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3d sculpture
June 2 - 13

June 9 - 13

Animal Imagery & Meaning 

Finding Form through Drawing
& Sculpture 

Joe Bova   

hood. The work of Willie Birch is collected by museums
as well as public and private collections across the country, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the New
Orleans Museum of Art and the Pennsylvania Academy of
Fine Arts. www.arthurrogergallery.com

Roberley Bell & Jim Morris   

June 16 - 27

Tuition: $600  Studio Fee: $75
Code: S0202  Enrollment Limit 10

Small-Scale Bronze Casting 
David Kimball Anderson & Tai Pomara   
Tuition: $925  Studio Fee: $145
Code: S0304  Enrollment Limit 10

Joe Bova, Laocoon’s Ape Teapot

* See page 21 for a full workshop description.

Roberley Bell, Flower Blob #73 (detail)

June 2 - 6

Warning: materials in process

Jim Morris, Piece of Mind #S047 (detail)

CONCEPT: This workshop will expose students to a range of
2D and 3D processes for developing ideas related to form.
Students will be introduced to drawing techniques that promote thematic development. Two-dimensional studies will
then be translated into 3D form using quick processes for
massing and forming in non-permanent materials.

Robin Hill   
Tuition: $560  Studio Fee: $75
Code: S0101  Enrollment Limit 10

MEDIA & TECHNIQUES: Sketchpad; a range of drawing pencils;
charcoal, both vine and compressed; rag; kneaded eraser;
water media, such as ink, gouache and gesso. For 3D work:
plaster, plaster gauze, foam, wax, clay, rubber, water putty,
paper, wire, tape and more.

Robin Hill, Dissipation

CONCEPT: Students in this workshop will create sculpture, as
well as sculptural “situations”, with everyday utilitarian materials. The poetic resonance or meaning of the work will reside
in each artist’s process. We’ll give consideration to matters
of scale, pattern/repetition, color, narrative structure, installation, object-ness, functionality, figuration, and social commentary. Your openness to experimentation will be fundamental. Please come prepared to share a short reading that
has resonance with your art practice, three images of your
own pieces, and up to three images of another artist’s work
you respond to.
MEDIA & TECHNIQUES: Basic hand and power tools, and handwork, will be the primary means for material manipulation.
Students should bring or ship a large suitcase full of a scavenged (new or used) material — paper, cloth, wire or other
materials you wish to work with. Natural materials may be
procured in the outlying areas of the Ranch. Bring a digital
camera with downloading peripherals/cables.
ACTIVITIES: Each day the students will encounter the previous
day’s explorations and launch their material in a new direction. Individual and group guidance provided. Periodic breaks
for spontaneous presentations of works-in-progress, slides,
readings, etc.
PREREQUISITES: Anyone wishing to make art that transcends
a given discipline, and who desires to bring new questions to
bear on his or her art practice.

ACTIVITIES:  Each day begins with drawing exercises and
demonstrations related to finding form two dimensionally.
Afternoons will be devoted to translating the 2D studies
into 3D form. Discussions, critiques and slide presentations included.
PREREQUISITES:  For beginners or intermediate-level artists
prepared to develop form and who have sketches, photocopies or notebooks that reflect a degree of research. Technical
and material skills are not required.
FACULTY: Roberley Bell is a sculptor and Jim Morris a painter.
Both Roberley and Jim have exhibited their work nationally
and internationally and have received numerous awards
including grants from the Pollock Krasner Foundation and
Fulbright fellowships. Roberley is a professor at the Rochester Institute of Technology. Jim is a professor at the State
University of New York at Brockport. They have team-taught
two prior workshops at the Ranch. www.roberleybell.com,
www.jimmorris-art.com

June 9 - 13

Personal Narrative: paper

construction
Willie Birch   

Tuition: $600  Studio Fee: $75
Code: S0203  Enrollment Limit 10

David Kimball Anderson, Winter Bouquet  Tai Pomara, Table

CONCEPT:  This workshop will be a broad investigation into
lost-wax bronze casting, tracing the evolution of bronze as a
medium. David and Tai are masters of their craft, possessing
50 years between them of rigor ous experience in the techniques of casting and fabrication.
MEDIA & TECHNIQUES: Basic mold-making processes using
wax, rubber and plaster. Wax pattern-making, gating and
sprueing processes. Standard investment processes
employing plaster and sand. TIG, MIG, Oxy/Acetylene welding and silver soldering processes. Metal chasing/cleanup
and patina finishes.
ACTIVITIES: Slide presentations of work by students, faculty
and relevant artists. Tai will focus on a series of technical
demonstrations and provide individual instruction on materials and processes. David will engage students in selection
of images. Both instructors will guide individual and group
discussions with plenty of studio time.
PREREQUISITES: Students should be comfortable using a variety of basic hand and power tools while in an environment of
noise, dust and heat.
FACULTY:  David Kimball Anderson teaches sculpture at San
Jose State University in California and lectures at universities
nationwide. His work has been featured in numerous venues,
including High Tide, M10 in Santa Cruz, the Lemmons Contemporary, and Linda Durham Contemporary Art in New York.
www.dka9.com

Tai Pomara is a former studio manager, summer teaching
assistant, workshop instructor at Anderson Ranch, and studio
assistant to sculptor James Surls. His work had been exhibited in the San Jose State School of Art Galleries, where he
received his MFA, the Aspen Biennial, the Evelyn Siegel Gallery in Texas, and at Anderson Ranch.

June 16 - 20

Figurative Wood
Sculpture: harpies, heroes and

FACULTY: Robin Hill is on the sculpture faculty of the University of California-Davis. Her work is represented by LennonWeinberg, Inc. New York, and Don Soker Contemporary Art
in San Francisco. An interview with Hill entitled “Handmade,
Repetition, Narrative” can be found at www.othervoices.
org/3.1/rhill/index.php. www.robin-hill.net

hedgehogs

Susan Hagen   
Willie Birch, Close Your Eyes and Touch Africa (detail)

CONCEPT: This workshop will focus on sculpture that creates
a personal narrative using papier-mâché and found objects.
Students will be involved in creating forms that tell personal
stories of time and place. Students will discuss structural
techniques, form, color choices and meaning.

Tuition: $575  Studio Fee: $85
Code: W0305  Enrollment Limit 8

MEDIA & TECHNIQUES: Papier-mâché, found objects and
acrylic paint.
ACTIVITIES: Slides, lectures and discussions of sculpture, and
idea development. Technical demos, studio work, individual
and group discussions.
PREREQUISITES: Open to all.
FACULTY:  Willie Birch, a native of New Orleans, incorporates political, sociological and spiritual elements in works
that are inspired by the celebratory rituals of his neighbor-

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Susan Hagen, Animalia Exstincta (detail)

CONCEPT:  Using milled lumber and wood scraps (including
beads, sticks, and found objects) students will construct and
carve sculptures of animals, humans and imaginary creatures. The process will involve the development of sketches
and maquettes, engaging in basic additive woodworking
processes and a variety of carving techniques. Giving con-