Anderson Ranch Arts Center Workshop Catalogs 2010-2014 | Page 46

Anderson Ranch workshop participant

Samantha Wall, Stiff As A Board

Gregory Botts, Earth in Sky No. 1

July 1 - 5

July 8 - 12

July 8 - 12

Anne Ellegood

Samantha Wall

Skill Level: IV, portfolio review required

SKILL LEVEL: III

Concept: This advanced critique seminar draws
on Anne’s extensive experience as curator, professor and connoisseur of contemporary art.
Together we look at a variety of recent artistic
practices to investigate interests, preoccupations and working methodologies embraced
by artists over the past several decades. Our
conversations cover a range of media—including sculpture, painting, photography and film—
with particular attention to the overlap between
performance, dance and contemporary art.

CONCEPT:  Narrative can describe mythology,
history, contemporary events and personal
experiences. In this workshop we investigate
the human figure as a narrative element in
drawing. Whether subjective or sociopolitical
in nature, narrative is a mode of expression
that relies on the successful communication of
a set of ideas. Artists have long used the figure
as a symbolic representation, inspiring our consideration of contemporary artists and relevant
historical works. We work from live models to
begin and then invent, augment and explore
the imagery to construct visual stories through
a variety of drawing media.

Media & Techniques: Work time is provided for
students to pursue individual projects in the Painting Studio. Participants should bring any tools,
media or supplies needed to produce their own
work. (We will not have access to other studios).
Activities:  Readings are assigned for each
topic. We examine images of contemporary art
dating from the 1960s through today as tools
for analysis, fleshing out ideas gleaned in our
readings. Students should come prepared to
discuss source materials and may bring specific
artistic practices to the table for discussion.

Tuition: $920 OR Tuition + Studio Support Donation: $1120
Studio Fee: $75 Code: D0510 Enrollment Limit 10

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MEDIA & TECHNIQUES:  Drawing materials of
student’s choice; observational drawing.
ACTIVITIES:  We begin each day with a slide
presentation or demonstration. There is ample
studio time dedicated to working with individual feedback and final critiques.
FACULTY: Samantha Wall is an artist living and
working in Portland, Ore. In 2011, she was
awarded the Joan Mitchell MFA Award and
selected to be included in the “First Look III”
exhibition at the Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art. Wall uses personal narrative to
examine the psychological spaces where the
individual meets the group.

www.samanthawall.com

The Open Air: painting in the
landscape 
Gregory Botts
Skill level: I
Concept:  Painting outside always provides
fresh insights and challenges to our way of
thinking. The views near Anderson Ranch
provide a spectacular launching point for this
hands-on painting workshop. Themes and discussions focus on our role in nature, control
versus freedom, and the phenomenology of
color and light.
Media & Techniques: The painting of the landscape extends from the experience of drawing
to the discovery of imaginative shape and color
ideas. We paint with oil paint for the extra rigor to
the experience and for its more complex result.
Activities:  Each day, we venture out into the
magnificent landscape surrounding the Ranch
and see what we find. We briefly review materials and some ideas of drawing in the classroom.
We spend the rest of the time outdoors, painting
each day at 9 am, breaking for lunch, then working until 5 pm, when we return to the Ranch.
Faculty: Gregory Botts has exhibited in a number of galleries, most recently with Steven
Harvey Fine Art Projects and the Gerald Peters
Gallery. He teaches at the New York Studio
School and is a member of the National Academy Museum, N.Y.

www.gregorybotts.com
Sponsored by the Crown family

Tuition: $920 OR Tuition + Studio Support Donation: $1120
Studio Fee: $75 Code: D0612 Enrollment Limit 10

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Faculty:  Anne Ellegood is the senior curator
at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles. Prior
to joining the Hammer in 2009, she was the
curator of contemporary art at the Hirshhorn
Museum and Sculpture Garden. Her recent
exhibitions include “Made in L.A.,” the Hammer’s first biennial show of Los Angeles-based
artists, “All of this and nothing,” and Hammer
projects with Shannon Ebner and Sara Vanderbeek. She also served as the curator for Hany
Armanious’s 2011 Australian Pavilion in the
Venice Biennale.

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Advanced Critique Seminar 

*This is the first in a series of two workshops,
followed by Gregory’s “The Open Air into
Abstraction.” Students attending both workshops
receive a 20% discount on session two. Students
are encouraged to take either or both.

Tuition: $920 OR Tuition + Studio Support Donation: $1120
Studio Fee: $75 Code: D0611 Enrollment Limit 10