Arts & Entertainment
Array of Light: Art from the Center's Instructors
Check out the artwork of 17 instructors - mixed media, photography, fiber art, and more!

Caton Merchant Family Gallery
center-for-the-arts.org
9419 Battle Street
Manassas VA 20110
703.330.2787
Array of Light
Art from the Center’s Instructors
Exhibit dates: May 15 – June 28, 2019
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Reception: Saturday, May 25, 6-8 pm
The Center for the Arts is proud to present Array of Light: Art from
the Center’s Instructors, an exhibition that celebrates the creativity
and skill of our instructors. The group exhibit features 17 artists that
currently teach or have taught at the Center for the Arts, but it is
only a sample of what our talented art department has to offer. The
artists represent a wide variety of art mediums and applications,
including: digital photography, painting, mixed media, illustration,
fiber art, printmaking, and digital media.
Meet the gifted instructors at the reception Saturday, May 25, 6-8 pm.
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Exhibiting Artists:
Amanda Shaw
Jean Seelig
Annaliess Trommatter
Kimberly Faulkner
Candace Penders
Lee Darter
Carla Jaranson
Lydia Bratton
Carla Riga
Martin Cervantez
Cheryl Miehl
Michele Frantz
Deborah Dismuke
Mike Flynn
Emily Thomson
Suhail Mir
Nicole Osborne
The artists featured in Array of Light teach the following classes at the Center for the Arts:
Amanda Shaw (Children’s mixed media summer camps)
Annaliess Trommatter (Charcoal drawing)
Carla Jaranson (Sumi-e Brush Painting)
Carla Riga (Lotus Leaf Painting)
Cheryl Miehl (Bookmaking, Art Journaling, Mixed Media Acrylics, Printmaking)
Emily Thomson (Figure Drawing, Portraiture, Painting, Illustration)
Jean Seelig (Asian Brush Painting)
Kimberly Faulkner (Art Therapy)
Lee Darter (Fiber Arts, Felting, Meditative Art)
Lydia Bratton (Digital Art, Cartooning, Anime, Mixed Media, Nature Art, 3D Art & Sculpture)
Martin Cervantez (Sculpture, Painting, Abstract Art, Meditative Art)
Michele Frantz (Watercolor & Acrylic Painting, Soft Pastels, Open Studio Art, Calligraphy)
Mike Flynn (Plein Air Painting, Watercolors, Mixed Media)
Nikki Osborne (Digital Media, Animation, Videography, Mixed Media)
Suhail Mir (Photography, Digital Art)
Deborah Dismuke (Oil Painting, Portraiture Painting, Photorealism, Digital Media, Private Lessons, Portfolio Development)
Visit center-for-the-arts.org for more information on classes and programming.
About the Center for the Arts:
Greater Manassas/Prince William County sponsors theatrical
productions for children and adults, teaches arts classes, promotes
visual arts and provides community outreach programs for local youth.
Founded in 1984 by a group of artists and art lovers, the Center aims to
enrich the quality of life in the Northern Virginia suburbs through
arts performance and education. A theater, an art gallery and classrooms
are located in the historic Candy Factory building in Old Town
Manassas, at 9419 Battle Street.