Surrounded by the landscape made famous by Georgia O’keeffe (a resident of Ghost Ranch for many years) we will explore paint and mark making.  We will honor the creative spirit of the  rocks and land by working with our hands and focusing internally through visualizations that stimulate the creative muse, and meditations that connect us to source through walking, reflection and painting.

Our materials will be pencil, mud, charcoal, pastel, oil sticks, and paint on quality paper. We will draw, paint, collage combine, scrap, add, subtract, and bind together our work into something larger than their parts.

Ghost Ranch provides opportunities for those who value learning and see education as a means for individual and social transformation. We believe that true education engages both head and heart. Our programs combine discussion and hands-on experiences to help participants expand their sense of self and world.

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This workshop is dedicated to individual process and the exploration of materials. We will begin with idea generating exercises that spur on spontaneous images and support the individual language of ideas.
Process demos will include the making of traditional gesso
and a beginning foundation to how materials interact together.
Combining wet and dry, mark making with brush, pencil, pen and
charcoal. We will paint, collage, layer, emboss, use gel mediums and
wax, erase, scrape and make. We will bind together our work into
something larger than their parts.

This visual art retreat provides the potential to tap into an
extraordinary resource: the vibrant creative force of the planet
by exploring identity and place.
Time will be set aside to hold group discussions on the practical,
outrageous and philosophical. No experience necessary, just a curious
mind.

Hollyhock Canadian Learning Center is located on British Columbia’s wilderness coast, offering a vast array of programs to inspire,nourish and support people who are making the world better.

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http://www.hollyhock.ca/cms/index.cfm?Group_ID=5041

Mon-Thurs, Oct 15-18, 10am-4pm
$325 members/ $375 non-members
$45 supply fee
The Center, Hailey

This workshop is dedicated to the alchemy of materials. Students will begin by creating surfaces using handmade gesso on wood panels followed by pencil, charcoal, and pastel markings. Later, acrylics, oils, papers, glues, waxes, encaustics, and objects are introduced. Students will then build, add, subtract, layer, emboss, melt, paint, collage, and bind together their work into something larger than their parts.  Spontaneous exercises will be provided to give new ways to approach technique and process.  There will be time set aside for group discussions and critiques on the process of the practical, outrageous, and the philosophical. This is an excellent workshop for those seeking to expand their art practice and stimulate their hidden muse.

Lauren Mantecón is an experienced teacher and studio artist known for facilitating ways of expanding the active imagination. She has taught at the University of Portland in Oregon and has worked with diverse populations. Lauren teaches workshops throughout the country, and has exhibited internationally. She currently resides in Portland, Oregon.

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