The Beatrice Wood Center for the Arts is requiring proof of COVID-19 vaccination for all of our workshops and performances, for instructors and performers, as well as participants and attendees. We are also requiring that face masks be worn indoors. We realize that we will alienate some of our community by doing so, but believe the majority will appreciate being able to enjoy our programming in a safe environment. The Center was closed for an entire year due to COVID-19, which threatened our existence, and we are also concerned for the safety of the students and staff of the Besant Hill School - an international boarding school and the larger activity of the foundation - who we interact with. We appreciate your understanding our desire to protect each other during this challenging time.
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The objects we create, that have served us body, mind, and spirit, whether in tribal cultures or great civilizations, define us and have historically proven to be the means of expanding and understanding ourselves. The Spirit, though intangible, has been the essential element of human artifact since the beginning of recorded art history.
The arts were our first means of communication, and one that continues to transcend written and spoken languages. We tell the story of our existence and find our identity through art. Henri-Édouard-Prosper Breuil, known as Abbé Breuil, was a French priest whose life work centered on the earliest moments of expression, discovered in the darkness of caves – images painted by flickering firelight by those who preceded us into the realm of expression. An archaeologist, anthropologist, ethnologist, and geologist, known for his study and classification of art from the Ice Age, Breuil’s theory of “sympathetic magic” concerned the role of what we now consider art as a means of interacting with the natural world and the spirit realm, as an expression of beauty.
In this workshop, led by Kevin Wallace, director of the Center, participants will draw upon the spirit to explore the roots of human expression and the arts. Following a PowerPoint presentation, drawing upon the recently published book Intersection: Art & Life, participants will work with pencil, paint and clay to create drawings, paintings, figures, and objects that explore the visual and tactile language of art as a means of self-knowledge and sharing spirit.
Kevin Wallace, Director of the Beatrice Wood Center for the Arts & Happy Valley Cultural Center, will lead this workshop. As a curator and writer, Wallace works with museum curators and collectors to place works of art in the permanent collections of leading museums, is a regular contributor to numerous international publications, and regularly speaks on the subject of art and craft.
Kevin Wallace Teaching at the Center
Wallace has guest-curated exhibitions for the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, the Long Beach Museum of Art, the Cultural Affairs Department of Los Angeles, the Los Angeles International Airport, and the San Luis Obispo Art Center.
Books include Celebrating Nature: Craft Traditions/Contemporary Expressions; Transforming Vision: The Wood Sculpture of William Hunter, 1970-2005; River of Destiny: The Life and Work of Binh Pho; Moulthrop: A Legacy in Wood; Every Exit is an Entry: The Life and Work of Liam O’Gallagher, The Cutting Edge: Contemporary Wood Art & The Lipton Collection, and Shadow of The Turning.
Wallace has also co-authored a number of books, including New Masters of Woodturning: Expanding the Boundaries of Wood Art; The Art of Vivika and Otto Heino; Michael Peterson: Evolution/Revolution; Contemporary Turned Wood: New Perspectives in a Rich Tradition; Baskets: Tradition & Beyond; and Contemporary Glass: Color, Light & Form.
“Our educational programming at the Center is concerned with sharing knowledge and opening people up to the wonderful world of creative expression,” Wallace says. “Everything I know I learned from others and I have been fortunate to know and work with so many fascinating artists, collectors, dealers, curators and writers.”
Cost: $60 per person.
Price includes a copy of the book, Intersection: Art & Life
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This workshop is also available as an "on-demand" experience for groups.
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Tel: 805-646-3381 or email us at BeatriceWoodCenter@gmail.com.
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