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March 14, 2007

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"Fun of Drawing" Art Show Will Be March 24

A "Fun of Drawing" Art Show featuring students of Elliott Miller’s advanced drawing (portraiture) class will be held on Saturday, March 24, beginning at 12 noon in the Student Center on the campus of Northeast Alabama Community College. The Art Show is open to the public free of charge. Certificates will be awarded to art show winners.

Elliott Robinson, artist and art teacherElliott Miller (pictured at right) is an accomplished professional artist. He began drawing at age five in his hometown of St. Louis, Missouri, and has continued his craft over the past 50 years. He became a professional artist in 1975 while attending Roosevelt University in Chicago. For the next 20 years, he supported his wife and three children on commissions he earned from portraits and landscape paintings. During the 1990s he moved his family to Southern California where became a published artist selling his art prints worldwide, earned an associate degree from Cypress College, was featured in various national art publications (Art Business News and Décor Magazine), and became a much sought-after artist in the popular artists’ mecca of Venice Beach, California. In 2004, he got an unexpected highlight in his career with an appearance on the NBC television show “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” where he performed a quick oil portrait of Ms. DeGeneres’ mom, Betty, for Mother’s Day of that year. That show has 14 million viewers. Among some well known patrons and collectors of his artwork are former Chicago Mayor Harold Washington, jazz songstress Nancy Wilson, Dr. Betty Shabazz, Bill and Camille Cosby, Ms. DeGeneres, and Calvin (Snoop Dogg) Broadus.

In 2005, Miller and his wife relocated to Jackson County, Alabama, where Miller is an art tutor and teaches art at Northeast Alabama Community College. Miller’s "Fun of Drawing" art program at Northeast is for anyone 10 years of age or older who wants to participate in art classes. No experience is required; however experienced artists are also invited to participate. Both basic and advanced instruction are offered and the emphasis in on having fun. Subjects covered are cartooning, landscapes, still life, wildlife drawing, and portraiture. The program also offers abbreviated lessons in art appreciation and art history. The program is available to individuals, groups, and communities and is currently being offered through the Continuing Education Department at Northeast.

The "Fun of Drawing" program was created by Miller because of his awareness that people admire most forms of art, especially drawing. “I believe that most people would like to be an artist,” said Miller. “The problem average people face in terms of being an artist is they think drawing and painting take talent or years of training, or both. The fact is almost anyone who tries hard enough and long enough can draw a simple picture.”

For more information on this program, see the Community Education page.
 

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