Workshops allow you to kick-start your creativity or learn a specialized skill in a convenient, shorter format. Taught by professional artists, workshops are available for students at all levels of experience and are kept small to ensure that individual attention can be given to everyone. Students learn in a supportive environment and are encouraged to fully explore their creativity and strive for excellence.
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June
Waxing Wabi-Sabi
with Ruth Sack
Department: Drawing + Painting
Level: All Levels
Wabi-Sabi is an aesthetic that embraces the imperfection of processes over which we have no control. Using encaustic, students will be introduced to texturing, layering and patina techniques while taking advantage of happy accidents that occur with the medium.
Notes: Some experience with encaustic is helpful although not required.
Supplies: A $35 materials fee may be payable upon registration.
Section A
Thurs, 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM, 6/29 – 7/13
3 sessions: $261; Early bird price: $248 (Discount available until 6/9)
July
Master Class in Outdoor Painting
with Eric March
Department: Drawing & Painting
Level: Intermediate & Advanced
Enjoy the fresh air and excitement of painting en plein air! Learn how to approach the unique rewards and challenges to painting outside, including what materials and set-up to use, choosing a subject and composing, how to capture natural light and how to organize your process to respond to changing light conditions. The class will be taught with demonstrations, short lectures, and individual coaching. The class will meet at a different location each week with the first class meeting at CAW.
Sat, 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM, 7/08 – 7/22
3 sessions: $137; Early bird price: $130 (Discount available until 6/9)
Bead Stringing
with Viola Galetta
Department: Sculpture
Level: All Levels
Learn about the different techniques, tools and materials used to produce beautiful beaded jewelry. Design, color and texture including the use of natural and manmade materials will be discussed. Techniques such as pearl knotting, stringing materials and adding findings will be studied, providing each student the opportunity to leave with a professionally finished product. Instructor will supply tools.
Note: Additional materials fee not included.
Supplies: Supplies and tools provided by CAW.
Sun, 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM, 7/09
1 session: $63; Early Bird price: $60 (Discount available until 6/9)
3-D Printing for Printmakers Workshop
with Ken Lovell
Department: Printmaking
Level: All Levels
Use a 3D printer to make intaglio, relief and stencil plates for Printmaking. Learn how to turn your drawings into 3D models that can be printed out and then used in traditional printmaking processes. No special software or experience is required.
Mon – Fri, 9:30 AM – 2:30 PM, Date TBD
2 sessions: $225; Early Bird price: $213 (Discount available until 6/9)
The Personal Portrait
with Rob Goldman
Department: Photography
Level: All Levels
A portrait can be one of the most intimate, personal experiences in photography. It’s an opportunity to have another person reveal a part of themselves. It is a creative partnership between two people that requires a level of invention, play, courage, and trust from both sitter and photographer.
Sat, 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM, 7/15
1 session: $115; Early bird price: $109 (Discount available until 6/9)
Waxing Wabi-Sabi
with Ruth Sack
Department: Drawing + Painting
Level: All Levels
Wabi-Sabi is an aesthetic that embraces the imperfection of processes over which we have no control. Using encaustic, students will be introduced to texturing, layering and patina techniques while taking advantage of happy accidents that occur with the medium.
Notes: Some experience with encaustic is helpful although not required.
Supplies: A $35 materials fee may be payable upon registration.
Section B
Thurs, 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM, 7/20 – 8/3
3 sessions: $261; Early bird price: $248 (Discount available until 6/9)
Peyote Stitch
with Viola Galetta
Department: Sculpture
Level: All Levels
Dive into the traditional Native American art of beading with seeds, a colorful way of creating unique pieces of beaded jewelry. Materials required for your one-of- a-kind bracelet are included.
Note: Additional materials fee not included.
Supplies: Supplies and tools provided by CAW.
Sun, 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM, 7/22
1 session: $63; Early Bird price: $60 (Discount available until 6/9)
The Un-Carved Block
with Sharon Didato
Department: Sculpture
Level: All Levels
Explore the fundamental principles of subtractive sculpture in the round in this introductory workshop. Carve away the nonessential to reveal the sculpture within the un-carved block. Using a sketch or photo of an animal or object, students will create a series of 2-D drawings on each side of a plaster block learning to map out positive and negative space. The negative areas will then be removed, shapes refined and surface detailed. If time allows, students will also explore the use of various finishes such as varnish, wax, or paint.
Note: Some tools and supplies provided by CAW.
Supplies: Sketches or photos of your favorite animal or thing.
Sun, 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM, 7/22
1 session: $175; Early Bird price: $166 (Discount available until 6/9)
Introduction to Natural Dyes with Robin Green
with Robin Green
Department: Fiber
Level: All Levels
Explore a world of color harvested from roots, bark, leaves and flowers! In this hands-on workshop, learn how to extract dyes from plants and how to prepare wool, cotton and silk for dyeing. Each participant will leave with mini-skeins of yarn, and silk or cotton fabric that they have dyed themselves.
Sat, 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM, 8/19
1 session: $96; Early bird price: $91 (Discount available until 6/9)
August
Teacher Renewal: Monotype Printmaking Workshop
with Maura Galante
Department: Printmaking
Level: All Levels
Summer is here! Time to renew your creativity and do something just for you. This intensive two-day workshop is designed with teachers in mind and will introduce participants to the medium of monotype. The most painterly of printmaking techniques, monotype offers versatility, immediacy and an endless range of possibilities. Come and be inspired!
Notes: All levels are welcome. Most materials are provided.
Supplies: Participants can bring any painting/printmaking tools they may have like palette knives, brayers, brushes, etc.
Sat – Sun, 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM, Aug 5 – 6
2 sessions: $225 ; Early Bird price: $213 (Discount available until 6/9)
Improvisational Quilting: Strips
with Robin Green
Department: Fiber
Level: All Levels
Leave templates and rulers behind as you learn the basics of improvisational quilting. Enjoy the freedom of working with fabric and color, learning new techniques, and discovering your own quilting instincts.
Note: This class is open to beginners, but the most basic sewing machine skills are required. Sewing machine available in studio. Participants may bring their own if preferred.
Supplies: Rotary cutter and mat, 3.5 yards of cotton quilting fabric
Sat, 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM, 8/12
1 session: $115; Early bird price: $109 (Discount available until 6/9)
Open Printmaking Week
with Liz Pagano
Department: Printmaking
Level: All Levels
Print all week in this monitored open format workshop. Our studio includes basic materials for intaglio, relief, silkscreen and some lithography using a 24” x 48” Takach press and three Charles Brand presses (largest 36” x 60”).
Prerequisite: Participants must be pre-approved and have adequate printmaking knowledge to work independently in a studio.
Mon – Fri, 9:30 AM – 2:30 PM, 8/14 – 8/18
5 sessions: $250; Early Bird price: $238 (Discount available until 6/9)
Japanese Lampmaking
with Phillip Chambers
Department: Sculpture
Level: All Levels
Learn how easy it is to make an elegant Japanese Shoji lamp in this one-day workshop. Participants will use wood and rice paper to create a floor or table lamp and will learn a simple technique for electrically wiring the lamp. participants will leave with a unique lamp of their own design.
Supplies: Supplies and tools provided by CAW.
Sat, 10:00 AM- 4:00 PM, 8/19
1 session:$114; Early Bird price: $108 (Discount available until 6/9)
Viking Knit Bracelet
with Viola Galetta
Department: Sculpture
Level: All Levels
This ancient Scandinavian technique of weaving with wire is very popular today. participants will learn to weave with different gauges of wire, combining wire with beads and crystals, creating very unique and personal pieces, finishing, ready to wear or gift it.
Note: Additional materials fee not included.
Supplies: Supplies and tools provided by CAW.
Sun, 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM, 8/20
1 session: $63; Early Bird price: $60 (Discount available until 6/9)