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4-Day Art Workshops
SPRING COOKING WORKSHOP
The Art of the Picnic
DATES: Saturday, May 15, 10AM-1PM FACULTY: Erin Chapla
TUITION COST: $100
Inspired by Ox-Bow’s popular Plein Air Picnic series, this workshop will help you compose a beautiful al fresco dining experience. We’ll discuss the components of an enticing menu, learning to juxtapose flavors and textures within a unifying theme to create a balanced offering. We’ll examine sources of inspiration for presentation, with an eye toward the thoughtful details that make for a memorable experience. From a practical standpoint, we’ll talk about how to combine a few handmade morsels with purchased components for the overall impression of a handcrafted, curated menu; and how to pair beverages. Finally, we’ll roll up our sleeves and try our hands at creating several of the most complimented recipes of the Plein Air Picnics. We’ll enjoy the fruits of our labor together lagoon-side, with some brunch-ready wines, to round out the experience.
4-DAY ART WORKSHOPS
These workshops do not include lunch. A four-day lunch plan is available for an additional $40. Please select this option when registering if you wish to join us for lunch at 1 p.m.
Carbon Fingerprint: Collective, Large-Scale Charcoal Drawing
DATES: Tuesday–Friday, May 25–28, 10 a.m.–1 p.m. FACULTY: Kyrae Dawaun
TUITION COST: $185 This workshop will foster appreciation for the planet, our neighbors, and ourselves through the cultivation and study of charcoal as a drawing material. Participants will harvest, produce, and use vine charcoal and compressed charcoal in exploratory drawing processes. Smaller works on paper will prepare us to produce a cumulative, collaborative, wall-size mural. No single participant will dictate the final image; the residues of our processes will comprise a (temporary) final product.
Introduction to Bronze Casting
DATES: Tuesday–Friday, June 1–4, 10 a.m.–1 p.m. FACULTY: Brent Harris
TUITION COST: $235 This workshop will explore the basics of sculpting through lostwax bronze casting. Students will work directly in wax to create a small, sculptural work of art. The works will be invested and burned out in a furnace
Ruby T, Drip dry cry, 2020, acrylic on hand-marbled silk, 18 x 24”
in preparation for casting in molten bronze. We will work as a group to help set up the foundry, melt the bronze, and pour the works. Through handson processes and instructor-led demonstrations, students will learn the finishing techniques and patinas that will bring their bronze sculptures to life.
Music for Non-Musicians
DATES: Tuesday–Friday, June 1–4, 2–5 p.m. FACULTY: Britni Bicknaver & Chris Reeves
TUITION COST: $185 In this course, we will examine the ecstatic joy of collective belonging that occurs when those without a formal musical education are given permission to play and compose musical forms. Through hands-on musical activities, students will explore early experimental music processes and collaborate to create new and contemporary works using Ox-Bow’s pristine, natural environment. No previous musical experience is required, and all instruments will be provided.
Ice-Dye It!
DATES: Tuesday–Friday, June 8–11, 2–5 p.m. FACULTY: Bobby Gonzales
TUITION COST: $205 Ice-dyeing is an easy-tolearn, visually complex, and beautifully unpredictable form of tie-dye. We will dive headfirst into a DIY ice-dye process, using a setup that can easily be re-created at home. Students will be guided through the entire process, beginning with fabric preparation and dye color selection, progressing to folding and stitch-resist techniques, and finishing with proper washout methods and the unveiling of our creations. Students will walk away with at least 3–5 items to be worn on the body, hung in the home, or otherwise repurposed. Special emphasis will be placed on the upcycling of old clothing, found textiles, and fabrics. Have something hanging out in your closet that hasn’t seen the light of day in a while? Let’s dye it! All dyes will be provided.
If Only They Could Speak! Ox-Bow Architecture in Watercolor
DATES: Tuesday–Friday, June 15–18, 10 a.m.–1 p.m. FACULTY: David Baker
TUITION COST: $185 Architecture is part of the unique experience that is Ox-Bow. From historical designs to functional studios, from the thoughtful integration of new buildings to the whimsical touches on the cabins—all add delight and inspiration to our visits. As we explore and paint these structures in watercolor, we will also learn a bit about their history.
A Poetry of Place: Charcoal Drawing
DATES: Tuesday–Friday, June 15–18, 2–5 p.m. FACULTY: David Baker
TUITION COST: $185 A wonderful tradition of Romantic landscape painting can be found in American art of the 19th century. From the Hudson River School to the Luminists to the tonalist painters, artists in this tradition transformed nature into personal poetic visions. The Ox-Bow campus offers a wealth of expressive elements from which to draw: water and sky, horizon and vista, shadow and
reflection—both visual and spiritual. Our class will explore ways to create emotional moods, from serenity to high drama, with light. We will use charcoal and white chalk as our media.
Collaging the Senses: Storytelling
DATES: Tuesday–Friday, June 29–July 2, 2–5 p.m. FACULTY: Gabriel Chalfin-Piney
TUITION COST: $185
Drawing as Meditation
DATES: Tuesday–Friday, July 13–16, 10 a.m.–1 p.m. FACULTY: Janet Trierweiler
TUITION COST: $185
“Collaging the Senses” is a writing and storytelling workshop that introduces sight, sound, smell, touch, and taste as instructors in their own right. Students will explore the senses available to them through multidisciplinary exercises, group discussions, writing, and the exploration of Ox-Bow’s campus. Oral history interviews, mindfulness meditation, and transformative justice practices will be explored as possible tools for developing a sustainable artistic practice. Stories are not exclusively written; they lie beyond words, and take root when shared. The workshop culminates in students sharing out work, publicly or privately, developed during the session. Students of all experience levels and backgrounds are encouraged to participate.
This workshop provides students with a chance to practice drawing techniques that slow down the artmaking process, resulting in a peaceful and healing experience. Use intuition and inspiration from Ox-Bow’s landscape to connect to natural, creative forces. Through meditative practices, we will engage all of our senses to enjoy calming, observational, and imaginative drawing. Learn to use tone and color to create serene and joyful moods with colored pencils and watercolor pencils on multimedia paper.
Water & Rocks: Wild Clay Workshop
DATES: Tuesday–Friday, July 13–16, 2–5 p.m. FACULTY: E. Saffronia Downing
TUITION COST: $205 On the shores of Lake Michigan, a vein of clay runs through the sand. Over the years, artists have made trips to the clay beach—gathering, processing, and making artworks from Michigan’s yellow clay. In this workshop, participants will forage and process clay from Lake Michigan’s deposits to create hand-built ceramics. Participants will consider the correspondence between maker and material as they investigate the craft of clay.
DATES: Tuesday–Friday, July 20–23, 2–5 p.m. FACULTY: Michael Gabriel Cuadrado Gonzalez
TUITION COST: $205 This class will explore the traditions of figure drawing from observation and their intersection with concepts surrounding identity and desire. Through drawing from live models, we will interpret approaches to the figure that date back to the early 16th and late 17th century with Caravaggio and Michelangelo, and consider how these techniques can be integrated into our contemporary context. Students will be encouraged, but not required, to incorporate Ox-Bow’s encompassing land as it intermingles with the figure. Along with artists from the Renaissance and baroque periods, we will look at presentday figurative work by artists such as Doron Langberg, Angela Dufresne, Tschabalala Self, and Louis Fratino and examine a few of the many possibilities for figure rendering in contemporary contexts.
