Jeanne Tanks, FCCA Member Artist:

Teacher-of-Art; Jeanne's website, Facebook(s), Twitter(s).  Please scroll down to see workshops, classes, and exhibits.

Jeanne Marie Tanks of Glass Aglow Studio & Network-Learning Art School is a professional artist with over 40 years experience teaching 2-D & 3-D art subjects, including pinhole & traditional black/white photography and darkroom procedures; intaglio, block, silk-screen, and monotype printmaking; oil, watercolor, and encaustic painting; stone, clay, fiber, metal, wax, and stone sculpting; tapestry and surface design (specifically silk).  However, Jeanne is most widely known for her work in heat-formed and manipulated glass.  For the last 14 years, she has become a leading specialist in the area in kiln-formed glass art.  Her artwork has been jurored into numerous shows in VA, NC, MD, FL, NY, AZ, NM, & MI, where many pieces of her artwork have received numerous awards, and many are in private collections across the USA.  Artist Statement  Goal

Most current Classes/Workshops Jeanne Teaches @FCCA:
       Computer Graphic Arts/Principles of Design/Digital Photography with Jeanne Tanks September 9,'10 - June 9, '11 (in-process);
     Digital Photography/Intro-Computer Graphics June-Aug '10 (completed);
     Intro/Intermediate-Computer Graphic Arts Sept '09-Aug '10-Present Day (closed to new students);
     & Web Design/Building  workshop October 18-22, '10

In past has taught Subtractive Sculpting in the FCCA garden;  and
free workshops on Encaustic Painting, Elements/Principles of Design, & Color Theory for FCCA Docents & other FCCA Members.

 
Teaches @Glass Aglow Studio:
     Kiln-forming Glass (on-going/often);
     Kiln-forming Glass & Metal (on-going/often);
     Champlevé, & Cloisoné;
     Silk painting daycamp;
     Encaustic painting
     Web Designing/Building/Maintaining Nov 15-19, '10  &  Jan 10-14, '11.

     Painting Sessions

     Subtractive Sculpting

Teaches @Grace Center for the Arts:
     June 21-25, '10 Traditional Photography & Darkroom Procedures;

Taught @Glass Aglow Studio:
     Sept '09-May '10: Exploratory Studio Art;
     Subtractive-Sculpting;
     Glass & Metal;

Taught @Grace Center for the Arts:
     Sept '09-May '10: Exploratory Studio Art.

Exhibits:

ArtSpark II at Ginter Place, Richmond, VA over Valentine weekend 2-11;

Members' Annual Christmas Art Show-n-Sell 12-10;

"Reflections of Youth" (oil paints permanently kiln-fused into glass panel) juried into FCCA "Reflections" National Art Exhibit 7-10;

ArtSparks in Richmond, VA 4-10;

Invited to join Mixed Media Experience in University Cafe 12-09;

Invited to show her glass with VA Artists of Richmond 10-30-09 thru 11-1-09;

Three Moon Eve'n juried into FCCA October Regional 10-09;

& Mama's Apple Cider & Coi Play (awarded 1st place) juried into FCCA "Layers" National Art Exhibit 9-09;

Ready for the Reaper juried into August Regional Art Exhibit at FCCA 8-09;

Jeanne's work juried in FCCA Members' Gallery with "I Come to the Garden" art exhibit 7-09;

"Oh to be Cool Again" exhibit in Main CRRL Atrium 7-09;

Dance of the Butterfly, juried into FCCA "Visual Melodies" National Art Exhibit 6-09;

Jeanne invited to show at WideRiver Gallery, Colonial Beach "At the Water's Edge" 6-09;

Lumiere de L'amour juried into FCCA February Regional Art Exhibit 2-09;

 Coi Pool juried into FCCA Special Invitational 6-08;

Playful Courting juried into FCCA April Regional 4-08;

and others not recorded on this website.