Anderson Ranch Arts Center Workshop Catalogs 2010-2014 | Page 62

Ralph Scala and John Lloyd, Dog & Platter (detail)

Theaster Gates, In the Event of a Race Riot (detail)

David Kimball Anderson, The Lodge

August 20 - 24

August 27 - 31

September 10 - 28
Clean Fire: studio practice

Concrete Sculptures 
Ralph Scala & John Lloyd
Skill Level:  Open to all
Concept:  Fun fact: the word “concrete”
comes from Latin words that mean “together”
(con) and ”grow” (crescere). Come together
to grow in skill and artistry in this workshop
that explores creative hollow and lightweight
concrete recipes. Students make lightweight
sculptures generated from quick sketches,
working to develop three-dimensional welded
skeletons of steel that can be enveloped in thin
layers of cement-based recipes.
Media & Techniques: MIG welding, steel rod,
cement, steel wool, fibers, sand and other
aggregate additives with fabricated steel armatures and simple clay molds built for casting
concrete.
Activities:  Ralph and John give demonstrations twice daily, followed by work time and
individual student assistance.
Faculty:  Ralph Scala is the Ceramics Studio
Coordinator at Anderson Ranch. He received
his BA in painting and sculpture from Evergreen College in 1995. Scala served as the
studio director at Lill Street Art Center in Chicago from 1995-2000 and the Studio Director
at Santa Fe Clay from 2000 to 2005.

John Lloyd received his MFA in sculpture from
Alfred University. He poured iron with Kohler’s
Arts/Industry program, and has built custom
cabinets, furniture and homes around the US
and Europe. He worked eight summers at
the Ranch, including three years as artist-inresidence.

Narrative & Meaning in
Material Culture 
Theaster Gates
Skill Level: II - IV
Concept: This is an interdisciplinary workshop
where students have an opportunity to reflect
on the dormant value, relative history and narrative qualities of waste products, found objects
and cultural leftovers. Focusing on transforming existing things, this class uses the tools of
sculpture and design to re-imagine the use and
value of “things.”
Media & Techniques:  Found objects. Basic
sculpture tools and equipment use with
assemblage and painting.
Activities:  We identify and collect sets of
materials that seem loaded with meaning. The
group spends time reflecting on the value
of the collections and makes a case for their
design value. Students then create discrete
objects and potentially site specific works.
Faculty: Theaster Gates is an artist, musician and
“cultural planner.” President and Founder of the
Rebuild Foundation, as well as Director of Arts
Program Development at the University of Chicago. In his performances, installations and urban
interventions, Theaster transforms spaces, institutions, traditions and perceptions. His training as
an urban planner and sculptor, and subsequent
time spent in Japan studying clay, have given him
keen awareness of the poetics of production and
systems of organizing. Playing with these poetic
and systematic moments, Theaster has assembled gospel choirs, formed temporary unions and
used systems of mass production to underscore
the
  need that industry has for the body.
www.theastergates.com

David Kimball Anderson
Skill Level:  Open to all
Concept: Make artwork. Then rest a little and
make more. Repeat for three weeks. That’s the
plan for this September intensive. Clean Fire is
the working title of a piece David Kimball Anderson plans to build during this session. Participants build their own artwork. With this parallel setup, participants have the opportunity to
observe an artwork in progress as David offers
lessons and demonstrations about the following skills and considerations: self-editing, the
distillation of images, cannibalizing old work,
altering old images and reusing materials.
Media & Techniques: Non-toxic resins, rubber
mold making, aluminum, steel, wood, found
objects and electric light. Steel fabrication, lost
wax metal casting and general machine use.
Activities:  David intends to construct Clean
Fire, a resin, steel, aluminum and electric light
sculpture based on a drawing from a notebook
dated 1998-99. Participants are encouraged to
consider addressing past work–perhaps some
unfinished business. However, it is perfectly
acceptable to choose to build entirely new
work. Lectures and demonstrations occur
every other day.
Faculty: David Kimball Anderson has received
three National Endowment for the Arts Individual Fellowships, a New York Foundation for the
Arts grant and a Pollack Krasner Foundation
grant. His work has been featured in numerous
venues including the San Francisco Museum
of Modern Art and the Whitney Museum of
American Art in New York.

www.davidkimballanderson.com

Sponsored by Melva Bucksbaum and Ray Learsy
Tuition: $675  OR  Tuition + Studio Support Donation: $875
Studio Fee: $95 Code: S1213 Enrollment Limit 10

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Tuition: $875  OR  Tuition + Studio Support Donation: $1075
Studio Fee: $95 Code: S1314 Enrollment Limit 10

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Tuition: $1175  OR  Tuition + Studio Support Donation: $1775
Studio Fee: $175 Code: S1515 Enrollment Limit 10