e-SitkaLetter, May 2008:
from Sitka Center for Art and Ecology
Contents
- Notes From The Director
- You're not the Moss of me!
- The Old Ones at Coastal Creek: A poem by Scott Starbuck
- Designing and Building Green Garden Sheds
- Make your own Tiles!
- Add depth to your soul with poetry from nature!
- Just added! New sections of our most popular workshops
- Sitka's Final Spring Open house May 17
You're not the Moss of me!
The mosses around Cascade head provide an intensely fascinating exploration of ecosystem development. From symbiotic relationships to legends of bearded tree dwarfs this workshop helps you understand the important role that these unique plants play in a forest environment. Plus learn to capture their intricately detailed textures and add natural depth to your drawing and painting projects.
Join Sarah Greene and Kurt Heckeroth, May 31st on a day long exploration of the Mosses of Cascade Head. You will spend the morning studying the mosses, learning how to identify each unique specimen and then spend the rest of the day working on drawings, journals, and photography based upon your findings in the field. >>register
The Old Ones at Coastal Creek: A poem by Scott Starbuck
Scott T. Starbuck was captain of the fishing vessel Starfisher in Depoe Bay, Oregon, for eight years, and a Writer-in-residence at the Sitka Center in 2004. Currently, he teaches Creative Writing at San Diego Mesa College, and communes with dolphin yoga masters in the waters off Encinitas. He has poems forthcoming in Oregon English Journal, Talking River, The Raven Chronicles (Citizen, Subject and Slave Issue), and The Trumpeter.
Sign up for Scott's class: Achieving Resonance Through Symbols June 15. Realize new levels of resonance in your writing as you explore the incorporation of archetypal symbols through direct or indirect references, contrasts, or as points of departure into whatever each moment reveals. >>register
Designing and Building Green Garden Sheds
Instructor: Frank Rudloff
June 21-22, and September 19-21
This is a unique opportunity to work with
Northwest renowned architect Frank Rudluff to
learn the secrets of great architectural
design as applied to small but important
garden structures. Learn how to create a
small garden building that takes the
environment into account. Sure you can buy a
plastic shed from a big box home improvement
store for $250, but wouldn't it be great if
you could design a small building that looked
like it was meant for your garden?
Participants will work together to develop
design ideas in a two-day charrette in spring
(June 21-22) and then will have the
opportunity to come back in the fall and
practice by building a new garden shed that
enhances the Sitka Center's grounds (Sep 19-21).
>>register
Make your own Tiles!
Handmade Relief Tiles, with Judith
Schlicting
June 27-30
Add your own touch to a bathroom or kitchen
with tiles that you create yourself! Design a
tile, and then create your own mold
to produce multiple handmade clay tiles! A
relatively inexpensive material in its raw
state, clay can be transformed by hand into
objects of enduring beauty and function.
Techniques for decorating and glazing both
unfired and bisque-fired tiles will be
covered, as well as the use of handmade
tiles, commercially manufactured tiles, and
the mosaic surfaces in interior design
applications.
>>register
Add depth to your soul with poetry from nature!
An Imagining Nature, with Michele
Glazer
June 28-29
Join poet Michele Glazer for an extraordinary
writing experience. Participants will find
ample inspiration while traipsing about the
natural surroundings, and reading and
discussing published nature writings. Process
is the emphasis in student work, and
participants may expect to write at least
four substantial drafts of new poems or
writings. This workshop is available for one
continuing education credit through Portland
State University.
>>register
Just added! New sections of our most popular workshops
Just Added: Abstract Watermedia
Extravaganza, with
Patricia Seggebruch
June 19, 2008
This workshop will focus on producing wild,
creative compositions with watercolor, ink
pours, and puddles. Any skill level will
have fun and benefit from these flowing,
energy-rich, emotional painting techniques.
Call for reservations 541-994-5485 or
>>register online
Just Added: Encaustic Painting,
with Patricia
Seggebruch
June 20, 2008
Using the sumptuousness of beeswax, natural
and refined, this workshop concentrates on
the many techniques compatible with
encaustic. We will explore collage, texture
and smooth wax application, transparent
layering, incising, image transferring, and
glazing with oil paints.
Call for reservations 541-994-5485 or
>>register online
Just Added: Colored Pencil Stew,
with Eileen Sorg July 5-6th 2008
Learn how to how to extract the best
qualities of each medium while you use pen
and ink, watercolor, and colored pencil
together to create richly detailed pieces of
art. This mixed media approach allows for a
quick build up of color and value while still
leaving room for the beautiful detail and
control of colored pencil.
Call for reservations 541-994-5485 or
>>register online
Sitka's spring Open House, May 17th from 1-4pm.
This event is the culmination of the spring residency program. Join us for an afternoon that will feature open studios, performances, and an exhibition of work by the spring residents.
John and Robin Gumaelius
Creative Collaboration is what the Gumaelius
family is all about! Young daughters Ruby, Eliza
and Carmela are encouraged to make their mark
in work by parents John and Robin. John and
Robin Gumaelius will exhibit their process in
ceramics and metals in an open studio
demonstration throughout the afternoon, while
finished pieces will be on display in the
Boyden Studio.
Kim T. Griswell
During her residency, writer and Highlights
editor Kim T. Griswell has explored writing
opportunities across the Sitka grounds and
beyond. She'll share selected works,
including poems, a puppet play, and excerpts
from her novel Family Ghosts, which she has
completed while at Sitka.
Judith Linsenberg
"Judith Linsenberg is simply ravishing on
recorder." -Boston Early Music News
Musician Judith Linsenberg has spent her time
in residency making arrangements by J.S. Bach
for the recorder. She co-taught the "Winds
and Waves Recorder Workshop" at the Sitka
center in early May. She will be performing
several pieces on recorder.
Claudia Borgna
UK-based installations artist has made Sitka
a stop on a two-year tour of US artist
residency programs. Her work involves the
exclusive use of plastic bags as the material
for her prolific site-specific installations.
On the agenda for the open house will be a
live performance piece, as well as an outdoor
installation within walking distance of Sitka
Center.