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About SNOW FARM
Snow Farm is a 501(c) non-profit arts education program located in Williamsburg, Massachusetts near Amherst and Northampton. It is set on 50 beautiful acres of fields and woodland. The facility is a blend of historic 200-year-old farm buildings and contemporary living and dining accommodations.
Here we offer you an artistic sanctuary where you can set aside the worries of your daily life. We will nourish your soul with artistic excellence and nurture your spirit within a community that inspires creativity. Snow Farm will provide you with instruction by top-notch professional artisans from around the world in a community setting that fosters the common bond of creativity and appreciation for the learning process. Our imaginative chefs will energize you with their delectable delights from our kitchen. We hope you will join us for another great season at Snow Farm.
GENERAL INFORMATION:
Continuing Education Site for Teachers
Snow Farm is an approved Massachusetts Department of Education Professional Development Provider (PDP). All workshops at Snow Farm may be taken for Professional Development credits.
Schedule for Adult Weekend Intensives
Morning Instruction time begins at 10:00am on the first day and 9:00am each day thereafter.
Lunch Break 12:15–1:30
Afternoon Instruction time: 1:30pm–4:30pm (4:00pm on the last day)
Dinner Break 6:15–7:15
Studios are open around the clock for your use,
except for glass classes which will be scheduled by the instructor.
Lodging & Meals at Snow Farm for
Adult Weekend Intensives
Accommodations are no-frills dormitory style housing with shared same sex bathrooms.
Rooms have one or two twin beds with a shelving unit, bedside table and a place to hang clothes. Rates are listed under each workshop description and are based on double occupancy. A limited number of single rooms are available for an extra charge.
Meals start with lunch on the first day of the Intensive and end with lunch on the last day of the Intensive.
While we love kids, these workshops and housing during Intensives is for adults only (with the exception of the June 28-29 and October 25-26 adult/teen weekends). Sorry, no pets allowed.
Commuters
People commuting may purchase individual meals.
Breakfast $8.50 Lunch $10.50 Dinner $13.00
Lab Fees
The cost of supplies and materials used in Adult Intensive Workshops is not included in the tuition. Some of the workshops have set Lab Fees which are listed next to the tuition amount and are paid at the time of registration, while other workshops have Lab Fees based on materials used by the entire class as well as by each individual. These lab fees are paid on the last day of the Intensive and range roughly from $10 to $80.
Registration Fee
Along with the Tuition, Lab Fee, and optional Room & Board or individual meals, there is a once yearly $25 registration fee for Adult Intensives. This registration fee will only be charged for the first registration in the 2008 calendar year and does not apply to any subsequent registrations in 2008.
Class Size
Class size is limited to 6-10 students in order to allow you lots of workspace, maximum accessibility to equipment, and plenty of personal interaction with instructors.
How to Register
Students may register by mail, phone, fax or on our web site www.snowfarm.org. Payment must be in full at the time of registration.
Mail: Registration must be accompanied by a check or credit card number for full amount.
Phone: Registrations will not be taken over the phone except where payment is being made by credit card.
Fax: Registrations must include a credit card number.
Online: Registrations received online are not complete unless full payment is made by mailing in a check or calling Snow Farm with a credit card number.
Registrations cannot be held without full payment.
Cancellation Policy
All cancellations must be in writing and mailed, e-mailed or faxed to our business office address. Snow Farm will refund tuition, less a $75 withdrawal fee, for any participant who sends written cancellation of enrollment 30 days before the workshop is scheduled to commence. There will be no tuition refunds for any cancellations less than 30 days before the scheduled date of a workshop because of our obligations to our instructors and housing reservations. There is no return or prorating of fees for early departure from or late arrival to a workshop, regardless of the cause of departure.
If it is necessary for Snow Farm to cancel a course for any reason, all registered students will be notified two weeks before the start date and offered the option of another course during the same workshop weekend or a full refund of all deposits including the registration fee. Students who are flying should check on enrollment numbers before purchasing airline tickets. Sorry, but we can’t be responsible for non-refundable airline tickets.
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SUMMER ADULT WORKSHOPS: AUGUST 7-10
IMITATIVE TECHNIQUES IN POLYMER CLAY: • Victoria Hughes
Learn from the woman who invented these techniques! In this class you will learn how to imitate any non-polymer material by observing and reproducing various aspects of the work around you. This will teach you a way to analyze and recreate almost anything! Using polymer clay, you will learn to mimic ivory, jade, amber, coral, and turquoise, making objects and adornments. In class we’ll focus on pendants, beads, and earrings, but the techniques can be used for anything. Working with this seductive material can inspire very sophisticated, technically intricate work, as well as raw, experimental expression. (Tuition $385 plus lab fee) room & meals $210
3-D SHIBORI: Dimensional, Shaped and Textured: • Mo Kelman
In this workshop we will explore ways of using shibori to not only dye and discharge patterns onto fabric, but to also shape fabrics three-dimensionally for wearables, sculpture and wall art. We will take advantage of the thermoplastic (heat forming) properties of silk and polyester and the felting properties of wool to transform the flat fabric plane into textured surfaces and sculptural forms. We will use both acid and procion dyes and thiox for discharge. Students will produce a series of shaped, dyed and discharged fabric samples, as well as either a three-dimensional silk scarf or prototype of a sculptural form. This is an ideal workshop for students with previous shibori experience or ambitious novices. (Tuition $385 plus lab fee) room and meals $210
WELDING: Sculpture and More: • Pat Bennett
A workshop designed to teach the basics of welding, cutting and bending of steel. Students will learn how to integrate sheet metals with parts of found objects to create an outdoor sculpture or functional piece from an original or copied design. The possibilities are endless and well within the grasp of the total beginner. (Tuition $405 plus $90 lab fee) room & meals $210
KILN GLASS: • Paula Williams Kochanek
This class is great for those with or without glass experience and has wide applications for both sculptural and functional forms. We’ll cover fusing and slumping, as well as surface decoration. Paula’s emphasis is on the creative process, giving attention to your individual needs. You’ll complete several pieces with projects ranging from fused two and three dimensional panels to slumped bowls, plates and even jewelry! This is a workshop that enables participants to develop an intimate understanding of the boundless potential of glass. (Tuition $385 plus $50 lab fee) room & meals $210
GLASSBLOWING: Beginner to Intermediate: • Gabriel Colwell-LaFleur & Norman Ed
Glass provides a spectacular variety of opportunities for personal expression. It can be unbelievably delicate, or formidable in weight. Glassblowing workshops are always in high demand at Snow Farm. In this beginner/intermediate workshop, participants will explore the fundamentals of manipulating this exciting and molten medium. Instruction is one-on-one giving you an opportunity to complete many pieces, as well as to work at your own pace and level. (Tuition $495 plus $110 lab fee) room & meals $210
CHASING THE RAINBOW: Color on Precious Metal Clay: • Linda Kaye-Moses
We will explore the use of metal clay and color. Using Fine Silver Precious Metal Clay (PMC3) we will make wearable objects (pendants, beads or earrings), both hollow and solid with both subtle and deep textures. Allowing the silver to shine through, we will add color to these objects with colored pencil and vitreous enamels. A tools and equipment list will be furnished prior to class and all materials for your piece, including polishing/finishing supplies will be available. Experience in jewelrymaking or enameling is not required for this class, where the only limit is your imagination and the only prerequisite is enthusiasm. Beginners will receive the personal attention that will help them work with the PMC, though some experience with Precious Metal Clay will be helpful. (Tuition $385 plus $160 lab fee) room & meals $210
TRADITIONAL TO NONTRADITIONAL: B&W Photo & Digital Darkroom: • Sean McDevitt
Students will use their 35mm mechanical camera and learn to create excellent black and white prints in the darkroom. These skills will reinforce content of digital photography allowing students to make technical and artistic connections between the two. Emphasis will also be placed on the use of the computer as a parallel tool to traditional photographic processes. Scanning film, retouching, burning, dodging, color correction, and printing will be the technical focus. We will also discuss and evaluate the role of the computer in contemporary photography and compare digital imaging techniques with traditional photographic processes. (Tuition $385 plus $50 lab fee) room & meals $210
COLLAGE: • Alexandra Sheldon
This is a wonderful workshop for beginners and professionals alike! Using a smorgasbord of materials such as paper, paint, found objects, cloth and more, we will abandon all reason and immerse ourselves in creativity. Color, composition, imagery, texture and your imagination are the hallmarks as you make pieces that are both painterly and tactile. In this workshop, you will lean techniques that are guaranteed to loosen you up! (Tuition $385) room & meals $210
Ikebana: Flower and Clay: • Denise Suska Green Ikebana Demonstrators: Reiko Nakajima & Atsumi Sewell
Create your own unique ceramic container for an Ikebana flower arrangement while experiencing first hand this traditional Japanese art form. Demonstrations and slide presentations of Ikebana arrangements will introduce students to the vast possibilities for designing containers for plant material. Step by step instructions of basic hand building techniques will help guide participants to create different three-dimensional ceramic forms. The beauty of clay and flowers will inspire new and innovative creations. All ability levels welcome! (Tuition $385 plus $30 lab fee) room & meals $210
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SPECIAL OFFERING: AUGUST 25-29
GLASSBLOWING: Beginner to Intermediate • Gabriel Colwell-LaFleur
This will be a fast paced 5-day workshop designed for students with prior glassblowing experience. This is an opportunity to experiment with new techniques and grow as an artist. The workshop will emphasize the development of more advanced glass-forming techniques and skills leading to greater control of the medium. Students will work on creating larger forms and more technically challenging pieces. Each day will be a combination of demonstration, formal instruction and guided practice time with concentration on individual needs. (Tuition $500 plus $120 lab fee) room & meals $240
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FALL FOLIAGE ADULT WORKSHOPS: OCTOBER 11-13
RECOVERED, RECYCLED, REBUILT: Make a Wall Cabinet: • Mark Ragonese
Using simple woodworking and hand tools, students will use a mixed media approach to create an expressive piece of art using unique materials. We will use salvaged metal, found objects, recycled and natural materials and incorporate them into a small functional cabinet for displaying your treasures. There will be excursions to the woods at Snow Farm as well as instruction working with materials students bring such as old barn boards, window frames, and hand wrought hinges. (Tuition $295 plus $10 lab fee) room & meals $160
BEGINNER GLASSBLOWING: • Jordana Korsen
Glassblowing is an exciting and mesmerizing process, as you watch the transformation of the glass from glowing honey to glittering solid. Students will learn the use of tools, gathering techniques and how to blow basic forms such as cups, bowls and paperweights along with attaching handles and feet. With one-on-one instruction, students will have an opportunity to complete a number of pieces. (Tuition $380 plus $100 lab fee) room & meals $160
SMOKE & FIRE: Raku and Pit Firing: • Bob Green
In this action packed three days, you’ll do a series of pit firings, characteristic of Native American potter, and Raku firings, with roots in the tea ceremony of Japan. We’ll explore, as well, the decorative versatility of terra sigillatta “coloration”, found within both Native American and Greek works in clay. Surface flashing, colorant oxides, multiple-firings, uses of slips and much more will be covered. Bring your white stoneware, cone 06 bisque pots and come ready for action! (Tuition $295 plus $20 lab fee) room & meals $160
SCULPTURAL KNITTING: • Adrienne Sloane
Unleash your creative talent through a well-loved medium. This class in 3D knitting will help students develop a personal language of forms through exploring and using knitting fundamentals to create shapes while taking advantage of knit’s natural tendencies. By manipulating stitches and working with unconventional materials, students will problem solve using the body as model. A slide show of artists who use knitting techniques as a means of creative expression will be shown for inspiration. Students must know basic knitting techniques. (Tuition $295 plus lab fee) room & meals $160
TECHNIQUES IN BOROSILICATE BEADS: • Nancy Tobey
This workshop is designed for the intermediate to advanced beadmaker interested in learning about the unique (and sometimes frustrating) qualities of borosilicate glass. Using Northstar Borocolour rods and frits, students will explore the process of color development through oxidation and reduction. Nancy will work with each student to guide your experiments with color combinations, oxygen/propane ratios, and annealing temperatures to help you learn about the “magical” properties of hard glass. (Tuition $315 plus $80 lab fee) room & meals $160
ENCAUSTIC PAINTING: • Debbie Nathan
From the artisans of ancient Greece, to Jasper Johns who brought encaustic into the modern art world, painting with wax has enraptured artists for centuries. The art of painting with hot wax provides limitless possibilities for any artist, and once you experience this amazing technique, you’ll be hooked! Explore this ancient medium of painting with hot wax in new and exciting ways. This workshop will cover safe practices, as well as surface preparation, mixing colors, tools and techniques for fusing, transparencies and glazes, layering, scraping, and scribing, line and edge, collage, assemblage, monotype, image transfer, and much more. Participants will have the opportunity to complete several small encaustic paintings during this workshop. (Tuition $295 plus lab fee) room & meals $160
MOSAICS: A “Smashing” Good Time: • Christine Kenneally
In this workshop you’ll discover how much fun it is to break objects and assemble pieces of different materials to create beautiful and intriguing designs. You’ll be inspired by the work of the ancient Greek and Roman master mosaicists as well as the more non-traditional styles of artists such as Antoni Gaudi, demonstrating the enormous variety and endless possibilities offered by this art medium. You’ll be surprised at the beautiful works (wall hangings, planters, frames, etc.) you can create in such a short time from materials such as stone, glass, ceramic, beads and found objects. (Tuition $295 plus lab fee) room & meals $160
BASIC FORGING: • John Boyd
Explore the craft of the blacksmith while using traditional blacksmithing tools and techniques to create decorative and functional wrought iron accessories for your home. From hooks and plant hangers to toolmaking, the possibilities of the craft are limited only by your imagination! (Tuition $295 plus $40 lab fee) room & meals $160
HAND FELTED ACCESSORIES: • Lesley Hansard
Let your imagination go wild! Play and design with wool and color in this hand-feltmaking workshop. You will be introduced to the ancient technique of felting by creating personal one-of-a-kind pieces out of fine merino wool. Lesley will teach you fundaments in feltmaking and several hat making techniques such as: “around the ball” and “with a resist”. You will learn how to lie out, felt and block unique hats, handbags, scarves or wall hangings and how to decorate them. This is a terrific workshop for all ability levels and is a craft that can be easily done at home or in a classroom. (Tuition $295 plus lab fee) room & meals $160
METALS & JEWELRY: Art By Accident-Working with Found Objects: • Alan Burton Thompson
Integrate classic metal techniques with found materials and memorabilia. Learn to make common objects into a precious piece of jewelry evocative of both past and present. This workshop is designed to add breadth to your palette and depth to your work. The full range of expressive possibilities and technical aspects of integrating this limitless range of materials will be explored. This workshop will provide new focus and direction for the experienced jeweler, as well as a perfect beginning for enthusiasts from other media and experience levels. A fresh view of the process of metals guaranteed to renew your sense of discovery! (Tuition $295 plus lab fee) room & meals $160
KILN GLASS: • Paula Williams Kochanek
This class is great for those with or without glass experience and has wide applications for both sculptural and functional forms. We’ll cover fusing and slumping, as well as surface decoration. Paula’s emphasis is on the creative process, giving attention to your individual needs. You’ll complete several pieces with projects ranging from fused two and three dimensional panels to slumped bowls, plates and even jewelry! This is a workshop that enables participants to develop an intimate understanding of the boundless potential of glass. (Tuition $295 plus $40 lab fee) room & meals $160
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INTERGENERATIONAL WEEKEND: OCTOBER 25-26
This weekend is designed to inspire both adults and teenagers, and to provide an environment of artistic expression, community, and fun for individuals and families. Come and share together an inspirational weekend away from the hectic pace of daily life. (An adult must accompany each teenager rooming at Snow Farm, but does not have to enroll in the same workshop).
GLASS BEADS: • Sally Prasch
Venetian glass techniques are world-renowned and this workshop will focus on lamp worked hand-wound beads. We will discuss and explore a range of techniques including trailing, feathering, pulling latticino and working with murrini. The results are far ranging, from classic to highly patterned beads to detailed tiny sculptures which can stand on their own as wearable art. This workshop is perfect for both beginner and experienced students. (Tuition $230 plus $50 lab fee) room & meals $115
FUSING WITH DICHROIC ACCENTS: • Gina Poppe
Dichroic glass can add a lot of the “wow” to your fused glass art. This class will explore the creative possibilities using dichroic glass. We’ll cover fusing and slumping, as well as surface decoration. You’ll complete a few pieces with projects ranging from fused two and three dimensional panels to slumped bowls, plates and even jewelry! This is a workshop that enables participants to develop an intimate understanding of the boundless potential of glass. (Tuition $220 plus $30 lab fee) room & meals $160
CUTTING BOARDS & WOODEN UTENSILS: • Mark Ragonese
From beautiful cutting boards to carved spoons and turned rolling pins, this practical workshop will feed your creative spirit. Combine the mesmerizing symmetry of shaping on the lathe, the beauty of thoughtfully carved wood and the precision of joinery. Top it all off with the opportunity to experiment with a variety of woods from ash and poplar to walnut and cherry. Mark is a dedicated teacher whose style and breadth of knowledge will inspire folks at all experience levels. (Tuition $205 plus $20 lab fee) room & meals $115
BEGINNER GLASSBLOWING: • Jim Holmes
Glassblowing is an exciting and mesmerizing process, as you watch the transformation of the glass from glowing honey to glittering solid. Students will learn the use of tools, gathering techniques and how to blow basic forms such as cups, bowls and paperweights along with attaching handles and feet. With one-on-one instruction, students will have an opportunity to complete a number of pieces. (Tuition $270 plus $70 lab fee) room & meals $115
DESIGNS FOR FURNITURE: Painting with Color and Pattern: • Theo Page
Transform a small piece of furniture or other household item with fun, easy to master techniques. As you explore patterns from around the world, learn to create your own designs and transfer them on to your piece using acrylic paints. Produce pieces that are lush and lively with color and pattern. (Tuition $205 plus lab fee) room & meals $115
BASIC GLAZE FORMULATION & APPLICATION: • Jeff Zamek
Many potters are making original functional pottery or sculpture but feel limited as to their glaze formulas or application techniques. The workshop will introduce the potter to several simple methods that will enable them to formulate their own glazes along with adjusting existing glaze formulas for temperature range, color, and texture. If you ever wanted to develop your own glaze, this workshop will offer easy to use guidelines for distinctive glaze results. Common glaze defects, cause, and corrections will also be discussed in detail with examples of each defect. (Tuition $205) room & meals $115
DEMYSTIFYING STONE SETTING: • Joy Raskin
If you have ever wanted to know how to set stones or if you would like to know more about stone setting, then this workshop is for you. Basic bezel mounts from the simplest settings to more elaborate tube bezel settings, prong setting for round, oval, square, trillion, emerald-cut facet stone and more will all be covered. This workshop will not cover pave or illusion settings. We will work mostly in silver, but also with some gold settings if desired. Pros and cons of various gold alloys will be discussed and which are best for gemstones. Students may bring their own stone settings projects to work on along with any stones, silver and gold they may have or you may purchase them during class. (Tuition $205 plus lab fee) room & meals $115
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