Workshop cost: $1,700.
Level of experience: open to students of all levels
Material fee: tbd, there will be a small materials and field trip fee
Dates to remember:
Registration: Open now
Booking forms and fee must be received by: 1st July 2024
Final payment due: 31st August 2024
Arrival: 23rd September 2024
Departure: 29th September 2024
Class: 24th – 28th September 2024
While Bold Territory: Experimental Drawing will encompass a great variety of
technical information, the overall emphasis will be using the processes to reflect
each artist's personal vision.
Bold Territory: Experimental Drawing workshop will utilize traditional and non-traditional materials to realize work ranging from quick studies to fully developed pieces. With an emphasis on experimentation, participants will be challenged to express personal vision and take chances without concern for the rendering of the final image.
New to the class: participants will create one large piece along with their smaller pieces. The large piece will be specially designed to fold up and fit into your travel portfolio! Artists will be encouraged to include materials that are both recycled and upcyled into their work. Our creative exploration will include a field trip to ancient northern Mayo sites as well as use of the local landscape as jumping off points
to inspire creation.
In addition:
-Students will work with various methods and materials such as charcoal, graphite, pigment sticks, water media, peat, monotype printing, plaster, tar, cardboard, polyurethane, house paint, ink and collage to develop work that echoes each participant’s aesthetic interest and vision.
-Simple printmaking processes will be included in developing work that leads to unpredictable discoveries that can open new doors to thinking about aesthetic possibilities.
-Power point presentations will be given to illustrate examples of how drawing and mixed media are used by contemporary artists.
-There will be daily exercises to promote creative thinking and subconscious direction.
-Artists will have daily access to the current exhibition at Ballinglen Museum of Art and full access to the Ballinglen studio space. The class will have access to the Ballinglen Museum permanent collection’s 800 pieces as a learning tool.
The 5-day workshop is being taught by Jeffrey Hirst, an experienced teacher and resident fellow at Ballinglen Arts Foundation.
Expanded Approaches towards Printmaking and Bold Territory: Experimental Drawing workshops are designed to compliment and interrelate to each other utilizing the influences of literature and music as well as natural surroundings for inspiration. A discount is offered for the two contiguous classes.
For more information and to register, go to the Ballinglen Arts Foundation
website: www.ballinglenartsfoundation.org
Jeffrey Hirst earned an MFA from Louisana State Univeristy in 1990 and has worked as an artist since then. Hirst has been showcased at venues around the U.S. and Europe and is represented by Addington Gallery in Chicago and Brandt Roberts Gallery in Columbus, Ohio. Hirst has been a visiting artist at universities around the United States conducting encaustic and printmaking workshops. He owns Hirst Printmaking in Chicago which is a printshop specializing in experimental printmaking and mixing painting and prints. Hirst is the recipient of a Minnesota State Arts Board grant and his work is in numerous public and private collections.
Please contact Jeffrey Hirst with any questions on the class directly on email,
jeff@jeffreyhirst.com. website http://www.jeffreyhirst.com
To check availability for this workshop please complete and submit the form
found in link below.
All other queries, please contact Úna Forde on, unaforde.baf@gmail.com.
