Description of Event: The Arkansas Craft School announces an exceptional assortment of craft and visual arts workshops happening throughout the summer months. As always participants are expressing their creative spirit and making beautiful pieces under the guidance of our fabulous master teachers…. and they are having a fabulous time!
Here’s the lineup of our Summer workshops…
JULY 3: 6:30 – 8:00 ART-NIGHT– TURNING ON THE POTTER’S WHEEL
Come to the Craft School and see a master at work. DAVID DAHLSTEDT will dazzle you with his skills at spinning beautiful bowls and mugs and pitchers. There will be a display of Dahlstedt Pottery to feast your eyes and to purchase. This is a free event!
JULY 4: FUN IN THE MUD – ONE DAY OF CLAY with DAVID DAHLSTEDT
This one day clay immersion gives novice ceramic explorers a chance to get their hands in the mud to learn the basics of shaping clay. There will be demonstrations for a slab clay project, as well as wheel throwing. Students will have the opportunity to try hand building techniques; such as a pinch pots, coil pots or slab form, or receive hands-on assisted wheel play time. On the wheel, students will learn simple throwing techniques by throwing “off the hump” after clay is already centered.
JULY 11 – 13: HAND CARVED WOODEN BOWLS with OWEN REIN
Learn to carve Beautiful wooden bowls in a variety of shapes and sizes using only a few simple hand tools and locally harvested green wood. Each aspect of will be covered. Appropriate to all skill levels, this class is for those with strong arms who appreciate a quiet and slower way of working with wood than power tools. Owen has been twice nominated as an Arkansas Living Treasure. His award-winning rocking chairs and baskets have found homes in the permanent collection of the Decorative Arts Museum in Little Rock, the White House, the Historic Arkansas Museum The Renwick Galley of the Smithsonian Art Museum and many private collections.
JULY 15 – 16: THE BUSINESS OF CRAFT – Get Ready For Your Success with ROBERTA KATZ-MESSENGER A two-day workshop to prepare for the next step in your craft career.
For all you craft Artists who are in the business of selling your work, we are offering a series of workshops that will give you the tools to get your craft business up and running. Roberta Katz-Messenger will facilitate a two-day seminar to get you ready for the next step in your craft career July 15-16. Ed Alexander is offering Product Photography Sept 2-4 and Shawn Hoefer is offering Web Design September 1 – 24 Tues & Thur 6-8:30 pm. Get all 3 and receive a 10% discount on these reasonable priced courses. Students receive 20% off on all our classes.
Wherever you might be professionally, whether you simply have a passion or are already an accomplished artisan, this seminar lays out the steps to overcome roadblocks and achieve your objectives. Roberta Katz-Messenger and Sue Allen Pico bring experience, practical advice, resources, ideas and answers to a workshop built around you. This team has the expertise you need. Get the steps for creating a body of work, setting achievable goals, and having a successful marketing plan. Join “Your Success” for small group discussions and one to one counseling. You will take away a plan tailored just for you, steps needed to achieve that plan, and resources for the next step in your career.
JULY 25 – 26: PORTABLE WEAVING -TABLET WEAVING with ANGELA SCHNEIDER
Tablet weaving or card weaving uses simple equipment to produce patterned warp-faced bands. This workshop covers the basics of reading a pattern, setting up a warp and weaving. Produce multiple patterns on the same warp by changing the turning sequence. You will weave a sampler, and then select your own pattern and weave a project. Angela teaches math, computer science, color theory, and dance in addition to multiple fiber arts in Memphis and the surrounding region. She is a board member of the Memphis Guild of Handloom Weavers and Southeast Fiber Forum Association, Handweavers Guild of America, Complex Weavers and Memphis Association of Craft Artists the editor for the “TWIST Journal.” She will also be teaching Inkle Weaving and Kumihimo -Japanese Braiding Aug 25 & 26.
JULY 31 – AUG 2: WOODTURNING with JIMMY CLEWES
Jimmy Clewes is not your ordinary woodturner. Upon a first meeting one would think of him as a renegade, a free thinker and not within the stereotypical image of a woodturner. His charming British style, unending wit, creative mind and magnetic personality are only some of the attributes that make him popular in the woodturning demonstration circuit. In this class, Jimmy will cover everything from the basics to more advanced techniques and tips. Projects will include the turning of bowls, platters and boxes. As a technique of embellishment, the coloring of wood will be included in the class instruction. Emphasis will be upon improving tool technique, reducing the need to sand. Design, shape, form and aesthetics will be considered in all
AUG 7-9: SCULPTING THE HUMAN HEAD with BILL BECKWITH
Bill is widely known for large scale public monument portraits, which include Elvis, Faulkner, and BB King. His work has been exhibited in the National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Museum. His workshop will be based on classical modeling techniques for figurative sculpture. Students will model a human head from life, using water-based clay. You will develop skills of accurate observation, learn anatomical proportions, bone and muscle structure, and gain an understanding of expression. This is a hands-on assisted studio class with one on one instruction.
AUG 10-12: COPPER COLORING -“FLAME PAINTING” with SKIP& RACHAEL MATHEWS
Create patterns and colors on copper with a torch by controlling the shape and heat of the flame. You will learn to anticipate color changes, to layer colors and to apply these techniques to their own design. During the course, you will complete several flame colored copper projects and will leave with a procedures manual and equipment list so they can set up their own home studio. Skip began developing this art form 33 years ago and he has been called the father of flame painting. The class is limited to 5 students, so sign up soon.
AUG 21-23: DRAWING FROM SQUARE ONE with ANNE SAITZYK
This is an opportune course for anyone who wants to increase their creativity, improve their drawing skills and expand their habits of seeing. In this drawing and painting workshop Anne use exercises to increase visual awareness and synchronize mind, the eye and the body with the creative process. Anne teaches drawing and painting at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena CA and has been teaching Shambhala Art since 1998 – a program that integrates meditation and contemplation in the creative process.
AUG 25: INKLE WEAVING with ANGELA SCHNEIDER
Inkle Weaving uses simple, portable looms to weave narrow bands. Warped faced woven bands have dozens of applications, including straps, handles, ,trim, and material for constructing larger items. The options for these simple bands are numerous – color effects, beads, textures, and complex designs. Angela is a weaver, spinner, knitter, and enthusiast for all textile structures. She teaches math, computer science, color theory, and dance in addition to multiple fiber arts in Memphis and the surrounding region. She is a board member of the Memphis Guild of Handloom Weavers and Southeast Fiber Forum Association, Handweavers Guild of America, Complex Weavers and Memphis Association of Craft Artists the editor for the “TWIST Journal.”
AUG 26: KUMIHIMO-JAPANESE BRAIDING with ANGELA SCHNEIDER
Braiding is a traditional craft in many cultures. Braids can be used in many applications, from jewelry (cord or beaded) to accessories, to home décor. In this workshop you will work with both hand-held disks and marudai (braiding stools). Everyone will start with a sampler braid and choose a pattern for a small project – bracelet or keychain. Kumihimo is a great complement to weaving, sewing and other crafts as a custom accent.
AUG 29-31: WOODTURNING DESIGN CONCEPTS with ALAN CARTER
This workshop takes you through the creative process of developing your idea into fully realized work of art. You will begin with a simple quick sketch, to design and make a project of your own choosing. Instruction, guidance and advice will be provided as you work through the challenges, opportunities and shifts in thinking that happen as you execute your idea. Alan unique sculptural style, draws from his extensive studies in the arts and years of experience with woodworking. He is often a featured demonstrator at woodturning symposia … AAW, Ohio Valley SWAT and teaches nationally at craft schools such as Arrowmont, John C Campbell School. His work has been featured in Woodturning Magazine, Woodturning Design, and AAW Journal.
For more information on these and other classes visit…
Arkansas Craft School’s website, www.arkansascraftschool.org
here you can learn more about these and other upcoming classes. Find registration forms, and information about scholarships as well as scholarship application forms. Students may also sign up for classes by calling
Lucia Vinograd at (870) 269-8397.
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