Announcing the GBSS Spring Break Art Workshops! Designed for younger students, either middle or high school-age, this four-day set of workshops covers the various processes involved in creating paintings, both realist and abstract. Included will be discussions of creativity and motivation. It will be packed with information that even adult artists strive to find out, and will be an invaluable experience for young artists as they enter high school or college. Put together by artists who have examined their own pre- and post-secondary experiences and shortcomings, the aim is to provide young people with a knowledge and understanding of art that is often provided too late--after the development of necessary skills that takes place in our teenage years. We look forward to having fun and sharing our knowledge with young artists in an exciting stage of their lives. Check back soon or email us for registration form and more information, including schedule of events.
Workshop cost is $100 for four days.
To register, email us at: info (at) g b s studio (dot) com.
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want any spam attending these workshops!)
The classes will be taught by Erich Boldt and Matt Duckett. Erich Boldt is a substitute teacher for the La Crosse School District, and has taught in five school districts in Wisconsin. He graduated in 2007 from UW-Stout with a B.S. in Education and a B.F.A. in Fine Art. He has exhibited work across the state. Matt Duckett is a recent UWL grad with a B.A. in Fine Art and a B.A. in English. He has already won numerous awards and commissions during his young career, including being commissioned to create a portrait of new UWL Chancellor Joe Gow for his inaugural ceremony, and being the only UWL student commissioned by the UWL Foundation to create a new piece of work for their collection. He is also the two-time winner of the Dale and Betty Kendrick Award for a Painter, the highest award available for a painting student at UWL.
Matt Duckett will be teaching a figurative drawing class at the Pump House Regional Arts Center starting in February. The Pump House just announced their next year of Arts Education classes and workshops. The four-week session will cover the basics of rendering a figure, from proportion, to musculature, faces, and line and tonal techniques. The class will be working in charcoal, but can accommodate your medium if you'd like. Students will work from a live model, so this is a grand opportunity to tighten up your figure drawing abilities in an instructional, structured environment.
The class is a four-week session, either Wednesday afternoons or Thursday nights. That's:
February 18, 25, March 4, 11, 2 pm - 3:30 or
February 19, 26, March 5, 12, 6p - 7:30.
The cost is $95 ($85 for Pump House Members).
Head over to the Pump House website for more information, the materials list,
to see the other shops offered, and to register.
If you would like instruction in any of our processes or approaches or in a topic not currently covered by our workshops, or if you prefer one-on-one instruction, you may contact us for individual instruction. Private classes cost $140 for a four-hour instructional period, during which we will guide you through the creation of a work using our techniques, approaches, or methods. Private classes often include printmaking techniques, portrait painting, oil painting, or conceptual and "Fake Art" approaches.
Erich Boldt
Erich Boldt is a substitute teacher for the La
Crosse School District, and has taught in five school districts in Wisconsin.
He graduated in 2007 from UW-Stout with a B.S. in Education and a B.F.A.
in Fine Art. He has exhibited work across the state. He served as art director
for Wisconsin summer camps.
Matt Duckett
Matt Duckett is a recent UWL grad with a B.A. in Fine Art and a B.A. in English.
He has already won numerous awards and commissions during his young career,
including being commissioned to create a portrait of new UWL Chancellor Joe
Gow for his inaugural ceremony, and being the only UWL student commissioned
by the UWL Foundation to create a new piece of work for their collection.
He is also the two-time winner of the Dale and Betty Kendrick Award for a
Painter, the highest award available for a painting student at UWL.
Registration
Sorry, our forms are not yet online. Please email us to register for any
classes or with any questions and inquiries.
email:
info (at) gbsstudio.com