Simple Post Production Techniques
~With Eric Edwards & Alvis Upitis
Event Type: Workshop
Tuition: $30
Level: Beginners
Saturday Afternoon
One of the most exciting aspects of digital photography is the many ways images can be edited, communicated, manipulated and enhanced once they are acquired. The goal of this workshop is to
introduce several of the post production options available to digital photographers including readily
available tools such as Picassa, GIMP, and Photoshop Elements. Format will include an illustrated
lecture covering simple techniques to manage, edit and improve your images.
Collage
~With Visiting Artist Holly Roberts
Event Type: Workshop
Tuition: $225
Level: Beginners
Holly Roberts is one of the Donkey Mill's recipients of the Laila Twigg-Smith Artist-In-Residence Grant.
The direct nature of collage allows for rapid immersion in the process of image making and leads to almost immediate results. By layering paint with constructed images to build works out of a variety of materials the student learns to paint both supportively and expressively. Students will learn transfer techniques, different ways of adhering material from wet to dry, how to make and use different surfaces, supports, and compatibility and layering of different materials. Materials include paint, photographic imagery, prints, found objects, organic material, and three dimensional objects-anything that will adhere to a surface and hold paint.
Supplies for Students to Bring:
COLLAGE MATERIAL
Note: We will be adhering your photographic images to surfaces, so paper that makes a good photograph may not necessarily be good for gluing. Regular 20lb copy paper works well for gluing but may not make the best print.
Any photographic information of any kind that you want to bring in. Best to bring your photos on a drive to print out in class.
Photographs, color or black and white. Older fiber based photos are fine, as are RC prints.
color copies(copies from your home copier can be problematic-Epson and laser printers tend to work better than other printers. Copies from Kinko’s type places work well)
Xerox copies
Images from magazines or newspapers
Anything that you would like to work with that you think you can adhere to a surface and that will (probably) hold paint. If you have an inkling of wanting to use something, then bring it.
Anything that you would like to scan and then print out as photographic information.
OPTIONAL NON TRADITIONAL MATERIALS:
Scrapers
Putty knives
Sponges
Plastering trowels
Crackle medium(best bet is Valspar at Lowes weathered)
Joint compound or drywall mud
Film Club presents: The King of Hearts
~With group
Event Type: Presentation
Cost: Free!
Thursday, February 14, 2013
During the latter part of World War I, Private Charles Plumpick is chosen to go into theFrench town of Marville and disconnect a bomb that the German army has planted. However, Charles is chased by some Germans and finds himself holed up at the local insane asylum, where the inmates are convinced that he is the "King of Hearts." Feeling obligated to help the inmates, Charles attempts to lead them out of town, but they are afraid to leave and frolic about the streets in gay costumes. Will Charles be able to deactivate the bomb in time and save his newfound friends? Hosts for the evening will be John Holliday and Eric Edwards.
Admission and popcorn are free.
Experimental Watercolor
~With Hiroki Moirnoue
Event Type: Workshop
Tuition: $250
Level: Open to All Levels
In this workshop, students will explore the illustrative qualities of watercolor painting by learning how to interpret what might be understood as a "flaw". Rather than covering it up, take advantage of watermarks drips and stains. Learn to read into an ink blob and discover an image through mystery and chance. Students will be working in a narrative format using watercolor paper 16" X 30".
Please bring the following tools and supplies to your workshop:
-3" flat watercolor brush
-Optional - 2" flat watercolor brush
-#10 round watercolor brush
-Plastic palette
-Grumbacher student grade watercolor paints (available at Utrecht 1-800-223-9132):Thalo blue, Thalo crimson, Medium yellow, White
Supply Fee covers the cost of watercolor paper.
Instructor's Note: Feel free to bring scraping tools, mark-making tools, extra watercolors, and brushes you may have.
The Intimate Object/Hand of the Maker
~With Stephen Mickey
Event Type: Workshop
Tuition: $225
Level: Intermediate
In this three day workshop, Stephen Mickey will explore with students the physical evolution of an idea through making, bringing a deeper understanding of how we express ourselves through our work. This class is appropriate for someone who is familiar with working on the wheel, able to consistently center and bring up the walls of a form.
In this hands-on throwing workshop, he will use different exercises to improve skills and to further our understanding of what makes each artist's work personal, also examining the question of why we make the shapes we make. What makes a form feel alive and full of joy? What pots make us feel good when we use them, and why?
These are questions we will explore together in order to make work that is more personal, helping each participant in this workshop begin to develop a sensitivity to touch and sensual form that beckons to the user and makes the pieces close to the heart. Students must be familiar with the potter's wheel (able to consistently center clay and bring up the walls of a pot). We will be using a porcelain clay body and focusing on the process more than product.
Artist Talk
~With Stephen Mickey
Event Type: Presentation
Cost: Free!
Stephen Mickey moved to Washington State in 1992 following 10 years directing the Ceramic program at the Evanston Art center. Mickey taught at Mt. Hood Community College in Gresham, Oregon for 20 years and now is a studio potter, master gardener, husband, Dad and granddad . He studied with Warren MacKenzie , David Stannard and John Reeve for undergraduate work at the University of Minnesota. All of these exceptional potters were trained at the Leach Pottery in England. He received his MA from the University of Wisconsin and his MFA from the University of Notre Dame.
Mickey works primarily on a Leach treadle wheel making pots that are intended to be used and experienced each day in our daily rituals of life be it sharing a bowl of soup or partaking in afternoon tea in a generous shape that gives pleasure to the hand and soul.
Artist Statement- Stephen Mickey
The pieces I make are intended for the human hand and the desire in our souls for intimate touch and for meaning. If one of my pieces, in daily use brings a sense of wellbeing and joy to the user, it is a success to me. My fondest hope is that through the use of my pots a person will be touched, slow down a bit and experience the joy of the maker and find intrinsic beauty in that work.
Family Pottery Workshop
~With Claire Seastone
Event Type: Workshop
Tuition: $40
Level: Open to All Levels
Tuition of $40 is for 1 adult and 1 child, ages
Bring a lunch and spend a day playing in clay with your child! This one day class is an opportunity for parents and children to get a taste of ceramics, exploring pinching and coiling techniques as well as other basic hand building methods. Come prepared to get dirty and have some fun trying something new with your child.
Film Night! Cinema Paradiso: Opera Jawa
~With Group
Event Type: Presentation
Cost: Free!
Thursday Night
The Donkey Mill Movie Club's next film will be Opera Jawa, directed by Garin Nugroho. Admission is free.
Opera Jawa is a rich adaptation of the "The Abduction of Sita," and combines Javanese song, puppet theatre, sacred court dance plus gamelan music and Mozart.
The story centers on two former dancers who are now making their living as pottery makers until a wealthy local merchant threatens to destroy their marriage.
Esta Feedora will host the event. Popcorn, of course, is free.
Moku Hanga: Woodblock Printing
~With Hiroki Morinoue
Event Type: Workshop
Tuition: $350
Level: Beginners
12 & 13 - 19 & 20 January
Includes two full weekends and open studio during the week (Tues/Thurs)
During this two weekend printmaking intensive, practice the ancient tradition of moku hanga woodcut printing in which the linear details of the key plate are created first, and color plates are produced later. In the early days of Japanese woodcut prints, it was simply easier to register color to line, than line to color. Contemporary printmakers find that the age-old method offers distinctive creative possibilities. Students explore traditional as well as contemporary printing techniques to further their artistic vision. Students will will have a week to carve their plates, learn how to hand print color plates in the traditional moku hanga style, add subtle surface detail and contrast. Hiroki Morinoue will be giving demonstrations on printing, carving and registration techniques as well as providing each participant in one-on-one discussions on image making, personal style and visual vocabulary. Open to all students of any skill and knowledge level.
Artist Short Bio:
Notes: Students need to bring a matte knife and a 1/2" U gauge. Supply fee covers cost for two 9X12" shino blocks and 10 sheets of Japanese paper
"The Artist's Way"
~With Anne Catlin
Event Type: Workshop
Tuition: $130
Level: Open to All Levels
TIME CHANGE: Saturday morning, casual group. Students are asked to bring a personal journal and pen to their first session, as well as a light snack for self or to share for our weekly meetings. Focused hour with social time before/after for those who wish.
Designed by Julia Cameron, this program it intended for those with any or no experience who would like to explore a more creative life. Writers, artists, cooks, car mechanics, carpenters, accountants, everyone welcome. With the basic principle that creative expression is the natural direction of life, the program aims to recover creativity from a variety of blocks, including self-limiting beliefs, fear, self-sabotage, jealousy, guilt, addictions, and other inhibiting forces.
Join us for 13 weeks of writing and self-discovery. The dynamic of the group is shaped by the openness of its participants and a willingness to try something new. Positivity is a must! Group participation includes weekly reading and creativity exercises as well as daily writing.
Required book: The Artists Way. Workbook and Morning Pages are optional but not required. Books are available at Kona Stories www.konastories.com, Kona Bay books (used) or Amazon.com. The group will be limited to 12 participants. Please call in advance to reserve your space: (808) 322-3362.
Special Kona Stories Promo Offer:
Regular prices per book -
Artist's Way 10th edition: $16.99
Artist's Way Workbook: $17.95
Artist's Way Morning Pages: $16.99
For any Way Workbook: (15% discount) $29.70 (vs. $34.94)
All three: (20% discount) $41.55 (vs. $51.93)
Call: 808-324-0350 for details