VISUAL ARTS
Generously supported by Bertha Bucher; Ed and Alene Christiansen; and Juan and Beatriz Roederer All of the Visual Arts classes have filled. Please consider looking at a different area of study.
Visual Arts registrants will have the opportunity to meet with their guest artists following Meet the Artists at 4:00pm on Sunday afternoon, July 13 to get acquainted during the Chancellor’s reception in the Great Hall OR go to the first class on Monday morning. See the Registration Form for more information. ALSO: Here’s an opportunity for this year’s visual arts registrants to take part in the 2009 Festival Poster and Catalog cover competition. Contact Nikki Kinne nkinne@alaska.net for more information.
Visual Arts classes below:
96)Visual Arts: Portrait Painting in Oil — Evenings Both WeeksThis class has filled. Please consider another.
97) Visual Arts: Landscape and Still Life Painting — Oils
and Acrylics — Daytime Both WeeksThis class has filled. Please consider another.
98) Visual Arts: Paper Engineering, Week I – Evening ClassThis class has filled. Please consider another.
99) Visual Arts: Photo Folder Bookbinding, Week II – Evening ClassThis class has filled. Please consider another.
100) Visual Arts: Athabascan Beadwork — Week I, EveningsThis class has filled. Please consider another.
101) Visual Arts: Beginning Watercolor Painting – Mornings Both WeeksThis class has filled. Please consider another.
96) Visual Arts: Portrait Painting in Oil — Evenings Both Weeks $395
Instructor: Austen
5:30-8:00pm, M-F, Both Weeks $200 This class has filled. Please consider another.
Open to the first 12 to register, this class will provide step-by-step instruction in painting the head-and-shoulder portrait in oil from the clothed model. Instructor’s demonstrations will focus on structure, light and shadow and mixing flesh colors. Experience in drawing and in mixing color is highly recommended. Students should bring $30 to the first class for the model fee. A materials list will be sent to registrants. If questions, contact the artist: <artworks@alaska.net>
Karen Austen • Fairbanks, AK Portraits in Oils
Karen Austen makes her living painting commissioned artworks, including portraits of adults, children and pets, from her studio in downtown Fairbanks. She has taught painting and drawing courses at the University of Alaska Fairbanks and in wilderness areas of Alaska, and she holds a Master’s Degree of Fine Arts.
97) Visual Arts: Landscape and Still Life Painting — Oils
and Acrylics — Daytime Both Weeks
Instructor: Baragona
9:00am-3:30pm, M-F, Both Weeks, with break for lunch $395
Open to the first 15 to register. A materials list will be sent to registrants. If questions contact the artist: baragr@blair.edu or Ann Tremarello: ann.tremarello@gmail.com This class has filled. Please consider another.
Rita Baragona • Columbia, NJ Oils and Acrylics
Rita Baragona lives in rural New Jersey where she paints landscapes and still-lifes. She has had numerous exhibits at the Bowery Gallery in New York City, and her paintings have been shown in many galleries and museums, including the Dutot Museum, the Wycoff Gallery, and the William and Mary College Museum. Her work is in the permanent collection at www.bowerygallery.org
98) Visual Arts: Paper Engineering, Week I – Evening Class
Instructor: Kienle
6:00-7:30pm, M-F, Week I $75
Open to the first 12 to register, students will create pop-ups to enhance cards and books. Materials will be provided. Pay materials fee of $7.50 to Kienle at first class. If questions, contact the artist: kienle@hotmail.com This class has filled. Please consider another.
99) Visual Arts: Photo Folder Bookbinding, Week II – Evening Class
Instructor: Kienle
6:00-7:30pm, M-F, Week II $75
Open to the first 12 to register, students will experience the skills of bookbinding, creating a photo folder tag book. Materials will be provided. Pay materials fee of $7.50 to Kienle at first class. If questions, contact the artist: kienle@hotmail.com This class has filled. Please consider another.
Linde Kienle • Fairbanks, AK Contemporary Book and Paper Artist
Linde Kienle has been a master bookbinder for more than 40 years. She apprenticed in Germany and did her journey years as a book designer in Switzerland. Her workshops this year will help the registrants develop an elegant way to present their work either as an artist or as a collector. She has given numerous workshops at universities and art studios in Alaska, Oregon and Hawaii and she has had many solo shows.
100) Visual Arts: Athabascan Beadwork — Week I, Evenings
Instructor: Meckel 5:30-8:00pm, M-F, Week I $100
Open to the first 12 to register. No prerequisite. Students will pay a materials fee of $35 to the artist the first day. Students need only to bring scissors to the class. If questions, contact the artist: kmeckel@northstar.k12.ak.us or Adela Jackson, adelajackson@alaska.net This class has filled. Please consider another.
Kathleen Hildebrand Meckel • Fairbanks, AK Athabascan Beadwork
Kathleen Hildebrand Meckel learned the art of beadwork at an early age from her grandmother who lived in the village of Nulato, Alaska. She beads jewelry and traditional Athabascan regalia pieces. She enjoys teaching the basic techniques of beadwork to her students and watching what they create. She presently teaches at the Effie Kokrine Charter School in Fairbanks.
101) Visual Arts: Beginning Watercolor Painting – Mornings Both Weeks
Instructor: Murakami $200
9:00-12 noon, Both Weeks This class has filled. Please consider another.
Open to the first 12 who register, this class is designed to introduce the student to the medium of watercolor including materials, methods, and techniques. The class will progress from basic procedures to color, design, and composition. Weather permitting, the class will sketch on location around the campus and learn how to turn field sketches into finished paintings. No previous experience necessary.
Gael Baxley Murakami • Fairbanks, AK Beginning Watercolor
Gael Baxley Murakami is known for her watercolor landscapes of Alaska, many painted in remote locations. She has presented workshops (beginning to advanced) from Fairbanks to Homer. Gael exhibits in solo and group shows, and national and statewide juried exhibitions. She is currently serving as the president of the Fairbanks Watercolor Society.
102) Visual Arts: Reconnecting Through Painting – Daytime Both Weeks
Instructor: Pierotti
9:00-3:30pm, M-F, Both Weeks with break for lunch $395 This class has filled. Please consider another. Painting is a process whereby we make material the immaterial nature of our mind, emotion and spirit. We will learn a multi-layering, multi-medium process on cotton and paper. Each day will begin with an active drawing meditation bringing attention to shape, color and sound. The intent is to explore the “here and now”, the fullness of our soul through the creative act of exploring personal insights in a conversation with the artist’s materials. If questions, contact the artist: rpryb@mindspring.com
Ray Pierotti • Atlanta, GA Reconnecting Through Painting
Included in corporate, private and public collections throughout the U.S., Europe and Asia, with numerous solo exhibitions to his credits, Ray Pierotti has been a full-time professional visual artist since 1964. Invited often to lecture at international arts conferences and teach in academic and non-academic settings, he is noted for a unique multi-layering mixed-medium process. www.absolutearts.com/ portfolios/r/raypierotti
103) Visual Arts: Abstract Watermedia Techniques
Evenings Both Weeks $200
Instructor: Wilbur
5:30-8:00pm, M-F, Both Weeks
Open to the first 15 to register, students will explore a variety of watermedia techniques, using a variety of materials, including watercolor and gouache paints, fabric dyes, specialty watercolor papers, and watermedia pencils. The techniques introduced are very simple and enable even a beginning painter to achieve successful results, and will focus on the principles of color, composition, and form. If questions, contact the artist: alchemystudios@hotmail.com This class has filled. Please consider another.
Carol Wilbur • Fairbanks, AK Watercolor
Carol Wilbur is a lifelong resident of Fairbanks. She holds a teaching degree as well as a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in painting and metalsmithing. She lives in Fairbanks with her husband Jack and children Sara and Aaron. She maintains a personal studio at Well Street Art Company.
104)Visual Arts: Intermediate Watercolor – Daytime Both Weeks
Instructor: Zhikhartsev
9:00am-3:30pm, M-F, Both Weeks, with break for lunch $395
This class has filled. Please consider another.
Open to the first 15 to register. Bring new life to your paintings ! This class is designed for the serious beginner-intermediate level student. Experienced instructor Vladimir Zhikhartsev will provide easy-to-grasp instructions and demonstrations as well as techniques and tips for mastering color, composition and basic concepts in “Plein Air” painting. Above all, you’ll find encouragement to have fun while you paint in a loose, confident style on location. If questions, contact the artist: vladimir@gci.net
Vladimir Zhikhartsev • Fairbanks, AK Intermediate Watercolor
Vladimir Zhikhartsev moved to Fairbanks from Russia in 1996. A professional artist, he has had six shows in Alaska and numerous shows in Russia. He is well known as a 14 time Gold Medal winner in Ice Art Championships around the World. He participated in Winter Olympic Ice Art Festivals in Salt Lake City, 2002 and Turin, Italy 2006. He teaches European - Russian style watercolor workshops and ice sculpture classes.
