The Marbletown Arts Association presents 5 exciting work-shops as part of the Art Harvest Celebration.

Running from Late September through October, 2007 in the foothills of the Catskills, we are promoting a series of hands on workshops in the artists' studios. These 1 to 3 day sessions will range from $75 - $490, or a 5-day workshop for $800! All workshops are being run by nationally recognized, award winning artists. Most will take place in or around historic High Falls.

Two 2-Day Workshops at Westcote Bell Pottery with Vaughan Smith
October 6&7 and 13&14,
Call: 845 687 7256

These classes run 9am-6pm on both days. The focus is on underglaze decoration using the unique technique developed by our studio. The forms are made using hump and slump molds onto which slabs are draped. Tiles are produced as a by product of the molded pieces. No previous skill is needed. The decoration is created using cut paper as a stencil or mask over which the underglaze is painted. Up to four layers are applied on each piece. The students can work from personal imagery brought with them, or they can use the prepared designs such as landscapes, floral compositions and animals. Day one revolves around making the forms and developing an understanding of the decorative technique. Day two is usually filled with students creating many varied pieces, often working into Sunday evening with zeal.

Cost $175 per weekend plus firing fees of between 50 cents to $5 per piece.

Call: 845 687 7256
www.potterytrail.com/westcote or www.bellpottery.com

INTRODUCTION TO THE ART OF FRESCO
Fresco dates back through the centuries and its use was cross cultural. Example exist in the tombs, temples and dwellings of the Chinese, Hindu, Mayan, Egyptian, and Pompeii civilizations. Fresco was also used during the Italian Renaissance by Michelangelo, Giotto and Fran Angilico to name a few. Mexican painters, such as Diego Rivera, revived this lost technique in the 20th Century.
TRUE FRESCO entails the grinding of pure earth pigments in distilled water and applying them onto the last coat (intonaco) of a smooth fine polish surface of wet lime plaster. The students are required to experience the whole fresco process: preparation of your sketch, mixing & building several plaster coats, preparing your panels with wire mesh, grinding pigments and transferring & painting  on your panel.

Date & Duration:
Introductionto Fresco, level #1 / 3-day workshops:
Friday Sept.28, Saturday Sept. 29 and Sunday Sept. 30, 2007, or
Friday Oct. 19, Saturday Oct. 20 and Sunday Oct. 21, 2007
Full tuition $480

Introduction to Fresco workshop level #2 / 5-day workshop:
Wednesday Oct. 10 to Sunday Oct. 14, 2007
Full tuition $800

Material fee is included in the full tuition price.

Spaces are limited/deposit of $100 is due at registration, bring a friend and get 10% off.

Diane Boisvert received her B.F.A.in 1988. She is a mixed-media artist.
Diane moved to New York to study Fresco painting technique at the School of Sacred Arts in New York city. The introduction fresco class opened her to another way to express her gratitude about that ancient technique as a contemporary artist. Her interest, however, were pulsed to mural painting when she went to California “Gualala” and attended an intensive workshop of TRUE FRESCO with two very special and inspiring human beings: the late Lucienne Bloch and the late Steven Pope Dimitroff. They assisted Diego Rivera in the 30’s and have continued to paint fresco murals ever since. Co-founder of Fresco Movement in 1989 with artist Valerie de Montvallon. They completed several mural commissions in New York also member of the National Mural painters.

http://www.dianeboisvertgallery.com
Contact 347-891-2547 or 845-626-5959, boisvertd@earthlink.net