Journal Keeping Seminars
with Sandy Bernat Day: Sundays July: 7, 14, 21, 28 August: 4, 11, 18, 25 Time: 9:00-11:00am Fee: $35 for each seminar Location: Seastone Papers, 53 Christiantown Road, West Tisbury Want to share tips, techniques, and strategies using mixed media in your  journal keeping? Do you like to doodle, collage, sketch, paint, and write your thoughts in a book? Would you like to keep a travel journal, an inspiration journal, nature journal, a record of your observations, a sample book of your projects or ideas, a dream journal, memoir snapshots, a poetry journal, a daily log? This informal, two hour, Sunday morning gathering may be just what you are looking for. We will share what we know; articulate what we'd like to try; and explore mixed media journaling through mini demonstrations and discussions. Demonstrations will include painted pages, mark making, paste papers, found poetry, pamphlet stitching, adhesives, simple printing, borders, image transfers, and more. Various media materials will be available for you to use. Bring your own journal—any size, any type—or purchase a special one from the studio. And just to keep the artistic energies flowing, tea and light breakfast fare will be provided. Co-sponsored by Seastone Papers, a fully equipped hand papermaking and book arts studio in West Tisbury. For studio photos and directions, visit http://www.seastonepapers.com Limited number of participants in this Sunday gathering; therefore, please call to reserve a space. 508-693-5786.
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Three Books with Sandy Bernat
Day: Wednesday
July: 10
Time: 10:00am-3:00pm Fee: $75 plus $25 for materials Location: Seastone Papers, 53 Christiantown Road, West Tisbury
You will create three easy-to-make books. The books include a small concertina (accordion) book for photos, drawings, or verse; a soft cover Japanese stab bound book suitable for anything from photo collage to favorite recipes; and a square, hard cover, wire bound journal book. All books will be unique with one-of-a-kind handmade paper covers and other paper options for interiors. In addition, you will leave with a bag filled with materials to create another concertina book on your own.
Co-sponsored by Seastone Papers, a fully equipped hand papermaking and book arts studio in West Tisbury. For studio photos and directions, visit http://www.seastonepapers.com or call 508-693-5786.
Expanding the Concertina Book with Sandy Bernat
Day: Wednesday
July: 24
Time: 10:00am - 3:00pm Fee: $85 plus $15 for materials Location: Seastone Papers, 53 Christiantown Road, West Tisbury
What is a concertina book? It is another name for a folded structure that resembles an accordion. In this class you will learn how to expand the concertina book form both literally and figuratively when you use simple sewing with the pamphlet stitch to create multi-book forms which can also extend outward beyond the concertina book. You will use beautiful handmade paper for the hard covers; collage and create interior books using handmade paper; and add embellishments, images, and text to interior spaces. This book can be beautifully displayed to reveal both the front and back pages, or pages can be turned as in a closed book form. A very unique and cohesive book, this multi-faceted concertina makes a wonderful travel journal or family memory book or special thematic artist book of your own personal vision.
Co-sponsored by Seastone Papers, a fully equipped hand papermaking and book arts studio in West Tisbury. For studio photos and directions, visit http://www.seastonepapers.com or call 508-693-5786.
Paste Painted Papers with Sandy Bernat
Day: Monday
July: 22
Time: 9:30am - 12:30pm Fee: $70 Location: Seastone Papers, 53 Christiantown Road, West Tisbury
Use your fingers, simple handmade tools, and found objects to create surface designs with pigmented wheat paste. There are many recipes for this fun technique. You will experiment with various papers including a few sheets of your own handmade paper for these colorful designs and images. Paste painted papers have been used for centuries as end papers for books and they make wonderful covers for books as well.
Co-sponsored by Seastone Papers, a fully equipped hand papermaking and book arts studio in West Tisbury. For studio photos and directions, visit http://www.seastonepapers.com or call 508-693-5786.
CERAMICSOpen Pottery Studio The Open Pottery Studio is supervised by Nancy Blank and Carl Mueller
Day: Wednesdays
Time: 2:00PM - 5:00PM
May 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 June 5, 12, 19, 26 July 3, 10, 17, 24, 31 August 7, 14, 21, 28 September 4, 11, 18, 25
AND
Day: Thursdays (Adults only)
Time: 7:00PM - 10:00PM
May 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 June 6, 13, 20, 27 July 11, 18, 25 August 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 September 5, 12, 19, 26
AND
Day: Sundays (Adults only)
May 5, 12 19 June 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 July 7, 14, 21, 28 August 4, 11, 18, 25 September 8, 15, 22, 29
Time: 4:00 - 6:00PM
Fee: $5 per hour, $25 per bag of clay, $ Glazing & Firing fee determined by piece size and quantity Location: Pottery Studio
This is a non-instructional time for those familiar with ceramics to work on their own in the Pottery Studio. Children must be accompanied by an adult who will supervise the children's clay activity on Wednesdays.
Friday Ceramic Arts
for children ages 7-12
with Nancy Blank
Day: Friday
June 28 July 5, 12, 19, 26 August 2, 9, 16, 23, 30
Time: 2:00PM - 4:00PM
Location: Pottery Studio
Fee: $30
Explore clay and create super fun projects! Most projects require more than one class to complete however visitors and drop ins are welcome!
Collage & MoreSheila Fane
June 20 & 27 July 11, 18 & 25 August 1 & 8 Time: 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Fee: $35
Collage derives from the French word "to paste," and that is what we will do as we create works using all kinds of papers, flat found objects, and other materials. It's a spontaneous way of making images and designs. You will work with color, texture, using art materials, your artwork and/or ready-made images - photos, magazine illustrations, ads, your memorabilia (tickets, maps, labels, program covers, etc.) Workshop is for novice and experienced artists.
Please bring a pair of scissors and any papers or flat items you want to include in the projects. Bring any ideas, sketches, and reference images. Bring unfinished works on paper to make part of a collage.
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DRAWINGTom Maley Life Drawing
May 7, 14, 21, 28 June 4, 11, 18, 25 July 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 August 6, 13, 20, 27 September 3, 10, 17, 24 Fee: $10 per meeting
This group met for many years at the home of Tom Maley and now they meet at Featherstone for two hours each Tuesday morning. New participants are welcome. This is a figure drawing session, open to the public. There is no instruction. Participants paint or draw as they wish. Call Anne Gallagher for details at 508-693-9566.
Featherstone will host the Tom Maley Life Drawing Show in the main gallery from July 14 - 31.
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Figure Drawing
May 29
June 5, 12, 19, 26
July 3, 10, 17, 24, 31
August 7, 14, 21, 28
Time: 7:00 - 9:00 pm
Fee: $10 per meeting
Location: The Studio at Featherstone Center for the Arts
This is a figure drawing session, open to the public. There is no instruction. Particpants bring their own materials and paint or draw as they wish. Call Barbara Bodin for more details at 774-563-9825.
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Wet Felting Christa Fischer
Fee: $45 with $10 additional materials fee for felting wool
Students will learn about and execute several different methods of flat wet felting including basic flat felt, openwork felting, bonding felt to silk and felting with a resist. This class will give you the basic knowledge so you will have the courage to tackle all those wonderful DIY felting books out there. Teens and adults are welcome to participate in this wet felt mini-lesson.
Students should bring a large sponge, 2 old towels, 1 bar of kiss my face soap and large scissors.
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Making Felt Beads Christa Fischer
Fee: $45
Join us for a fun and colorful morning making several styles of wet felted beads. Fun, easy and relaxing! Get in touch with your crafty side. Teens and adults are welcome to participate.
Students should bring a medium mixing bowl, olive oil bar soap and a large sponge.
MIXED MEDIAAbstract Landscape Roberta Gross Days: Wednesday, Thursday & Friday Fee: $150 plus an additional $25 material fee The Vineyard landscapes suggest abstract shapes at every turn, whether large rock formations, the patterns created by the sea and wind in the sand; the silhouette of sail boats’ masts against the sky and hills; the empty spaces between tree branches; or seaweed left along the shore. Abstract landscapes can be created by using bold shapes and colors in strong compositional formats, watery acrylic flows, bold line patterns created by poured paint or applied paint, textured grounds and collage. During the class, you will receive a handout containing the curriculum and extensive examples from modern and contemporary artists- Wolf Kahn, Paul Klee, Paul Resika, Arthur Dove, Georgia O’Keefe, Lawrence Goldsmith, Paul Jenkins, Maxine Masterfield, Joan Mitchell, etc. The variety of approaches exhibited by these painters illustrates how varied and with originality we can approach the landscape. Provided Supplies and Materials Fee: The instructor will supply the materials including acrylic brushes (big and small) and black, white, red, yellow and blue acrylic paints, watercolor papers, black and white gessoes, fluid acrylics, modeling paste, gels, texture making tools, etc.) for which there will be a $25.00 supply fee. For more information about the courses, e-mail the instructor at robertagross@comcast.net or call 508-645-2902.
Strong, Personal Abstract Compositions Roberta Gross
Days: Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday July 15, 16 & 17
Time: 1:30 - 4:30 p.m. Fee: $150 plus an additional $25 materials fee Location: The Studio
Design is the foundation to any painting. In this class, we explore basic composition designs and the all important elements of painting that provide the structure you need to communicate your ideas while creating strong and personal abstract paintings. We will explore various composition formats such as the implied grid, cruciform, high and low horizons, and strata. Using your color preferences with an emphasis on a simplified palette (to encourage color mixing skills), this course will provide simple but sure-fire techniques to get you started on your composition. We will concentrate on exploring ways to develop the painting, particularly at that stage when you feel lost in the process.
Creating Strong, Personal Abstract Paintings in Larger Formats Roberta Gross
Days: Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday July 24, 25 & 26
Time: 1:30 - 4:30pm Fee: $150 plus an additional $25 materials fee Location: The Studio Modern and contemporary artists often paint in larger formats by combining multiple panels or using oversized papers or canvas. In this workshop we will work both in multiple panels and larger papers (30x40). We will explore techniques that facilitate creating larger works (using larger brushes, under paintings, graphite line work, mixing flow release with acrylic paints, working with large gestures, using tinted gessoes, using a limited palette, using a bold palette, working with strong composition elements, using collage as source of inspiration and as an element of the painting). During the class, you will receive a handout containing the curriculum and extensive examples from modern and contemporary artists- Sam Gilliam, Paul Jenkins, Joan Mitchell, Richard Diebenkorn, Maxine Masterfield, Friedel Dzubas, etc. The variety of approaches exhibited by these painters illustrates how varied and with originality we can approach painting in a large format.
Abstracting from the Still Life: Creating Uncommon Things Roberta Gross
Days: Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday August 12, 13 & 14
Time: 1:30 - 4:30pm Fee: $150 plus an additional $25 materials fee Location: The Studio
In this class, we will be using bold colors, poured paint and lines to combine, recombine, intersect and/or overlap shapes we see in the real world to create abstract still lifes of uncommon things. During the workshop, you will receive a handout containing the exercises and examples from modern and contemporary artists- Braque, Picasso, Miro, Klee, Morandi, Helen Frankenthaler, Grace Hartigan, Fernand Leger, Elizabeth Murray, Carol Ross, etc. The variety of approaches exhibited by these painters illustrates how varied and with originality we can approach the still life.
Using Soft Pastels and Pan Pastels to Create Abstract Paintings Roberta Gross
Days: Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday August 21, 22 & 23
Time: 1:30 - 4:30pm Fee: $150 plus an additional $25 materials fee Location: The Studio
Now pastels come in a new form—pan pastels-, which can be applied with interesting foam applicators in various shapes. Pan pastels cover a large area but create less dust in the process. Applying more conventional soft pastels then can modify the initial pan pastel layer. During these sessions, we will also experiment with applying pastels to acrylic paint and papers coated with Golden ground formulated specially for pastels. In addition to soft pastels (Note: we are not using oil pastels), we will be “painting” with charcoal, charkole (a very bold, dark “oily” charcoal), a variety of erasers (the triangle eraser is a mighty tool), the chamois, brushes and stumps. We will use various sources to begin line making (e.g., a still life, spontaneous responses to music, etc). Using the chamois, erasers, and charkole on these lines will allow us to continue shaping the abstract composition. We will also explore how to use prepared colored tissue papers and acrylic paint to rescue those “failed pastel compositions” which have some interesting line and color areas. We will work in various formats, including some smaller, practice papers as well as multiples (diptychs, triptychs).
Painting Abstractly using Oil Bars Roberta Gross
Days: Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday August 28, 29, 30
Time: 1:30 - 4:30pm Fee: $150 plus an additional $25 materials fee Location: The Studio Oil bars provide the luster and glow of oil paint but avoid the messy process and chemicals associated with oil painting. We will be using acrylic and tinted gesso for under paintings as well as other acrylic painting techniques such as drips, splatters, textures to enhance the expressive drawing and painting potential of oil bars. We will also explore how blending sticks and white oil paint provide an ability to mix colors and create both hard and soft edges as well as a variety of thickness for line work. For those who wish to blend the colors in a more painterly manner, a touch of Gamsol (an odorless paint thinner) on a brush or cloth provides this additional capacity. During the class, you will receive a handout containing the curriculum and extensive examples of artists who used abstract shapes and compositions. We will examine how these artists used the grid, repetition, and dominance in combination with free form, organic and/or geometric shapes to create powerful abstract paintings.
PAINTING
Watercolor Painting John Holladay We have everyone from beginners to professionals in these classes. Come with a drawing or photograph that you would like to paint. Don't be scared, join us as we perfect our watercolor techniques. Brushes: - small handles are for watercolor Arches 140 lb sheets or pad (the cheaper the paper, the poorer the results) a beginners set of watercolor paints if you are buying the tubes separate, John suggests: and the rest is up to you a palette to put the paint in a small salt shaker full of salt
Acrylic Painting John Holladay
We have everyone from beginners to professionals in these classes. Come with a drawing or photograph that you would like to paint. Don't be scared, join us as we perfect our watercolor techniques. Acrylics materials list:
paint brushes: a flat brush, about half inch wide a medium brush a small brush the more brushes the better....big brushes paint big areas and small brushed paint small areas... rags canvas (remember the smaller the canvas the harder it is to paint) I would suggest 16 by 20 or something close to that. a roll of masking tape paint: an acrylic set matt medium paint: a big tube of white and black or if you want to use oils – it must be water based set plus extra white or black For paint colors, John suggests: red yellow green - hookers green if available purple thalo blue burnt umber or burnt sienna and any other color you like a basic acrylic set will work!
Weekend Workshop June 21 - 23
Friday Time: 6:30 - 8:00 pm Location: The Pebble
Meet and talk about goals for the weekend.
Saturday and Sunday Time: 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Painting on location. BRING LUNCH BOTH DAYS Fee: $200 for three day workshop
Join consummate Plein Air painter Liz Taft June 21-23 for a weekend emersion in the landscape. Participants will paint on site where Liz will share ideas about how to break down what you see into the essential components and ways to use color to create form. Emphasis will be on studies. For new and experienced painters who paint in oil or acrylic.
When you register, you will receive a materials list and Liz will contact you about getting in (art) shape for the weekend.
Liz could be considered a plein air purist because she paints solely outside in the landscape. See her work at www.liztaft.com.
Pastel Painting Workshop Ellen McCluskey
Location: Under the Summer Tent Fee: $85 per workshop
Learn the art of pastel painting from a master. Ellen is one of the Vineyard’s foremost pastel painters.
You may pick up Ellen’s list of suggested materials in the Featherstone office or it can be e-mailed or faxed to you.
Painting with Renewed Enthusiasm
Eva Cincotta
Day: Fridays
June 7, 14, 21, 28 July 5, 12, 19, 26 August 2, 9, 16, 23, 30
Time: 9:00 am - 12:00 pm Location: The Studio Fee: $50 per class
Keep painting simple using the directives of design and making sense of the palette, we can create a painting in one session. All levels of student development are welcome in oil or acrylic. 'How to simplify' demo followed by end of class critique.
Students will bring their own supplies: colors - 2 red, 2 yellow, 2 blue - Cad Red Medium, Alizarin Crimson Cad Yellow Pale, Cad Yellow Medium Ultramarine Blue, Thalo Blue Brushes - (3) - 1/4", 1/2", and 1" either bristol or flat Palette knife, palette (or disposable palette paper) painting medium (spray bottle helpful for keeping acrylic moist) painting boards or canvas, suggestion: 9x12, 11x14, 12x16
PAPER ARTS
53 Christiantown Road,
Fee: $85 plus $20 materials fee
Kozo fiber, the inner bark of the paper mulberry tree (Broussonetia papyrifera) makes beautiful, etherial yet strong papers, but is also a fascinating material in and of itself; its strands separate into luscious lace-like patterns and it takes on deep, vibrant color wonderfully. Come and see for yourself in this workshop where we will discuss methods for dyeing, and work with the fiber in both 2D and 3D applications.
Chicago based artist, Melissa Jay Craig, whose sculptural bookworks, paper sculptures and installations are exhibited internationally, will lead this workshop. Her wonderful mushroom books, (S)Edition, were exhibited at the Art of Handmade Paper Show at Featherstone Center for the Arts on the Vineyard last October. She is also a teacher who regularly offers courses and workshops at national arts centers including Paper and Book Intensive, the Center for Book Arts, Penland, Arrowmont, the Morgan Conservatory, Southwest School of Art and Women's Studio Workshop.
Participants should bring: small objects to cast for 3D pieces a flat piece of plexiglas or plastic, 8” x 10” or larger for 2D works 2-3 paintbrushes (NOT foam; bristle or fine synthetic); cheap bristle 'chip' brushes, available from hardware stores, work great. We'll use these to apply starches and extra dyes; be aware that dyes will stain the bristles permanently). 1/2 inch to 1 inch widths should work well. Optional: a bonefolder sharp scissors
Co-sponsored by Seastone Papers, a fully equipped hand papermaking and book arts studio in West Tisbury. For studio photos and directions, visit seastonepapers.com 508-693-5786.
Day: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday
June: 24, 25, 26
Time: 9:00-11:00AM Fee: $45 each session or $130 all three sessions Location: Seastone Papers, 53 Christiantown Road, West Tisbury
Enjoy two hours of paper art making and still have time for a morning beach walk or afternoon swim. This series of three papermaking classes will introduce a new papermaking technique (Decorative Papers—Size, Shape, Lamination; Pulp Collage & Pulp Paint; and Large Pulp Painting) each day exploring paper as art. You will be able to laminate wet pulp to wet pulp, collage natural materials in wet fiber, design a painterly surface with overbeaten pulp paint, and dip into colorfully pigmented vats of pulp. All levels of experience are welcomed— from novice to advanced papermaker. This will be a time to work with new techniques, explore color pigments, and examine surface structure. You may choose to register for the entire session, or sign up for individual classes.
Co-sponsored by Seastone Papers, a fully equipped hand papermaking and book arts studio in West Tisbury. For studio photos and directions, visit http://www.seastonepapers.com or call 508-693-5786.
Seaweed in Paper with Sandy Bernat
July: 3, 15 August: 7
Time: 9:00am-1:00pm Fee: $85 Location: Seastone Papers, 53 Christiantown Road, West Tisbury
This popular workshop begins with a trip to the beach to gather selected seaweed from Vineyard waters. After sorting and cleaning, the seaweed will become an inclusion in pigmented pulp or used directly for surface design. Pulp painting techniques will be explored to create realistic or abstract scenes with seaweed.
Co-sponsored by Seastone Papers, a fully equipped hand papermaking and book arts studio in West Tisbury. For studio photos and directions, visit http://www.seastonepapers.com or call 508-693-5786.
Collage and Paint using Wet Pulp
July: 5 August: 12
Time: 9:30am-12:30pm Fee: $70 Location: Seastone Papers, 53 Christiantown Road, West Tisbury
After practicing the essentials of the papermaking process—pulling and couching fresh sheets of paper varying in size and shape, you will experiment with interesting ways to work with wet fiber for surface decoration and image making. You will dip into colorfully pigmented vats of pulp, explore stenciling techniques, collage materials into wet fiber, and design a painterly surface using overbeaten pulp paint. Supplies are provided, but remember to wear comfortable shoes with good treads. All levels of experience are welcomed—from beginning to advanced papermaker.
Co-sponsored by Seastone Papers, a fully equipped hand papermaking and book arts studio in West Tisbury. For studio photos and directions, visit http://www.seastonepapers.com or call 508-693-5786.
Papermaking Sampler with Sandy Bernat
Day: Wednesday
July: 17, 31
Time: 9:00am-12:00pm Fee: $70 Location: Seastone Papers, 53 Christiantown Road, West Tisbury
This class delights both the beginning and experienced papermaker addicted to pulling and decorating sheets of pulp for paper. Six vats of various pigmented and/or natural fibers will be available for you to dip, stencil, laminate, collage, and experience many ways to create decorative papers with wet fiber. One vat of "surprise" pulp which may be denim, iridescent mica, seaweed, or floral inclusions will be readied. A brief introduction to the basic steps in the papermaking process will include preparing pulp, then pulling and couching fresh sheets of paper varying in size and shape, followed by a hands-on exploration using tools such as shaped moulds, turkey basters, and prepared bottles of pulp "paint." Discussions include papermaker's tools and the history of hand papermaking.
Co-sponsored by Seastone Papers, a fully equipped hand papermaking and book arts studio in West Tisbury. For studio photos and directions, visit http://www.seastonepapers.com or call 508-693-5786.
PHOTOGRAPHY
"Photo Book Heaven" - Make Your Own Photo Book with Sam Hiser
Days: Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday
June 10, 11 & 12 June 17, 18 & 19 June 24, 25 & 26 July 1, 2 & 3 July 8, 9, & 10 July 15, 16 & 17 August 12, 13, & 14 August 19, 20 & 21 August 26, 27 & 28 September 2, 3 & 4
Time: 1:00 - 5:00 pm each day Location: Media Center Cost: $200 for the three day workshop
Photographer Sam Hiser teaches a fun 3-day workshop in which adults and students ages 12 and up make their very own photo book. Participants should be a little familiar with the Apple Mac computer (although computer expertise is not required), have an email account, and bring a dozen or more digital images on a thumb-drive or external media for sequencing and designing their very own photo book. It is also possible to use your Flickr, Picassa, Instagram or iPhone pictures as a source for the book.
The class is an introduction to Adobe Lightroom 4 and the Blurb on-demand book-design & publishing environment. There will be a light discussion of the history of the photo book, after which participants are free to express themselves fully in the sequencing and design of their project. Multiple-week participation is encouraged for the serious enthusiast or for any large bookmaking project.
The workshop fee does not include the purchase of your book from Blurb. Blurb offers a 20%-discount on the purchase of your first book, which applies here. Once you've completed the workshop, your book will be available for purchase in any quantity through your new account at Blurb.com.
PRINTMAKINGOpen Printmaking Studio with Nick Thayer
Day: Mondays
June 17, 24 July 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 August 5, 12, 19, 26
Time: 1:30 - 4:30 pm Location: The Barn Fee: $10 per hour
This is time for experienced printmakers to come and work on our two presses!
The Featherstone Etching Press is generously provided by the
Monoprinting with Nick Thayer
Day: Thursdays
June 20, 27 July 11, 18, 25 August 1, 8, 15, 22, 29
Time: 1:30 - 4:30 pm Location: The Barn Fee: $45
Monotype is the truly “painterly” print medium, and is one of the only techniques, which requires no special tools to allow you to expand your imagination to unlimited possibilities. It is an exciting printmaking medium which involves painting, drawing and printmaking were ‘one-of-a-kind’ images are developed using a variety of traditional, contemporary and innovative approaches. This creative process involves simple printmaking techniques that can merge drawing, painting and printmaking into rich and exciting works of art, yet process does not require extensive drawing skills. After printing, the images can be an artwork on their own right, or can be reworked to completion using various types of media.
The variations of this printmaking method are infinite, and it is a true adventure into printmaking.
Each class will build on techniques and experimentation.
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