Meet the Artists in Residence – June 28th – July 5th, 2020
Come have an informal discussion with this summer’s artists in residence. Ask questions, view works in progress and share stories. There is no reservations required, but please sign-in at Fuller House upon arrival.
Artist in Residence Art Exhibit & Sale
5 pm – 7 pm
The public is invited to the 5th Annual Artist in Residence Exhibit and Sale which will feature the work of eight women artists from the Northeast. Artists will have work that has been completed on site at Wiawaka as well as pieces from their collection. The art, which features originals, prints and jewelry, will be on sale and the artists will donate 25% of the proceeds back to Wiawaka.
July 2nd, 2020
9:30 – 11:30 pm
(morning class)
Cased in Book
July 2nd, 2020
1:30 – 3:30 pm
This class compliments the morning workshop to create the case for your book. You do not need to take both classes.Cost for class and materials $15.00
Cyanotype Photography
Instructor: Laura A Jackett
July 3rd, 2020
9:30 am – 11:30 am
Magic happens! Transform plain white paper into a rich blue photograph. No matter
what your artistic interests are here’s an opportunity to free yourself from conventional restraints. This alternative photographic process is accessible, exciting and applicable to other mediums. There’s something here for everyone. No photo background is necessary to master this process.
Students will produce blue photographic prints on paper or cloth using Cyanotype, one of the earliest and most beautiful non-silver processes in photography.
This workshop, photographic in nature, requires no darkroom
or extensive equipment.
We’ll take something old and something blue and give it a new interpretation. These blue prints are made with the help of the sun so bring your sunglasses. Participants will coat paper or cloth with a light sensitive solution using a foam brush and work on their negatives. To make a negative, students may draw on a transparent sheet
using a permanent marker, cut out and tape down pieces of old photographic negatives, or use the copy machine to transfer a previously created image to a transparent sheet. Participants will place their negative and interestingly shaped objects such as stencils on their now dry paper or cloth and carry outside to the sun.
Exposure takes approximately five to ten minutes. For development, the paper or cloth is placed under running water for five minutes.
Afterwards, the images are hung up to dry for about one hour. Students will be
encouraged to comment on others’ work in an aesthetic and critical manner before the close of the session.
This workshop is a lot of fun! Bring your imagination and a sense of humor.
Cost of workshop: $20.
July 7th, 2020
Georgia O’Keeffe workshop with The Hyde
9:30 am – 11:30 am
Instructor: Jenny Hutchinson
Description to follow. Cost $25 and includes all materials.
July 8th, 2020
9:30 – 11:30 am
Instructor: Patti Ferrara
A view from Georgia O’Keeffe with the guidance and inspiration of the instructor.
All materials and supplies are provided, so just bring an apron and think Georgia!
Cost: $40
Starlight Lake George 1922
July 9th, 2020
9:30 – 11:30 am
Instructor: Patti Ferrara
So, special for the Georgia O’Keeffe week, students will create a watercolor “study” after “Starlight Lake George 1922”. A few simple watercolor brush techniques will be shown and handling of the brush will be taught. Each student will have fun while learning and will go home with a 9×12″ matted watercolor study of their own.
All materials and supplies are provided, so just bring an apron and think Georgia!
Cost to attend: $45 all materials are included.
Dream Doodling
July 9th, 2020
Fuller House
Instructor: Patti Ferrara
Relax and quietly create your own world of doodling at this session of calming art. When doodling there are no erasers or mistakes, just one’s freedom to explore and enjoy the calm. All materials and supplies are provided, so come with your inspiration and join in for a peaceful dreamy time. Once you start to doodle, it may be hard to stop!
$10 workshop fee (includes staying for the fireworks).
Register in advance at the Front Desk.
Wiawaka WildFlowers
July 10th, 2020
2:00 – 4:00 pm
Instructor: Diane Collins
Did you ever wonder how wildflowers got their names? Or an easy way to identify them? Diane Collins, wildflower photographer and naturalist, author of Trailside Wildflowers in Cole’s Woods, will lead a one-day program on how the common and scientific names of a variety of wildflowers were derived followed by a leisurely wildflower walk on the Wiawaka grounds. We’ll identify a lovely diversity of summer wildflowers, and using Newcomb’s Wildflower Guide you’ll learn a practical system of identification you can use on your own. Both talk and walk will be about an hour each, and handouts will include lists and photos of the many summer wildflowers at Wiawaka.
Cost for workshop is $15 which includes a booklet on wildflowers.
Instructor: Robin Blakney-Carlson
July 13th and 14th
9 am – 12 pm
(2 mornings)
Working with a variety of textiles, prefelts and fibers, and a with felting technique we will create rich and colorful surfaces. We will add stitching and beading to add interest on day two. These creations can be used as wall hangings, or used to embellish pillows or garments (like the back of a jacket.) Students should bring one old towel.Cost of class: $55 which includes materials fee and must be paid upon registration.
Hands-on Clay
July 16th and 17th, 2020
9:30 am – 11:30 am
Instructor: Pam Golden
In this hands-on workshop we will experience the joy of working with clay – a natural and flexible material! On the first day, participants will learn about traditional hand building techniques – slab/pinch/coil – and use these processes to create a sculptural vessel.
We will be working with an air dry clay, and so we can also press jewels, beads, feathers, etc. into the soft clay.On the following day, workshop participants will add the element of color to our sculptures, using a variety of paints and finishes.
All are welcome! No experience is necessary.
Cost: $40 includes materials
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Pam’s Birch Women Sculptures are installed on the grounds of Wiawaka. http://www.pamgolden.com
9:30 am – 11:30 am
Instructor: Angela Thomas
Come wander the beautiful Wiawaka grounds as we blend the practices of mindfulness and photography. We will utilize mindfulness skills to expand our focus, perspective and presence, gathering images as we go. Please note that this not a technical photography skills class. Please bring a digital camera, smartphone or tablet with camera capabilities. Each participant will go home with a printed photo card. Angela Thomas is a holistic nurse, mindfulness teacher and photographer. Her photos have appeared in SaratogaMama magazine and the former Art de Cure Gallery. She has studied with Carl Heilman, Robert Rodriquez and Jan Phillips.
Cost of class and materials: $20
Printmaking with Gelli Plates (yupo paper)
July 23rd, 2020
9:30 – 11:30 am
Instructor: Patti Ferrara
Participants will be working with Gelli plates to create nature scene of the Adirondacks.
Cost: $45 includes all materials
July 25th and 26th, 2020
9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Instructor: Ruby Silvious
Partipants will learn how to create a quilt made with used tea bags. On the first day, using gelli plates and acrylic paints, students will create monoprints on used tea bags. On the second day, students will piece together their quilts using a collage technique and faux stitching. All materials included.
Cost: $85 for both workshops. Registration must be in advance. Space is limited.
July 30th, 2020
1:30 pm – 3:30 pm
Instructor: Barbara Boughton
For thousands of years, people in northern climates have used the bounty of hardwood forests to sustain nearly every aspect of life. The importance to the human spirit, of creating art and decoration, has existed side-by-side with the requirements of living, for just as long.
Celebrating the gifts of the forest, eight-pointed, 3-dimensional stars are woven from maple and cherry woodsplint. The grouping includes two seven-inch and one ten-inch ornament. They are beautiful hung as a group, either as “snowflakes” in winter, or as a small constellation for your home in the summer.
Cost: $35 includes materials fee
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Felted Soaps
August 3rd, 2020
9:30 am – 11:30 am
Instructor: Robin Blakney-Carson
Using colorful wool fibers we will felt over a bar of soap. Encased in wool, Felted Soap is a used a great exfoliant like a soap and washcloth in one. It also makes a pretty pincushion or a fragrant drawer freshener.
Cost: $25 includes materials fee
Felted Wrap Jewelry
August 4th, 2020
9:30 am – 11:30 am
Instructor: Robin Blakney-Carson
Create a colorful wet felted wrap bracelet/necklace combination. In cool weather I like to wear mine as a wrapped or knotted necklace (I’ll tech you a few styling techniques). In the summer they make a fun bracelet. They can also be used as hair bands or ties. It’s a fun technique to know!
Cost for class includes material fee $25.
August 5th, 2020
1:30 – 3:30 pm
Instructor: Patti Ferrara
Enjoy learning the basic techniques of creating an Adirondack Twig Frame. All materials and supplied provided. Start collecting your twigs and bring your glue gun to create your own unique frame!
Cost: $45 all materials included.
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Water Color Lakeside Landscape Techniques (yupo paper)
August 6th, 2020
9:30 – 11:30 am
Instructor: Patti Ferrara
Learn techniques working with watercolors on yupo paper in a casual and creative atmosphere. All artistic skill levels are invited.
Cost: $40 all materials included
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Multiple Tea Bag Art
August 6th
2:00 – 4:00 pm
Instructor: Ruby Silvious
Using three to four used tea bags as canvas, partipants will learn how to paint landscapes and nature scenes using the medium of their choice. Watercolors, gouache, color markers and color pencils will be available for use.
All materials included, and participants will take home matted art.
Collage Accordion Book
August 7th, 2020
9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Instructor: Ruby Silvious
Students will make an accordion art book with simple paintings,
used tea bags and ephemera, using collage techniques and wherever the imagination
takes them! Paints and collage materials will be supplied but you’re welcome to bring
your own. Cost $45 includes material fee.
Fan Language: Discussion and Craft
August 10th, 2020
3:00 – 5:00 pm
Instructors: Pam and Catherine Golden
In the Victorian era, fans made a fashion statement. But the fan had practical advantages, too: fans could hide a yawn, cool a lady from discomforting heat, and communicate feelings to a potential suitor. In this workshop, Catherine, a professor of Victorian literature and culture, will bring examples of Victorian fans, talk about these ways a fan functioned in Victorian culture, and teach participants the language of the fan. We will practice gestures to communicate a range of messages, including “I should like to be introduced to you,” “What time shall I see you?,” and “I don’t care about you”! In the second part of the workshop, Pam, an artist and teacher, will guide us in the creation and decoration of our own fans. This year, we will make a folding fan. We will provide a fan blank and a variety of materials to decorate a folding fan including colored pencils, markers, paints, sequins, feathers, and stencils.
At the end of the workshop, we will use our homemade fans to communicate our feelings, Victorian style.
Cost: $20 Workshop
Wiawaka WildFlowers
August 18th, 2020
2:00 – 4:00 pm
Instructor: Diane Collins
Did you ever wonder how wildflowers got their names? Or an easy way to identify them? Diane Collins, wildflower photographer and naturalist, author of Trailside Wildflowers in Cole’s Woods, will lead a one-day program on how the common and scientific names of a variety of wildflowers were derived followed by a leisurely wildflower walk on the Wiawaka grounds. We’ll identify a lovely diversity of summer wildflowers, and using Newcomb’s Wildflower Guide you’ll learn a practical system of identification you can use on your own. Both talk and walk will be about an hour each, and handouts will include lists and photos of the many summer wildflowers at Wiawaka.
Cost for workshop is $15 which includes a booklet on wildflowers.
Tole Folk Painted Mirror
August 19th, 2020
1:30 – 3:30 pm
Instructor: Patti Ferrara
Participants will have fun learning something new! This is Tole Folk Painting on a mirror that you will love to bring home. Learn the traditional art of Tole Folk painting by creating a decorated wood frame. All take home their own piece of American.
All materials and supplies are provided; just bring an apron and your inspiration.
Cost:$45 includes all materials
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Wiawaka Birches
August 20th, 2020
9:30 – 11:30 am
Instructor: Patti Ferrara
Painting Wiawaka birches on canvas board, one will have fun with a different method using acrylic paints. All go home with their own masterpiece!
Cost $45 includes workshop fee and materials.
