideas with 2 and 3D Art Elements
Description of presentation:
Discover ways to express your ideas using a combination of 2D and 3D art. Luehrsen will show you how to form low and high relief objects in clay that can be added to your 2D art. She will also show how she uses photos of her 3D clay wall assemblages in Chine-collé mixed media prints.
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