College Of Lake County: Workshops To Continue Bringing Waukegan's Art Community Together

Highland Park IL

25 January, 2022

10:31 AM

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Press release from College of Lake County: Jan 24, 2022 Mixed media artist and College of Lake County (CLC) Art Instructor Katrina Davis-Salazar is excited to carry the success and momentum of the first art workshops at the Lakeshore Campus into the next round this winter and spring. The initial workshops last fall exceeded Davis-Salazar's expectations in bringing local artists together after she saw the comradery between individuals.  "Participants not only made connections with the workshop leaders, but also with each other," she said. "It was awesome to see these connections being made in the community."  While she was happy the participants had fun during the workshops, Davis-Salazar was even more excited about the importance the participants placed on the workshops for the health of our community.    "It wasn't just thanks for the free workshops, they also expressed that they feel these workshops are necessary for the community to come together," Davis-Salazar said. "We heard things like 'keep doing this,' 'this is awesome' and 'this is vital.'"    Participation was high, Davis-Salazar said, despite the workshops being new and limitations due to the ongoing pandemic.  There will be four more workshops this spring, two each for Artist to Artist (ATA) and Engaging Art Scholars for Excellence (EASE).  ATA workshops are geared towards adults. The goal of ATA is to connect local artists with CLC, and then to connect one step further with the community.   In each workshop, a CLC instructor will pair up with a talented local artist to teach. This gives those who attend the workshops the opportunity to create connections with both CLC and someone in the community, as well as others around them.  The annual Emerging Artists exhibition, featuring fine art from members of the Robert T. Wright Community Gallery of Art, began Jan. 21 and runs through Feb. 18.  For more information about the workshops, contact Davis-Salazar at (224) 572-7471 or [email protected].  [email protected] This press release was produced by College of Lake County. The views expressed here are the author's own.