8:00-8:45 Registration (Corley Auditorium)
8:45-9:15 Introduction Presentation (Corley Auditorium)
9:25-11:30 Workshops (Art Department)
11:30-12:15 Lunch (Mayes Dining Hall)
12:15-12:45 Studio tours/Campus tours
1:00-1:50 Artist Presentation with Adam Posnak, West Fork, AR (Corley Auditorium)
2:00 Event ends
2023 Schedule Includes:
Bounce Animation:
In this workshop, students create a 2D animation of a bouncing ball using Adobe Animate software. This animation is one of the first exercises that professional animators learn. In this session, students learn about timing, exaggeration, squash, and stretch in animation. At the end of the workshop, they get a video file of their animation that they can easily share online and show on other platforms or devices. Instructors: Elmira Bagherzadeh and Ed Outhouse
Felted Bag:
This workshop will use multiple colors of fiber made from alpaca wool to allow each participant to create a design of their choice with the technique of needle felting. The felted image will then be made into a small pouch/bag using a whipstitch with multicolored threads of choice and a button. Participants will be able to complete a usable item during the workshop that has a hand designed element of beauty using natural fibers. Instructor: Amber Mintert
Into the Vault: MSSU African Art Collection Curatorial Experience:
This session will provide students with first-hand curatorial experience in museum collection care, preservation, and management. Through discussion and lecture, students will learn the history of our collection, the challenges of museum management, basic collection care, and object preservation techniques. Then acting as “curators”, students will work directly with and handle 1-2 artifacts they select from the "vault" of the MSSU African Art Collection to complete reports for our online database/catalog. Instructor: Dr. Christine Bentley
Introduction to Life Casting:
In this workshop, students will learn to both create a flexible mold and then use that mold to make a rigid plaster cast of their own hand to create a sculpture that explores gestural expression. Options for coloring and mounting these sculptures will also be covered. Besides creating art, these casting skills are also useful for the special effect, prosthetic, and dentil professions. Instructor: Scott Murray
Majolica Painting:
Learn the historically rich and colorful ceramic technique of majolica glazing (painting overglaze), a process where colorful imagery is painted over a white-but-not-fired-glaze surface. This technique is somewhat similar to watercolor painting on paper, allowing participants to treat the surface of the forms as a canvas. Participants are guided through developing imagery and transferring it onto pre-glazed bisque bowls and tiles. (fired work can be picked up the following week) Instructor: Frank A. Pishkur
Mural Painting:
Students will help paint a mural in MSSU’s Spiva Library. They will learn some strategies for designing and executing collaborative artworks and gain hands-on experience contributing to a large permanent project. Instructor: Natalie Ezell-Dunbar and Makenzie Siler
Woodblock Print Demonstration & Serigraphy Print:
Students will receive a full lecture on what separates and defines each printmaking discipline (relief, intaglio, serigraphy, lithography, monotype) Students will observe the proper studio procedure and printing of a large-scale woodblock print. Students will each pull and keep a serigraph (screenprint) of an original Jason Stamper image. Instructor: Jason Stamper
