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| 2008 Workshop Series |
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Following classes will be taught at the MOSAICS FOR THE GARDEN Instructor:
Laurel True, Institute of Mosaic Art, Oakland, CA This class will cover information on mosaics intended for exterior and permanent use. Lecture will include info on substrates appropriate for exterior use and their preparation, fixatives, setting, grouting and sealing. Information on clay bodies and glazes for exterior use. Ceramic tile for exterior use will be used, which is a bit more challenging to cut than tile intended for indoor use. This class is great for the beginner as we will be covering tools, cutting techniques, mosaic design and lay patterns...and is also appropriate for the student who has already experimented with interior or craft mosaics and would like to expand their knowledge to include exterior, garden or permanent installations. Students will create a ceramic tile mosaic stepping stone to take home. Instructor Laurel True has 17 years experience in the field of mosaics and has completed hundreds of permanent installations in homes, businesses, hotels, schools, parks and more across the United States. She is the founder and director of the Institute of Mosaic Art in Oakland, CA. MOSAIC PET PORTRAITURE Instructor:
Delaine Hackney, Institute of Mosaic Art, Oakland, CA In this fun and upbeat course students will create a mosaic pet portrait from a photograph of their favorite subject. Class will include lecture and demonstration on how to translate a photo into a design for mosaics. Course will cover basic techniques for setting both ceramic tile and glass, including information on substrates, adhesives, tool use, grouting and finishing. This course is designed for the beginning or continuing mosaic student. Instructor will work with each student to help them develop a project suited to their individual skill/experience level and that expresses each pet's characteristics and personality. To prepare for the class, the instructor needs a photo (or several) of each student's "subject". A photo that shows good detail in the face works best. The general quality of the photo and the background images are irrelevant to the project. Prior to the class, each participant's photograph will be cropped, enlarged and printed to fit a 12 ' x 12' size mosaic substrate. Photos should be sent to the instructor via email, by noon on Monday October 21st. If a digital image is not available, or if you have any questions about the photo requirement, please contact Delaine directly via her email address: Delaine@delainemosaic.com ***REMINDER: Photograph(s) of subject must be emailed to Delaine (instructor) by noon on Monday, October 21st Delaine Hackney is a professional mosaic artist in San Francisco, specializing in commissioned mosaic pet portraits. Her style is unique and inspired with a funky bent and attention to detail. She is a lover of animals and a dedicated pet advocate. Delaine has exhibited her pet portraits nationally and is an instructor at Institute of Mosaic Art in Oakland, California. INTRODUCTION
TO ITALIAN SMALTI MOSAICS— Instructor:
Laurel True, Institute of Mosaic Art, Oakland, CA Smalti is not out of reach for the beginning mosaic student! Learn to use and love this wonderful mosaic medium. This exciting course will introduce students to the history of this exquisite glass material that has been used since the Byzantine Era and its uses in today's mosaic world. Class will begin with a slide presentation showing historical applications of smalti in architectural settings as well as how smalti is made in small batches by artisans today in Europe and beyond. Class will explore the unique light catching and reflecting qualities of smalti and how this material can be combined with other mosaic materials for exciting and rich effects. Class will cover basic design, layout and visual understanding of a smalti piece as well as both ancient and contemporary cutting techniques. Each student will learn how to work with the hammer and hardie to process smalti, as well as gain an understanding of how to use modern tools with this material with as little waste as possible. Students will set smalti directly into a mortar bed for their project and will receive information on how to approach future smalti projects. Class will finish with a digital presentation of contemporary smalti projects, both as fine art pieces and as integrated into an architectural setting. Students will use Italian and Mexican smalti to create an 8 x 8 mosaic wall hanging to take home. Smalti starter pack provided. No mosaic experience necessary; this technique is significantly different from more contemporary styles of mosaic setting. Instructor Laurel True has 17 years experience in the field of mosaics and has completed hundreds of permanent installations in homes, businesses, hotels, schools, parks and more across the United States. She is the founder and director of the Institute of Mosaic Art in Oakland, CA. UNDERSTANDING
CONTEMPORARY OIL PAINTING MATERIALS
The goal of
the presentation is not only educate participants on oil paints but
to provide information that will enable attendees to create their
own personalized palette. The New Orleans Conservation Guild presents a series of Book Arts Workshops by PORTLAND OREGON BOOK ARTIST, MARILYN ZORNADO FRIDAY, MAY 16th, 2008, 6:30-9pm DECORATED PAPERS Learn techniques to turn ordinary paper into something special in this lively evening workshop. Learn how to make historic paste papers, simple stamp patterns, paper tinting and waxing. Beginning students welcome! Cost: $45, Includes all materials. SATURDAY, MAY 17th, 2008, 9:30 am-4 pm BEAUTIFUL WRITING FOR YOUR EVERYDAY LIFE. Starting with your own handwriting, learn techniques that calligraphers use to create invitations, write thank you notes, address envelopes, make place cards and other tasks of daily life. Beginning and continuing students welcome! Cost $90. Some supplies required. SUNDAY, MAY 18th, 2008,
10:30am-4pm Please contact the NOCG for reservations for this workshop Mosaics For The Garden Saturday and Sunday May 24-25, 2008 Saturday 10 – 3, Sunday 10-12 Any level Class cost:
$160 including materials included Join
us for a weekend of mosaic making in sunny New Orleans!
INTRODUCTION
TO CALLIGRAPHY; Always wanted
to learn calligraphy? This introductory workshop will teach you the
basics of calligraphy and letterforms. This course is an excellent starting
place for novices and a good refresher for intermediate students. Students
will learn how to work with a calligraphy pen and how to use style sheets
and guidelines. We will focus on the Italic alphabet and learn lowercase,
capital letters and numbers. The class will cover basic layout and students
will practice writing an invitation, addressing envelopes, creating
labels and writing quotations. We will discuss good working practices,
correct posture, how to set up your writing desk, and how to arrange
your working area. COLORED PENCIL WORKSHOP; A ONE DAY WORKSHOP Learn to produce high contrast, richly-colored drawings achieving a brightness of color normally only found in paintings, while still retaining a graphic feel to the work. In a short amount of time you can learn the methods Steve Shepard has developed and used in his twenty-three-year-career as a professional artist. MATERIALS: $75 kit INSTRUCTOR: Steve's work has shown in various museum and venues including the American Visionary Art Museum in Balitimore in 2005, the Kentuck Festival, Bywater Art Market in New Orleans, SECCA in 1996, Mississippi and Mobile Museums of Art, Milwaukee Lakefront Festival, Denver's Cherry Creek Art Festival, Coconut Grove Art Festival, Ann Arbor Original Street Art Fair. In 2008, two portraits by Steve of Abraham Lincoln will travel to various historical museums commemorating Lincoln's birth bicentennial in a group show titled: "Depicting Lincoln." The Mississippi Museum of Art in Jackson is currently showing portions of its permanent collection, THE MISSISSIPPI STORY, and includes its Shepard drawing also reproduced on pg. 57 of the accompanying book by Patti Carr Black and Robin Dietrick. Born in Port Arthur, TX, 1955, Steve Shepard has lived most of his life on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. He graduated from the University of South Alabama with a BFA in 1976 and studied at the Santa Fe Workshops of Contemporary Art in that same year. He has shown around the country at art fairs and in art museums. He won an SAF/NEA personal art grant in 1996, the last year such grants were awarded, and a MS Arts Commission grant the following year. WHEN: Saturday, February 9, 2008, 9am – 4 pm COST: $110 per person plus $75 materials fee, $185 total WHERE: The New Orleans Conservation Guild, Inc. 3620 Royal Street (at Independence, in Bywater) New Orleans LA 70117 504-944-7900 |
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Following classes will be taught at the INTRODUCTION TO ITALIAN
SMALTI MOSAICS- ARCHITECTURAL APPLICATIONS
FOR MOSAICS - For those who
might want to take the Arch Apps class, but don't have basic setting
skills: I
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| WINTER/SPRING
2003 LECTURES & WORKSHOPS |
COPTIC BOOK BINDING Saturday, March 29, 2003,
10 a.m. -4 p.m. Supplies included.
Additional supplies are available. Instructor: Marilyn
Zornado, Portland OR Students will make
a book based on one of the earliest known book structures, a 5th Century
Coptic Book. Students will finish the wooden covers and sew the sections
of this handsome book using double needles and learn a Coptic Stitch. MARILYN ZORNADO
is a book-artist and calligrapher. She currently teaches at the Oregon
College of Art and Craft in Portland and works as an animation director
and producer. Her award-winning animated short film 'Insect Poetry'
combines her passion for calligraphy, book making, poetry and quirky
movement.
GERMAN CASE BINDING Sunday, March 30, 2003,
10 a.m. -4 p.m. Supplies are included.
Additional supplies will be available. Instructor: Marilyn
Zornado, Portland OR Elegant and practical, the versatile German case binding structure can be used for many types of books from travel journals to photo albums. Students will fold and sew sections, make the cover and case-in the book.
Please contact the NOCG for reservations for these workshops!
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2003 LECTURES & WORKSHOPS |
Please contact the NOCG for reservations for these workshops! PHOTOGRAPHING YOUR ARTWORK Saturday, May 31, 2003,
9a.m. - 4 p.m. Instructor: Jerry Ward, New Orleans, LA Learn how to create
your own slides for your portfolio, so necessary for submitting to competitions,
school applications, publications, insurance purposes, etc. A hands on
workshop with Jerry Ward, the premiere art photographer in the region.
Students will learn polarizing lighting techniques and film choices. Bring
your camera and one or two pieces to be photographed. STAMPING WORKSHOP Instructor: Kara Foos, New Orleans, LA Students will learn about different stamps, inks, and papers. Learn the basic techniques for stamping and embossing. Make backgrounds for your stamped art using a variety of techniques and art materials. Learn how to use stamping tools such as a brayer and stylus. Lean to use markers, chalk, and Pearl Ex. Also learn to use a waterbrush. The class will make 4-6 stamped cards. KARA FOOS has been stamping and working with paper crafts since 1999. She has studied stamping at various locations throughout Texas, and has attended classes taught by teachers from major stamp companies such a 'A Stamp in the Hand.' Prior to moving to Louisiana, she worked at a stamp store in El Paso, Texas. Kara sells her stamped creations at the Bywater Art Market. BASICS OF BENTWOOD TRELLIS MAKING Saturday, June 28, 2003,
9 a.m. - 1 p.m. Instructor:
Rob Mendrop, New Orleans, LA Rob Mendrop
will demonstrate how to make a typical BENTWOOD willow trellis from start
to finish. He will have several designs made up as examples, and you will
personalize your own functional trellis to use in your own garden. ROB MENDROP is a long-time landscape artist and is passionate about plants and garden design. A graduate of Mississippi State University, he owns and runs Dreamscape Designs, a company that designs one-of-a kind nature sculptures and atypical country gardens. He specializes in using found objects and natural designs. Rob shows at the Bywater Art Market. VARNISHING YOUR PAINTINGS:
Saturday, July 26, 2003,
10 a.m. to noon Instructor: Blake
Vonder Haar, New Orleans, LA Learn why it's so
important to varnish your paintings. A hands-on workshop for artists and
students with Blake Vonder Haar, Director of The New Orleans Conservation
Guild, Inc., teaching the basic techniques of varnishing, the differences
between varnishes, when to varnish and when NOT to, and how to fix it
when it all goes terribly wrong. Bring two or three oil paintings (dry
at least 9-12 months) to be varnished. BLAKE VONDER HAAR is the director and conservator-in-charge of the New Orleans Conservation Guild, Inc. She received her degree in Fine Arts from the Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design in 1985 where she fell in love with the materials and techniques of art. Though the restoration and conservation of hundreds of paintings, she has studied varnishes extensively and knows first hand how important the varnish layer is to both the look and the lifespan of a painting. Blake is also the founder and director of the Bywater Art Market. PRECIOUS METAL CLAY JEWELRY Saturday, August 9, 2003,
10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Instructor: Gerald
Haessig, New Orleans, LA This is a workshop
for those interested in PMC who have no previous experience. Students
will learn all about this exciting medium and make specific jewelry projects.
PMC is a malleable compound made up of microscopic particles of pure silver,
water and an organic binder. It is worked and fired much like clay, with
the end result being pure silver. The water and binder burn our during
firing and the silver particles fuse together. The traditional casting
process is eliminated and each piece is truly a one-of-a-kind piece of
jewelry. We will make molds
so bring something with you that you would like to create a piece of jewelry
from. (Example: an interesting button, a medallion, an interesting picture
frame or an old coin) GERALD HAESSIG first started working with PMC in 1996 and was the first Precious Metal Clay Guild certified instructor in Louisiana. A piece of his work was selected for inclusion in the first national juried show dedicated to metal clay. Gerald is a regular exhibitor at the Bywater Art Market. BASICS OF BAMBOO TRELLIS
MAKING Saturday, Sept 13, 2003,
9 a.m. - 1 p.m. Instructor: Rob Mendrop,
New Orleans, LA Rob Mendrop will
demonstrate how to make a typical BAMBOO trellis from start to finish.
He will have several designs made up as examples, and you will personalize
your own functional trellis to use in your own garden. ROB MENDROP is a long-time landscape artist and is passionate about plants and garden design. A graduate of Mississippi State University, he owns and runs Dreamscape Designs, a company that designs one-of-a kind nature sculptures and atypical country gardens. He specializes in using found objects and natural designs. Rob shows at the Bywater Art Market.
LOUISIANA PORTRAITS
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20,
2003, 7 P.M.
Lectures are free but reservations are requested. Please call 504-944-7900 to reserve a spot. Refreshments will be served.
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CLEMENTINE HUNTER Lecture, Book Signing and Reception The New Orleans Conservation Guild, Inc., Antebellum Antiques and Historic Magazine Row Auction House, LLC., are pleased to present a Clementine Hunter Festival from August 4 to August 11, 2001. Shelby Gilley, author of "Painting by Heart: The Life and Art of Clementine Hunter" will present a survey of HunterÍs career with a slide presentation and lecture on Saturday, August 11 at 2 p.m. Refreshments will be served. The exhibition and sale of works by this well loved and highly sought after artist will begin on Saturday August 4, 2001, (to coincide with White Linen Nights), and continues through Saturday August 11, 2001. Exhibition hours are Monday - Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Copies of Mr. GilleyÍs book will be available for purchase throughout the week-long festival. The
presentation is free, but reservations are recommended. The Clementine
Hunter festival will be held at Historic Magazine Row Auction House,
upstairs from Antebellum Antiques at 2011 Magazine Street. Call Blake
Vonder Haar of the New Orleans Conservation Guild, Inc. at 944-7900
or Diana Johnson of Antebellum Antiques at 558-0201 for more information.
Contact the Guild for Summer 2001 Series schedule: email or call 504-944-7900
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Saturdays,
November 11 & November 18, 2000 (2 sessions) Family Photographs: Safe Storage and Handling This workshop, with visiting photographic conservator Dan Cochrane will present various techniques and methods for the care and handling of photographs. Color and B/W images will be discussed, particularly their differences in image stability. Students are encouraged to bring a selection of photographs as well as bound photographic albums to work on. Saturday,
December 16, 2000 and again on Saturday, March 10, 2001 Varnishing Your Paintings: What They Never Teach in Art School Learn
why it's so important to varnish your paintings. A hands-on workshop
for artists and students with Blake Vonder Haar, Director of The New
Orleans Conservation Guild, Inc. teaching the basic techniques of varnishing,
the differences between varnishes, when to varnish and when NOT to,
and how to fix it when it all goes terribly wrong. Bring one or two
oil paintings (dry at least 9-12 months) to be varnished. Saturday,
January 13, 2001 Stretching and Priming Your Canvas: Doing it the Right Way A hands-on workshop for artists and students with Blake Vonder Haar, Director of The New Orleans Conservation Guild, Inc. Never buy an acrylic primed, pre-stretched canvas again. Learn the traditional way of stretching and priming, using linen, rabbit skin glue and real gesso. Students will learn to the make these materials from their raw form as well. Saturday,
February 10, 2001 Photographing Your Own Artwork Learn how to create your own slides for your portfolio, so necessary for submitting to competitions, school applications, publications, insurance purposes, etc. A hands on workshop with Jerry Ward, the premiere art photographer in the region. Students will learn polarizing lighting techniques and film choices. Bring your camera and one or two pieces to be photographed.
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