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Drawing and Painting Summer 2009 Classes are open to serious students of all levels unless specified in course description; beginners welcome. Session 1 May 24 -June 5  Clarence Morgan Clarence Morgan - Between Nature & Abstraction This intensive painting workshop will treat "abstract" as a verb rather than a style. We will emphasize the characteristics and formal elements of abstraction found in nature while simultaneously exploring the spirit of abstraction as a vehicle of expression. This class will challenge students to translate and transform natural forms as well as devise new forms in the creation of their work. Designed for students who are predisposed toward independent studio work in painting. Intermediate/advanced level. Code 01d Professor and chair of the art department at University of Minnesota in Minneapolis; recipient of several fellowships, grants, and awards; gallery representation: Reeves Contemporary (NYC). Session 2 June 7 - June 19 
Frank Shelton Frank Shelton - Finding Your Own Voice This class will enable the student to find his or her own creative voice through experimenting with mixed-media. While specific methods will be taught, students will be encouraged to explore the possibilities available with mixed-media. Materials will include paint, charcoal, watercolor, pencil, paper, wood, fiber, plaster, collage materials, found objects, etc. We will investigate styles from representational to abstract and nonobjective. All levels. Code 02d Studio artist, poet; teaching: Roswell Visual Arts Center (GA), OCEE Art Center (GA), Jackson State Community College (TN); exhibitions: Brooks Art Museum (Memphis), Blue Spiral I (NC); gallery representation: Bennett Gallery (TN), Tanner Hill Gallery (TN). Session 3 June 21 - July 3  Janet Link Janet Link - Portraits: Drawing Identity This class will use drawing as a vehicle to investigate the form and content of portraiture. We will study the structure of the head by making a series of drawings from observation, and consider the role of pictorial structure in portraits by examining compositional possibilities. We will also look beyond likeness to explore the potential of a portrait to depict the sitter's identity. All levels, but basic observational drawing skills are recommended. Code 03d Studio artist; teaching: Meredith College (NC), Centre College (KY); recent exhibitions: Meredith College Rotunda Gallery (NC), Raleigh Times Gallery (NC), Louisiana State University, Glassell Gallery (LA); work in corporate and private collections. Session 4 July 5 - July 17  Paul Shore Paul Shore - Magnificent Obsessions Is art making obsessive? This class will focus on activities that answer that question in the affirmative. We will address issues of obsession, emotional/psychological states, collecting/creating, elements of time, scale, and quantity, and how these issues inform and affect the art making process. Students may select from a wide variety of traditional and nontraditional materials and processes in making two-dimensional and three-dimensional work. Personal experience and inquiry will inform each student's direction. All levels. Code 04d Studio artist who has recently been obsessed with making drawings and sculptures of braids; teaching: Williams College (MA), Marlboro College (VT), Ox-Bow (MI); residencies: MacDowell Colony (NH), Blue Mountain Center (NY), Ragdale (IL). Session 5 July 19 - August 4  John Mac Kah John Mac Kah - The Painter's Craft The aim of this class is to encourage confidence with oil's characteristics of luminosity and longevity, which create expressive power. We will cover pigments, mediums, varnish, grounds, and preparing supports: wood panels, linen on panel, paper. Paint application, palette development, tonal techniques, direct painting, underpainting, and glazing are also included. Deepen these skills by painting in the open air of Penland's unique campus to create finished works. The emphasis will be on building skills rather than making finished images. All levels. Code 05d
Studio artist; founding member of the Fine Arts League of the Carolinas (NC); work in private and corporate collections nationally. Session 6 August 9 - August 21  Fawn Potash Fawn Potash - Introduction to Encaustic Techniques Encaustic is an ancient medium used by fifth century Greeks and Egyptians. Contemporary artists have found that it can be used with a vibrant palette or haunting layers of subtle imagery. Made of beeswax, resin, and pigment, encaustics can be used alone or as a way to integrate painting, drawing, photography, and three-dimensional media. This class will cover historical and contemporary uses of painting basics, transfers, collage, dipping, pouring, and combining oil and wax, as well as safety and presentation. All levels. Code 06d Studio artist; teaching: School of Visual Arts (NYC), Center for Photography (NY), Berkshire Art School (MA), Peter's Valley (NJ); work exhibited internationally and published in Harper's, The New Yorker, Art News. Session 7 August 23 - August 29  Ruth Marten Ruth Marten - Illustrating the Personal Narrative As an illustrator and artist I've had experience working with printed material of every kind. I propose that we reinvent the world (at least on paper) to our own satisfaction by correcting and improving upon what's gone before. We will use maps, natural history engravings, books, and board games as our models. Our goal will be to engage our imaginations to the max and create convincing documents. Come with a vivid imagination, a good sense of humor, and familiarity with our legacy of printed words and images.All levels. Code 07d Studio artist; teaching: School of Visual Art (NYC), Parsons School of Design (NYC); exhibitions: Saatchi Gallery (London), Adam Baumgold Gallery (NYC), Todd Hosfelt Gallery (San Francisco), Isis Gallery (London). |
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