2010 Sculpture Workshops
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849-1931 extension 6027 or e-mail.
FEBRUARY
February 5-9 (Friday-Tuesday), Sculpting Birds with Stefan Savides, $650 plus materials fee, beginner to advanced. Stefan Savides will explain the workings of bird anatomy from the inside out. To understand what goes on beneath the surface of a bird’s mysterious ball of fluff is the key in recreating a sculpture that captures the anatomy of a bird that is so uniquely avian. You will learn where the feather groups are located, how they overlap one another, and where they are positioned on the body. The articulation of a bird’s skeletal structure will be revealed, as well as feather structure and flow. Composition and design principles, including movement and emotional elements, also will be discussed. At age 12, California native Stefan Savides, began what would become a lifelong career in taxidermy. By the age of 16, he was instructing adults in taxidermy through the recreation department’s night school curriculum. After graduating from high school, he moved to the Klamath Basin, an inspiring area of northern California where birds abound. Savides is an artist who has never worked a day in his life in mainstream America. His self-employed career, while mainly centered on taxidermy, has included painting, carving, and sculpting birds. His 46-year career in taxidermy has carried him to the top of his profession internationally. He has spent many years traveling the United States, Canada, and Europe, judging taxidermy and carving shows and conducting seminars and workshops. His clients include Dick Cabela, founder of the popular outdoor sporting company, and he works as Mr. Cabela’s personal field taxidermist, traveling with him and his wife on their hunting safaris around the world. Savides’ works can be found in collections and museums around the country, including the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago, Cabela stores, and the Smithsonian.
MARCH
March 8-12 (Monday-Friday), Modeling the Dog with Louise Peterson, $650 plus materials, beginner to advanced. Students will learn the many aspects of sculpting the canine species including anatomy, movement, and expression. Other topics will be how to model fur and how to work with commissions. Using live models, students will sculpt a head portrait in water-based clay and a full figure in wax-based clay. Louise Peterson, a native of England now living in Colorado, has garnered more than 100 awards in the last few years from national art and animal associations for her depictions of Great Danes and other animal subjects. She often uses her own dogs as models for her sculpture. Peterson is an elected member of the National Sculpture Society, Society of Animal Artists, Allied Artists of America, Hudson Valley Art Association, Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, and Miniature Painters, Gravers and Sculptors. She is represented in the Brookgreen collection by Bella and the Bug and The Apollo of Dogs.
March 22-26 (Monday-Friday), Relief Sculpture/Medallic Sculpture with Eugene Daub, $650 plus materials fee, beginner to intermediate. This workshop is devoted to creating relief sculpture suitable for small medals and tondos. Daub will cover a wide range of styles and techniques, from ancient to contemporary. Time will be spent reviewing the basic concepts of relief sculpture. The class will go through the processes of casting, molding, and plaster, to achieve effects not possible in clay. This class is a rare opportunity to participate in a seldom-offered workshop setting. Eugene Daub studied at the University of Pittsburgh, the Pennsylvania Academy for the Fine Arts, and Alfred University in New York. His teaching experience is equally extensive, having taught at the Academy of Art College in San Francisco, the Pennsylvania Academy for the Fine Arts, the Johnson Atelier Technical Institute of Sculpture, and Rutgers University. Eugene Daub is nationally known for his work in the field of medallic art. He received the highest national and international awards for excellence in figurative and bas-relief sculpture from the American Numismatic Society and the American Numismatic Association. In 2002, he received the Arthur Ross Award from the Institute of Classical Architecture and Classical America for achievement in figurative sculpture. He is a former vice president of the American Medallic Sculpture Association, a fellow of the National Sculpture Society and a fellow of the American Numismatic Society. His works appear in numerous private and public collections, including the British Museum, the Smithsonian, and Brookgreen Gardens.
APRIL
April 12-14 (Monday-Wednesday), Sculpting Birds: Anatomy and Form with Sandy Scott, $450 plus materials fee, beginner to advanced. The class begins with a discussion of bird anatomy, the principles of aerodynamics, and how to achieve the illusion of movement in figures of birds. Scott will help students determine the difference between a sculpture that is technically adequate and one that has spirit and life. She will discuss the value of lost and found edges, along with the way good composition and an expressive surface convey rhythm, light, and feeling of movement. Students will learn the importance of assembling strong, meaningful shapes and how eliminating unimportant details can create the bird’s essence. Students will work from photography, drawings, taxidermy mounts, and videotapes of birds in flight, and will receive instruction in building armatures. Above all, movement, gesture, and anatomy are the focus. Sandy Scott trained at the Kansas City Art Institute and worked in animation before turning her attention to etching in the 1970s and sculpture in the 1980s. An elected member of the National Sculpture Society, she has won awards from the National Academy of Design, Allied Artists of America, Pen and Brush Club, American Artists’ Professional League, Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, and a Gold Medal for sculpture from the National Academy of Western Art. In 1998, the Gilcrease Museum honored Scott with a retrospective. Her work may be seen in numerous public installations and museums, including Brookgreen Gardens, and she was commissioned to sculpt an eagle for the Clinton Presidential Library. She participates in many annual juried exhibitions, including Prix de West, Autry, Northwest Rendezvous, Cheyenne Frontier Days Museum Show, and the National Wildlife Museum Fall Exhibition. She currently maintains studios in Wyoming and Ontario, Canada, and is the subject of a book, Spirit of the Wild Things: the Art of Sandy Scott.
April 19-22 (Monday-Thursday), The Figure in Balance and Motion with Marc Mellon, $550 plus materials and model fees, beginner to advanced. Working from a model, students will explore methods of aesthetically capturing the figure in balance and motion. Individual assistance in armature-building and artistic anatomy will be provided. Students will use sulfur-free plastiline. If any student has appealing photographic images that he would want to work from, the instructor can discuss this to determine feasibility. [SEE THE SCULPTOR IN RESIDENCE LISTING FOR THE INSTRUCTOR’S BIOGRAPHY]
JUNE
June 1-5, Tuesday-Saturday, Problem Solving in Sculpture Design with Garland Weeks, $650 plus materials and model fees, beginner to advanced. In a unique approach, Garland Weeks provides instruction in design, composition, and significant gesture, working with a model and using examples from the Brookgreen sculpture collection to illustrate these points. During the week, time will be spent viewing and discussing works in the sculpture gardens. Each student will create an 18-inch-tall figure using oil-based clay. Garland Weeks traces his direct roots in Texas back six generations to 1835. He realized two of his primary professional sculpting goals by being elected to full membership in the National Sculpture Society and to the National Academy of Western Art in 1990. He was selected as the Official Sculptor of Texas in 1995 by the Texas State Legislature and was advanced to the status of Fellow by the National Sculpture Society in 2004. He also was selected to create the life-size monument of "Old Yeller" to memorialize the classic book's author, Fred Gipson; the life-size monument at the Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center in Hutchinson, Kansas, memorializing the astronaut, Gene Cernan; to design and sculpt the half-life-size icon for the Texas Medical Association in Austin, as well as for the Shannon Surgery Clinic in San Angelo; and to create a life-size commemorative sculpture for the Lake City Community Museum in Lake City, South Carolina. He recently unveiled a life-size WWII Infantry soldier memorial in Tyler, Texas, a life-size Revolutionary War memorial honoring General Francis Marion (The Swamp Fox) in Moncks Corner, South Carolina, and a larger-than-life portrait bust of Preston Smith, a former Governor of Texas. His sculpture bust, Francis Marion, is in the Brookgreen collection.
June 14-18 (Monday-Friday), Figurative Imagery and Repetition with Janice Mauro, $650 plus materials fee, beginner to advanced. Janice Mauro will guide students through a process of sculpting (in water-based clay) a low relief of a figure in an imaginative environment. A plaster mold will be made to create multiple casts. Creative thinking is realized as students utilize the plasticity of plaster to modify each cast to create new and specific images. Further development of these images increase as technique of color finishes are applied. As the images evolve, so do new ideas, and the creative process becomes continuous. Janice Mauro was the studio assistant of New York artist Richard McDermott Miller prior to opening her own studio. She has done a number of artworks for productions by Julie Taymor including Fools Fire, an American Playhouse Production shown on PBS; Juan Darian at Lincoln Center; Transposed Heads in New York; and the Broadway production of Disney’s Lion King. She also created works for Eve Le Gallienne’s Broadway Production of Alice in Wonderland, and Rugrats, a Nickelodeon Theatrical Production at Chevrolet Theatre in Willingford, CT. Mauro has won many awards including the Leonard J. Meiselman Prize and the Gloria Medal of the National Sculpture Society; the Ranieri Award of the Salmagundi Club; and the Phillip Isenberg Award, Bedi-Makky Award, and Margaret Sussman Memorial Award of Pen and Brush. She is a sculpture instructor at the Silvermine School of Art in Connecticut and at the Art School at Old Church in New Jersey. She also has instructed at the National Academy of Art and Design and the Educational Alliance in New York City. Mauro is an elected member of the National Sculpture Society and the Silvermine Guild of Artists. She was a Coker Master Sculptor at Brookgreen Gardens in 2007, and her sculpture, The Source, entered the Brookgreen collection in 2008.
AUGUST
August 23-27 (Monday-Friday), Modeling the Female Nude with Anthony Antonios, $650 plus materials and model fee, beginner to advanced. Students will model a half-size figure on a 30-inch armature using water-based clay. The pose of the figure (standing, sitting, or reclining) is the student’s choice, and the same model will be used each day. The class is an in-depth exploration of the female form through modeling in clay. Students will receive individual attention, including demonstrations in sculpture and, if needed, drawing. Anthony Antonios, born in New York City, had early art training at the High School of Art and Design where he was influenced by Frank Eliscu. He continued his education at the Pratt Institute, the National Academy School of Fine Arts, where he studied with EvAngelos Frudakis and Granville Carter, and the Art Students League, studying anatomy and drawing with Robert Beverly Hale and painting with Robert Brackman. He has taught sculpture and drawing at the University of Hartford, Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts, Art Students League, and National Academy School of Fine Arts. His work has been widely exhibited in important gallery and museum shows. Among his many awards and honors are the Gold Medal from the American Artists Professional League, Leonard Meiselman Memorial Prize of the National Sculpture Society, and Harriet Frishmuth Prize of the National Academy. His sculpture is in public and private collections including that of Brookgreen Gardens.
SEPTEMBER
September 20-24 (Monday-Friday), Human Portraiture with Sergey Eylanbekov, $650 plus materials and model fee, beginner to advanced.
Students will model a portrait bust working from a model in water-based clay. The workshop will be conducted in the classical academic tradition mixed with contemporary approaches to figurative sculpture. Students will focus on observational skills and composition, studying structure, proportions, and anatomy of a human head. A variety of modeling techniques necessary for the successful execution of a realistic portrait will be demonstrated in this class. Sergey Eylanbekov was born in Russia in 1960, and began his sculpture and drawing studies in Moscow in 1973. His professional career began in 1984, after graduation with honor from the prestigious Moscow Surikov Academy of Fine Arts. The Russian Ministry of Culture acquired several of his sculptures for permanent exhibition in various museums. In 1989, Sergey Eylanbekov moved to the United States and worked at a company which specialized in commercial reproduction of famous classic and contemporary sculpture. At the same time, he was working on his original bronze sculptures, paintings, and drawings, showing them in various exhibitions. Through the years, Eylanbekov produced and exhibited sculptures in a variety of techniques and materials, working mainly in bronze, receiving numerous awards, and completing various commissions. His sculpture, Five Continents, officially represented the United States of America in the Worldwide Olympic Art and Sport Contest in commemoration of the Olympic Summer Games 2004 in Athens, Greece. The sculpture was awarded First Place and is in the collection of the Olympic Museum in Lausanne, Switzerland. In 2005, his works were exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art in Moscow and, in 2006, at the United Nations headquarters in New York City. Currently, he is working on a commissioned sculpture for the city of Oslo, Norway. His art can be found in public and private collections in the United States, Europe, and Russia.
September 27-30 (Monday-Thursday), Modeling the Horse Portrait with Carter Jones, $550 plus materials, beginner to intermediate. Participants will receive instruction on the anatomy and characteristics of the horse, and will complete a head and neck portrait using water-based clay. Carter Jones studied at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and then embarked on a period of independent study in Paris. After spending time at Brookgreen Gardens and observing the animals in the Lowcountry Zoo, he was commissioned to design the 2004 Brookgreen Medal, which featured River Otters. His bronze sculpture, First Fish, was created specifically for the River Otter Exhibit in the Brookgreen Zoo. The whimsical group of a mother with two pups was modeled to appeal especially to children. The class will take advantage of the marvelous collection of sculpted horses on the grounds of Brookgreen Gardens. A Fellow of the National Sculpture Society, Carter Jones has been an instructor in the Brookgreen Master Sculptor Program since 2002, and has taught for many years in his own studio in New York City.
OCTOBER
October 18-22 (Monday-Friday), Drawing, Anatomy, Sculpture with Simon Kogan, $650 plus material and model fees, beginner to advanced. Students will sculpt, draw and build the same pose from the inside out, discovering why we look, stand, and walk the way we do. How? Sculpt a quick sketch, 9”-12” tall; draw a 20” sketch of the same pose; draw anatomy and structural reason for this pose; sculpt a new sketch to sum up the 2D study. In the process of the study, students will sculpt and draw small models of the joints and parts of the body. They will learn how to look, see, and understand the human form in a new way, which will help them improve their sculptures. Kogan will teach students how forms are organized in space and how they relate to one another, which will allow students to find hidden balance that makes a beautiful sculpture. This search for movement, balance, and conflict among the forms is what brings honesty, truth and soul to a work of art. Kogan’s dynamic teaching style and passion for art makes this workshop an inspiring, invigorating experience. [SEE THE SCULPTOR IN RESIDENCE LISTING FOR THE INSTRUCTOR’S BIOGRAPHY]
NOVEMBER
November 1-5 (Monday-Friday), Modeling the Torso with John Sisko, $650 plus material and model fees, beginner to advanced. John Sisko teaches a method for developing sculpture which is based on the idea of gesture – as in gesture drawing. The objective is to introduce a small set of very specific strategies for sculpting the figure, and this small set of strategies is a framework for continued study. The broad idea is to combine gesture with blocking in a way that allows the student to work quickly while maintaining a structure, and so open avenues of complex expressions in three-dimensions. Students will work from the figure, focusing primarily on gesture drawing as both a rapid form of drawing and a component and tool in composition. The class will begin with rapid drawings and build toward more sustained drawings and one ½-life-size sculpture. It is not an objective of this course to create beautiful sculptures during the class, but to provide the student with a strategy and a framework that the student can build from. It will, however, be possible to have a finished sculpture at the end of the five days. After learning how to model sculpture, make molds, and cast in bronze, John Sisko decided to focus on a degree in philosophy in order to acquire the depth of intellectual, spiritual and philosophical training that he needed to portray his art. Movement, gesture, and intentional distortion of proportion characterize his figurative works. John Sisko is a Fellow of the National Sculpture Society and chairs the editorial board of its magazine, Sculpture Review. Prior to his election to the NSS, he was awarded the Society’s annual Alex J. Ettl Grant for a distinguished body of work by a non-member artist. His work is in many public and corporate collections including that of Brookgreen Gardens, Bellingham Market Square, and the Woodland Park Zoo. He is an instructor at the Seattle Academy of Fine Art and is represented in galleries in San Francisco and Santa Fe, as well as in his own Seattle gallery.
WORKSHOP POLICIES AND PROCEDURES
Registration and Payment
Registration is accepted on a first-come, first-served basis. A registration fee of $150 is required upon registration. A student is not on the class list until the fee is paid. After attending one workshop, students may receive a 10% tuition discount for attendance in subsequent workshops during the same year. Students are asked to provide a complete mailing address, telephone number, and e-mail address when registering. Using American Express, Visa, MasterCard, or Discover Card, students may register by telephone, Mondays-Fridays, at (800) 849-1931, ext. 6027, or at (843) 235-6027, and by fax at (843) 235-6003. Checks are to be made payable to Brookgreen Gardens and can be sent to: Brookgreen Gardens, Attn: Sculpture Workshops, PO Box 3368, Pawleys Island, SC 29585. Contact sculpture@brookgreen.org for additional information. A waiting list is established once a class has filled.
Withdrawals, Cancellations and Refund Policies
Withdrawal from a workshop must be in writing and must be given at least 30 days prior to the beginning of the workshop. The registration fee will not be refunded: $50 will be kept to defray administrative costs, and $100 will be applied to a future workshop as partial registration until an additional $50 is paid for full registration. If a student withdraws during a workshop, a pro-rated tuition payment plus any fees for materials or models must be paid. The full registration fee ($150) will be kept if a student does not attend and does not provide a written notice of withdrawal by the deadline. Students will receive a full refund in the event that a workshop must be cancelled by Brookgreen Gardens.
Levels of Skill
Skill levels given in the workshop listings are approximate and are guidelines only. All workshops, including those for beginners, require students to have some familiarity with the subject matter of the class.
Supplies, Books and Additional Fees
A supply list of required materials will be sent approximately one month prior to the start of each workshop. Students may not bring their own clay to the workshop unless the instructor has specified it. If recommended, students are encouraged to obtain books prior to the workshop. Some materials for workshops are provided and some workshops require models, both for additional fees. In the event additional fees are required, they are determined at cost and divided evenly among the students.
Daily Schedule
Although each sculpture workshop begins and ends at the instructor’s discretion, the schedule is generally 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. on the first day, and 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. on subsequent days. One hour is allowed for lunch. Students are encouraged to bring their own bag lunches or to use Brookgreen food service facilities. A refrigerator, microwave oven, coffee pot, water-cooler, and soft-drink vending machines are located at the Campbell Center.
Questions?
Robin Salmon at (800) 849-1931, ext. 6012 or (843) 235-6012
Laura Brown at (800) 849-1931, ext .6027 or (843) 235-6027
E-mail, sculpture@brookgreen.org
