Laura Robert will bring a wide range of salvaged material and everyday objects to the classroom. Inspired by a live model she will lead participants in creating one-of-a-kind sculptures using their imagination and a variety of assemblage techniques.

Robert is an artist, an active member of her community, and a businesswoman. She completed her bachelor’s degree in Art & Psychology from Lesley University. Robert is a co-founder of ArtWellesley, an elected member of both the Wellesley Town Meeting and the Natural Resources Commission, a member of the Wellesley Free Library Art Committee, and works in Financial Services, and Consultative Sales.

Join artist Deborah Drummond and explore gel plate printing, a process for creating papers for collage, bookmaking, cards or final art prints using a commercial gel plate, papers and acrylic paint. We will print on a variety of papers using tools for mark making, stenciling, masking and texturing to transfer onto papers. No previous experience is necessary. All materials will be provided.

Drummond is a Boston area artist who works abstractly in a variety of media including paint, collage, gel plate monoprinting. As a former illustrator and designer she utilizes strong color and shape relationships, balance and randomness while keeping an element of play in the process. She teaches in and around the Boston area.