Workshop Update 2019

I completed my 2018 workshop schedule late last month and am already looking forward to getting back on the road and beginning again in 2019. My updated schedule and all the details can always be found on my workshop page but you can have a quick read through this post to see my most recent updates for the first half of the year.

Hoping you will find a workshop that works for you!

1/17: Creativation - Phoenix, AZ: Perfectly PaperArtsy w/Raquel Burillo - registration open

         (available to trade show attendees only)

1/18: Creativation - Phoenix, AZ: Get Baked! - workshop full

2/8: The Queens Ink - Savage, MD: Joker's Wild - workshop full

2/9-10: The Queens Ink - Savage, MD: Bento Box - workshop full

2/14-16: PaperWorks - Tucson, AZ: For Your Eyes Only - workshop full

2/20-21: The Queens Ink - Savage, MD: Bento Box - registration open

                (repeat class added after first one filled)

2/23: The Ink Pad - NYC: Get Baked! - registration open

2/24: The Ink Pad - NYC: Joker's Wild - registration open

3/17-23: MDLH - Taos, NM - A Case of Curiosities w/Roxanne Evans Stout - retreat full         

              (waitlist closed)

4/5: Valley Stamp & Scrap - Neenah, WI: Photo Op - workshop full

       (add your name to waitlist)

4/5: Valley Stamp & Scrap - Neenah, WI: Get Baked! - workshop full

       (add your name to waitlist)

4/6: Valley Stamp & Scrap - Neenah, WI: 52 Card Pickup - workshop full

       (add your name to waitlist)

4/12: Stamplistic - Amherst, OH: 52 Card Pickup - registration open

4/13: Stamplistic - Amherst, OH: 50 Ways to Leave Your Layer - registration open

4/27: Pratt Institute - NYC: Mixed Media Surface Design - registration open 

5/1-6: Tinker Tailor Artist Maker - Redwood City, CA - registration open soon

          (art retreat sponsored by Eat Cake Create)

5/18: Amelia's Creative Crafts - Studley, England: Get Baked! - workshop full

5/19: Amelia's Creative Crafts - Studley, England: 52 Card Pickup - workshop full

5/25: Handmade at Helen's - Dumfries, Scotland: Get Baked! - registration open

5/26: Handmade at Helen's - Dumfries, Scotland: 50 Ways to Leave Your Layer -                       

         registration open

6/6-6/9: Port Townsend School of the Arts - Port Townsend, WA: Bento Box -

             retreat full (add your name to waitlist)

Video Workshops

My video workshop downloads are half price for the holiday weekend workshop at Interweave.

Since I rarely do traditional online classes, this is one way to learn my techniques if you are unable to take my classes in person.

Oh and while you are saving money, the sale on all my products in my online shop continues through end of day Monday. Use code CYBER20 to get 20% off everything except original art (while supplies last).                                                         

New Workshop: Bento Box

-post updated in orange 10/19/18-

I will be announcing portions of my 2019 workshop schedule in the coming weeks and introducing the new additions to my workshop schedule as well. First up...

BENTO BOX

NEW FOR 2019

Hungry for creativity? Build your own Bento Box filled with art in this jam-packed workshop. We will be making a series of projects, small in size but big in impact, that will each nest in its own container - think tins, boxes, bags, etc. 

Each of these will in turn be placed and housed inside one larger box, creating a very special treasure chest. 

Your unique art pieces will include some combination of handmade books, paintings, collages, assemblages, scrolls, wraps, shrines and more. 

This workshop will be taught across 2, 3, 4 or 5 days. The longer the class, the more projects will be made. And each workshop will be unique.

In the end, the process of opening and exploring the contents of the box becomes a magical part of the art.

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Bento Box debuts as a two day class at The Queen's Ink in Savage, Maryland from 2/9 to 2/10/19. Joker's Wild, another new workshop that is the sequel to 52 Card Pickup, will also be offered at the same visit on 2/8/19. Registration is now open for both classes and only a few seats remain. These classes have both filled but I have added a repeat performance of Bento Box at The Queen's Ink from 2/20-2/21. Registration is open.

Bento Box will make its way to the west coast later in the year at two very special events. First up is the first week of May at Tinker Tailor Artist Maker, a retreat from Art is You in Redwood City, California. Registration opens in December.

In June, I am excited to be teaching a four day version of Bento Box as part of my own retreat (including housing and meals) sponsored by the Pacific NorthWest Art School to be held at the Port Townsend School of Arts in Fort Worden State Park in Washington. The retreat starts 6/5/19 and registration opens in November.

If you are interested in the California or Washington retreats, please let me know by comment, email or direct message. I will be sure you are the first to receive more information and registration dates and details. I must have your email address to send the info and, while you may think that this is always provided when you leave a comment -- it actually usually isn't.

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Head to my workshop page to see additional 2019 workshops already announced, including classes in Arizona, New Mexico, New York, Wisconsin and both England and Scotland. Check back often as many more classes will be announced soon.

The Exquisite Corpse: Part II

Last month I had the pleasure of co-teaching a five-day workshop with Holly Dean in Burritt's Rapids, Ontario - just outside of Ottawa. The workshop was originally called The Exquisite Corpse...but almost nobody signed up. We changed the name to Lovely Creatures and filled the seats. You can read about the town, the class and the experience here.

This post features the book I made in the workshop.

Measuring approximately 4.25 x 10.50 inches, this handmade book is based on The Exquisite Corpse, a game where three people draw on the same piece of paper - without seeing what the other has drawn. One draws a head, one a torso, and one a set of legs. The drawing is then unfolded to the amusement of all.  

The cover includes layers of collage, acrylic paint, ink and Vintage Beeswax Baked Texture, which gives it a faux encaustic and almost leather-like look.

Inside, the concept on the Exquisite Corpse was captured in the form of a flip book in three sections - head, torso and legs.

Turning each section individually leads to a variety of combinations of exquisite corpses lovely creatures. Here are just a few...

Happy to say that in 2019, I will be offering this as a 3-day workshop called Exquisite Creatures. Stay tuned for locations.

The Exquisite Corpse: Part I

I recently had the pleasure of co-teaching a five-day workshop with Holly Dean in Burritt's Rapids, Ontario - just outside of Ottawa. The workshop was originally called The Exquisite Corpse...but almost nobody signed up. We changed the name to Lovely Creatures and filled the seats.

Burritt's Rapids is a small town that was quaint and peaceful. We taught at the community center and couldn't be happier with the space.

It was hot outside but nice and cool on the inside. And we were able to provide everybody with their own table - always a bonus at a workshop.

The concept of the Exquisite Corpse is based on an old parlor game, later popularized by a group of surrealist artists. Three people participate and draw on the same piece of paper - without seeing what the other has drawn. One draws a head, one a torso, and one a set of legs. The drawing is then unfolded and hilarity ensues. Here is an example, completed with a group of local artists after the workshop ended. I drew the torso.

For our workshop, we put a twist of this concept. Every participant made a seven-page, flip book divided vertically into three equal sections - one each for heads, torsos and legs. Everybody also made their own box to house the book. For the images, we used collage pieces rather than drawings.

We painted, ink, embossed, and collaged. Here are some pages in progress.

Here are most of the book covers.

One of the boxes.

And the wonderful class.

Next Post: my book and pages

Workshop Update

Crossing into September suddenly makes it feel as though the year is fast approaching its end. But there are still plenty of opportunities to join me for a mixed media workshop in 2018. You can see my schedule below and always find all the details and links on my workshop page.

----SEPTEMBER----

Shake Rag Alley

Mineral Point, Wisconsin

Table of Contents - workshop full 

September 21-23

----OCTOBER----

Art is You - Talk Story

Stamford, Connecticut

Join me at the final Art is You retreat on the east coast. Not only is this my only workshop at the retreat, it is a completely new one! 

Block Party - registration open

October 4

A Work of Heart

San Jose, California

My last set of workshops on the west coast in 2018. Get Baked and learn all about my Baked Texture embossing powders and/or join me for the debut of Joker's Wild - the sequel to 52 Card Pickup. 

Get Baked! - registration open

October 7

Joker's Wild - registration open

October 8

Art is You - Talk Story

Ogden, Utah

My first ever workshop in Utah is a one-time-only, collaborative master class 

with Sharon Payne Bolton. This retreat is going to be something special.

Table of Contents+ - registration open

October 10-14

Pratt Institute

New York City

Back on my home turf, this 3 hour workshop will cover all the basics of surface design for mixed media. It's at Pratt in Manhattan but open to everyone.

Mixed Media Surface Design - registration open

October 27

----NOVEMBER----

Artistic Artifacts

Alexandria, Virginia

For my final workshops of 2018, I return to Artistic Artifacts with 3 mixed media classes. 

Radiant Rust - registration open

4 seats left

November 16

Get Baked! - registration open

4 seats left

November 17

Cutting Room Floor - workshop full

November 18

Case of Curiosities: 2019

I am counting the months/weeks/days until I return to Taos, New Mexico for the 4th Case of Curiosities art retreat held with Roxanne Evans Stout.

There are three two no longer any spots remaining for this special extra-special art adventure. 

This 5-day, 6-night event runs from March 17 to March 23, 2019 and is being held at the magical Mabel Dodge Luhan House.

Each participant will embellish and fill their own unique Case of Curiosities with handmade books, collages, paintings, assemblages, scrolls, shrines and tapestries. 

We will stitch, weave, connect, construct, assemble, build, write, sketch and paint over 5 glorious days.

There will be gourmet meals, in the dining room that once hosted Georgia O'Keefe, Ansel Adams, DH Lawrence and many other artists along the way.

Expect special adventures. In the past we have...

...explored the Taos Pueblo, said to be the oldest, continuous community in the United States

...had access to a private selection of rusted treasures at Two Graces Gallery

...gone on a once-in-a-lifetime buffalo run

...visited local artist studios, including the studio of Leighanna Light and Thomas Ashman.

If you would like to be added top the waitlist, please email me at shap97@gmail.com