Anderson Ranch Arts Center Workshop Catalogs 2000-2009 | Page 36

3d sculpture
August 11 - 22

August 18 - 22

viewer interactions

Tangible Histories: building form

and at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville. Her
work was recently exhibited at the Tyler Museum of Art,
TX. www.elizabethakamatsu.com

through accretion

Krista Connerly & Thomas Feulmer   

Barbara Cooper   

August 25 - 29

Tuition: $1400  Studio Fee: $100
Code: W1126  Enrollment Limit 10

Tuition: $560  Studio Fee: $75
Code: S1211  Enrollment Limit 10

Krista Connerly & Tracy Featherstone, Intimate_Environments: Snowball_Carrier

Barbara Cooper, Rift

Social Sculpture: exploring art-

Thomas Feulmer, One Outpost, Two Views (detail)

CONCEPT:  This workshop combines sculpture, performance
art and photography and looks at how an artwork can build
a dialogue with its viewer. We will construct simple wood
and found-object sculptures that provoke interactions or are
used in a performative way. We will then explore the relationship between performance and document as we photograph
our projects and think about their interactive powers. Look
forward to active discussions on topics such as performance
and conceptual art and relational aesthetics.
MEDIA & TECHNIQUES: Simple construction techniques using
wood and found objects. Documentation of sculpture through
digital photography and digital bookmaking. Use of Photoshop
and/or InDesign in the digital labs.
ACTIVITIES: The first week will consist of studio time making
sculptures in the Wood Loft. We move to the Digital Lab in
the second week for work with digital photography and bookmaking. Studio time will be interspersed with class discussions, demos, and critiques.
PREREQUISITES: Open to all artists with a sense of humor, a
willingness to play and to think flexibly and rigorously. Experience with either sculpture o r digital photography and printing
will be helpful.
FACULTY: Krista Connerly is a multimedia artist whose work turns
“art viewer” into collaborator, provoking interaction through
humor. She was formerly the director of digital media and photography at Anderson Ranch Arts Center and currently teaches
new media at Oregon State University. Her work has been featured in a range of national and international venues, including
the Women’s International Film Festival in Sydney, Australia, the
Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, the New Museum’s online
art community Rhizome, and The Urban Institute for Contemporary Art in Michigan. www.urbanintimacy.org

Thomas Feulmer received his MFA from Carnegie Mellon University where his action-and-sound-based work looked at how
daily habits and secluded moments become the sites where
people create meaning. He continues to explore these ideas in
a variety of media. He currently works as Director of Educational
Programming at The Rachofsky House in Dallas, Texas.

CONCEPT: Accretion is a means of building through incremental growth. It is a process that is ongoing in nature; our bodies bundle fibers into muscle, built cell by cell; birds weave
resilient nests, accumulated twig by twig; shells grow linear
accretions, secreted year by year, and the daily events in our
lives make us who we are. This accumulation of material
becomes a physical embodiment and a connection between
different periods of time within the same form. This process
reveals the history of how the form came into being and will
be the guiding principle for our work.

ACTIVITIES: Daily slide shows will relate images from both the
world of nature and that of contemporary artists. Emphasis
will be on process and experimentation that will evolve into
the development of more resolved work.
PREREQUISITES: Open to all. Students should be comfortable
using a variety of basic hand tools.
FACULTY: Barbara Cooper works fluidly between sculpture and
drawing. Her most recent solo exhibitions were at the Bellevue Arts Museum in Washington, the Gerald Peters Gallery
in Santa Fe, and the Chicago Cultural Center. She has just
completed two public art commissions in Chicago for a library
and a train station. www.alfebenagallery.com

August 25 - 29

Metal Sculpture: transformation

from plane to exquisite form
Elizabeth Akamatsu   
Tuition: $560  Studio Fee: $75
Code: S1312  Enrollment Limit 10

Elizabeth Akamatsu, The Path

MEDIA & TECHNIQUES: Steel and sheet bronze. Students will
learn how to cut metal, weld, and transform their concepts
into sculpture.
ACTIVITIES: Demonstrations, discussion and studio time.
PREREQUISITES: Students should be comfortable using a variety
of basic hand and power tools and not be afraid to get dirty.
Safety clothing essential: leather boots, leather gloves, welding
cap or bandana, long-sleeved heavy cotton shirts and jeans.
FACULTY: Elizabeth Akamatsu is a full-time sculptor with an
MFA from Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. She
has taught in Texas at Midwestern State in Wichita Falls

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Betty Scarpino   

Betty Scarpino, Gather the Wind

* See page 31 for a full workshop description.

September 6 - 19

Sculpture Studio Intensive 
Tai Pomara & James Surls   
Tuition: $950  Studio Fee: $150
Code: S1413  Enrollment Limit 10

MEDIA & TECHNIQUES: This is a fun, low-tech way to work
using natural, recyclable or reused materials based on individual interest. Processes will be straightforward and direct.
Access to the shop and tools for metal, wood, and plaster is
also available.

CONCEPT: This is an introduction to materials, tools, and techniques used in transforming a personal vision into art. Participants will gain basic knowledge and skills for making metal
sculpture. We’ll explore the relationship between content
and form, and begin with a maquette as we make our way to
the fabrication of a finished sculpture.

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Sculptural Woodturning 

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Tai Pomara, Goat Sack (detail)

James Surls, Me Tree (detail)

CONCEPT: Witness the art-making processes of artists James
Surls and Tai Pomara first-hand. The two have worked together
for ten years as artist and studio assistant, an art studio tradition that will be an integral part of the teaching environment
of this workshop. Pomara will be helping Surls produce work
during the workshop, while also make his own.
MEDIA & TECHNIQUES: Pomara and Surls will be working with
forming, welding, fabrication in bronze, stainless steel, and
wood. No specific media is required for participants; you are
welcome to choose your materials and techniques.
ACTIVITIES: Participants will work on individual projects, with
guidance as needed. Instructors will be available for critiques,
demonstrations, and Q&A sessions. Class starts 9:00 am,
Saturday, September 6, and runs every day for two straight
weeks. There is a surcharge on housing for the extra nights.
PREREQUISITES: Ability to work somewhat independently and
with self-direction.
FACULTY:  Tai Pomara is a former studio manager, summer
teaching assistant, and 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, and the
Evelyn Siegel Gallery in Texas.

James Surls, an acclaimed sculptor, lives and works in
nearby Carbondale, Colorado. He received an MFA from
Cranbook Academy of Art, an NEA Fellowship and a Living
Legend Award from the Dallas Contemporary Art Center.
His work is in numerous collections and museums, including the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum, and
the Smithsonian Institution.