AboutSascha ("Ms Manning") comes from a family of professional artists, musicians, and creative entrepreneurs. She studied art independently through seven countries in Europe, and graduated from Marylhurst University in Oregon with a Bachelor’s degree in Fine Art. She has a Master's in Teaching with an art endorsement from George Fox University.
She has taught art at multiple public, private, and charter schools as well founding her own art school, Fine Art Starts: www.fineartstarts.com She was the Director of public and private cultural and art programs at the prestigious Carnegie Center in Oregon City. She served as a board member for the Oregon Art Education Association for two years, and helped begin the "Beyond the Demos" exhibit, where it was first exhibited in the Carnegie Center. Sascha's personal artwork is found in private and University collections mostly on the West Coast. She is most proud of the placement of her artwork (copper drypoint) in the Gordon Gilkey print collection at the Portland Art Museum in Oregon, and her participation in the Baltimore Mural Project through the NAEA (National Art Education Association) in 2011. Sascha has taught many awarded and scholarship-winning students, many of whom have pursued careers in graphic design, animation, and fashion design at reputable schools such as the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising in LA, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Rhode Island School of Design, and Pacific NW College of Art. Sascha currently teaches visual art at Jesuit High School www.jesuitportland.org. and as Adjunct Professor of Art Pedagogy for George Fox University. Her teaching style is infused with Love and Logic, and strongly founded on Discipline Based Art Education (DBAE). She believes art is a basic human instinct and that celebrating creation through art is a pure reflection of the miracle of life itself. Resume below.
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Halloween Windows!Okay...it's true! Halloween is one of my favorite holidays. Each year my daughter and I decorate the front windows of our house. A couple years ago I designed hand-cut paper silhouettes and embellished the work with acrylic paint, tablecloths and napkins. My weekend was filled with fun, art-making hours!
Click on the pics under the slideshow to enlarge. Here is my process, beginning with the initial sketches (step-by-step -ish instructions below)... 1. First, I started with a simple sketch on paper with the same proportions as the window (12x5.5').
2. I edited and changed my first idea, and started a new sketch. 3. Another sketch was created, and more details added. 4. I liked the second sketch, so I gridded it off to transfer to the black tag board panels I temporarily taped up in the window. 5. I used a gray colored pencil to lightly sketch the design, marking the areas to cut out with an 'x'. 6. After we taped up the tag board we used cheap tablecloths from the dollar store to tape behind the design. 7. Finished window! Whoo hoo!! That was about 12 hours of fun art-working! My kids can even peek out from the eye holes are in the tree limbs. Extra spooky! The pics show the view from the inside, through the curtains. Looks WAY better than when it was in process. I wanted the inside to look spooky and mystical through these curtains I found at IKEA. My daughter had fun shredding the bottom part of these! I finished off the front window with twinkie lights...to make it look a little starry! Snow Day!I hope we have another 3.5 day SNOW DAY weekend soon! Here are a few pics of our long weekend adventure at home with family and pets a couple years ago.
The Holidays are Coming!I love Christmas and the cozy winter feeling of being inside when it's cold outside. I love to bake cookies and do creative projects with my kids. Each year I make at least one traditional Gingerbread House. Last year I decided to make a very untraditional one to start off the season in a humorous way. Here are some pics. Oh, and there are two pics of my dog ("Indy") in here...just to show off his festive antlers!
Some Art...These pieces are from a mixed media series using old family photos. They are photo transfers, collage, watercolor pencils, and encaustic (beeswax).
The images below are small 8x8 paintings that were shown in the People's Art Gallery on the 3rd floor of Pioneer Courthouse Square in downtown Portland last December. They were inspired by integrating the postures of magazine models with illustrative, whimsical make-believe characters.
Below are a few bright works I enjoyed making. The bird with windows for wings is one of my favorites because it is about the balance between nature and urban life.
Holiday Treats...YUM!Here are a few tasty goodies I made with my kids last Christmas. Fun (a little funny) and tasty!
Ms. Manning had 2 kids a few years ago!Three Amazing Cats...They love Star Wars...they meow for cat food...but more than anything they LOVE wearing costumes (especially Yoda gear). Here are my three little angels in fur...Froggy, Edward, and Gwain!
Contact Ms. Manning at: [email protected]
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