Anderson Ranch Arts Center Workshop Catalogs 2010-2014 | Page 54

Ralph Scala, No Hay Espacio Mas Ancho

Mark Cesark, Garden (detail)

David Herbert, Monarch 

June 27 - July 1

July 4 - 8

Working in Relief: 

July 4 - 8

Ralph Scala & Jason Speich

your ideas in steel

Installation: fast, cheap
and out of control

Mark Cesark

David Herbert

Skill Level: I - III

Skill Level: Open to all

Concept:  This workshop explores constructing and fabricating hollow forms in steel for
on and off the wall. From concept to design,
and fabricating to finishing, students explore
their ideas using steel as the primary medium.
Students gain a clear working knowledge of
steel as a medium. Students should arrive
with concepts and ideas and track their projects through their sketchbooks.

Concept:  Create out-of-control installation
art on a large scale from found, recycled or
reusable material. Participants work quickly
and rigorously to conceive, create and build
installations. Our aim throughout is to create
unique worlds of poignant, convincing and
perplexing reality.

Media & Techniques: Steel; arc welding, grinding, bending, forging, cutting, sanding, hollow
form construction, fabricating and surface
treatments such as patinas and paint; discussions of safety, tracking ideas with a sketchbook, incorporating found objects and recycled
metal, and formal concepts of sculpture.

Activities:  Daily one-on-one consultations
are tailored to the needs of the individual
student along with studio time, class discussions and slides.

Cast Concrete Objects 
Skill Level: Open to all
Concept:  Cast concrete sculpture does not
have to be heavy! This workshop explores
creative hollow and lightweight concrete recipes. Students make lightweight sculptures
generated from quick sketches, working to
develop three-dimensional welded skeletons
of metal that can be enveloped in thin sheets
of cement.
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: Demonstrations twice daily followed
by work time and individual student assistance.
Faculty:  Ralph Scala is the Ceramics Studio Coordinator at Anderson Ranch. Ralph
received his BA in painting and sculpture from
Evergreen College in 1995. He served as the
studio director at Lill Street Art Center in Chicago from 1995-2000. Ralph served as the Studio Director at Santa Fe Clay from 2000-2005.

Jason Speich received a BFA in Sculpture from
the University of Wisconsin at Whitewater. He
is the Sculpture Studio Coordinator at Anderson Ranch. Jason has shown his sculptures
nationally and internationally.

Tuition: $675 / Studio Support Cost: $875
Studio Fee: $95 Code: S0404 Enrollment Limit 10

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Activities:  Mornings are devoted to demonstrations, questions and discussions. The
remainder of the day focuses on individual
work time and faculty presentations. We
take field trips for investigating materials and
studio visits. Formal and informal, large- and
small-group discussions are ongoing throughout the week.

Media & Techniques: Found materials and fast
and efficient building techniques.

Faculty: David Herbert received his BFA from
Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle, Washington, and his MFA from Virginia Commonwealth
University i