SCULPTURE: Concrete
~With Randy Shiroma
Event Type: Presentation
Cost: Free!
Randy Shiroma will present slides of past and current works, and answer questions about this excitingly versatile medium. Randy has taught sculpture at San Jose State University, and currently teaches at University of Hawai'i, Hilo.
Cement is an amazing medium in which to generate large forms easily and rather inexpensively. One just has to look around to see the ubiquitous use of concrete. This workshop will help generate a sensitive use of the material. Activities will cover the generation of forms and the layered process of building up the form with cement/concrete. There is a potential for quickly realizing large 3D forms. A general overview will be presented, as well as a conceptual framework for viewing cement as an artistic medium and the methods and techniques of working. Please bring your excitement and willingness to work & experiment.
PAINTING: Explore Encaustics
~With Katie Burk
Event Type: Workshop
Tuition: $150
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).
ALTERED STATES
~With Gerald Lucena
Event Type: Workshop
Tuition: $25
Level: Beginners
Alters are a big part of the Day of the Dead celebrations, in this workshop participants will create fabulous alters to honor passed love ones using simple materials like cardboard, paper-mache and found objects. Students are asked to bring a small box (12"x12"x12" or slightly smaller) to represent the main form of the alter (wooden shadow boxes will work as well) and a variety of mixed-media accouterments including photographs will be used to decorate the surfaces of the alter. Small figures, paper marigolds, and skulls will also be made to complete the narrative aspects of the alter. Let's honor all creative spirits that have come before. Finished alters will be on display at the Donkey Mill Art Center as part of the closing reception of Pupils' Perceptions: Annual Adult Student Exhibition. Cost of the workshop will be $25 and will be used to create a "Don't Be a Deadbeat Fund" to help support DMAC's programming expenses.
CERAMICS: Sacrificial Glazing - Painting with Fire
~With Kate and Will Jacobson
Event Type: Workshop
Tuition: $95
Level: Open to All Levels
In this one-day workshop, students will explore the Naked Raku firing technique. Hands-on activities will include throwing, hand-building, burnishing, dry point etching, masking techniques, glazing and firing. The Jacobson's will also share their approach to contemporary narratives and help students create their own visual language. Artists of all abilities are welcome.
Workshop participants may bring three burnished, bisque pots for glazing and firing.
SCULPTURE: Hypertufa
~With Elena Garcia
Event Type: Workshop
Tuition: $150
Level: Beginners - Intermediate
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.
CERAMICS: Sacrificial Glazing - Painting with Fire
~With Kate and Will Jacobson
Event Type: Presentation
Cost: Free!
In this evening presentation, the Jacobson's will speak about their 32-year collaboration in art and life. They are full- time studio potters and widely recognized as the inventors of Naked Raku.
Artist Statement:
Our approach to making art is much more intuitive than pragmatic. When working, we allow the fate of the clay to reveal itself and then embrace the gesture. It's almost an involuntary response where we are simultaneously the guide and the seeker.
The Jacobson's work is included in many publications and collections.
SCULPTURE: Miniature 3D with Precious Metal Clay
~With Victoria Serrao
Event Type: Workshop
Tuition: $95
Level: Beginners - Intermediate
Workshop Description
The first day will include basic learning techniques for working with precious metal clay (including paste, syringe and paper) with demonstrations in slab, coil, textures, mold making, joints and bales. Books will be available for inspiration and students can decide if they would like to work independently or as a group to make a one of a kind piece. There will be hand outs for information on where to obtain materials needed for purchasing and working with precious metal clay.
The second day will include the basic techniques for finishing the piece after it has dried (sanding), firing without a kiln (torch), burnishing, and applying patina, as well as techniques for making the fired form into a wearable piece of art by adding chains, leather, and clasps. There will also be some additional instruction for advanced forms which cannot be fired by torch, but may be fired in a small jewelry kiln. These would include hollow form pieces, pieces with gems and rings.
Concept of Workshop
Introduction of the basics tools and techniques in working with Silver precious metal clay in order to form one or more pieces of wearable art by the end of the session. Educate students in how to go about setting up their own precious metal clay studio. A guide on where to obtain precious metal clay and the other tools needed to get started on their own.
About "Precious Metal Clay"
"Precious Metal Clay" is a product developed in Japan from recycling the silver from exposed photography, medical and veterinary film. Gold metal clay is recycled from electronics and post mortem dental work. The silver and gold are extracted and then mixed with a clay like medium to produce a pliable clay material and slip. The silver and gold clay can be used employing any of a variety of hand building techniques much in the same way as using conventional clay, just on a smaller scale. After firing to a temperature of 1500 - 1565 degrees, the clay medium burns away, shrinking the fired piece by 12-15% and leaving a piece of art which is 99.9% pure silver or gold.
BONSAI: Basic Bonsai
~With Jim Skibby, Bob & Nancy Male
Event Type: Workshop
Tuition: $90
Level: Beginners - Intermediate
Bonsai combines artistic and horticultural skills to create the illusion of great age in a small potted tree. It is living art that, with proper care, will survive through many lifetimes.
Friday's lecture will consist of slide and live tree demonstrations, presenting the artistic side of bonsai. On Saturday, students will work with a nursery juniper tree. They will be taken through all of the steps necessary to style, wire, root prune, prepare soil and re-pot a juniper of their own. Tuition includes a tree, container and soil. Other materials such as scissors will be provided. By the end of the course each student will be comfortable with bonsai basics, and will have their own work of 'living art' to care for and enjoy at home.
Course information is subject to change. Please call ahead for confirmation.
BONSAI: Bonsai Club Presentation
~With Jim Skibby, Bob & Nancy Male
Event Type: Presentation
Cost: Free!
Friday's lecture will consist of slide and live tree demonstrations, presenting the artistic side of bonsai, from members of the Waimea Bonyu Kai bonsai club.
Bonsai combines artistic and horticultural skills to create the illusion of great age in a small potted tree. It is living art that, with proper care, will survive through many lifetimes.
Jim Skibby, who was recently featured in the "at home" supplement in West Hawaii Today, has been enjoying bonsai for over 20 years both on the mainland and in Hawaii. He joined the Waimea Bonyu Kai bonsai club in the early 1990s. There he expanded his knowledge of bonsai with Sensei Isami Ishihara, a bonsai master for over 50 years.
Bob Male worked with koi and a few bonsai for many years in Oregon before moving to the Big Island six years ago. In Hawaii, he and Nancy Male became members of the Waimea Bonyu Kai bonsai club where they were fortunate to be able to learn from Sensei Isami Ishihara before his death. Bob is the current President of WBK. Nancy primarily documents the artistic creations through photography and record keeping. She is the current Secretary of WBK.
Course information is subject to change. Please call ahead for confirmation.
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