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Artists At work 42 p o r t l a n d monthly magazine dianehudson glazes washed over selected areas of the art- work resulting in a luminous color bril- liance. Many of my paintings develop from Polaroid snapshots which combined with the old-school glazing technique ignite a fluid hybrid of playful color. Ginn talks about the practical aspects of the studios. Although the city kicks in all artists buy condos at market rate and in- vestment is not spectacular as appreciation is capped at present market rate. The space feels more like Tribeca than Parkside. The archi- tects of 1927 built it as solid as Fort Knox. We feel blessed that its affordable. We are a unique and wonderful group of homo sapiens. Under one enclosed roof the ol middle school cafeteria formula is bound to surfaceespecially among artists where extremes of extroversion and intro- version can create a very dynamic emotion- al barometer Ginn will partner with artist Richard Wilson in January in a group show spon- sored by University of Southern Maine USM and Union of Maine Visual Artists to be exhibited at the Area Gallery on USMs Portland campus. W hen Itchkawich heard about Parkside Studios he had a house on Peaks Island and was living part time in New York City working as a cab driver. He seized the op- portunity. I couldnt live with the fer- ry schedule. Here I was given a chance to make my own world. You get a raw class- room with these really high ceilings you can do what you want and its afford- able. This is the most like a city that Maine has. People talk about Parkside as if its the Bronx but I love it here. And I have parking I didnt become disillusioned with New York but I certainly am happi- er here. Tracy Ginn since 2010 is a 1983 MECA BFA graduate. She comes from a Connecticut family with theater and art backgrounds she now teaches as well as creates fine art. Im lucky to love kids love art love teaching and my job. Describing her paintings I use a Megilp glazing technique popular with Flemish and Renaissance painters. This painting style in- corporates small amounts of color in clear pursuing a career as a crit- ical-care nurse at the time knew she had to right the course. She quit a lucrative job in Worcester Massa- chusetts slashed expenses and pursued studies in clay and drawing at the Kansas City Art Institute BFA and Cranbrook Academy of Art MFA in Michigan at one point apprenticing at Cran- brook with instructormen- tor Tony Hepburn. What a gift to be able to see the world from an artis- tic perspective. My soul always did but I needed help. Prior to Parkside Studios Mahan was living with her sister also an artist in Portland and travel- ing to Sawyer Street Studios in South Portland for her work in clay when she saw an ad in a free weekly. Having a studio right here where I live and my own kiln to use is ideal. Recent exhibits include a National Endowment for the Arts show in Washing- ton DC and at the WEX Global Gallery in South Portland. Among her community- outreach projects is Raising our Voices The Stories of Parkside in Portland and an in- tergenerational project in York. David Itchkawich since 2007 has a BFA from Rhode Island School of Design where he was a European Honors Program student in Rome and Florence. He exhibits yearly at the Greenwich Village Art Show in New York and in multiple collections in- cluding The Metropolitan Museum of Art Smith College Museum of Art Smithsonian American Art Museum and Syracuse Uni- versity Art Gallery. After working briefly in advertising and illustration The New York Times Harp- ers Intellectual Digest Chicago Daily News Itchkawitz turned to etching and drawing. I enjoy making up images out of my own imagination. I call them illustrations for unwritten stories he says showing me a piece he is working on depicting Superman flying in for a landing at the church just out- side his windows. Some soldiers from the Roman army are gathered around the steps. CathleenMahon DavidItchkawich JayLabrie MichelleLeier