WORKSHOPS
SAMPLER WORKSHOPS
Try Your Hand: Printmaking, Jewelry, Pottery and Drawing & Painting for the Beginner SA01SP13 c or d
Spend an afternoon in an intensive session of a medium in which you have been interested. See a demonstration and gain some hands-on experience of the many techniques used in printmaking, pottery or sculpture. All materials and tools will be provided. Have fun finding your art form. Enrollment limited, please sign up early.
Instructor: CAW Faculty
c Pottery Sunday, 1 - 4pm, May 12
d Drawing & Painting Sunday, 1 - 4pm, May 19
Cost: $25; members: $23
DRAWING & PAINTING WORKSHOPS
Painting from the Heart DP23SP13W
Experience the art of painting for process rather than product. This workshop will help students relax, suspend judgment and let go of attachment to a particular outcome. Using tempera paints, brushes and paper, participants will learn to follow the paint and tap into their own source of creative expression. Uncover a painting style that is uniquely your own! No experience needed. All materials included.
Instructor: Jane Gross
Saturday, 10am - 4pm, Jun 8
Cost: $95; members: $86
Intensive Summer Painting Workshop DP25SP13W
Join us for a week of painting to focus on your work with guidance from an instructor and support from fellow students. This workshop provides a unique opportunity for artists of all levels of experience and proficiency to focus on one or more works in a concentrated setting. Students will be able to explore aspects of the creative process that may only be revealed through 30 hours of continuous effort. Instruction will address the needs and objectives of each individual student and will include brief presentations, introductions of methods and examples from art history and contemporary practice. Come to the first class ready to go and prepared to lose yourself in the process of creative discovery. Prerequisite: A beginning drawing class or instructor’s permission.
Instructor: Steven DiGiovanni
Monday - Friday, 9am – 3pm, Jun 10 - Jun 14
Cost: $423; members: $381
The Art of Black-and-White DP27SU13W
This two-day intensive workshop is an opportunity to think about both drawing and painting issues but without having to deal with all the issues of color. Set aside this special weekend to explore the dramatic potential of life as seen and imagined in black and white. Using only a variety of black-and-white media, from charcoal to ink and water-based paint, we will work from observation (still-life; room interiors; views from windows), as well as from photographs, and from imagination, to create tense, edgy, luscious work. We will work from huge to small, exploring dramatic angles of view, juxtapositions of scale, and a range from velvety grays to intense, sharp blacks. A materials list will be sent upon registration. Prior drawing and painting experience is recommended.
Instructor: Julia Rogoff
Saturday & Sunday, 10am - 5pm, June 8 - 9
Cost: $180; members: $162
Encaustic Collagraph DP28SU13W
This workshop combines encaustic painting with printmaking by creating collagraph plates using wax to make the printable surface. History, safe practices and techniques will also be covered. Participants can experiment with inlaying and incising techniques to create texture and build their image on a re-useable Plexiglass plate which can then be inked using water-based inks and printed on a printing press. The possibilities of using encaustic for texture with printmaking are limitless; combining these two mediums will be an exciting artistic journey. This workshop is best suited for those with some experience with encaustic and printmaking with a press, but not required. $45 worth of materials supplied. A list of other materials needed will be sent upon registration.
Instructor: Binnie Birstein
Saturday & Sunday, 10am - 4pm, July 20 - 21
Cost: $205; members: $185
Landscape Collage DP29SU13W
Through demonstrations and individual guidance, students of all levels will learn to use collage to explore the landscape. Discover the abstract character of landscape forms by transforming them into large shapes and simple color structures, working with collage elements such as papers, magazine clippings, fabrics, etc. The collage will be assembled and then painted into with color. We’ll work outside, plein air, at Edgerton Park unless the weather does not permit, in which case we will at CAW. Bring anything you want to use to make your painting experience more comfortable (chair, easel, hats, sun block, umbrella, etc.) and a packed lunch. A materials list will be provided upon registration.
Instructor: Steven DiGiovanni
Saturday & Sunday, 10:30am - 3:30pm, August 3 - 4
Cost: $120; members: $108
SCULPTURE WORKSHOPS
Wax: The Unsung Hero SC20SU13W
Learn to model in wax! Creating a wax model is the first step of the lost wax casting process. Rather than working directly in metal, the design is fabricated in a hard wax that can be carved, filed, sawn and polished. Wax is less expensive than metal and much more forgiving - if a correction has to be made, just add more! The final piece can be used for a future metal casting project. No experience necessary. All materials included.
Instructor: Ann Lehman
Saturday, 10am - 3pm, July 13
Cost: $125; members: $109
Spoons: Wood Carving and Whittling SC21SU13W
Has this winter left lots of branches in your yard? Put them to use! Learn how to make wooden spoons. The course will focus on a non-electric approach to wood carving. Students will learn proper and safe use of carving tools, including shaping and sanding techniques. It’s a great way to make use of the pruned trees in your yard. Tools and wood are supplied. Bring a pair of work gloves. All skill levels welcome.
Instructor: Reinaldo Cruz
Saturday & Sunday, 10am - 4pm, July 20 - 21
Cost: $160; members: $144
PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOPS
Nature Photography Close-up PH20SU13W
Close-up and macro photography of nature can be great fun but also frustrating. This workshop will show you how to reduce the frustration and get better close-up images. We will begin with an introduction to the necessary equipment and some special situations that are encountered, and then concentrate on close-up and macro photography in nature. Topics will include techniques, equipment, types of subjects, lighting, and affordable equipment options. A DSLR is recommended; however, good quality close-up photography is possible with many point-and-shoot cameras, and these will also be covered.
Instructor: Robert Rattner
Saturday, 9:30am - 12:30pm, June 29
Cost: $50; members: $45
PRINTMAKING WORKSHOPS
Open Printmaking Week PR20SP13W
Print all week in this monitored open format workshop. Our studio includes basic materials for intaglio and relief printmaking on a 24” x 48” Takach press and three Charles Brand presses, the largest is 36” x 60”. Participants must be pre-approved and have adequate printmaking knowledge to work independently in a studio.
Monitor: Liz Pagano
Monday - Friday, 9:30am - 2:30pm, Jun 10 – 14
Cost: $200; members: $180
Endless Printing Workshop PR21SU13 a, b or c
Give yourself the studio time you’ve always wanted. Explore printing in layers with intaglio, relief, pronto and paper lithography, silk aquatint, or silicone processes. Add mixed media, chine collé, invisible collage and experimental techniques. This workshop is designed for the printmaker who is ready for personal artistic investigation. We’ll discuss your work and plan individualized approaches that will inform and energize what you create. Sign up for one three-day weekend or both! Prerequisite: some printmaking experience.
Instructor: Barbara Harder
a Friday - Sunday, 10am - 4pm, July 26 - 28
Cost: $200; members: $180
b Friday - Sunday, 10am - 4pm, August 2 - 4
Cost: $200; members: $180
c Friday - Sunday, 10am - 4pm, July 26 - 28 and August 2 - 4
Cost: $360; members: $324
DESIGN WORKSHOPS
Japanese Lampmaking DE20SU13W
Learn how easy it is to make an elegant Japanese Shoji lamp in this one-day workshop. Students will use wood and rice paper to create a floor or table lamp and will learn a simple technique for electrically wiring the lamp. Students will leave with a unique lamp of their own design. All materials supplied, but feel free to bring any special rice paper.
Instructor: Phillip Chambers
Sunday, 10am - 4pm, July 14
Cost: $105; members: $95
JEWELRY WORKSHOPS
Setting Stones in PMC JW22SP13W
Add color and brilliance to your pieces by learning to set stones in PMC. Learn which stones can be fired, and how to flush-set stones to fire in PMC-3. Learn how to bezel set stones using fine-silver wire, PMC-3, and pre-formed settings. Demonstrations of the slip-syringe for setting, prong setting, and channel setting will be included as time permits. Materials fee of approximately $100, payable at class, includes PMC-3, supplies and handouts to complete class projects. (Materials fee is subject to change with the metals market.) Stones, fine silver wire, pre-formed settings and additional PMC will be available for purchase. Basic PMC tools, including portable work-surface, are required. Some tools may be rented at class. Prerequisite: at least one other PMC class or workshop.
Instructor: Nancy Karpel
Saturday, 10am - 4pm, May 18
Cost: $120; members: $108
Silver Soldering JW20SU13W
Learn to silver solder! Spend the day focusing on soldering non-ferrous metals. This jewelry/metalsmithing technique allows copper, silver, brass, bronze, gold and nickel to be joined together using silver solder and a gas torch. Class is appropriate for beginners with no soldering experience or students wanting to perfect their skills. Materials and copper included. Students preferring to use sterling silver may purchase small amounts separately.
Instructor: Connie Pfeiffer
Saturday, 12 - 5pm, June 22
Cost: $75; members: $68
Fold-Forming for Beginners JW21SU13W
Learn this relatively new metalsmithing technique developed by metalsmith Charles Lewton-Brain. Students will create 3-dimensional and relief forms using simple folding and hammering techniques. Annealing metal with a gas torch will also be introduced. A variety of shapes will be explored from pods and canoe shapes to leaves, circles and small vessels all from copper sheet metal. No experience necessary. Materials included.
Instructor: Connie Pfeiffer
Saturday, 12 - 5pm, July 20
Cost: $80; members: $72
Discover PMC JW22SU13W
Have fun working with Precious Metal Clay (PMC). It looks and feels like clay, but is actually pure silver in an organic binder. It is fun and fast to work with, and requires no previous jewelry-making experience. Students will learn basic information and techniques for forming, surface texturing, firing, and finishing PMC. Students will have the opportunity to finish and take home several unique pieces of PMC jewelry. Use of basic PMC tools and PMC for class projects is included in the materials fee. This workshop is great for beginners, jewelry students, clay artists, bead makers, and others. Please bring your lunch to save valuable work time. Come and discover the many possibilities of this exciting new material! A materials fee of approximately $100 is payable to the instructor at class by cash or check. (Materials fee is subject to change with the metals market.)
Instructor: Nancy Karpel
Saturday, 10am - 3:30pm, June 29
Cost: $115; members: $104
PMC Bead Making JW23SU13W
In this two-day workshop students will learn and experiment with the many ways to make beads with fine silver PMC-3. Make cores for PMC hollow beads and learn to make beads with dry PMC. Projects will progress from simple to more advanced forms of bead making. It will be a fun and informative weekend! Students should practice drawing beads they would like to make or have some design ideas prior to the workshop, and bring them to class. A PMC tool kit is required and will not be provided; a small tool kit may be rented in class for $5.00. Please bring your lunch to class to save valuable work time. A materials fee of $125.00 will be collected the first day of class by cash or check. This includes enough PMC to make at least 3 medium to large sized beads or many smaller beads, handouts, use of bead making tools and supplies. Extra PMC-3 will be available for purchase at class. Prerequisite: at least one other PMC class.
Instructor: Nancy Karpel
Saturday & Sunday, 10am - 4pm, August 3 - 4
Cost: $250; members: $225
POTTERY WORKSHOPS
High Fire Glazing & Reduction Kiln Firing PT20SP13W
This is a participatory workshop where you will bring in bisqued stoneware or porcelain pots (Cone 10 only), preferably small cups, vases, bowls, etc. We will glaze pots, load and fire an updraft kiln in the reduction firing process between 2350° - 2370° Fahrenheit. On the final day, we’ll unload the kiln and discuss results. There will be a short lecture with slides and a discussion on glazes and their formulas. Open to all levels. There will be a firing fee.
Instructor: Stephen Rodriguez
Friday, 6 - 10pm, Saturday & Sunday, 10am - 4pm, May 17 - 19
Cost: $210; members: $189
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