Art League welcomes Dana Point artist Carolyn Machado
Dana Point-based mixedmedia artist Carolyn Machado will be the guest at the Art League meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 11, at 7 p.m. in Clubhouse 4.
Art-lovers may have seen Machado’s works at the Festival of the Arts in Laguna Beach this past summer. According to her website, her art is about “recycling the odd yet precious things that I have very carefully collected over the years.” Machado intentionally mixes recyled materials into her works, and celebrates the natural aging process in all her chosen items. “I find such an overlooked beauty in the various stages and imperfections that come with the passage of time,” she writes. “The challenge is always to find beauty and harmony and perhaps a story in things so easily discarded by others.”
Machado finds her assemblages form vignettes. “Sometimes they tell a story, and sometimes they give a moment of pause, a moment of universal personal reflection,” she says on www.machadoart.net. “For me, these works are my visual expression of my personal lyricism.”
All league members and friends are welcome to attend the meeting and live demonstration. Members are also invited to participate in the theme competition, titled “Winter.” All entries must be submitted by 6:30 for judging.
