{"id":51277,"date":"2019-11-21T12:23:48","date_gmt":"2019-11-21T18:23:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=51277"},"modified":"2019-11-21T12:23:54","modified_gmt":"2019-11-21T18:23:54","slug":"kansas-artists-and-craftsmen-association-holds-annual-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=51277","title":{"rendered":"Kansas Artists and Craftsmen Association Holds Annual Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

BY ALEX JUAREZ<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Friday of November 15th<\/sup> and Saturday, November 16th<\/sup>, the Kansas Artists & Craftsmen Association (KACA) hosted their 54th<\/sup> annual conference at Ottawa University in Ottawa Kansas. Artists and art students from all over Kansas came to experienced workshops of professional artists working in types of 3-dimensional media where the group gained professional guidance to became better with their work of art. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the conference, participants engaged in bidding to a silent auction on items that artists created. The workshops showcase the artists\u2019 techniques through clay, metal, wood, jewelry, glass, mixed media and more. This year featured artists were Mark and Bambi Freeman, a married couple from Ellinwood, Kansas that shares their art pieces from national art fairs and workshops. Mark\u2019s artworks contribute the works of ceramic pots, while Bambi decorates images of ceramic vessels and together, both creates a highlighted manipulation of ceramics and process both glazing and firing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There were other workshops from professional artists that shows and displays how we can create art from different media. One of which is Dr. Steven Boese, who works his art pieces of woodworking with combining his interest in both science and art to create steam-bending in wood and enjoys his free time creating it. In his workshop, he shows how participants can make our own space with woodworking skills at home with the basic materials for everyday purposes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n