GALLERY
THE STUDIO SPOTLIGHT:
Highlighting the work of one, from over 75 Interact visual artists
The Studio Spotlight highlights the work of featured Interact Studio artists. A small sample of their work is included here and is available for purchase. You can see more work by this and other Interact visual artists with a personalized gallery visit tailored to your interests. Please contact Stephanie at 612-339-5145 or stephanie@interactcenter.com to schedule your visit.
The Interact Studio is home to artists with disabilities from all backgrounds and all ages. We offer an exciting season of exhibitions in the Interact Gallery, and our work is shown in a number of outsider and visionary arts collections. The Studio provides accessible work space and professional art supplies to facilitate painting, drawing, sculpture, clay, textile work and other media. Artists are trained and supported through the long process of artistic growth and are paid commissions on the sale of their artwork.
To purchase this art or schedule a visit to see and learn more, contact Stephanie at
612-339-5145, or stephanie@interactcenter.com
SPOTLIGHT ON: Janice Essick
Janice Essick was born and raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. A self-taught artist, Janice joined Interact in 2005 to pursue her passion for painting and drawing, which she discovered in high school. Janice has built an impressive body of work since beginning her career at Interact. Her preferred mediums are ink and acrylic, though she excels equally in watercolor and colored pencil.
With her lunchbox and purse always close by her side, Janice sits quietly and focuses intently on what she sees before her. Largely inspired by the portraiture of master artists and well known photographers, Janice’s body of work is full of captivating gazes often somber in feeling. Over the past year, she has begun to shift her focus in subject, and is spending more time on acrylic abstracts and landscapes, experimenting heavily with color and brush stroke.
Janice’s work is consistently shown in the Interact Gallery. In 2009, she was one of four Interact studio artists selected to participate in FAME (Fine Artist Mentorship Experience), during which time she was mentored by local artist Janet Lobberecht. More recently, one of Janice’s works was shown at Form and Content Galley in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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Interact Studio mounts professional public exhibitions each year in the Interact Gallery, along with special exhibition events in invited venues throughout the metro area. Because artists with disabilities face even greater economic and space/mobility challenges than most mainstream artists, Interact provides generous, accessible studio space and all necessary art supplies to facilitate painting, drawing, sculpture, clay, textile work and other media. We provide a full roster of visual arts seminars, guided by six professional staff as well as guest artists, in areas such as life drawing, mosaic, art history, sculpture and multi-media forms. Artists are trained and supported through the long process of aesthetic maturation and evolution, and they are challenged to complete work for Interact's exhibition season.
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