“Family heirloom art” strengthens all generations

By Elizabeth Ussher Groff

The Bee, Oct 3, 2007, Updated Oct 30, 2009

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For the past eight years, Kagan has shared her philosophy and artistic approach by teaching children, teens, and adults in a variety of settings in Portland: The Oregon College of Arts and Crafts, Buckman Elementary School, the Children’s Museum Art Studios, Saturday Academy, and Willowbrook Center for the Development of Human Potential. For three years she served as director and art teacher at Augustana Academy in Northeast Portland.

Currently she offers art residencies — including family heirloom art, painting, drawing, mask-making and more, for school and community programs throughout the Portland area. She recently worked with the Multnomah County Caregivers Support Group Program, doing art therapy for caregivers of Alzheimers patients.

Now Kagan brings her experience to the Woodstock Community Center, offering a class on family heirloom art. “We will learn how to combine reproductions of family photographs and painting illustrations to create a series of narrative images. Students will also have the option of writing stories to accompany their artwork and combine them to make an illustrated family history book,” she says.

Kagan emphasizes that people do not have to be established artists to take the class. She believes that everyone has the potential for creativity, and that family heirloom art created through this series of eight classes can have a strong impact on children and grandchildren, as well as on class participants.

Visit the Internet website: www.LisaKaganDesigns.com to view a sample illustrated family history book, and to learn more about family heirloom art services and classes.

The weekly “Heirloom Art” class begins on Monday, October 15th, 1 to 3 pm, at the Woodstock Community Center. The class fee is $55 for eight sessions, running from October 15th through December 10th. You can register by calling the Woodstock Community Center 503/823-3633, or the Mt Scott Community Center 503/823-3183. You can also register or online at: www.portlandonline.com/parks/index.cfm?c=38277.

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