2024 Experience Ox-Bow

PUBLIC EVENTS ON CAMPUS

SINCE 1910

ART ON THE MEADOW WORKSHOPS including workshops for families and views of the lagoon!

OX-BOW

OX-BOW HOUSE Downtown Gallery

OX-BOW SCHOOL OF ART & ARTISTS’ RESIDENCY was established in 1910 and continues its mission of connecting artists to a network of creative resources, people, and ideas; an energizing natural environment; and a rich artistic history and vital future. Ox-Bow’s egalitarian and intimate environment encourages all artists, regardless of experience, to find, amplify, rediscover, and share their impulse to create. Faculty, Visiting Artists, Residents, staff, and students live together in a temporary intentional community on our campus in Saugatuck, Michigan, where they share meals, social time, and the exchange of ideas. We actively encourage our participants to engage across differences in age, regional location, race, and gender identity, learning what it means to be a community by participating in one.

MISSION & OVERVIEW

Ox-Bow connects artists to:

• A network of creative resources, people, and ideas

• An energizing natural environment

• A rich artistic history and vital future

WHERE TO FIND US

SAUGATUCK CAMPUS

3435 Rupprecht Way

PO BOX 216

Saugatuck, MI 49453

OX-BOW HOUSE

137 Center Street

PO BOX 758

Douglas, MI 49406

HOW TO CONTACT & STAY CONNECTED

E-MAIL

oxbow@ox-bow.org

PHONE

269-857-5811

WEBSITE

www.ox-bow.org

SOCIAL MEDIA

@oxbowschoolofart

NOTE: All images are courtesy of faculty unless otherwise noted.

CATALOG DESIGN BY: ASHLEY M. FREEBY

OUR SUPPORTERS

Ox-Bow is happy to announce that the EFROYMSON FAMILY FUND has awarded Ox-Bow School of Art & Artist’s Residency a three-year grant. The funds will support Ox-Bow House and assist in funding our three-year pilot adaptive reuse project as we transform the space into a site for community engagement. For more information about the Efroymson Family Fund, visit: efroymsonfamilyfund.org

OX-BOW TEAM

EXECUTIVE

Shannon R. Stratton Executive Director

DEVELOPMENT

Kathryn Armstrong Director of Development

Kate Nguyen Events Manager

Molly Markow Executive & Development Assistant

FINANCE

Karen Wentworth Bookkeeper

COMMUNICATIONS

Ashley Freeby Communications Director

Shanley Poole Engagement Liaison & Storyteller

RETAIL

Maggie Bandstra Retail Manager

Hannah Bugg Gallery and Retail Assistant

PROGRAMMING

Maddie Reyna Academic Program Director

Bobby Gonzales Programs Manager

CULINARY

Kellie Hahn

Culinary Manager

Sabrina Allen Assistant Culinary Manager

CAMPUS ADMIN

Claire Arctander Deputy Director of Campus Life & Operations

Rowan Leek Campus Manager

FACILITIES & GROUNDS

John Rossi Facilities Manager

Aaron Whitfield Housekeeping Manager

STUDIO MANAGERS

Madeleine Aguilar Print and New Media Studio Manager

Nicholas Fagan Metals Studio Manager

Please visit our website in May for a complete staff list.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Ox-Bow’s Board of Directors contribute their time, expertise, and resources to ensure that future generations of artists will benefit from Ox-Bow’s rich tradition and outstanding programming. We are grateful for their dedication and support.

Steven C. Meier President

Janet R. Cunningham Secretary & Treasurer

Scott Alfree

Evan Boris

Delinda Collier

Christopher Craft

Dawn Gavin

Keith Goad

Loring Randolph

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Keith P. Walker

A NOTE FROM OUR DIRECTOR . . .

Dear Friends & Neighbors,

Since we opened Ox-Bow House in Douglas, Michigan, we have been excited to not only reconnect with old friends, but to meet and introduce many new people to Ox-Bow School of Art & Artists’ Residency. Almost daily, someone visits us who is either learning about Ox-Bow for the first time or knows only a little about our “mysterious” art school at the end of Park Street.

Ox-Bow has been a core part of the region’s artistic legacy since 1910 when our founders Frederick Fursman and Walter Clute moved their summer painting classes to what was once the Riverside Inn. Over 114 years, Ox-Bow has evolved that simple premise—to teach art in a natural setting—into a robust series of offerings. Today we offer for-credit intensives in partnership with the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, shorter, beginner-friendly workshops, and a range of professional artist residencies. In your hands, you hold the guide to our summer workshop offerings; from a series of family classes to painting en plein air to cooking classes, we offer a range of ways to spend time on our campus immersed in a community of artists of all ages and career stages.

At Ox-Bow House, we aim to bring some of our magic into Douglas, and connect visitors and locals alike with both the past and present of Ox-Bow’s extraordinary creativity. In 2023 we opened our first history exhibition with She Started It, focused on the legacy of women leaders at Ox-Bow. This summer we will feature Between the Leaves: Print, Paper, and Artist Books at Ox-Bow which will once again delve into our archives to showcase art and artists from our extensive history. We also love to feature our faculty, staff, and alumni at Ox-Bow House in both our gallery and shop, and have lined up another year of monthly solo and group shows that introduce you with the extensive community of artists connected to Ox-Bow.

In addition to classes and exhibitions, we also love to connect with our community in other creative ways that are always evolving. Last fall we transported some of our legendary Halloween artistry to town, bringing the Cavern Tavern to Ox-Bow House for the Douglas Halloween Parade for Adults and were thrilled to be right in the action with all of our neighbors. On campus our summer and fall dinner series has allowed us to dine with folks from near and far and share with them the hospitality that artists are so familiar with at Ox-Bow. All of these programs are about sharing our beautiful campus and creative spirit with more people, with each event fostering connections, community and care for art, artists, and our historic campus.

As you crack open this year’s Experience Ox-Bow catalog, mark your calendars for the summer’s Friday Night Open Studios and the annual summer benefit; note the exhibitions happening at Ox-Bow House (and add something to your collection!), and of course, gather up your friends or family to take a summer workshop (or three!) on the meadow with us.

Ox-Bow is a vibrant and magical place that works its way deep into people’s hearts. We have a gorgeous natural environment, historic campus, fantastic food, talented artists, and a robust community to share: one that will connect you with the contemporary art world in the most intimate way possible. We hope you’ll make time for us in 2024 and learn firsthand that magic. Whether it’s your first time, or you’re returning, Ox-Bow has something for everyone, and that everyone is you!

On behalf of all of us at Ox-Bow: see you this summer!

Yours truly,

Shannon R. Stratton

P.S. Stay up to date on additional programming, such as lectures at Ox-Bow House, by following our website, signing up for our monthly e-newsletter, and/or following us on social media.

PHOTO(S) BY: JAMIE DAVIS KELTER;

VIEW OF THE OX-BOW LAGOON PHOTO BY NATIA SER, 2023 SUMMER FELLOW

VISIT US!

OX-BOW

DID YOU KNOW?

Ox-Bow School of Art & Artists’ Residency was established in 1910 and has been an artist-run community for more than 100 years. Our main campus, located in Saugatuck, is an active summer art school nestled between the 100-acre Tallmadge Woods, which overlook the Kalamazoo River, just a short canoe trip from Lake Michigan. Our historic campus is situated on a rare freshwater interdunal coastal wetland, a habitat of great biodiversity that helps maintain the health of Lake Michigan.

In 2022, we expanded our footprint to Douglas, MI, creating a more open to the public space for any vistor to experience Ox-Bow at any time.

Per our organization’s century + year-old tradition, we still offer our core courses and community-based Art on the Meadow Workshops on campus. These range from our original bread and butter—plein eir painting—to woodfired ceramics, glassblowing, and more. While campus is closed during course sessions for the privacy and safety of our students, we love inviting our neighbors onto our grounds and have a number of opportunities for you to join us spring through fall.

Check out the calendar to your left to save the dates.

MAIN CAMPUS: 3435 RUPPRECHT WAY, SAUGATUCK, MI

HOUSE: 137 CENTER STREET, DOUGLAS, MI

PHOTOS BY JAMIE KELTER DAVIS; IAN SOLOMON, 2023 SUMMER FELLOW

2024 CALENDAR OF EVENTS

MARCH

MARCH 9

OX-BOW HOUSE

Featured Artist Exhibition Ceramics Group

Saturday, March 9 – Sunday, April 7

EXHIBITION RECEPTION

Saturday, March 9 4:00–5:00 p.m.

APRIL

APRIL 13

OX-BOW HOUSE

Featured Artist Exhibition West Michigan Glass Collaborative

Saturday, April 13 – Sunday, May 5

EXHIBITION RECEPTION

Saturday, April 13 4:00–5:00 p.m.

APRIL 27

OX-BOW CAMPUS Tea & Trails 10:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.

MAY

MAY 11

OX-BOW HOUSE

Featured Artist Exhibition

Sarah and Joseph Belknap

Saturday, May 11 – Sunday, June 2

EXHIBITION RECEPTION

Saturday, May 11 4:00–5:00 p.m.

MAY 18

OX-BOW CAMPUS

Community Day May 18, 2024

JUNE

JUNE 2

OX-BOW CAMPUS

Art on the Meadow Workshops

Summer Session

June 2 – August 24

JUNE 8

OX-BOW HOUSE

Featured Artist Exhibition Henry Crissman and Virginia Torrence

Saturday, June 8 – Sunday, July 7

EXHIBITION RECEPTION

Saturday, June 8 4:00–5:00 p.m.

JUNE 9

OX-BOW CAMPUS

Sunday Sojourns

Sunday, June 9 11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.

JUNE 21

OX-BOW CAMPUS

Taste of Ox-Bow Dinner

Friday, June 21 5:00–8:00 p.m.

JUNE 21

OX-BOW CAMPUS

Friday Night Open Studios

Friday, June 21 7:00–10:00 p.m.

JUNE 23

OX-BOW CAMPUS

Sunday Sojourns

Sunday, June 23 11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.

JULY

JULY 6

OX-BOW HOUSE

Summer Exhibition

Between the Leaves: Print, Paper, and Artist Books at Ox-Bow July 6-October 6

JULY 13

OX-BOW CAMPUS

Summer Benefit Field of Vision

Saturday, July 13

JULY 13

OX-BOW HOUSE

Featured Artist Exhibition

Summer Fellows

Saturday, July 13 – Sunday, August 6

EXHIBITION RECEPTION

Saturday, July 20 4:00–5:00 p.m.

JULY 26

OX-BOW CAMPUS

Taste of Ox-Bow Dinner Friday, July 26 5:00–8:00 p.m.

JULY 26

OX-BOW CAMPUS

Friday Night Open Studios

Friday, July 26 7:00–10:00 p.m.

JULY 28

OX-BOW CAMPUS

Sunday Sojourns

Sunday, July 28 11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.

AUGUST

AUGUST 10

OX-BOW HOUSE

Featured Artist Exhibition

Ox-Bow Glass Faculty

Saturday, August 10 –

Sunday, September 8

EXHIBITION RECEPTION

Saturday, August 10 4:00–5:00 p.m.

AUGUST 11

OX-BOW CAMPUS

Sunday Sojourns

Sunday, August 11 11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.

AUGUST 23

OX-BOW CAMPUS

Taste of Ox-Bow Dinner

Friday, August 23 5:00–8:00 p.m.

AUGUST 23

OX-BOW CAMPUS

Friday Night Open Studios

Friday, August 23 7:00–10:00 p.m.

SEPTEMBER

SEPTEMBER 14

OX-BOW HOUSE

Featured Artist Exhibition

Chris Edwards

Saturday, September 14th –

Sunday, October 6

EXHIBITION RECEPTION

Saturday, September 14th 4:00–5:00 p.m.

OCTOBER

OCTOBER 19

OX-BOW CAMPUS

Bloody Brunch

Saturday, October 19 10:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m.

OCTOBER 19

OX-BOW CAMPUS

Ox-Bow Goes to Heck! Saturday, October 19 1:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.

OCTOBER 22

OX-BOW CAMPUS

Art on the Meadow Intensive Wicked Woodfire

Tuesday, October 22 –Saturday, November 2

OCTOBER 26

OX-BOW HOUSE

Cavern Tavern at Ox-Bow House

Saturday, October 26 6:00–10:00 p.m.

NOVEMBER

NOVEMBER 1

OX-BOW CAMPUS

Día de los Muertos Dinner Friday, November 1 6:00 p.m.–9:00 p.m.

NOVEMBER 9

OX-BOW HOUSE

Featured Artist Exhibition

Julie Sanford and Friends Jewelry Group Exhibition

Saturday, November 9 –Sunday, December 22

EXHIBITION RECEPTION

Saturday, November 9 11:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.

NOVEMBER 9

OX-BOW HOUSE

Winter Artist Market

Saturday, November 9, 2024–Saturday, March 29, 2025 11:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.

Friday Night Open Studios

The fan-favorite event of the summer, Friday Night Open Studios, welcomes local community members and tourists to see an insider’s glimpse of campus. Join us for this campus-wide event featuring studio visits, demos, student work, and the historic clothesline sale, all alongside great food and beverages, entertainment, and our famed live auction. This event is free to the public but donations are always welcome!

June 21, July 26, and August 23, 7:00–10:00 p.m.

Looking for dinner plans? Grab a ticket and come early for one of our culinary events! Details on the right page.

MARK YOUR CALENDAR

Grab a Seat at the Table

Our culinary events magically weave together food, a beautiful dining experience, art, and a chance to connect and grow with Ox-Bow through learning. Our kitchen is at the heart of our campus and these events are the perfect way to immerse your palette in the creations of our guest chefs and in-house culinary team, while creating community around the dining table. There are several different paths to explore and we invite you to join us around the table. Stop by our web site to grab your tickets and watch for our guest chef announcements!

TASTE OF OX-BOW

Friday, June 21, 5:00–8:00 p.m.

Friday, July 26, 5:00–8:00 p.m.

Friday, August 23, 5:00–8:00 p.m.

Stay for Friday Night Open Studios after dinner.

BLOODY BRUNCH

Indulge in Ox-Bow’s scary-yet-succulent side at our Bloody Brunch.

Saturday, October 19, 10:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m.

The experience includes an unparalleled brunch buffet, bottomless Bloody Mary bar, and an hour-long tour of haunted Ox-Bow. Your ticket price includes a one-of-a-kind glass produced in our on-site glass studio!

DÍA DE LOS MUERTOS DINNER

Celebrate the traditional Mexican day of remembrance in the spirit of appreciation, education, and indulgence.

Friday, November 1, 6:00 p.m.–9:00 p.m.

Guest artist and chef Edward Cabral will lead a creative, reverent, and exultant feast in honor of Día de los Muertos. Accompanying beverages will be provided. Seating is limited, reserve your spot for this truly special event.

MARK YOUR CALENDAR

To learn more and reserve your seats, please visit www.ox-bow.org/culinary-events

Curious about Ox-Bow?

Get the inside scoop on Ox-Bow’s environment and historic campus with these upcoming events

Tea & Trails

April 27, 2024, 10:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.

Celebrate with us as the Tallmadge Woods becomes the newest member of the Old Growth Forest Network. Join us for this community event as you stroll the trails, learn about the forest, sip tea, and immerse yourself in the beauty of Ox-Bow’s Natural landscape.

Visit www.ox-bow.org/tea-and-trails for more infomations

Community Day

May 18, 2024

Have you ever wanted to have a hand in opening, maintaining, and adding to the beauty of our campus? We are looking for volunteers to join our team for our first Community Day to kick-off our annual campus opening and clean up. The day will end with a celebratory meal together and a special t-shirt!

Sign-up at www.ox-bow.org/volunteer

Sunday Sojourns

Take an inside look at the history, land, and culture of Ox-Bow at one of our Sunday Sojourns. Deputy Director of Campus Life & Operations, Claire Arctander, will introduce you to Ox-Bow’s facilities, including some historic cabins that are seldom open to the public. And before you leave, you’ll be able to enjoy OxBow’s favorite Sunday tradition: brunch! We will offer four Sunday Sojourn sessions throughout this summer, at the following dates and times:

June 9, June 23, July 28, and August 11, 2024 11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.

Your sojourn will begin with an hour-long guided tour of Ox-Bow’s hallowed grounds, and conclude with a community brunch prepared by our culinary team. Spots are limited. Tickets are available for $40 per person.

Register online at www.ox-bow.org/sunday-sojourns

Ox-Tober

October is a special time of year in West Michigan, and here at Ox-Bow we revel in the spirit of the season. We offer a full array of ways to spend time with us under the stunning canopy of changing leaves, from art workshops to dining events to creepy Halloween fun!

Ox-Bow Goes to Heck!

We invite your family to join us for a day of Halloween fun! Kids of all ages (and the young-at-heart) are encouraged to come in costume to trick-or-treat, explore haunted Ox-Bow, play carnival games, and engage in guided arts and crafts activities. Delicious snacks, non-alcoholic beverages, and drinkable treats for those 21+ will be available for purchase.

Saturday, October 19 1:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.

Buy tickets ahead of time at www.ox-bow.org/oxbow-goesto-heck

Cavern Tavern at Ox-Bow House

Attend the hottest free pre-party in town before getting your freak on at the Douglas Halloween Parade for Adults! Enjoy drinks for sale and frighteningly alluring art spectacles on display both indoors and outdoors at Ox-Bow House. Our friends from the Great Lakes Brass Band will entertain the crowd before leading a group of Ox-Bow friends and staff as they march in the parade!

Saturday, October 26, 6:00–10:00 p.m.

PHOTOS BY KATE NGUYEN; CLARIE ARCTANDER; CLARE BRITT; DEECY SMITH

ART ON THE MEADOW SUMMER WORKSHOPS

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ART ON THE MEADOW (AOM) offers creative workshops that are affordable, multi-level, and intergenerational for our West Michigan neighbors and visitors. Our workshop experiences bring participants together in a collaborative community. Each Art on the Meadow workshop is designed to offer every artist something new—whether you identify as a first-timer or an old hand. Most workshops are held outdoors under large open-air tents, where our idyllic campus offers an inspiring natural setting. Paint the lagoon from observation; weave a wire basket; or get wild with sculptural cake building! Our expanded Family Workshops offer opportunities for kin to make together, and are suitable for participants age 5 and up (plus their adult counterparts). All other workshops are open to students age 13 and up; all experience levels are welcome. On-site housing is not available for Art on the Meadow workshop students.

Art on the Meadow workshop registration opens April 1, 2024 online at www.ox-bow.org/art-on-the-meadow-summer

FALL WORK

SHOPS

Our fall Art on the Meadow series will offer affordable, short-term opportunities to learn new ways of making with a distinctly autumnal flair. Check out our website for updates on fall art workshops for 2024. www.ox-bow.org/ art-on-themeadow-fall

INTRODUCING INTENSIVES

Our longer-term Art on the Meadow Intensives offer experienced artists an opportunity to immerse themselves in their craft of choice, using the special facilities that we have to offer on Ox-Bow’s campus. These intimate learning experiences provide access to the campus during less populated times of year, as well as the attention of master faculty members and a community making and learning experience. On-site housing is available to students during intensives at an additional cost. This year’s Art on the Meadow intensive will be our second annual Wicked Woodfire, see details at www.ox-bow. org/art-on-the-meadow-intensives.

JUNE 2-8, 2024

SCULPTURE & OBJECT-MAKING

Broom Making Basics with Cate O’Connell-Richards

Tuesday–Friday, June 4–7, 2024

2:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.

Tuition: $235

WRITING

Writing the Landscape with Kathryn Remlinger

Saturday, June 8, 2024

10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.

Tuition: $75

FAMILY

Process Art Painting with Jamisen Paustian

Saturday, June 8, 2024

10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.

Tuition: $125 per family

SCULPTURE & OBJECT-MAKING

Drawing with Steel with Nick Fagan

Saturday, June 8, 2024

10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.

Tuition: $150

JUNE 9-15, 2024

DRAWING & PAINTING

Make a Splash with Watercolor! with David R. Baker

Tuesday–Friday, June 11–14, 2024

10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.

Tuition: $210

DRAWING & PAINTING

Little House in the Big Woods: Cabins in Charcoal with David R. Baker

Tuesday–Friday, June 11–14, 2024

2:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.

Tuition: $210

FAMILY

Papermaking Play with Rowan Leek

Saturday, June 15, 2024

10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.

Tuition: $125 per family

SPECIAL TOPICS

Natural Ink Making on the Meadow with Elizabeth Schmuhl

Saturday, June 15, 2024

10:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.

Tuition: $120

JUNE 16-22, 2024

WORKS ON PAPER

Two Approaches: Painting and Relief Printmaking in the Landscape with Jasper Goodrich

Tuesday–Friday, June 18–21, 2024

10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.

Tuition: $215

FAMILY

Seek: Ox-Bow Treasure Hunt with Kim Meyers Baas

Saturday, June 22, 2024

10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.

Tuition: $125 per family

WRITING

Here’s What Matters with Jack Ridl

Saturday, June 22, 2024

10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.

Tuition: $125

JUNE 23-29, 2024

SCULPTURE & OBJECT-MAKING

Macramé-nia! with Johanna Cordasco

Tuesday–Friday, June 25–28, 2024

2:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.

Tuition: $235

FAMILY

Watercolor Painting for Families with Kim Meyers Baas

Saturday, June 29, 2024

10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.

Tuition: $125 per family

WRITING

New Beginnings in Creative Community with Jack Ridl and Meridith Ridl

Saturday, June 29, 2024

10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.

Tuition: $125

JUNE 30 - JULY 6, 2024

COOKING

Sculptural Cake-Building with Magnet Curry

Saturday, July 6, 2024

10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.

Tuition: $150

WORKS ON PAPER

One-Page-Wonder Artist Books: An Introduction to Screen Printing with Melissa Dettloff

Saturday, July 6, 2024

10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.

Tuition: $130

JULY 14-20, 2024

DRAWING & PAINTING

Drawing As Meditation with Janet Trierweiler

Tuesday–Friday, July 16–19, 2024

10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.

Tuition: $210

DRAWING & PAINTING

Landscape Painting with James Brandess

Saturday, July 20, 2024

10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.

Tuition: $75 per session

DRAWING & PAINTING

Painterly Printing with a Gelli Plate with Janet Trierweiler

Saturday–Sunday, July 20–21, 2024

10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.

Tuition: $215

JULY 21-27, 2024

DRAWING & PAINTING

Drawing for Painters with Dawn Stafford

Tuesday–Friday, July 23–26, 2024

10 a.m.–1 p.m.

Tuition: $210

COOKING

Principles of Pad Thai with Daniel Pravit Fethke

Thursday, July 25, 2024

4:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m.

Tuition: $90

FAMILY

Make a Statement with Screen Printing with Yeji Kim

Saturday, July 27, 2024

10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.

Tuition: $125 per family

COOKING

The Thai Table with Daniel Pravit Fethke

Saturday, July 27, 2024, 11:00 a.m.–8:00 p.m.

Tuition: $150

JULY 28 - AUGUST 3, 2024

SCULPTURE & OBJECT-MAKING

Getting Koozie: Dimensional Crochet with kg

Tuesday–Friday, July 30–August 2, 2024

10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.

Tuition: $235

DRAWING & PAINTING

Drawings in Space with Zehra Khan

Tuesday–Friday, July 30–August 2, 2024

2:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.

Tuition: $210

SPECIAL TOPICS

Flowering: History & Arrangement with Maddie Reyna

Saturday, August 3, 2024

10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.

Tuition Cost: $130

DRAWING & PAINTING

Floral Still Life Painting with James Brandess

Saturday, August 3, 2024

2:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.

Tuition Cost: $75

WORKS ON PAPER

Risography and Collage with Madeleine Aguilar

Saturday–Sunday, August 3–4, 2024

10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.

Tuition: $215

AUGUST 4-10, 2024

SCULPTURE & OBJECT-MAKING

Twisted Treasures: Wire Basket Weaving with Day Brierre

Tuesday–Friday, August 6–9, 2024

10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.

Tuition: $235

DRAWING & PAINTING

Landscape Painting with James Brandess

Saturday, August 10, 2024

10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.

Tuition: $75 per session

PRE-TEEN/TEEN

Watercolor Painting for Tweens and Teens with Kim Meyers Baas

Saturday, August 10, 2024

10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.

Tuition: $75

AUGUST 11-17, 2024

SCULPTURE & OBJECT-MAKING

100% Pure Wool with Christina Sweeney

Tuesday–Friday, August 13–16, 2024

10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.

Tuition: $235

COOKING

Breaking Down the Bird with Stella Brown

Friday, August 16, 2024, 4:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m.

Tuition: $90

DRAWING & PAINTING

Landscape Painting with James Brandess

Saturday, August 17, 2024

10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.

Tuition: $75 per session

SPECIAL TOPICS

Introduction to Indigo and Shibori with Sue Cortese

Saturday, August 17, 2024

10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.

Tuition: $130

COOKING

Tortilla Making & Cooking Techniques with Stella Brown

Saturday, August 17, 2024

11:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.

Tuition: $100

AUGUST 18-24, 2024

SCULPTURE & OBJECT-MAKING

Renewed Ready-to-Wear with Gurtie Hansell

Tuesday–Friday, August 20–23

2:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.

Tuition: $220

WRITING

Poetry Is Where You Find It with Jane Desmond

Saturday, August 24, 2024

10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.

Tuition: $75

Better Together

Paints and brushes, pen and paper… some things are just better together! Like these workshops, for instance:

FLORAL ARRANGEMENTS & STILL LIFE PAINTING

This pair of workshops conveniently takes place on the same day. Start your Saturday morning off by arranging flowers with Maddie Reyna in Flowering: History & Arrangement and enjoy the afternoon while painting a still life of your creation with James Brandess in Floral Still Life Painting.

SAVE THE DATE: Flowering: History & Arrangement & Floral Still Life Painting on Saturday, August 3

DINNER & DESSERT

Looking to impress guests this summer? In Sculptural Cake-Building, Magnet Curry will teach you how to decorate cakes worthy of being the center piece on any table, and in Tortilla Making & Cooking Techniques, Stella Brown will guide you through the process of making homemade tortillas. After these workshops, you’ll be ready to host your best dinner party yet.

SAVE THE DATES: Sculptural Cake-Building on Saturday, July 6 & Tortilla Making & Cooking Techniques on Saturday, August 17

THE DAD & DAUGHTER DUO: JACK & MERIDITH RIDL

These two instructors, Jack Ridl (father) and Meridith Ridl (daughter), come as a package deal when you enroll in New Beginnings in Creative Community, a workshop all about connectivity through creativity.

SAVE THE DATE: New Beginnings in Creative Community on Saturday, June 29

PAD THAI PLUS

Start your weekend early in Daniel Pravit Fethke’s Principles of Pad Thai workshop on Thursday, July 25 and continue the weekend of culinary delight in his Saturday workshop, The Thai Table. By the end, you’ll be equipped to prepare a feast with all the spicy-sour-sweet-salty flavor profiles of Thai cuisine.

SAVE THE DATES: Principles of Pad Thai on Thursday, July 25 & The Thai Table on Saturday, July 27

COOKING

Sculptural Cake-Building

INSTRUCTOR : Magnet Curry

DATE : Saturday, July 6

TIME : 10:00 a.m–5:00 p.m.

TUITION : $150 includes lunch

There is a limitless range of creative approaches to contemporary cake decorating. This workshop will help you elevate your cake making to an art form! Learn tiered cake construction; piping and spatula techniques; flavor profiling; adornment and floral arranging. We will discuss the juxtaposition of permanent and perishable sculptures and the history of cake decorating. This workshop is beginnerfriendly, doesn’t include baking or the use of any electrical appliances, and is open to all levels of experience. Cakes and decorative edible materials will be provided. Take home a cake creation of your own design at the end of the day!

Principles of Pad Thai

INSTRUCTOR :

Daniel Pravit Fethke

DATE : Thursday, July 25

TIME : 4:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m.

TUITION : $90

This workshop will conclude with a group meal of your collective making.

Principles of Pad Thai is a hands-on workshop where participants will learn the ins and outs of how to make this famous Thai dish. We will make Pad Thai from scratch in an outdoor cooking environment alongside the Ox-Bow Lagoon, accompanied by a food-historical lecture and discussion of the political and cultural roots that bring this storied recipe to our plates. All ingredients will be provided.

The Thai Table

INSTRUCTOR :

Daniel Pravit Fethke

DATE : Saturday, July 27

TIME : 11:00 a.m.–8:00 p.m

TUITION : $150 includes snacks

This workshop will conclude with a group meal of your

collective making. An alternative cooking class, The Thai Table will take a succulent, in-depth dive into the delicious, messy, and spicy details of Thai food. Focusing on Bangkok-style cooking, we will explore the spicy-soursweet-salty axes of Thai cuisine—all while cooking a well-rounded dinner feast that emphasizes balance and high-quality ingredients (which will all be provided).

Breaking Down the Bird

INSTRUCTOR : Stella Brown

DATE : Friday, August 16

TIME : 4:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m.

TUITION : $90

This workshop will conclude with a group meal of your collective making.

Learn how to break down, or butcher, a raw chicken to prepare it for cooking. The secrets to different chicken techniques, including how to roast a bird to perfection, will be revealed! The workshop will also cover broth-making basics, so no bits go to waste. The

experience will culminate in the preparation of a chicken-centered meal to be shared at the end of class, all ingredients provided.

Tortilla Making & Cooking Techniques

INSTRUCTOR : Stella Brown

DATE : Saturday, August 17

TIME : 11:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.

TUITION : $100

This workshop will conclude with a group meal of your collective making.

Make your own fresh corn tortillas from masa! This process will be supported by educational information on the production of masa. Your culinary experience will encompass various cooking techniques for tortillas, including quesadillas with Oaxacan squash blossom soup and chilaquiles. The day will include all components and techniques necessary to result in a Mexican-inspired meal of your collective making.

WRITING

Writing the Landscape

INSTRUCTOR :

Kathryn Remlinger

DATE : Saturday, June 8

TIME : 10:00 a.m–1:00 p.m

TUITION : $75 includes lunch

The landscape is shaped by meanings reflected in colors, images, text, sounds, and signs that make up the natural and built environments surrounding us. Language and image are central to these meanings, and together they create a “languagescape” that make a place recognizable and identifiable. Workshop attendees will apply participant observation methods and mindful

writing practices to describe the landscape surrounding Ox-Bow and analyze reflected meanings. Optionally, participants may incorporate collage, illustration, and/or found objects to their writing.

Here’s What Matters

INSTRUCTOR : Jack Ridl

DATE : Saturday, June 22

TIME : 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.

TUITION : $125 includes lunch

Workshop participants will spend the day exploring, through their preferred form of writing, the things that have profoundly impacted their own lives—whether they are funny, traumatic, serious, sorrowful, or joyous. Using Jack’s suggestions, writers will first talk with

one another about what subject they have chosen. Then, they will have time to explore that choice in writing, after which the group will engage in a delightful debriefing about what showed up as they wrote, culminating in a deeply memorable day.

New Beginnings in Creative Community

INSTRUCTOR : Jack Ridl and Meridith Ridl

DATE : Saturday, June 29

TIME : 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.

TUITION : $125 includes lunch

Jack and Meridith Ridl believe that the doing of art and writing brings about realizations and valuable experiences that can happen no other way. They also have more

than 60 combined years spent “de-threatening” the art-making process. They offer a workshop that starts something for participants. They hope that you will leave at home any notions of departing Ox-Bow with something completed; instead, they will encourage you to start many things – written pieces, creative notions, seeds of ideas. They strive to create an “Instant Community” where conversation throughout the day is stimulating, a joy, worthwhile; where participants become “Instant Friends.”

Poetry Is Where You Find It

INSTRUCTOR : Jane Desmond

DATE : Saturday, August 24

TIME : 10:00 a.m–1:00 p.m

TUITION : $75 includes lunch

This half-day workshop invites participants to find the poetry in Saugatuck’s history by transforming observations of the local landscape and its social history into works of visual and textual art. Taking the rich cultural and ecological history of Saugatuck and Ox-Bow as our starting point, we’ll explore and then transform copies of historical documents, which will be provided, into “found poems” through simple techniques of selection, amplification, and visual enhancement. Participants will leave with a hand-made work of art combining text, color, and line that reveals hidden expressive meaning in plain documents from the past, like storm reports, newspaper headlines, and ephemera regarding the history of Ox-Bow itself. No background in writing poetry or formal art training is required! Participants of all levels of experience can enjoy this process to create something new from the past.

PHOTO BY ROWAN LEEK

DRAWING & PAINTING

FOUR-DAY WORKSHOP

Make a Splash with Watercolor!

INSTRUCTOR : David R. Baker

DATES : Tuesday–Friday, June 11–14

TIME : 10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.

TUITION : $210

Sometimes, watercolor paint applied to paper seems to have a mind of its own. This is particularly true when using wet-onwet methods. In our class we will learn a variety of techniques to coax the paint into accepting our vision! In doing so we’ll create works that celebrate some of the unique characteristics of this medium. Students will be required to bring their own materials; a material list will be provided in advance.

FOUR-DAY WORKSHOP

Little House in the Big Woods: Cabins in Charcoal

INSTRUCTOR : David R. Baker

DATES : Tuesday–Friday, June 11–14

TIME : 2:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.

TUITION : $210

Capture the visual poetry of the filtered sunlight falling on one of Ox-Bow’s historic cabins. Enhance the timeless quality of this place by creating the scene in classic black and white. In the process, we will learn and employ a range of charcoal drawing techniques. Students will be required to bring their own materials; a material list will be provided in advance.

FOUR-DAY WORKSHOP

Drawing As Meditation

INSTRUCTOR :

Janet Trierweiler

DATES : Tuesday–Friday, July 16–19

TIME : 10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.

TUITION : $210

This workshop provides students with a chance to practice drawing techniques that slow down the art-making 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 water soluble materials on watercolor paper. Students will be required to bring their own materials; a material list will be provided in advance.

Painterly Printing with a Gelli Plate

INSTRUCTOR :

Janet Trierweiler

DATES : Saturday–Sunday, July 20–21

TIME : 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.

TUITION : $215 includes lunch/brunch

Experimenting with Gelli Plate monotypes can add a playful and exciting new dimension to any painting practice. Gelli Plates are durable, reusable and store at room temperature, allowing for easy monoprinting without a press! Working in layers, students will experiment with mark-making, stencils, masking, and making creative tools out of common household items. Learn how to use the right paper to get the effects you desire. Water-based ink, Golden Open Acrylics or fluid acrylics can be used with Gelli Plates. Gelli Plates will be provided for in-class use.

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Making Space for the Creative Life

An interview with the artist behind Peach Belt Studio, Dawn Stafford.

Interview conducted and edited by Shanley Poole, Engagement Liaison & Storyteller

On a November afternoon, Dawn Stafford gave me a virtual tour of her studio and its surrounding land. The weather brought along a novel dose of sunshine that spread across the landscape once thick with peach trees in the late 1800’s. Now the Peachbelt Studio, the building had lived its own former life as a one-room Peachbelt Schoolhouse. Stafford was attracted to the property’s character and moved into the space in 2004. Since then, Stafford’s paintings have filled Peachbelt with life. Dawn Stafford, whose often atypically colored oil paintings have captured the hearts of many, is a crowd favorite instructor at Ox-Bow’s Art on the Meadow workshops. However, Stafford’s history with Ox-Bow proceeds her time as an instructor. As she toured me around Peachbelt, she walked me through her story: her path to Ox-Bow and art itself.

Shanley Poole: When did your creative path intersect with Ox-Bow?

Dawn Stafford: I was on staff as one of the chefs in Ox-Bow’s original vintage kitchen. This was before the 2004 Inn renovation, when the floor was covered with mismatched peeling linoleum, the refrigerators had glass doors, and the gas stove was, well. . . . dangerous!

Sometime in the mid to late 90’s Chicago artist George Liebert, who was the campus Painting Director at the time, encouraged me to teach an Art on the Meadow Workshop. I told him; No. I need to be 60 years old before I teach! I was only maybe 25 at the time. I was scared. George had a way. He told me two things. You know more than they do (about art). They want you to succeed. Those words made all the difference.

SP: How did you end up pursuing painting?

DS: Making art is necessary. In the same way that love, chocolate, and solitude are necessary. Only . . . I didn’t grow up in a family of working artists and entrepreneurs, so I didn’t know what the working artist’s life looked like. I am still fascinated by this question, and how other creative people find their way. Ultimately, I feel the art path chose me, and not the other way around. I felt a strong intuitive pull to study art, so I did. Thankfully, I landed at Swain School of Art & Design in Massachusetts, a small private school where students and faculty socialized together. At Swain I was exposed to artists who had developed work and disciplines. They showed me what a functional artistic life could look like.

I once visited a woman who owned a rustic oneroom schoolhouse turned art studio in Dartmouth, Massachusetts, near the ocean. I was deeply moved by her space. She had big paintings propped up everywhere

and tapestries hanging from ceiling to floor. I had enchanting dreams of that place for years afterward. Looking back, it seems a foreshadowing.

When I turned 30, I hit the wall, so to speak. I established a new rule. I could only take on outside work that was directly related to art, lest I be distracted from my path. I became a defender of my practice. By then I had a small studio, a discipline, gallery representation, workshops, and trust in my process.

Eventually in 2004, while looking for a new studio space, I found the Peachbelt Schoolhouse and thought to myself: If I don’t try this, I will always wonder if it would have worked.

SP: What’s your teaching philosophy?

DS: There is something about the art process that is shrouded in mystery. Like a door with a missing key. So I show it to people in a way that will broaden their experience, help them understand the techniques, and feel the stir of their own curiosity. I try to show people how to think about art, and how to ask their own questions. I try to give them concrete tools so they can build their own practice.

SP: What brings you back to Ox-Bow summer after summer?

DS: Every part of my being believes art is essential to the wellspring of humanity. I am very honored to be able to share my knowledge through teaching in support of the school’s 114 year-long continuum.

DAWN STAFFORD is a full-time artist working in the Saugatuck/ Fennville area of Michigan. Painter, artist, teacher, mother, and gardener she creates and exhibits her work in a repurposed historic one-room schoolhouse, The Peachbelt Studio.

Landscape Painting

INSTRUCTOR :

James Brandess

DATES : Saturday, July 20; Saturday, August 10; Saturday, August 17

TIME : 10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.

TUITION : $75 per session includes lunch

In these multi-level oil painting workshops, students will paint outdoors in the historic OxBow landscape. Instruction will focus on recognizing and then painting what we actually see. Through this process of learning to see, we will create paintings that have veracity and strength. The workshop will include discussion of the tools and materials needed to set-up and paint in any landscape you choose. Sign up for one, two, or all sessions of these three-hour morning painting workshops on the meadow alongside the lagoon. Students will be required to bring their own materials; a material list will be provided in advance. Please note that you must sign up for each session separately.

FOUR-DAY WORKSHOP Drawing for Painters

INSTRUCTOR : Dawn Stafford

DATES : Tuesday–Friday, July 23–26

TIME : 10 a.m.–1 p.m.

TUITION : $210

This basic drawing workshop in Ox-Bow’s natural landscape is suitable for anyone who ponders these questions: How is drawing important to painting? Where does one leave off, and the other begin? How does light give form to the things around us? Why does “conservation of values” matter? Students will deepen their drawing skills with a nod to the painter within and with a specific understanding of structure, value, and composition. Painting problems are

often drawing problems. This workshop is aimed at strengthening both, in turn. Be prepared to get messy with charcoal! Drawing references and demonstrations will be shared, as well as group discussion. Students will be required to bring their own materials; a material list will be provided in advance.

FOUR-DAY WORKSHOP Drawings in Space

INSTRUCTOR : Zehra Khan

DATES : Tuesday–Friday, July 30–August 2

TIME : 2:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.

TUITION : $210

Playfully expand your art practice! We will begin by making drawings. We will then cut out and pose our 2D drawings into 3D environments,

creating different ways to experience the work – both in-person and through basic photographic and video documentation. We will use unconventional materials like found objects and organic matter and try varied processes, putting our drawing into the contexts of sculptures, texts, and more. We will use our experiments to discuss the different venues for experiencing art – online, in galleries, and in public spaces. Students will be required to bring some of their own materials; a material list will be provided in advance.

Floral Still Life Painting

INSTRUCTOR : James Brandess

DATE : Saturday, August 3

TIME : 2:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.

TUITION : $75 includes lunch

Learn to paint a floral still life in oils from a local master. Turn your focus to painting from observation, using a demo floral arrangement made that morning as the subject. Luxuriate in the colorful playness and compositional inspiration that only flowers can provide. Students will be required to bring their own materials; a material list will be provided in advance.

BETTER TOGETHER For a fullday making experience, during which you will make your own floral arrangement, sign up for the first part of this workshop, Flowering: History and Arrangement led by Maddie Reyna!

SCULPTURE & OBJECT- MAKING

FOUR-DAY WORKSHOP

Broom Making Basics

INSTRUCTOR : Cate

O’Connell-Richards

DATES : Tuesday–Friday, June 4–7

TIME : 2:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.

TUITION : $235

Become a broomsquire at Ox-Bow! Learn the foundations of handmaking brooms and whisks. This workshop will feature a presentation on the development of American broom making, including both traditional Appalachian and New England techniques, an introduction to broom making materials, and basic handmaking skills. Included will be demos

on a turkey wing whisk, cobwebber, besom, and traditional flat sweeper. Students will be able to learn the basics, as well as have the time to experiment with different handles, weaves, materials, and forms. Materials will be provided.

Drawing with Steel

INSTRUCTOR : Nick Fagan

DATES : Saturday, June 8

TIME : 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.

TUITION : $150 includes lunch

Learn the basics of welding, bending, and cutting metal. We will translate a simple drawing of your own design into steel. Technical demonstrations will include hot and cold bending,

modular construction, welding, and surface finishing strategies. You will quickly gain the know-how to safely use equipment in the Metals Studio! This course is suitable for all levels of experience. Leave with a great sculpture and heightened confidence after one day in the shop. Materials will be provided.

FOUR-DAY WORKSHOP Macram é-nia!

INSTRUCTOR : Johanna Cordasco

DATES : Tuesday–Friday, June 25–28

TIME : 2:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.

TUITION : $235

Learn how to create a macramé wall hanging of your own design, beginning by loading string or twine onto a dowel or stick using lark’s head knots. Then, develop patterns out of

repeating knots: square knots, decorative knots, half hitches, and more! An array of materials will be available for your use, and you can bring in your own components to weave into your work.

FOUR-DAY WORKSHOP

Getting Koozie: Dimensional Crochet

INSTRUCTOR : kg

DATES : Tuesday–Friday, July 30–August 2

TIME : 10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.

TUITION : $235

For Getting Koozie, participants are asked to bring an object for which they wish to create a custom-fit slipcover. Using very basic crochet stitches, we will work to create a dimensional form to fit snugly around the item. This can be a permanent skin affixed around the object, or a usable, removable cover. Along the way, you will learn a working set of crochet skills that can be applied to future projects! No previous crochet knowledge needed. Basic materials and tools for inclass use will be provided.

FOUR-DAY WORKSHOP

Twisted Treasures: Wire Basket Weaving

INSTRUCTOR : Day Brierre

DATES : Tuesday–Friday, August 6–9

TIME : 10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.

TUITION : $235

This hands-on experience invites participants to create sculptural vessels at the intersection of traditional basket weaving and contemporary aesthetics. Attendees will learn the techniques of manipulating wire into intricate patterns to create stunning and functional wire baskets. Basic materials and tools for in-class use will be provided.

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Cate O’Connell-Richards, Camping Kit (Neon Orange), 2023, broomcorn, twine, metal findings, dimensions vary

Fashion as Intuition

Gurtie Hansell shares about their gift for reading the style palm of others and tuning the gender dial.

Written by Shanley Po ole, Engagement Liaison & Storyteller

Gurtie Hansell’s love for fashion and connection to altered clothing stems far into their past. At a young age their grandmother taught them to sew and from there it seemed, in Hansell’s words, “I always made clothes or augmented clothes to fit my weirdo personality.” However, Hansell started to make a more communal and consistent practice of it in 2015. For the retirement party of Chicago’s Chances Dances, Hansell was approached about facilitating a fashion show. The project materialized into something substantial. Hansell reminisced on the crowd’s positive reactions. “And I had a lot of fun and the models really liked it,” they added. That Hansell would receive such positive reviews from all around didn’t surprise me. It’s in their nature to honor and connect with others, something I’ve experienced first hand in all my encounters with them.

After the fashion show, Mary Eleanor Wallace invited Hansell to display in the window of the boutique and gallery space Tusk. From there Hansell thought, “Okay, I guess this is what I do now.” They credit the encourage -

ment from their community as the spark to transition to an entrepreneurial artist. At the time they’d been working for six years doing corporate level branding and graphic design for Whole Foods. “I lived in front of a computer,” Hansell said, “And I’m a very tactile person,” making their transition to the material world of fashion and alterations a natural one. Though that’s not to say their practice is without challenge. Most recently, they’ve been struggling to decipher how to maintain the political heart that fuels their work without capitalizing off of tragedy. Much of their altered fashion consists of upcycling t-shirts by screen printing on them.

Mothertwin and NNAMDI

They do not shy away from imbuing political statements with humor, referring to such t-shirts as “an analog meme.” With hefty doses of intention and goofiness, Hansell’s work hits with a heartfelt relevance and their humor buoys grave subjects with a zany spirit of hope.

Ox-Bow, its traditions and culture, have largely influenced Hansell’s practice. They first visited in 2020 to volunteer at a Halloween event, which has since become one of their annual reasons to come to campus. “Halloween has become [a] part of my practice because of those visits,” Hansell said. These experiences have en -

Gurtie Hansell makes up one half of the collaborative project Mothertwin with their creative partner kate rowan fernandez. In 2020 the two artists facilitated props and costumes for a Liam Kozar music video. This led to a collaboration with NNAMDI where they made a custom jumpsuit for another music video. A few years later, Mothertwin has rendered three jumpsuits for NNAMDI with another on the way for New Year’s.

If you attended our 2023 Summer concert, you may have seen Mothertwin’s work. Performer NNAMDI wore the custom jumpsuits during their performance.

PHOTO COURTESY OF GURTIE HANSELL; PHOTO BY JAMIE KELTER DAVIS

couraged Hansell to more deeply explore drag, which they say is “directly linked to the freedom [they have] experienced at Ox-Bow” during Halloween each year. This sense of liberation is one they hope to facilitate in their workshops and one they’ve clearly achieved in years past. In particular, Hansell loves to twist what they refer to as the gender dial. “If I wear a dress, and I love to wear dresses,” Hansell explained they’ll tune in the dial by “then [throwing] on a ballcap” to add a dash of masc to the fem look of a dress.

Interpretations of gender and willingness to play with them comes naturally to Hansell. They even enjoy twisting this dial when they style for others. When I asked Hansell how they go about creating looks for another person, they said, “I think it’s always been a facet of who I am.” They described it as a form of listening to others. When one lends their ear to how others present themselves, it becomes easy enough (for Hansell at least) to offer that individual a look that honors them. Hansell refers to this act as “reading the style palm” of others.

One of Hansell’s favorite parts of Art on the Meadow workshops is watching folks settle into the space. At the start of the class, participants learn to shed their fears and grow comfortable with the sense of whimsy and spontaneity in Hansell’s workshop. Hansell describes that the four day workshop has a kindred feeling to getting ready for a party as they sift through clothes and help each other find and modify objects to achieve a desired look. The intergenerational aspect, hosting students from 16 to 60+ has also fueled Hansell’s time on campus. “It’s always such a wild mix,” Hansell said. The exchange of creativity between all ages in the workshop and the friendships that form over just four days is truly remarkable.

Those looking to revamp their wardrobe and encounter the enthusiasm and inspiration that GURTIE HANSELL always provides, should consider enrolling in Renewed Ready-to-Wear.

FOUR-DAY WORKSHOP

100% Pure Wool

INSTRUCTOR : Christina Sweeney

DATES : Tuesday–Friday, August 13–16

TIME : 10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m. TUITION : $235

Ensconce yourself in an introduction to the process of felting. We will explore the narratives of felting history, labor, and functionality while working in a more contemporary, concept-driven manner. Students will learn both needle and wet felting techniques and execute at least one finished work from each section. We will run through the basics, from acquiring the wool and proper tools to formulating a title and response to our finished pieces. We will work both collaboratively and independently while possibly drawing inspiration from the Ox-Bow campus. Wool and basic tools for in-class use will be provided.

FOUR-DAY WORKSHOP Renewed Ready-to-Wear

INSTRUCTOR : Gurtie Hansell

DATES : Tuesday–Friday, August 20–23

TIME : 2:00 p.m–5:00 p.m. TUITION : $220

What we wear shows the world so much of who we are. For many, fashion acts as ornamentation, or even armor. Unfortunately, the fashion industry – and fast fashion in particular – is destroying Mother Earth. The clothing and materials we need to adorn ourselves already exist in the world. With a little creativity we can reinvent and revitalize our looks (and a bit of ourselves). We will explore ways of sourcing “upcycled” and “deadstock” materials. We will hold our own clothing swap to

pool materials for creating and renewing eco-friendly wearables, then enhance those found garments with inks, dyes, stitches, and appliques – learning new painting, sewing, and printmaking techniques along the way. The experience will culminate in a fashion show collectively produced by the group on the final day. Materials and tools to alter your garments will be provided. Let’s frolic!

WORKS ON PAPER

Risography and Collage INSTRUCTOR :

Madeleine Aguilar

DATES : Saturday–Sunday, August 3–4

TIME : 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.

TUITION : $215 includes lunch/brunch

Risography is a print process that can be described as “digital screen printing”. It’s an accessible form of duplication through which translucent inks combine to create a palette of vibrant and fluorescent colors. Come learn the fundamentals of Risography while working with hand-cut collage methods and drawing to generate imagery and produce a suite of editioned prints. We will learn to work improvisationally between analog and digital processes and experiment with color mixing. We will cover basic printmaking techniques such as layering and registration, while being open to the imperfect and serendipitous qualities of RISO. We will utilize the RISO scan bed to print & reproduce hand cut collages and drawings. Materials will be provided.

PHOTO COURTESY OF GURTIE HANSELL

One-Page-Wonder Artist

Books: An Introduction to Screen Printing

INSTRUCTOR : Melissa

Dettloff

DATES : Saturday, July 6

TIME : 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.

TUITION : $130 includes lunch

Learn the basics of screen printing by making your own accordion-folded, singlesheet, screen printed artist’s book. This workshop is great for beginners or those looking to refresh their print skills! You’ll learn the basics of screen printing and a simple approach to bookmaking using a single sheet of paper. You will create your own screen using accessible techniques that can be easily replicated at home. We’ll use provided images plus those you create using handmade stencils and foraged foliage. You will go home with a handmade book you made yourself, and a zine created by the instructor to help replicate these simple processes at home. Materials will be provided.

FOUR-DAY WORKSHOP

Two Approaches: Painting and Relief Printmaking in the Landscape

INSTRUCTOR : Jasper

Goodrich

DATES : Tuesday–Friday, June 18–21, 2024

TIME : 10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m

TUITION : $215

How can painting and printmaking influence each other? This class explores the connection between landscape painting and relief printmaking. In the first half of class, students will learn to paint en plein air. We will focus on oil painting, but all painting/ drawing media are welcome. Taking influence from the paintings in terms of how space, light, and emotion are depicted, students will then explore relief printmaking using woodblocks, linoleum, and

MDF, learning carving and printing techniques. In relief printmaking, artists must think graphically, with often defined positive and negative space. Each way of working will inform and expand your art practice! Students will be required to bring some of their own materials; a material list will be provided in advance.

SPECIAL TOPICS

Flowering: History & Arrangement

INSTRUCTOR : Maddie Reyna

DATE : Saturday, August 3

TIME : 10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.

TUITION : $130 includes lunch

This workshop will invite students to create a living sculpture with florals. We will consider foundational historical styles including Dutch Baroque, Ikebana, and contemporary movements, and experiment with vessel armature techniques such as wire mesh, pin frog, and tape grid. Local and exotic live flowers will be provided to each participant, and after

demonstration, arranging, and group discussion, they will take their ephemeral arrangement home.

BETTER TOGETHER For a fullday making experience, during which you will make a painting of a floral arrangement, sign up for the second part of this workshop, Floral Still Life Painting led by James Brandess!

Natural Ink Making on the Meadow

INSTRUCTOR : Elizabeth Schmuhl

DATE : Saturday, June 15

TIME : 10:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.

TUITION : $120 includes lunch

Create original paintings, book marks, and cards with freshly foraged, handmade inks – and gain some inspiration for future inky experiments! We’ll begin the day outside (so dress for the weather) foraging for plants and other natural materials. You are also encouraged to bring plants or other materials from home; anything can be used to create ink! Next, we will learn the ink-making process using your new found materials. Wrap up

the day by experimenting with your fresh inks on different substrates. Materials will be provided.

Introduction to Indigo and Shibori

INSTRUCTOR : Sue Cortese

DATE : Saturday, August 17

TIME : 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.

TUITION : $130 includes lunch

Learn to use indigo dye and several shibori, or Japanese manual tiedyeing techniques to create stunning textiles. We will learn several tying methods and then use an indigo vat to dye the bound cloth. In Arashi, we will use a pole to help manipulate the fabric. In Itajime, we will fold and bind the fabric between boards or sticks. In Kumo, we will use string to bind the fabric. We will also touch on stitched or nui shibori. Try out all styles or concentrate on one or two! You will be given a yard of cloth on which to practice techniques, but you may also bring their own prewashed clothing or fabric to use.

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OX-BOW HOUSE

Learn more about Ox-Bow House on pages 38-48

ART SUPPLIES: Compelling Products

Retail Musings by the inimitable Hannah Bugg

Two of my favorite products are the Busy Hands Ceramic Paint Palettes and the Beam Paint sets. Not only do these products support sustainability and small and BIPOC businesses, but they have the kind of tactile heft and grit that I associate with Ox-Bow. They’re always whispering, “Let’s go out into the woods and make art together.”

Also in the spirit of Ox-Bow, we carry a few items of whimsy and exploration: the glittery gel pens, Pintar paint pens, and Nature Paint in particular have been favorites as gifts for kid creatives. Although, aren’t we all kid creatives at heart? I say that as a hint for my friends to gift me with my own set of glitter pens…

Not exciting but ever-important are the basics. Pick up a jar of gesso and a new brush if yours has worn down to the nub. Maybe indulge in a new pair of scissors if you own a set that is constantly disappearing. It’s lovely that folks can pop in to see what’s new in the gallery and stock up on their own art-making tools in just one stop. Or, as the saying goes, feed two birds with one scone.

Products are available at Ox-Bow House in downtown Douglas and the on-campus Tuck Shop.

FAMILY WORSHOPS

Family Workshops are full participation experiences which allow family members of different generations to bond, learn, and experience the magic of Ox-Bow. These workshops are open to participants ages 5 and up with at least one adult enrollee per family; maximum of four family members per enrollment slot. Kid-friendly lunch options are included in the cost of tuition, and will be served at 1:00 p.m. All materials are provided for Family Workshops. These are not drop-off workshops, with the exception of Watercolor Painting for Tweens and Teens. If you have any questions or are interested in coming to make art with your family of more than four people, contact Claire Arctander, Deputy Director of Campus Life & Operations at carctander@ox-bow.org.

Process Art Painting

INSTRUCTOR :

Jamisen Paustian

DATE : Saturday, June 8

TIME : 10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.

TUITION : $125 per family includes lunch

Experiment with mixed media as a fam! Work together to create a collaborative process art painting on canvas. In process art, the finished product is evidence of the actions taken to make the artwork. Each family will start with a base layer of paint, and then use

various idiosyncratic tools and materials like toy cars, fly swatters, stamps, and rolling pins to embellish their canvas. Each layer added will incorporate directions for a different art activity that parents and children can explore again in the future at home. Come dressed for mess.

Papermaking Play

INSTRUCTOR : Rowan Leek

DATE : Saturday, June 15

TIME : 10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.

TUITION : $125 per family includes lunch

Join us for papermaking fun for the whole family. Learn to make your very own gorgeous paper, using different types of fiber, and leave with multiple sheets that can be air dried at home. We will explore various materials for papermaking including recycled paper, cotton, rag, and natural fibers. Family members will also paint together with brightly colored pulps to collaboratively form expressive and lively sheets of paper. After your paper is dry you can use it to craft, draw on it, or simply admire it as an artwork in its own right.

Seek: Ox-Bow

Treasure Hunt

INSTRUCTOR :

Kim Meyers Baas

DATE : Saturday, June 22

TIME : 10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.

TUITION : $125 per family includes lunch

Prepare for an active day exploring Ox-Bow’s

campus. This interactive hunt will have families collecting artifacts and documenting treasures while visiting the art studios and unique locations of OxBow. Develop map-reading skills, use compasses, and discover how artists develop a deeper connection to the natural world around them.

Watercolor Painting for Families

INSTRUCTOR :

Kim Meyers Baas

DATE : Saturday, June 29

TIME : 10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.

TUITION : $125 per family includes lunch

Ox-Bow’s campus provides hundreds of beautiful views for painting the landscape. Families will explore views of the lagoon, meadow, and woods while painting en plein air with watercolor. Experiment with techniques such as washes, color mixing, mark making, and creating textures inspired by the natural environment.

Make a Statement with Screen Printing

INSTRUCTOR : Yeji Kim

DATE : Saturday, July 27

TIME : 10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.

TUITION : $125 per family includes lunch

Collaborate on your own screen printed family T-shirt design! For decades, graphic T-shirts have been used to convey a wide array of statements, spanning from comical and heartfelt to political and satirical. We will explore how T-shirts have served as a medium for diverse commentaries, and then each family will formulate their own statement and design accompanying graphics. Every participant will then print their family’s design on their own shirt. White T-shirts of various sizes will be provided; bring your own other printable cloth or paper if you so desire.

Watercolor Painting for Tweens and Teens

INSTRUCTOR:

Kim Meyers Baas

DATE: Saturday, August 10

TIME: 10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.

TUITION: $75 includes lunch

This workshop offers students ages 8-16 the opportunity to explore views of the lagoon, meadow, and woods while painting en plein air with watercolor. Experiment with techniques such as washes, color mixing, mark making, and creating textures inspired by the natural environment. This is a dropoff workshop for youth ages 8-16 only! Parents are welcome to drop off their young artists or to stay on campus during the course of the workshop. Adults are encouraged to consider taking Landscape Painting by James Brandess, which runs concurrently.

PHOTOS

All Fired Up

Henry Cris sman and Virginia Torrence share about the importance of kindling community and their passion for wood-fired ceramics.

Written by Shanley Poole, Engagement Liaison & Storyteller

At the start of my call with artists Virginia Torrence and Henry Crissman, they introduced me to the coffee mugs from which they sipped. Torrence favored a brightly freckled mug that couldn’t have held more than eight ounces. Crissman showcased a more sizable and earth-toned mug with a rock sticking out of its handle. As they shared about each vessel and bantered together, I quickly came to understand the personal connection they share with such objects as well as each other. Given their background, such familiarity shouldn’t come as a surprise.

The Early Years of the Artists

Virginia Torrence and Henry Crismass share an extensive history with both pottery and each other. In their early teenage years, Crissman and Torrence attended artist markets together around Michigan. Crissman would bring along his potter’s wheel and perform live throwings (often in exchange for their booth fee to be waived) while Torrence managed the sales. Eventually they set up their first studio in Crissman’s family barn. They shared the space with a pony who was particularly winded in one direction and namesaked the studio Farting Pony Pottery in honor of their studio mate. This would only serve as the beginning of their endeavors in pottery.

Both artists attended the College for Creative Studies in undergrad, which led them to fellowships at Ox-Bow in 2010 and 2012. Ox-Bow was celebrating 100 years during Crissman’s summer. In one story, he recounted the timely return of the bell, which had been allegedly stolen years before from campus and serendipitously returned for its centennial anniversary. Crissman also admitted to rocking a mullet all summer long. Torrence cited her summer in 2012 as “the best summer of [her] life.” Her work placement stationed her in maintenance alongside John Rossi, whom she showered with no shortage of praise. “I made such incredible friends that I still have today and it was so formative for me,” Torrence said. Crissman also reveled in the impact of his summer surrounded by artists such as Theaster Gates (Visiting Artist) and Sterling Ruby (Faculty), citing that “Ox-Bow gave [him] the tools to imagine how [his] practice could be.”

Woodfire & Community

Woodfired ceramics entered Torrence and Crissman’s lives in a less than typical fashion. In college they were assigned to build a kiln for woodfiring, a ceramics process they had never before tried. The assignment proved influential, inspiring Crissman to ask the department for the scrap parts of the retired kilns. After building his own kiln, Crissman fixed it to a trailer and toured the country in a community initiative seeking to bring access to pottery. Ceramics’ potential for creating community was something Torrence and Crissman both prized. When they left Eastern Michigan to go to graduate school at Alfred University, they knew they’d eventually return to the Detroit area. “Our community was here already,” Torrence explained, adding, “We’re thankful to be here. We have such an incredible group of people that orbit around [Detroit].”

The project Torrence and Crissman returned to their home state to start is now the Ceramics School in Hamtramck. Part community arts school, part artist residency program, the school grew from what others had modeled to Crissman and Torrence in undergrad. “The artists that we admired when we were in undergrad were people that were making these broader community practices,” Crissman said.

Returning to Ox-Bow

At Ox-Bow they saw a similar spirit at work. After each of their seasons there, they started dreaming of ways to return. During two of the summers following Crissman’s fellowship, he visited briefly to assist with a woodfire course taught by Israel Davis. But in 2023, their dream was realized more concretely. Crissman and Torrence officially returned to teach their first course at Ox-Bow during one of the seven summer sessions. The communal nature of the woodfiring course they led captured the attention of their students and those around campus. It wasn’t long before someone proposed the couple return for a community-based workshop that fall. “Something that feels really important and special to me is how little it’s changed,” Torrence said of Ox-Bow, adding that in particular she’s grateful for the communities that are nurtured on campus.

Their fall workshop in particular embraced and fostered the tight-knit community that so many Ox-Bow attendees experience. For ten days, participating artists shared hours upon hours in the studio together. The loading of the kiln has become a particularly important experience in their course and workshop. “We load the kiln and then we sing it songs… fire themed songs,” Crissman explained. “And transformation themed,” Torrence chimed in. The two have dubbed this night-long tradition Kiln-aoke. Between their festive traditions and enthusiasm for introducing newcomers to the art of woodfiring, it’s no wonder why participants have raved about their experiences with Torrence and Crissman. Those interested in learning about the art of woodfiring can sign up for their upcoming workshop on campus October 22 through November 2.

HENRY CRISSMAN & VIRGINIA TORRENCE are co-owners of the Ceramics School in Hamtramck, Michigan. Read more about the artists on page 29.

ART ON THE MEADOW

INTENSIVE WORKSHOPS

Wicked Woodfire

Join us for our second annual fall woodfire! The fall woodfire offers ceramicists of all stripes an immersive, intensive community making experience on Ox-Bow’s campus, led by Ceramics School co-founders Henry J.H. Crissman and Virginia Rose Torrence. Tuition for the woodfire includes access to clay, tools, and glaze lab.

DATE : Tuesday, October 22 – Saturday, November 2

TIME : Guided instruction from 10 a.m.–1 p.m. each day with 24-hour studio access

INSTRUCTORS : Henry J.H. Crissman & Virginia Rose Torrence

TUITION : $1000

OPTIONAL ROOM AND BOARD: $2600 for solo room; $1950 for shared double room; Includes three meals a day; Artists who are staying on campus for the woodfire should plan to arrive on October 21 and depart on November 3, 2024. This workshop does not include meals for non-residential attendees

This intensive workshop will explore the many histories, methods, and potentials of using wood as fuel to heat and transform clay into ceramic. The experience caters to mid-career artists or those with a background in ceramics. Presentations will survey ceramic science, the history and logic of kiln design, and the incredible range of things artists have created with and around wood fired kilns. Demonstrations will include handbuilding and wheel-throwing techniques as well as methods for material experimentation with found ceramic materials and objects, specifically using clay gathered from a nearby beach on Lake Michigan to augment clays and make glazes. Conversations throughout will aim to assist students in finding creative agency with ceramics.

The bulk of the class will consist of parallel working on independent projects and culminate in a nearly two-day long firing of Ox-Bow’s 80 cubic foot catenary-arch, wood kiln; a massive group effort will involve loading the kiln and methodically stoking it with wood for the duration of the firing until our desired temperature is reached throughout. We will once-fire the ceramics we make in the workshop and students are also welcome to bring bisqueware. Once cool, the kiln will be unloaded and cleaned, results will be finished and discussed.

MEET THE FACULTY

MADELEINE AGUILAR

(she/her) tells stories, builds archives, maps spaces, constructs furniture, records histories, organizes data, catalogs objects, prints publications, creates frameworks, collects imagery, acquires trades, ties knots, re-purposes materials, imitates structures, utilizes chance, plays instruments, follows intuition, prompts participation, guides observation, leaves evidence, develops routines, takes walks, breaks habits, and makes lists. Using the archive as form, she acknowledges the passing of time by cataloging lived spaces, collected objects, familial histories, personal relationships, natural phenomena, mundane routines, and ephemeral moments. She runs bench press, a collaborative Risograph press based in Chicago, and is currently Print & New Media Studio Manager at Ox-Bow School of Art and Artists’ Residency. www. madeleineaguilar.com

DAVID R. BAKER

(he/him) is a visual artist who specializes in poetic landscape painting, much of it done en plein air. His studio pieces are often reinterpretations of paintings done outdoors. His principal media are watercolor, oil, and charcoal.

David is a lifelong artist/ teacher. He recently retired as art professor Emeritus from Southwestern Michigan College. He earned his MFA degree from Indiana State University. Over the years he has mounted more than four dozen solo exhibits. He has taught at Ox-Bow School of Art since 2000 and at the Krasl Art Center since 2016. He is represented by Rising Phoenix Gallery in Michigan City. www.dbakerart.com

JAMES BRANDESS

(he/him) I am a painter. I work primarily in oil. I studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. My relationship with Ox-Bow started in 1987 when, as a student at the School of the Art Institute, I answered an ad for a summer job. While at Ox-Bow, I began my practice of painting landscapes and people. I currently work in Saugatuck, Michigan. My studio and gallery has been in operation in downtown Saugatuck since 1994. www.jamesbrandess.com

STELLA BROWN is a native Chicagoan, artist, and curator. In 2009 she received her BA from New York University’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study and an MFA in Studio Art from the University of Illinois at Chicago, School of Art & Art History in 2019. She was the Founding Director of the Buddy store at the Chicago Cultural Center. She has been involved with the ACRE (Artist Cooperative Residency & Exhibitions) Kitchen Program since 2015. In her artwork, areas of examination include the Anthropocene era of man-made geology, contemporary ecological restoration practices in the Chicago region, the history of museum display and natural history practices, and display and consumerism in store displays and souvenir shops. In the last five years she has presented her own artwork and curated a number of public exhibitions and programming events at venues including Gallery 400, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Goldfinch Gallery, the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, ACRE, and Shoot the Lobster. www.stellajbrown. com

JOHANNA CORDASCO

(she/they) is an interdisciplinary artist focusing on sculpture and textiles, currently working at Mason Gross School of the Arts in New Brunswick, New Jersey

DAY BRIERRE (she/her) is a Haitian-American sculptor and illustrator based in Brooklyn, NY. Using ceramics, wire and digital tools, her work draws inspiration from Haitian myths and folklore. She earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Art from Florida International University and was a 2023 LeRoy Neiman Fellowship recipient at OxBow. www.biomorphia.art

as a Co-Adjunct. Cordasco is a graduate of Mason Gross School of the Arts, where she earned a BFA with a concentration in sculpture and minors in art history and psychology. www. johannacordasco.com

MAGNET CURRY (they/ them) is a Queer, inter-disciplinary artist, activist, and food worker based in Brooklyn, New York. Drawing from personal narrative, their work links labor tasks traditionally assigned to women and performative womanhood to alienation, desire, and shared histories with individuals whose ancestral ties to their homeland have been abdicated due to their rejection of tradition. Currently, Magnet is interested in the of mutability of bodies, clay memory, revelations of psychological states and grief mapping through linear and gestural painting, and learning how to walk backwards without getting hurt.

JANE DESMOND (she/her) is a poet, anthropologist, and former choreographer who works broadly across the arts and humanities. Her work has appeared in books, national print journals, on television, in film, and even on a billboard. As a teacher, she brings several decades of experience to teaching interdisciplinary classes both in the U.S. and abroad, including at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where has been featured multiple times on the list of “Teachers ranked as Excellent by their Students.”

Her creative and scholarly work has been funded by the NYState Council on the Arts, the Rockefeller Foundation, the Ford Foundation, the Fulbright Commission, and through residencies at Write On Door County!, the Helene Wurlitzer Foundation and the Cummington Community for the Arts. Skilled in archival work, she will draw on Saugatuck’s special history and local archives to bring the past alive in “found poetry” workshops that combine words and visuals and are easily accessible by both poets, visual artists, and the general public alike. Come find a poem in the past! www.anthro.illinois.edu/ people/desmondj

MELISSA DETTLOFF

(she/her) is a printmaker and teaching artist based in Detroit. Her current work is inspired by urban ecology and creating community through art. First introduced to screen printing as an art student at Wayne State University, Melissa has been making screen prints for over twenty years. With her friends, she co-owned Ocelot Print Shop, a community screen printing shop in Detroit’s Cass Corridor, for five years. Melissa has been teaching art and screen printing workshops for over ten years and maintains an art practice in her home print studio. She has shown her work nationally and locally, including at the Detroit Institute of Arts. www.melissadettloff.com

NICK FAGAN (he/him) is a multimedia artist based in

Cape Cod. He has exhibited work in a number of galleries and shows across the United States, most recently the Egg Collective in New York, Massey Klein Gallery in New York, Tops Gallery in Memphis, Tennessee as well as the Seattle art fair with FFT and Future Art Fair with ADA Gallery. He has been awarded fellowships and residencies from the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, the MASS MoCA Studio Program and The Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown. His work has been featured or reviewed in a number of publications, including Burnaway, NPR, Divergents Magazine, New American Paintings, and The Rib. Awards include a Kennedy VSA Artists with Disabilities Award, and Foundation of Contemporary Art Grant. He received his MFA in sculpture from Ohio State University in 2017. www. nick-fagan-studio.com

HENRY JAMES HAVER

CRISSMAN (he/him) is an artist and educator who thinks of his art as a means, not an end. The projects, objects, installations, happenings, etc. that one might call his ‘art’ precipitates from the swirling confluence of ceramic making, place making, critical engagement, and community facilitation and participation that wholly encompasses his life.

Henry earned a BFA in Craft from the College for Creative Studies in Detroit, MI in 2012, and a MFA in Ceramics at Alfred University in Alfred, NY in 2015. He now lives and works in Hamtramck, MI where he and his wife and fellow artist, Virginia Rose Torrence, founded and co-direct Ceramics School, a community ceramics studio and artist residency.

He regards teaching as an integral aspect of his creative practice, and in addition to teaching at Ceramics School, he is currently an adjunct professor in the Studio Art and Craft Department at the College for Creative Studies in Detroit, MI. www.HenryCrissman.com

GURTIE HANSELL (they/ she/he) is a multimedia artist, teacher, and entrepreneur working out of their home studio and backyard in Chicago. They draw on fashion, printmaking (and print-breaking), as well as graphic design to outfit their community for pageantry, protest, and pleasure. Their wearables are deeply inspired by decades in queer nightlife, camp craft, and generally being loud in public. Gurtie owns a gender-expansive streetwear brand called Kangmankey which they’ve run since 2015, and they also co-operate a production and costume design company called MotherTwin. This is their 4th year teaching “Renewed Ready to Wear” for Ox-Bow’s Art on the Meadow. www.kangmankey.com

KG (they/them) makes weavings and writes poetry from their home studio by the lake in Chicago. kg values the small the domestic and the everyday, situating those politics in their studio and curatorial practices. They have exhibited work with Horse and Pony (Berlin), The Brooklyn Academy of Music, The Bruce High Quality Foundation and The Gowanas

Ballroom (New York), Left Field Gallery and Adjunct Positions (Los Angeles), Katherine E. Nash Gallery (Minneapolis), Monique Meloche Gallery, Gallery 400, Julius Caesar and LVL3 (Chicago), The John Michael Kohler Art Center (Wisconsin) and their most recent solo exhibition, Here Comes That Feeling at Hawthorne Contemporary in Milwaukee. Some Kind Of Duty, their expansive weaving survey hosted by The DePaul Art Museum is available as a monograph through the museum shop and online. In 2017 kg attended Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture and Vermont Studio Center as a fellow in 2018. Current exhibitions include Intranarratives hosted by the Musée d’art Contemporain de Montréal. Upcoming shows include Stitch, Woven, Hooked at The Lubeznik Art Center and Beyond: Tapestry Expanded at The Peeler Art Center at DePauw University. www.karolinagnatowski.com

ZEHRA KHAN (she/her) is a multi-disciplinary artist whose current preferred medium is hot glue. Often absurdist and provocative, Khan uses unconventional found materials and methods to create combinations of drawing, sculpture, installation, performance, photography, and film.

Zehra is Pakistani and American, born in Indonesia. She received an MFA from the Massachusetts College of Art & Design in 2007, and a BS from Skidmore College. Khan loves attending artist residencies including Yaddo, the Studios of Key West, Ox-Bow, the Vermont Studio Center, Ellis-Beauregard Foundation, Art Space Sonahmoo in South Korea, and Space A in Kathmandu.

Zehra is based out of Chicago where she works as an artist and educator.

www.zehrakhan.com

YEJI KIM (she/her) is a Brooklyn-based multidisciplinary artist and graphic designer who collects negative spaces between narratives, lived experiences, texts, and images, and materializes them as paintings, books, sounds, animations, sculptures, and prose.

She holds a BFA from The Cooper Union and has been recognized with various awards, including the Sarah Cooper Hewitt Fund Prize for Excellence in Art, The Center for Book Arts Scholarship, and the Leroy Neiman Fellowship at Ox-Bow School of Art. Her works have been exhibited in diverse spaces across NYC and beyond, such as Socrates Sculpture Park, Entrance NYC, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, and The Juilliard School. In her design practice, she has collaborated with a range of arts, advocacy, cultural, and educational institutions, including the National Audubon Society, Nonhuman Teachers, Museum Hue, Food Education Fund, and Pratt Institute.

During her free time, Yeji co-organizes the East Village Zine Fair, volunteers as a designer and art director at 8-Ball Community, co-runs Misplaced Press, a small independent publisher, and enjoys baking killer sourdough. www.yejetable.com

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SUE CORTESE (she/her) is textile artist who lives in Holland, Michigan. Using indigo dye and shibori manipulations broaden her work. www.suecortesequilt.com

ROWAN LEEK (he/they) is a multimedia artist who works in textiles and papermaking. He grew up in Memphis, TN and graduated from the Cleveland Institute of Art in 2020 with a BFA in Sculpture + Expanded Media. His work has been exhibited at the Artists Archive of CWRU, Bostwick Design Art initiative, Zygote, Women’s Studio Workshop, and The Future.

KIM MEYERS BAAS (she/ her) is an arts educator who has worked in public and private settings in Michigan, Chicago, and on the Mexican/Texas border cultivating youth artists and community workers since 1992. Her teaching and art making practice focuses on exploring family identity, inequality, migration, cultural recognition, art + technology literacy, and media representation in marginalized communities. Kim has worked as an artist educator with Kentwood Public Schools, Ox-Bow Summer School of Art, Calvin University, Kendall College of Art & Design, Chicago Public Schools, Valley AIDS Council, and The School of

the Art Institute of Chicago. Kim holds a BA from Loyola University Chicago & MAAE from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

CATE O’CONNELLRICHARDS (they/them) is an artist, broomsquire, and educator living in Madison, Wisconsin.

O’Connell-Richards has exhibited internationally and shown work at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (North Adams, MA), The Museum of Glass (Tacoma, WA), The Trout Museum of Art (Appleton, WI), Abel Contemporary (Stoughton, WI), Hesse Flatow (New York), Lillstreet Arts Center (Chicago), and the Gallery im Körnerpark (Berlin, DE). Their last solo exhibition “SWEPT” was held at Hancock Shaker Village in Pittsfield, MA in 2022.

They have been awarded several travel grants for craft research, including a 2024 Craft Research Fund Project Grant to study the history of American broom making. Their writing has been published by Surface Design Journal (2024), and Mergoat Magazine (2023).

Currently, they are a Lecturer for the UW-Madison Art Department. www.caterichardsart.com

JAMISEN PAUSTIAN

(she/her) completed her Master’s in Art Therapy and Counseling at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and works as a therapist in school settings. Born and raised in

Madison, Wisconsin, she grew up playing outside, swimming in lakes, making snow forts, and creating lots and lots of art. Jamie has over fifteen years of experience working with younger people and has taught multidisciplinary art, music, and yoga classes for students of all ages. She is also a RYT-200 certified yoga instructor, and her preferred mediums are acrylic painting, watercolor, and collage. www. jamisenpaustian.com

DANIEL PRAVIT FETHKE

(he/him) is a Thai-American interdisciplinary artist, filmmaker, educator, and activist. He regularly facilitates workshops, cooking classes, and creative gatherings that center food and recipes as ways to explore identity and culture. He has exhibited work internationally in Bangkok, Berlin, Barcelona, and New York City, having shown at the Yale School of Art, Recess Art Space, and the Knockdown Center. Daniel has published food-based writing in the Berlin-based Soft Eis Magazine, as well as with Commercial Type’s online catalog. He co-founded the mutual aid food pop-up Angry Papaya, and has hosted workshops at the CUNY Graduate Center as well as the Ox-Bow School of Art. Daniel received his BA in Modern Culture & Media Studies from Brown University in 2015. He recently published an autobiographical Thai-American cookbook through Pratt Institute, where he also received his MFA in Integrated Practices in 2023. He currently lives and works in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. www.danfethke.com

KATHRYN REMLINGER

(she/her) relies on participant observation, ethnography, and mindful writing practices. Her research and publications are grounded in socio-cultural linguistic and linguistic landscape approaches to examine the role of language in meaning-making, place-making, and identity performance. Her publications include the book, Yooper Talk: Dialect as Identity in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, and academic and popular press articles. She has taught writing for nearly 40 years to middle-schoolers, university students, and workshop participants, and for over 10 years she has integrated mindfulness practices into her daily routine and teaching. She has participated in and facilitated mindfulness workshops at Grand Valley State University and Paradigm Wellness Center in Grand Haven, Michigan. She holds a PhD in Rhetoric and Technical Communication from Michigan Technological University with a concentration in sociolinguistics.

MADDIE REYNA (she/her) is an American painter who began arranging flowers as a way to have live subjects for her work. That practice has come to stand alone as she applies considerations of color, form, and composition to three-dimensional organic matter. She has a Masters in Painting and Drawing from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, studied at The Flower School of New York, designs flower arrangements for brides and other party throwers in Chicago, and is the Academic

Program Director for Ox-Bow School of Art & Artists’ Residency. www.maddiereyna.com

JACK RIDL (he/him), Poet Laureate of Douglas, Michigan (Population 1100), is the author of Saint Peter and the Goldfinch (Wayne State University Press). His Practicing to Walk Like a Heron (WSUPress, 2013) was co-recipient of the National Gold Medal for Best Collection of Poetry by ForeWord Reviews. His collection Broken Symmetry (WSUPress) was co-recipient of The Society of Midland Authors best book of poetry award for 2006. His Losing Season (CavanKerry Press) was named the best sports book of the year for 2009 by The Institute for International Sport. Then Poet Laureate Billy Collins selected his Against Elegies for The Center for Book Arts Chapbook Award. Individual poems have been published in The Georgia Review, Poetry, Colorado Review, Rattle, North American Review, Prairie Schooner, Field, Poetry East, and elsewhere. The students at Hope College named him both their Outstanding Professor and their Favorite Professor, and in 1996 The Carnegie (CASE) Foundation named him Michigan Professor of the Year. More than 85 of Jack’s students have earned their MFA degree and over 100 are published, several of whom have received First Book Awards, national honors. Every Thursday Jack hosts and posts on YouTube his monologue “The Sentimentalist.” www. ridl.com

MERIDITH RIDL (she/her) is an artist and an art teacher

Holland Public Schools. Much of her painting and drawing work explores gestures that might suggest tenderness, humor, gentleness, loneliness…arrangements that might have a wobble, or that “aren’t quite right.” Her work ranges from meditative, delicate, and quiet to more tipsy and quirky. She received a BA in Studio Art from the College of Wooster and MFA from the University of Michigan. Her work is represented by Lafontsee Gallery in Grand Rapids, MI. Her first illustrated book (The Lake Michigan Mermaid by authors Linda Nemec Foster and Anne-Marie Oomen was given a Michigan Notable Book Award in 2019. www. lafontsee.com/artist/meridith-ridl

VIRGINIA ROSE

TORRENCE (she/her)

Co-owns, operates and teaches at Ceramics School, a community ceramics studio and Artist Residency in Hamtramck MI. Virginia’s art practice is sometimes making pottery, and sometimes making sculptures. She received her BFA in Craft/Ceramics from the College for Creative Studies (Detroit, MI) in 2013 and her MFA in Ceramics from Alfred University (Alfred, NY) in 2016. Virginia lives and makes art in Hamtramck, MI with her partner and co-teacher Henry Crissman, two dogs, two cats and a parakeet. www.virginiatorrence.com

ELIZABETH SCHMUHL

(she/her) is a multidisciplinary artist who creates work that explores nature, movement, and memory. Schmuhl deeply investigates the natural world, its cycles, and entropy, all of which inform her work. Schmuhl is a multidisciplinary artist and the author of Premonitions (Wayne State University Press). Her book of paintings created with natural ink from her centennial fruit farm in Benton Harbor, The Four Seasons, is out from Greying Ghost Press. Fishes of the Great Lakes, a book containing paintings with natural inks made entirely from the Great Lake watershed and materials that surround it, is her newest art book. She has shared her work globally and holds an MFA and a BA (University of Michigan).

Schmuhl has taught at University of Michigan, Wayne State University, and elsewhere. www.elizabethschmuhl.com

DAWN STAFFORD (she/ her) is a full-time artist working in the Saugatuck/Fennville area. Her oil paintings of West Michigan’s landscape, rural fauna & flora, and everyday human objects explore subtle color palettes, rhythms, and harmonies that seek to reduce the noise of the outer world. Often using color and scale to effect a sense of intimacy, atmosphere, or presence.

Painter, artist, teacher, mother, and gardener she creates and exhibits her work in a repurposed historic one-room schoolhouse, The Peachbelt Studio - formerly the Peach -

belt Schoolhouse, ca 1867. Open weekends seasonally, May - October.

Since 1996 she has participated as both student and staff member at Ox-Bow, as kitchen staff, teaching assistant, course instructor, and Art on the Meadow facilitator. Originally from New York, she received her BFA from Swain School of Design in Massachusetts before moving to Michigan in 1992. Her work is widely collected. www. peachbeltstudio.com

CHRISTINA SWEENEY (she/her) is an interdisciplinary artist, educator and collaborator from South Florida. She works predominantly with wool, pigments, clay and the found object while addressing themes of protection, climate, harsh weather realities and labor and production. Christina received her Bachelors of Fine Arts from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2012 and has been living in between West Michigan, New York City and Chicago ever since. She enjoys working on community-based projects and meeting new people. When not in the studio or working for arts nonprofits you can find her at the beach or lakefront. https://christinasweeney.tumblr.com/

JANET TRIERWEILER (she/her) is passionate for gestural abstract painting. Her focus is on the sensual nature of art and the healing aspect of beauty. The acceptance of paradox has been one of the most healing lessons of my life. My

process reflects this attitude. It is both fluid and structural, organic and geometric, improv and laborious design. For me, painting is the challenge of bringing together what is seen and what is felt as one integrated unified whole.

Janet received a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, York Institute of Interior Design, and Certificate in Feng Shui Interior Design. Collectors include: Northwestern University, The Illinois Institute of Art and Fifield Companies. Janet’s work has been featured in Voyage Chicago, Chicago Tribune, Evanston Magazine, Sheridan Road Magazine and Northwestern News. www. janettrierweiler.com

Samson Ecology

A cursory glance at the ecological domain of Samson, our Snapping-Turtle-in-Residence.

SAMSON , the lagoon’s snapping turtle, lives a life of luxury at the top of the food chain. Classified by biologists as the common snapping turtle, Samson is anything but common. We prefer her Latin name Chelydra Serpentina, meaning “serpent tortoise.” With the rare exception of a coyote or fox that might wander through campus, few would dare mess with our Queen of the Lagoon. As omnivores, snapping turtles appreciate both hearty greens and meat. Samson often lurks at the edge of the dock where kind students and patrons alike have offered them snacks. Though the textbooks might not agree, Samson’s favorite snack is hotdogs.

SAMSON’S COUSINS

Painted Turtles and Red-Eared Sliders live on neighboring logs. While not the closest relation, genetically speaking, they are a part of the same suborder cryptodira, a subclassification of the order testudines. Both the painted and red-eared are jointly referred to as “sliders” for the way they slip from a log into the water after soaking up sunshine (or being scared by a passing canoe).

Is that green layer over the lagoon algae? Maybe… or maybe not! The most common coating over the water is duckweed, which is actually a plant species. While its color and location at the surface makes duckweed look deceptively like algae, it can easily be distinguished in closer view by its clover-like leaves.

SAMSON’S FUZZY FRIENDS

Muskrats can often be found rummaging through the brush along the lagoon and slipping into the water. On rare occasions, beavers can be spotted by kayakers that paddle towards the river. Dr. Dianne Jedlicka, a longstanding professor of biology at Ox-Bow, once even spotted a river otter in the lagoon.

While paddling out on the lagoon one might notice lilies blooming amidst a bed of lily pads. However lovely they are, don’t venture out to pick them! Give these beauties a wide berth when paddling; not only are their root structures easy to get caught in, the roots can be damaged by canoe and kayak paddles.

Samson Ecology was written by Shanley Poole, Engagement Liaison & Storyteller. Thanks to Dr. Diane Jedlicka for providing wisdom and insights on local ecology and to Michigan State University for their robust collection of online resources about Michigan wildlife.

THE SOUND OF SPRING

The hum of spring peepers starts in late spring and continues on throughout the summer. These small creatures, which look like treefrogs, are actually a type of chorus frog. Their warm-seasoned chorus is part of a mating ritual in which male frogs attempt to attract the females. While mighty loud, peepers are often elusive and rarely seen outside of their choral performance spaces.

THE LAGOON’S BLANKET AN ALLURING BOUQUET WILD RICE

The Lagoon is also home to a wild rice restoration project overseen by Gun Lake Tribe. The project, which started in 2020, now hosts a promising quantity of the native rice known as mnomen. As an endangered species, these mnomen beds play an essential part in the preservation work of a plant that has deep ties to both the land and its indigenous communities. Learn more by reading our News Feature: “Wild Rice Preservation.”

SAMSON BY MAGGIE BANDSTRA; FROM UNSPLASH WILD RICE BY ARTHUR THOMPSON; LILY PADS BY BADY ABBAS; MILKWEED BY LUCAS VAN OORT; SPRING PEEPER BY ASHLEE MARIE; MUSKRAT BY DANIIL KOMOV; PAINTED TURTLES BY MARK OLSEN

Field of Vision Summer Benefit

On one summer night every July, Ox-Bow welcomes our community of artists and patrons to come together on the Warnock Meadow for our annual summer benefit, Field of Vision - an evening of fellowship and fundraising. All guests will enjoy artisanal food, as well as an open bar, and auctions featuring the work of notable artists.

On Saturday, July 13, 2024, we will be hosting our 2024 Field of Vision event. We hope to see you on the meadow this Summer!

Stay tuned for more details and sponsorship opportunities and ticket information. www.ox-bow.org/field-of-vision

PRIVATE CLASSES & STUDIO RENTALS

Looking to customize your OxBow studio experience? We offer independent studio rentals and private instruction on a limited basis. Tailor-make your experience in our Ceramics, Glass, Metals, or Print Studio. Whether you are an experienced practitioner or a firsttimer, we can meet your facility needs. Work with us to design a small private class for you and your crew or plan some solo work time in one of our specialized shops.

What does a private class look like?

Private classes can be groups of 2-6 adults learning introductory or advanced making techniques. Classes can be as short as 3 hours or as long as 3 days, depending on the scope of your schedule and what you wish to accomplish.

EXAMPLES OF A PRIVATE CLASS

Basic Ceramics

Immersion

Learn a variety of handbuilding techniques to create art objects and vessels.

Ceramics Studio Glaze Lab

Provide your own greenware and explore glazing methods.

First-time Glassblowing

Get acquainted with life in the hot shop! Learn to gather, roll, and blow molten glass. Create a paperweight and even a drinking glass.

Advanced Glassblowing Techniques

Our studio staff can help take your glass work to the next level! Learn to work larger, create footed vessels, or explore the use of color.

Weld in our Metals Studio

Learn to use a MIG welder and walk away from class with a finished (and even functional!) steel sculpture.

Printmaking Intensive

Pick a print process to delve into! Learn the ins and outs of lithography, monotype, screenprinting, or even textile dyeing.

STUDIO CURIOUS? Contact our Deputy Director of Campus Life & Operations, Claire Arctander (carctander@ox-bow.org), who will work with you to plan your perfectly tailored experience.

ABOUT OUR STUDIOS

STUDIO RENTAL BREAKDOWN

BASE DAY RATE: $75 PER PERSON

This level includes an orientation to the shop by our Studio Manager, as well as limited access to the Studio Manager to ask shop-specific questions. It is appropriate for artists who are experienced in the medium and looking to work independently, not learn new processes.

MENTORSHIP-LEVEL DAY RATE: $200 PER PERSON

This level includes the support of one technician, who can provide hands-on guidance to an artist with some basic previous experience. The technician can provide instruction on processes as predetermined in conversation prior to rental.

PRICING FOR PRIVATE STUDIO RENTAL IN GLASS: $450/DAY FOR HOT SHOP ACCESS

This level includes an orientation to the shop by our Studio Manager, as well as the support of one glass studio assistant. It is appropriate for artists who are experienced in the medium and looking to work independently, not learn new processes.

To learn more about our studio, cancellation, companion/guest, and covid-19 policies turn to page 49

CERAMICS

Our Krehbiel Ceramics Studio features ample space and equipment for handbuilding and wheelthrowing as well as a stocked glaze lab. Use of these facilities and our electric kilns is included in your daily studio rate, along with up to 50 pounds of clay. Extra clay and use of our gas-fired car kiln are available for an additional fee.

PRINT

The print studio, located on the first floor of our Buehr Works on Paper building, houses lithography, collagraphy, etching, screenprinting, woodcut, and letterpress facilities. Your daily lab fee for print studio access includes ink, emulsions, and newsprint. Plan to bring your own paper or, alternatively, consult with us in advance about your paper needs.

METALS

The Padnos Metals Studio is a spacious open-air facility, housing equipment for welding, jewelry making, and other metal fabrication. Woodworking, mold making, and additional 3D processes are also at home in this space. We can assist in ordering the materials you need ahead of time (not included in your daily lab fee) so you are ready to work upon arrival.

GLASS

Primarily an open-air glassblowing facility, the Burke Glass Studio also features a coldworking annex for glass bead making and cast glasswork. Daily access to our hot shop includes full studio access, use of a top-loading annealer, 50 pounds of clear glass, and use of our tools. Cold shop access includes the use of our sandblaster (220 grit), as well as tools for plaster/ silica mold making, casting, and flameworking.

CABIN RENTALS

We are pleased to offer select, private rentals of our historic cabins once again in 2024. Our cabins provide space to rest and relax or dig into research and writing projects without distraction. To unwind, take a swim or canoe ride in the lagoon or hike the Crow’s Nest Trail. Staying in a cabin is an invitation to experience our campus in its most personal form.

All cabins are equipped with a bathroom (toilet and sink) and a mini-fridge. Three meals a day, prepared and served in the inn by our gifted culinary staff, will be included with your cabin rental. You are welcome to use our beloved shower house, The Wet, during your stay.

For full Ox-Bow immersion, enroll in an Art on the Meadow Workshop (see pg. 12) or book a Private Class or Studio Rental (see pg. 34)!

CABIN RENTALS DATES:

July 7–14 and September 18–30, 2024

Book early, cabin rentals are available on a very limited basis!

CABIN RENTAL RATES

Base price for standard cabins

$250/night for first guest; $75/night for each additional guest.

Base price for the West

$300/night for the first guest; $75/night for each additional guest.

For more information or to request a reservation visit www.ox-bow.org/rentals

Meet our Deputy Director of Campus Life & Operations, Claire Arctander

On the ever changing rhythms of campus, her creative practice, and how she found Ox-Bow. Interview conducted by Shanley Poole, Engagement Liaison & Storyteller

What does a day in the realm of the Deputy Director of Campus Life & Operations look like?

I wake up between six and seven a.m. with my fam: partner Katie and kiddo Ramona. The texture of my days varies greatly, depending on the season and the projects of the moment. As it’s my responsibility to grease the wheels of on-site experience and operations, the common threads that make up every day are lots of communication and sharing of information and ideas— with my colleagues near and far and with the artists who flow through campus. On summer Friday nights you’ll find me in a wig on the dance floor; otherwise, I’ll likely be in bed reading after sundown.

How did you first encounter Ox-Bow?

I was lucky enough to be a fall artistin-residence at Ox-Bow in 2015. At that time, I was working on a short movie titled Why Have There Been No Great Women Magicians?. Although I spent just two weeks at Ox-Bow, the

experience left a mark on me and I knew I wanted to return and dig into this unique creative community.

Tell us about your creative practice. My creative practice is varied and often plays within femminess and desire through craft and performance. Sometimes my works evoke simultaneous attraction and repulsion; sometimes they emanate both coziness and sexiness. I like to make abstract latch hook rug works; they are slow and meditative. I like to play different roles. I mostly love to get people together in creative exchange and I am grateful to do that every day here at Ox.

What’s your favorite spot on campus?

I’ve always relished a behind-thescenes perspective, and after nearly five years in this role I still thrill at the process of setting up and shutting down Ox-Bow’s many historic cabins each season. Living at the edge of the lagoon is an honor and provides a gentle blanket of constancy to life.

Starting out as Campus Director, CLAIRE ARCTANDER has been with Ox-Bow since 2019, overseeing on-campus operations; tending to the campus experience of students, residents, and staff; and programming the Art on the Meadow community-facing workshop series. Arctander is an artist and teacher with a varied background in arts administration and education. She has previously served in these fields at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Weinberg/Newton Gallery, the University of Illinois Chicago, the City Colleges of Chicago, and Northwestern University.

PHOTO BY MADELEINE AGUILAR; PHOTO BY HAI-WEN LIN, 2022 SUMMER FELLOW

even during hectic times. But really, nowhere beats the Rob, the hallowed maintenance shop where grittiness and wonder converge.

Not Your Average Auctioneer

One of Claire’s most legendary roles at Ox-Bow is that of auctioneer at our Friday Night Open Studios. During summer sessions, she’s responsible for putting together the zaniest and most festive auctions where themed costumes abound and the declaration “SOLD!” is followed by dance parties. If you haven’t seen it yet, mark your calendars: June 21, July 26, and August 23, 7:00–10:00 p.m.

What’s Happening at Ox-Bow House....

2024 CALENDAR OF OX-BOW HOUSE EVENTS

MARCH

MARCH 9

Featured Artist Exhibition Ceramics Group

Saturday, March 9 – Sunday, April 7

EXHIBITION RECEPTION

Saturday, March 9 4:00–5:00 p.m.

APRIL

APRIL 13

Featured Artist Exhibition West Michigan Glass Collaborative

Saturday, April 13 – Sunday, May 5

EXHIBITION RECEPTION

Saturday, April 13 4:00–5:00 p.m.

MAY

MAY 11

Featured Artist Exhibition

Sarah and Joseph Belknap

Saturday, May 11 – Sunday, June 2

EXHIBITION RECEPTION

Saturday, May 11

4:00–5:00 p.m.

JUNE

JUNE 8

Featured Artist Exhibition

Henry Crissman and Virginia Torrence

Saturday, June 8 – Sunday, July 7

EXHIBITION RECEPTION

Saturday, June 8 4:00–5:00 p.m.

JULY

JULY 6

Summer Exhibition

Between the Leaves: Print, Paper, and Artist Books at Ox-Bow July 6-October 6

OX-BOW HOUSE

In spring 2022 Ox-Bow acquired use of 137 Center Street for the pilot project: Ox-Bow House

JULY 13

Featured Artist Exhibition Summer Fellows

Saturday, July 13 – Sunday, August 6

EXHIBITION RECEPTION

Saturday, July 20 4:00–5:00 p.m.

AUGUST

AUGUST 10

Featured Artist Exhibition Ox-Bow Glass Faculty

Saturday, August 10 – Sunday, September 8

EXHIBITION RECEPTION

Saturday, August 10 4–5:00 p.m.

SEPTEMBER

SEPTEMBER 14

Featured Artist Exhibition Chris Edwards

Saturday, September 14th – Sunday, October 6

EXHIBITION RECEPTION

Saturday, September 14th 4:00–5:00 p.m.

OCTOBER

OCOTBER 26

Cavern Tavern at Ox-Bow House

Saturday, October 26 6:00–10:00 p.m.

NOVEMBER

NOVEMBER 9

Featured Artist Exhibition

Julie Sanford and Jewelry Friends

Saturday, November 9 – Sunday, December 22

EXHIBITION RECEPTION

November 9 11:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.

NOVEMBER 9

Winter Artist Market

Saturday, November 9, 2024–

Saturday, March 29, 2025 11:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.

To stay abreast of Ox-Bow House programming like lectures and workshops, look on our website www.ox-bow.org/oxbow-house, or sign up for our e-newsletter and follow us on social media.

With a vibrant community of nationally and internationally respected artists on our campus each year, Ox-Bow House seeks to extend this resource to the public through a diverse menu of programs throughout the year.

The name Ox-Bow House acknowledges the legacy of this historic building as a place for community. As Ox-Bow House, we feature artwork by Ox-Bow staff, faculty, and alumni as well as regional artists alongside pop-up programming and history exhibitions that connect our visitors to the visual arts. Ox-Bow House is also home to our archives, a collection of 100-years of memoribilia and records that trace the history of our historic school.

Over 2022-2024, Chicagobased architect Charlie Vinz (Adaptive Operations) is our architect-in-residence, researching the site and developing an adaptivereuse plan for the building. Vinz is well known for his work with artists and cultural organizations on adaptivereuse design, applying a sustainability lens to architecture. Vinz will have studio hours while in residence where the public can interface with his process. As Vinz’s residency unfolds, watch for exhibitions and programming in 2025 about sustainability, design-build and vernacular architecture.

OX-BOW HOUSE HOURS

LOW SEASON: NOVEMBER–APRIL

Thursday–Saturday 11:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.

Sunday 11:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.

HIGH SEASON: MAY–OCTOBER

Tuesday–Sunday 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.

Sunday 11:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m. some special event hours may apply

Between the Leaves: Print, Paper, and Artist Books at Ox-Bow

Exhibition Dates: July 6-October 6, 2024

We’re tapping into our archives once again to create a new exhibition at Ox-Bow House. During Summer 2024, we’ll be highlighting print media at Ox-Bow from historic printfolios to zines! Artists featured will include those from Ox-Bow as well as guests of a partner organization: the Paper and Book Intensive (PBI).

The exhibition is an homage to a decades long tradition at Ox-Bow. Works on paper have been a mainstay since our founding as a school specializing in plein air painting in 1910. In the early 1920s, Ox-Bow opened its first print shop, adding print making to the program as its second discipline. A letterpress soon followed, inspiring Ox-Bow artists to experiment with text. Visitors of Between the Leaves will witness some of these early works as well as those of contemporaries who have drawn inspiration from the tradition.

Ox-Bow began offering intensives in papermaking in the 1970s and later bookmaking was incorporated into offerings in the print studio. These changes laid the foundation for the Paper and Book Intensive to approach Ox-Bow about a seasonal rental for their retreat, which has since become a decades-long tradition. Zine making has also become a mainstay of campus culture, particularly amongst staff, fellows, and students. Featuring everything from recipes to personal essays to field guides, these zines recently found their home in our on campus Zine Library thanks to artists Madeleine Aguilar and bex ya yolk.

We hope to see you at this exhibition, showcasing the history and still-present tradition of print, paper and zine making at Ox-Bow. Between the Leaves opens at Ox-Bow House in downtown Douglas, Michigan on July 6 and will remain open through October 6.

Meet Maggie!

Manager of Retail Programs, Maggie Bandstra, shares about her work at Ox-Bow and her own creative pursuits.

Interview conducted by Shanley Poole, Engagement Liaison & Storyteller

How would you describe your position as Manager of Retail Programs?

As the Manager of Retail Programs, I work with artists and vendors to create a retail gallery shop at Ox-Bow House, The Tuck Shop on campus, and pop-up fairs. The sales of the artwork and merchandise support artists and Ox-Bow, two things I love.

How did you first encounter Ox-Bow?

I took my first class at Ox-Bow with James Brandess around 2011. It was a weekend painting-the-landscape class. I was hooked after that. I took a pastel figure drawing course taught by Jimmy Wright the following summer. The summers after that, I took Play School Abstraction with Claire Sherman and Existentialism in the Woods with Henry Fonda. These courses helped me create a body of work that I used in my portfolio to apply for the MFA Painting program at the Savannah College of Art and Design in 2017 and I graduated in 2021. Ox-Bow was pivotal in my development as an artist.

Tell us about your creative practice.

My studio practice includes painting and ceramics. I explore nature and the human connection to it. Simply put, I like to play with clay and paint; letting it take me on little adventures has been a great joy in my life and has introduced me to some fantastic places, people, and lifelong friends who are on a similar quest. Living a creative life is something I thoroughly enjoy. I can’t imagine living a life without creating some kind of art.

What’s your favorite aspect of Ox-Bow House?

My favorite aspect of Ox-Bow House is introducing people who have never heard of Ox-Bow to what we do and our history. I also love to share artists’ work with our collectors. When an artist sells work, it encourages them to make more, myself included. I love telling an artist that their work has been sold and will now be part of someone else’s life.

Oxbow Cap $30

Vintage Reprint t-Shirts. $20

Maruska tote $20

Maruska T-shirts $35

Prickerman pins $12

Ox-Bow House Artist Profile: Steven Smith

Leather artisan, Steven Smith, shares about his journey to finding his craft and identity in the arts

Written by Shanley Poole , Engagement Liaison & Storyteller

In the fall of 2017, Steven Smith started designing his first leather journal. He worked in secret, hiding the hobby from his family in the locker room of the soccer stadium where he coached. That Christmas he gifted me, his daughter, with that journal. It was a surprise that harkened back to the weekly trips we used to take to Barnes & Noble where I would stare longingly at the shelves of journals with dimpled leather and yellowed pages. We journeyed there every Wednesday during my middle school years on the evenings my mom had graduate school classes.

The same year my dad began crafting in secret, he announced he would retire from coaching at the season’s end. What had served as a decades-long career would soon sit in the past. Thinking he might be due for a new hobby, I picked up a book (from our Barnes & Noble, of course) on leather crafting to give to him at Christmas.

The exchange of gifts seems serendipitous in retrospect. Six years later, Steven Smith is the artist behind Holland Leather Works. From his workshop, he has produced passport holders, portable bar kits, wine quivers, portfolios, and more. Through leather crafting, he has found not just a second career, but another passion. When he creates new designs, especially custom works, he often finds himself thinking, “This is something this person should have for generations.” In one of our many conversations about his craft, he expressed that he had always loved art, but at a young age wrote himself off from being an artist. In sixth grade, he stopped drawing, certain he could never measure up to Ronny, his older brother. “I saw my brother’s art and I thought, ‘Now he’s an artist and I’m not,’” Smith confided. My uncle went on to pursue an MFA and career in neon glassblowing and metals, while my father tried to leave art behind and became a professor and collegiate soccer coach.

Despite my father’s belief that he’d never be an artist, my memories throughout childhood serve contrary evidence. I remember him rendering a sketch of his dream house with makeshift drafting tools and using woodworking skills to craft furniture, including the live-edge oak console table that now sits in my living room. Even while he was in graduate school, he found himself learning a new craft, which would eventually serve his leather work well: sewing. At the time, my mother was work-

ing at an interior design company who asked her to make pillows after hours for extra cash. During times when orders were high, he’d help cut fabric, sew, and even develop new patterns. He described it as “a skill of necessity” because it helped pay the bills through school.

While it has taken several decades, the leather artisan has finally accepted his identity as an artist. Smith shared that his creative process usually begins in the night owl’s hours. “Ideas will pop into my mind and then I have trouble falling asleep,” he said. The day after, he’ll usually wake naturally around 4:00 or 5:00 a.m. With a new concept in mind, it’s easy to hop out of bed and head to the workshop, where he’ll turn on an English Premier League game, an audiobook, or classic rock. “Yeah, you might even find me dancing while I’m working,” he said, his confession managing to shock the author of this article. On those early studio mornings, the hours fly by as Smith troubleshoots new concepts

Through leather crafting, he has found not just a second career, but another passion. When he creates new designs, especially custom works, he often finds himself thinking, “This is something this person should have for generations.” In one of our many conversations about his craft, he expressed that he had always loved art, but at a young age wrote himself off from being an artist.

and builds prototypes. Those are the days that reignite the creative spirit of the craft, the days that get him through the monotony of others spent on repetitious matters like producing several dozen wallets or passport holders.

After six years and the production of several products, Smith still favors making journals. “There’s something about those that makes me so happy,” he said, admitting part of that is the nostalgia of our days spent at Barnes & Noble. “This would not be happening in my life if it wasn’t for those Wednesday nights… Every time that I went there with you, I would think ‘I could do that,’” he said and years later he has proven his thoughts true.

Find Steven Smith’s artisan made journals, backpacks, wallets, and more at Ox-Bow House in Downtown Douglas.

STEVEN SMITH is a leather artisan from Holland, Michigan. He began his craft in response to his daughter’s love of writing in her journals. In response Steven started hand crafting journals for her which turned into many requests for more from friends who saw the work. The expansion into the art continued to grow as time passed to include many forms of leather artisan products including bags, purses, wallets, and many other specialty items. Steven is a retired professor emeritus at Hope College.

A Collector at Heart

Gary Van Dis shares about the emotional philosophy behind a decades long pursuit of collecting art.

Written by Shanley Poole , Engagement Liaison & Storyteller

Collecting is an exercise in emotional connectivity, according to Gary Van Dis. Former Vice President and Corporate Creative Director of Condé Nast, design consultant for Herman Miller, and graduate of the Illinois Institute of Technology’s Institute of Design (the New Bauhaus) with studies in design and behavioral science, Van Dis offers a unique eye to the realm of collecting. “I don’t identify myself with one silo,” he said. Instead he prefers to collect works based on the emotional resonance of each piece.

He credited that his first endeavors as a collector were conducted during childhood on the shores and in the forests of Saugatuck, where he found stones, seed pods, seaglass, and even a turtle’s shell. Though his collection has changed and grown a good deal since then, Van Dis still pays annual visits to the place that sparked his curiosity. His collection evolved as many artists’ collections launch: with trades. As a New Bauhaus student, he exchanged work with fellow students and professors. At the time, he was producing photographs and graphic studies. These exchanges ultimately inspired his current philosophy for acquiring. “Trading is a two way street” Van Dis recognized, “one has to put a value of what that emotional connectivity to each other [is worth].” Still to this day, Van Dis weighs this connection to the artists from which he considers purchasing art.

Van Dis speaks of collecting as a game for some, but he himself doesn’t find much interest in the way most play the sport. While some derive satisfaction from securing a prestigious bid at Sotheby’s or scoring a Basquiat, Van Dis prefers to let his heart lead him to his next purchase. This methodology necessitates keeping a healthy heart, not via a bowl of Cheerios, but through attention to a wisened sense of optimism and an understanding of kinship and kindness to all. “Understanding human behavior has allowed me to be a better person,” he said of his academic studies, “and within that even make good and bad choices about what I’ve collected.”

Indicative of Van Dis’s background in behavioral studies, he mulled over concepts such as self-assurance, perception, and intuition. He brought us to these subjects as he talked about methods of interpretation, parting ways with work, and social media’s influence on the arts industry. While touring galleries, Van Dis said he occasionally encounters a piece that feels significant, but his own barriers prevent him from digesting it. Sometimes he’ll return to the piece and the work will strike him with new clarity. But he also appreciates the perspectives that arrive when viewing in the company of others. Of a particular group of friends, Van Dis said, “We all have sort of different eyes about how we see and interpret… and we’re able to share that with each other.” In this space they don’t prize singular truths and instead delight in a multitude of discoveries.

Such conversations bring fresh perspectives that one couldn’t conjure in solitude. This concept of isolation and its limits Van Dis compared to trends he sees in social media. Just as he resists a siloed collection of art, he also fears

Pumpkins by Rachel Brace $60

Petoskey and Sterling necklace by Julie Sanford $285

Pottery by Mike Taylor Ceramic, Various sizes $20-$300

Fine Art by Derek Johnson

the silos emerging in online communities, even in arts sectors. Van Dis believes that powerful art runs contrary to factions; art has the capability to connect across human experiences. Perhaps this is why Van Dis holds works loosely. When he intuits that his relationship with a piece has reached closure, he knows to rehome it, as he recently did with two glass candelabras made by Borek Sipek.

Van Dis credits his inclination towards shared exchange and generosity to lessons learned early in childhood. His parents were third generation residents of Saugatuck and raised their son in the lakeside town that bustled with the curiosity and creativity of visiting artists during the summer and grew quiet during all other seasons. Amidst the school year, Van Dis threw himself into sports, theater, and art classes. In summer, he lived for swimming lessons and back porch stories told by his Aunt Elita (Bird) Graves. From a young age he was taught by his family to remain curious, which he described as “a never ending gift.”

While he still finds himself collecting rocks on the beach as he did in his earliest years, he also enjoys exploring the local galleries when he visits West Michigan, including our very own Ox-Bow House.

Some of his latest Ox-Bow acquisitions include two ceramic candelabras by Christina Sweeney and works on paper by Katherine Sullivan. He applauded the artistic excellence of ceramicist Maria Scott, whose work he also acquired at Ox-Bow House and similarly described the work of Dove Hornbuckle as “the most exhilarating ceramics.” In particular, he finds himself enchanted with pieces made by artists living, working, and making their art on Ox-Bow’s campus. While Van Dis emphasized there was no question of the caliber of the work present in the space, that isn’t the only thing that draws him back to Ox-Bow House. “It’s the people,” Van Dis said, paying special note to both Executive Director, Shannon Stratton whose vision made Ox-Bow House a reality and Retail Manager, Maggie Bandstra who works directly with the artists.

The works that have made their way into Van Dis’s home are nestled in every inch of the place: shelves, walls, and bookcases. When he feels satiated by a piece, he stores it away and swaps it out with another. Harkening back to his philosophy of generosity, he said he often passes on work to others based on the good faith that “they [are] going to get something out of it.” Similarly, before parting ways on the phone during the interview Van Dis gifted me with multiple reading recommendations. “I think you’d get a lot out of them,” he promised me. “When things get really rough for me, I think about the generosity of that community of 900 people when I was a kid…” He claims that the kindness and generosity has followed him through and impacted him to this day and I would wager that the two hours we spent in conversation, musing on the talent of other artists and the magic of a small town is just one modest proof of that generosity made manifest.

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Looking back on She Started It

A reflection from Executive Director, Shannon R. Stratton ,,

Opposite Page - (top row from top left)

1. Visitor views Elsa Ulbricht’s “Three Girls Waiting,” 1932

2. Photo of Bon Wilt by Wallace Kirkland

3. Harmony Hammond, “Shoe, Cry, Oval Braids I & II,” 1978 (L) and Joyce Kozloff, “Abstract,” c. 1978 (R)

(bottom row from bottom left)

1. Handbound copy of the Rubaiyat by Elsa Ulbricht, 1913-1914

2. Unnamed woman on porch settee, unknown photographer; unnamed woman, photo by Wallace Kirkland.

3. Class brochures and ephemera, 1973-1979

SINCE THE DAY I STARTED MY JOB AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

in 2020, I have been drawn to the banker’s boxes full of old catalogs, the photo albums, the files of xeroxed board minutes from a half-century ago, and the flat files of old prints. The summer before I started with the organization, I had spent time in North Carolina and had the opportunity to see a portion of the Black Mountain College (BMC) archive. That afternoon I was transfixed, particularly with the collection of old notes that the students and faculty would post around the BMC campus, ranging from reminders to turn out the lights to inviting participation in some chore. They were sometimes chiding, often creative, and gave a glimpse into what it might have felt like to be there.

When I got to Ox-Bow, I was exhilarated to discover our “collection,” which was at the time distributed across a

latter, from 1917 through to the 1970s, were of mostly unknown/ unnamed women, and it is not lost on me that the anonymity of the subjects tracks with the saying, “anonymous was a woman” (adapted from a line in Virginia Woolf’s A Room of One’s Own: “I would venture to guess that Anon, who wrote so many poems without signing them, was often a woman.”)

It was incredibly moving to go through the photographs we did have in our possession and find that the majority of the subjects were women. In combination with those artists in the show who had played pivotal roles in Ox-Bow’s leadership and development, it was striking how undebatable it is that women have played an outsized role in driving this organization onward—whether as members of the student and faculty community, or in leadership roles that have shaped Ox-Bow into the place it is today.

few locations and in varying states of care. An archive is a powerful way to tell the story of place – and not just its historical timeline – the things that make up an archive can help piece together the foundations of a place or a chapter in its lifetime. An archive can aid in drilling down into history or stepping back and seeing what people and events are connected and how.

While we are still mid-stream in terms of getting the archive rehoused and indexed (a project that started, thankfully, in 2021 with a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities), the opening of Ox-Bow House, where our archive is stored, gives us a platform to share some of this material with the public. In summer 2023, we launched our first summer exhibition to draw on materials from our archive and art collection, focusing on the stories of women at Ox-Bow–a demographic that at Ox-Bow’s founding, made up over 70% of our students.

The exhibition consisted of artwork by current and historic staff, ephemera from our records—like catalogs and xeroxed announcements—and was heavily reliant on photographs. The

She Started It was a first glimpse into one of the many ways Ox-Bow can share its story with the public and demonstrate its larger connection to an intersectional history of American art and place. I honestly wish I had more time to spend with Ox-Bow’s archive, as there is so much more work to do, both in terms of filling in our historic gaps and collecting materials from today. It matters that we fill in these gaps if we are to have an accurate picture of OxBow’s place not just in art history, but its role in shaping the region it calls home. The artists who spent time with us are part of a larger art and community ecosystem, and being able to see that larger view is just one way of being able to understand the ripple effect that artists, art, and artist communities have on civic life.

Ox-Bow House is funded in part by a 3-year grant by the Efroymson Family Fund. We are grateful to Todd Warnock for an additional gift in support of our archives.

This exhibition was supported through grants from the Michigan Arts & Cultural Council and the Allegan County Community Foundation.

UPDATES FROM OUR ARCHITECT-INRESIDENCE

As Charlie Vinz rounds out another calendar in his multi-year residency, he took the time to share some of his latest discoveries with us.

Written by Shanley Poole, Engagement Liaison & Storyteller

Vinz’s first year at Ox-Bow House consisted mostly of excavation into the layers of the building, which had spent time as a church, athletic club, Odd Fellows Hall, and library. In 2022, the center court lines were revealed as were the caged lights of the basketball court. Considering the building’s history as an athletic club, this wasn’t a surprising discovery, but its revealing still brought to surface the storied nature of the space. This year, Vinz continued to investigate and peel back layers, in the process finding a more mysterious feature that also calls to the building’s past. While exploring the choir loft, which was sealed off years ago in renovations, Vinz discovered a patterned mural, which Vinz theorizes could potentially be connected to the time in which the space operated as an Odd Fellows Hall. More research needs to be done, but Vinz hopes the mural might be restored some day.

For such a historical building, photos of its interior have eluded discovery until this year. The local library called Vinz to pass along some photos and files, including documentation of renovations that took place during the library’s residence. Discoveries such as these photos and the mural give glimpses to the space’s past lives and serve

as inspiration for Vinz’s proposals for the building’s future.

Having recently discovered the windows of the main level were shortened from the bottom and squared off at the top, Vinz mocked out what the originals would’ve looked like using a modest tool: painter’s tape. He views it as an effort to “try to communicate the spirit” of the building to those visiting. Future additions in such spirit could include abstract basketball hoops on either end of the former court. Of course, Vinz elaborated, “there are also much more concrete design goals” to contend with such as rerouting folks to the main entrance in a fashion that feels intuitive for newcomers.

Vinz noted the project matches the flavor of Ox-Bow as a whole. “There’s a long history of arts organizations and adapted reuse,” he said, and Ox-Bow is no rookie to this tradition. The Old Inn, arguably the most central building to campus, is an adapted reuse of the Shriver Inn, which housed fishers and tradesmen in the nineteenth century. While the first two years with Charlie Vinz in-residence have included fascinating research and light excavations, he looks forward to making things more concrete in 2024, especially for visitors looking to learn more about the space.

POLICIES TO NOTE

COMPANION/GUEST POLICY

No companions, children, guests, or visitors are permitted during your time on campus. All residential housing and studio facilities are limited to artists enrolled in programs. We may be able to assist participants in finding accommodations for specific circumstances, but these arrangements will be made on a case-by-case basis and must be determined in advance of your time on campus. There is no guarantee that alternate accommodations can be established.

STUDIO POLICIES

Each studio has specific policies in place to ensure the safety of students and equipment. Additionally, these policies ensure that all participants receive a quality education with equal access to faculty and equipment. All studio-specific policies will be explained on the first day of programs. Any student found in violation of these policies will be asked to leave the course without refund. These same policies are applied to any work conducted in the Ox-Bow landscape or on the Ox-Bow grounds. Because Ox-Bow is a community, we ask that all participants respect the rights of their classmates and fellow community members by following our policies.

COVID-19 MITIGATION

COMMUNITY GUIDELINES

As we are all in community together, it is everyone’s responsibility to assist in ensuring our community remains free of COVID-19. Please refer to the latest CDC guidance. Ox-Bow School of Art & Artists’ Residency encourages every participant who comes to campus to remain up-to-date on COVID vaccinations; to test before traveling to campus; and to monitor themselves for symptoms. See https:// www.ox-bow.org/covid-community-guidelines for Ox-Bow’s full, up-to-date COVID policy.

Direct questions about Ox-Bow policies to Claire Arctander, Deputy Director of Campus Life & Operations by emailing carctander@ox-bow.org.

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