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Third Annual Exquisite Corpse Exhibition and Day of the Dead Altars

Come to Ramona Town Hall dressed up as your favorite dead person, famous or not, and see some unique art exhibits.

Then check out a unique exhibit by artists Regina Wilson; Deb Briggs; Antonia Cosentino; Nancy Ferguson; Karen James; Ralph Jenson; Bob Norman; Tracy Potter; Kathi Rothe; Paula Riddle; Lark Burkhart; Zoe McClellan; Marsha Cook; and Helen Wilson.

The exhibit was made from the game "Exquisite Corpse," thought of by artist Helen Wilson, which includes the group of artists collecting images and assembling them to form bodies.

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This group take a body that's broken into proportionally correct sheets of paper, i.e. the head is around 1/8 of the body. First they word associated body parts to warm up. (For example, what does an arm make you think of?) Then they all draw, one body part at a time. The results are then put on the floor where each of the artists chose a body, one part at a time.

Every artists went home with his or her body and will reassemble for the exhibition. Once home, their body was the inspiration for a piece of art. Everyone is working with a 2’ x 4’ format, but materials are open ended. No one has seen all the finished work.

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The group of artists are also constructing Day of the Dead Altars. The group will be building artistic altars to people or causes that are important to them.

Come see these unique and Halloween-themed exhibits from the mixed-medium artists.

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