Anderson Ranch Arts Center Workshop Catalogs 2010-2014 | Page 33

Kaz Oshiro, Tailgates

Allison Miller, Transference (detail)

Shozo Sato

August 16 - 20

August 23 - 27

Intuitive & Rigorous 

August 23 - 27
Sumi-e: black ink painting

Kaz Oshiro   

Allison Miller   

Shozo Sato   

Skill Level: II - III

Skill Level: III

Skill Level: Open to all

Concept:  Create three-dimensional paintings
using contemporary painting techniques and
concepts. We emphasize the fundamentals
of artistic expression as students learn how
materials and process affect the physical and
conceptual aspects of their work.

Concept:  Open up your practice, push to
experiment and do things you have never done
before. Risk-taking and chance drive this painting workshop as you work quickly and intuitively within a rigorous conceptual structure.
We make multiple paintings each day starting
from loose formal or structural parameters.
From there, the direction is up to you! Serious group and individual critiques address the
formal and conceptual concerns that emerge
from this spontaneous way of working.

Concept: The ancient Chinese arts of calligraphy and black ink painting require mental, physical and spiritual unity. Brush strokes must have
energy and strength combined with “active
empty space” to achieve an effective composition. The art of black ink shares the same
materials as calligraphy: brush, sumi ink and
handmade paper. Experience this unique twodimensional art as sumi-e art forms expand in
the Western world.

Sculpture as Painting 

Media & Techniques:  We use acrylic paint
as our primary painting medium with mixedmedia techniques.
Activities:  We begin by creating a threedimensional base or frame. Then we stretch
canvas over the frame and prepare the surface. Finally, we paint the surface to complete
the work.
Faculty: Kaz Oshiro currently lives and works
in Los Angeles. He studied art at the California
State College where he earned a BA in 1998
and an MFA in 2002. He has exhibited widely.
His solo shows include Yvon Lambert in New
York, Rosamund Felsen in Santa Monica, Clear
Gallery in Tokyo, as well as galleries in Brussels, Paris and Las Vegas. He has taken part
in recent group exhibitions including Prospect
1 in New Orleans, Gagosian Gallery in New
York, Tate St. Ives, CAPC-Musee d’art contemporain in Bordeaux, France and L.A. Louver in
Venice, California.

Tuition: $675 / Studio Support Cost: $875
Studio Fee: $95  Code: S1113  Enrollment Limit: 10

Media & Techniques: Students use their preferred paint medium, oil or acrylic, on canvas.
If oil paint is used, students may choose to use
a quick-drying medium such as Galkyd.
Activities: We paint every day and hold a number of critiques to discuss the work we are
making. Painting continues outside of class.
Faculty: Allison Miller lives and works in Los
Angeles, California. She received her BFA from
Rhode Island School of Design and her MFA
from UCLA. She has exhibited in Los Angeles,
Las Vegas, Denton (Texas), Chicago, and Providence (Rhode Island).

Tuition: $920 / Studio Support Cost: $1120
Studio Fee: $75  Code: D1221  Enrollment Limit: 10

Media & Techniques:  We use black ink, Chinese or Japanese sumi brushes and handmade
paper for painting.
Activities:  Studio work emphasizes landscape pa