2012,
Week 3: July 16-20
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Printmaking- Monotype and Collograph
This 5 day workshop will highlight methods of monotype printing such as direct drawing, subtractive and additive techniques with some combinations. You will quickly achieve effects that are not possible with any other art form while creating unique one of a kind images. The monotype processes combine drawing, painting and printmaking techniques using water- based mediums. The instructor will provide many demonstrations to allow all levels of student to learn this exciting process. In addition a collograph plate will be created to produce multiple prints. A material list will be provided prior to the start of the class.
Instructor: Robin Baker
Cost: $279.90
Canadian Resident Course Code: ARTS 6007 540 
USA Resident Course Code: GENI 2500 515 *please call*
Making Colour Sing (Intermediate Senior Level)
 The students will pull from the imagination for their creations, using harmonizing colour and bold shapes. Large canvases and large brushes will be used with plenty of tube or fluid acrylic.
Instructor: Marg Grothier
Cost: $279.90
Canadian Resident Course Code: ARTS 203 540
USA Resident Course Code: GENI 2500 516 *please call*
Storytelling Stepping Stones
 Step into the art of telling stories. Discover the magic and power of your own voice, manner, and way of spinning a good yarn. From fairytales to personal experiences the group supports each other in their journey to tell stories. At the end of the week the students may choose to tell their stories to invited guests at a local café. There is a $5.00 materials fee payable to the instructor at the beginning of the course.
Deborah Dunleavy is a word connoisseur – one who loves the natural music of language and the spell it puts on the listener. She has been a performer for close to 30 years. In November of 2009 Deborah toured Labrador for the Canadian Children's Book Centre TD Book Week. In March of 2010 she was invited to perform for 5000 children in one week in Singapore. From January to June 2010 Deborah was Storyteller in Residence for the Arthur Child Heritage Museum in Gananoque. The Toronto Festival of Storytelling featured Deborah at their 2010, 2007 and 2005 gatherings. Deborah took Beaver Hats & Bagpipes to Scotland in June 2008 and in 2004 the Canadian High Commission, London and the Canadian Embassy in Dublin supported Deborah's tour of Ireland with her Canadian program, Northern Nights. Currently Deborah is the Artistic Director of FOS – Festival of Storytelling. Deborah recently released "The Crystal" a storytelling CD featuring over 100 minutes of stories from episodes produced for NCPR (North Country Public Radio) in Upper New York State. kgp@ripnet.com or www.deborahdunleavy.com
Instructor: Deborah Dunleavy
Cost: $279.90
Canadian Resident Course Code: GENE 18 540
USA Resident Course Code: GENI 2500 517 *please call*
Portraits: Beginner to advanced, and oil or acrylic paint
 This course is designed for painters who are interested in learning more about the beauty of the human form. You will learn at your own level, with individual help and encouragement. This will highlight the "less is more" technique, and you will go home with three different paintings from the five day course. These three, or more could include children, the elderly, or foreign subjects. There will be some supplies available for sale in the class, including raw canvas, wooden boards, etc. Open acrylic will be provided.
Joan Holben was born in Ottawa. Until 1963, she resided in Eastern Ontario. Joan's world travels eventually took her to India, where she remained for four years and established a technical training program in the state of Punjab. Upon returning to Canada in 1967, she set up her first studio in Eastern Ontario while she attended Queen's University and later Sheridan College, to further her painting career. She set up art programs and taught in elementary and secondary schools until accepting a position of coordinator of Visual Arts at St. Lawrence College in Brockville. Joan also at the time set up functional art programs for teachers at Danforth Technical School in Toronto. She has travelled extensively across Canada, residing for a time in British Columbia, where she established herself as a major new talent. Holben moved to Toronto in 1979 where she operated a studio gallery for two years on Bloor Street. She is currently the Resident Artist for Democo Inc./ Montreal and a Working Artist for Golden, U.S.A. She has conducted a number of solo exhibitions and is represented in many personal collections in Canada, the United States, Mexico, Asia and Eastern Europe.
Instructor: Joan Holben
Cost: $279.90
Canadian Resident Course Code: ARTS 403 540
USA Resident Course Code: GENI 2500 518 *please call*
Finger style Guitar
This course is designed as an introduction to finger style guitar. It will move through the basic patterns and how they fit into most music genres to more complicated songs involving blues, folk and ragtime and alternate tunings. This is not for the beginning guitar player. You must have a solid chord base and be comfortable with bar chords. Your calluses should be well developed! You do not need to know how to read music. Fingerpicks will be available for a small fee.
Don Ablett is an accomplished and award winning performer who has played at festivals such as the Orangeville Blues Festival, Brampton Folk Festival and the Lindsay Atomic Blues Fest. He regularly plays in clubs and concerts in Southern Ontario with Brent Cooper as part of the duo, Ablett and Cooper. You can check him out at his website www.ablettandcooper.ca .
Instructor: Don Ablett
Cost: $279.90
Canadian Resident Course Code: ARTS 129 540
USA Resident Course Code: GENI 2500 519 *please call*
Out of Round
We will take wheel thrown pots and encourage them to become new forms through the use of darting, cutting, and stretching. Let's spend some time exploring asymmetrical pots. We will also look at the types of handles, spouts and lids that these new forms call for. Any and all conversations are welcome whether they be about making a living as a potter, or the more esoteric aspects of being a maker. We will spend a week exploring our creativity and reaching for new personal forms.
To see Carol-Ann's work please visit her website and blog at www.carolannmichaelson.ca and
www.carolannmichaelson.com
My primary pursuit revolves around functional forms, pieces that are lovely to look at, to hold and to use. I believe that it is through the handling and using of pottery that its true beauty is revealed. I design pots with people and their daily rituals in mind. Another important part of my life involves teaching workshops, both in my studio and across the country. I love the teaching, the chance to interact with other potters and the opportunity to learn through my travels I have received many scholarships and awards for my work and I am honoured to be included in private and public collections and museums around the world. I am sure the boundless possibilities of clay will hold me in its magic for the rest of my life.
Instructor: Carol-Ann Michaelson
Cost: $279.90
Canadian Resident Course Code: ARTS 72 540
USA Resident Course Code: GENI 2500 520 *please call*
 Wood Carving: Eastern Bluebird
This carving course is designed for both the intermediate and novice carver. By carving a miniature Eastern Bluebird, carvers will advance their skills in texturing and painting with an emphasis on carving feathers with soft edges, eye insertion, eyelids, and carving facial features with character. The use of power tools is encouraged, while carving with simple knives will also be welcomed. A material fee of $20.00 will be payable to the instructor on the first day of classes for the wood cutout, feet, and glass eyes.
Les Boszormeny is a graduate of Concordia University with a degree in Biology. Les graduated from McGill University Teachers College. Wildfowl carving has become a natural extension of his professional training. He has taught beginner and advanced woodcarving at St. Lawrence College since 1979 and Les has been judging and competing at the professional level with success in Canada and the U.S.A. Les is known for carving a wide variety of wildlife subjects. His carvings are distributed throughout private collections across North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia.
Instructor: Les Boszormeny
Cost: $279.90
Canadian Resident Course
Code: ARTS 56 540
USA Resident Course Code: GENI 2500 521 *please call*
Painting on Silk for Quilters (3 day workshop July 20, 21, 22)
 Silk painting is very versatile. You can create paintings as well as create wearable and decorative art. This class will be geared towards quilters who may want to incorporate their art into their quits. You will be able to take home many painted squares which you can use to make a small quilt. Students will work on various representational designs as well as very abstract ones mainly playing with colour effects. The techniques taught will involve silk paints as well as silk dyes, use of resists, batik and shibori. Same techniques can be easily used for any other decorative items. No experience is necessary, it is the colour that will make it happen!!! Some of Irena's previous work can be seen at: http://irenasart.shutterfly.com/pictures/609
All materials supplied by instructor and $ 50.00 payable to instructor on the first day.
My passion is painting on silk. The immediacy and spontaneity that come into play when painting on silk takes me into moments when nothing else matters but art. Teaching is my prime interest. I do exhibit my art frequently, however so far I have not done it for commercial reasons. My life has taken me to many parts of the world. I have taught in several international schools and travelled extensively around the world. Upon returning to Canada in 2003 I started to teach silk painting and I continue to pursue studies in mixed media. I am currently a member of Ottawa Mixed Media Artists. I teach workshops and a more extensive course at the Algonquin College Department of Part Time Studies in Ottawa and 1000 Islands Summer School of the Arts at St. Lawrence College in Brockville, Ontario.
Instructor: Irena Schmidt
Cost: $167.94
Canadian Resident Course Code: ARTS 473 540
USA Resident Course Code: GENI 2500 522 *please call*
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