Water Street Studios gallery to host artist talk Saturday

All three artists from Water Street Studios' current exhibition, "Studio Conversations: Narratives," will offer an "Artist Talk" discussing and answering questions about their work and collaborative process.

Come hear Mary Bookwalter, Janice Meister, and Carol Weber, who have been friends for more than 20 years, discuss how their collective studies, discussions, and critiques of each other's art impacts their work and shapes their exhibition.

The "Artist's Talk" will be held from 3 to 4 p.m. Saturday, July 23, at Water Street Studios main gallery, 160 S. Water St. in Batavia. There is a $5 suggested donation.

The show will continue to be on view through Aug. 7 during regular gallery hours from 1 to 9 p.m. Fridays, and noon to 4 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays.

To learn more, go to the event's Facebook page or visit www.facebook.com/waterststudios/.

Check out the new catalog of art classes for the fall session at Water Street Studios School of Art. They have many art teachers returning, and several new classes have been added.

Classes from September to December include: A Farewell to Summer: Capture that Beach Memory in Glass; Art Explosion, Beyond Beginner Metalsmithing, Cold Connections in Jewelry Fabrication, Contemporary Collagraphs, Copper Etched Pendants, Copper Keepsake Trinket Box, Encaustic Printing with Collage, Etching Workshop, Full STEAM Ahead, Gelli Workshop, Hollow Glass Beads and Blown Vessels, Intro to Glass Beadmaking, Intro to Torch Fired Enameling, Kandinsky Kids, Kids Play with Clay, Let's Letter, Let's Get Surreal, Linocut Collage Lab, Metalsmithing for Jewelry, Mini Matisse, Mini Muralist Class, Mixed Media Encaustic Workshop, Oil Painting, Resin Pendants, Screen Print, Watercolor Foundations, Welding, and Wheel Throwing for Teens. For details, call (630) 761-9977 or visit www.waterstreetstudios.org.