• Annual Tributaries Project (interdisciplinary project focused on community issues)

*This is a project that anchors the focus of Confluence Studios to the Community at large. At the annual planning meeting, the leadership members and advisory board will meet to discuss suggestions proposed by members for the annual project. This will include monthly events throughout the community to develop awareness and possibilities for solutions through artful practices, exhibitions, performances, and engagements.

 

• Art to the Community

Confluence Studios offers businesses in the community the opportunity to have local artists represented in their workspace. The program also helps member artists to be seen in venues outside of the gallery setting. Artwork is for sale, and businesses are offered a 10% commission if work sells from their space (or a 10% discount on purchase). Work can be changed twice yearly or quarterly as the business or artist requests). Confluence Studios will bring the art to you, professionally hang or display the work, and provide informational tags.

 

• ART and Consequences

  • Art and consequences is aseminar-styled course based on readings and discussion. Each month will explore the fundamental questions of what art does, how it functions, how it shapes (and is shaped by) society, including ideas of truth, science, and politics, and why it has always been an essential human practice. The topics traverse the territory of the Western Canonical Tradition, Eastern Aesthetics, Nomadic Aesthetics, Feminist Theory, and various contemporary topical intersections between art and life playing out in the world today.

• Art Parties

• Are you looking for something fun and something unique for a small group event? Consider an art party. Whether looking for a fun team-building activity, a family get-together, a birthday or holiday celebration, or a friend night out, an art party can help create a lasting memory.  Provide your own food and drinks (if desired), and make a date to make some art. All classes are appropriate for beginners through more experienced makers and for ages 12 and up (younger members can be accommodated with ample adult supervision). Choose from the following options:*Card Making *Collage Challenge *Acrylic Pour Fluid Fun *Marbling on Paper*Gelli Printmaking*Seasonal Crafting Options

 

• Dinner and Conversation

Confluence Studios hosts a quarterly member potluck and conversation event. Some might be in conjunction with guest speakers, current events, or proposed topic of conversation. Members will break bread and chew over ideas as they share food and the gift of one another’s hospitality