FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Date: December 23, 2011
From: Dunedin Fine Art Center
Contact: Ken Hannon @ 727.298.DFAC, x230

FREE Coffee and Conversation with Joseph Weinzettle at the Dunedin Fine Art Center.

Hanging out, drinking delicious coffee, talking about art… ahhhh, that’s the life! Well, that IS the life at least for an hour or so each month at the Dunedin Fine Art Center’s Coffee and Conversation series. Enjoy FREE coffee (Presented by the Sterling Society of DFAC) and FREE insights as each month’s invited guest holds forth on their own area of expertise.

Thursday, January 12, 2012 at 12 noon, the series hosts artist Joseph Weinzettle. Joseph will discuss traditional drawing techniques, how he uses them en plein air and for drawing still lifes in the studio. Working from direct observation, Joseph will also demonstrate several types of drawing techniques during this Jan. 12th presentation.

Joseph Weinzettle has been teaching Basic Drawing at the Dunedin Arts Center since 2009, emphasizing vine charcoal, graphite and brush and ink techniques. His BFA is from the Cooper Union, his MFA is from the University of Mississippi. In 2009, Joseph was awarded Pollock-Krasner and Puffin Foundation grants. In 2010, he was an Artist in Residence in the Everglades National Park, drawing and painting en plein air with traditional techniques. Joseph, a Pittsburgh native, lived in NYC for seven years, and has lived in Florida since 1992.

So stop by for some Coffee & Conversation (both of which are FREE) Or call ahead to the Palm Cafe’ (298.DFAC ext 237) and have lunch waiting for you!

Coffee and Conversation with Joseph Weinzettle – Thursday, January 12, 2012 at 12 Noon.

For more info visit www.dfac.org, call 727-298-DFAC, or email meg@dfac.org

Dunedin Fine Art Center – 1143 Michigan Blvd. – Dunedin, FL 34698