8:00-8:45 Registration (Corley Auditorium)
8:45-9:15 Introduction Presentation (Corley Auditorium)
9:25-11:30 Workshops (Art Department)
11:30-12:15 Lunch (Mayes Dining Hall)
12:15-12:45 Studio tours/Campus tours
1:00-1:50 Artist Presentation
2:00 Event ends
2024 Schedule Includes:
Bounce Animation:
In this workshop, students create a 2D animation of a bouncing ball using Blender software. This animation is one of the first exercises that professional animators learn. In this session, students learn about timing, exaggeration, squash, and stretch in animation. At the end of the workshop, they get a video file of their animation that they can easily share online and show on other platforms or devices. Instructor: Elmira Bagherzadeh
Felted Bag:
This workshop will use multiple colors of fiber made from alpaca wool to allow each participant to create a design of their choice with the technique of needle felting. The felted image will then be made into a small pouch/bag using a whipstitch with multicolored threads of choice and a button. Participants will be able to complete a usable item during the workshop that has a hand designed element of beauty using natural fibers. Instructor: Amber Mintert
Imagination Landscape:
In this workshop, you will learn the art of blending pastels and will make a colorful pastel landscape from your imagination with a foreground, middle ground and background. You will learn how to use warm and cool colors to create an atmospheric perspective feel to your drawing. Instructor: Jessica Sellers
Introduction to Life Casting:
In this workshop, students will learn to both create a flexible mold and then use that mold to make a rigid plaster cast of their own hand to create a sculpture that explores gestural expression. Options for coloring and mounting these sculptures will also be covered. Besides creating art, these casting skills are also useful for the special effect, prosthetic, and dentil professions. Instructor: Scott Murray
Majolica Painting:
Learn the historically rich and colorful ceramic technique of majolica glazing (painting overglaze), a process where colorful imagery is painted over a white-but-not-fired-glaze surface. This technique is somewhat similar to watercolor painting on paper, allowing participants to treat the surface of the forms as a canvas. Participants are guided through developing imagery and transferring it onto pre-glazed bisque bowls and tiles. (fired work can be picked up the following week) Instructor: Frank A. Pishkur
Oil Painting:
Learn the basics of working in oil paint. Instructor: Kyle McKenzie
Typography:
In this graphic design workshop, we will rediscover the fun and the creative side of letters by using their abstract forms and shapes in new ways. After learning the basics of typography and Adobe Illustrator, students recreate a famous portrait using letters and words rather than pencil marks or brush strokes. The final images might look realistic as the letters and words overlap, creating the textural qualities of hair and skin, or the images might be more abstract as a J becomes a nose and a B becomes an ear. Instructor: Ed Outhouse.
Watercolor Techniques:
The transparency of watercolor lends itself to a variety of painting techniques including glazes, washes, textures and more. Workshop students will explore this exciting, expressive medium with an expert watercolorist by your side. Instructor: Brenda Sageng
