Canvas Fabrication with Rea Burton

This lab offers an introduction to processes of canvas fabrication.

Painter Rea Burton will guide participants through the process of stretching and preparing canvas for painting, with a focussed discussion on the history and conceptual weighting of painting substrates.

Participants will fabricate and keep a finished canvas, using a range of techniques. Materials will be provided by The Kit.

Key skills

Prepare and stretch a canvas ready for use

The Canvas Fabrication Skills Lab is suitable for early stage artists pursuing a painting practice or those wishing to refresh this.

Biography

Rea Burton (Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Pākehā) is an artist based in Tāmaki Makaurau . She holds an MFA Elam School of Fine Arts (2019) and regularly exhibits nationally and internationally.

Maximum Participants: 10

To sign up for this Skills Lab please email thekit@artspace.org.nz.

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