Melody Weintraub has presented studio workshops and lectures nationally, as well as at the Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia Art Education Associations. She is the current president of the Tennessee Art Education Association. Melody Weintraub’s Online Art Class can be seen on YouTube. Her website, MelodyWeintraub.com, features a blog and examples of her artwork.
This Interlude will include a virtual presentation of Connection, the 10th annual Tennessee ArtEducation Association Member Art Exhibition. Melody Weintraub, current TAEA president, will also present the top awards for the exhibition and recognize those members who had work accepted into the show.
This hands-on watercolor workshop will offer art educators the opportunity to learn some techniques for painting miniature watercolor landscapes on trading cards. The session activities are appropriate for sharing with students from elementary through high school. Participants will need to bring a watercolor palette, a cup of water, a pencil, masking tape, a number two pencil, five trading cards or pieces of watercolor paper (2 ½ by 3 ½ inches in size), a piece of cardboard (8 by 10 inches) on which to tape them, and a craft knife (optional).