Join YAMES for a 3-day workshop learning the basics of Sign Painting and Surface Gilding Gold Leaf.
Over the course of 3 Sundays in November, participants will learn the skills at his studio in the Niagara Frontier Food Terminal.
Click the link below for more info and to sign up today!
Thanks to The Generator Fund by BICA and The Warhol Foundation, I am able to offer some participants the ability to participate at no cost to them. If the cost of the workshop is a barrier to you being able to participate, please fill out the form and submit it before October 26th.
February of 2024, I created a pair of these Simon Pure gold leaf glass signs. It had always been a desire of mine to create reproduction artworks like I’ve made at workshops with my friends & mentors Dave Smith & Gregg Heger.
Thanks to friend and fellow artist Andy Krzystek, I was given the chance to dig in the archives of the Buffalo History Museum and create a piece for their 2024 Paint the Town fundraiser based on the collection.
I chose the William Simon brewery because they were one of the oldest breweries from the Queen City, even surviving Prohibition by making “near beer.”
My piece was raffled by the museum in an effort to make the auction affordable to all people in Buffalo and beyond. The lucky winner was a volunteer for the Paint the Town event. Taking part in this fundraiser was such an enjoyable experience and I look forward to next year!
