Instructor: Jeffrey Hirst
Monday - Tuesday
June 7 - 8
10am - 4pm
2 sessions at Edgewood Farm 

The Experimental Drawing workshop will utilize traditional and non-traditional materials to realize work ranging from quick studies to fully developed pieces. The class emphasizes experimentation, expressing personal vision, and taking chances without concern for the likeness of the image media, ash, carborundum, plaster, building materials, ink, R & F Drawing Sticks, and collage, to develop work that reflects each participant’s aesthetic interests and vision. Hand monotype printing processes will be included in creating work that leads to unpredictable discoveries, opening the door to new possibilities.

Jeff Hirst has exhibited his work throughout the United States and Europe since 1987. He received his MFA from Louisiana State University and his BFA from the University of Minnesota. His work has been exhibited at national and international venues including the Minneapolis Institute of Art, McLean Project for the Arts in Virginia, McKinney Contemporary in Dallas, and the Bienal do Douro in Portugal.

Hirst has received numerous grants and was awarded a fellowship at the Ballinglen Arts Foundation in Ireland, where he has completed eight residencies. He is represented by Addington Gallery in Chicago and Brandt Gallery in Columbus, Ohio, and his work is held in numerous public and private collections in the United States, Portugal, Italy, and Ireland.

In 2021, Hirst co-founded Catalyst Art Lab, an online art education platform, and teaches encaustic painting, experimental drawing, and printmaking workshops throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, France, and Ireland.

Hirst is a Core Instructor for R&F Handmade Paints and has taught and presented numerous times at the International Encaustic Conference.

www.jeffreyhirst.com
jeff@jeffreyhirst.com