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Southern Oregon Art Show |
| **All materials are included with the Workshop Fee**
Registration starts May 22, by phone 541.956.7303 or online Here | | Arts Classes are scheduled August 10-22.
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‘Alla Prima’: Portrait Painting in Oils
Instructor: Jeff Gogue
August 14 & 15, 6-9pm, August 16, 3-6pm
Cost: $150
Work with internationally renowned artist Jeff Gogue, best known for his tattoo and graphic art and celebrated for his distinctive work in oils. Learn his unique spontaneous, yet vividly representational approach to ‘alla prima’ painting on portrait subjects in this weekend workshop.
Garden Gypsy Mosaics
Instructor: The Garden Gypsies
August 17, 18, 20 & 21, 9am-12pm
Cost: $175
Get ready to learn from the dynamic artist team of Darla and Gypsy. The Garden Gypsies are well known locally as the driving force behind Grants Pass’s Saturday Artisan Market, and equally for their creative use of ceramics and mosaics in garden sculpture; local art enthusiasts will be familiar with their “Teapot Totems.” Artists at beginning and intermediate levels are welcome. If you worked with them last summer, continue your development with more elaborate projects, or jump in with both feet as a newcomer.
‘Keep the Beat’: Drum Making
Instructor: Chris Pondelick
August 17, 18 & 19, 1-4pm
Cost: $150
Create your own drum and rattles based on Native American forms and patterns. Find out how the drums, integrated with medicine cards, play a role in ethnic and native ceremony. Learn to create and perform from this well-known Rogue Valley artist and director of the Grants Pass Museum of Art who has been drumming for years.
Clay Fish: Slab Clay Sculpture
Instructor: Carolyn Crowley Rice
August 14 & 15, 9am-4pm
Cost: $100
Known for her expressive and whimsical animal sculptures, Carolyn will lead intermediate to advanced artists through a two-day workshop, creating their own unique versions of the subject. The technique is especially well suited for unique garden sculptures and fountains, but also for other purposes, such as totem poles or lamps.
Which Character Are You?: Mask Making
Instructor: Nedd and Jennifer Wyant
August 10, 11, 12 &13, 1pm-5pm
Cost: $150
Nedd and Jennifer are very well known to local theatre patrons as performers, directors, and designers. They also own and operate the Human Circus Mask Company, which creates highly finished, creative masks for a variety of uses and contexts. Students will learn face casting, sculpting, mold building, casting with latex, as well as painting and finishing in the creation of their own unique character mask.
Layer Building: Acrylic Encaustics
Instructor: Vince Carl
August 20, 21 & 22, 9am-1pm
Cost: $150
Back by popular demand, Vince is returning this year to teach us more about his inventive use of acrylics to create lustrous encaustic-like works on wood panel. He constantly evolves his techniques, so whether you are a repeat participant, or a newcomer, you will experience new and surprising effects in your work. | |
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