Workshops

BEGINNING COLLAGE

Susan Kasson Sloan, faculty

EPOXY RESIN

Harriet Finck 18U WKS155: Monday, Jun 11, 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM 1 session $125 Material list: All tasoc.org levels No senior discount or membership fee Have you ever had the pleasure of putting together a collage? Whether you are trained or untrained in visual art, you’re invited to join our workshop to get started. We will go through the simple steps required to achieve technical ability. By late morning, you’ll begin your first piece; by late afternoon, you’ll be an initiate. Come prepared to cut, tear, and glue away!

NEW! MAKING YOUR CERAMIC TOTEM

Michal Niv 18U WKS377: Monday, Jun 11, 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM 1 session $125 Material fee - Firing fee: see chart on page 7 Material list: tasoc.org No senior Inte discount rmediate or membership and advanced fee In this workshop, you will design and create a variety of stackable elements that will come together as your own unique totem pole! The vertical-ordered totem pole is impressive, creatively open-ended, and fun to make. Ceramic totems provide a distinctive sculptural addition to any house or garden. Lecture and demonstrations of different hand-built parts will be included, as well as examples of technical solutions for connecting the totem pieces together. The workshop will include discussion of ideas, form, color, balance, symmetry and asymmetry, physical and visual weight, motion, and more! Students will need to weigh all pieces and pay for firing, as well as return to pick up the work after bisque firing is complete.

HOW TO PAINT LIGHT

Joe Terrone 18U WKS556: Monday, Jun 11, 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM 1 session $125 Material list: All tasoc.org levels No senior discount or membership fee What is light? As artists we try to communicate a thought or idea; we attempt to express light in our work through color and value and use it to connect to our viewer through emotion and impact. This workshop explains light: what it is, how we see it, and how we can best reproduce it. We will discuss the limitations of paint and how to work around them to use light to articulate the emotions we want to express. Bring your paints and ideas and we will explore the many aspects of light. Oil or acrylic. Susan Kasson Sloan 18U WKS803: Monday & Tuesday, Jun 11 & 12, 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM 2 sessions $235 Material fee $60 payable to instructor No senior discount All levels or membership fee Create colorful jewelry! Explore and experiment with epoxy resin, a material that lets you add vibrant color to your work without using stones or enamels. Students in this workshop use epoxy resin, powdered pigments and collage materials in their focus on the 2-dimensional surface.

THE FIGURE IN WATERCOLOR

Marilyn Rose 18U WKS562: Tuesday, Jun 12, 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM 1 session $125 Material fee $5 Material list: tasoc.org Model 1 session No senior discount Intermediate or membership and advanced fee In this workshop, we will explore a fresh and loose approach to painting the figure. We will begin with warm-up drawings; brief exercises & demonstrations will show you how to capture the essence of the model. Class work will progress to more extended poses in which you will apply the principles learned to your paintings. Emphasis will be on color mixing, shape making, composition and loose brushwork. Figure drawing experience is necessary; some previous watercolor painting is suggested.

NEW! GARDEN BASKET

Sandra Kehoe 18U WKS657: Tuesday, Jun 12, 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM 1 session $125 Material fee $40 No senior discount All levels or membership fee Come and learn how to make a perfect summer garden basket! This basket features a large oak handle with a rectangular shaped base (8" wide, 14" long and 12" tall), perfect for holding all your homegrown vegetables. No prior basket making experience needed! Please bring garden or basketry shears to class.

THE ART OF RAKU FIRING URBAN SKETCHING

Denise Kadar & Erika Conti 18U WKS343A: Tuesday, Jun 12, 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM 18U WKS343B: Wednesday, Jun 13, 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM 1 session $125 per session No se nior discount All levels or membership fee Add to your clay repertoire and experience the fun and excitement of raku firing! Join us for a unique American interpretation of a 16th-century classical Japanese firing technique. Raku is a low-fire process where pots are removed from a gas kiln while red hot and then enclosed in a container with combustible materials. Results vary in color, with no two ever the same - glazes range from red, copper and gold to metallic green and blue, often on the same piece. This workshop covers raku glazing, firing, postfiring reduction and cleaning. Students should bring up to 6 bisqued pots (cone 10 or raku-specific clay only) no larger than 8" x 8" . For safety, please wear long pants, long sleeves and closed-toe shoes.

ENCAUSTIC COLLAGRAPH WITH YUPO

Dorothy Cochran 18U WKS170: Wednesday, Jun 13, 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM 1 session $125 Material fee $35 Material list: tasoc.org No senior discount All levels or membership fee In this workshop, we’ll create fluid print plates using hot wax on Yupo, a synthetic paper. The wax can be painted, stamped, textured and scraped to produce a high and low plate surface. The plate is inked with a brayer and soy-based Akua inks, revealing all the indentations of the textural surface; dampened Washi paper is then placed on top and gently hand-rubbed to transfer the image to the paper. It’s an easily accomplished process with great creative possibilities. Methods of transparent overlays and collage applications will also be introduced, as well as a discussion of Japanese papermaking. Marilyn Rose 18U WKS571: Wednesday, Jun 13, 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM 1 session $125 Mate rial fee All $10 levels No senior discount or membership fee Urban sketching has become a popular pursuit. Our area is a great place to get started; we have a variety of people and activities to watch, and beautiful architecture. We’ll use a “scribble and refine” approach to drawing, with a simple ink pen, to build confidence. Practice how to really “see” what’s in front of you, and capture it on the page, by looking at shapes, not objects. Explore the spaces and connections between things. Adding words, collage and color will help you learn to fill the page and create a visual diary of the world around you - then you’re on your way to recording the story of your life through sketches! A sketchbook and pen will be provided; feel free to bring any other supplies you might like to embellish your pages (watercolors, glue, inks, crayons, colored pencils, etcetera). No previous experience necessary.

NEW! TUBE SET STACKING RINGS

Elizabeth Tokoly 18U WKS836: Wednesday, Jun 13, 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM 1 session $125 Elizabeth Tokoly, faculty Material fee $50 payable to instructor No senior Inte discount rmediate or membership and advanced fee Tube setting is a modern way to set round gemstones, and it’s a great first step toward more complex gemstone setting. Tube setting can fulfill the desire to include faceted gemstones in your designs. Here you will learn how to tube set a faceted gemstone using thick-walled tubing, as well as create a set of stacking rings with tube settings. Two to three rings will be made, based on your skill level.

NEW! EASY-START BOOK ARTS

Leslie Nobler 18U WKS074: Thursday, Jun 14, 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM 1 session $125 Material fee $20 Material list: tasoc.org No se nior discount All levels or membership fee Students begin with 2-3 simple book structures, such as the accordion fold, using imagery easily collaged or basic abstract compositions. Altered books in 3-D and/or moving book structures are also introduced. Combining book board, papers and fabrics, prints, and drawings of your own liking, several multi-page/image “interactive” book artworks will be created.

NEW! PAINT ON SILK

Vesselina Traptcheva 18U WKS573: Thursday, Jun 14, 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM f a c u l t y , 1 session $125 r a t t a Material fee $25 No senior discount All levels Ma or terial list: tasoc.org membership fee i J l l C l i f f e r B a Have you ever wondered what it would be like to paint and draw on silk? This workshop gives you the opportunity to find out! While using fabric paint, you will learn how to paint and draw on silk to create silk scarves, pillowcases, and many other decorative items. Unlike dyes, this paint sets on fabric by the application of heat (ironing), so painted items can be worn or washed. The paint can be applied in washes or more opaquely depending on the item and the desired translucency - it can also be used with precision to create sharp details. Join us to discover all the possibilities!

CONCRETE: NOT JUST FOR SIDEWALKS NEW! PRINTER’S PASSION: MONOTYPES

Jill Cliffer Baratta 18U WKS172: Friday, Jun 15, 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM 1 session $125 Material fee $25 Material list: tasoc.org No se nior discount All levels or membership fee In this workshop, students will experiment with the “painter’s printmaking” technique of monotype. Monotypes are prized because of their unique textural qualities. The session will begin with a short history of monotype, then participants will start with a small plexiglass monotype, which can be cleaned off and reused. Both additive and subtractive methods will be covered, and if desired, participants can bring in larger plexiglass to make larger works. Color, design and printing techniques will be addressed as needed. It may be helpful to bring in sketches or ideas from which to work (optional).

Robert Dancik 18U WKS835: Thursday, Jun 14, 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM 1 session $125 Material fee $25 Material list: tasoc.org No se nior discount All levels or membership fee Students in this workshop will work with a new, lightweight, very strong artisan’s concrete, learning numerous techniques for incorporating it with traditional and non-traditional materials and metalworking skills. We will fashion a non-soldered box-form pendant and fill it with the concrete (in which virtually any item or material can be included: glass, metal, ephemera, etc.). Discover how to cast the concrete in any mold you have, and set the resulting form as you would a stone. No special tools or materials are needed, and the concrete is inexpensive and easy to use.

NEW! DECORATE & ADORN: BOWLS, CUPS, & MUGS

Ryan J. Greenheck 18U WKS378: Thursday & Friday, Jun 14 & 15, 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM 2 sessions $235 Material fee - Firing fee: see chart on page 7 No senior discount All levels or membership fee This workshop will explore an array of options to enhance your bowls, cups, and mugs with decoration. An extensive vocabulary of these forms will also be presented during the making process, with an emphasis on wheel-throwing techniques. Initial explorations in the greenware stage will include use of slip, slip trailing, sprigging, and trimming. In the glaze portion, glaze strategies, glaze trailing, and waxing techniques will be investigated. Upon the completion of this workshop, you will be armed with a variety of skills to use on your pots/vessels in the future. Wheel or handbuilding experience is helpful. Please bring basic pottery tools and any other tools you have. Students will need to weigh all pieces and pay for firing, as well as return to pick up the work after bisque firing is complete.

NEW! EXPLORING THE BEAUTY OF SOFT PASTEL

Brian Bailey 18U WKS574: Friday, Jun 15, 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM 1 session $125 Material fee $5 Material list: tasoc.org No se nior discount All levels or membership fee This workshop is an opportunity to explore pastels with an awardwinning artist. Demonstrations and a guided approach to creating an observational still life in this versatile medium are provided. Pastel technique and discussions focused on building color, texture and form will give each student a platform to create their own individual applications regarding “painting” in pastel.

NEW! FREEFORM PEYOTE BRACELET

Brenna Scheff 18U WKS837: Friday, Jun 15, 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM 1 session $125 Material fee $55 Material list: tasoc.org No senior discount or membership All levels fee Learn how to take a basic beading stitch and turn it into a MASTERPIECE! This workshop will help you discover new ways of incorporating different types of beads into your pieces by learning how to manipulate your stitchwork as if it were made of clay. By the end of the session, you will take home a completed piece of art that is one of a kind and truly your own.