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She received her BFA in Painting with a minor in Art History from Maine College of Art \u0026amp; Design. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e_______________________________________\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan data-processed=\"true\" data-wiz-uids=\"gB33R_g,gB33R_h,gB33R_i\"\u003e\u003cspan data-processed=\"true\" data-animation-atomic=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan data-processed=\"true\" data-wiz-uids=\"gB33R_g,gB33R_h,gB33R_i\"\u003e\u003cspan data-processed=\"true\" data-animation-atomic=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMEG'S LIST OF MOST USED\/LOVED TOOLS + MATERIALS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"li1\"\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/goldenartistcolors.com\/products\/golden-artist-acrylics\/open\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e Golden OPEN Slow Drying Acrylics\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ci\u003e Fave colors: Benzimidazolone Yellow; Nickel Azo Yellow;\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eIndia Yellow; Pyrrole Red; Manganese Blue; Ultramarine Blue; Dioxazine Purple; Phthalo Green (Blue Shade); Green Gold; Titan Green Pale; Titan Buff; Van Dyke Brown; Carbon Black; Bone Black, Iridescent Pearl. I learned about monoprinting via gelatin plate with these slow drying acrylics while at the Golden Foundation Residency and have loved the process ever since. \u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"li1\"\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.workingloose.com\/products\/gelli-printing-plate-8-x-10\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eGelatin Plates\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ci\u003e I personally use the 5 x 7 and 8 x 10 plates\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"li1\"\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.homedepot.com\/p\/Bondo-Plastic-Spreaders-3-Pack-0357\/202077789\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eBondo \"Plastic Spreaders\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ci\u003eI prefer to use a squeege than brayer for this, but also use my hands \u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"li1\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eMagic Colored Pencil \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e I love any and all kinds of \"multi-color\" colored pencils (not exactly sure what they're called). Use them all the time for everything.\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"li1\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.workingloose.com\/products\/wooden-palette-knife?_pos=1\u0026amp;_psq=pale\u0026amp;_ss=e\u0026amp;_v=1.0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eMetal Palette Knife\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"li1\"\u003eBlack Nitrile Gloves \u003ci\u003eI prefer black over other colors I've gotten in the past (teal, blue, etc.). Wearing gloves is part of my painting routine (especially a must with oil painting) and couldn't do without them. \u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"li1\"\u003eBlue shop towels (Roll) \u003ci\u003eLove a blue shop towel for all kinds of paint. I love their lifespan and reusability (and of course, the color). \u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"li1\"\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.workingloose.com\/products\/purple-painters-tape-delicate-surfaces\"\u003ePurple Painter's Tape\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ci\u003eThis was introduced to me via James Parker Foley via Jimmy Viera and have been in love since. Extra delicate and even gentler than blue tape (and yes again, the color is a great bonus). \u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"li1\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eRhodia Dot Pad\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e I'm not necessarily brand specific with sketch\/drawing pads, just collect all different kinds over the years, but love this brand and the dotted grid\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"li1\"\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.dickblick.com\/products\/strathmore-300-series-printmaking-paper\/\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eStrathmore 300 Series Printmaking Paper\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ci\u003eThis is what I use for monoprinting\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"li1\"\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/goldenartistcolors.com\/products\/pastel-ground\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eGolden Pastel Ground\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ci\u003eAdmittedly, I use this when oil painting, but I could talk about how much I love this for ages. Used to create a toothy surface for drawing and painting on other kinds of supports. \u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Meg Hahn","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42602285793370,"sku":null,"price":500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0590\/3643\/4522\/files\/Meg-Hahn-July-Monoprint-2-for-Working-Loose-Maine.png?v=1764279672"},{"product_id":"the-farm-at-black-mountain-college","title":"The Farm at Black Mountain College","description":"\u003cp\u003eBlack Mountain College (BMC) was a wellspring of 20th-century creative unorthodoxy. From its founding in 1933 and over its 23 year history, the small liberal arts school in rural North Carolina attracted a jaw-dropping list of famous and soon-to-be famous artists, writers, and visionaries including Anni and Josef Albers, Ruth Asawa, John Cage, Merce Cunningham, Willem de Kooning, Buckminster Fuller, Ray Johnson, Charles Olson, and M. C. Richards. The exploits of these BMC cultural luminaries have been recounted time and time again. This book is different. Through deep original research, The Farm at Black Mountain College follows renegade students, faculty, and farmers as they establish a campus farm in the 1930s, build a better farm in the 1940s, and watch it all collapse in the 1950s. We meet a new cast of BMC characters whose stories have seldom, if ever been explored, and whose adventures in agriculture shine a blazing light on what exactly happened at BMC across the decades; from optimistic community building to its plunge into substance-addled scarcity. The farm was vital to BMC. Throughout the Depression and World War II it provided vital sustenance, while serving as a testing ground for self-sufficiency, communal living, and collaboration—the most precious and precarious ingredient at the college. In these engrossing pages, we encounter the extraordinary folk whose endeavors on the land helped shape the Black Mountain College of myth and extraordinary reality.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDavid Silver\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis professor and chair of environmental studies at the University of San Francisco. He teaches classes on urban agriculture, hyperlocal food systems, and food, culture, and storytelling.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCo-Published\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003ewith Black Mountain College Museum + Art Center.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRelated exhibition\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003ecurated by David Silver and Bruce Johansen, The Farm at Black Mountain College, will be on view at Black Mountain college Museum + Art Center from September 2024 through January 2025.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e- \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFirst Edition\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e7 inches x 9.25 inches\u003cbr\u003e224 pages \u003cbr\u003ePrinted sustainably in Spain\u003cbr\u003eISBN # 978-1-9549571-1-4\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ARTBOOK | D.A.P.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42615363174490,"sku":"theFarm","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0590\/3643\/4522\/files\/FarmatBlackMountainCollege_Working-Loose.webp?v=1765575556"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.workingloose.com\/collections\/gift-guide-1.oembed","provider":"Working Loose","version":"1.0","type":"link"}