Art and Craft Workshops

Meet the Artists in Residence
This summer this popular week will be July 4th- 10th, 2022

Artist in Residence Art Exhibit & Sale
July 8th, 9th and 10th, 2022

The public is invited to the 7th 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.

It is FREE to attend the art exhibit, no reservations are necessary.

OPEN TO THE PUBLIC 

Cost for workshop is $15 which includes a booklet on wildflowers.

Patrice Jarvis-Weber is presently coordinator and leader of paint classes for children, families, and adults to help enrich their lives through art. She is a art teacher at World Awareness Childrens Museum. Freelance paint class instructor in multiple area venues.  She has been a Program Planner for the Stony Creek Youth Program and the Stony Creek Free Library Program Coordinator. A Program Coordinator, Gallery Assistant, and Shop Manager at Lower Adirondack Regional Arts Council.  She has taught calligraphy, drawing classes, jewelry and clay classes across Warren and Saratoga Counties. Served as a Board of Director for Lake George Arts. For several years Patrice planned art shows, photography contests, Plein Air events and gallery openings for the community. She also gave opportunity for children and adults in her hometown to learn art skills and enjoy hands on crafts. Along with that she has worked in and for local art and educational facilities for over 20 years, leading artistic workshops for adults and children in art centers, libraries, senior centers, and schools. Among them are Saratoga Arts, World Awareness Childrens Museum, Glens Falls YMCA, Lake George Land Conservancy, SUNY Adirondack, BOCES, Double H Ranch, and Girl Scouts of Northeastern NY.

Cost of the workshop is $25
Make it a day pass for $35
Click here to register

Create smooth blended intimate paintings through a combination of  Inspiration, observation, and learning some basic new skills.  Georgia O’Keefe knew how to become intimate with flowers enough to pull us inside them in her paintings.  We’ll follow her lead, and examine her abstract floral paintings for inspiration.  Then we’ll be examining and sketching and photographing flowers close up.  We’ll then use our photos and sketches to create small tempera paintings that focus on composition, intense color contrast, and value changes that pull the viewer in.  Go home with a better understanding of Georgia O’Keefe’s floral pieces, and a collection of sketches, and at least one small painting of your own to treasure.

Natalie Boburka is a recently retired, NYS Certified K-12 Art Teacher with 30 years of teaching experience in the Schenectady City School District teaching all levels, including students with special needs, and Teachers through leading and teaching Professional Developments courses in integrating the Arts into other areas of the Curriculum.  She became certified as an International Baccalaureate Visual Art Teacher and spent her last 5 years successfully and consistently assisting students in achieving credit in this college level two year course.  She has a minor in Art Therapy and is adept at being flexible, adapting materials for individuals, and targeted curriculum development.  She has taught adults of all ages, from preschool to Senior Citizens, in a variety of settings.  She has worked with an enormous variety of materials, due to the differing settings she has worked in and populations she has worked with, from clay to recycled plastic and from colored soap bubbles to oil paint sticks.  She is adept at giving clear instructions that relate to the audience she is addressing.  She integrates strong skill based goals for participants within an engaging and interactive class structure.  She believes in using art history and examples from professional artists as inspiration and connection.  She is excellent at establishing a rapport with students, and making them feel comfortable and valued with confidence to grow.  She also establishes a format for critiques that is safe, comforting, and absolutely constructive for all.

Natalie is currently in her third year as the Education Coordinator for the Athens Cultural Center in Athens, NY. She continues to teach there as well, continuing in her 10th year.  She and her husband, musician Ted Boburka, run Boburka Studios, located in the barn complex of their 1826 brick farmhouse housing art and music workshops, and their private working studios for music and art, as well as gallery space.  They are in the process of completing renovations on two more rooms for more space.

She is a regular exhibitor of her own artwork, currently, primarily in New York.  She has exhibited in galleries from Florida to New York City.  She is a member of the Arts Society of Kingston, Greene County Council of the Arts, Albany Center Art Gallery, The Arts Center of the Capital Region, Saratoga Arts Center, and the Arts School of Columbia County.