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Embellish your world with Cynthia Gibson, one of the leading artists in pyrography. Participants will learn the woods best suited for pyrography, preparation of boards, sculptures or woodturnings, preferred tools and how to use them, and finishing your work. Participants will leave this one-day workshop armed with the tools needed to begin their journey into pyrography.
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Jeff Margolin has been carving clay for 50 years, as an occupation and passion. In this workshop, participants will be exploring a variety of approaches, clays, and tools of the trade. There will be plenty of time to work on individual projects, as workshop participants are encouraged to bring leather hard pieces suitable for carving and design concepts to work on - yet there will be clay forms prepared and plenty of designs for carving as well. Participants will explore historical and cultural aspects of carving and work on generating their own designs and how those designs can be realized in clay.
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This is an once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to experience a legendary figure in music history sharing his philosophies and processes.
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FREE Workshop
George Winston is presenting a workshop at the Beatrice Wood Center for the Arts, in association with his performance at the Zalk Theater.
The workshop will take place on Saturday, July 15th, at 7 pm and will last approximately one hour. George will play solo acoustic guitar, solo harmonica and piano and discuss his unique approach to music and the creative process.
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In this two day workshop, experienced woodturners, as well as those who want to explore the potential of wood as an artistic medium, will learn new approaches to design and surface textures.
On Saturday, Doughtie will focus on the embellished bowl. She will turn a bowl and show simple ways to alter it by cutting, carving, burning and coloring, including carving feet. There will be a demonstration of the knotwork designs that Doughtie is known for, and instruction on making burning tips. Color and finish compatibility will also be discussed.
On Sunday, participants will go "off grid" with some burning on flatwork and, wooturners will be able to bring bowls they've turned, with a discussion of working on curved works.
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Learn how to sculpt the human face, with concentration and emphases on the details.
In this fun and informative workshop, artists who work in ceramic will learn to put a face on their teapots, cups, mugs – and sculpture.
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The Beatrice Wood Center for the Arts in Ojai, California is pleased to announce the creation of The Harvey Rich Woodworking Studio.
The public is invited to attend the opening celebration and formal dedication on June 11th. The event will include a reception, tour, and demonstrations by internationally acclaimed artist, Eli Avisera.
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In this workshop, participants will explore issues of identity, by creating mixed media masks. The historical use of masks in theatre, ceremony and ritual will be discussed, as well as the use of masks to explore myths and archetypes.
The resulting masks can be displayed as works of art, or utilized for personal exploration.
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A vision board is made up of images and text that serve to identify and clarify an individual's vision, while reinforcing intentions. Creating a vision board is means of coming to terms with one's vision and goals, while living with it is a means of constant inspiration.
In this workshop, participants will utilize the process of collage - a process relating to our Dada programming - to create a personal vision board - in line with our motto "Life is an Art".
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“Our motto at the Center is ‘Life is an Art', as I was invited to create the Center following the presentation of Beatrice Wood: The Art of a Life at the Craft & Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles,” says Wallace. “Beatrice Wood truly lived a life in which the arts and the everyday were seamlessly intertwined."
In this workshop, participants will explore Beatrice Wood’s passions – art books, philosophy, drawing, working in clay, preparing food, and conversation – all with a sense of how the most mundane aspects of life can be imbued with creativity. They will work with clay in her studio, utilize her colored pencils to create drawings, and prepare lunch in her kitchen.
At the end of the day, participants will leave the Center with valuable lessons in life and the arts, fully immersed in the world-view and processes of Beatrice Wood.
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It's the Centennial Celebration of Dada!
Beginning with a PowerPoint presentation on Dada history and aesthetics, participants will experience hands-on exploration of painting, poetry, collage and assemblage, while learning how to embrace chance and accident as a means of expanding artistic exploration.
This workshop is being presented as part of the Center’s Centennial Celebration of Dada, as Beatrice Wood, Marcel Duchamp, and other artists in New York, as well as Zurich, were creating important works as part of the Dada Movement in 1917, ultimately having a major impact on art history.
At the end of the day, participants will take home the works they created at the Center, having acquired new approaches to creativity and artistic processes.
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In this workshop with Allison Newsome, participants will explore totemic ceramic garden sculpture by creating multiple components that result in a larger work. Following Allison Newsome's recent residency with the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, in connection with their Luca della Robbia exhibition, participants will study architectural clay inspired forms.
Surface techniques will include using majolica, a white glaze base, Newsome’s trademark use of Mason Stains to create “once-fired” ceramics, and using polychrome painting on a white opaque surface with metallic oxides and stains.
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Ventura County Handweavers and Spinners Guild will gather at the studio to warp the Studio's 46-inch floor loom.
The loom will be warped with cottons, rayon and silks
for a summer shawl in Beatrice's favorite Ojai sunrise and sunset colors.
Guild hand spinners will be spinning outside on the patio as members take
turns with the warping task. Hand weavers will share other portable
weaving techniques.
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In this workshop, participants will explore the creative process, with references to both the craft and form of historic masks, and the influence of Dadaism. Conventional craftsmanship in woodworking may be used, but don't plan to be fussing over fit and finish. A safe, yet unorthodox, approach to fine woodworking principles will be utilized to focus on creation and expressiveness. Participants will shape masks out of wood but are invited to bring found objects in line with personal tastes or interests to incorporate. Vintage objects of unknown origin, cut up rubber tires, metal shards... you like it, bring it, and Weidman will assist you in figuring out how to make it work!
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In this workshop, participants will explore the process of mosaic, working in the Dada tradition of affection for repurposed and recycled materials. Mosaic Work is a meditative process that works well "as a cure for the madness of our age." (Arp) Participants will create a stunning and strange framed mosaic piece with one priceless artifact – a small luster-glazed clay piece cast from one of Beatrice Wood's original molds. This is an exciting way to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Wood’s involvement in the New York Dada Movement and her continuing influence.
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In this workshop led by Sean Ponder, handbuilding techniques will be utilized to create ceramic sculpture. Once the works have been fired, they will be available to pick up at the Center.
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These free workshops will begin with a PowerPoint presentation on Dada history and aesthetics by Kevin Wallace, Director of the Center, followed by hands-on exploration of collage and assemblage techniques, as well as how chance and accident can expand artistic exploration.
Participants will be asked to donate their creations to the Center, to be included in the exhibition DADA: The Eternal Return, presented March 4 - April 22, with all proceeds supporting educational programming.
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Saturday, 12 - 4 pm: This free workshop will begin with a PowerPoint presentation on Dada history and aesthetics by Kevin Wallace, Director of the Center, followed by hands-on exploration of collage and assemblage techniques, as well as how chance and accident can expand artistic exploration.
Participants will be asked to donate their creations to the Center, to be included in the exhibition DADA: The Eternal Return, presented March 4 - April 22, with all proceeds supporting educational programming.
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The Center will be hosting a number of Dada events beginning in January, including workshops. This is the first of these events - an opportunity to learn more about Dadaism, its history as an arts movement created in reaction to the madness of world events, and the ideas and aesthetics associated with the movement. Participants will create a Dada sculpture in clay.
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In this workshop led by Sean Ponder, participants, with or without any experience in clay, will create a vessel using simple techniques that have been utilized in diverse cultures throughout history. The vessels will be decorated with techniques that include working with slip and stains. Once the works have been fired, they will be available to pick up at the Center.
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Jim Kimo West & Ken Emerson are living legends in the world of Hawaiian slack key and acoustic steel guitar. This is a rare opportunity to study with both master players on the same day, up-close and personal. Played from the heart and soul through the fingers, and flowing with vivid tropical images, Hawaiian slack key is truly one of the great acoustic guitar traditions in the world. In slack key, some of the strings are slacked from the standard tuning, with the thumb playing the bass while the other fingers play the melody and improvise in a finger-picked style.
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