about the Ed Wards Project
Art can change everything and a person's creative process will guide them, in their own time and in their own way. The Ed Wards Project was inspired by Nebraska wildlife artist Charlotte Edwards. In her memory, Charlotte’s family wanted to help fund art education at West Nebraska Arts Center. Charlotte began painting at the age of 27 with very limited supplies using a window shade, 10 cent brushes, and paint she begged from the local lumberyard. The pseudonym Ed Wards started because she thought it was a cute and clever play on her name. As she became more aware of the realities of being a female painter in a man’s world, she decided to continue to use the signature Ed Wards. It is a symbol of her desire to show them what a woman could accomplish.
Her wildlife artwork continued to evolve as she used her own photography as reference and raised turkeys, pheasants, quail, ducks to study the details of the animals she was painting. This class will cover several different artists of the past and their techniques. We hope to awaken a artic style that is unique and special to the artists that come. It’s a drop - in class but we do encourage attending every session because students then build up on what they are creating .
about the Instructor: Kathy Edwards
Kathy Edwards has a Master of Education and a Bachelor of Arts & Business Administration. She taught at the Converse county School District #1 and the Eastern Wyoming College for 12 years. She taught electronic artwork, watercolor, acrylic, pastel, alcohol ink, and more. She has shown in the Vera Dulaney Memorial Art Show at Oregon Trail Days and is having a show at the West Nebraska Arts Center in coming years. To give you a taste of some of her experience, she judged for the Open Fine Arts division at the Wyoming State Fair and the Mural at the Boys & Girls Club. She is a co-designer for the Industrial Development Brochure, and she designed the highway signage for the Village of Morrill . She is an expectational artist with a great knowledge of art. We could not be happier that she is sharing her talents and wisdom with us. She is very excited to see what the students are interested in creating this year!
Date of Class
Sessions will most likely be held on most Wednesdays. However, this year the teacher, Kathy, would like to see what the students would like to do. She will be having her first class September 4th at 4pm - 5:30pm. After this first class, the teacher will have a better understanding of when the class will be. There will be no classes in December.
Cost of class:
for member it is $10 per class and non - members are $15 per class.
Scholarships are available for those who wish to take the class but cannot afford to. Please come ask about our scholarships, we are here to help!
Payments are due at the beginning of each class.
We accept cash, check and card.
Please fill out registration form below.
Sponsored by:
Charlotte Edwards & Family
