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CRVA is now accepting registrations for 2010 classes. CRVA and the Iowa Lakes Community College, through its Continuing Education division, have expanded the Visual Arts offerings.
To register for our Visual Arts courses call 1-800-252-5664 or 712-362-7231 to obtain information on current offerings or view the CRVA Visual Arts offerings in their online catalog. (These classes approved for most Iowa Vocational Rehab students.)
John Brommel Welding Workshop Sign-up
Metal artist John Brommel's work, a Des Moines native, has been creating with carbon steel, stainless steel, brass, copper, aluminum and bronze for over 36 years. John has invented dozen's of unique techniques, such as brass on stainless, seen only on his work. "Much of the welding I have done on electrical generating stations, chemical plants and refineries was 100% X-Ray. This means that every weld was X-Rayed and the result was required to be perfect," says Brommel.
He is consistently coming up with new ideas
to push the boundaries of metal sculpture and the students of the
Curiel-Reynolds School of Visual Arts got their first in-depth look at his
artistry on Labor Day of 2009 when he gave an informal talk about his
techniques.
His presentation was so exciting to all in attendance that we'd like him to
return. If you are interested in his workshop, please call us at
712-580-5035 and place your name on the workshop sign-up sheet. We will
announce date and time of workshop in the near future.
The first day will be all about discussion. In the morning he will teach a
class focused on the professional welder that would like to improve their TIG
and X-Ray welding skills to ultimately produce clean, precise welds on any
metal. In the afternoon of the first day Brommel will focus more on using
these same welding skills to create fine art.
The second day will be 100% hands-on for the students -- working side-by-side
with this remarkable metal artist. A minimum of 10 students are
necessary.
This photo with the artist and his art is a portion of the sculpture "Pulling Together". The entire piece can be viewed online at: www.myspace.com/johnbrommel