Ko'o Hana No'eau / Biennium Grants Program Workshop
~With Charles Medeiros
Event Type: Workshop
Tuition: Free!
Level: Open to All Levels
The Hawaii State Foundation for Arts & Culture will offer a technical assistance workshop for the State Biennium Grants Program.
During the current fiscal year, $1.345 million was distributed in grants statewide for conducting projects in arts, culture, history and the humanities. The Biennium Grants Program is the largest source of public funding for the arts in Hawai'i. An application and list of eligibility requirements can be found here, http://www.culture- grants-hi.org
The workshop is free and new applicants are encouraged to attend. For more information contact Annie Koh, 1-800-974-4000 ext 60840
PRESENTATION: SCULPTURAL FORMS
~With Ana England and Steven Finke
Event Type: Presentation
Cost: Free!
Ana England and Steven Finke are professors at Northern Kentucky University. They have done numerous commissions nationwide and are active in exhibiting their work.
Steven Finke will show images of "The Cessation of Breath: A Mechanical Meditation on the Moment Before Death", a site-specific artwork that integrates forest, sculpture and human in an aesthetic investigation of impermanence.
Ana England will show images of her work and discuss patterns, symbiosis and universal structures.
"The wonders of natural world and the theories of science are the source materials for my art. The work I make expresses my own musings about the nature and structure of the universe from the Big Bang and the creation of gravity to the biochemistry of cells and the strategies of seeds. My most recent work explores natural patterns that are present in vastly different scales, demonstrating the connections between the larger cosmos, the human realm and the microscopic universe." - Ana England- Artist Statement
PRINTMAKING & MIXED MEDIA: Collaborative Bookmaking
~With Sally Schuh & Liz Roth
Event Type: Presentation
Cost: Free!
Sally Schuh has a sculpture degree from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and a degree in printmaking from the University of Washington Seattle. She has received numerous grants including the Seattle Office of Arts and Culture, 4Culture, and Artist Trust and has been awarded residencies at Vermont Studio Center, PONCHO Artist-in-Residence at Pratt Fine Arts, and the Centrum Foundation.
" I am currently working on visual interpretations of Gertrude Stein's writing through prints, and works on paper. Gertrude Stein used repetition to make auditory pattern out of sounds and oral pattern out of words - altering how her writing is heard and how it is spoken. I use this repetition to create a visual translation of what Stein created in literary form. " - from an artist statement by Sally Schuh
Liz Roth is an artist who depicts social concerns in a humorous way. Her most recent painting installation, America 101, has taken her to all 50 states to create paintings emphasizing environmental losses as a result of consumerism.
In 2003, The Kamiyama Artist in Residence Program selected Roth to create art installations and public art works dealing with environmental issues in Kamiyama, Japan. In Fall 2008, she will return to Kamiyama to participate in a symposium honoring the program and its participants.
During the past several years Roth has been an artist in residence at the Wrangell Mountain Center (in Alaska), Jentel Artist Foundation (in Wyoming), the Awagami Paper Factory (in Japan), the Kamiyama (Japan) Artists in Residence program, and the Vermont Studio Center.
Roth has received numerous prestigious painting grants including the Oklahoma Visual Artist's Coalition Grant Art 365 (2007-8), the Wisconsin Arts Board Individual Artist Fellowship (2001), and the national Ludwig Vogelstein Foundation grant for painting (2003). She has also received a number of grants from Oklahoma State University, where she is an Assistant Professor of Drawing and Painting.
CERAMICS: Image Transfer on Clay
~With Anna Metcalfe
Event Type: Workshop
Tuition: $75 (Member), $105 (Non-Member)
Level: Beginners - Advanced
In this one day workshop, students will investigate the technical process of creating screen-printable ceramic "inks" and printing images that can be transferred onto a variety of ceramic surfaces. This process combines two mediums: clay and print making, both with a rich history of reproduction and the distribution of objects/images that exist in the "every day". Anna enjoys applying these combined mediums in an art practice that focuses on community, friendships, and social justice.
FIBER ART: Quilts & Collage; Concepts for 21st Century Fiber Artists
~With Joan Schulze
Event Type: Workshop
Tuition: $130 (Member), $160 (Non-Member)
Level: Beginners - Intermediate
This workshop explores uncommon ways to think about designing quilts and other fiber art. The instructor will introduce three diverse processes and how in combination they help make ideas bloom. Come with a playful and experimental spirit. Students may use the open studio to finish their workshop creations and receive additional feedback and mentoring from Joan. The public is welcome to observe Schulze's approach to the Art of Quilts.
Our 'Artist In Residency' (AIR) Program could not be offered without generous support from the Laila Twigg-Smith Art Fund of the Hawai'i Community Foundation, whose goal is to bring in talented artists that help stimulate the environment, inspire and enrich our community.
FIBER ART: Quilts & Collage; Concepts for 21st Century Fiber Artists
~With Joan Schulze
Event Type: Presentation
Cost: Free!
Enjoy a potluck dinner followed by a presentation with Joan Schulze.
PAINTING: Explore Encaustics
~With Katie Burk
Event Type: Workshop
Tuition: $135 (Member), $165 (Non-Member)
Level: Beginners - Intermediate
Students will complete five small process-oriented paintings. After gaining a basic understanding of encaustic's properties, students will attempt one or two concept-driven works. Students will be encouraged to bring in their own substrates and materials for experimentation (i.e. old drawings, watercolors, and collage material to imbed in the wax).
PAINTING: Explore Encaustics
~With Katie Burk
Event Type: Presentation
Cost: Free!
Enjoy a potluck dinner followed by a presentation with Katie Burk.
PRINTMAKING: Narrative Images
~With Enrique Chagoya and Kara Maria
Event Type: Presentation
Cost: Free!
Artist's Enrique Chagoya and Kara Maria will be working with Bud Shark, master printmaker and publisher of Sharks Ink., Lyons, CO. Shark is an Artistic Advisor to HFAC. Shark invited Chagoya and Maria to the island to work on new print projects, and it is fortunate that we will have this opportunity to welcome them and learn about their work. Enrique Chagoya and Kara Maria live and work in San Francisco.
SCULPTURE: Mold You Own Garden Containers
~With Elena Garcia
Event Type: Workshop
Tuition: $150 (Member), $175 (Non-Member)
Level: Open to All Levels
Create container forms using hypertufa. Hypertufa is a porous and attractive pot choice for many potted plants. Hypertufa construction is an old and highly desirable skill to have. Once you learn the basics of mixing ingredients, building molds and curing your project, you can design and produce custom containers at home. This 2-day workshop will focus on container making, safety, recipes, molds/forms, technical process, and surface treatment. The approximate size of container each participant builds in the workshop it 18" long x 12" wide x 10" high. The price of this workshop includes membership to the Donkey Mill enlisting you to receive their informative newsletter and discounts on upcoming classes.