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Robin Douglas

Current Events

Please see the below virtual and in person offerings for you to enjoy!

Art Themes...A Lecture Series at Osher

5 Wednesdays March 10th (skip March 31st) until April 14th from 9:30-11:30 via zoom

Join Robin Douglas for a five part series covering: What paintings really say, the art of collecting and art collectors, graffiti art, self-taught painters, surrealism

Great Women Artists: Then and Now (Part II)

March 11th 7-8:30 pm at OMA Online

In association with the upcoming Twenty Women Artists: NOW exhibition at OMA, join Robin Douglas for the second of her riveting lectures highlighting the powerful contributions of women artists throughout the ages, from ancient creators to the Renaissance to the groundbreaking geniuses of the 20th and 21st centuries. Hear their stories, discover their artwork, and enjoy hidden treasures along the way. Connect with us via your computer or personal device as we celebrate the ever-evolving legacy of women in the arts working at the highest level of professional creativity.

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Virtual Two-Day Workshop: Fixing the Image

March 16th and 18th, 1:00-3:00pm at OMA Online

Ever since the camera was invented, artists have been compelled to enhance, correct, and augment images of the world around them. Join Robin Douglas for this two-day multi-media exploration to combine and re-contextualize images, both real and imagined, appropriated and applied for your own unique works of art. Drawing inspiration from artists such as Deborah Roberts, Hannah Hoch, Ellen Gallagher, and Lorna Simpson, experiment freely with photographs as well as other sourced materials to make fresh and powerful imagery.

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Virtual 2021

Robin will be teaching at Oceanside Museum of Art, Osher's Lifelong Learning Program, and speaking at Rotaries and Book Clubs. To learn more about OMA or become a member click here. To become a member of Osher (to register for courses) click here.

About

Robin Douglas

Robin Douglas has taught art for 47 years at every level and venue - including 36 years as an Art Professor at the School of Art and Design at the University of Illinois-Champaign Urbana. She taught many studio and art history courses. Some of her service included the positions of the Associate Director of the School, the Graduate Coordinator and the Program Chair of Art Education, Study Abroad Coordinator, University Senator and a member of the Scholar’ Faculty and was titled a University Distinguished Faculty Member.

While at the university Robin was also a board member of the Spurlock museum, the Krannert art museum and the Urbana Arts Council. Her own art work is in many private and public collections.

Currently she presents a variety of art studio workshops monthly and gives art related lectures at the Oceanside Museum of Art. She serves on the OMA museum board and several committees-including the Art Education and Art Auction committee.

Robin also gives tours to adults, school and scouting groups and arranges tours to Los Angeles art museums.

She is a recurring lecturer at LIFE (Learning is for Everyone) a program focused on Senior learning at Mira Costa College, Osher Life Long Learning Institute, a UC San Diego Extension, San Diego Rotary Chapters, Beta Delta & Eta Eta, and the Oceanside Museum of Art (OMA). She received OMA's medal of distinction in 2018 for her outstanding contributions to art education at the Oceanside Museum of Art.

Robin, her husband, and family travel constantly to conduct research at several art museums keeping current with the art world.

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You can look at a picture for a week and never think of it again. You can also look at the picture for a second and think of it all your life.

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Email Robin to request lectures, workshops, or to book a private tour or trip for your group. She is also available for individual or group critiques as well as serving as a juror for art shows. Her private commissions hang in private homes, hotels, universities, and corporate buildings.