RICHARD PARRISH: GENIUS LOCI - Spirit of the Place
May 7 - 12, 2025 ◆ Wednesday - Monday ◆ 10am - 5pm
6 days. Catered Lunches. Participation chosen by application.
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As artists we are directly and indirectly influenced by both the natural and human-made environment. As makers, we place our work in both environments and the work affects and is affected by those environments.
This workshop explores the concept of spirit of place and expresses that spirit through the medium of kiln glass. What makes a particular place especially wonderful or memorable? What gives it it’s unique character? Some artists are inspired visually while emotion may drive others. This workshop investigates these questions, observing and recording the characteristics of the place and our personal responses to them.
The sites for these investigations and inspiration for your artwork are both at the University of Texas, Austin. They are the The Color Inside, a Skyspace by James Turrell and Ellsworth Kelly’s Austin. Participants will select one of these as the starting point for their class work. We will visit both sites as a group on the first day of class, May 7, 2025. We will look, listen, smell, touch, and feel, and then consider how these characteristics might form the basis for the creation of a kilnformed glass object or objects.
The characteristics of these places will be recorded and documented through sketching, writing and model making. The class will consider several methods of interpreting these observations and how they can bring meaning to the work, particularly through abstraction and the distillation and clarification of ideas.
The objects that we make will be "of the place." Technique will be addressed as necessary to achieve finished pieces. Participants should have experience working in kilnformed glass or other glass-working techniques.
May 7 - 12, 2025 ◆ Wednesday - Monday ◆ 10am - 5pm
6 days. Catered Lunches. Participation chosen by application.
Submit your Application Below
As artists we are directly and indirectly influenced by both the natural and human-made environment. As makers, we place our work in both environments and the work affects and is affected by those environments.
This workshop explores the concept of spirit of place and expresses that spirit through the medium of kiln glass. What makes a particular place especially wonderful or memorable? What gives it it’s unique character? Some artists are inspired visually while emotion may drive others. This workshop investigates these questions, observing and recording the characteristics of the place and our personal responses to them.
The sites for these investigations and inspiration for your artwork are both at the University of Texas, Austin. They are the The Color Inside, a Skyspace by James Turrell and Ellsworth Kelly’s Austin. Participants will select one of these as the starting point for their class work. We will visit both sites as a group on the first day of class, May 7, 2025. We will look, listen, smell, touch, and feel, and then consider how these characteristics might form the basis for the creation of a kilnformed glass object or objects.
The characteristics of these places will be recorded and documented through sketching, writing and model making. The class will consider several methods of interpreting these observations and how they can bring meaning to the work, particularly through abstraction and the distillation and clarification of ideas.
The objects that we make will be "of the place." Technique will be addressed as necessary to achieve finished pieces. Participants should have experience working in kilnformed glass or other glass-working techniques.
May 7 - 12, 2025 ◆ Wednesday - Monday ◆ 10am - 5pm
6 days. Catered Lunches. Participation chosen by application.
Submit your Application Below
As artists we are directly and indirectly influenced by both the natural and human-made environment. As makers, we place our work in both environments and the work affects and is affected by those environments.
This workshop explores the concept of spirit of place and expresses that spirit through the medium of kiln glass. What makes a particular place especially wonderful or memorable? What gives it it’s unique character? Some artists are inspired visually while emotion may drive others. This workshop investigates these questions, observing and recording the characteristics of the place and our personal responses to them.
The sites for these investigations and inspiration for your artwork are both at the University of Texas, Austin. They are the The Color Inside, a Skyspace by James Turrell and Ellsworth Kelly’s Austin. Participants will select one of these as the starting point for their class work. We will visit both sites as a group on the first day of class, May 7, 2025. We will look, listen, smell, touch, and feel, and then consider how these characteristics might form the basis for the creation of a kilnformed glass object or objects.
The characteristics of these places will be recorded and documented through sketching, writing and model making. The class will consider several methods of interpreting these observations and how they can bring meaning to the work, particularly through abstraction and the distillation and clarification of ideas.
The objects that we make will be "of the place." Technique will be addressed as necessary to achieve finished pieces. Participants should have experience working in kilnformed glass or other glass-working techniques.