Windgate Summer Art Launch for Arkansas Educators
Current Arkansas K-12 art teachers are invited to participate in the 2023 Windgate Summer Art Launch for Arkansas Educators, hosted by the Arkansas Tech University Department of Art. This year's workshops will be in-person with some virtual components.
Workshop Dates
- June 12 - 16, 2023
About the program
Participants will learn a variety of art techniques during workshops taught by university professors and experienced regional artists. We will host a virtual orientation Sunday evening on June 11, and our Guest speaker, Friday, June 16, will be virtual. There will be a virtual art exhibition of the artwork made during the week of workshops.
Participants will earn up to 30 hours of professional development from the Arkansas Department of Education. We ask that all participants attend the entire event.
Due to the generous support of the Windgate Foundation, the event is provided at no cost for Arkansas Art Educators
Contact Information
Dr. Lynnette Gilbert
Director, Windgate Art Launch for Arkansas Educators
lgilbert3@atu.edu
Workshop Descriptions
Extruder Formed Lanterns and Fused Glass Pendants
Summer Bruch, Professor of Art, ATU
Student will learn how to use an extruder to make hollow extrusions. We will pierce the forms with X-Acto knives to make ceramic lanterns. All students leave with a functional fired lantern at the end of the workshop. Students must arrive for class in all-natural fiber clothing, long pants, and closed-toe, closed-heel shoes with socks that protect up to the ankle. Long hair must be tied back. Nylon, polyester, spandex, or other synthetics are not allowed around machines, equipment, or processes that can produce hot fragments, sparks, or flames.
*This workshop is Monday-Thursday. Groups will be split up into Group 1 (M/W) and Group 2 (T/TH) this will allow proper drying time for ceramics and glass fusion process.
Woodzilla Printmaking (Relief)
Tammy Harrington, Professor of Art, University of Ozarks
Want to be able to print on the go? Your budget cannot buy a tabletop or freestanding press? The Woodzilla is the way to go with relief printing. Relief printing involves carving into a plate (wood, linoleum, easy cut, etc.) with gouges to remove the white/negative areas of an image so that all that remains of the original surface is the design/image to be printed. During this workshop you will design a relief print image, carve it, and print it on paper and fabric. We will experiment with variations in plates, paper, and inks.
Cyanotypes:Printing with Light
Margo Duvall, Professor of Art, University of Ozarks
Learn the magic of printing with light! This workshop will teach you how to create photographic images using the Cyanotype process and the power of the sun. We will focus on creating photograms on paper with found objects and make simple contact prints using Elm negatives. This course is hands on, experimental, and a little bit messy (in the best way). This course is perfect for all levels... no photo experience necessary.
Intriguing Image Transfer Paintings
Jessica Mongeon, Professor of Art, ATU
This workshop will explore a number of techniques to get your students Geli with creativity, by making a Geli print principles of design book. Participants will have a hands-on grasp of printmaking while learning through techniques like sgraffito, monoprinting, and using stencils. In this workshop you will explore with found objects to produce a series of one-off prints (monotypes). You will learn how to take both a planned and spontaneous approach to this printing method, working with an approach that there is no "right" or "wrong" way to create art through this process. All materials will be provided, though each participant can bring in their own stencils or texture plates. Participants will make choices that influence the outcome of their finished artworks.
Mokuhanga Basics
David Warren, Artist and Art Educator
In this workshop, participants will create a water-based woodblock print. Mokuhanga is the traditional Japanese method of creating relief prints. Participates will learn how to design, carve, and print a one or two woodblock using the Mokuhanga method.
Mixed-Media Self-Portait Collages
Ashley Kinsey, Arkansas Art Educator/Adjunct Professor, ATU
In this workshop, participants will create a mixed-media self-portrait collage inspired
by
Harlem Renaissance artist Romare Bearden. Participants will begin the session by visually
exploring the life, ideals, symbolism, and artwork of Bearden and other prominent
Harlem
Renaissance artists. Participants will then plan their design and material choices
to create a
representational self-portrait using chosen mixed-media materials. Participating artists
will
have watercolor paper, drawing paper, illustration board, wood, cardboard, vintage
book
pages and magazines, and hand-painted paper to choose from to build their collages.
Other
materials available for use during the creative process include graphite, charcoal,
watercolor,
acrylic, mono printing ink and plates, textile and fiber art materials, oil and chalk pastels, ink,
and permanent marker. Participants are encouraged to prepare and bring their reference
photo and a pre-drawn sketch of their idea to the session so that more time can be
spent
creating. Artists are also encouraged to bring any special materials or items that
they would
like to add to their piece. This self-portrait piece will focus on creating art that
has a voice, that
speaks a powerful message to the viewer, and that is a symbolic and representational
work of
the artist.
Schedule
| Monday, June 12 | Tuesday, June 13 | Wednesday, June 14 | Thursday, June 15 | Friday, June 16 |
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8:15 – 8:45 a.m. |
All Events Friday will be Virtual | |||
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9:00 - 12:00 PM Part I: --------------------- Part I: -------------------- Part I: ------------------- Part II Extruder Form Lanterns (Group 1-M/W) Summer Bruch Nor 112 |
9:00 - 12:00 PM Part I: --------------------- Part I: -------------------- Part I: -------------------- Part II Extruder Form Lanterns (Group 2-T/TH) Summer Bruch Nor 112 |
11-12 p.m. – Guest Speaker: Malika Collins PAR Advisor/Art Educator, Memphis Shelby County Schools, Memphis, TN Topic: "Let's Talk Photography in the Classroom".-Webex Completion certificates will be e-mailed to each participants after all images are recieved for the virtual exhibition (Participation counts towards hours) Submit images for virtual exhibit by Monday June 19 – Exhibit will be available starting Thursday, June 26 |
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12:00 - 1:00 PM Lunch Break |
12:00 - 1:00 PM Lunch Break |
12:00 - 1:00 PM Lunch Break |
12:00 - 1:00 PM Lunch Break |
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1:00 – 4:00 PM Part II: --------------------- Part II: ---------------------- Part II: Part II Fused Glass Pendants (Group 1-T/TH) |
Workshop Instructors
Jessica Mongeon
www.jessicamongeon.com
Jessica Mongeon is a visual artist whose acrylic and watercolor painting explore the connections and visual similarities between humans and nature. Jessica was born in Rolette, North Dakota and currently lives in Russellville, Arkansas with her spouse and two children. She works as an Associate Professor of Art and Foundations Coordinator at Arkansas Tech University. She earned a Master of Fine Arts in Painting from Montana State University, and a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of North Dakota.
Summer Bruch
Associate Professor of Art, ATU
BFA - University of Central Missouri
MFA - Edinboro Univ of Pennsylvania
Tammy Harrington
tharring@ozarks.edu
Tammy Harrington is a printmaker and paper cut artist that imbues the cross-cultural influences of Chinese and American culture into figurative compositions to create an ephemeral space, in a place between reality and the mystical. She was born in Sioux Falls, South Dakota and currently resides in Russellville, Arkansas. She received a BFA in Printmaking from the University of South Dakota and a MFA in Printmaking from Wichita State University. Harrington is currently a Professor of Art at the University of the Ozarks where she received the Bagwell Outstanding Faculty Award in 2013 and 2018. She has exhibited artwork throughout the region and nationally. She serves as the President of the Arkansas Society of Printmakers and was awarded the 2017 Beaux Arts Award from the River Valley Arts Center.
Margo Duvall
mduvall@ozarks.edu
Margo Duvall is an artist and educator based in Central Arkansas. Her work investigates photography's role in the development of memory and identity through mixed media installations as well as traditional photographic methods. She has received recognition as a photographer with numerous exhibitions including the Arkansas Arts Council's 2017 Small Works on Paper, the Arkansas Art Center's 59th annual Delta Exhibition, and many more.
She earned her MFA from San Jose State University and was head of the photography program at Henderson State University until 2022. She is currently a visiting professor of art at University of the Ozarks
David Warren
warrend@hsu.edu
David is an artist living in Little Rock, Arkansas. David earned his BA and MA from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. He earned his MFA in Printmaking from the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville. David completed an artist residency in Japan in the spring of 2016. This experience inspired his current practice of sustainable printmaking techniques. His work has been exhibited in Tokyo, Japan, the Arkansas Arts Center Delta Exhibit, Delta National Small Prints at Arkansas State University, the Arkansas Arts Council Small Works on Paper, and the Rosenzweig Biennial Exhibit at the Arts and Science Center in Pine Bluff, Arkansas
Ashley Kinsey
bkinsey2@atu.edu
Ashley was born in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1982, grew up in Nebraska and Texas, and now calls Arkansas her home after moving back to attend high school in 1996. She is a 2004 graduate of Arkansas Tech University with a BA degree in Graphic Design and Art Education. She is currently furthering her education at AOEU in Iowa, where she is finishing her MA in Art Education. She is an adjunct professor at Arkansas Tech University where she teaches drawing, color design, and graphic design courses. Her fine art concentration focuses on the anatomy of the human figure in charcoal and graphite, and also uses watercolor and fiber art to create mixed-media works. Along with her passion for art education and the fine arts, Ashley holds art advocacy to a very high level of importance in her personal, professional, and academic life. She has served on the Arkansas Art Educators Association board as Elementary Division Director and as Western Regional Art Show Director for several years. She also works with her community to teach summer youth art camps; the majority of her work with these community programs are voluntary as a result of her community-driven passion for integrating as much art as possible into her Russellville hometown. She has also worked with the River Valley Art Center, several Windgate Foundation ATU artist-in-residences, and with several local artists to create murals on multiple school campuses and in the city of Russellville. Whether teaching art to young children or to college students, her focus is not solely on the finished art product, but on the creative process and understanding the purposes and the importance of why we are creating. She believes that engaging in art at any age encourages critical and creative problem-solving skills and encourages perceptual awareness and self-expression, as art readily relates to all ages and life experiences.
Guest Speaker:
Malika Collins
collinsmm@scsk12.org
Malika Collins is a 24-year veteran Art Educator. She has taught all levels of high school visual art, written curriculum for Art History and Photography, presented at District Learning Days, and served as a New Teacher Mentor, a Learning Coach and Fine Arts Chair. She spent her summers making art at Tougaloo Art Colony, Tennessee Arts Academy and along with Dr. Lynnette Gilbert, running Delta Fine Arts “ArtSmart”, an art enrichment program for school aged children.
Malika currently works as a PAR advisor with the Induction and Development Team in Human Resources for Memphis Shelby County Schools where she coaches new and novice core subject teachers.
Accommodations
This year campus housing will not be provided, so participants will be responsible for their own accommodations. We recommend the following hotels in Russellville:
- Courtyard Marriott
*ATU Art Conference
*Special Rate $129.00 a night (King) $134 a night (Double Queen)
Reserve by or before 5/21-after 5/21 regular Arkansas Tech discount applies
300 154 E Aspen Ln, Russellville, AR 72802
(479)968-6000
Free Wifi
Book your Group rate for ATU Art Conference
You will find the information for your online reservation link above. If you have questions or need help with the link, please do not hesitate to ask. We appericate your business and look forward to a successful event.
*Courtyard by Marriot has blocked off 10 rooms for ATU Art Launch Participants. The group's name is ATU Art Conference. If all block rooms are not reserved the regular ATU rates may apply. Please do not feel obligated to reserve here there are other options listed below. Courtyard Marriot has been kind enough to offer a block of rooms at a discounted rate for Art Launch.
- Holiday Inn Express
Ask for Arkansas Tech Discount Rate
300 East Harrell Drive, Russellville, Arkansas 72802
(479) 219-5152
Breakfast and Free WiFi - Fairfield Inn and Suites
Ask for Arkansas Tech Discount Rate
120 E Harrell Dr, Russellville, AR 72802
(479) 967-9030
Breakfast and Free WiFi
ON CAMPUS DINING OPTIONS FOR LUNCH
Chambers Dinning Hall
In the Dining Hall you have options such as the freshly prepared salad bar, deli,
Mongolian Wok, stone oven baked pizza, the grill, fantastic desserts, home cooked
yumminess, and so much more.
Due to Covid 19 at this time, all of our food is in take out containers but still gives you the freshness and all you can eat experience. Please get a new cup each time you need to refill your drink.
OPEN HOURS:
Monday-Friday 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Baz Tech
Baswell Techionary offers specialty sandwiches from Which Wich, pizza in a variety
of flavors from Bona Dea, chicken strips & salads from Slim Chickens, the best burgers
from Jerry's Diner and a variety of drinks from Starbucks "We Proudly Serve".
OPEN HOURS: (All food concepts will be closed by 11:00pm)
Monday-Friday 7 a.m. - 12 a.m.
Food Concepts Available in Baz Tech:
Bona Dea offers a variety of our pizzas and salads for your taste buds. Each are made fresh daily. Can't get into Baz Tech but want pizza, don't worry you can also find them at our C-Store located in Doc Bryan.
Jerry's Diner is our southern concept that offers a variety of breakfast sandwiches & burritos along with the best cheeseburgers & fries combo in town. They also serve grilled cheese, patty melts, BLT's, grilled chicken sandwiches and much more.
Slim Chickens brings southern hospitality to fast, casual dining with fresh hand-breaded chicken tenders, Buffalo wings, and handmade dipping sauces. Its menu offers a variety of choices of delicious products that can fit into a balanced, healthy diet.
Starbucks Every coffee we create has a rich story behind it—from the origin of the beans and our rigorous selection process to our blending and roasting artistry. Whether you’re sipping our hearty Starbucks Gold Coast Blend or getting reacquainted with our seasonal Starbucks Tribute Blend, you’ll taste our coffee passion in every cup. Starbucks Food Service is the leading provider of specialty coffee brands, dedicated to serving the unique needs of business-to-business venues including food service and office coffee operators, who in turn serve the consumer.
Which Wich® is a fresh, innovative concept featuring superior sandwiches served in an edgy, magnetic environment. In addition to more than 50 customizable “wiches”, including the signature Wicked® loaded with five meats and three cheeses, Which Wich is known for its revolutionary ordering system.
Registration
Registration Closed
Each participant will be able to attend 4 of the 6 workshops. You will receive an e-mail confirming whether your application was accepted or if you were placed on the waiting list. This workshop is only available for current Arkansas K-12 art teachers at this time
Directions
All activities will be held in the Norman Art Building on the Arkansas Tech University Campus in Russellville. The map below provides directions to Norman Hall.
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