Studio Workshops for Art Educators

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ART FOR EDUCATORS SUMMER STUDIO WORKSHOPS - 2023

In order to better serve the greater arts community throughout Texas, the UHCL Studio Art and Design Program would like you to join us in our Art Educator’s Summer Studio Workshops. Take time to learn new techniques, and explore other studio practices. We are excited to work with you this summer!

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General Information

In 2019, we offered our first workshops and the response was overwhelmingly positive! This summer you are invited to work alongside UHCL fine arts faculty in one of the following areas: ceramics, sculpture, printmaking, or book arts. Each workshop lasts 3 days with demonstrations by our faculty, and plenty of studio time for you to create on your own. Our emphasis is to develop your personal artistic interests and abilities as artist-educators.

Varied Dates: June and July 2023

Workshop Overviews: Printmaking and Book Arts

Workshop Dates: June 26, 27, & 28

Explore a variety of mark-making, as well as the image generation of multiples - a unique aspect of printmaking. Everyone will have the opportunity to explore the media of drypoint, collograph, monotype, and/or screenprint. Come prepared with resource material you want to work from, such as sketchbook images, digital drawings, or photographs so you can jump right in to translating your images to print!

Meet the Instructor: Lauren Kussro

Lauren Kussro, Assistant Professor of Printmaking, attended the Herron School of Art & Design in Indianapolis for her undergraduate studies, earning a BFA in painting and printmaking. Lauren completed her MFA degree in printmaking at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville.

Book Arts

Workshop Dates: June 12, 13, & 14

Explore a variety of book arts techniques including accordion books, flag books, and star books. We will begin with a pamphlet stitched book and progress to more advanced structures. All materials will be provided, but participants are encouraged to bring source material if they would like to include it in their work. Small images, stickers, stamps found objects, ephemera, etc.

Meet the Instructor: Janet Reynolds

Janet Reynolds earned her BA in Art from Notre Dame College in Manchester, NH. She completed her studies and received an MA in Art Ed from Boston University with a focus on book arts. She has taught art to students in Texas for fifteen years and regulary teaches workshops at The Printing Museum. Her work has been in exhibitions in the U.S., Mexico, and Australia.

Workshop Overviews: Sculpture and Ceramics

Sculpture

Workshop Dates: July 24, 25, & 26

You will be introduced to a fully equipped woodshop facility. All of your creations will be fabricated in wood. The goal of this workshop is to teach you how to properly and safely use all the tools within the UHCL Sculpture woodshop. We will be learning to fabricate a basic box and frame forms. Examples of projects will be wall/floor pedestals, boxed drawing/painting panels, frames, and canvas stretchers.

Meet the Instructor: Jason Makepeace

Jason Makepeace was born in Pearisburg, Virginia in 1974. He grew up in Charlotte, North Carolina and in 1993 he moved to Charleston, South Carolina to attend the College of Charleston. In 1997, Jason received a Bachelor of Art degree with a Minor in Art History. During his time in Charleston, Jason studied abroad in Cortona, Italy through a program with the University of Georgia. In 2002, Jason received his Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Houston. He is currently the Associate Professor of Sculpture and the Art and Design Program’s Program Director at University of Houston-Clear Lake. Jason is an active art maker with many artistic accomplishments and currently lives in League City, Texas.

Ceramics

Workshop Dates: June 5, 6, & 7

You will be introduced to the fundamentals of working on a throwing-wheel (including electric and self-propelled kick wheels). We will explore the wheel as a tool to make pottery, vessels, and sculptures. This workshop is designed for individuals with no to limited experience working on the wheel, but all experience levels are welcome. Multiple clays will be explored including stoneware and porcelain. Work made during this session may not be fully fired or finished by the end of the workshop, but can be picked up by arrangement. An apron and closed toed shoes are recommended. Basic tools and clay will be provided.

Meet the Instructor: Clay Leonard

Prior to his appointment at UHCL, Clay Leonard was the Area Head of Ceramics at Bowling Green State University for three years. He earned his Master of Fine Arts in Art with a focus on Ceramics from Bowling Green State University and was nominated for an outstanding thesis award for his thesis exhibition. He earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts in 3-D Studio Arts from Adrian College in Michigan in 2006. Clay Leonard currently serves as Assistant Professor and Area Head of Ceramics at UHCL. Photographic Process: Cyanotypes

Photographic Process: Cyanotypes

Workshop Dates: July 24, 25, & 26

Dive into analogue photography by exploring one of the oldest photographic processes, the Cyanotype. During this workshop students will produce hand-made photographic prints rendered in beautiful shades of blue that characterize this historic process. The workshop will walk students through the entire cyanotype process, digitally printing negatives from image files, hand-coating paper with cyanotype chemistry, and exposing that paper to light. Students will also learn the studio workflow necessary to produce these prints on their own and develop ideas to adapt this process to a classroom setting.

Meet the Instructor: Daniel Kraus

Daniel earned his MFA in photography at the Tyler School of Art & Architecture at Temple University and also holds a BFA in Photography and BA in History from the University of North Florida. His photographs blend historical research with photography to deepen our understanding of how people and place combine to create a culture. His work has been featured in numerous publications including Esquire Russia, Fraction, Oxford American, Create Magazine, and Aint-Bad. He currently lives in Houston, Texas where he teaches photography as Assistant Professor of Art & Design at the University of HoustonClear Lake.

About the UHCL Studio Art and Design Program

Overview

The art program at the University of Houston - Clear Lake features well equipped studio facilities that sit right next to a beautiful wooded nature preserve.

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Unique Experiences

Develop your technical skills in a variety of traditional studio media, and explore unique offerings such as fibers, foundry casting, or screen printing. Get hands-on teaching experience through the UHCL Art School for Children and Young Adults, which offers one of Texas’ largest university supported community art programs for prospective art teachers.

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