Morgan Conservatory's Summer Workshops

Join us this summer for a workshop in book arts, papermaking, or printmaking!

The Morgan Conservatory’s Summer Workshops are open for registration. This year we are pleased to offer 30 workshops including several focusing on book binding and book arts techniques. The Morgan Conservatory seeks out nationally recognized artists and educators to teach workshops in book binding and book arts, hand papermaking, and printmaking.

Additional workshop descriptions, full teaching artist’s biographies, and registration are available online here http://www.morganconservatory.org/workshops-by-category, or by calling, 216.361.9255.

To view a list of all upcoming summer workshops please click here.

Upcoming at Women's Studio Workshop

For more details on these and other workshops visit: wsworkshop.org/summer-art-institute/

Instructor: Mary Hark
We’ve Got the Blues: Indigo Dyeing for Paper & Cloth
Dates: August 20 - 24
Studio: Papermaking
Class limit: 6
Tuition: $750 members / $800 non-members
Lab fee: $60

Class description:
Participants will be immersed in studio production, making use of this powerful and historic color on handmade paper and a variety of textiles. Experienced dyers are encouraged to bring works-in-progress and ideas for new projects. Beginners will be introduced to the process of papermaking with fibers that are appropriate for this immersion dye process—such as Asian fibers, flax, abaca, and linen cloth—as well as shibori resist dye techniques. Each participant will be supported and encouraged as they use these processes and materials to expand their creative practice with the breadth of possibility offered by the indigo vat.

Studio work will be complemented by discussion of the historic and contemporary use of indigo; informal critiques of works-in-progress; and technical information for papermaking and dyeing in home studios and classrooms. Participants will leave with a deeper understanding of what this color can mean, a portfolio of beautiful samples of indigo blue on cloth and handmade paper, completed work, and the information necessary to continue on this path. This will be an intensive week of indigo dyeing for all levels of experience.

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Instructor: Tana Kellner and Laura Moriarty
Handmade Paper and Encaustic
Dates: August 13 - 17
Studio: Papermaking and R&F
Class limit: 6
Tuition: $750 members / $800 non-members
Lab fee: $60

Join WSW in collaboration with R&F Handmade Paints in Kingston as we create contemporary waxed handmade paper works. During the first two and a half days, participants will work with Tana in WSW’s papermaking studio, using cotton, abaca, flax, and ArtFarm fibers. Once we master the basics, we’ll investigate how to best use the special qualities of each fiber, creating collages by layering, embedding, stenciling, pulp painting, and embossing.

After lunch on Wednesday, we will travel to R&F Handmade Paints, where our handmade paper will be just the starting point. After Laura leads an introduction to basic encaustic techniques, students will create deeply layered collages by working directly on the handmade papers or mounting the handmade sheets on panels. Techniques will include saturating, bending, burnishing, dipping, staining, transferring, drawing, and carving.

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Instructor: Tatiana Ginsberg
Layering Paper: Blow-outs, Pulp-Painting, Embedding, and Watermarked Images
Dates: July 23-27
Studio: Paper
Class limit: 6
Tuition: $750 members / $800 non-members
Lab fee: $100

Class description:
Everyone is familiar with drawing on paper, but in this class we will make images IN paper. By building images in the wet sheets, participants will achieve a wide range of effects only possible in the papermaking process. Layering paper on paper in the wet stages opens up new possibilities for getting color, form, and imagery into and onto our paper as we make it.

This is a great class for printmakers or anyone who enjoys making marks through drawing, painting, or collage. No prior papermaking experience is necessary, just a willingness to experiment.

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Instructor: Tana Kellner
Parallel Universes: Handmade Paper and Photography
Dates: July 9 - 13
Studio: Papermaking/Darkroom
Class limit: 6
Tuition: $750 members / $800 non-members
Lab fee: $135
(Lab fee includes darkroom chemistry and photographic emulsion)

Class description:
Artists will rediscover the excitement of working in the photographic darkroom and the pleasures of making paper by hand. We’ll combine these two tactile processes to create painterly photographic prints on handmade paper. The first two days will be spent making paper from various fibers, suitable for photographic purposes. We’ll explore making standard and shaped paper, embedding, and pulp painting all in preparation for the darkroom. Working with traditional photographic negatives (up to 4” x 5”) or making new digital negatives, we’ll spend the rest of the week learning to size and coat the paper before proceeding to print in the darkroom. No previous experience is necessary.

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Instructor: Sarah Rose Lejeune
Paper Memory
Dates: July 2 - 6
Studio: Papermaking
Class limit: 6
Tuition: $750 members / $800 non-members
Lab fee: $75

Class description:
In this course, we will think through the ways that handmade paper, through its material properties, can hold human imprint. Students will learn to process fibers like abaca and flax with a focus on creating high shrinkage, translucent consistencies suitable for embedding and holding sculptural forms. We will also explore cotton’s potential for low relief casting and embossing. Using traditional and experimental papermaking techniques as a foundation, the class will discuss the relationship between nostalgia and contemporary craft. Students will become comfortable with all aspects of the paper studio, from processing fiber to pulling and drying Western formation sheets, specifically gaining skills with tools like the Reina beater, hydraulic press and vacuum table. This class is open to all skill levels.

Opportunity: Artist/paper-maker/teacher volunteer in Malawi, Africa

An artist position is open - to work in Africa. HEEED Malawi seeks to engage an energetic, adventurous, imaginative Volunteer – interested in creative recycling, made-made paper and drawing. The HEEED Handicrafts Project, under the direction of Alison Wiklund www.alisonwiklund.com has been developed since the founding of HEEED Malawi by WWF Finland in 2004 www.heeedmalawi.net. Preference will be given to a candidate ready to stay for one year, a minimum commitment of 6 months is expected.

The Volunteer would lead the HEEED Handicrafts Programme - working with the local primary school and using local fibres and waste paper – to make cards and books. In addition, HEEED is recycling bottle-tops into baskets, as well as bottles into drinking glasses and candle-holders. These products help provide an income for the community of Chembe.

The Volunteer will teach a group of youngsters a variety of skills, including marketing – so that creative recycling and care for the environment become synonymous with beautiful hand-made paper-products. This Programme will increase children’s appreciation of art and the environment and develop an income- generating activity (IGA) for this non-profit organization. The creative Volunteer will be expected to provide the blueprint and to build a sustainable long-term programme.

In return, Full Room and Board is offered to the successful applicant. The stipend provided will be dependent upon the candidate’s ability to generate income through the marketing of the various hand-made products. The HEEED Handicrafts Projects is a part of HEEED Malawi – a Malawian NGO - working to expand educational opportunities, to foster environmental stewardship, and to facilitate community development in Chembe and is administered by a Board of Trustees. HEEED Malawi is located close to Chembe village on the edge of Lake Malawi National Park – a spectacular UNESCO World Heritage Site with crystalline waters and more than 850 unique fish species found nowhere else in the world. The successful applicant would live at Tandy House – located within the grounds of Cape Maclear EcoLodge (see www.tripadvisor.com). For more information please contact the Volunteer Coordinator Addie Lindseth (adelaidelindseth@gmail.com and heeedchembe@gmail.com).

News from Hook Pottery Paper

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The Morgan Conservatory’s 9th Annual Benefit

The Morgan Conservatory, the largest arts center in the United States dedicated to every facet of papermaking, book arts, and letterpress printing will host its 9th Annual Benefit Saturday, October 1st. The Benefit will feature a silent auction where attendees will have the opportunity to bid on more than 100 works of art, many created specifically for the event, by local as well as national artists, exclusive live papermaking demonstrations, live music from Syncopated Sin Swing Band with special guest Ernie Krivda, hors d’oeuvres, cash bar and more.

The Morgan’s Annual Benefit is the organization’s largest fundraiser of the year and directly helps bring over 60 workshops, exhibitions and special events to its audiences each year.

“After nine years, we are beginning to see the vision of our mission to provide an epicenter of papermaking arts for established and emerging artists in Northeast Ohio and beyond” said Tom Balbo, Artistic Director of The Morgan. Balbo added, “the support from the arts community, our sponsors and all supporters of The Morgan during our Annual Benefit has helped make our vision a reality these last nine years.”

The Morgan’s 9th Annual Benefit takes place Saturday, October 1st from 6:30 pm – 10:00 pm at the Morgan – 1754 E. 47th St. Cleveland, OH 44103. Pre-order tickets are available now. Admission for members is $30, non-members $35. Tickets for students with valid student ID are $10.

Frederic W. Goudy Lecture, Workshop and Dinner at Scripps College

Fredric W. Goudy LECTURE
EXPERIENCE, EPHEMERA, and ENVIRONMENT:
in Artist Books by Irene Chan
Irene Chan
Saturday, October 1, 2016
7:00 p.m.
Scripps College Humanities Auditorium
The Goudy Lecture is free and open to the public

Artist Irene Chan will talk about how her subject matter evolved from working with the ephemeral and the environment in Taoist philosophy to her personal experience of living as an Asian American. Her media are works on or of paper, printmaking, installation art, and book arts. In her one-person storytelling performances, Chan’s artist books start as traditional book forms and then transform into wearables and installation art.

Frederic W. Goudy WORKSHOP
Cut & Folded Books
Irene Chan
Scripps College Press
Cost: $75 (send check to reserve a space; see address below)

Participants will make a variety of book structures that are multi-dimensional and versatile, all from cutting and folding paper and board. Then more design and material possibilities will be explored by combining these forms in unusual ways. Additional alternative structures may be shown as time allows. All experience levels (including beginner) welcome.

DINNER
Saturday, October 1, 2016
5:00 p.m.
Margaret Fowler Garden
Cost: $25 (send check to address below by September 22)
Reservations required

Artist Opportunities from the Women's Studio Workshop

Interested in opportunities at Women's Studio Workshop? Check out the info below.

Studio Internship
This six-month internship provides $300/month stipend, free on-campus housing, unlimited studio access, and the opportunity to exhibit work at the end of the term. Studio Interns work with staff and resident artists on projects that may include printmaking, papermaking, book arts, and arts administration, in addition to assisting with the ongoing operations of the facility.

Apply by October 1, 2016
More information: http://bit.ly/1JhwqJS

Parent Residency Grant
This is a four-week residency for a woman artist with a dependent child/children under the age of 15. The grant includes a $1000 stipend for child care and a travel stipend of $250 for one round trip for the artist/family. The $1000 child care stipend can be used at the artist’s discretion, and a child care plan should be submitted along with application materials. The artist may choose from any of our studios, including etching, papermaking, letterpress, silkscreen, book arts, photography, or ceramics.

Apply by October 15, 2016
More information: http://bit.ly/1UOXM1Z

Ora Schneider Grant
This grant is for artists residing in New York State's Hudson Valley. Annually, it supports two artists in month-long residencies in any of the Workshop’s studios: etching, papermaking, letterpress, silkscreen, book arts, photography, or ceramics. Included is a $1500 stipend, 24/7 studio access, and on-campus housing, if necessary.

Apply by October 15, 2016
More information: http://bit.ly/1UOXsAg

Art-in-Education Workspace Residency
This opportunity is for artists with teaching experience, a knowledge of intaglio, silkscreen, or hand papermaking, and an interest in working with public school students. Artists teach in the studio 1-2 days/week for the four-week residency. In exchange, they receive on-campus housing and 24/7 studio access in etching, papermaking, letterpress, silkscreen, book arts, photography, or ceramics.

Apply by October 15, 2016
More information: http://bit.ly/1IXnADD

Studio Workspace Residency
This residency is open to artists who want 4-6 weeks of concentrated work time in any of our studios: etching, papermaking, letterpress, silkscreen, book arts, photography, or ceramics. For $200/week, artists receive on-campus housing and 24/7 studio access.

Apply by October 15, 2016
More information: http://bit.ly/1J1Vfxd

Artist's Book Residency Grant
The Artist’s Book Grant is a 6-8 week residency for artists to produce a limited edition artist's book. Working intensively in our studios, artists print and bind their own books, and are encouraged to create an edition of appx. 50 books. Artists receive $350/week, up to $750 for materials, up to $250 for travel, on-campus housing, and 24/7 studio access. For more information:

Apply by November 15, 2016
More information: http://bit.ly/1JzSYFF

Art-in-Education Artist's Book Residency Grant
The Art-in-Education Artist’s Book Grant is an 8-10 week residency for artists to produce a limited edition artist's book and teach public school students 1-2 days/week in WSW's studios. Artists can work in any discipline and must addition appx. 50 books. Artists receive $350/week, up to $750 for materials, up to $250 for travel, on-campus housing, and 24/7 studio access. For more information:

Apply by November 1, 2016:
More information: http://bit.ly/AIE-book

Confluence: Twelve Collaborations - Exhibition at Morgan Conservatory

Exoskeleton by Pam McKee and Kyle Holland

This unique exhibition pairs twelve highly accomplished American papermakers with printmakers, calligraphers, and surface designers of their choosing to generate collaborative pieces that range from prints to books and every medium in between, allowing these pairings to foster the production of unique art forms borne out of the creative efforts of both artists.

“For over two thousand years, handmade paper has been used primarily as a substrate for the transmission of information in text form, for visual images, and for furniture,” said Tom Balbo, Artistic Director of the Morgan Conservatory. “This show speaks to the nature of handmade paper and its ability to be an art form by highlighting multiple techniques and traditions as well as variances of scale.” Balbo added, “Each pairing had the challenge of incorporating both the papermaker’s and the artist’s individual sense of the craft to create inventive works that best demonstrate a melding of the two minds. We hope the exhibition showcases many, if not all, forms that handmade paper can take in this digital age, where the craft of papermaking is having a genuine resurgence.”

Confluence: Twelve Collaborations opens Friday, August 12th through Friday, September 16th at the Morgan – 1754 E. 47th St., Cleveland, OH 44103. The opening night reception starts at 6:30 p.m. For additional viewing hours and information visit morganconservatory.org.

About The Morgan Conservatory
The Morgan Conservatory is the largest arts center in the United States dedicated to every facet of papermaking, book arts and letterpress printing and to cultivating the talents of established and emerging artists. An international destination that is free and open to the public, the Morgan Conservatory is a working studio, gallery and gathering place for the community, educational hub and purveyor of some of the finest handmade papers in the world.

Since opening to the public in 2008, the Morgan Art of Papermaking Conservatory and Educational Foundation has been a rising star in the Cleveland arts community and the papermaking world. The Morgan Conservatory’s 15,000-square-foot converted industrial space is home to professional and aspiring artists dedicated to the ancient art of papermaking, book arts and letterpress printing. The Morgan Conservatory has been transformed into an art facility with studios, an 85 foot double-wall gallery, as well as a space for community events, and a unique kozo garden was installed to grow fiber for specialized papers.

Summer Workshops at Women's Studio Workshop

Open Studio: Papermaking

with WSW Staff

July 11-15

The Missing Link: Papermaking in the Islamic World

with Radha Pandey

July 18-22

Paper, Color, & Translucency: Luminous Images

with Sarah Bertrand Hamel

July 25-29

Pulp Types: Hybrid Papermaking & Printmaking

with May Babcock

August 1-5

Skin and Bones: Armatures and Sculptural Papermaking

with Ellen Kucera & Chris Petrone

August 8-12

Handmade Paper & Encaustic

with Tatana Kellner and R&F Paints

August 15-19

The Morgan Art of Papermaking Conservatory Announces Fall Workshop Schedule

The Morgan Art of Papermaking Conservatory & Educational Foundation in Cleveland, OH is proud to announce more fall and winter workshops than ever before. With a dozen workshops to choose from, there's something for everyone.

Please visit http://morganconservatory.org/events/category/workshops to find out more or to register for a workshop or call (216) 361-9255.

Seed to Sheet: Ann Kalmbach Speaks at Gomez Mill House, Sunday, July 26th, 2015

Dard Hunter Mill, Photo: Chris Panetta, Red Hook NY

Ann Kalmbach, Director and Co-Founder of Women’s Studio Workshop Speaks on Seed to Sheet– Material Sourcing for Papermaking

On Sunday, July 26, at 1pm, Ann Kalmbach will present an introduction to Seed to Sheet, a project aimed at material sourcing for handmade paper. Ann is a co-founder and Executive Director of Women’s Studio Workshop, an artists’ workspace centered on printmaking, papermaking, photography, book arts and ceramics. It is the oldest and only residency program for women artists in the country.

New Exhibitions at The Morgan Art of Papermaking Conservatory: Jack Carlton’s 'Observations & Impressions,' Kerri Harding’s 'Murmuration'

The Morgan Art of Papermaking Conservatory and Educational Foundation Presents:

Jack Carlton’s Observations & Impressions

&

Kerri Harding’s

Murmuration

August 7 – September 17

6 weeks

CLEVELAND (July 8, 2015) – Flock to the Morgan to observe their newest mesmerizing exhibitions. Morgan Art of Papermaking Conservatory and Educational Foundation will present concurrent exhibitions in the main gallery featuring Kerri Harding’s Murmuration and Jack Carlton’s Observations & Impressions.  

Lecture: Indo-Islamic Papermaking Heritage by Alexandra Soteriou, July 13, 2015

You are invited to a lecture 

Indo-Islamic Papermaking Heritage by Alexandra Soteriou

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Bonnie J. Sacerdote Lecture Hall, Ruth and Harold D. Uris Center for Education

July 13, 2015 3:30-5:00 PM 

RSVP required to mindell.dubansky@metmuseum.org

To coincide with the Museum’s exhibition, Sultans of Deccan India, 1500-1700: Opulence and Fantasy, you are invited to a lecture by paper historian, Alexandra Soteriou. In her lecture, Ms. Soteriou charts the migration of Muslim papermakers in tandem with dynastic movements and shares a seldom-seen view of hand papermaking throughout the Sub-continent, the Himalayas and Central Asia.

Summer 2015 Workshops at Morgan Conservatory

If you're near the Cleveland area this summer, be sure to take a workshop at The Morgan Art of Papermaking Conservatory. Keep scrolling to browse their list of offerings!

Papermaking & Printmaking Studio For Sale - Lost Coast Culture Machine

Papermaking & Printmaking Studio and equipment + Contemporary Art Gallery - For Sale.

Full Scale Papermaking Studio equipped for professional production & classes, including a 5 lb. Hollander Beater, 50 ton Hydraulic Press, 32 x 48” dry box, a variety of professional & student moulds.

Printmaking equipment includes a Vandercook No. 14 Proof Press, a Showcard Signmaster Proof press, a Full Screenprinting set up: 24 x 36” Exposure Unit, power washer, squeegees, screens, print stations, and Block carving & printing tools for classes.

Exhibition & Display: lighting, pedestals, audio-visual equipment including HD projector, frames, gallery seating, reception supplies.

Also: creative retail space with display cases, and a contemporary art library with over 500 volumes.

The preference is to sell all as one, but will consider piecemeal as well. 

Visit www.lostcoastculturemachine.org for photos & more info about the space.

If you have interest, or know someone who may have interest, contact Anne Beck at anne@lostcoastculturemachine.org.

Call for Entries: The 6th National Collegiate Handmade Paper Art Triennial

The Friends of Dard Hunter is proud to be a sponsor for the 6th National Collegiate Handmade Paper Art Triennial!

The National Collegiate Handmade Paper Art triennial was founded in 1999. Each triennial offers college students a way to show the country what they add to the field of handmade paper art.

Students in 2 year, 4 year and Masters programs are eligible, and entries are managed through the schools so that students do not need to pay to compete. Jurors represent the most exciting curators, artists, and gallerists involved in the field. Venues are located in diverse university galleries, museums, and art centers around the country. Sponsors from papermaking centers and materials suppliers across the US offer awards and special residencies to recognize the accomplishments of student artists working with their own handmade paper.

Click here to download the prospectus >

Paper Dolls: An Exhibition by Katy DeMent and Guest Artist Sylvia Kay

Paper Dolls: Handmade Paper Clothing & Unique Silver Jewelry

Katy DeMent & Guest Artist Sylvia Kay

Opening Reception: Saturday, February 14, 5-8 pm till 2/28 by appointment 

Decatur, GA – Sycamore Place Gallery is proud to present “Paper Dolls: Handmade paper clothing & unique silver jewelry” featuring the work of paper maker Katy DeMent. 

Katy DeMent is a fiber artist based with a focus on handmade papers for over 30 years. She grew up in North Carolina under a sewing machine, surrounded by quilting great grandmothers, gardening great aunts, and mom. When mom went back to work she lost her personal seamstress.

Arizona State University: Hiring Book Arts Faculty ~ Tempe, AZ

ASU ~ Herberger Institute for Design & the Arts ~ Tempe, AZ

Arizona State University is currently accepting applications for the Book Arts position, deadline is December 23, 2014, or every two weeks until filled.

The ideal candidate will be an energetic, innovative, and bright book artist who can contribute to the continued success of the printmaking program.

READ MORE BELOW:

Assistant Professor of Book Arts, School of Art 

Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts at Arizona State University 

The School of Art in the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts at Arizona State University seeks an  exceptional artist in the area of Book Arts for a full-time tenure-track appointment at the assistant professor level beginning fall 2015.

Arizona State University is a new model for American higher education, an unprecedented combination of academic excellence, entrepreneurial energy and broad access. This New American University is a single, unified institution comprising four differentiated campuses positively impacting the economic, social, cultural and environmental health of the communities it serves. Its research is inspired by real world application blurring the boundaries that traditionally separate academic disciplines. ASU serves more than 80,000 students in metropolitan Phoenix, Arizona, the nation's fifth largest city. ASU champions intellectual and cultural diversity, and welcomes students from all fifty states and more than one hundred nations across the globe.

ABOUT PROCESS: Leandra Spangler...

Succulent 

Deeply rooted in the Midwest, my world is rolling hills, woodlands, creeks, and fields where beauty is found within arm’s reach. My inspiration comes from the rich tones, textures and forms of the natural world. Although I admire and appreciate the garden in its entirety, I treasure the seedpod and pebble found on the path. In the same way, I enjoy creating sculptural forms, but find the tactile surface of highly textured handmade paper most gratifying.

Super Shop 9 @ Venice High School ~ Venice, CA

Super Shop 9 at Venice H.S. celebrates "book week" with an outdoor hand papermaking session conducted by Fernando Gil & Colin Browne. Fueled by Santa Ana winds, a fire burning in the nearby San Gabriel Mountains cast an eerie shade of sky.