January 16-20, 2008

February 9-10

Carlan Tapp

August 17-22

Eve-Marie Bergren and
Bronwyn Minton

Donna Howell-Sickles

Robert Ebendorf

Anne-Marie Evans

Judith Hoyt

Ted Nuttall

Skip Whitcomb

Lian Quan Zhen

Charles Reid

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DRAWING AND PAINTING THE FIGURE
Michael Mentler
January 16 – 20, 2008
Wednesday – Sunday
9:30am – 4:30pm
$650 ($625 members)
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Painting Studio

Michael Mentler is an internationally respected draughtsman with an approach to the figure that is timeless in content and unique in approach. He strongly emphasizes the elements of drawing and working through the creative process. A great deal of knowledge will be presented for the beginner as well as for the intermediate and professional artist. Learn the time honored methods of the Masters. Decode Da Vinci and unmask Michelangelo. Examine the human form and all of its hidden secrets. Explore the techniques and tricks of the trade used by Master draughtsmen for over six centuries. During this workshop, demonstrations are given in the mornings with drawing from the model, followed by individual instruction for the rest of the day. Each day will start with shorter poses of a few minutes progress into longer poses.

Michael Mentler received his formal education at The American Academy of Art in Chicago, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, The Layton School of Art in Milwaukee, and Washington University in Saint Louis, B.F.A., M.F.A., M.A., (Art History). Michael taught at Washington University for several years early in his career and has taught hundreds of students at the Society of Figurative Arts in Dallas of which he is the Founder and Director.

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Would you like to spend more time shooting photographs and less time on your computer?  Having a consistent and efficient workflow is the key to successfully avoid getting bogged down by digital processing and archiving. With the introduction of Adobe Lightroom, photographers can now catalog, import, process and export files for print and web all in one application.
This two day intensive workshop will focus exclusively on Adobe Lightroom.  By combining in-class demonstrations with hands- on exercises, we will generate a workflow from capture to preparing images for print. This workshop is a must for anyone wanting to streamline their digital practice. Participants should be familiar with Mac computers.

William Mebane is a Brooklyn based photographer whose recent clients include The New York Times, Esquire and W Magazine. His business, Jasper Productions, has managed digital capture on advertising shoots for the following clients: The Gap, Donna Karen, Banana Republic and others. The recipient of a J. William Fulbright grant, he is currently finishing a collaborative documentary project about American material culture.

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ENCAUSTIC AND MIXED MEDIA PAINTING
Shawna Moore
February 29 - March 2, 2008
Friday - Sunday, 9:30am - 4:30pm
$350 ($325 members)
$50 material fee due at time of registration
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Multi-Purpose Studio

Explore the exciting medium of encaustic painting with a twist.  This ancient art form of wax painting is a perfect compliment for mixed media work.  Collage and image transfer are achieved with the use of  transfer papers, text, rice paper and toner images.  We will also experiment with the use of oil stick, etching and oil washes combined with the wax.  If you are new to encaustic painting, don’t worry, we will cover the basics to get you started and then begin adding images and additional media.  For those with some encaustic experience, we will look into some additional techniques not covered in the intro class.  Expect full days of work in the studio resulting in finished paintings.

Shawna Moore lives and works in Whitefish, Montana and her work is on display at Lyndsay McCandless Contemporary on Jackson Street.  Her pieces are widely collected and shown in galleries throughout the west and southwest.   This series of workshops is made possible by the generous support of the Montana Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts through a MAC Professional Development Grant.  Shawna  recently took an extensive training course at R & F Paints, the leader in encaustic paint manufacturing and instruction in the nation. For more information visit: www.shawnamoore.com

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EYE, MIND AND MATTER: JOURNEYS THROUGH PAINT
Jeremy Morgan
March 10 – 14, 2008
Monday – Friday, 9:30 – 4:30pm
$475 ($450 members)
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Painting Studio

Once again we welcome Jeremy Morgan to the Art Association for another one of his dynamic painting workshops. This class will be open to all levels. Jeremy works to each individual’s level and needs by spending lots of one on one time with every student.  Each student should bring studies, photographs, or other source materials from which will be developed into a finished work through exploring a variety of approaches. Both representational and abstract work will be encouraged. Expect an informative and engaging slide show highlighting the anatomy of painting.

Jeremy Morgan is associate professor in the Painting department of the San Francisco Art Institute. His work has been exhibited internationally, including at the China National Academy of Fine Arts, Hangzhou; Institute of Contemporary Art, London; and the Royal Academy of Arts, London. His work is featured in collections including Beringer Wineries, Lucent Technologies, and the Central Institute Gallery, Beijing. He is represented by BaxterChangPatri, San Francisco, and is the recipient of the European Connoisseur Magazine Painting Prize and the Harkness Fellowship, New York.

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WYOMING'S MOUNTAIN RANCH COUNTRY
Jay Dusard and Jon Stuart
May 16 - 19, 2007
Friday -  Monday, dawn – dusk
$675 ($650 members) + Lodging & Board
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Black Powder Guest Ranch, Bondurant, WY

A workshop photographing traditional working cowpunchers, the men and women who make their living on horseback on the ranches where they work. There will be the opportunity to shoot portrait and documentary photos. The workshop will also take advantage of the rugged landscape and historic buildings and homesteads in Bondurant, Wyoming, approximately thirty miles south of Jackson. All formats and styles--color, black & white, film, digital--are welcome. Emphasis is on expressive photographs, both in field and critique sessions. Participants will stay at the Black Powder Guest Ranch for the first three days of the workshop and then travel to Jackson for a final day of demonstrations in the Art Association Photography lab by Jay Dusard, the celebrated "darkroom dinosaur."

Jay Dusard was awarded a 1981 Guggenheim Fellowship to photograph working cowboys from British Columbia to Chihuahua. He is also renowned for his landscapes of the North American West. Jay taught photography for seven years at Prescott College, Arizona, and has conducted photography workshops for over thirty years. Jon Stuart is the Director of Photography at the Art Association. 

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CLAY MONOPRINTS
Mitch Lyons
May 29, 30, 31 & June 1
Thursday – Sunday, 9:30am – 4:30pm
$450 ($425 members)
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Ceramic Studio

If your artistic aspirations don’t fit neatly into a given category, this workshop, which expands the possibilities of one medium into another, may be just what you’re looking for. Start by rolling a slab of stoneware that will serve as your printing plate, and while it dries to leather-hard, you’ll make clay slip to which you’ll add both organic and inorganic pigments. Brush the pigments onto the slab, and when they dry, you’ll inlay them into the slab with a wooden rolling pin, one color of slip over another. Ceramic techniques, including slip trailing, stamping, and incising, provide texture and color. When you lift the colored slips onto paper or canvas substrate, you’ll produce a monotype distinguished by its velvety surface and rich color. Mitch will demonstrate the process and show slides of the history of clay printing. All levels of experience are welcome.

Mitch Lyons earned his Masters of Fine Arts Degree in Ceramics from Tyler School of Art, and his Bachelors of Fine Arts Degree in Graphics from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. His clay monoprints can be found in numerous private and public collections throughout the United States, including the Brooklyn Museum of Art, Woodmere Museum, American University and the University of Delaware. He has taught at West Chester University, Moore College of Art, Rowan University,  Alfred University, and the University of Delaware. In the past 10 years he  has led over 100 workshops. www.mitchlyons.com

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WATERCOLOR INSPIRED BY NATURE
David McEown
June 2 – 6, 2008
Monday – Friday, 9am – 4pm
$575 ($550 Members)
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Painting Studio

Exploration of essential watercolor techniques, perception exercises and color values, will enable participants the ability to paint directly from nature. Infused by the atmosphere of mountain light, landscape elements of rock, trees, water and sky will be demonstrated in the studio and practiced while painting on site inspired by local mountain vistas. Creativity with this spontaneous and fluid medium will be emphasized.

TETON FIELD WORKSHOP
Don Kirby
June 9 – June 13
Monday – Friday, 8am – 6pm
$575 ( $550 members)
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Grand Teton National Park and surrounding areas will be the focus of this workshop. The spectacular Tetons, hopefully snow-covered, beautiful forests, lakes, and streams provide the backdrop for an intensive photographic experience with Don Kirby. Co-Instructors Jon Stuart and Thomas Stimpson of the Jackson Hole Art Association are intimately familiar with the region and, with Don, offer a unique combination of technical experience and creative insight which promises to make this workshop an unforgettable experience. Early morning and late afternoons will feature field sessions with camera-side evaluation of composition and exposure. At mid-day, the instructors will lead print viewing and critique sessions and will present their own work. All formats, color/B&W, and technologies are fine. Critiques will be based on print portfolios.

Don Kirby has photographed throughout the western United States for thirty years, initially concentrating on the Colorado Plateau, the "Canyon Country" of Utah and Arizona. Don grew up turning the surface of the earth upside down, the son of a sharecropper in northwestern Missouri. A half -century later, he has emerged as the preeminent photographer of wheat country, a master of both his medium and chosen subject matter. His sweeping, geometric photographs of wheat fields in the American Northwest manage to convey both a sense of wonder and deep understanding of the land--our dependence on it for our survival, and its own survival of the uses and abuses we impose upon it. www.donkirbyphotography.com

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TILE: MAKING, DECORATING, MARKETING
Paul Lewing
June 12 – 13, 2008
Thursday & Friday, 9am – 5pm
$300 ($275 members)
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Ceramics Studio

This demonstration workshop begins with forming tiles by rolling, extruding and pressing. Learn plans for a homemade slab roller, tile press and cone 10 and cone 5 glaze recipes. We will discuss mortars, grouts, and installation techniques. Explore decorating techniques and the basics of glaze chemistry starting with glazing bisqued tiles in Paul’s painterly manner, by trailing, spraying, pouring, sponging, and brushing glazes. Students will learn about sumi-e painting, china paints with emphasis on water-soluble mediums, silk-screening, airbrushing, and other methods. Architectural ceramics will be discussed through a slide show. Marketing and commissions, dealing with architects, designers and trade showrooms, plus selling at various kinds of shows will also be covered.

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CUT/PASTE: COLLAGE ON THE EDGE
Ricki Arno
June 16 – 20, 2008
Monday  - Friday, 9:30am – 4:30pm
$550 ($525 members)
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Painting Studio

Disturb Your Preconceptions! This CUT/PASTE workshop focuses on the powerful artistic voice of collage, significant in both modern and contemporary art. This 5-day hands-on workshop blends multi-medium design concepts and techniques that employ a strange brew of 2-D and 3-D materials that generally do not coexist in one’s everyday visual experience. Each day’s studio work will concentrate on a new creative challenge introduced by a “collage” of audio and visual inspiration. In addition to daily challenges, informal group discussions, and an energetic collaborative wall art project, a final discussion of completed collages will round out the workshop. CUT+PASTE is open to a broad range of individual approaches and styles.

Ricki Arno’s unique cutting edge approach to concept and design led her to a dynamic career in the creative service industry of NYC. For 12 of those years Ricki focused her attention on confectionary art, creating unique porcelain-like sugar sculptures winning national and international acclaim. Currently, Ricki turns her creativity to 2-D and 3-D collage work utilizing both traditional techniques and the digital darkroom.  Her  “SoulScapes” are displayed locally in the Lyndsay McCandless Contemporary Gallery.

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VISION, MOODS, AND MOMENTS:
CONTEMPORARY CONCEPTS IN THE IMAGINARY LANDSCAPE
David Adam deVillier
June 25 – 28, 2008
Wednesday – Saturday, 9:30am – 4:30pm
$575 ($550 members)
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Painting Studio

Every landscape has a skeleton and a soul that supports its fancy clothing. You must strip down the landscape until she is flagrant and bare and then dress her beautifully with imagination and invention. The landscape must not be in charge of you, it cannot tell you how to choose your
colors or how to follow its contours - you must be able to travel through it at will - to follow its paths and to discover its secret places. Once you know its topography, you can develop it and shape it and create a contemporary vision for it, you will become the architect and the engineer of it, you can create mysterious gardens and private places, you will find focal points within it that will make the viewer desire to enter into your visions, you will be a Picasso of the place who can deconstruct and reconstruct your landscape and the characters who inhabit it with imagination, whimsey and will.

David A. deVillier is a painter and sculptor, who currently divides his time between Sun Valley, Idaho and LaGrande, Oregon. David was born in Opelousas, Louisiana, graduated from Louisiana State University in 1983 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree and received his Master of Fine Arts Degree from Yale University in 1987. David has taught and lectured at universities, schools, and colleges throughout the Pacific Northwest and across the country, including Washington State University, Eastern Oregon University, and Whitman College. He also teaches painting, drawing, design, and sculpture privately and to small groups. David is an award-winning and published artist. His work has been featured in The Northwest edition of “New American Paintings” twice – in “Artweek” Magazine, and in “Art and Antiques Magazine. He has also been the focus of numerous reviews and exhibitions.

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PHOTOGRAPHING STRANGERS
Jim Stone
June 27 – July 1, 2008
Friday – Tuesday, 9am – 4pm
$600 ($575 Members)
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Photography Studio and In the Field

Shootouts, rodeos, and a diverse collection of people traveling to the surrounding national parks are just a few of the unusual attractions that make Jackson Hole a photographic hot spot. But making photographs of people who are not friends or family can be difficult,
This class will help you gain skill in managing spontaneous portrait situations, as well as increasing your confidence in approaching people to be photographed and gaining their cooperation. These skills will be developed during daily shooting assignments and critiques. Students should have a camera and some photographic experience, but no specific equipment or techniques are necessary. A digital camera will allow more rapid feedback but film developing and printing will not be discouraged.

Jim Stone is a Photographer, Teacher, and Author. His photographs have been exhibited and published internationally, and collected by the Museum of Modern Art, Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, among many others. He is currently Associate Professor of Photography at the University of New Mexico. www.jimstone.com

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THE FIGURE IN OIL
Peggi Kroll-Roberts
July 7 – 11, 2008
Monday – Friday, 9:30am – 4:30pm
$650 ($625 members) includes models fees
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Painting Studio

In this workshop the figure will be the subject matter with the focus on improving the fundamentals: drawing, value, color and design.  We will paint the figure in a studio setting with simple costumes and props. There will be daily demonstrations with emphasis on the big shapes and establishing their relationships in a representational and expressive approach. These big shapes become the springboard to adding additional specifics if the artist desires.  We will address design and technique in a manner that the individual artist may express themselves in a more personal voice.  Be ready to cover a lot of canvas and gain more mileage by painting smaller sizes.  "I believe that more is learned through many small starts than laboring over a larger canvas.  Students will receive plenty of one on one instruction and individual demonstrations.

Peggi Kroll-Roberts was trained at Arizona State University and the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, CA. Peggi worked as a fashion and advertising illustrator before making the transition into fine art.  Using intense color and value to accentuate her subject, she moved into fine art with a bold palette, a love for small paintings and a very loose style that achieves a lot with a few very energetic brush strokes. She prefers to suggest reality than render it. Inspired by her children she paints beach scenes and other aspects of their lives.  She also breaks away from the conventional still life by painting scenes of cosmetics and the occasional coffee cup or slab of butter.  www.krollroberts.com

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STILL LIFE IN OIL
Peggi Kroll-Roberts
July 14 – 17, 2008
$550 ($525 members)
Monday – Thursday, 9:30am – 4:30pm
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Painting Studio

The focus of this workshop is painting simple still lives as a way to practice our skills of drawing, design, value and color.  The fundamentals will be explored and discussed so as to tap into each individual's artistic voice.  There will be a variety of exercises to explore values pertaining to the tonal pattern of a painting.  Color exercises will provide experience in cool and warm light.  Subject matter will provide drawing experience in perspective, ellipsis and contour shape relationships.  Design will be approached on an individual basis and explore more traditional compositions as well as "pushing the envelope."  Prepare for very little down time for a rewarding experience.

Peggi Kroll-Roberts was trained at Arizona State University and the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, CA. Peggi worked as a fashion and advertising illustrator before making the transition into fine art.  Using intense color and value to accentuate her subject, she moved into fine art with a bold palette, a love for small paintings and a very loose style that achieves a lot with a few very energetic brush strokes. She prefers to suggest reality than render it. Inspired by her children she paints beach scenes and other aspects of their lives.  She also breaks away from the conventional still life by painting scenes of cosmetics and the occasional coffee cup or slab of butter.  www.krollroberts.com

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PHOTOGRAPHING THE CONTEMPORARY LANDSCAPE
Keith Johnson
July 21 – 25, 2008
Monday – Friday, 9am – 4pm
$600 ($575 members)
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Photography Studio

Jackson Hole is a place of immense photographic opportunity. From the Tetons to the county fair, from moose and bear to wildlife of another sort, we will investigate how the natural landscape and the social landscape collide to offer up grand photographic possibilities. Students will discover their vision of the American West. There will be daily lectures, critiques and shooting trips in the area and beyond in search of the photographic holy grail. Bring your cameras and plenty of enthusiasm for a week of looking, seeing and picture making. The emphasis is on having a great time in a great place.

Keith Johnson received his MFA from RISD, studying with Aaron Siskind and Harry Callahan, and spent a year with Nathan Lyons at VSW. Ten Years of teaching photography led to move to the business side of the medium and an MBA. He now supports his fine art making as a Manufacturers Representative. Recent exhibitions include the Print Center in Philadelphia and the George Eastman House in Rochester. He has been Artist in Residence at Light Work in Syracuse and VSW in Rochester, and a recent Artist Fellowship grantee from the Connecticut Commission for the arts. He is represented in collections throughout the country. www.keithjohnsonphotographs.com

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OIL AND WATERCOLOR PLEIN AIR
Cathy Goodale
August 4 – 8, 2008
Monday – Friday, 9am – 4pm
$475 ($450 members)
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Painting Studio and in the Field

On the first day students will meet in the Art Associations Painting Studio to get orientated. Each day students will paint plein air at a different location within the beautiful landscape of Jackson Hole. Through demonstrations and individual instruction, students will leave this workshop with the tools to approach plein air painting with new eyes.  Simplify! Challenge your vision with a new attitude toward composition, color, drawing, value and edges.  All levels of experience are welcome.

Cathy Goodale received a degree in Fine Arts from the University of Northern Colorado and continued her art training at Denver University, studying commercial art under William Sanderson. Cathy has taught for the Scottsdale Artist School, the Loveland Academy, Phil Levine Workshops, Adventure in Arts workshops, The Art Center of Estes Park, Colorado State University's Elderhostel Program plus the Goodale Weakley Workshops. Cathy also teaches her own classes in Estes Park, Colorado and Loveland Colorado.

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DIGITAL BLACK & WHITE LANDSCAPE
Carlan Tapp
August 17 – August 22
Sunday 4 – 7pm, Monday – Friday 8am – 6pm
$675 ($650 members)
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Photography Studio

When we think think of the great masters of the black and white landscape visions of the large format camera and traditional film processes come to mind.  Today’s digital photographic technology has opened new doorways to explore in the creation of black and white landscape images.  This workshop is for the photographer desiring to learn and understand the aesthetic and technical considerations in creating digital black and white landscape images.  We learn to combine traditional Zone System methodology with new digital black and white processes.  Working each day on location we take the time to see and fully express the spirit of the black and white landscape.

In the electronic darkroom we learn to combine traditional and new electronic processes with aesthetic and technical considerations necessary for final image creation. We review the archival print making papers available for fine black and white image making. Blending together both traditional and new emerging techniques and technologies we begin to reveal the extraordinary possibilities available to us for digital black and white expressive landscape work.

Carlan Tapp was six when he received his first camera from his father, an amateur photographer. He went on to study at Art Center College of Design and was an assistant to Ansel Adams at the Yosemite Workshops for three years. For the past three decades he has created editorial and advertising images for national clients. In 1994, recognizing that the digital revolution was well under way, Carlan established the first commercial digital photography studio in the Pacific Northwest. Working with Kodak, Dicomed, and Apple Computer, he provided valuable input to the development of digital photographic technology.

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ENCAUSTIC AND PHOTOGRAPHIC PROCESSES
Eve-Marie Bergren and Bronwyn Minton
August 21 – 24, 2008
Thursday – Sunday, 10am – 5pm
$650 ($625 members)
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Photography & Painting Studios

This four-day, hands-on workshop will provide artists with a basic working knowledge of combining alternative photographic processes with encaustic. We will explore creative ways to work with photography and encaustic. Experiments with various photographic processes include: toning, coloring, cyanotype, digital prints, and transfers. These experiments will then be incorporated into the encaustic process.

Eve-Marie Bergren received a Bachelor of Arts in Painting and Printmaking from Whitman College, amd and MFA from Vermont College. She has received many award, exhibited in several solo and group show and been widely published. She has taught encaustics at prestigious art schools such as Sun Valley Center for the Arts, Colorado Academy of Art and California College of the Arts. www.evemariebergren.com

Bronwyn Minton received her MFA in photography from the San Francisco Art Institute and has a BFA in photography from the Rhode Island School of Design. She shows her work regionally, nationally and internationally. Bronwyn has taught photography for the Art Association and in Teton County Schools and currently is the Adult Education Coordinator at the National Museum of Wildlife Art. www.bronwynminton.com

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DRAWING THE FIGURE
Donna Howell-Sickles
September 13 – 17,  2008
Sunday – Wednesday, 9am – 4pm
$700 ($675 members) * price includes model fee
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Painting Studio

This workshop will focus on capturing the movement and volume of the female figure through a linear approach.  We will work on seeing in detail but drawing with simple, almost casual lines to capture the active feel of the model.  The way the figure relates to the surrounding space of the paper to the viewer will be stressed.  This will be a fairly intense class with lots of drawing, looking and interacting between students and artist.  Ms. Howell-Sickles will be working with the class so everyone can see and question how she approaches the model and the drawing.

Donna Howell-Sickles developed her affinity for nature and animals at an early age growing up on a ranch in North Texas close to the Red River. Howell-Sickles’ artwork is about women and their role in the American West. She retells women’s stories and myths using the cowgirl as a medium. Howell-Sickles graduated from Texas Tech University with a BFA in Painting and Drawing in 1972, and has been following her passion for art ever since. Her distinctive artwork filled with bright colors and spirited cowgirls can be found in museum collections and gallery exhibitions across the country. In November 2007, Donna Howell-Sickles was inducted into the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame in Fort Worth, Texas.

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JEWELRY AS PERSONAL ADORNMENT
Robert Ebendorf
September 19, 20 & 21, 2008
Friday, Saturday & Sunday, 9:30 – 4:30
$375 ($350 members)
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This class will explore a wide range of concepts applicable to personal adornment and the narrative object. Working with traditional and alternative materials- silver, copper, wire, recycled materials, found objects- students will fashion objects of personal importance, expression and adornment, We’ll investigate the use of color and collage as a design tool. Through demonstrations and hands-on projects, we’ll discover the methods of selection, integration and assembly inherent to the limitless range of materials. Riveting, wire manipulations, bezel settings, fusing, cold connections and surface texture will all be demonstrated. Additional material fees will be charged for this class based on individual usage. Basic skills required: sawing, filing and soldering.

Robert Ebendorf currently teaches at East Carolina University where he holds the Carol Grotnes Belk Distinguished Chair. Bob is an eclectic jeweler and metalsmith and in which earned a B.F.A. and a M.F.A. degree at the University of Kansas. Ebendorf has worked as a jewelry design consultant in Mexico City, Oslo, Norway, and Vicenza, Italy. A founding member and past president of the Society of North American Goldsmiths, he has taught at Stetson University, University of Georgia, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Penland School of Crafts and the State University of New York. His work is widely held in museum and gallery collections, including the Renwick Gallery, Art Institute of Chicago, Metropolitan Museum, American Craft Museum, Victoria and Albert Museum and the Cooper-Hewitt Museum.

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AN APPROACH TO BOTANICAL PAINTING
Anne-Marie Evans
October 8 – 12, 2008
Monday – Friday, 9am – 4pm
$575 ($550 members)
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Painting Studio

This short structured 5-day course on botanical painting concentrates on those procedures used in that art form. It deals initially with the observation of the specimen, extracting relevant notes, sketches and diagrams. It is followed by an accurate rendering of the plant in pencil on paper describing those features which best characterize it. Composition and the placing of the specimen within the page is given consideration. Students will then apply watercolor to their drawing following Anne-Marie's five step method. During the course, reference will be made to past masters of botanical art and the properties of materials. Anne-Marie believes that any person, however ungifted, can achieve a competent standard provided they are prepared to work.

Anne-Marie Evans, author of An Approach to Botanical Painting, has bean teaching botanical art for well over a quarter of a century.  She created the first Diploma course in the subject in the UK at the Physic garden in London and directed the program for some fourteen years. She has traveled the world teaching the subject. She is involved in many projects of botanical art such as the creation of Florilegiums including that of the Prince of Wales' garden to be published shortly. She has been awarded the prestigious Veitch Memorial medal by the RHS (Royal Horticultural Society)  for her world-wide influence which has led to a resurgence in a greater understanding and depiction of plants. She is an Honorary Director of the American Society of Botanical Artists.

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COLLAGE WITH ENCAUSTIC MEDIUM
Judith Hoyt
October 17, 18 &19, 2008
Friday, Saturday & Sunday, 9:30am – 4:30pm
$435 ($410 members) *price includes materials fee
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Multi-Purpose Studio

Artists and creative persons of any background will enjoy this three-day hands-on collage with wax workshop. Using found, new, and recycled paper and other materials we will design and create collage adding a final layer of wax to get a tremendous variety of surface qualities.  We will look at and discuss the work of other collage artists such as Romare Bearden, Kurt  Schwitters, Rauschenberg and others. Topics covered include basic materials and tools, safety, archival use, supports and grounds and various encaustic techniques such as image transfer, surface texture, layering, and adding oil paint to the surface. Imagine a beautiful ground of collage papers, layers of wax and a drawing floating in the wax above the collage.

Judith Hoyt has been making work with found metal, paper collage, as well as collage with encaustic wax for twenty years.  She was born in 1958, in the Catskill Mountains of New York where her growing interest in making art drew her to the Art Awareness program in Lexington, New York at age fifteen, and then to the State University of New York at New Paltz, where she earned a BFA in Printmaking in 1980.  Among the honors and awards that Judith has received are the 2003 New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship in crafts, and in 2005, the “Best in Show” award at Craft Boston.  Her work has appeared in numerous books and catalogues featuring found art such as Altered Art by Terry Taylor, 500 Brooches by Marthe Le Van and Found Object Art by Dorothy Spencer.