Announcing Three New Faculty Artists at IS183 Art School
Join IS183 Art School in welcoming our three new Faculty artists, Victoria Fiorini, Emma Rothenberg-Ware, and Merudjina Normil. Each of these artists are offering courses in their prospective mediums this winter and spring.
Victoria Fiorini (she/her) works with metals that magnify the beauty of our Earth. Modeled, cast and shaped with her two hands, she turns these forged-by-the-universe elements into wearable sculpture. Victoria is inspired by the desire to create comfortable, meaningful jewelry. Creating pieces who’s beauty lies in the raw materials or what they represent. As a trained designer who always holds true that great design is invisible, she strives to make pieces whose top priority is how they feel and interact with the human form. Comfort, usefulness, meaning and foresight of the piece's interaction with its surroundings in its final form are how she measures the success of a piece. She aims to share these insights as well as her skills in her offered courses “Lost Cast Waxing: Simple Shape Pendant Necklace with Engraving” (February 17), “Lost Cast Waxing: Soft Wax Stud or Hoop Earrings” (March 17), “Lost Cast Waxing: Textured Band” (April 21), and “Lost Cast Waxing: Signet Ring” (May 19).
Victoria Fiorini
Emma Rothenberg-Ware (she/her) is a photographer living and working in the Berkshires. Emma has identified as a creative and an artist since she was young and has learned and created with various mediums throughout her years. Along the way she was inspired to dive deeper into photography and attended the Hallmark Institute of Photography, where she graduated in 2013. Emma’s two upcoming photography classes are “Light and Composition for Creative Entrepreneurs” (February 17) and “Getting the Most Out of Your Candid Portraits” (March 14).
Emma Rothenberg-Ware
Merudjina Normil (she/her/they/them) is a Black Haitian-American, non-binary multi-medium & multi-dimensional artist currently residing in Pittsfield, MA. They are an alumni of Williams College and Pittsfield High School. They are interested in how different mediums can tell a story and hold a story. They see art as a medium of healing and community. Art is a reminder that the process is about moving through and allowing time to see, to be, and to heal. As an interdisciplinary artist, they strive to challenge the perception that artists are married to one medium. They work with audio, video, movement, painting, and drawing. Merudjina is offering courses such as “Intro to Painting” (March 8) and “Intro to Colored Pencils” (March 30).
Merudjina Normil