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Artist of the Week!
May 2008, week 2
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sponsored by
Shannon Bueker
Eden City Hall will host the work of Shannon Bueker as Artist of the Month for May. Bueker’s work will be on display through Friday, May 30. Viewing hours are 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. weekdays. For more information or to view Bueker’s work, visit www.notnowkato.com or the website for the Artist of the Month program, www.edennc.us.
Shannon Bueker grew up the fifth of six children, spending most of her childhood in San Antonio, TX. She has drawn as long as she can remember and won her first art competition in the fourth grade. She continued taking art classes and making things since then and earned her BFA in 1987 from the University of Texas at Austin. “My greatest challenge there was sculpture, my greatest relaxation painting, and my greatest joy life drawing.”
“Anatomy is fascinating to me and animal anatomy more so because it is so accessible and unhidden. That, and I think animals are just beautiful. My childhood sketchbooks are filled with drawings of the grown-up me as a zookeeper or artist surrounded by animals. So my path has always felt pretty clear....”
