Anderson Ranch Arts Center 2015 Summer Workshop Catalog 1 | Page 28

Bill Ellzey, Maroon Bells Joshua Davis, Triangles Down for WHAT Craig Stevens, Faded Beauty (detail) July 13 - 17 July 13 - 17 July 20 - 24 Learning to See: From Digital to Physical: Alternative Digital Printing compositions in the landscape processing laser-cut patterns Bill Ellzey Joshua Davis SKILL LEVEL: II SKILL LEVEL: III - IV (Basic understanding of processing required.) Craig Stevens CONCEPT: Learn to see and compose landscape images in your own way. Students consider images that make the ordinary into the extraordinary by focusing on natural elements, from lichen and wildflowers to majestic landscapes. Our focus is on seeking and honing one’s personal vision of the landscape.
 MEDIA & TECHNIQUES: Students use digital SLR cameras, lenses, tripods, remote cords and favorite gadgets. Digital processing is done using Adobe Lightroom and Adobe Photoshop. Students print a selection of their images from the class.
 ACTIVITIES: We take advantage of Anderson Ranch’s proximity to some of the Rocky Mountains’ most beautiful areas, with field trips to reflective lakes, ghost towns, cascading streams and wildflower meadows. Students spend afternoons in the studio downloading, processing, discussing and printing images.
 FACULTY: Bill Ellzey began makin g a living with his camera in 1972. The camera has taken him on assignment or for teaching to Egypt, Alaska, India, China, Japan, Mexico, Patagonia and Bhutan. His work is published nationally and internationally in books, textbooks and magazines, including National Geographic, and has been exhibited in numerous galleries and collections. www.billellzey.com Tuition: $1145 OR Tuition + Studio Support Donation: $1345 Studio Fee: $100  Code: P0718  Enrollment Limit 10 26  andersonranch.org  970/923-3181  CONCEPT: Learn to wield the power of computers in this new frontier of art-making. In our digital age, the computer is capable of extraordinary feats in art-making. My first computer the Commodore 64 was an amazing piece of technology, but what I could do with my hands far outpaced the inferior graphics of the C64. Today with the aid of massive arrays of programming, libraries, frameworks and plain computing power, the computer is capable of surpassing the human hand. How can we use this new frontier in art-making to generate the impossible? MEDIA & TECHNIQUES: Students practice processing with the HYPE framework / hypeframework.org. ACTIVITIES: We learn processing and HYPE to advance basic generative pattern skills, develop working prototypes of interactive designs and animation and create a small project. Joshua presents methods to speed up production and gives hands-on exercises and extensive one-on-one help. With access to the Digital fabrication studio, our final project is output to paper, cardboard or wood laser compositions. FACULTY: Joshua Davis is a New York-based artist, designer and technologist producing both public and private work for companies, collectors and institutions. He gives lectures, teaches workshops, exhibits work in gallery and museum institutions, and participates in the international design scene. www.joshuadavis.com Tuition: $1145 OR Tuition + Studio Support Donation: $1345 Studio Fee: $100  Code: P0717  Enrollment Limit 12 [email protected] SKILL LEVEL: II - III CONCEPT: Prepare for a major paradigm shift as you uncover the many possibilities of alternative digital printing. Debunk the suspicion that digital printmaking lacks the possibilities of its predecessors and expand on the notions of what digital printmaking can be. In this workshop, we examine new possibilities to create custom printable substrates. This can involve coating a rag fine art paper with Ink Aid or Golden Digital Grounds. We create digital skins that can be attached to a variety of surfaces. We print onto film and transfer the images to stone, paper, metal and Plexiglas. The result of the week’s work is an expanded idea of what the digital print can be and an almost limitless range of possibilities of what individual imagery can become. MEDIA & TECHNIQUES: Students practice direct printing and image transfers onto handmade paper, metal, wood, plastics and fabric and use Adobe Photoshop tools for creating digital collages. ACTIVITIES: We cover a combination of digital tools for collage and layering using Adobe Photoshop. We cover methods for preparing and coating alternative substrates, transfer mediums and integrating images with text and mixed media. FACULTY: Craig Stevens is a photographer, printmaker and educator. He has taught, written and lectured extensively on the subjects of art and education and is in his 27th year as a Professor of Photography at the Savannah College of Art & Design. He was the first winner of ASMP’s Annual Susan Carr Educator of the Year Award in 2013. www.craigstevens.me Tuition: $1145 OR Tuition + Studio Support Donation: $1345 Studio Fee: $150  Code: P0821  Enrollment Limit 10