Anderson Ranch Arts Center Workshop Catalogs 2000-2009 | Page 19

July 7 - 11

Tuition: $875  Studio Fee: $75
Code: R0707  Enrollment Limit 11

PREREQUISITES: This workshop will focus on concepts and
direction, not the development of new techniques. Participants should be focused on aesthetic growth, and are
encouraged to work in the print medium(a) in which they
are most conversant. All students must have a desire to
expand one’s work through group discussion, experimentation, critique and reflection.
FACULTY: Phyllis McGibbon works in a range of media including prints, drawings and site-built installations. Currently a
professor of studio art at Wellesley College, she has taught at
RISD, the University of Georgia program in Cortona, Italy, and
the MFA programs of Vermont College, Maine College of Art,
and the Claremont Graduate University. Awards for her work
include fellowships from the NEA, the Elizabeth Greenshields
Foundation, the WESTAF Regional NEA, Art Matters, Inc. and
the Howard Foundation at Brown University.

Book in Hand: bookmaking for artists
Karen Kunc   

Contemporary Color Woodcut 
Karen Kunc   
Tuition: $875  Studio Fee: $75
Code: R0606  Enrollment Limit 11

Karen Kunc, Azure Crown (detail)

CONCEPT: Why explore the woodcut print today? Can such an
anachronistic medium still have relevance? Is it the energy,
the honest hand work, the raw physicality and interaction
with once-living material? The oldest form of printing, the
woodcut has a readily understood mark and a direct process
that continues to intrigue makers and impact viewers. This
workshop addresses matters of art, craft, concept, history
and innovation. Students will explore printing variations,
reductive destructions, creative applications and manipulations of ink, and come to appreciate the transcendent nature
of this unique process.
MEDIA & TECHNIQUES: Relief printing from plywood blocks on
paper with oil-based inks.
ACTIVITIES: Demonstrations and discussions. Individual sketch
reviews. Large blocks of creative time for printing. Ongoing
problem solving and instructor guidance.
PREREQUISITES: Anyone who enjoys tools, planning and process, and who is open to the unexpected and evolutionary
developments of printmaking.
FACULTY:  Karen Kunc is the Willa Cather Professor of Art
at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and she has taught
numerous workshops around the world, including, most
recently, at the Academy of Fine Art, Helsinki, Finland, and
the Santa Reparata International School of Art, Florence,
Italy. Recent solo exhibitions include those at Huntington
Museum of Art, West Virginia; Bemis Contemporary Art
Center, Omaha; and Piano Nobile Gallery, Krakow, Poland.
In 2007 she received the Printmaker Emeritus Award from
the Southern Graphics Council.

2d printmaking

July 14 - 18

Karen Kunc, Evocations 2 (detail)

Sag Harbor, New York, and directs his own school in Florence,
Italy. He has taught at Long Island University and Central Connecticut State University. Recognition for his work includes a
2004 Film Grant from the Vogelstein Foundation. Welden is
co-author of Printmaking in the Sun (Watson-Guptill).

CONCEPT:  The ultimate hand-held “multimedia” device is the
book form as explored and challenged by artists. This workshop
considers the interior and exterior elements (content and form)
in a number of interesting book structures. While making images
and using interesting materials to create efficient and meaningful
sequences, we’ll consider the book as an edition and as a unique
object. Art, craft, concept, history and innovation will merge
in this compelling process, and the result will be lovingly constructed, functional book forms that students can carry home.
MEDIA & TECHNIQUES: Paper, binder’s board, sewing, adhesives, decorative papers, book cloth and found materials.
Printing, drawing, painting, making photocopies and digital prints, cutting paper, folding, punching, simple sewing,
covering boards, and exploring finish treatments for papers
and boards.
ACTIVITIES: Demonstrations and discussion. Individual sketch
reviews. Large blocks of creative time for individual work.
Ongoing problem solving and instructor guidance.
PREREQUISITES: Artists who enjoys working with their hands,
using tools, building objects and planning. Must be open to
unexpected and evolutionary developments.
FACULTY:  Karen Kunc is the Willa Cather Professor of Art
at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and she has taught
numerous workshops around the world, including, most
recently, at the Academy of Fine Art, Helsinki, Finland, and
the Santa Reparata International School of Art, Florence,
Italy. Recent solo exhibitions include those at Huntington
Museum of Art, West Virginia; Bemis Contemporary Art
Center, Omaha; and Piano Nobile Gallery, Krakow, Poland.
In 2007 she received the Printmaker Emeritus Award from
the Southern Graphics Council.

July 21 - 25

Where to Next? A print studio

July 28 - August 1
Polarities: multiple/unique
convergence
Hugh Merrill   
Tuition: $775  Studio Fee: $75
Code: R0909  Enrollment Limit 11

Hugh Merrill, Division of Labor (detail)

CONCEPT: This workshop is for interdisc