Painting on Silk
What uniquely happens on silk when liquid color is applied? When does the process require skill and when does it need me to wait and watch? We will work in this inquiry and the innate need for beauty and harmony. Various techniques will be presented and composition is a focus. Most important, we will dare to go beyond what we already know how to do and support each other in the exploration.
Registered students will receive a list of materials to bring.
Suzanne Punch, BFA Cleveland Institute of Art, has taught workshops in Santa Fe, NM, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Santa Cruz and Mendocino in California, and at the Society of Illustrators in New York. Her work has been exhibited in Tokyo and in galleries across the USA and may be seen in Susan Louise Moyer’s books on silk painting.
www.suzannepunch.com
Pottery: From your own Hand
Simple mud, formless potential waiting, humbly to be transformed: clay. Touch the clay, listen to the clay, move the clay. There is a way where the hand, heart, eye, and body are connected as whole. Pinch a bowl with your eyes closed, center the clay on the wheel with your heart open, build a world from the touch of your hand. For students of all levels.
Sylvia March, BA, Sarah Lawrence College and MA, Kyoto City University of Fine Arts, Japan, taught ceramics at Sarah Lawrence for many years. She has conducted craft exhibitions and has sold in NYC and nationally. Ms. March currently teaches ceramics at the Brearley School in NYC and has special classes in her studio-gallery in Palisades, NY.
sylviamarch.com
Understanding Color
We will be looking at landscapes, faces, still lifes, etc. as subjects for paintings. BUT instead of just imitating the colors and shapes we see, we will choose two or more colors whose relationship seems to convey the meaning of the painting-to-be. We will arrange those colors so that they predominate the painting-to-be, then examine their components to adjust them until your feelings agree with the way the color relationship looks to you. To finalize the painting, we will attempt to solve the 'blank space' or background color problem.
I plan to initiate our work each time we begin by finding a way to help connect with our physical as well as our mental availability. I hope it will again be fun to try to work full-out in all our senses.
Prior to the workshop, please consult www.tapleycolor.com.
William Tapley did post-graduate studies at the École des Beaux-Arts, Paris and The Royal Academy of Art, London. He has taught Color at The School of Visual Arts in NYC since 1966 and continues to paint in NYC and NY State.
Acting: Creating a Character
The inner/outer nature of character is explored using exercises in observation, line-learning, script analysis and group work. Performance is not required but, for those interested, the weekend could culminate in the showing of short scenes and monologues. Actors and non-actors of all levels are welcome. Telephone interview with instructor is requested.
Barbara Spiegel, a NY-based veteran stage/television/film actress, currently plays Judge Doremus on the television series Law & Order. She is a former member of Lincoln Center Repertory and had her own theater program for 17 years at the New School. She continues private coaching for acting professionals and nonprofessionals She is a lifetime member of the Actor’s Studio.
Wood Mask Carving
Carved masks have been used around the world for religious, theatrical, ceremonial and playful purposes. Join us as we explore the art and craft of carving masks out of wood. Tools and wood will be supplied.
Hy Varon, a longtime student of wood and stone carving, has shown his sculptures in galleries in NYC and NY State. He has received awards from the Salmagundi Club, Art Students League and Woodstock Artists Association and his work has appeared in Parabola magazine and elsewhere.
Basket Weaving
Basket weaving is one of the most ancient handcrafts. Natural reed from the tropical rattan palm will be used. On completing a basket, there is a great sense of satisfaction and appreciation for this wonderful craft. Our workshop will focus on the quiet, concentrated work of weaving a pincushion basket or vase.
Mina Giannola, a self-taught basket weaver, has been creating baskets for 16 years. She focuses on learning by doing and the enjoyment of working with a variety of natural materials.
Seeing with Digital Photography
How does an image come into being? Where does it come from and how does it make itself known? Does it find its own shape? And once a print has been made, how do we explore the image further? Digital photography is the means. A basic discussion of technical digital concepts will be covered and each participant will need a digital camera. To qualify, a conversation with one of the instructors is required.
Lee B. Ewing is the Sculpture Photographer for the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC and studied with Minor White. David Heald is the Chief Photographer for the Guggenheim Museum in New York, NY; his photographs of the Cistercian Abbeys in France were published in 2000 in the book Architecture of Silence by Harry N. Abrams, NY.
Voice, Song, Body
Voice, Song, Bodys is an exploration of sound, harmonics, group collaboration. We will study the structure of voice via exercises for becoming aware of how sound and voice are produced. Next we'll work with songs, harmonics and group calibration. We'll sing songs of various genres and intent as we work to listen with sensitivity and allow sound to come through us. We'll build as we are able into some improvisation and collaborative harmonies.
Andrea Cohen-Kiener is the spiritual leader of Congregation Pnai Or of Central Connecticut and the director of a roving band of singers known as the Occasional Chorus.
Body/Mind Integration
Through the Alexander Technique, Authentic Movement, Qigong, and T'ai Chi, here is an opportunity to experience four paths of mind/body integration that can provide a new sense of balance and presence in our hectic lives. This is a chance to delve deeply into a specific modality, or try a few different forms while having a nurturing/ relaxing experience. Individual attention will be given.
Germaine Fraser is a holistic Registered Nurse, Reflexologist,
Authentic Movement (AM) facilitator and clinical Aromatherapy
practitioner. She practices QiGong and other bodywork skills in a
hospital setting and in private practice. Germaine just returned from
a month in China where she worked with several Qigong masters.
Patty de Llosa, author of The Practice of Presence (Morning Light
Press, March 2006), has led group classes and daylong workshops in
T’ai chi, Taoist meditation and the Alexander Technique. She teaches
both privately and in group classes.
Traditional Native American Leather Tanning
Reaching back in time, we learn to produce soft, supple, water-resistant hides without the use of toxic chemicals. Using all natural materials, we will rediscover the skills of indigenous peoples around the world who relied on tanned hides for clothing, footwear, bedding, shelter and more. Today, we can revive the tradition of brain tanning, honoring the spirit of the animal by the respectful use of its remains.
Tom Manning is an Agricultural Engineer who designs greenhouses and renewable energy systems. He and his wife Ruth now engage in this ancient craft together and with their children.
Beadwork
People have used beads in countless ways in every culture and region of the world. We will explore some beading techniques using a variety of beads and materials. Reading diagrams and instructions opens a door to future products and creativity. Beaders will create a necklace and bracelet. Open to beginning and advanced beaders.
Joanne Espinosa is an experienced weaver, beader and teacher. She is skilled in hand and machine knitting, crochet and embroidery incorporating the use of beads. She has a BA from the University of Virginia and an MA in Education from NYU and has operated Joanne Designs since 1995.
Poetry Physical And Metaphysical
On the principle of William Blake’s admonition to “see the world in a grain of sand” we will sometimes attend close up to the wealth of sensory details at the Lake, outdoors and indoors; sometimes zoom out to the limits of the cosmos and beyond, to ponder in verse the great metaphysical questions; and sometimes try embracing in a single poem both the close up and the far out.
No experience is necessary. Every poem will be a new beginning for us all.
Bring your favorite pen, and a notebook with a stiff cover, in case we write outdoors.
Martha Heyneman is a poet and essayist, author of The Breathing Cathedral: Feeling Our Way into a Living Cosmos, and The Productions of Time: Collected Essays. She leads poetry groups in New York, Toronto, Rochester, Phoenix, Washington, D.C., and occasionally Cleveland.
Shimon Malin is a professor of physics at Colgate University. His latest
books are Nature Loves to Hide, on the nature of reality, and
The Eye That Sees Itself, essays on transcending the subject/object mode
of perception.