EMBODIMENT: PERSONAL SYMBOLISM THROUGH COLLAGE, MIXED MEDIA, AND ENCAUSTIC with Bridget Benton and Kelly Williams, APRIL 30th through MAY 4th, 2025 EARLY BIRD PRICING - BOOK NOW!
EMBODIMENT: PERSONAL SYMBOLISM THROUGH COLLAGE, MIXED MEDIA, AND ENCAUSTIC with Bridget Benton and Kelly Williams, APRIL 30th through MAY 4th, 2025 EARLY BIRD PRICING - BOOK NOW!
April 30th, May 1st, May 2nd, May 3rd, and May 4th - 10 AM to 4 PM (11 AM to 4PM on May 4th) - $950 - All materials included, but please see below for suggested extras.
EARLY BIRD PRICE DEAL - BOOK BEFORE FEBRUARY 28TH AND RECEIVE THE DISCOUNTED RATE OF $875!
TWO TEACHERS, FIVE DAYS, ONE UNFORGETTABLE CREATIVE EXPERIENCE!
We are so excited to have the spectacular Kelly Williams join Bridget Benton as they share techniques and approaches developed during their month-long residency in Ireland during December of 2023 and refined during a joint teaching experience in Portland, OR in September of 2024. Students will get a taste of the residency experience including creative community, experimental mark-making, a deep-dive into the meaning and intentions behind your art, as well as the time to play with new materials and techniques.
During the workshop, we will be diving into discovering and refining your unique artistic voice while drawing inspiration and symbolism from nature as well as your personal story and imagery. The focus is on an exploration of botanicals and other natural materials as both content and material in the creation of your art and the development of meaning in your work. This is a really rich opportunity to take your work to the next level, folks!
Activities include writing prompts, organic mark-making with natural materials, plant printing,and the inclusion of organic materials, with a focus on how to incorporate these techniques into encaustic art with collage, image transfer, and experimental techniques. Students will have the opportunity to work on both paper and panel.
Under the guidance of TWO passionate and experienced instructors, you'll develop a nature inspired 'creative language' to craft artwork with personal significance AND have a ton of fun!
This class seats 8 students. Please see our cancellation policy for this class, listed below.
Bridget Benton is the lead instructor in Encaustic Methods, Nature Print, Ecoprint and Collage Methods at 310 ART as well as an instructor for Enkaustikos Encaustic Paints and Supplies. In addition to local teaching, Bridget is a faculty member of the international encaustic online encaustic masterclass, Painting with Fire, as well as the author of the award-winning “The Creative Conversation: ArtMaking as Playful Prayer”. Teaching credentials include the Creative Problem Solving Institute in Buffalo, NY; the Newport Visual Arts Center in Newport, OR; Art Unraveled in Phoenix, AZ; and Collage in Portland, OR. as well as the Nature Printing Society’s Annual Workshop where she served for several years as the event’s Educational Coordinator.
Kelly Williams is a full-time contemporary artist and educator in Portland OR, with over 20 years experience. She is an Artist instructor for R&F Handmade Paints and instructor for Painting with Fire’s online masterclass, as well as teaching a variety of in-person workshops in her studio. Kelly’s work is collected and exhibited across the country, has curated large-scale exhibitions at the Portland Center for the Performing Arts, and been featured in multiple publications, podcasts and blogs.
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SUPPLIES
We will provide 300lb Khadi paper and up to four panels (8x8 cradled up to 12x12 uncradled, depending on availability) for you to work on. If you have a particular size and format of panel you prefer to work on, or if you know you want to go for quantity, you may want to bring a few of your own panels!
Since we will be working around themes of embodiment, you will also be able to send up to two images of yourself to be formatted and printed for collage and/or image transfer (up to 8x10). And, while we will producing a lot of collage material during the workshop, you are also welcome to bring absorbent papers that appeal to you!
Note: it is recommended that students attending this workshop already have some familiarity with encaustic techniques.
CANCELLATION POLICY
Should this workshop be cancelled you will receive a full refund.
Should you cancel more than 45 days before the retreat and another student is able to fill your seat, you will receive a refund or credit for any of Bridget’s future classes, minus a $150 non-refundable registration and admin fee.
Any cancellations made 45 days or less in advance of the first day are non-refundable. If there is a wait list, and another student takes that place; then you will receive credit for any of Bridget’s future classes minus the $150 registration fee.
No credits or refunds will be issued for no-shows after the workshop has begun.
310 Art, Kelly Williams, and Bridget Benton are not responsible for flight cancellations, room cancellations fees etc.