Workshops at StoneSummit Studio

          Holding workshops in my studio has been a source of stimulation and motivation for me.  Each has been an adventure with new revelations.  There is data in pedagogy to prove that it is usually the teacher in any learning situation who gains the most new knowledge.  I hope that in my workshops there is an even distribution of motivation and new ideas, but it remains true that I value the teaching experience because it brings innovation and newness to my own art practice.  Also it is fun.  Artists often work in isolation, and group experiences are definitely an enrichment.  When I was first asked to present a workshop about making collage, I thought, well, I¹m a painter and printmaker and not a collage-maker.  Then I looked around my studio and noticed that collage and mixed media are employed in some way in a large number of my works.  So I did the workshop and it made me much more aware of how my own process happens and how it fits into the world of art-making through history.  Then I did a second workshop about seeing and drawing.  More will follow.  I believe the participants each time were empowered in new ways too, and I hope they will use those new techniques and ideas as a way to expand meaning in their lives.
 

Collage Workshop

Drawing Workshop 

Acrylics Workshop

ART WORKSHOPS

at StoneSummit Studio

with

Suzette MacSkimming

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