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Women's Studio Workshop
PO BOX 489
ROSENDALE, N.Y. 12472
914 658 9133
wsw@mhv.net
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SELF-PORTRAIT WORKSHOP: Drawing Ourselves - Inner, Outer and Other
Explore the self-portrait through the interweaving of physical, emotional
and spiritual avenues of self-knowledge. At the same time learn the
potential for expressing both power and sensitivity through the immediacy,
spontaneity and responsiveness of pastels. Through awareness of our
physical sense, we will discover how form can originate from the
acknowledgment of our own bodies. Through expressing our emotions we will
learn how communication can depend on the non-verbal force of dreams, or
anger, or joy, and we will experience the paradox of ãturning inside-outä.
Through the integration of spiritual awareness we will learn how to create
a likeness of ourselves by acknowledging the mysterious Other part of
ourselves and of the world. Both black and white and color instruction will
be given, and the primary medium will be pastel on rag paper. Through
demonstrations and experiments we will work in a tactile way, using our
hands as the painting tools, and in a more linear way, using the pastel
stick to make sensitive and powerful marks. We will discover pastelâs rich
variations, such as the effects of combining with other media to achieve a
unique surface quality. Techniques for preservation and presentation of
this delicate yet durable medium will be covered. All levels of experience
are welcome.
Jan Harrison received an MA from San Jose State University, CA, and a BFA
from the University of Georgia, Athens. A recipient of numerous grants and
fellowships, she was Visiting Professor of Painting at Antioch College, and
her drawings, paintings, and sculpture have been exhibited in NYC,
throughout the United States, in Europe, and Australia. Her self-portraits
of inner landscapes are included in numerous museum and private
collections. ãAnimal Tongueä, a language Jan speaks, will be included with
her drawings and sculpture in an upcoming exhibition,
ãAnima-Animus-Animalä, which will open at the Pori Contemporary Art Museum
in Finland in 1997. She is represented by Nancy Moore Fine Art, New York.
ALTERNATIVE PHOTOGRAPHIC PROCESSES
July 28 - August 1
This workshop is designed for photographers who are interested in expanding
their technical and creative vocabulary beyond the scope of the traditional
silver print. We will employ contact as well as projection printing
techniques from photograms to photocopy. Working with orthographic or hand
drawn negatives we will use cyantoype and Van Dyke processes. For
projection printing we will explore liquid light emulsion which allows for
prints to be enlarged to any size, from large to small. The emulsion can be
applied to a variety of surfaces from paper to glass, wood, tile and
fabric, allowing for images to be created on a three dimensional surface.
Polaroid and xerox transfers will also be covered, and special emphasis
will be on integrating several techniques in a single print. This workshop
is open to anyone interested in exploring new ways to create photographic
images, though prior darkroom experience is helpful.
Tatana Kellner holds an MFA from the Rochester Institute of Technology, and
is co-founder and Artistic Director of the WSW. Ms. Kellner was a NYFA
Fellow in 1992 & 1996, and a recent resident at Yaddo, MacDowell Colony,
Visual Studies Workshop, and BANFF. Tana exhibits her altered photographs
and artistsâ books extensively, and publishes artistsâ books in
collaboration with Ann Kalmbach as KaKe Art. Their most recent
collaboration is Piltol/Pistil: Botanical Ballistics, made during an
Artists-in-Residency at the University of Southern Maine.
DRAWING FROM THE FIGURE: A Poetic Approach
September 13 & 14
To appreciate and enjoy drawing. A sheet of paper. A mark maker. With these
simple materials and by the simplest of means, (an arrangement of lines,
marks and shapes), figurative images emerge. With remarkable immediacy they
can convey strength, grace, passion, as well as quirky humor and wit. The
focus of this workshop will be to awaken our personal calligraphy and with
it, explore the varieties of figure ground integration and spatial
relationships. This is the fascinating challenge by which we can unlock the
powerful mysteries of drawing.
Barbara Leoff Burge has been teaching since the 1950's when she was
instructorâs assistant at her alma mater, The School of the Art Institute
of Chicago. Her book, Fancy Dances of Defiance, was recently acquired by
that institution for its Joan Flasch Collection of Artistsâ Books. She is
represented in a number of museum and university collections and has taught
at SUNY New Paltz, Dutchess Community College, Radford College and WSW, of
which she is co-founder.
MIXED MEDIA COLLAGE: a holistic search for a reconnection in our fragmented
lives
September 20 & 21, and September 27 & 28
Two consecutive weekends
This course in mixed media collage will introduce you to the techniques of
cutting and pasting in two dimensional media borrowed from magazines,
books, your own photos, paper or prints made in other workshops, with an
emphasis on the problems of content, composition and color. The first
workshop, September 20 & 21, is suitable for new students in collage or
mixed media. The second weekend, September 27 & 28, will be a more advanced
focus on series, or a "body" of work, with presentation skills necessary
for portfolio or slide documentation.
Pat Hornerholds an MFA in Photography and Film from the University of
Minnesota, and a BFA from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. She
has been making collage for more than 20 years and has exhibited widely in
the US and Europe. Her work has been published internationally in dozens of
magazines, including Art & Antiques, Utne Reader, The Progressive and
UNESCO Courier. She has taught in Minneapolis, New York, Paris and Italy.
Her work is in public and private collections worldwide.
SHIBORI AND THE VIBRANT DYEPOT: Introduction to Shibori, Japanese Shaped
Resist Dyeing Using Acid Dyes
September 20 & 21
Since itâs origin over 1400 years ago, textile makers the world over have
found the patterns created by shibori to be beautiful, mysterious, and
evocative of nature. Shibori is the Japanese name for the family of
textiles in which cloth is shaped by pinching, stitching, pleating,
folding, wrapping and twisting and secured in those shapes before dyeing.
This process allows the dye to penetrate the cloth with results that are
both spontaneous and controlled. Using brilliant acid dyes, formulated
specifically for use on silk and wood, we will create a collection of
vibrantly colored shibori textile samples. This class will concentrate on 6
different types of stitch resist patterning, and finally on arashi shibori,
the lovely ãwind driven rainä pattern created by binding and compressing
fabric on poles before dyeing. Sample textiles using the ãdischarge
processä (color removal) will be created. No previous experience necessary
for participation. Estimated cost of materials: +/- $30. Dye fee of $8
payable to instructor.
Joan Morris began making shibori in 1983, and she maintains a shibori
studio in Hartford, Vermont. Joan has been the resident dyer for Dartmouth
College for the past 12 years, creating colors for the stage there. She has
shown her shibori work nationally, as well as in Asia and Europe. Her work
was included in The Kimono Project of the 1992 World Shibori Symposium in
Nagoya, Japan. She presented her recent work at the 2nd World Shibori
Conference in Ahmedabad, India this past winter. She has been teaching
shibori to children and adults for the past 9 years.
ENCAUSTIC PAINTING TECHNIQUES
October 4 & 5
Encaustic paint is perhaps the most beautiful paint that an artist can use.
Made from wax and resin that can be polished to an enamel-like finish, it
offers tremendous possibilities for exquisite surface qualities. This is
the legendary paint of the Fayum mummy portraits of the first and second
centuries, yet its versatility has made it every bit as much a twentieth
century medium. It has been used in modern times by such diverse artists as
Diego Rivera, Jasper Johns and Nancy Graves. This workshop will cover,
through demonstration and hands-on experience, all aspects of encaustic
method from the classic to the modern. This will include the preparation of
supports and grounds and an exploration of the wide variety of painting
techniques that make encaustic so unique and versatile.
Tracy Spadafora received her BFA from Boston University and her MFA from
SUNY New Paltz. She has worked as a paint maker and workshop assistant for
R&F Encaustics, a manufacturer of quality encaustic and oil paint. Tracy is
a painter who works mainly in oil and encaustic. Her mixed media paintings
and object assemblages have been exhibited throughout the US. She recently
moved to Boston, where she will be conducting workshops in encaustic
painting at the Worcester Art Museum and the Decordova Museum School.
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