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Letha Wilson, Steel I-Beam Wall Push Aaron T Stephan, Untitled Lauren Fensterstock, Holophusicon (detail) August 26 — 30 O Pushing Image into Form: from two to three dimensions Letha Wilson CONCEPT Experiment with ways to represent and invoke our surroundings. Students use an interdisciplinary format that embraces painted or photographic images, physical layers, non- traditional art materials and sculptural forms. The role of observation is explored, as well as new ways to incorporate shadow, color, surface and texture. Participants discover playful ways to embark upon new relationships between two-dimensional and three-dimensional elements and reconcile experiences with vision. Representational imagery is a point of entry for work that leads further into removal, obstruction and abstraction. MEDIA & TECHNIQUES Students embrace an interdisciplinary approach to painting including painting, collage, sculpture, photography and drawing. Support materials such as paper, canvas, wood panels and found objects are also introduced. There are techniques of image transfer, mounting and building from flat materials presented in the workshop. ACTIVITIES Daily discussions include presentations, group and one-on-one critiques and conversation. Specific exercises promote new ways of looking. Individual studio time is balanced with dialog and group conversation and is flexible with each artist’s needs. Artists are invited to bring their own ideas, projects and images. August 26 — 30 O Accumulation: the multiple Aaron T Stephan & Lauren Fensterstock CONCEPT One object can quickly multiply into a field, changing its meaning and implications. In this workshop, students learn to quickly cast multiples of any object for applications in sculpture and installation. Participants investigate the notions of the singular and the plural as well as the original and the copy. Students leave with at least two molds, cast objects and the models and sample components for large-scale installations. MEDIA & TECHNIQUES Students make basic plaster and rubber molds and have the opportunity to cast multiples from these molds in variety of materials, including plaster, wax and resin. Other mold-making and casting techniques are discussed and demonstrated. Students also learn basic maquette-making techniques to depict installations. ACTIVITIES Activities include lectures and group discussions on: the concepts of the singular and the plural; the original and the copy; and the placement, composition and logistics of installation art. There are daily technical demonstrations on model and mold-making as well as independent work time. FACULTY Aaron T Stephan has completed large-scale permanent public commissions across the United States, and has exhibited at Locust Projects, DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Portland Museum of Art, California Center for the Arts, ICA at MECA, DUMBO Center for the Arts, and Quint Contemporary. Aaron has held residencies at Skowhegan, Yaddo and Kohler. www.aarontstephan.com Lauren Fensterstock creates elaborate sculptures and installations that explore the evolving history of our relationship to nature. Her work has been the subject of nationwide exhibitions and is represented by Claire Oliver Gallery in New York. She is currently the Lamar Dodd Professorial Chair at the University of Georgia. www.laurenfensterstock.com FACULTY Letha Wilson was raised in Colorado, and currently lives in Brooklyn, NY. She earned her MFA from Hunter College, and attended Skowhegan. She is represented by Higher Pictures and GRIMM Gallery. Letha has recently shown work at MASS MoCA and DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum. www.lethaprojects.com TUITION $1,090 TUITION $975 TUITION + STUDIO SUPPORT DONATION $1,290 TUITION + STUDIO SUPPORT DONATION $1,175 REGISTRATION FEE $45 | STUDIO FEE $75 REGISTRATION FEE $45 | STUDIO FEE $175 CODE D1326-19 ENROLLMENT LIMIT 10 CODE S1312-19 ENROLLMENT LIMIT 10 | | sculpture 75