December 1st, 2009 :: PROGRAMS
Arts4Kids
Airbrush Graffiti
With William Estep
Dec. 19th, 2009 from 1 - 2:30 PM
Kingsport, Tenn. (Nov. 30, 2009) –The Arts Council of Greater Kingsport’s Arts4Kids Program will be sponsoring youth workshops with local artist William Estep. William will be working with Arts4Kids Club members at the Kingsport Renaissance Center on Saturday, December 19th from 1 - 2:30 PM in an exploration of airbrush as art. Participants will learn about airbrush mechanics, paint atomizing, and basic airbrush drawing techniques. Each child will use these airbrush techniques in a graffiti style to create a work of art on an object of his or her choosing. Arts4Kids Outreach workshops will be creating life size, graffiti style murals to hang at each respective location. The mural workshops will be at the Riverview Boys and Girls Club on Friday Dec. 4th, at Girls Inc. on Friday Dec. 11th, and at Holly Hills and Cloud Boys and Girls Clubs on Dec. 18th.
William Estep grew up in Kingsport, TN and attended Dobyns-Bennett High School. During his 10th grade year he discovered a clogged airbrush among the schools equipment and the rest is history. William is self taught and has over 27 years of experience. He has worked extensively with NASCAR, and has created commissioned murals in both Johnson City and Piney Flats. He has traveled all over the United States working but says he always ends up back home in East Tennessee. Currently he owns his own shop in Johnson City, Estep Customs.
Arts4Kids Club is an introductory arts program for children ages 6-12 presented by the Arts Council of Greater Kingsport. Arts4Kids Club registration is $20 for the school-year program, or $5/individual workshop. The program is designed to expose children to a wide variety of arts and encourage their life-long pursuit of creative endeavors. For more information or to join, visit the Arts4Kids section of our website at www.kingsportARTS.org. The Arts4Kids program is funded under agreement with the State of Tennessee, the Tennessee Arts Commission and the National Endowment for the Arts, as well as, the Kingsport Community Foundation (a fund of the East Tennessee Foundation), Eastman Chemical Co., the City of Kingsport, and other local sponsors.
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