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    Brattleboro Reformer (Vermont)
    May 24, 2007 Thursday

    Painter to be in residence in Putney this weekend



    PUTNEY -- As part of the Putney Daze Celebration this Memorial Day
    weekend, Village Arts of Putney will feature award-winning painter
    Hagop Keledjian as artist-in-residence at The Putney Inn & Gallery,
    on Sunday, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

    This will be an opportunity for artists, students and art lovers to
    meet Keledjian, a master oil painter, who will also be offering two
    introductory Painting From Life classes in June. In these classes,
    participants will acquire a taste of the technical, emotional and
    intellectual approaches to oil painting from life through still-life,
    portrait and landscape painting.

    Introductory sessions will include demonstrations followed by
    one-on-one instruction and critiques. Keledjian is interested in
    developing two serious groups of painters to work with on an ongoing
    basis several times a month, similar to The Putney Painters of which
    he has been a member since 2001. Students may choose from one or two
    Tuesdays per month or one or two Saturdays per month.

    Originally from the Soviet Union, Keledjian began his artistic
    training at age 12 when he entered the School of Painting for Young
    Artists in Soviet Armenia. He was later accepted at the Apramhamian
    Art Studio. There he was schooled in traditional techniques for
    painting from life using conceptual and technical methods of Spanish,
    Russian and French Impressionism. In 1981 he immigrated to the United
    States with his family, settling in Watertown, Mass. He has painted
    with renowned artists Richard Schmid and Nancy Guzik since 2001 and
    has been recognized as a master painter with work in the collection
    of the Armenian Library and Museum of America.

    Introductory to Painting From Life will be held Tuesday, June 5, and
    Saturday, June 9, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuition is $75 per day. Call
    Village Arts of Putney at 802-387-8548 or e-mail [email protected]
    for more information and a materials list.
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