Rhyolite
Transforming the Landscape: Reduction Woodcut Printmaking Workshop
April 16-17, 2011
featuring Goldwell Artist in Residence Jean Gumpper
featuring Goldwell Artist in Residence Jean Gumpper
Goldwell Artist in Residence Jean Gumpper will lead a two day workshop exploring connections between the subject matter of landscape and natural phenomena and the physical processes of carving wood and printing layers of ink.
With reductive woodcuts ink is applied onto paper in a series of transparent and overlapping layers. Gradually these layers build up into a completed into a completed image. The process is a balance between careful planning of the print and being open to the unexpected possibilities inherent in the process. Participants will have the opportunity to work from direct observation of the natural surroundings in the Amargosa Desert to develop imagery as well as to envision how constructed and imagined environments can become visual metaphors.
Media and techniques explored:
- Paper and wood characteristics
- Carving, transferring images to blocks, color ink mixing
- Relief printing from plywood blocks and oil based inks using a press and by hand
- Relief stencils and pochoir techniques using gouache
- Registration techniques
- Discussion of unique and editioned prints
Class is open to students of all levels. Lunch provided both days.
We will likely socialize as a group on Saturday night in Beatty!
Cost: $100 for the weekend, includes all materials and lunch on both days.
Please visit our website to register and pay via Paypal.
Please email us with any special dietary requirements and we will do our best to accommodate you.
Please email us with any special dietary requirements and we will do our best to accommodate you.
Lodging is available in nearby Beatty. Follow this link for lodging options.
Jean Gumpper earned a B.F.A., magna cum laude, from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, in 1977, followed by an M.A. and M.F.A. from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Currently, Gumpper lives in Colorado and is a visiting associate professor in the Art Department at Colorado College, Colorado Springs. She is represented by Davidson Galleries in Seattle, WA; William Havu Gallery, Denver, CO; Hudson Gallery, Sylvania, OH; and Open Studio, Toronto, Canada.
In addition to numerous group exhibitions, Gumpper has held four solo shows: Jean Gumpper: New Woodcuts, Hudson Gallery, Sylvania, OH; Landscapes of Change, Cyrus Running Gallery, Concordia College, Moorhead, MN; Sangre de Cristo Art Center, Pueblo, CO; and Crooked Tree Art Center, Petosky, MI.
Gumpper is also the recipient of grants and fellowships such as the “Visual Artist Fellowship Award” from Colorado Council on the Arts. She has completed artist residencies at Rocky Mountain National Park, Estes Park, CO, and Ucross Foundation, Clearmont, WY.
This program is made possible through support from the Nevada Arts Council, a state agency, and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency, and the Nevada Commission on Tourism.
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Sat, 04/16/2011 - 9:00am - Sun, 04/17/2011 - 5:00pm
History lives at the most famous ghost town in the West. Rhyolite is just four miles west of Beatty, and it’s where you’ll hike around a 1904 boomtown that went bust.
Check out the famous Bottle House, built from 50,000 beer and liquor bottles by an enterprising (and very thirsty) miner. See the ruins of the three-story bank and hike among what’s left of the old jail and schoolhouse. The original train depot still stands, along with an authentic railroad caboose. You can also get up close and personal with artifacts at the Goldwell Open Air Museum, which is full of outdoor sculptures and open year-round to the public.
At its height, Rhyolite was home to a stock exchange, a red light district, hotels, stores, a hospital and an ice cream parlor. The town was abruptly abandoned in 1919, but you’ve still got the chance to glimpse the ghosts of its lively, wild past.
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Goldwell Open Air Museum
HWY 374 Rhyolite
Beatty, NV 89003
Phone: 702-870-9946
HWY 374 Rhyolite
Beatty, NV 89003
Phone: 702-870-9946
