Led by Susan Greenstein - The Art Annex, Brooklyn NY faculty

Connect eye, mind and hand in this on-site, painting workshop. Beginning with studio exercises in gaining control of the medium, color mixing, as well as finding inspiration from the works of several landscape artists, the class will move towards setting up outdoors. Participants will choose a location to build a composition with many views including a barn, old cemetery, stone chapel and wall with flowers, houses, field and forested areas. Materials provided.

Led by David Hornung - RISD, Pratt, faculty

In this two-day workshop, participants explore design concepts through a series of collage constructions using colored papers and simple techniques. To facilitate productivity, the size of the works will be limited to 8 x 11” or smaller. The instructor provides a supportive studio atmosphere with technical help and thoughtful critique of design elements, color palettes and arrangement of shapes to organize stable and dynamic compositions. Slide presentations for inspiration with discussion augment studio work. Materials provided. Take-away lesson plans available for art educators.

Led by Joan Ffliott - RISD & Woodstock School of Art faculty

Unlike other printmaking techniques that can produce exact copies of the same image, the monotype is a unique artwork more akin to a painting. In this workshop, students will be introduced to the possibilities of these unique printmaking techniques. Monotype is very accessible and will be explored with and without a press. Gaining confidence with various printmaking materials and processes of monotype will inspire artists at every stage of their creative pursuit. Learn how to transfer printed images and thin second layers into your prints. No prior printmaking experience is necessary. Materials provided with press on premises. Take-away lesson plans available for art educators adapted for printing by hand.

Led by Dr. Androneth Sieunarine, Brooklyn College Director of Masters of Art Education Program

Explore the world of paint application with natural and organic materials. The workshop begins with fabricating brushes from various, natural found objects and learning how to mix non-toxic pigments from vegetable and mineral powders. Experiment with textured brushwork, and combinations of colors from the Earth. Discover imagery during experimentation and bring a stimulating lesson plan back to your K-5 art classes that will promote knowledge of art history, indigenous culture, and how to transform natural substances into art making materials. Facilitate students on how mark-making can promote creative image making through association. A take- away lesson plan for K-5 students will be provided for art educators.

Led by Kathleen Clinchy - Assistant MS Head, Brooklyn Friends School, Tina Piccolo - Visual Arts Educator, Brooklyn Friends School

Dedicated workshop for Visual Arts Educators, with Kathleen Clinchy first focusing on the particular needs and interests in adolescent development. Guided lesson plans on how to incorporate Social Emotional Learning (SEL) into adolescent art-making will be presented. The visual arts enable young artists to develop associative thinking skills that bring emotional and psychological states of mind into symbolic, unified images. Workshop lessons presented by Tina Piccolo will inspire the use of collage, painting and drawing materials. Step by step lesson plans will guide you in your own workshop art making, which will inform what you can bring back to the classroom. Scaffold students to delve deeper into their inner lives and express who they are in the world as well as how to be artist change-makers in the world around them. Materials and take home lesson plans included.

Led by Mildor Chevalier-New York School of the Arts, Studio in a School

Explore expressions of self in a workshop combining different styles of representation. Create a painted image depicting who you are, where you are from, your wishes and dreams, what you look like, and what environments and experiences shaped you, such as cultural and sexual identity, family history, or even psychological states of mind. This workshop provides technical knowledge in concept development, examining the properties of acrylic paints and transparent mediums, designing a composition, and combining abstract and figurative painting techniques to tell a story of self. Materials included with a take-away lesson plan provided for art educators.

Led by Dina Peone- University of Chicago Faculty

How can language build a bridge between viewers and our art? What constructive dialogues can a group of fellow artists lead that will support one collective goal: of learning how to articulate our creative practice to outside audiences? In this two-day workshop designed for active practitioners interested in learning how to write about their work objectively, we will draft and revise two paragraphs of an artist statement that set out to describe a theory of how and why we create what we do. Participants will bring 2-3 meaningful examples from a pre-existing body of work that may represent their current concepts in art making, to share and discuss with the group. An artist-centered workshop model will guide participants through a stage of draft to revision. Participants will leave with an artist statement that may function as a living document for future use within and beyond the public sphere.

Led by Veronica Lawlor, Parsons School of Design & Pratt Institute faculty

How do you create a visual narrative of a memory? This studio workshop will take you from concept sketches of important events, people, and places that make up the important and memorable moments of your life, Experiment with painting in gouache with ink overlays, in unpacking the salient, visual details of a defining moment. Take-away lesson plans for K-12 students will be provided for educators.