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September 5, - October 3, 2024
Writing a Meaningful Artist's Statement
A 4-week workshop with a Zoom every Thursday (we skip the week of 9/26/24).
Writing a good, honest, and meaningful artist’s statement isn't easy. Go beyond the generic and tap into the soul of your artwork. This four-session workshop guides you through a profound exploration of your creative motivations and inspirations. Unearth the resonant themes that make your art uniquely yours, and distill them into a powerful, authentic artist's statement that leaves a lasting impression.
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September 14 - 20, 2025
The Visual Sentence: Printmaking & Collage
Discover a whole new world of artistic possibility when you remove the boundaries of the canvas or substrate and string your pieces together like words in a sentence. We will make individual prints using the gel plate, and OPEN acrylic paints on various papers. Each print is a part of a whole, not a whole image, and you can mix and match to your delight!
Hudson River Valley Art Workshops, Greenville, NY
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Ongoing - on Skillshare
Abstract Collage: Creating Compositions with Tissue Paper
This workshop is on Skillshare. Composition is perhaps the most elusive aspect of abstract painting. Since there is no specific object depicted in an abstract piece, composition - the way the elements work together on the canvas or page - takes a central role. In this Skillshare class I want to demystify some of the main components of abstract composition, making it accessible to anyone.
September 23 - 27, 2024
Mixed Media Collage and Mark Making
Learn to get past your negative inner voices and move forward boldly in your art with collage and mark making. I believe that mixing materials and techniques – painting, collage, and drawing – is one good way to gain more fluidity and freedom in your art making.
Good News! A change in policy at MISA Bar Harbor Location has allowed them to accept Day Students for this workshop.
MISA East, Bar Harbor, Maine
March 17, 2025
Stained Tissue Paper Collage
Create luminous stained-glass-like tissue paper with acrylic paints, then learn how to make the most of the beautiful material you have created with collage techniques. We’ll explore which materials and methods work the best, how to vary the value and intensity of your colors, and then a few other techniques for developing design and pattern on your tissue papers.
Art & Soul Workshops, Portland, OR
March 18 - 19, 2025
Unbinding the Visual Book
The book as an artform offers the opportunity to take your painting or collage into the sculptural and narrative realms. You can create books that read in sequential pages, books that are ‘read’ all at once, or books that reveal hidden secrets in their folds and pockets. Paint, collage, fold, draw, print, and stitch your stories into accessible but artful book sculptures.
Art & Soul Workshops, Portland, OR
June 2 - 6, 2025
The Visual Sentence: Printmaking and Collage
Discover a whole new world of artistic possibility when you remove the boundaries of the canvas or substrate and string your pieces together like words in a sentence. You will make individual prints using the gel plate*, and OPEN acrylic paints on various papers. Each print is a part of a whole, not a whole image, and you can mix-and-match to your delight! You will make many prints in order to generate a plethora of possibilities when it comes to creating your sentences.
Boise Art Museum, Boise, ID
October 19 - 24 and October 26 - 31, 2025
The Elements of Visual Language: A Fresh Look at Abstract Composition
This is not a workshop on How-To-Make-Good-Composition, or ‘correct’ composition. It is an examination of visual elements - color, value, line, shape, etc., and exploration of their infinite possibilities. We will begin with exercises to deepen your awareness of common defaults, the compositional conventions we tend to fall back on without realizing it. With this new awareness we can make conscious choices and experiment more broadly, turning composition into an expansive area of inquiry, rather than a set of rules to follow. Let your approach evolve with your art practice to reflect your unique way of seeing and expressing.
Crow Timber Frame Barn Art Retreats, Baltimore, Ohio