From Diablo Magazine
By Tina Barseghian
Meet local artist Laurel True, the creative force behind Oakland’s Institute of Mosaic Art.
For those of us who can barely scratch out a stick figure on paper and are intimidated by any art form, mosaic might be the ideal medium. Even for beginners, the process of creating order (a pattern) out of chaos (broken shards) can be incredibly gratifying.So says Laurel True, a mosaic artist who teaches this ancient art to students of all levels.
In 2005, after 14 years of teaching increasing numbers of students privately, True opened the Institute of Mosaic Art—one of very few such centers in the United States—in Oakland. Since opening two years ago, the school has welcomed more than 4,000 students and visitors from such far-flung places as Australia, Chile, Germany, and Japan to be taught by True and visiting instructors.
Read more here
The Institute of Mosaic Art (www.instituteofmosaicart.com) offers daylong, weekend, and weeklong classes for students of all levels. To see a map of Laurel True’s 22 mosaic installations in the Bay Area, go to www.truemosaics.com.
Filed under: classes, mosaic, mosaic art, mosaic artist | Tagged: mosaic, mosaic art, mosaic artist
