OUR MISSION

To foster the arts and crafts by providing a wide range of instruction for adults and children. Castle Hill holds exhibitions, lectures, forums, concerts and other similar activities in order to promote social interaction among artists, craftsmen, laymen, and the community at large.

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SUMMER 2010 WORKSHOPS - KIDS WORKSHOPS

Summer 2010

Painting

Drawing

Clay

Printmaking/
Book Arts

Kids Workshops 2010

These workshops are for kids between 6 - 12, for older kids click on the Teen Page!

Painting to Music: Creating Handmade Brushes that Dance Glenn Grishkoff

June 28 – July 2
Mon – Fri
2 – 4 pm
$300

Students will learn to assemble a one of a kind hand made brush using a variety of hairs and bamboo creating both a work of art and functional tool. After the brush is constructed students will use their unique brush to paint to the flow of musical sounds on a variety of marbleized rice paper surfaces. Traditional Japanese sumi ink will be both used to marbleize rice paper and create a series of paintings. A variety of music will be played and beautiful paintings will unfold from this physical and musical experience. Grishkoff will demonstrate his painting techniques using a variety of his own hand made brushes inspiring students to paint. The final outcome encourages brushes and paintings to be displayed hanging together signifying a memorable art experience.

KID STUFF: Create a Creature Conny Hatch
July 5 – 7
Monday – Wednesday, 2 – 4 pm

$250

Students in this class will spend time putting together amazing creatures. They’ll have big teeth, ten eyes, and crazy features. Whatever want to make they can make here: birds with six wings will be no problem! Students should bring lots of raw materials to work with.
Tools and some materials will be provided.

Conny Hatch is an artist who had the great fortune of having her Dad teach her how to use all kinds of hand and power tools from a very young age. After studying art with a concentration on ceramics at the Maine College of Art and Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, she moved to Provincetown in 1998. A 1999 Castle Hill sculpture workshop with Paul Bowen turned her interest towards working with found and reclaimed materials to create lively and unique sculptures. She has created over 200 sculptures to date which are in collections in the US and England. In 2007 Conny was awarded a Pollock-Krasner Foundation grant in support of her pursuit of her art. Conny’s work can be seen at the Kobalt Gallery in Provincetown and online at www.connyhatch.com

Painting for Kids Vicky Tomayko
July 12 – 16
2 – 4 pm
Mon - Fri
$300

Explore your imagination with paint (acrylic and watercolor), paper, collage, and simple construction materials. There will be instruction in color, varied approaches to painting, and lots of room to cultivate your own ideas. Learn to use paint to record your summer in a way that is satisfying and fun. A perfect class for anyone willing to experiment.
Vicky Tomayko is an artist and printmaker who works with a variety of monotype techniques to create multi-layered, one-of-a-kind prints.

Vicky Tomayko teaches at the Museum School at Provincetown Art Association and Museum and in the Summer Program at the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown. Her workshops include printmaking for Mass College of Art MFA at the Fine Arts Work Center. She was an Artist-in-Residence at the Cape Cod Lighthouse Charter School in Orleans for ten years. Tomayko was assistant professor of printmaking at Connecticut College, 1979 through 1981, and was awarded a fellowship at the Fine Arts Work Center in 1985. She received an MFA in printmaking from Western Michigan University, and has been the recipient of two Ford Foundation Grants. Her work is exhibited at the Schoolhouse Gallery in Provincetown, and has been included in exhibitions in New York, Boston, Miami, Los Angeles, Venice, Istanbul, and Melbourne.

Mosaic Workshop for All Ages Tony Silva

July 12 – 16
Monday – Friday
1 – 3:30 pm

$300

This class will explore the ancient art of mosaics, using regular household tiles to create beautiful enduring designs, patterns, and pictures with bright colors that will never fade. Finished with grout to seal them, these works will be suitable for hanging or permanent installation at home. Appropriate for all ages.

Tony Silva is the son of the world-renowned mosaic artist Pedro Silva, and has been working with mosaics since childhood. As foreman of his father’s crew of artists, he has helped create giant mosaic murals, cover cement sculptures with tiles, and restore the famous mosaic benches around Grant's Tomb in New York City. A musician, dancer, and mask maker, Silva brings a wide range of experience to his teaching. www.TonySilva.com

Kids Clay Caitlin Nesbit

July 20, 22 & 27, 29
Tues & Thurs
10 – 12 pm

$275

In this class, kids 7 to 11 will employ methods of building with coils and slabs in various ways to produce functional pots as well as personal sculptures, such as figures and small architectures.

Caitlin Nesbit is a Cape Cod native, and she began creating art at an early age; over the years, she has developed a passion for working with her hands, which are often covered in clay or paint. After studying at both UMASS Amherst and UNM Albuquerque, she earned a BFA in Ceramics with a minor in Art History. She taught ceramics at Falmouth Academy for two years, and also teaches workshops at several local art centers including the Cape Cod Museum of Art, Cotuit Center for the Arts, and Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill. This is her fourth summer working as a ceramics studio manager at Castle Hill. Caitlin is currently living in Boston and pursuing an MFA in Sculpture at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design.

Stuffed Animal Making: Nathalie Ferrier

July 19 - 23
Mon – Fri
2 - 4pm
5 Sessions $300
Castle Hill

The participants will be invited to make soft sculptures out of fabric and/or stuffed animals and/or clothes. During the first session, we will look at artworks and objects made from cloth or fibers, we will get comfortable with a few sewing techniques and then start creating. Participants are invited to bring any materials (fabrics, ribbons, strings...) that inspire them. They should also bring a sewing kit with threads scissors, pins and needles.

Nathalie Ferrier went to fashion school in Paris and worked as a fashion designer for over ten years in France. In 1995, she created a toy company, Born To Be Wild LLC and sold her stuffed animals and toys to many Museum stores around the USA. She has a MFA from MASSART and teaches a fiber/art class at Cape Cod Community College. She also teaches a stuffed animal workshop at the Truro Central School.
www.nathalieferrier.com

Diorama and Nest Julia Salinger
Aug 2 - 5
Mon - Thurs
2 - 4pm
4 sessions $275
pamet crossing

Albert Einstein said that "Imagination is more important than Knowledge."

I would say that the imagination is the portal into the soul. We will use this idea as a way to guide us in creation of our unique fantasy constructions. Have you ever dreamed of building your own nest? Someplace magical and fun that is a true expression of yourself. Together we will use manmade and organic materials to construct a special place of one's own.

Come to class with some of your favorite small objects, natural materials and lots of energy. Let's go wild exploring!!!!

Julia Salinger is a big kid at heart and a firm believer in that the art of play brings out the true expression of creation. Julia Salinger’s varied art career began as an art historian. Her mentor, Irving Sandler, was the preeminent art scholar who wrote 'The Triumph of American Painting. She studied at Columbia University and worked for Ronald Feldman Fine Arts. During this period, she was accepted into the prestigious curatorial program at the Hirschorn Museum in Washington, DC. She has worked at the Cooper-Hewitt Museum of Design, the Guggenheim, The Neuberger Museum and the Whitney. After a few life changing experiences, she decided it was time to nourish her own creative spirit. In 1999 she started to create her own work. Since 2000, she has shown in numerous group shows and is represented in collections in the US, Europe and Asia.
If you would like to learn more about her go to: www.bakedmashedfried.com.

PAPER, SCISSORS,ROCKS, STICKS Julia Horowitz
Exploration of Unconventional Drawing and Painting Tools

August 9 - 12
Mon - Thur
10 - 12 pm

$275

In this class we will take finger painting to new heights and explore the realm of nature's tools to create mark making. Did you know that Vincent Van Gogh made some of his most magnificent pen and ink drawings with a pen he fashioned from a reed in the marsh? Many other artists have ditched the brush and have worked with sticks, stones, and other natural implements to make beautiful works on paper, canvas and wood. We will go into nature, collect fun tools and make art.

See bio above

Printmaking for Kids Vicky Tomayko
August 16 - 20
Mon - Fri
2 - 4pm
5 sessions $300
pamet crossing

Explore your own ideas and have fun learning a variety of printmaking techniques including monotype (one-of-a-kind prints), simple etching, stencil, and relief prints. We will be using non-toxic water based inks, and professional printing presses and equipment. Experimentation and the accidental nature of working with a new process is part of the excitement of printmaking. You'll be amazed how many works you can produce and how you can vary them. Ages 7 to 11.

See bio above

Kids Clay Linden Gray
August 17 & 19, 24 & 26
Tues & Thurs
2 - 4 pm

$275

In this class, kids 7 to 11 will employ methods of building with coils and slabs in various ways to produce functional pots as well as personal sculptures, such as figures and small architectures.

Linden Gray has been a studio manager at Castle Hill for the past year and has been very involved in the building and firing of the new wood kiln. She has been throwing pots for 10 years and holds a BFA from Alfred University. In her work, she is interested in the material nature of clay, which is often reflected in her wet altered work. Primarily working with functional forms she is interested in exploring notions of use.

Pinhole for All Ages Martin R. Anderson

August 23 - 27
Mon – Fri
9am - noon
5 Sessions $375+ $15 lab fee
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A fun photography class for all ages! Cameras created from everyday objects like tin cans will be loaded with photographic paper on which to record images which will come to life using basic darkroom techniques. This is a simple, hands-on way to understand photography that can produce surprisingly dynamic and beautiful images. No previous photographic experience is necessary (although experienced photographers may relish the opportunity to explore and play outside the usual boundaries.) An ideal class for parents and kids to take together.

Martin R. Anderson has worked extensively with alternative photography over the past seven years, with over 40 pinhole cameras of his own making. In July of 2005, Martin received a fellowship for a three-week Artist-In-Residency at C-Scape dune shack in Provincetown where he created a portfolio of pinhole landscapes and self-portraits. In 2006, his pinhole photograph, "Paris, Tulieries: Alexandre combatant" won First Place in Art & Antiques Magazine's annual photography contest. During the year he leads classes in Pinhole Photography at the Brookline Center for Adult & Community Education www.martinranderson.com

Wednesdays Workshops
Linden, Erin, Caitlin other fabulous members of the Castle Hill Staff!

Join us Wednesday afternoons from 3 – 5pm for quick, informal, fun workshops for people of all ages and levels of creativity!

Each sessions $60 per person
$100 for parent and kid
Castle Hill

July 14 – Accordian Books – Come make a handmade book with Erin Woodbrey!

July 21 – Clay Animals – Come make a dog, sheep, dragon or antelope in clay! More fun than you've had in years! Castle Hill will provide clay and the basics of small scale ceramic sculpture and hand-building will be covered.

July 28 – Fish Prints – We will work with non-toxic inks to make a series of hand-printed monotype off a real fish and maybe a few rubber fish.

August 18 – Mask Making – You always wanted to make a mask your whole entire life, now is your opportunity! Glitter, paper, sizzors & more! Bring anything you want of find on the beach.

August 25 – Sand Candle Making – Make your own candle in a mold with sand! Way Fun.

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