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Class Details: In this three-day workshop, you’ll put fire to steel to create your own practical artwork. The class begins with a slide presentation and design session to get your creative fires burning. The next two days of cutting, forging and welding solid steel and sheet metal will result in at least one finished piece: a chair, table, planter or a whimsical art object. A nature-inspired artist, Jon will teach students how to include found objects in their projects. No prior experience is necessary. With an M.F.A. in metalsmithing from Colorado State University and a B.F.A. in metals and jewelry from the School for American Crafts at Rochester Institute of Technology, Jon Hubbard now devotes his time to creating and teaching. Jon has taught metalsmithing classes at Ah Haa since summer 2004 and now lives in Fort Collins, CO where he continues to create fine art welded forms. Pre-registration is required for this class. Students must register and pay in full 30 days prior to the workshop. This guarantees ample income to cover artist's travel expenses. Payment is non-refundable. Classes with visiting artists fill quickly so please sign up early by calling 970-728-3886.
Class Details: Texas potter Kent Harris will return to the Ah Haa’s clay lab to give a week-long, hands-on wheel-throwing workshop. We will focus on improving throwing skills with some of Kent’s unique techniques, and also discover personal expression and meaning in functional pots. Students will be encouraged to try new methods of altering thrown forms, combining elements of hand-building and throwing, and working on larger thrown forms. The week will finish with a firing of the Ah Haa’s reduction kiln, with Kent’s slips and wood-ash based glazes. Kent Harris is a studio potter in Amarillo, TX. Kent studied ceramics with Elmer Taylor at the University of North Texas where his interest in functional pots and earthy glazes was fueled. Kent returned to the Texas Panhandle in 2002 to complete his B.F.A. degree in Ceramics and Glass and open a small studio. In his new spacious studio in Amarillo, TX, Kent has pursued his love of altered pottery, ash glazes, and natural gas firing. Kent is a full-time studio potter who owns Blue Sage Art Gallery with his wife. He travels giving artist workshops and attending art shows around the country. Pre-registration is required for this class. Students must register and pay in full 30 days prior to the workshop. This guarantees ample income to cover artist's travel expenses. Payment is non-refundable. Classes with visiting artists fill quickly so please sign up early by calling 970-728-3886.
Class Details: This comprehensive mixed media collage and watercolor workshop will guide you through the techniques needed to create original compositions on canvas. Using watercolor as a base, we will develop our paintings using gold leaf, rubber stamps, origami papers, found materials, charcoal, pastel and inks. During the morning we will take sketchbook/journals “in the field” to sketch outdoors as a class and gather the visual information necessary to begin composing ideas. One on one instruction in watercolor, pastel and india ink will be provided during these morning sessions. In the afternoon we will work in the studio where we will expand the creative process using an assortment of materials developing more complete compositions. Each participant will be provided with two pre-stretched canvases, a sketchbook/journal, and found papers for collage. Susan X. Billings is a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design and currently splits her time between studios in southern Baja and Ventura, California. From 1999 until 2006 Susan was an active Artist Board Member of the Ah Haa School, and instructor, painter and graphic designer whose signature vibrant paintings of the region can be seen at The Telluride Gallery of Fine Art. Last year Susan was selected by Colorado Homes and Lifestyles Magazine as one of ten most collectible Colorado Artists. As a past poster artist for the Sheridan Arts Foundation Wild West Fest and the Telluride Wine Festival, Susan has had a deep connection with the Telluride area. Having recently moved from the region, she welcomes this chance to instruct again for Ah Haa. Pre-registration is required for this class. Students must register and pay in full 30 days prior to the workshop. This guarantees ample income to cover artist's travel expenses. Payment is non-refundable. Classes with visiting artists fill quickly so please sign up early by calling 970-728-3886.
Class Details: Jeanne Mackenzie’s style of painting is a blend of impressionism and realism. Her paintings are done primarily in oil and pastel with rich warm tones and painterly application. She graduated with a Teaching Credential and degree in Fine Art from San Diego State University and shows her work in several galleries throughout Colorado and Arizona. She has been featured in Southwest Art Magazine’s ‘Best of the West’ and International Artist ‘Master Painters’. She was recently awarded Best of Show and Best Body of Work at Rocky Mountain Plein Air Painters Show. www.jeannemackenzie.com Pre-registration is required for this class. Students must register and pay in full 30 days prior to the workshop. This guarantees ample income to cover artist's travel expenses. Payment is non-refundable. Classes with visiting artists fill quickly so please sign up early by calling 970-728-3886.
Class Details: Described by Jean Stern, Executive Director of the Irvine Museum of Art in California as a painters painter who's paintings celebrate beauty and merit in everyday scenes”. Randall Sexton has been a fixture in the Bay Area art scene since 1980. Collectors and artists alike have admired his loose, colorful style. He has received attention in national competitions garnering both “Best of Show” and Artist’s Choice in The Maui Plein air invitational of 2006. Among other articles, Randall was featured in Workshop Magazine (Fall 2006) and Southwest Art (July 2004). Highly sought as an instructor, he has a “hands-on” approach to teaching that combines both sharing his own knowledge of technique with assessing the individual needs of his students. Pre-registration is required for this class. Students must register and pay in full 30 days prior to the workshop. This guarantees ample income to cover artist's travel expenses. Payment is non-refundable. Classes with visiting artists fill quickly so please sign up early by calling 970-728-3886.
Class Details: Whether you are a flinty mountaineer or a gentle, stay-at-home mom, or both, this class is for you. The practical art of welding allows women to create functional art and opens their lives to a world where fire, steel, and creativity join hands. Students will receive hands-on skills of cutting, forging, and welding. Students will leave the class with at least one completed piece, either a small table or a planter for the porch, deck, or garden. Artist/sculpture Jon Hubbard will guide students through the process. With an M.F.A. in metalsmithing from Colorado State University and a B.F.A. in metals and jewelry from the School for American Crafts at Rochester Institute of Technology, Jon Hubbard now devotes his time to creating and teaching. Jon has taught metalsmithing classes at Ah Haa since summer 2004 and now lives in Fort Collins, CO where he continues to create fine art welded forms. Pre-registration is required for this class. Students must register and pay in full 30 days prior to the workshop. This guarantees ample income to cover artist's travel expenses. Payment is non-refundable. Classes with visiting artists fill quickly so please sign up early by calling 970-728-3886.
Class Details: Karen Weihs, a Charleston, SC native, started showcasing her paintings in the family restaurants before establishing a gallery in Charleston in 1995. She credits Franck Licciardi and Andrew Peters for her vision and love of painting and understanding of color. Karen is represented by John Collette Gallery in Highlands, NC, Premieres Gallery of Pawley’s Island, SC, Watson Gallery in Atlanta, GA and and is currently the “Artist in Residence” at the Heritage Grove Arcade Gallery in Asheville, NC. Pre-registration is required for this class. Students must register and pay in full 30 days prior to the workshop. This guarantees ample income to cover artist's travel expenses. Payment is non-refundable. Classes with visiting artists fill quickly so please sign up early by calling 970-728-3886.
Class Details: This course introduces participants to processes of working metals common to Asia. Harold will introduce students to mokume-gane, married metals, Japanese alloys and coloring processes. This five-day workshop is intensive! Students will alloy the metals to make mokume and pattern it, combining various colored metals into designs for rings, pins and earrings. Special metals will be available from the instructor. Bring hand tools if you have them. Educated in the United States, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Austria and Mexico, Harold O’Connor has been a Goldsmith and teacher for over 40 years. He is the author of The Jeweler’s Bench Reference and The Flexible Shaft Machine – Jewelry Techniques. He has facilitated over 200 workshops in 14 countries including Portugal, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, Canadian Artic and Peru. His works are in collections including the Goldsmith’s Hall, London; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York and the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Pre-registration is required for this class. Students must register and pay in full 30 days prior to the workshop. This guarantees ample income to cover artist's travel expenses. Payment is non-refundable. Classes with visiting artists fill quickly so please sign up early by calling 970-728-3886.
Class Details: Annie Chrietzebrg is a ceramist living in Denver, CO. She has both a B.F.A. and a M.A. in Ceramics. After graduate school she jumped across the pond and lived on a Narrowboat and the experiences she had on the inland waterways of England continue to influence her work. She is inspired by everyday adventure, the bratty behavior of pets, and vintage wallpaper. She makes things that amuse her and encourages her students to find what delights them in ceramics. Pre-registration is required for this class. Students must register and pay in full 30 days prior to the workshop. This guarantees ample income to cover artist's travel expenses. Payment is non-refundable. Classes with visiting artists fill quickly so please sign up early by calling 970-728-3886.
Class Details: This course introduces participants to various techniques that enhance the richness of metal surfaces. Students will learn the art of creasing, folding, hollow construction, reticulation, fine gold-over-sterling silver lamination and roller embossing. Efficient studio methods and flexible shaft machine uses will be taught. Gold and silver granulation will also be introduced. Space is limited so sign up early. Educated in the United States, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Austria and Mexico, Harold O’Connor has been a Goldsmith and teacher for over 40 years. He is the author of The Jeweler’s Bench Reference and The Flexible Shaft Machine – Jewelry Techniques. He has facilitated over 200 workshops in 14 countries including Portugal, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, Canadian Artic and Peru. His works are in collections including the Goldsmith’s Hall, London; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York and the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Pre-registration is required for this class. Students must register and pay in full 30 days prior to the workshop. This guarantees ample income to cover artist's travel expenses. Payment is non-refundable. Classes with visiting artists fill quickly so please sign up early by calling 970-728-3886.
Class Details: During the first weekend of the workshop, there will be a demonstration of wheel and hand-building techniques as well as the formulation and firing of new raku glazes in preparation for the second Pre-registration is required for this class. Students must register and pay in full 30 days prior to the workshop. This guarantees ample income to cover artist's travel expenses. Payment is non-refundable. Classes with visiting artists fill quickly so please sign up early by calling 970-728-3886.
Class Details: Pastels offer a unique bridge between drawing and painting. For a painter who loves color, the directness of the heavily pigmented pastel stick to paper is intoxicating. Doug Dawson will help you discover and develop your own personal style. Each day begins with a demonstration, illustrating one of the two basic approaches to painting. Doug provides a continuous monologue explaining his thought process in pastel painting. After the demonstration, students are given the remaining time to try their hand at the skills illustrated. He also provides individual instruction for each student based upon need. Doug Dawson is a celebrated member of the American Watercolor Society, the Pastel Society of the Southwest, The Knickerbocker Artists (New York) and the Pastel Society of America. His work has been included in prestigious exhibitions with the Charles and Emma Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA (a one person show); the Denver Art Museum; the Heritage Museum, Norfolk, Virginia; the John F. Kennedy Center in Washington, DC; the Hunter Museum of American Art Chattanooga, TN and the Societe Des Pastellistes de France International Exhibition Palais Rameau, Lille, France. Pre-registration is required for this class. Students must register and pay in full 30 days prior to the workshop. This guarantees ample income to cover artist's travel expenses. Payment is non-refundable. Classes with visiting artists fill quickly so please sign up early by calling 970-728-3886.
Four Days, Thursday 4 p.m. - Sunday noon Just in time for the splendor of fall colors, Dave Edwards, famous for his Kazakh Eagle Hunter series for National Geographic Magazine, will lead a three-day photographic workshop. Dynamic compositions, light, subject content, and the artistic elements of an image will be his main topics. There also will be an emphasis on changing photographic habits, seeing with new eyes and experimentation. Starting with an introduction and slide show on Thursday evening, the workshop will continue for two full days of shooting and a lecture on Friday and Saturday, and end on Sunday at noon after more shooting and critique. Dave Edwards has been a freelance photographer for over 20 years and a river guide in the Grand Canyon for 30 years. He has worked as a photographer and guide in Africa, Alaska, Chile, Bolivia, China, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, Russia, and throughout the Southwestern U.S. His work has appeared in numerous national and international publications. His focus is on the documentary photographic essay. You can see his work at: www.daveedwards.com. Pre-registration is required for this class. Students must register and pay in full 30 days prior to the workshop. This guarantees ample income to cover artist's travel expenses. Payment is non-refundable. Classes with visiting artists fill quickly so please sign up early by calling 970-728-3886.
Past Visiting Artist Workshops Include: Harold O'Connor, Metal Casting in Your Home Studio Bruce Gomez, Pastel Painting: Life of a Winter Landscape Bill Ellzey, Fall Digital Photography Jim Romberg, Paint with Flame: Raku Techniques Harold O'Connor, Metal Surface Embellishments David Aguirre, Personal Mythology in Clay Bruce Gomez, Pastel Painting in the San Juan’s David Reif, Drawing from the Irrational Wendy Kowynia, Luscious Velvets Open Studio Keith Wicks, Mood and Color Indoor Oil Painting Jeanne Mackenzie, Making the Most of Your Reference Photos Kent Harris, Ceramics: Breaking the Circle Ted Nuttall, Figurative Watercolor Painting from Photographs Dave Edwards, Making a Strong Photograph Doug Dawson, Studio Landscape Pastel Painting Pam Horner, Clay Printing Jeanne Mackenzie, Capturing the Landscape in Oils John C. Terelak, Oil Painting and Impressionist Techniques Deborah Bays, Painting the Still Life in Chiaroscuro with Pastel Padgett McFeely, Hand-Painted Photography Barry John Raybould, Painting in Plein Air Barbara Froula, Architecture in Watercolor Bruce Gomez, Life of the Landscape Pastel Painting Kathleen Norris Cook, In the Field Photography Chris Reily, Encaustic Painting Truman Lowe, Outdoor Sculpture Sally Strand, The Color of Light Pastels Harold O'Connor, Metal Arts Frank Francese, Wet & Wild Watercolor Carole Katchen, Express Yourself Pastels |
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