Wednesday, August 30, 2017
Sunday, May 14, 2017
Friday, April 28, 2017
Christopher Ritson: 2017 Honolulu Biennial Artist by Van James
Many people look at the Honolulu Waldorf School and think
it's a kind of art school because so much art is offered. But the truth is that
HWS has just as much focus on the math and sciences, languages and humanities
as other schools (if not more), but it matches those subjects with many
different artistic disciplines, providing a balance or counter weight to the
academic school day. In fact, many of the HWS graduates go into fields completely
unrelated to art; they just take a creative, can-do artistry to their choice of
direction and career.
So it is a great pleasure when one of our alumni chooses a
career in the highly competitive and unusually challenging world of Post-modern
Art. Christopher Ritson (Class of 2004) is one of the 22 invited artists
showing at the first Honolulu Biennial, between March 8 and May 8, 2017. This
is quite a prestigious honor for this young artist.
However, Chris was something of an unlikely candidate for
the art world when he was finishing high school. Although gifted at drawing and
painting it was looking like he was going to be on a science track. His senior
project was a large self-sustaining, eco-friendly aquarium, built from the
ground up. But he decided to go to the San Francisco Art Institute and he
became known for his unique blend of science and art. His artwork is actually more
like freeform scientific research than an art project. And his present exhibit
at the Biennial involves living organisms, or what he calls bio-generative
artwork.
The Corallinales, Chris’ exhibit, can be described as living paintings
growing in two aquarium tanks under artificial light. Coralline algae have been
scraped from ocean trash collected from the Honolulu Harbor, Waikiki Beach,
Diamond Head, and from the surf break where Ala Wai Canal, an artificial and
controversial waterway, flows into the Pacific Ocean. The algae are placed in a
supportive environment for the corallines to thrive on glass and plastic
debris, allowing them to produce a range of red, pink, grey and mauve abstract images.
Over the two months of the exhibition these coralline algae paintings will
literally grow into pictures.
The senior class of HWS was fortunate enough to have a
guided tour of The Hub, one of the Biennial’s several venues around town. Chris
Ritson came in especially to talk to the Class of 2017 about his work. Every 9th
grade studies the history of art up to the 17th century but it is in
12th grade that Modern and Post-modern Art are studied. So the
Biennial visit fit right into the 12th grade’s curriculum and they
got to see one Waldorf graduate’s path of uniting his interest in both the
sciences and the arts.
It is interesting that Rudolf Steiner, the founder of
Waldorf education, made the following prediction over a hundred years ago,
right at the beginning of Modern Art, well before the advent of Post-modern,
Conceptual Art: “I believe that the significant factor in … attempting to
understand the concept of art, is that an art of the conceptual will come about
in which the work and activity of ideation will be fulfilled with images, with
reality, and that what now appears as dry science will in the future come
closer to art.” The work of Chris Ritson certainly bears out this prediction.
Friday, February 24, 2017
My Development in the Visual Arts by David Adams
Although I am now (2016) 67 years old, it is only in the
last few years that, in addition to being an art historian
and art theorist, I have begun to think of myself as a visual
artist – primarily in ”newer” mediums like performance art,
installation, and visual music (“light art”). However, a request
for me to write my “artistic biography” leads me to realize that
I have been involved with related “artistic activities” off and
on for decades. There have been many diverse aspects to my
life, and it is sometimes difficult (also for me) to find a clear
continuity through it all, but here I will undertake a selective
review from the point of view of "myself-as-a-creative-artist."
Thursday, February 23, 2017
Alkion Center Course Weeks for Summer 2017 - Enroll Now
or contact us at 518-672-8008 or info@alkioncenter.org
Week I – June 18 to 23
•
History through
Music w/ Eric G. Muller
•
Early Childhood: Voice and
Lyre Music w/ Channa Seidenberg
•
Early Childhood: Festivals
for Young Children w/ Andree Ward
•
Eurythmy | Veil
Painting | Sculpting the Human Head in Clay
Week II – June 25 to
30
•
Bringing Mathematics to
Life in the Classroom w/ Marisha Plotnik
•
Introduction to Early
Childhood Ed. with Felting Crafts w/ Andree Ward
•
Color Environments &
Lazure Wall Painting w/ Robert Logsdon and Sara Parrilli
•
Meditation and Color |
Wood or Stone Carving | Lazure Project
Week III – July
9 to 14
•
Leading with Spirit: The
Art of Administration and Leadership in Waldorf Schools w/ Mara
White, Lisa Maher, & Staff
Saturday, February 4, 2017
Fall/Winter Newsletter Now Available to Read Online
Past newsletters are available to read
on the right: Scroll down to see the list.
Wednesday, January 25, 2017
Tuesday, January 24, 2017
Saturday, August 27, 2016
Friday, August 5, 2016
Friday, July 29, 2016
Monday, May 23, 2016
Alkion Center at Hawthorne Valley, NY
2016 Summer Intensives
Tuition
reduction for early enrollment by June 1.
Week I, June 19 - 24
A five day morning block:
Evolution
of Human Consciousness through Art
w/ Patrick Stolfo
Electives for the remainder of the day:
Modeling
the Human Head in Clay w/ Patrick Stolfo
Veil Painting with Martina Muller
Veil Painting with Martina Muller
Week II, June 26 - July 1
Bringing
History to Life and Its Role in the Waldorf Curriculum
w/ Karl Schurman
Elective open workshops from 10:30 am - 5 pm:
Metalworking
L. Damian
/ Painting M. Muller
/ Sculpture P. Stolfo
Monday, May 16, 2016
Landscape
Painting Retreat
August 26 -29
Experience
Nature through Art with Jennifer Thomson
The
landscape Retreat is about change; experiencing another way of working. It isn’t a ‘how to” retreat. It is a time to explore new color
exercises, ideas and playfulness.
Sometimes one has to walk through ugliness to see anew. Sometimes we have to stretch further in
art to find a new approach to our way of working.
Mornings for example, explore a fall
exercise: Tint paper
orange in areas creating a color mood.
Bring colors: reds, yellows, and blues to wakefulness in veil painting
technique. Balance colors
compositionally. Find an inward
glow of light. Use greys and black
to enhance the glow. White in
gesture for trees …what next?
Afternoons, inspired by John Marin’s (1870-1953)
& Emil Nolde’s(1867-1956) art, exercises of their
techniques & composition will be practiced and applied to our own artwork.
Work space: Sun Studio & outdoors into the
Sangre de Cristo Mountains to experience Nature through direct observation.
Daily class: 9 am to 4:30 pm
Tuition: $275 includes 4 organic veggie lunches, snacks &
supplies
Deposit: $75 nonrefundable, to reserve a space
Camping: 5 minutes driving from Sun Studio
Info: Jennifer Thomson, PO Box 894, Crestone, Colorado
81131
719-937-7694
719-937-7694
Come
join us in Colorado 2016!
Saturday, April 9, 2016
2nd Annual Visual Arts
Intensive—
Painting and Drawing for Teachers,
Educators, and Parents
with Van James
Sunday, June 12 to Friday, June 17,
2016
Honolulu, Hawai’i
This
six-day drawing and painting retreat for teachers, artists, therapists and
parents will take place from Sunday morning, June 12 to Friday afternoon, June
17, 2015. The course will look at how children first learn to draw and paint
and how to best promote these arts with techniques and lessons appropriate to
the developmental stages of the child. A Waldorf approach, appropriate to any
educational setting, will be utilized with special attention to Rudolf
Steiner’s ideas and the latest research on child development in connection with
the arts.
Due
to the special nature of Hawai’i and its spirit
of place, these intensive classes will be held mornings only so that
participants can have their afternoons free. All artistic sessions will be held
at the Honolulu Waldorf School, Makai Campus, 5257 Kalaniana’ole Highway, 96821, in an ocean-side art studio. The school is located on
a bus route and a selection of restaurants is located directly across the
street.
Registration Form
Name:
Email:
Phone:
Address:
Payment: Date:
The fee of $350 includes
two sessions per day for six days, all materials, and refreshments at break
times. An Early Bird fee of $300 is good
until April 15. A full refund is provided until May 1, 50% until
May 15, no refunds thereafter. Checks payable to: Van James.
All housing and meal
arrangements are the responsibility of individuals and are not included or arranged
by the Arts Intensive. (Package deals from the internet, including air, hotel,
and car, will likely be the most reasonable option.)
For any further questions please contact Bonnie at art4hawaii@gmail.com
or 808-395-1268. Honolulu Waldorf School, Att: Bonnie, 5257 Kalaniana’ole Highway,
Honolulu, HI 96821 USA
Thursday, April 7, 2016
Rudolf Steiner Fellowship Community Call for Commissioned Art Work
A Call for Proposals to Commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the Fellowship Community 1966-2016
The Fellowship Community is
celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2016 and
to commemorate this
milestone, the Rudolf Steiner Fellowship Foundation
would like to commission a
work of art that celebrates 50 years of service to
the care of the elderly,
the land and to the whole human being.
Proposals will be accepted
from February 1, 2016 - May 1, 2016. The winning art project will be selected
on or around May 15th. The Fellowship Community will unveil the selected work
or proposal at the Dedication Ceremony on July 3, 2016.
The Fellowship Community is
a dynamic, work-based, intergenerational
community founded on Rudolf
Steiner’s anthroposophy. Our mission is to
care for the elderly and to
nurture the body, soul and spirit within the human
being during all phases of
life, to create a social process worthy of our common humanity, and to be
responsible for the care of the earth upon which we live.
The total budget for the
art work including materials is $1,500. The competition is open to all artistic
mediums as well as the possibility of an artist’s residency.
Please visit our website
at; www.fellowshipcommunity.org for proposal
guidelines, the application
form and further information about our community.
The Fellowship Community is
located at 241 Hungry Hollow Road
Chestnut Ridge, NY 10977.
Tel: 845-352-8494 ext. 2.
For questions contact:
carol.avery@fellowshipcommunity.org.
Rudolf Steiner Fellowship
Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation.
Celebrating 50 Years of
Service to the Community 1966 - 2016
Guidelines and Application Form
1. The commissioned art work is to mark the 50th anniversary of the Fellowship Community.
2. The art work should be consistent with the aesthetic sensibilities of the Fellowship Community.
3. Working artists may submit their proposals in written format with sketches, dimensions and materials to be used.
4. Artists should include a resume, portfolio’s, references and perhaps a studio visit and site visits of work.
5. We hope that a decision will be made no later than May 15th. Much will depend on the number of submissions, interviews and presentations necessary to choose the commissioned piece.
6. Upon selection of a commissioned piece of art, a contract or letter of agreement will be signed by the Fellowship Community (FC) and the artist.
7. The contract will include payment schedule (Artists will receive 1/3 of the amount upon selection and the balance when the art piece is delivered to the Fellowship Community) and what will be the process if the Fellowship Community rejects the artwork during the manufacture of the art work. A residency may be possible outlined in a separate document.
8. The Artist will begin the artistic process and demonstrate the clear understanding of the FC culture, needs, budget and timeline.
9. The FC will have the right to graphic reproduction of the artwork for FC use.
10. The Fellowship Community will be the sole owners of the art piece upon the signing of the commissioning agreement.
11. The FC will review and approve, modify, and reject artists model/sketch/rendering/ maquette of commissioned art work.
12. Repeat as many times as needed until both the FC and the Artist are in agreement.
13. Bless and install artwork in space agreed upon.
Please email proposals to: Carol.avery@fellowshipcommunity.org or mail it to:
Carol Avery
Development and Communications Coordinator
Rudolf Steiner Fellowship Community
241 Hungry Hollow Road
Saturday, March 26, 2016
Portland Oregon Art Retreat
With Jennifer Thomson
Landscape
Painting
…Experience fall through
five days of Art
Autumn’s clarity, light changes, coolness, earth’s
aroma, signals an inner soul change from summer’s dreaminess to Michael’s
wakefulness.
Mornings: Veil painting: Let spaces of Blue, Gold,
Orange & Red arise. A hint of
Green, shimmering. In the
periphery overlapping veils of yellow, red and blue die into grey, contrasting
the light. Add Black for weight
and wakefulness. Feel the release
of light. As outer nature dies, an inner light appears in the autumn landscape.
Over 5 days, we will explore various artistic approaches to
landscape painting. Such as color
moods, gestures, color relationships, compositional light & dark and
inspirational exercises from artists of the past.
Material: watercolor,
gouache, charcoal.
Work Space: Studio
& Outdoors ……nearby area:
garden & creek, possible 2 afternoon outings at Sauvie, Columbia
Gorge or a Japanese Garden (depending on weather)
Bring with you: brushes & note pad or sketch pad
Daily Class: 9am to 5pm (2 hour lunch break)
Tuition: $425
includes art supplies, 5 veggie lunches and snacks.
Deposit: $100 nonrefundable, to reserve a space
Accommodations: $25
to $35 per night with a community family.
Call Kathy or Robin
Location: Lovely
westside, forested setting in Portland, Oregon. Details given upon registration.
Info & Sign up: Robin Lieberman, robin@robinlieberman.net,
503-222-1192
1410 SW Morrison Street, Suite 901
Portland, Oregon 97205
1410 SW Morrison Street, Suite 901
Portland, Oregon 97205
Jennifer Thomson, sunstudio.thomson1@gmail.com,
719-937-7694www.jenniferthomson.net
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