WORKSHOPS IN MY HOME STUDIO FOR 2010-2011

As you consider these offerings, please be aware of the continuing nature of the workshops. You could participate in the "same" workshop over and over and still have endless opportunities for exploration and growth. Many of Natasha's students do just this. Plus it's lots of fun!

OCTOBER 23 & 24—10am til 4pm

PERSONAL COLLAGE JOURNALS. With direction from Natasha, participants will explore personal iconography and experience many specific and open ended design exercises. A personal visual story and adventure will start to emerge.

NOVEMBER 20 & 21—10am til 4pm

DOLLS, DOLLS, DOLLS! You may create your very own muse. You may make a doll or two for holiday enrichment or gift-giving. You may make a doll that embodies a particular spirit or meaning. Whatever you choose, we will have lots of fun and play before the big holiday crunch! (see spirit dolls workshop description)

JANUARY 22 & 23—10 am til 4 pm

MANDALA EXPLORATIONS. History and uses, specific exercises, creating personal mandalas. Mandalas are circular designs of light and life.

FEBRUARY 26 & 27—10 am til 4 pm

PICTORAL JOURNALS. Playing with text, writing, pictures, images, photos, and the like, we will create sketchbook pages that tell stories of our lives and dreams.

MARCH 19 & 20 (Sat & Sun)—10 am til 4 pm

MOLA MANDALAS. Beautiful colors, layers and layers, reverse appliqué technique, centrally balanced circle of life designs, thread and fabrics, hand stitching.

APRIL 9 &10—10 am til 4pm

ADVENTURES WITH PAPER COLLAGE. Journal/sketchbooks, specific design exercises, soul searching and play! Push your creative boundaries (gently, and with humor and fun).

MAY 13 & 14—10 am til 4 pm

SMALL WORKS WITH CLOTH. "Build" a quilt in the collage method Natasha has explored for many years.

JUNE 18 & 19—10 am til 4pm

MOLA MANDALAS. Beautiful colors, layers and layers, reverse appliqué technique, centrally balanced circle of life designs, thread and fabrics hand stitching.

JULY 16 & 17—10 am til 4 pm

MIND STRETCHING WITH PAPER COLLAGE. Journal/sketchbooks, specific design exercises, soul searching and play! Push your creative boundaries (gently, and with humor and fun).

AUGUST 20 & 21—10 am til 4 pm

STAMP PRINTING WITH TEXTILE PAINTS. We will make screens and carve blocks and use found objects for tools in a fun-filled exploration of creating unique panels of painted fabric.

SEPTEMBER 10 & 11—10 am til 4 pm

ADVENTURES WITH PAPER COLLAGE. Journal/sketchbooks, specific design exercises, soul searching and play! Push your creative boundaries (gently, and with humor and fun).

WHERE

All of these workshops will be offered at my home studio in Topsham, Maine. You’ll be treated to seeing many of my works-in-progress, my extensive book collection, and my colorful and energizing work space and home. If you are coming to participate in one or more of these workshops “from away” and will need a place to stay, you can stay in one of the many lovely bed & breakfast inns in this area (including Brunswick, Topsham, and even Freeport).

WHAT

Please consider the on-going nature of these workshops and my own work. Ideas presented can be explored in so many different ways and over the course of many sittings. On a different day, you will have a different outlook and will create a different solution to any of the exercises. This is a very exciting and personal way to learn about yourself and how you work, so participating more than once in the “same” workshop is a very, very good thing to do!

HOW

Please send a registration check for $50 two weeks prior to each workshop to secure a place in it. Send the check to Natasha Kempers-Cullen, 3 Willis Road, Topsham, ME 04086, and make the check out to Natasha. Be sure to register in a timely fashion as the classes are limited to only five or six people. Upon receiving your check, I will send you the student supply list for the workshop. The balance due will be paid during the workshop (or the whole amount may be paid in advance when you register). The fee for two-day classes is $135. For all workshops, please bring a lunch and a stool (if you have one; my worktables are tall).

COLLECTING

I believe that collecting the “stuff of art-making” is part of the creative process. Enjoy it! And try to make note of what you choose for the class and what you decide to leave at home. More IS better, but let’s face it, you can’t bring your whole house with you! So, start collecting now, and see how your choices compare to items on the supply list you will receive….

MORE INFO

For even more information (yikes!) you may call me at 207-725-7539.