HANDS ON WORKSHOP with Artist Asia Scudder
Thursday, September 11, 2025, 6:00-8:30pm
Class fee: $65, material fee: $15
All skill levels welcome.
Join artist Asia Scudder for a unique, tactile exploration of shape, form, and creative suspension using one of the simplest and most expressive materials: wire.
We'll begin with a 30-minute discussion on the interplay between space, tension, and form — how shapes relate to one another, how negative space creates balance, and how tension lives between the lines we draw (or bend) in space. Drawing inspiration from both classical sculpture and modern abstraction, Asia will guide participants through thinking about how a line can move in three dimensions, how form interacts with emptiness, and how simplicity can carry emotional weight.
Then, participants will learn how to create their own small wire sculptures — whether a symbolic object, a “drawn” face in space, or an abstract form. The session emphasizes personal expression, ease of materials, and the joy of creative exploration. No previous art experience is needed — only curiosity and a willingness to try.
Participants Will:
Gain an understanding of visual tension, line, and negative space in composition
Learn how to safely and easily work with aluminum wire
Create one or more small wire sculptures to take home
Leave with a greater appreciation for form, balance, and the meditative quality of hands-on art
About the Artist:
Asia Scudder is a visual artist, landscape designer, and founder of Asia Scudder Design Studios. With over 25 years of experience, she creates elegant, sustainable pieces that integrate the beauty of natural forms with sculptural presence. Her work bridges organic structure with abstraction, and she brings warmth, reflection, and clarity to all her creative offerings.
Contact and sign up: chalkgalleryinfo@gmail.com
Calling all poets & poetry listeners
Poetry Reading responses to “In the Realm of Myth & Archetype” on Sunday, September 14, 2025, at 2pm in the gallery
If you are a poet, please stop into the gallery between Sept. 1-14, and respond in poetry to the wire sculptures by Asia Scudder.
Then please join us for the poetry reading Sunday to share your poetic work. Some of you may respond to the titles, some of you may be moved by the writings that accompany each of the sculptures, written by Asia. We will have the artist present!
Some of you may respond simply to the idea of myth or archetypes. All are welcome. Light refreshments offered. Free event - please sign up at chalkgalleryinfo@gmail.com.