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
Upcoming Summer Retreat August 2016
August
Art Retreat
12 to 16,
2016
Metamorphosis
Darkness
& Dawn
Peach
blossom, Rosa, and Green give
luminosity, as ethereal world presents itself to balance the earthiness of
Blacks and Browns. We will explore
lightness and weight through color and the art of painting. The moving colors awaken our own inner
movement and we begin to perceive a motif that condenses from the flowing
color.
Taking the theme of Persephone ( a Greek myth), we will aspire
creativity to awaken the motif artistically. Mornings are devoted to this ongoing exercise of
watercolor veil painting. Afternoons, a
variety of artistic exercises devoted to compositional work inspired from Emily
Carr and Lawren Harris’s art. One
outing will be sketching & painting in the National Forest. We will practice techniques from the
‘Group of 7’ to apply in our own
work.
work.
Evening
Presentations:
Canadian
artists, Emily Carr & Lawren Harris Artistic
presentation: Ammi & Jennifer
Health through Anthroposophy
by Philip Incao
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Material: watercolor, gouache, ink
and charcoal
Location: Sun Studio in Crestone,
Colorado
Tuition: $355 includes supplies,
plus 5 organic veggie lunches & snacks
Deposit: $75, nonrefundable, to
reserve a space
Accommodation: B&B, Hotel, Camping
Sign
up & Info:
Jennifer
Thomson
Sun
Studio
PO
Box 894
Crestone, Colorado 81131
www.jenniferthomson.net
Renew yourself and your life path in
contemplation and color in nature’s beauty in Crestone 8000ft. Alpine Valley.
Friday, February 19, 2016
Extended Deadline
Invitation
to Anthroposophical Artists in North America
to submit
work to an open exhibition to be held in Ottawa, Canada, on the
theme of “Encountering Our Humanity,” in August 2016.
Digital
(JPG only) images of paintings, sculpture, mixed media, multi-media and
architectural work created in the last 15 years may be submitted by June 1,
2016 to the email addresses below. Final selection will be made by June 15,
2016 for works to be included in a virtual slide show that will run during the
“Encountering Our Humanity” conference venue, La Cité Collégiale in Ottawa,
Canada, August 7-14, 2016. From these works, a
further, smaller selection of pieces will be made for actual exhibition in a
gallery space (to be announced) for the same period of time. (It is hoped that
this selection may provide the basis for possible future shows.)
Please
email images (no larger than 2MB) to sylvierichard@rogers.com and to aka.vanjames@gmail.com, together
with name of artist, title of work, dimensions, and cost if for sale. In
addition, include a one-to-three sentence statement concerning your art: “what
you are striving to achieve in your art”, or “what are your artistic
questions?” A $25 fee will be required of each artist selected for the final
exhibition in order to cover costs for a catalog. Shipping of actual work to
and from the venue and insurance is the responsibility of the artist. Hand
deliveries are possible two days before the opening. Potential purchases will
be handled directly by the artists, but a 20% commission will be asked for to
defray exhibition costs. (The selection of work is final.)
Selection
of artwork will be made by Sylvie Richard and Van James, professional artists
and members of the Visual Art Section of North America. Selection will be based
on a wide range of styles and mediums expressive of the quality of work being
done in North America today. These works will be shown together with a pre-existing
and somewhat abridged exhibit of anthroposophical architecture (panels with
photographs and possible models) originally shown in Europe. North American
architects are invited to contribute to the broadening of this part of the
exhibit.
For the Selection Committee,
Sylvie Richard sylvierichard@rogers.com
Wednesday, February 3, 2016
New Fall/Winter 2015 Newsletter
See newsletters, past and present, to read online in the right hand column.
European subscriptions via PayPal are there as well.
Tuesday, January 26, 2016
New Article by David Adams
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| Rudolf Steiner's Transformer House with Second Goetheanum in the background |
Here is a link to a PDF of a new article by David Adams:
The Form-Function Relationship in Architecture and Nature:
Organic and Inorganic Functionalism
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