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2008 Workshops
January
Indoor/Studio Landscape Painting |
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Visual Art Studio |
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January 11-14 |
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$280 |
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Painting in the studio is an important extension to outdoor painting. This oil painting class will focus on how to start an indoor painting by simplifying the landscape to its basic elements: atmospheric progression of sunlight and shadow. Emphasis will be placed on the elements of painting such as drawing, color, value, shape and composition. Students will also learn how to "scale" a small image to a larger format. Students will be utilizing photographs for their painting reference(see the supply list for more details). Please contact the instructor if you are interested in working from an outdoor sketch. The first afternoon will be lecture and demonstration. Requirements are a hardy love of landscape and a positive attitude.
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Create a Stained Glass Window - Traditional Stained Glass |
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Glass Studio | |
January 24 to February 28
Thursday evenings from 6-8:30pm |
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$150.00 | |
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$30.00 | |
| Class Size: |
8 | |
Create your own window. Design, cut and assemble colored glass using copperfoil and lead techniques. Complete up to a 12" x 18" artwork. Beginners and intermediate students welcome.
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Pots for the Wheel |
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Clay Studio | |
January 24 to March 13
Eight Thursday evenings from 6:30-9pm |
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$100 | |
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6 | |
This course is for everyone who likes to play with clay. Beginning to intermediate wheel throwing technique will be covered. Hand-built techniques will be explored. Decorative effects and glaze options will be discussed and experimented with using studio glazes and low fire recycled clay.
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| February |
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Indoor /Studio Landscape Painting |
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Visual Art Studio | |
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February 8-11 |
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$280 | |
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12 | |
Painting in the studio is an important extension to outdoor painting. This oil painting class will focus on how to start an indoor painting by simplifying the landscape to its basic elements: atmospheric progression of sunlight and shadow. Emphasis will be placed on the elements of painting such as drawing, color, value, shape and composition. Students will also learn how to "scale" a small image to a larger format. Students will be utilizing photographs for their painting reference(see the supply list for more details). Please contact the instructor if you are interested in working from an outdoor sketch. The first afternoon will be lecture and demonstration. Requirements are a hardy love of landscape and a positive attitude.
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| March |
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Indoor/Studio Landscape Painting |
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Visual Art Studio | |
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March 14-17 |
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$280 | |
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Painting in the studio is an important extension to outdoor painting. This oil painting class will focus on how to start an indoor painting by simplifying the landscape to its basic elements: atmospheric progression of sunlight and shadow. Emphasis will be placed on the elements of painting such as drawing, color, value, shape and composition. Students will also learn how to "scale" a small image to a larger format. Students will be utilizing photographs for their painting reference(see the supply list for more details). Please contact the instructor if you are interested in working from an outdoor sketch. The first afternoon will be lecture and demonstration. Requirements are a hardy love of landscape and a positive attitude.
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Beginning Printmaking |
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Print Studio | |
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March 30, 31, and April 1 |
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$260 | |
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$25 | |
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12 | |
A variety of printing topics and techniques will be covered. Students can choose depending upon individual interests. Instruction on the use of the Vander Cook press will be emphasized. Single color prints, multiple color blocks, and reduction printing methods will also be covered. This class is a prerequisite for the June intermediated/advanced class.
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| June |
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Intermediate/Advanced Printmaking |
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Print Studio | |
June 8 - 10
9 AM to 4 PM |
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$260 | |
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$25 | |
| Class Size: |
12 | |
Requirements: Beginning Printmaking or permission from instructor.
A variety of printing topics and techniques will be covered. Students can choose depending upon individual interests. Instruction on the use of the Vander Cook press will be emphasized. Single color prints, multiple color blocks, and reduction printing methods will also be covered.
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Basic Drawing Skills |
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Visual Arts Studio | |
June 9 - 13
9 AM to 4 PM |
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$360 ($310 members) | |
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None | |
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10 | |
Drawing is at the "root" of all the visual arts. It is the "purest" form of visual communication.
If you have little or no experience drawing or just need a refresher course, this class is for you! Students will learn how to observe directly from subject matter. Contour line, modified contour line, and blind drawing will be introduced. Drawing with pencil, charcoal, pen, and colored pencil will be explored.
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Glass Treasure Boxes |
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Glass Studio | |
June 13 - 15
June 13 & - 9 AM - 4:30 PM;
June 15 - 9 AM - 12:30 PM |
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$180 ($150 members) | |
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$30 | |
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Make a magical hinged stained glass box for your treasures! This class will provide the glass artist with simple to complex ideas/techniques to design and build unique stained glass boxes. Students will be supplied with various box patterns or they can design their own. Participants will then focus on cover design, accurate glass cutting, reinforcing, box construction with hinges, wire and detail work, patina and finishing, Previous glass experience is helpful but not required to build a box to treasure.
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Wood Engraving |
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Print Studio | |
June 16 - 20
9 AM - 4 PM |
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$360 ($310 members) | |
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$75 | |
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10 | |
The art of engraving in engrain hardwood to create prints, broadsides, and book illustrations is enjoying a renaissance. Discover the versatility of this medium for rendering fine detail that other relief printing methods cannot provide. No prior printmaking experience necessary to enjoy and learn from this workshop. You'll also have an introduction to multi-block color engraving. Each participant will produce at least two editioned prints. The workshop will include a presentation on the history of wood engraving.
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Plein Aire Landscape Oil Painting |
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Multi-purpose Room and Outdoor Locations | |
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June 16 - 20 |
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$360 ($310 members) | |
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Sky's the limit | |
Painting on location is essential to capturing the subtle beauty of nature. This class will focus on how to start a painting by simplifying the landscape to its basic elements: atmospheric progression of sunlight and shadow. Other essential elements of painting such as color, value, shape, composition and drawing will also be discussed. Some outdoor painting experience recommended, plus a hardy love of the natural world.
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Painting: Make Marks that Make Sense |
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VIsual Arts Studio | |
June 23 - 27
9 AM - 4 PM |
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$360 ($310 members) | |
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10 | |
In this class Liz Sivertson will share her personal methods and philosophy of making art. Demonstrations will be mainly in the acrylic medium, but instruction in oil and watercolor can also be included. Daily instruction will include informal sessions describing basic design principles: how to create effective compositions with the use of color, light, and shape, etc. Liz will also demonstrate some of the classical tricks of creating the illusion of 3D on a 2D surface. Movement exercises (optional) will help the student warm up and awaken the senses for painting.
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Encaustic Painting and Collage |
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Print Studio | |
June 23 - 27
9 AM - 4 PM |
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$360 ($310 members) | |
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$60 | |
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5 | |
Explore the oldest of painting techniques, encaustic, with a contemporary approach to image making. Encaustic is made of hot pigmented beeswax and painted/applied to a surface while in a molten state of 180-200 degrees F. The beeswax is then fused with heat and additional layers of wax pigment can be re-applied. This class will explore basic painting techniques and fusing applications, as well as developing imagery through collage, incorporating photography and found papers. Emphasis is on image development and exploration through a safe handling of materials. Beginners welcome!
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Fused Glass Tiles: An Introduction to Glass Fusing |
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Glass Studio |  |
June 27 - 29
9 AM - 4 PM |
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$180 ($150 members) | |
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$60 | |
| Class Size: |
8 | |
Design and create two colorful 6" x 6" tiles. Learn the basics of glass fusing in this comprehensive experience of selecting and cutting your glass to programming and firing the kilns; the magic of melting the stacked pieces to form art. This class is a pre-requisite for anyone using the glass kilns at the Art Colony Studio.
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Solarplate Intaglio: An Introduction |
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Print Studio and Multi-purpose Room | |
June 28 & 29
9AM - 5 PM |
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$175 ($150 members) | |
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$30 | |
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10 | |
A relatively new approach to intaglio printmaking involves the use of Solarplates. Solarplates are polymer coated metal plates that are sensitive to ultraviolet light. An image is prepared on a transparent material, then the image is transferred to a Solarplate by exposure to a UV light source. Class participants will create images for intaglio printing by drawing on transparent materials. Basic processes will be demonstrated by the instructor and employed by the students. Multicolor printing will be discussed and can be tried by ambitious participants. Previous intaglio experience is helpful, but is not required for this introductory class.
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Raku Pottery: From Wheel to Kiln |
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Art Colony Clay Studio, North House Folk School, & KKD Studio | |
June 26 - 29
9 AM - 4 PM |
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$275 (Registration is with North House Folk School: 888-387-9762 or 218-387-9762) | |
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$20 | |
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Join North Shore potters Kristi Downing and John Franz for a 4- day raku experience utilizing the Art Colony clay studio, Kristi's Lake Superior Studio, and the North House campus on the Grand Marais Harbor.. Students spend the first three days working on wheel throwing techniques with John Franz at the Art Colony. Then Kristi leads the group to her Lake Superior studio to learn raku glazing and firing techniques. The course ends with an afternoon on the North House Folk School campus learning how to build a backyard kiln. This workshop is for all levels of clay enthusiasts.
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Smorgasbord in Clay |
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Clay Studio | |
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July 7 - 11 |
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$320 ($280 members) | |
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$20 | |
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10 | |
Students will learn a smorgasbord of clay techniques including "slap and strap", shellac resist technique, "flipper pots", clay whistle flute making, clay faceting, roulette impressed designs, clay donuts, underglaze decoration, drawing on clay, no tech firing, and off site clay painting/drawing/modeling from nature/landscape/seascape. Participants will have unlimited access to the clay studio and Art Colony back yard during this 5 day "clay immersion camp". The instructor will present twice a day for 2 hours and will work individually with each student. Field trips will offer participants the opportunity to work off site in the forest and on the shore.
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Paint the Woods Watercolor Workshop |
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Visual Arts Studio | |
July 7 -11
9 AM - 4 PM |
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$360 ($310 members) | |
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12 | |
"The woods are lovely, dark and deep..." Robert Frost. This fun and inspiring workshop will focus on the structure and spirit of the woods. you will paint every aspect of the woods from wildflowers growing on the forest floor to the sleek black ravens that populate the treetops. You will see how to make paintings full of the life and energy of the woods using such techniques as wet-in-wet, wet-on-dry and drybrush. There will be an emphasis on designing your painting with light and the importance of edges. You'll rediscover the pigments on your palette that best describe the progression of seasons in the woods and develop methods for painting spectacular light effects that make each painting sing. This workshop is overflowing with information, handouts and individual help with plenty of painting time for you to explore your vision. This workshop is for the advanced beginner to intermediate painter.
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Intaglio Printmaking: An Introduction
Non-Toxic or Acrylic Resist Etching Techniques |
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Print Studio | |
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July 11 - 13 |
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$185 ($155 Members) | |
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$45 | |
| Class Size: |
8 | |
This workshop will explore the application and refinement of the fundamentals of Non Toxic or Acrylic Resist Etching Techniques. We will use the techniques of hard ground, soft ground, and the powerful technique of aquatint as well as Chine colle'. Learn different ways of creating aquatint-like effects and explore other resists. We will compare new products that are on the market for Acrylic Resist Etching. Students are encouraged to bring plates, print ideas, sketchbooks, and visual images. We will crank out new and stunning prints while exploring new products and recipes.
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An Introduction to Slumping Glass |
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Glass Studio | |
July 11 - 13
9 AM - 4 PM |
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$180 ($150 members) | |
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$80 | |
| Class Size: |
8 | |
Explore two slumping techniques – in clay and over steel molds. Participants will have the opportunity to complete two glass pieces while learning the "how to" of fusing and firing in a kiln. Previous warm glass experience is helpful.
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Continuing Intaglio Printmaking |
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Print Studio | |
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July 14 - 17 |
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$240 ($200 Members) | |
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$45 | |
| Class Size: |
8 | |
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Tuition $375 ($340 Members) (7 days) | |
Prerequisite: Introduction to Intaglio or permission from the instructor.
This class is a continuation of Intaglio: An Introduction and will build upon the work done in the previous course.
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A Still Life a Day |
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Visual Arts Studio | |
July 14 - 18
9 AM - 4 PM |
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$360 ($310 members) | |
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None | |
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10 | |
Level: Intermediate to Advanced
This course will include a brief biography of five major artists accompanied by images of still lifes they painted. The artists are Morandi, Matisse, Picasso, O'Keefe, and Thiebaud. We will each day draw or paint a still life in their style. A still life need not be a stuffy or formal painting. It can be a whimsical, abstract, realistic, or even political statement! Still lifes are like theatre only you will set the stage. Cezanne said, "There is nothing still about a still life."
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Plein Aire Pastel Painting |
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Multi-purpose Room and The Great Outdoors | |
July 14 -18
9AM - 4PM |
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$360 ($310 members) | |
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None | |
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12 | |
Paint outside in beautiful locations around Grand Marais.
Instructor demos will be in soft pastel, although you can paint in your favorite medium.The basics of outdoor painting will be discussed throughout the week. Topics including choosing your subject, design and composition considerations, the importance of accurate drawing, painting fundamentals and more will all be considered as we work together. You will receive personal assistance at your easel and group critiques will give us all a chance to learn as we explore plein air painting in a fun and supportive environment.
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GET RELIEF: Making and Casting 3-D Tiles |
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Clay Studio | |
July 18 & 19
Day 1: 5-8:30pm
Day 2: 9am - 12pm 1pm-3:30pm |
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$150 ($120 members) | |
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$20 | |
| Class Size: |
10 | |
Students will make a relief tile from a clay body of their choice. They will cast a mold of this tile using densite plaster. Once the mold has matured, the students will produce a copy of their work for the Art Colony and as many copies as they want for themselves. The mold will be yours to keep!
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Fused Glass for the Stained Glass Artist |
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Glass Studio | |
July 19 & 20
9am-4pm |
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$120 ($100 members) | |
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$80
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8 | |
An introduction to fused glass for the artist who has been working in stained glass. This class presumes a basic knowledge in the techniques of cutting glass. The student will learn techniques for designing and producing a 3" x 6" hanging glass window ornament and a 6" sushi plate using simple geometric shapes. Differences and similarities between stained glass and fusing glass techniques will be explored with an emphasis on using the unique characteristics of "warm" glass to achievce a desired artistic result. Students will be instructed in the "why" and "how" of fusing with discussions of the physics og glass fusing, "best practice" shop techniques, and the development of fusing and slumping schedules.
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Drawing From the Inside |
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Visual Arts Studio | |
July 21 - 25
8 AM - 2 PM |
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$320 ($280 members) | |
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None | |
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10 | |
Drawing From the Inside is a class for anyone who always wanted to learn how to draw, but also for more advanced students who want to learn to draw what is inside them. Drawing is the fundamental basis for communicating in a visual way. Whatever the artist is trying to communicate with their graphics, paintings, illustrations, or 3-D art starts with drawing. The class will offer traditional training in technique and mediums in drawing. Using drawing mediums to express ideas in landscape, students will discover how to take technique-to-skill-to-art. Students will be encouraged to express their ideas using nature as a vehicle to communicate. And to ask the questions, "What are you trying to say? What do you want your viewer to see? What do you want to express of yourself?"
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Making a Visual Journal of Your Life:
Sketching in Pen and Ink |
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Print Studio and Multi-Purpose Room | |
July 20 - 24
8:30 AM - 5 PM |
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$360 ($310 members) | |
| Supply Fee: |
$75 | |
| Class Size: |
12 | |
Do you want to create a document to capture the moments of your life in images and words? Visual journaling allows you to harness and hone your creative impulses, to observe and savor the details of your life, and improve your drawing abilities. In this intensive 5-day workshop students will make two hardcover 6 x 6 inch journals (one on the first day of class, and one on the final class day). The hardbound journal will have elegant Japanese bookcloth on board covers. Its heavyweight, archival pages are perfect for pen and ink work but will easily accommodate mixed media of your choice when you continue on your own. All experience levels are welcome, whether your are interested in beginning a visual journaling practice or connecting with a habit you've lost, these five days will jump start your imagination!
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Mentored I with Hazel Belvo |
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Visual Arts Studio | |
July 28 - August 1
9 AM - 4 PM |
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$480 ($425 members) | |
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None | |
| Class Size: |
9 | |
In these workshops, artists work in the medium of their choice under the close mentorship of Hazel Belvo. The Mentored 1 and 11 workshops are for advanced practicing artists who have produced a body of work in a particular medium. Much life a "Master Class" setting, students will explore the artist within, elaborating on their own personal imagery. Qualified artists may combine the two workshops for two full weeks of study.
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Mentored II with Hazel Belvo |
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Visual Arts Studio | |
August 4 - 8
9 AM - 4 PM |
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$480 ($425 members) | |
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None | |
| Class Size: |
9 | |
In these workshops, artists work in the medium of their choice under the close mentorship of Hazel Belvo. The Mentored 1 and 11 workshops are for advanced practicing artists who have produced a body of work in a particular medium. Much life a "Master Class" setting, students will explore the artist within, elaborating on their own personal imagery. Qualified artists may combine the two workshops for two full weeks of study.
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Glass Beadmaking |
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Glass Studio | |
August 9 - 10
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$170 | |
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$15 | |
| Class Size: |
7 | |
The beginning portion of the class will give an introduction to basic lampwork bead making. We will provide you with the technical knowledge of how glass reacts to heat, compatibility and annealing. You will learn how to form and shape a round bead, form a tube-shaped bead and pull glass into stringers and use them to learn the application and placement of dots. This introductory class is structured to give you a thorough understanding of glass, forming and applying hot glass to make beads. As the class progresses, we will move into more intermediate lampwork skills. You will learn to improve your shapes, expand into new shapes, work on color layering, silvered ivory stringer and clear encasing. We will also look at creating complex twisted canes for surface decoration. The instructor will have complete beginner kits available for sale.
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Adventures in Wheel and Hand Built Potter Making |
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Clay Studio | |
August 11 - 15
9 AM - 4 PM |
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$360 ($310 members) | |
| Supply Fee: |
$25 | |
| Class Size: |
10 | |
This exciting workshop includes beginning to advanced wheel throwing and hand-building techniques using white and red earthenware clay with under glazes, slips and commercial glazes. Marblizing technique, Mishima, sgraffito, texture, dry brush, and resist decorative methods will be explored. The workshop will include technical demonstrations on clay construction. Decorative methods, and a clay stamp-making exercise. Introductory information on kiln loading and firing processes will also be discussed, A group collaborative vessel created to demonstrate the coil method will be donated to the Art Colony.
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What Is True Blue? |
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Visual Arts Studio | |
August 14 - 17
9 AM - 4 PM |
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$290 ($250 members) | |
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None | |
| Class Size: |
12 | |
Many colored pencil manufacturers use exotic, if not helpful, pigment names such as "True Blue", "Night Green", "Spanish Orange" and so on. How does the beginning (and even more advanced) artist make sense of these sometimes misleading labels and where do they fit in the overall scheme of color? By a sequence of demonstrations and exercises, participants will start with a monochromatic scheme, move on to complimentary, split-complimentary, analogous and triatic color schemes. By the end of the workshop, each participant should have a clearer and more understandable approach to color as it applies to colored pencil. Along the way, various techniques and compositional problems will be discussed, as well as subject matter and materials. Some previous drawing experience is a plus and a sense of humor is necessary!
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Plein Aire, Plain & Simple |
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Art Colony and outdoor locations | |
August 15-17
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$325 ($300 members) | |
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None | |
| Class Size: |
12 | |
This workshop will skip the Hocus-Pocus and the art Mumbo-Jumbo. Instead, we'll concentrate on a small handful of basic art-truths that were practiced and taught 100 years ago, but practically forgotten today. Brian will present these easy-to-understand fundamentals in small, attainable, incremental steps that when followed, will allow you to achieve surprising, quick results. Guaranteed.
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Images in Fused Glass |
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Glass Studio | |
August 15 - 17
9 AM - 4 PM |
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$180 ($150 members) | |
| Supply Fee: |
$80 | |
| Class Size: |
8 | |
Transform your personal design into the magic of glass. Learn a variety of techniques to produce the subtleties of color, textures and light necessary to recreate a painting or drawing in the medium of glass. Using powdered glass and stained glass pieces stacked and fired, you may create a piece as large as 10" x 16". Previous glass experience is necessary.
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Sumi-e, "Painting From the Heart" |
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Visual Arts Studio | |
August 18 - 22
9 AM - 4 PM |
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$420 ($360 members) | |
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None | |
| Class Size: |
12 | |
This workshop is designed to help you have fun with ink, watercolor, and rice paper while studying with one of America's leading Sumi-e painters. The workshop will cover traditional and contemporary Sumi-e (Asian brush painting) techniques of landscape painting, with discussion of composition and philosophy. Emphasis is on "fearless painting from the heart" (try new things) while interpreting the spirit and essence of Lake Superior and the spectacular surroundings. Weather permitting, some location sketching/painting, lots of demonstrations, individual painting time and encouragement will structure the class.
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Introduction to Alkyd Painting |
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Visual Arts Studio | |
August 25 - 29
9 AM - 4 PM |
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$360 ($310 members) | |
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None | |
| Class Size: |
10 | |
In this workshop the new painting medium of alkyd will be explored. Alkyd is a synthetic oil paint which dries between 18 and 24 hours. It has all the richness and creaminess of oil, and the student will use painting mediums like one does with oil (weber odorless turpenoid or odorless paint thinner, linseed oil and/or liquin). The colors in alkyd are beautiful! This class is designed for all skill levels. Some previous art experience in drawing and/or painting are helpful but not required. Various color theories and color mixing will be emphasized. Students should bring small objects or photographs they wish to paint. The Grand Marais environment can also inspire participants with a variety of subject matter.
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Studio Immersion with Hazel Belvo |
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Visual Arts Studio | |
September 8 - 12
9 AM - 4 PM |
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$575 | |
| Supply Fee: |
None | |
| Class Size: |
7 | |
This workshop is designed to provide artists special attention with Hazel Belvo for an intense week of independent study time in a Master Class setting. This is an advanced class for artists who are practiced and skilled in the formal language of art. The application process requires review of a portfolio and a conversation with Hazel Belvo to determine if this class is appropriate for your needs.
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Kids' Classes |
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Saturday Morning Community Art Class |
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A new Featured Artist each week | |
| Location: |
Visual Art Studio | |
June 14, 21, 28; July 5, 12, 19; August 9, 16
9 to 11:30 AM |
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FREE | |
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These free open studio sessions will use simple supplies for art skill development and creative play. Beginning drawing and painting skills, design and composition, color mixing, collage work, and hand printing techniques will be explored over the summer. The Visual Art Studio will allow as many as 24 students to work together. Children under the age of 12 should bring an adult. Come along and join the fun. Visitors are always welcome.
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Kids! Explore the Creative Process - Ages 9 - 12 and 13-16 |
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June 16 - 18
9 AM - Noon: Ages 9 - 12
1 - 4 PM: Ages 13 - 16 |
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The Connecting with the Creative Process class combines creative writing and art making with basic materials. This class provides participants with an opportunity to freely explore various materials and inner thoughts in an environment that is free from criticism. This class allows young artists to explore different mediums in a non-competitive atmosphere. Students have the option of sharing their visual and written work at the end of each session.
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Kid's Studio Art |
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August 11 - 13 |
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Kid's Studio Art 1 – For ages 6-8
Time: 9am-noon
Kid's Studio Art II – For ages 9-12
Kids enjoy three days of summer art fun in the big studio. A variety of exciting techniques and activities will be explored.
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Plein Aire for Kids! |
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Visual Arts Studio and Artist Point | |
August 23
9 AM - 4 PM |
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Ages: 9 - 12
Students will learn the basics of outdoor landscape or "plein aire" painting in watercolor. Weather permitting, the class will paint at Artist Point. All materials will be provided. Students should bring a lunch, appropriate clothing, a hat, sunscreen and a love of the world around them!
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