Current and Upcoming Workshops

@ IS183 Art School of the Berkshires

COLLAGE AND MIXED MEDIA: EXPERIMENTAL COLLAGE

Friday, 9:00 am - 1:00 pm
Jan 18 - Mar 22 8 Sessions
No Class Feb. 22, Mar. 8
Tuition: $400.00 $25 material fee included in tuition Enter the collage lab and get experimental with techniques applied to design elements in your collage art work. This vigorous 2-D investigation includes experiments with: tactile and visual texture, visual rhythm, and the complex world of photomontage. Investigate the unexpected using unusual art materials combined with acrylics, paper, scissors, found low- relief, textiles, scavenged imagery and all sorts of glue! The wide range of materials explored in the experiments offer each student new inroads to collage, creativity, and the art of the mixed media mash-up! Classes are designed for all levels and include generous attention to individual works in progress.

COLLAGE AND MIXED MEDIA: EMBELLISHED PAPER FOR PAINT-PAPER COLLAGE

Friday, 9:00 am - 1:00 pm Apr 05 - May 31 8 Sessions Tuition: $400.00 $25 material fee included in tuition
Embellished surfaces using mixed media is the frontier for unique collage design. Create a portfolio of resist painted, paste patterned, marbled and uniquely textured papers for the painted paper collage projects. Learn to use your own photographs as inspiration for collage compositions. Begin to interpret and shape your collage using the painted paper technique. This method expands the imagination and collage horizon for everyone interested in self-expression using collage composition. Mixed media melds paper and paint with both traditional and nontraditional materials students often long to explore. Classes are designed for all levels and include generous attention to individual works in progress.

COLLAGE AND ARTIST BOOK Workshop

Saturday and Sunday, 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Jun 01 - Jun 02 2 Days
Tuition: $169.00 $25 material fee included in tuition In this workshop, collage is used to bring content into our discovery of basic book forms. It opens the door for students interested in book binding and construction, embellished journals, visual sketch books and variations on artist books. Learn four basic book forms: accordion fold, pamphlet stitch, Japanese stab binding and 4- Room Book. Use collage for narrative or 2-D designs and explore basic paper engineering like pop-ups for enhanced visual story telling. Discover the book- collage idea as art and learn how it brings together the book as both object and idea, empowering it to become a potent creation in the hands of artists worldwide.

Berkshire Kripalu Community Yoga

class Thursdays 6-7:30 pm weekly At Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health

Vibrant Visionary Collage: Your Artist Journal as Creative Sanctuary Spring Yoga and creativity retreat for women

March 3-8, 2013 AtKripalu Center for Yoga and Health

Is your inner artist searching for a creative sanctuary? Does your spiritual life need a a sacred playground? Reboot your expressive soul during this vibrant, energizing retreat for women.

Guided to your creative zone by collage artist and spiritual activist, Karen Arp-Sandel, learn to collage, draw and paint the richness of your “deep seeing” into the pages of your visionary Collage-a-Day journal.

Supported by the relaxed sisterhood of women in community, begin to take your Yoga off the mat and into your world more fully. In this women’s retreat you will:

• Discover how to be your own Creative Sanctuary.
• Give your inner artist breathing room through Kripalu Yoga.
• Recharge with Mantra and deep Yoga Nidra.
• Nourish your soul in a relaxed, playful studio art setting.
• Empower yourself to dance with your mixed media muse and awaken new artistic vision.
• Learn to “Map a Mindful Minute” in Your Collage-a-day Journal.
• Bring home your new Artist Journal with sacred collages to sustain your Creative Sanctuary.

Let’s celebrate the divine energy of spring by connecting with nature’s vibrancy here in the Berkshires. Embody the power of experiential learning through daily Yoga, labyrinth ritual , mindfulness and intentional art. Transformation is within our reach, when we meditate on these profound and simple words; “Be the Change you want to see in the world.” ( Mahatma Gandhi)

$25 materials fee: All materials for V.V.C. workshop projects will be provided by the instructor.

Participants are invited to bring their collage and mixed media stash and tools including: decorative papers, old photos ( 35 mm) for altered photo techniques, photos to use as collage elements, pens, scissors, rubber stamps and inks, embellishments, punches, found papers, postage stamps, maps, textiles,up-cycled materials and other inspirations.

Yoga & meditation practice is scheduled M-Th with Karen in program room.

Learning through Art: Conte Community School, Pittsfield, Ma

2nd Grade -Earth ,Sky, Water : Mixed media creations after school art program Kriplau Center for Yoga and Health

Yoga In Schools at Pittsfield High School

January 25- Feb1: Yoga Teacher Training: postponed until June 2013

FeMail: Evening Sampler at Kripalu Center

March 6, 2013 7:00-9:00 PM

FeMail and Alchemy Initiative Present: The Dailyness of Art 2013 Workshop at Lichtenstein Center for the Arts

April 27,2013
9AM -5PM Lunch served 12-1PM
6PM- 9PM Dinner and a movie. Evening screening of “ Who Does She Think She IS?” and panel discussion 28 Renne Avenue Pittsfield, MA 01201 (413) 499-9348