Anderson Ranch Arts Center Workshop Catalogs 2010-2014 | Page 47

Allison Miller, Actor

Holly Hughes, Six Acres (detail)

Jane Lackey, Chalk Talk

July 30 - August 3

August 6 - 10
Capture: a works on paper
think tank

August 13 - 17

Holly Hughes

Jane Lackey

Skill Level:  II - IV

Skill Level:  III

Concept:  Using the natural environment surrounding the Ranch as well as art and research
resources, this class focuses on ways to record
and develop new imagery. Sketchbooks, collage and works on paper are all fodder for
exploration, turning personal interests into
fresh visual language. Techniques for making
powerful small works while traveling are introduced, while strategies like the album, scroll
and tight series will add a “time” element and
conceptual complexity to our projects. Through
one-on-one guidance and group critiques, this
hands-on think tank provides inspiration and
notebooks full of ideas.

Concept: How does an artist build or release
metaphorical, physical and psychological tension? Through material choice, relationships,
context and activity, to name a few. We
explore using everyday fiber materials such as
string, wire, tape, paper, cloth and elastic along
with other found and favored hard and soft
materials. Students work between drawing
and sculpture, discovering how materials used
in relationship can achieve meaningful degrees
of tension and release.

The Structured Accident 
Allison Miller
Skill Level:  III
Concept: Here is a chance to open up to possibilities, push to experiment and expand each
students practice. Risk-taking and chance drive
this painting workshop as we work quickly and
intuitively within a rigorous conceptual structure. Students make multiple paintings each
day starting from loose formal or structural
parameters. From there, the direction is up to
each student. We engage in serious group and
individual critiques to address the formal and
conceptual concerns that emerge from this
spontaneous way of working.
Media & Techniques: Student’s preferred paint
medium (oil or acrylic on canvas).
Activities: Students paint every day and hold
a number of critiques to discuss their work.
Painting continues outside of class.
Faculty: Allison Miller received her MFA from
UCLA. She is represented by ACME Los
Angeles and has an upcoming solo exhibition at Susan Inglett, New York. She has been
included in group exhibitions at the Orange
County Museum of Art, Gagosian Gallery,
Los Angeles, D’Amelio Terras, New York, The
Las Vegas Museum of Art, and the Art Gallery of Calgary. She was included in Painting
Abstraction: New Elements in Abstract Painting, by Bob Nickas. She has taught at UCLA,
UC-Irvine, UC-Riverside, Anderson Ranch Arts
Center and Claremont Graduate University.

www.acmelosangeles.com/artists/allisonmiller/

Tuition: $920 OR Tuition + Studio Support Donation: $1120
Studio Fee: $75 Code: D0919 Enrollment Limit 10

Media & Techniques: Drawing, painting, waterbased media and collage in diverse media on
paper and in sketchbooks.
Activities:  Class begins with a presentation
of artists’ sketchbooks and innovative works
on paper. Students work independently on
projects selected from a course menu of
approaches, on self-generated directions or
from suggested experiments. We participate
in daily discussions and critiques and each student’s past work is shared.
Faculty: Holly Hughes is the chair of the painting department at the Rhode Island School of
Design. Her works can be found in collections
at Citibank, PepsiCo, the Davis Museum at
Wellesley and the Benzinger Winery Collections. Her work has been reviewed in ARTnews, Art Forum, Art in America, The New
York Times and other publications.
Tuition: $920 OR Tuition + Studio Support Donation: $1120
Studio Fee: $75 Code: D1020 Enrollment Limit 10

Drawing with Fiber & Pliable
Materials: adjusting tension

Media & Techniques: Simple sewing, cutting,
knotting, adhering and selection of materials.
Activities: There are four-plus intensive working days with a major portion of the fifth day
set aside for critique. Students are expected
to work days and evenings around the overall
Ranch schedule. There are daily one-on-one
critiques, suggested readings, short demonstrations, slide lectures and discussions
throughout.
Faculty: Jane Lackey is a visual artist based in
Santa Fe, New Mexico. She was Artist-in-Residence and head of Fiber at Cranbrook Academy of Art between 1997 and 2007. Jane has
been the recipient of several National Endowment for the Arts Awards.

www.janelackey.com

Tuition: $920 OR Tuition + Studio Support Donation: $1120
Studio Fee: $75 Code: D1121 Enrollment Limit 10
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