WORKSHOPS
Sampler Workshops for Adults
TRY YOUR HAND: ARTS FOR THE BEGINNER SA01SP08
a, b, c, or d
Instructors: Caw Faculty
Sunday afternoons, 1:00-4:00
a April 6: DRAWING
b May 4: PAINTING
c May 25: PRINTMAKING
d June 1: PHOTOGRAPHY
Spend an afternoon in an intensive session of a medium you have
been interested in. Learn a basic bookbinding technique, draw
from a still life, print a black-and-white photograph in the
dark room, work with clay on a potter’s wheel, or print
your first monotype. All materials and tools will be provided.
Have fun finding your art form. Enrollment limited, please sign
up early. Cost: $30; members: $27
Special Workshop
LICENSING 101 SP01SP08w
Guest Lecturer: Karen Rossi
Saturday morning, April 5, 10:00-12:00
Arts Licensing-what is it? This two hour workshop will help artists
at all levels explore how their artwork would be applied to various
products in the gift, craft or home industries, and what benefits
and pitfalls might be entailed. Experienced in the licensing
of her own work, Karen Rossi will give advice based on her many
years of licensing experiences. Questions, concerns, and legal
advice will all be addressed. In addition, she will discuss copyrights,
trademarks, tips on how to get started, agent vs. no agent, perspectives
on building a brand, and trade shows. Cost: $20; members:
$18
Book Arts Workshops
How to Make a Photograph Album BA05SP08w
Instructor: Barbara Mauriello
Saturday and Sunday, March 15 & 16, 10:00-4:00
There are three basic approaches to album making – and
hundreds of variations–defined by the page format: an extended
accordion, a stack of single sheets, or a set of folded sections.
By keeping our models small, we will make prototypes of as many
structures as time allows, with each participant selecting their
favorites from among the possibilities presented. There will
be much discussion on both the advantages and limitations of
a given style. Variables as diverse as the number of photos to
be bound, the size of a sheet of paper, and the availability
of bookbinding equipment in the home studio will lead students
towards specific models. The goal is not to produce a single,
large album, but rather to understand and to play with the principles
of album making. Please bring some (small!) photos with you on
Saturday. Barbara Mauriello is a book artist who has
a bookbinding studio in Hoboken, NJ. Barbara is the author of
Making Memory Boxes. She is also a visiting instructor at the
International Center of Photography, the Newark Museum, the Paper
and Book Intensive and the Penland School of Crafts. Cost: $230; members:
$207
Box of Fireworks BA08SP08w
Instructor: Paul Johnson
Thursday, July 17, 9:30-12:30
No one can create more surprises from a few pieces of paper than
Paul Johnson. This class starts with participants making a paper
origami box. Then you’ll construct an extending pop-up
book that “grows” out of the box. As you lift the
book, pages pop out from the sides like a pyrotechnic display!
It’s great fun to make and, amazingly, required only paper,
scissors and glue. A workshop of terrific fun. Enrollment limited
to 10 students. Cost: $65; members: $59
Making Moveable Editions: Single
Sheet Books BA09SP08w
Instructor: Paul Johnson
Friday, July 18, 10:00-4:00
The workshop begins with cutting out and assembling from a flat
sheet one of Paul Johnson’s 90-degree pop up editioned
books; we will then explore techniques and produce several models
easily constructed from a photocopied base design. Finally, participants
design a pop-up book on a single sheet of paper suitable for
reproduction as an edition. This way, you can keep your original
pop-up and give copies to friends as well! Enrollment limited
to 10 students. Cost: $120; members: $108
Children’s
Favorites: Books Kids Love to Make BA06SP08w
Instructor: Paul Johnson
Saturday, July 19, 10:00-4:00
With little more than scissors and glue, you and your students
can make books to read, to view like a picture, to hold and explore
like a sculpture, or to rearrange in a variety of 3D shapes.
Expect to take away dozens of books models---integrating verbal
and visual images and paper technology---that make learning fun
for children. (Note: this workshop
is especially geared for teachers). Enrollment
limited to 15 students. Cost: $120; members:
$108
The Magic of Moveable Books: Kids
as Pop-up Engineers BA07SP08w
Instructor: Paul Johnson
Sunday, July 20, 10:00-4:00
Making moveable books with your students is the perfect way to
unlock their verbal and visual ideas---and meet your classroom
goals. Participants construct a range of moveable books and paper
models, progressively combining them to end up with a book that
might have pull-outs, lift-the-flap pages, pop-up units, removable
parts and more! (Note: this workshop
is especially geared for teachers). Enrollment
limited to 15 students. Cost: $120; members:
$108
Decorative Arts Workshops
Special lecture/demonstration series presented in concert
with the Bonsai Society of Greater New Haven
The Art of Bonsai: The Beauty of Miniature Trees DA04SP08w
Tuesday evening, May 13, 7:30-10:00
Join us for an evening lecture/demonstration with expert Jim
Barrett and learn about Bonsai beauty, form and elegance. Then
observe a master bonsai styling demonstration. Jim will be working
on a live tree, transforming it from a nondescript shrub into
a beginning bonsai. A "Beginning Bonsai" is a
freshly designed bonsai just starting on its life as a pampered
bonsai. Jim Barrett resides at and runs a bonsai nursery in
southern California and has been involved in bonsai since the
early 1950’s when there was very little information or
instruction available in this country. Mr. Barrett is a nationally
recognized lecturer and workshop facilitator through the country
and has co-founded several bonsai associations. He is past president
of Bonsai Clubs International, the first president of Golden
State Bonsai Federation, the founding president of the Santa
Anita Bonsai Society and currently serves on the American Bonsai
Society's board of directors. Always interested in ceramics,
Jim has for the past three decades been making bonsai pots. Although
known for his shohin and mini pots, his main interest lies in
making large containers modeled after Japanese and Chinese-style
pots. His awards include the first North American Juried Bonsai
Pot Competition sponsored by The National Bonsai Foundation and
Penjing Museum in Washington DC. He was a featured potter
at the 2005, Fifth World International Bonsai Convention Washington
DC and was commissioned to create a special pot to commemorate
the prestigious event. Jim’s pots are mostly hand built
slab construction or mold-formed and are sought by bonsai
owners and pot collectors world-wide.
Light refreshments will be served. Cost $30.00; members:
$27.00
Bonsai Adventures! DA02SP08w
Instructors: Faculty of Greater New Haven Bonsai Society
Sunday afternoon, June 1, 1:00-5:00
Enjoy a Sunday afternoon entering the wonderful world of those
amazing Little Trees in Trays. The art of creating miniature
trees is an ancient oriental craft that has become a major art
form in our western culture. With the guidance of seasoned instructors
students will learn about the horticulture, history and art of
creating and maintaining their very own bonsai that has the potential
of becoming a noteworthy specimen. The workshop will provide
plants, pots, soil, and wire. Students should bring: small scissors,
needle-nosed pliers, wire cutters and basic slop joint pliers.
Cost: $80; members: $72
The Basic Techniques of Decorative Painting DA03SP08w
Instructor: Elizabeth Craft Peck
Saturday and Sunday, May 31-June 1, 10:00-4:00
In this hands-on workshop participants will learn the fundamental
skills of decorative painting, specialty techniques and professional
tips to create beautiful finishes that can be applied to many
surfaces. Working directly on prepared sample boards, students
come away with an array of successful examples of a broad range
of painting methods and techniques. Translucent glaze methods
will be discussed and demonstrated, including traditional methods
such as scumble and ragging, and more contemporary applications.
Marbles and gemstones techniques, from reality to fantasy, including
porphyry, malachite, and tortoiseshell will also be explored.
We will also practice the popular Venetian plaster effect, including
preparing your own batch of plaster. A basic discussion of color
and light will include color mixing, matching, and versatility.
Elisabeth Craft Peck is a professional decorative painter and
teacher specializing in faux finished, marble and gemstones and
stenciling. She has taught numerous classes and workshops at
the Boston and Cambridge Centers for Adult Education. She holds
a BA from SUNY Potsdam, she also studied in Denmark. She was
the featured "expert" in Connecticut Home Living Magazine.
Class fee includes materials with two 5x7 picture frames, ready
for you to apply the faux finish of your choice. Cost: $160; members:
$144
Design Workshops
Japanese Lampmaking DE03SP08 a or b
Instructor: Philip Chambers
a Saturday, April 12, 10:00-4:00
b Saturday, May 3, 10:00-4:00
You will learn to make a Japanese Shoji lamp in this fun workshop.
With wood and rice paper we’ll create a floor or table
lamp. At the end of the class you’ll learn a simple technique
for electrically wiring it up. You’ll go home with a finished
lamp of your own design. Philip Chambers is a master Shoji screen
maker with commissioned work in fine stores, restaurants, homes
and hospitals. His lamps are featured in the Celebration of American
Crafts at Creative Arts Workshop. Cost: $88; members:
$79
Drawing and Painting Workshops
Introduction to Mixed Media Collage DP19WS08w
Instructor: Debi Pendell
Monday-Friday, March 10-14, 9:00-4:00 (WINTER SESSION)
Learn a unique and particular method of collage combined with
mixed media in which the "glue" is a mixture of acrylic
soft gel matte and fine pumice gel. This mixture is applied both
under and over the collaged pieces using an intuitive and spontaneous
process, and the work develops in layer over layer of collage
and mixed media. Combine accidental materials, such as, found
objects, wrapping paper, letters, photographs, text, with intentional
materials, like painted papers, drawings, and specially created
objects. Add painting, drawing, stitching, textures, etc., according
to what your individual work calls for. The combination of the
accidental and the
intentional will spark ideas and associations and guide the work.
No
oil-based media will be used. Basic concepts will be addressed
in group critique sessions: composition, color, line, shape,
texture, content, etc. This workshop is suitable for everyone
- from beginner to professional artist. No prerequisite required.
Enrollment is limited to 10 students. Cost: $484; members:
$436
Intensive Figure Painting Workshop DP22SP08w
Instructor: Steven DiGiovanni
Monday-Friday, June 9-13, 9:00-3:00
For six hours per day, on five consecutive weekdays, students
are invited to examine and render the live model in a single
pose. Outside of the individual studio, this class represents
a rare opportunity to develop a painting, drawing, or series
of images over an extended period of time. Students of
all abilities are welcome to use this workshop to develop their
skills and ideas at their own level. Critiques and presentations
will address the individual needs of students and the conceptual
and formal issues which are exhibited in each individual student’s
efforts.
Prerequisite: Beginning Drawing and/or Painting. Cost: $416; members:
$374
Fiber Arts Workshop
Painting with Felt FR05SP08w
Instructor: Jeannie Thomma
Sunday, April 27, 10:00-4:00
The alchemy of felting has historically been considered magical
by many people. By exposing loose wool fibers to a combination
of heat, moisture, friction and soap, a felted painting is born.
In this workshop, students will play with color, texture and
pattern as they create realistic or abstract works of fiber art.
We'll explore a variety of felting techniques, which will allow
students the flexibility of choosing to create a wearable work
of art (like a scarf) or a beautiful wall hanging. In fact, time
may allow for both! Open to artists of all levels working
in all media. Wool roving and batting (supplies) will be provided
with a materials fee payable to instructor. Cost: $112; members:
$101
Jewelry
Workshops
Discover PMC- Workshop JW03SP08w
Instructor: Nancy Karpel
Saturday, March 29, 9:30-4:00
Have fun working with the newest material to hit the jewelry
industry-Precious Metal Clay (PMC), and Precious Metal Clay Plus
(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 or heavy tools. Students
will learn basic information and techniques for forming, surface
texturing, firing, and finishing PMC. Students will have the
opportunity to finish a piece or more of PMC jewelry. Nancy Karpel
is a Certified PMC Instructor. To learn more about PMC go to: www.pmcguild.com.
Materials will be approximately $110 and available from instructor.
Basic tools are included in the materials fee. Come and explore
the many design possibilities of this exciting new material!
Cost: $100; members: $90
Working with PMC+ Paper-Sheet JW04SP08w
Instructor: Nancy Karpel
Saturday, April 12, 9:30-4:00
Fine silver PMC+ paper is a thin and flexible form of PMC that
does not dry out before firing. Its rubbery nature lends
itself to uses not practical with the lump form of PMC. In this
workshop, students will learn how to work with this unusual form
of PMC+. Many techniques will be discussed, and projects will
center on folding, weaving and overlay methods, combining PMC
paper with the lump and syringe paste forms of PMC+. Cold
mold-making will be discussed, as well as riveting for use in
cold connection of PMC paper. Stone setting is an option if time
permits. All PMC material needed to complete the projects will
be included in the materials fee. Students will be able to complete
at least 2-3 pieces of jewelry. This workshop is open to students
who have attended at least one other PMC class. Materials will
be approximately $90 and available from instructor. Basic PMC
tools are required and will not be provided. Cost: $100; members:
$90
Photo Workshops
Dynamic Digitals PH11SP08w
Instructor: Phyllis Crowley
Saturday, March 29, 10:00-1:00
Sunday, March 30, 1:00-5:00
Digital cameras have made it possible to produce a passable image
with the push of a button. A little knowledge about how to set
that camera, however, will result in better images, and add to
that some post-production techniques with Photoshop’s powerful
tools, and you are on your way to making a bland image truly
dynamic! Day one we will discuss color space and management,
optimizing camera settings like white balance, exposure, and
file format. Day two using Photoshop CS3, we will discuss Camera
RAW; optimal image exposure and contrast, and color correction
and enhancement using levels and curves. A shooting assignment
on Saturday will give students a chance to apply their new knowledge
and provide images to work with on Sunday. A level I knowledge
of Photoshop, including use of both levels and curves, is required.
Bring digital cameras with directions and a laptop computer.
Cost: $100; members: $90
Sun Prints from Digital Negatives PH12SP08w
Instructor: Gregory Vershbow
Saturday and Sunday, May 10 & 11, 9:30-4:00
In this workshop students will incorporate the newest digital
photography technologies with printing processes as old as the
invention of photography. Student will create Cyanotype blue
prints and Van Dyke brown prints in the sun with digital negatives
created on transparencies by an ink-jet printer. These techniques
will allow photographers to make beautiful “painterly” photographic
prints with hand-applied emulsions on paper or fabric. Cost:
$100; members: $90
How to Make a Photograph Album see Book
Arts Workshops
Pottery Workshop
One of a Kind Forms PT07SP08w
Instructor: Peter Callas
Saturday and Sunday, April 5 & 6, 10:00-5:00
Peter Callas is an internationally renowned ceramic artist, who
introduced the first Woodfire Anagama kiln in the USA thirty
years ago. This two-day, hands-on workshop deals with slab and
wheel surfaces, and the aesthetics of one of a kind form. His
spirited, poetic approach and a lively slide presentation will
make this a rewarding experience for participants at all levels.
Demonstrations will focus on a variety of techniques with the
emphasis on the sculptural challenges of abstracting vessels,
maquettes, and exciting ways to handling clay that will help
students immensely. Peter’s work is in many public and
private collections worldwide. To become familiar with Callas’ art
visit his site www.petercallas.com.
Cost: $300; members: $270
Printmaking Workshops
Open Printmaking Weekend PR08WS08w
Monitor: Maura Galante
Saturday and Sunday, February 16 & 17, 10:00-5:00 (WINTER
SESSION)
Print all day in this monitored, open format workshop. Our studio
includes basic materials for intaglio and relief printmaking
on two Charles Brand presses (the largest is 36”x60”)
and a Takach press (24”x48”). Participants must have
experience working in a print studio and be able to operate independently.
Cost: $130; members: $117
Open Printmaking Week PR09WS08w
Instructor: Liz Pagano
Monday-Friday, March 10-14, 9:30-2:30 (WINTER SESSION)
Print all week in this monitored open format workshop. Our studio
includes basic materials for intaglio and relief printmaking
on two Charles Brand presses (largest is 36” x 60”)
and a Takach press, (24” x 48”). Participants must
have experience working in a print studio and be able to operate
independently. Enrollment limited to 8 students. Five sessions:
$223; members: $201
Open Printmaking Week PR09SP08w
Instructor: Liz Pagano
Monday-Friday, June 9-13, 9:30-2:30
Print all week in this monitored open format workshop. Our studio
includes basic materials for intaglio and relief printmaking
on two Charles Brand presses (largest is 36” x 60”)
and a Takach press, (24” x 48”). Participants must
have experience working in a print studio and be able to operate
independently. Five sessions: $223; members:
$201
Sculpture Workshop
Wonderful World of Epoxy SC06SP08w
Instructor: David Millen
Saturday, April 5, 10:00-4:00
In this six-hour workshop at Millen Studio learn how to construct
a figure using permanent and weather resistant materials. You
will be shown how to make an armature and become familiar with
epoxy. Ideas about how to finish and surface your sculpture will
also be discussed. Students should bring a bag lunch if desired.
Enrollment is limited to 8 students. This workshop will be held
at Millen Studio, 179 Millbrook Rd, North Haven, Connecticut. Cost:
$105; members: $95
Fanciful Flights Workshop SC07SP08w
Instructor: Karen Rossi
Saturday morning, May 3, 9:00-12:00
For those who love whimsical artwork and creating their own masterpieces,
this is the workshop for you! Make your very own flying “Short
Story” using Karen’s blank ornaments. You’ll
start off with a white metal figure which can be transformed
into a personalized character all your own. The workshop will
include painting, beading, and giving your ornament a swivel
so that it will hang. You’ll have the opportunity to design
the outfit, choose the hair color, and add charms. At the end
you will have an original that is unique and personalized to
you or someone you love. Perfect for Mother’s Day! Cost:
$50; members: $45
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