WORKSHOPS
By local renowned artists
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Welcome to Kit Carson Lodge's 85th Season!
We invite you to participate in one or more of our workshops featuring the
following renowned Artists and Author
With Dale Laitinen
AUGUST 19-22, 2011
Dale Laitinen is best known for his watercolor paintings of the mountains and deserts of the Western United States. He is drawn to the topography of exposed rock which manifests itself as light catching ranges of mountains, deep canyons and broad expanse. Traveling through the landscapes has made a strong imprint on his paintings. It is a large open expanse of the contemporary American West that Laitinen finds most compelling. In addition to being influenced by the natural landscape he finds aesthetic value in the altered landscape of dams, bridges, highways, etc.
Laitinen is a signature member of the National Watercolor Society and Watercolor West. He has conducted workshops in the United States and France. He is represented by several galleries in Northern California and lives and works in Mountain Ranch, California.
For more information about the Artist, please visit www.dalelaitinen.com
September at Silver Lake can be one of the most beautiful times of the year. Artists will have the opportunity to sketch, paint and explore the region. Workshop participants will paint watercolor in and around Silver Lake area, most of the time outdoors weather permitting. The schedule for each day includes a demo in the morning with individual instruction and artists painting during the day, critique in the afternoons.
The workshop hours will be 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday - Thursday with one hour break for lunch and Friday 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon.
There will be a Sunday orientation from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. as a preparation for the workshop.
List of materials, tools and other necessities for participants to bring is available upon sign up.
Start August 19th, Friday at 7:00 p.m.
End August 22nd, Monday at 12:00, noon
Cost $400 per person.
Come and playfully learn the basics of a low tech and experimental painterly printmaking process called monotype. The medium invites both novices and experienced artists from different disciplines to create finished images in relatively few steps. In a hands-on experience, you will develop an understanding of printmaking fundamentals, materials and techniques using a printing press. In this scenic relaxed atmoshphere, you will be guided in creating your own unique materpieces.
We will focus on both spontaneous and methodical approaches to the medium. Demonstrations will include the use of an etching press, printing by hand and experimentation with textures and collage materials. In this relaxed and special scenic retreat, with support and encouragement, you will realize your own personal artistic intent and expression of ideas and images with the culmination of a series of one-of-a-kind prints.
No experience needed! All materials included except printmaking papers. Material list available upon sign up.
Katherine Venturelli is an artist and teacher nationally recognized for unique or varied edition artist books and fine prints produced from her printmaking studio in Sutter Creek, CA. The work is represented in many prestigious collections including the SF Palace Legion of Honor and the Crocker Art Museum (Sacramento), Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fee, Walker Art Center (Minneapolis) and the Special Collections of U.S.C., Mills College, and the University of WA. "My artwork depends upon the power of imagery which is recognized symbols or metaphors that are unversally archetypal." She is on the art faculty for Los Rios Community College District.
Visit her website:http://caprintmakers.org
Workshop hours will be 9:00 am to 4:00 pm Monday - Thursday with one hour break for lunch and Friday 9:00 - 11:00 am.
There will be a Sunday evening reception for participants in preparation for the workshop from 7:00 - 8:00 pm.
Cost is $395 per person. $50 for additional family members; Daily drop-in $95 per person.
Writing / Publishing workshops
With Nadia West
Auguts 28-30, 2011 - All day workshop
August 31 - September 2, 2011 - half day workshops
Hankering to wirte your family story? Memoir? Or a historical novel? Awaken your creative spirit with this prize-wining author, editor and storyteller, known for bringing history to life. A sought-after speaker at writer's conferences, Wes will guide you through ways of presenting your material and demystify your publishing options.
The workshop hours August 28-30th will be 9:00 a.m. to Noon & 1:30 pm to 4:30 pm Monday and Tuesday. Wine and cheese reception for participants on Sunday from 7:00 to 9:00 pm.
The Workshop hours August 31 - September 2nd will be 1:30 to 4:30 pm on Wednesday, 9:00 am to 12:00 noon and 1:30 to 4:30 pm on Thursday and 9:00 am to 12:00 noon on Friday. Wine and cheese reception for participants on Wednesday from 7:00 to 9:00 pm.
Cost : $275 per person, including bag lunches
Joan Hoffmann Painting Retreat
September 9-11, 2011
Joan concentrates on painting techniques such as complimentary color use, warm and cool colors and where to place them for best effect. She includes how to use a brush for varied effects and demonstrates how to leave brush strokes in the painting. Her paintings are loose and impressionistic. Learn how to leave an impression without fussy details and how to put the land in a a landscape.
Friday after check-in, watch Joan's demo or paint along 3:00 to 6:00 pm.
Friday 7:00 to 9:00 pm there will be a evening slide sho and talk, "History of American Landscape Painting".
Saturday there will be two sessons; 9:00 to Noonand 3:00 to 6:00 pm.
Sunday paint am to noon. Joan will demonstrate in the afternoon, noon to 3:00 pm
Cost : $200 per person
To enroll, please call us at (209) 258-8500
or fill in the registration form and fax or mail to us.
We look forward to seeing you!