Margaret Keelan Download

Saturday, Dec. 5th

1 pm – 4 pm: Margaret Keelan Workshop

*Times are Pacific Standard Time

Margaret Keelan will be demonstrating how she constructs her signature 31 inch standing figures. Demonstrations will cover making an interior removable armature, modeling and hollow building techniques, texturing and use of press molds.

This softening and reduction of form so that its essential nature is revealed is a metaphor Keelan uses for life being lived, an exploration of the process of growing up and growing older. Her latest sculptures recall the Santos figures of Mexico and Central America that incorporate a reproduced 19th century doll head. Although her figures echo contemporary concerns, the borrowing of earlier styles gives them more of a timeless quality. Directly taught under Joe Fafard and Marilyn Levine, Keelan continues their legacy as the Associate Director of Sculpture at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, CA.