Past-workshops – Page 14

Thursday December 13, 2018

Encaustics & Mixed Media

WEEK ONE (5-day): June 24 – 28, 2019 Classes run 9 am – 4 pm daily and students are welcome to stay late in their studio.

Encaustics & Mixed Media

Discover the wonderful opportunities mixed media encaustic has to offer. This 2,000 year old process uses refined white beeswax and damar crystals melted together to form a strong archival compound that can be used to fuse and transfer images to its surface. You’ll be amazed by its limitless flexibility and creative potential using photography and mixed media.

This class will focus on creative exploration and innovative mixed media techniques using encaustic medium and paints; image transfer techniques; plaster and joint compounds; sprayed stencils and masks; oil rubs and stains; incising; and much more!

Push your encaustic art up to the next level with this upbeat, technique-rich class.

All levels welcome

STUDENT SUPPLY LIST (Click HERE): All students are responsible for bringing their own supplies.
COURSE COST: $723 (Includes $681 tuition and $42 for specific supplies provided by the instructor which include 8 encaustic pucks.)

Tuition includes lunch and daily snacks. Prices are listed in Canadian Dollars and are inclusive of all applicable taxes. An accommodation package is available in QUAD or DOUBLE occupancy and includes breakfast and dinner. Click here for further details.

Tony Bounsall

Tony has been working professionally as a commercial photographer/graphic designer for thirty years and is a photo arts graduate (BAPA) from Ryerson Polytechnical University. He is currently on the Faculty of The Vancouver Island School of Art teaching Collage, Alternative Photography, Photo-Based Mixed Media and Printmaking Tony has also taught classes and workshops at The Coast Collective, The Old School House in Qualicum Beach, MISSA (Metchosin International summer School of the Arts) and UVic-Continuing Studies, Camosun College-Continuing Studies and Red Deer College Series Summer Arts School and Leading Edge Workshops in Calgary. Tony is also past board president and participating Board member of MISSA.

In 2013 He received a Saanich Legacy Grant for an Artist in residence program for young adults called “Holga Dreams” and completed an Artist in Residency at Shawnigan Lake School in 2014. Over the last 15 years, Tony has worked in several different mediums, including digital artwork, iPhoneography, alternative based photography, mixed media, collage, printmaking and encaustics. His classes are innovative, relaxed and inclusive. His work draws inspiration from his travels, technical drawings and illustrations, vintage photography, birds/crows and his love of nature. He exhibits and sells his own fine art prints and mixed media work throughout North America.

www.tonybounsall.com

Workshops will not run until sufficient enrollment has been met. Please register before April 15th to avoid disappointment.

CONFIRMED: This workshop has met the required registration numbers and will be running.

Thursday December 13, 2018

Atmospheric Immersion: Soda Firing

WEEK ONE & WEEKEND TWO (7-days): June 24 – 30, 2019 Classes run from 9 am – 4 pm daily and students are welcome to stay late in their studio.

Atmospheric Immersion: Soda Firing

Immerse deep in to the world of atmospheric firing for 7 days of glazing, firing, making and exploring forms, surfaces, and how the soda infused kiln affects each piece.

You will apply flashing slips and glazes to the bisque ware you bring made from stoneware or high temperature porcelain clay and help load the soda kiln, becoming aware of differences in atmospheric kilns. You will be involved with firing the soda kiln and learning different methods of introducing salt and soda during the firing, as well as how to fire a gas kiln. Digital presentations will assist you as you begin to make work that will focus on the nuances of this type of firing.

Each day shapes will be explored; detailed surfaces with incised lines, carving, stamps, textures, and slip decorated surfaces will be delved into as you discover how to make your own unique work. Pieces will be dried and bisqued as students continue to realize new ways of making and decorating pieces specifically for soda firing. Flashing slips and glaze will be applied and then fired again.

This workshop is an amazing opportunity to propel ones’ skills and knowledge, with an immersion, into atmospheric firing!

Workshop level: Intermediate/Advanced

STUDENT SUPPLY LIST (Click HERE): All students are responsible for bringing their own supplies.
CLAY ORDER FORM: (Click HERE)
COURSE COST: $1008 (Includes $953 tuition and $55 for course supplies/firing fees.)

Tuition includes lunches and daily snacks. Prices are listed in Canadian Dollars and are inclusive of all applicable taxes. An accommodation package is available in QUAD or DOUBLE occupancy and includes breakfast and dinner. Click here for further details.

Cathi Jefferson

Cathi has exhibited nationally and internationally, with her work has been featured in numerous publications including Robin Hoppers Functional Pottery and Phil Roger’s Salt-Glaze Ceramics. She has attended residencies at Archie Bray in Montana, the Banff Centre and others in the US and abroad. In 2010, she was awarded the Carter Wosk BC Achievement Award for Applied Art and Design.

Cathi’s studio and gallery on the beautiful Cowichan River near Duncan, BC, is surrounded by the west coast rain forest that inspires her. The unique salt-fired functional stoneware and sculptural forms she creates have designs from nature that she cares about so passionately.

www.cathijefferson.com

Wednesday December 5, 2018

Solarplates: Monoprinting in the Sun

WEEK TWO (5-day): July 1 – 5, 2019 Classes run 9 am – 4 pm daily and students are welcome to stay late in their studio.

Solarplates: Monoprinting in the Sun

Explore the wonder of Solarplate printmaking technique combined with music, poetry and various
imagery to create a cohesive body of prints using the power of the sun as its magical ingredient. Solarplate is an artistic method of making multiple images on paper without sweat, blood and tears.

Learn and study this simple technique from a master printmaker who teaches through excitement and spontaneity. Without hazardous acids and chemicals UV light and water yield highly professional results. The light-sensitized polymer printing plate accepts all forms of art from drawings, paintings and/or digital images and is capable of yielding many impressions.

Alternatively, artists can work through traditional or digital approaches on transparent film or specially prepared ‘grained’ glass. Participants will be able to produce several 8×10 inch images during this intensive workshop. Larger plates may be made available with prior request.

All levels welcome, printmaking experience preferred

STUDENT SUPPLY LIST (Click HERE): All students are responsible for bringing their own supplies.
COURSE COST: $681+ (Covers $681 tuition. There will be an additional supply fee to be assessed at a later date. This course requires specialized materials and equipment which need to be shipped from out of country. We apologize for any inconvenience.)

Tuition also includes lunch and daily snacks. Prices are listed in Canadian Dollars and are inclusive of all applicable taxes. An accommodation package is available in QUAD or DOUBLE occupancy and includes breakfast and dinner. Click here for further details.

Dan Welden

Since the 1970’s, as one of the original pioneers of alternative printmaking and in the forefront of ‘health and safety’, Dan Welden developed the revolutionary process called Solarplate.

As an innovator of water based monotypes, he has been educating artists of all levels on every continent with environmental and spiritual awareness. As co-author of “Printmaking in the Sun”, and director of Hampton Editions, Ltd. in Sag Harbor, NY, he has collaborated with many artists including, Willem de Kooning, Eric Fischl, Kiki Smith, and Kurt Vonnegut among many others.

He has been the recipient of international artists’ grants traveling to China, Belgium, Peru, Australia and New Zealand and has had over 85 solo exhibitions and professional visits in 53 countries on 6 continents. He was juror for the international Printmaking Biennal in Aqui Terme, Italy and is represented by BCB Gallery in Hudson, NY. He recently received a ‘Lifetime Achievement Grant’ from A/E Foundation in 2016 and honored as Professor Emeritus at the Escuela des Beas Artes in Cuzco, Peru.

www.danwelden.com

Wednesday December 5, 2018

Haida Weaving: A Cedar Bark Basket

WEEKEND TWO (2-day): June 29 – 30, 2019 Classes run 9 am – 4 pm each day and students are welcome to stay longer in their studio.

Haida Weaving: A Cedar Bark Basket

Participants will make a small scale square cedar bark basket, beginning with a short Haida story of the first basket and then exploring the basics of preparing the cedar bark for weaving, such as cleaning, cutting and splitting into various widths. Using the prepared cedar bark, participants will design and weave their own unique basket combining such techniques as the Salish Weave (plaiting), Herringbone twill, twining, over-lays, and some imbrication. Sample baskets will be on hand for inspiration.

All levels welcome

STUDENT SUPPLY LIST: (Click HERE) Students are responsible for bringing their own supplies
COURSE FEE: $333 (Includes $291 tuition and $42 for specific supplies provided by the instructor, which will include dried cedar bark)

Tuition includes daily lunch and snacks. Prices are listed in Canadian Dollars and are inclusive of all applicable taxes. An accommodation package is available in QUAD or DOUBLE occupancy and includes breakfast and dinner. Click here for further details.

Todd Giihlgiigaa DeVries

Todd @Giihlgiigaa is a Haida Cedar Bark weaver based in Vancouver, BC, focused on the practical use of his creations and the community building potential of this fine craft. Todd first started weaving with Western Red Cedar Bark in 2001 following a mysterious vision he had of the Old Woman of the Forest. For the past eight years since his move to Vancouver, he has been sharing his skills, and teaching other weavers how to master materials of their own choosing as well as cedar bark, through demonstrations, workshops, weaving circles and informal mentorships. He has taught communities as diverse as elders and youth through community programs throughout BC.

Todd currently is an artist in residence at Britannia Community Center and at St. Kateri, Vancouver teaching basic weaving skills every week. Todd also sells his woven items, mainly hats through his own website as well as gift shops and galleries.

www.ithkilgaa.blogspot.com

Workshops will not run until sufficient enrollment has been met. Please register before April 15th to avoid disappointment.

CONFIRMED: This workshop has met the required registration numbers and will be running.

Tuesday December 4, 2018

Fantastical Creatures: 3D Needle Felting

WEEKEND TWO (2-day): June 29 – 30, 2019 Classes run 9 am – 4 pm each day and students are welcome to stay longer in the studio.

Fantastical Creatures: 3D Needle Felting

A needle felting workshop to sculpt a fantastical creature from wool and your imagination. Students will begin by learning which fibres are best for needle felting and the different types of needles used. Learn how to create and join different shapes, and how to felt around a wire armature. Students will create a 6” felted fantastical creature, like a mermaid, as a learning project on the first morning.

Students will then be challenged to create a fantastical creature in their own style, beginning with a wire armature where needed and felting the basic body shape. Students will felt on a coloured top coat, features, details and expressions to bring their creatures to life.

All levels welcome

STUDENT SUPPLY LIST (Click HERE): All students are responsible for bringing their own supplies.
COURSE COST: $331 (Inclusive of $291 tuition and a $40 material fee for specific supplies provided by the instructor, which include felting needles, armature wire and a selection of hand dyed wool)

Tuition includes daily lunch and snacks. Prices are listed in Canadian Dollars and are inclusive of all applicable taxes. An accommodation package is available in QUAD or DOUBLE occupancy and includes breakfast and dinner. Click here for further details

Nancy Wesley

Nancy Wesley (nan.c) is a creative contemporary felt designer who has been teaching and felting full time for 9 years. Trained as a graphic designer at the Ontario College of Art her works shows her love of line and clean simple design. She has lived in the Cowichan Valley on Vancouver Island for 18 years.

Nancy’s process begins by hand dyeing wool roving then sculpting and manipulating it using a variety of felting techniques. The inspiration for her dye-pot is nature. The myriad of shades and depth of each colour is what she attempts to mimic with the dyeing process, never aiming for a solid colour. Nancy combines needle felting techniques with the ancient methods of wet felting to create her line of art influenced by her graphic design background and her love of myth and folklore.

www.nancdesigns.ca

Friday November 30, 2018

Looking is Touching: Plein Air Painting

WEEKEND TWO (2-day): June 29 – 30, 2019 Classes run from 9 am – 4 pm each day and students are welcome to stay late in their studio.

Looking is Touching: Plein Air Painting

This workshop will examine the phenomenon of looking as an extension of touch. Plein air paintings are tactile pictures that emulate things and places. Focusing and studying places through painting, the distance between ourselves and the subject dissolves and we enter a rapport with place.

There will be one lecture that briefly outlines the avant garde history of plein air painting and its possible implications in today’s context, along with hands-on demonstrations and individual instruction. We shall seek a place on the campus that offers a range of subject matter from human to non-human with emphasis on the human legacy or story of the place. We will paint together – learning from each other over two days sharing feedback, conversation and insight. The workshop will conclude with a group critique directed by the instructor for usefulness and succinctness.

This workshop requires that we spend the day at one location working on a single painting, then returning to the same location the next day to work upon the same painting. Please be prepared for variable weather and insects as well as being receptive to changing light and colour.

All levels welcome

STUDENT SUPPLY LIST (Click HERE): All students are responsible for bringing their own supplies.
COURSE COST: $291

Tuition includes lunches and daily snacks. Prices are listed in Canadian Dollars and are inclusive of all applicable taxes. An accommodation package is available in QUAD or DOUBLE occupancy and includes breakfast and dinner. Click here for further details.

Jeremy Herndl

Jeremy Herndl is a painter living in Victoria, BC. His work is in collections such as The Surrey Art Gallery, the City of Surrey, The University of Victoria, The Brucebo Foundation, Sweden, The Alberta Foundation for the Arts, The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade and private and corporate collections around the world. He has done residencies at the Banff Centre, The Brucebo Residency in Visby, Sweden, Tombstone Territorial Park, Tomaszow-Mazowiecki, Poland and upcoming fellowship at the Vermont Studio Centre.

In the past few years Jeremy’s work has exhibited at Michael Gibson Gallery, (London, ON), The Surrey Art Centre, Open Space Society (Victoria, BC), The ODD Gallery, Dawson City, Yukon, Two Rivers Gallery, (Prince George, BC) and numerous group shows. Jeremy has taught workshops and courses at Emily Carr University, Kwantlen Polytechnic University, The Vancouver Island School of Art, The Yukon School of Visual Art and the Metchosin International Summer School of the Arts.

www.jeremyherndl.com

Workshops will not run until sufficient enrollment has been met. Please register before April 15th to avoid disappointment.

CONFIRMED: This workshop has met the required registration numbers and will be running.

Tuesday November 27, 2018

Painting with Wool

WEEK TWO (5-day): July 1 – 5, 2019 Classes run 9 am – 4 pm daily and students are welcome to stay late in their studio.

Painting with Wool

In this workshop students will explore the diversity of using wool fibers as a “painting” medium by diving into the world of two-dimensional needle felting. Needle felting is a process that uses barbed needles to attach fibers to a base textile, often wool felt or linen. Dani will introduce techniques to help students learn how to create different effects with wool fibers, including how to blend, layer, and create different textures to compose beautiful fiber art. Students will also explore how to use colour in impactful ways.

Other topics will include useful tools for felting, exploring different materials and textiles, the forgiving nature and breadth of the medium, and framing and presentation techniques for wool paintings. Demonstrations and various exercises will be available for those keen on practicing techniques.

All levels welcome

STUDENT SUPPLY LIST (Click HERE): All students are responsible for bringing their own supplies.
COURSE COST: $688 (Includes $681 tuition and $7 materials fee for specific supplies provided by the instructor).

Tuition includes lunches and daily snacks. Prices are listed in Canadian Dollars and are inclusive of all applicable taxes. An accommodation package, which includes breakfast and dinner is available in QUAD or DOUBLE occupancy. Click here for further details.

Dani Ives

Dani is a self-taught fiber artist based in Northwest Arkansas. Her inspiration comes from a love of nature, science and a past career as a conservation educator and working with animals. After indulging in needle felting as a hobby and creating hundreds of three-dimensional pieces, Dani discovered the thrill of felting two-dimensional images in 2014. She found this style more challenging yet more artistically fulfilling. Over the course of a few years, Dani has developed a distinct style of needle felting that she calls painting with wool. She attempts to mimic traditional painting and drawing practices with non-traditional materials like fibers and textiles and loves sharing these techniques with her students. Dani has taught hundreds of students in workshops, classrooms and online courses across the US and internationally.

www.daniives.com

Workshops will not run until sufficient enrollment has been met.

UPDATE:This workshop has met the required number of registrants and will be running.

Thursday November 22, 2018

Letting it Go! Abstract Painting

WEEKEND TWO (2-days): June 29 – 30, 2019 Classes run 9 am – 4 pm daily and students are welcome to stay late in their studio.

Letting it Go! Abstract Painting

Through demonstrations and looking at paintings, students will explore some basics of composition, value, and colour. Painting exercises will help you loosen up and let your brush flow freely. Basic elements of abstraction will be explored. Students will have time to work towards finding your own voice.

There will be opportunities to paint on larger canvases, which will help your brush go in a free flow manner and will allow you to express your individual feeling towards your art.

All levels welcome

STUDENT SUPPLY LIST: (Click HERE): All students are responsible for bringing their own supplies.
COURSE COST: $297 (Includes $291 tuition and $6 material fee for specific supplies provided by the instructor.)

Tuition includes daily lunch and snacks. Prices are listed in Canadian Dollars and are inclusive of all applicable taxes. An accommodation package, which includes breakfast and dinner is available separately. Click here for further details.

Eunmi Conacher

Eunmi Conacher is a Vancouver Island artist. She attended Hong-Ik University in Seoul, Korea, graduating with a BFA degree. She became an active member of The Federation of Canadian Artists in 2008, and an associate member in 2015.

She describes herself as a contemporary impressionist & expressionist artist. Her desire is to create paintings which bring energy to the canvas. Her use of colour, form, and texture is intuitive. Her hope is that the viewers connect emotionally with the painting in their own way. The result she strives for is a painting from the heart.

www3.telus.net/eunmiconacher

Thursday November 22, 2018

Sizing Up in Clay

WEEKEND TWO (2-day): June 29 – 30, 2019 Classes will run 9 am – 4 pm each day and students are welcome to stay late in their studio.

Sizing it Up in Clay

Students will learn how to increase the scale of their work, both on the wheel and hand-built. We will play with coil-throwing, coil-hand-building, and slab building with large moulds or supports, in order to build substantial sculptural forms. We will explore the importance of the interior space and the sense of containment inside each form as it organically grows in volume over this two day workshop.

We will talk about surface design (altering, carving, texturing), multiple components, fitted sections, and armature supports. Whether you want to create 2-foot thrown forms while protecting your wrists, 10-foot enormous hand-built forms, or anything in between, this course will introduce the techniques to help you create the scale you want for your work.

All levels welcome, some clay experience is required

STUDENT SUPPLY LIST: (Click HERE): All students are responsible for bringing their own supplies.
CLAY ORDER FORM: (Click HERE)
COURSE COST: $291

Tuition includes daily lunch and daily snacks. Prices are listed in Canadian Dollars and are inclusive of all applicable taxes. An accommodation package is available in QUAD or DOUBLE occupancy and includes breakfast and dinner. Click here for further details.

Samantha Dickie

Samantha Dickie is a Victoria-based contemporary ceramic artist, using elements of abstract expressionism and minimalist sculpture within a sculptural and installation practice. Following a B.A. Degree, she received a Diploma in Ceramics from the Kootenay School of the Arts, and attended residencies in Jingdezhen, China; the Banff Centre and Red Deer College in Alberta; and KIAC in Yukon. She has been awarded project grants from Canada Council, BC Arts Council, Alberta Foundation for the Arts, and the Yukon Arts Fund. In addition to teaching workshops, she has presented at the Fusion Ontario Clay Conference and the Canadian Clay Symposium. Her work has been exhibited in public galleries across Canada including the Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery, and she is currently represented by Jonathon Bancroft Snell Gallery in Ontario, and Madrona Gallery in Victoria.

www.samanthadickie.com

Monday November 19, 2018

SAORI Weaving: Weaving Without Boundaries

WEEK ONE (5-day): June 24 – 28, 2019 Classes run from 9 am – 4 pm each day and students are welcome to stay late in their studio.

SAORI Weaving: Weaving without Boundaries

In this 5-day workshop students will explore everything from freestyle weaving to origami-style clothing design through an immersion into the SAORI philosophy of weaving. As there are ‘no rules and no mistakes’ in this style of weaving, the possibilities of what we will do in the five days are endless.

This beautiful philosophy from Japan opens doors to new ways of exploring weaving, whether you have never woven before or have been weaving for many years.

SAORI looms will be provided and we will start with weaving and the exploration of colour, design and texture. During the workshop, students will be able to complete at least two weavings. We will also look at the SAORI way of designing clothing using origami principles and listening to the cloth. Those who wish may want to sew their finished cloth into a garment, bag or other item.

A demonstration of the SAORI style of preparing a loom will also be covered as SAORI has simplified this to make it easy for everyone.

Each person will be encouraged to explore things that are of particular interest to them.

All levels welcome

STUDENT SUPPLY LIST (Click HERE): All students are responsible for bringing their own supplies.
COURSE COST: $781 (Inclusive of $681 tuition and $100 course fee for the use of a loom and pre-wound warps ready to use)

Tuition cost also includes lunch and daily snacks. Prices are listed in Canadian Dollars and are inclusive of all applicable taxes. An accommodation package, which includes breakfast and dinner is available separately. Click here for further details.

Terri Bibby

Terri Bibby is a SAORI freestyle weaver and designer, creating one-of-a-kind asymmetric clothing, scarves, wraps, bags and wall hangings in the SAORI style. Her weaving is inspired by the ever changing colours and textures of nature that surround her.

In her studio in the woods on Salt Spring Island, Terri offers classes, workshops and retreats on weaving, warping, and clothing design for all ages. She has had over 1,800 people “Weave for Peace” on beautiful peace banners that have been displayed around the world.

Since first seeing SAORI weaving in 2005, Terri has immersed herself in the philosophy and practice of SAORI weaving. She opened her registered SAORI studio on Salt Spring Island in 2007 and is a member of the SAORI Leader’s Committee based in Japan. SAORI Salt Spring is part of the SAORI Global Network.

www.saltspringweaving.ca

Workshops will not run until sufficient enrollment has been met. Please register before April 15th to avoid disappointment.

CONFIRMED:This workshop has met sufficient enrollment and will be running.

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