Spiro Arts Summer 2008 Workshops
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June 13-17Plein air painting in Park City
Tuition: $380
Studio Fee: materials list
Enrollment Limit: 15
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June 20-24Clay Monoprints
Tuition: $550
Studio Fee: included
Enrollment Limit: 12
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July 7-11Rhyme & Reason
Found Object / Mixed Media Sculpture
Tuition: $425
Studio Fee:
Enrollment 12
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July 14-18Introduction to Sculpting
Tuition: $480
Studio Fee: $40
Enrollment: 16
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July 23-27Painting with Wax
Encaustic & the Monoprint
Daniella Woolf - Kathryn Stedham
Tuition: $675
Studio Fee: included
Enrollment Limt:12
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August 4-8Kid's ArtLab-Mobiles!
Tuition: $250
Studio Fee: included
Youth: 5-10 mornings, 11-15 afternoon
Enrollment: 15 each session
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Date to be AnnouncedCalligraphy and Chinese Brush Work
Bill Lee
Tuition: $160
Studio Fee: included
Enrollment: 12
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Detailed Descriptions
June 13 -17
Plein air painting in Park City
Tuition: $380
Studio Fee: materials list
Enrollment Limit: 15
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Description: Painting outdoors en plein air, which is French for working in the open air, this workshop will emphasis the study of light and its effects on landscape. Composition, drawing, value, color, brush stroke as relates to visual expression will be explored. Workshop will cover the basics of using oil paints, as well as more advanced methods of applying paint.
Activities: Students will be painting twice a day: morning and early evenings, engaging in a wide variety of subject matter and lighting environments. Beginners and advanced painters alike are welcome and encouraged to work at their own pace.
Instructor: Doug Braithwaite received his Bachelors of Fine Art (University of Utah,1991) with painting and drawing emphasis studying under Paul Davis, Dave Dornan, Tony Smith, Doug Snow, Ed Maryon. He is a full time painter living in Sunset, Utah, enjoying widespread representation by many galleries and the recipient of numerous awards. Braithwaite has taught aspiring painters the craft of becoming an artist.
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June 20-24
Clay Monoprints
Tuition: $550
Studio Fee: included
Enrollment Limit: 12
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Activities: This workshop is for all levels interested in learning this unique process. Students will create individual images made from china clay pigments. Class will incorporate demonstrations and lots of hands-on studio time.
Instructor: Mitch Lyons earned his Masters of Fine Arts Degree in Ceramics from Tyler School of Art, and his Bachelors of Fine Arts Degree in Graphics from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. Lyons has had exhibitions of his work at the Philadelphia Museum of Art; Virginia museum of Fine Arts; Noyes Museum, New Jersey; Kalmar Lans Museum, Kalmar, Sweden; and the Vonderau Museum, Fulda, Germany. The artist was also awarded a Pennsylvania Council of the arts Visual Arts Grant and has taught at West Chester University, Moore College of Art, Rowan University, Alfred University, and the University of Delaware. During the past 10 years Lyons has led over 100 workshops
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July 7-11
Rhyme & Reason
Found Object / Mixed Media Sculpture
Tuition: $425
Studio Fee:
Enrollment 12
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Description: This workshop will focus on making sculptural studio works with rhyme and reason: incorporating narrative, story, purpose, or function into mixed media sculpture and installation. In the art world today, visual artists, especially the sculptor, is allowed to do almost anything, but simply because one can do anything, does that mean one should? This workshop will focus on creating well-planned mixed-media works that integrate both beauty and organization. Students will explore these issues in an attempt to develop new artistic practices and directions.
Activities: Studio projects integrating natural and man-made objects, lively discussions, critique sessions, spontaneous lawn sculptures, found object collecting at local second-hand Shops, salvage Yards, etc. All levels welcome!
Instructor: Court Bennett received his BFA from Utah State University and his MFA in sculpture at The University of the Arts in Philadelphia, PA. His sculptures are hand-constructed bio-mechanical forms, which combine materials in unconventional, dark and humorous ways. Recent shows include exhibitions at The Rose Wagner Center for the Performing Arts in SLC, Projekt30.com, and The Artist as Inventor invitational exhibit at the Dunedin Fine Arts Center in Dunedin, FL.
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July 14-18
Introduction to Sculpting
Tuition: $480
Studio Fee: $40
Enrollment: 16
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Description: This class is perfect for anyone who wants to have FUN learning all aspects of sculpting in clay from a professional artist (and former NFL defensive lineman). The workshop includes lectures on creating an armature, introduction to the lost wax process, and discussions on creating bronze castings from beginning to end. With step-by-step instruction, you will create your own armature, sculpt the subject of your choice in a professional plasteline clay, and will receive plenty of one to one attention, while still being encouraged to explore your own style.
Activities: This class is suitable for students ranging from beginners to professional artists. All materials are provided for use during the week-long course, but you may bring your own tools if you wish. We encourage each student to choose their subject before the class begins and bring photographs or any material that will assist you with your work.
Instructor: Born and raised in Lehi, Utah, Mike Hamby has always had a fascination for Native American Culture and the history that shaped the land that surrounded him. Much of his childhood was spent exploring the canyons experiencing first hand the timeless wonders of Utah's history. The effect of this knowledge is evident through his work, as he has acquired a remarkable flair for bringing the richness of the past to life. His work is flavored with the vast soul of the desert, the majesty of the mountains, and the determination of the people who live there. His aggressive style and intense focus on his subject gives each piece a distinct history all their own.
Mike has been blessed with a unique combination of talents, which he has actively pursued throughout his life: artist, musician, published illustrator and retired pro football player.
Drafted from Utah State University by the Buffalo Bills in 1985, Mike managed to tackle his four years with the team with the same amount of enthusiasm that he has for life. After a career ending injury in 1989, Mike went back to his natural born talent, his artwork. He has received a wide range of commission sculpture works including Merrill Lynch, USA Today, the NFL Hall of Fame, the College Football Hall of Fame and the National Wildlife Research Center in Fort Collins. His largest commission Fierce Encounter towers over the entrance of Cabela's largest store in Dundee, Michigan.
Whether he is working with clay or painting, Mike's unique passion for life brings a tremendous amount of power and grace to whichever medium he chooses.
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July 23-27
Painting with Wax
Encaustic & the Monoprint
Daniella Woolf - Kathryn Stedham
Tuition: $675
Studio Fee: included
Enrollment Limt:12
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Description: This collaborative workshop incorporates the use of the monoprint in the encaustic process. Printmaking techniques such as paper lithography, zerox transfers and monotypes will be used to create paper elements, to be combined and/or layered as visual narratives. Applying molten wax and colored pigments to collage, fuse and/or embed components, students will learn the fundamentals of working with encaustic to further develop work. The encaustic process, practiced as early as 80 AD., yields lush, luminous surfaces of durable color and texture.
Activities: Workshop will include studio time to create individual works as well as demonstrations and classroom discussions on: studio safety, wax melting, mixing colors, creating smooth/textured surfaces, collage and Xerox transfers. All levels welcome!
Instructors: Daniella Woolf whose works have been described as visual poetry, received her MA. in Textile design from UCLA and a BA. from CA State at Northridge. Additionally, the artist studied at Haystack Mountain School of Crafts and R & F Handmade paints in Haystack, NY. Woolf is a member of Surface Design Association and International Encaustic Artists. Her work is represented by The Highlands Gallery in Carmel, CA and the Wexler Gallery in Philadelphia.
Kathryn Stedham has been an exhibiting artist for over fifteen years showing throughout the United States. Selected examples of her paintings and monoprints are featured in private and public collections in Chicago, Colorado, New York City, Washington DC, Kansas, Louisville, KY. West Virginia, Utah, Vancouver and Japan.
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Kid's ArtLab-Mobiles!
Tuition: $250
Studio Fee: included
Youth: 5-10 mornings, 11-15 afternoon
Enrollment: 15 each session
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Description: During this fun-filled workshop students will create individual sculptural pieces, and then join forces with their other classmates to create a large scale mobile to be exhibited in a public space. Sculpture construction techniques such as, 3-D design, armature creation and producing a form will be explored. Plaster and paint will complete the process, with students determining the best visual presentation for hanging art pieces as a final collaborative sculpture.
Activities: Students will be introduced to works from sculptors such as Alexander Calder for inspiration. There will be classroom discussions such as brainstorming and individual time for sketching ideas and creating, constructing and painting. Students will also have the opportunity to work with a real live professional artist!
Instructor: Salt Lake City artist Lenka Konopasek was born and raised in the Czech Republic. Four years after graduating from the School of Applied Arts, Painting, Architectural Design and Scenic Design in Prague, Konopasek immigrated to the United States. She earned a BFA at the University of Utah and soon after earned her Masters at the Maine College of Art in Portland, Maine. Pursuing a career in art has been a full-time job ever since. Konopasek has had solo exhibitions throughout the western United States, and is currently represented by Viveza Gallery, Seattle, WA, Torrey Gallery , Torrey, UT, A Gallery, Salt lake City, UT, Joseph Gierek Fine Arts, OK, Plus Gallery, Denver, and Gallery U Prstenu, Prague, Czech Republic.
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Date to be Announced
Calligraphy and Chinese Brush Work
Bill Lee
Tuition: $160
Studio Fee: included
Enrollment: 12
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Course Description: This two day workshop will include the practice of Calligraphy and Chinese Brush Work, with an introduction into the history, philosophy and tradition of Chinese brush painting. Each lesson will be followed by a demonstration of the painting techniques. Students will gain proficiency with the brush through hands-on practice. The two days will be divided with one day devoted to calligraphy writing and the next to brush work, learning to paint in this exquisite style.
Faculty: Bill Lee's parents went to the island of Taiwan from mainland China during the civil war in 1948. He grew up in the countryside of the unspoiled subtropical paradise. As a child, he would sit in the meadow watching sunset's glorious display of colors on the low laying clouds, or gaze at the distant white herons dotting the lush green rice field waving in the breeze, or peek into the sparkling crystal droplets of the necklace beaded by the spider's web with morning dew... Bill chose to express his passion for the beauty of nature using a paintbrush and paper and believes that under an attentive mind and skilled hand these two mediums will express all the beauties a heart can feel.
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