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Virginia Art Retreat Artists and Instructors
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Charley Slaughter & Kerin Gale
Charley Slaughter and Kerin Gale are self taught artists who use wild experimentation resulting in many innovative techniques with resins and other materials. As heavy users of found objects, clays of all sorts, metals and optical glass, they make art jewelry and small scale sculptures. They have also been making mechanical and kinetic art pieces for several years and have discovered ways to make previously very complicated mechanisms quite simple to construct. Their creations can be seen in Somerset Studio magazine, 500 Pendants and Lockets by Lark Books and in galleries and shops. Kerin is currently writing a mixed media book featuring resin clay which will be released in 2010 by North Light Books. email: remnants.art@gmail.com website: http://www.MixedMediaArt.ning.com/ & http://RemnantsOfOlde.com/
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Sally Jean is a self-taught mixed media artist/jewelry designer who has been creating art all her life...from hand-painted sneakers to Raku pottery. After leaving a career in real estate, she began creating her vintage art collage charms in 1998 using her signature antique papers, vintage photographs, and found objects. Her jewelry and artwork can be found at boutiques and galleries across the country and online. She has been featured in Oregon Home Magazine, Quilting Arts magazine, Mary Englebreit’s Home Companion, and the West Linn Tidings. Her philosophy, do what you love; she does! www.sallyjean.com.
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Working with color takes center stage in Beverly’s work. In fact discussions of color and texture are woven throughout her classes, along with technique and jewelry design. Each class can accommodate a wide variety of experience levels and is designed to enhance the student’s own creative process. Beverly teaches in numerous venues across the country and many of her pieces have been juried into ‘Bead Dreams’ and ‘Absolutely Beads’. More of her work can be seen at: www.gilbertdesigns.net
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Thomas Ashman is a mixed media artist who lives and works in Northern Utah. Drawing inspiration from his background in literature and experiences in the construction trades, Thomas developed his unique bookbinding technique to facilitate the use of unusual materials such as glass, sheet metal, and various types of hardware for the binding and covering of books. Thomas has appeared on DIY network's "Craft Lab" and has been published in Somerset Studio Magazine and Somerset Gallery. His work received the Curator's Pick and Viewer's Choice awards at the "Queen Mab's Picnic" exhibition at the18th Street Gallery in Bakersfield, California, and his all-copper journal was selected to be part of the "Second National San Diego Book Arts Juried Show" at the Geisel Library at UCSD. Thomas teaches classes at several studios around the country as well as national art retreats. Currently, in addition to always attempting new and varied applications of his book binding, Thomas is dabbling in doll making Contact Thomas at: thomasashmanart@yahoo.com Website: www.blacksheepartist.com
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Visual art was Serena’s first love as a child. Eventually this gave way to theater, then to her work as a counselor and raising children. Serena rediscovered her desire to make art after her first trip to Italy. She taught herself to paint and create mixed media work in her forties, earning her right to insist that it is never too late to delve into what inspires you! Serena's business, The Art of Your Life, offers creativity and art workshops, groups and individual art coaching. Serena also teaches classes on women and creativity at Portland State University as she continues her own visual art career. She exhibits and sells her work through several galleries and shops, as well as online and teaches at national art retreats. Serena's work has been licensed for fine art prints, hardback journal covers, and dinnerware. Her work has appeared in the art books Renascence, The Diptych Project and Oregon Public Broadcasting's Book for Cooks. Serena has recently published A Joyful Frenzy, a book of her artwork with text on the stories and processes behind the work. Serena’s first magazine article appears in the November/December 2009 issue of Cloth, Paper, Scissors magazine. Serena's great joy is to provide an atmosphere where you can discover or rekindle your own creative abilities
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Jill is a mixed-media artist, teacher, and mom in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains who makes lots of books, painting,s and other story-telling structures. Born and raised in California, she also spent a year of graduate studies in Italy, where she learned to see a bigger picture of both art and the world in general. She focuses her work on text, color and social issues, and it often involves maps, symbols, houses, housewives, and the mystique of charisma. It can be seen in Letter Arts Review, Somerset Studio, In Flight, Cloth, Paper Scissors, Interactive Workshop: Mixed Media in Motion by Kim Rae Nugent, and the upcoming issue of Art Journaling. Her handmade books are in the permanent collections of the Newberry Library in Chicago and the Denver Public Library. Her paintings and artist's books have been shown in national invitational and juried shows and can be found in public and private collections across the country. She has taught at three universities in Colorado and various other institutions nationally and feels that art is necessary and accessible to everyone. Jills blog: http://jillberrydesign.com/blog/
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I'm a passionate & quirky self-employed mixed-media/fiber artist who makes all kinds of cool stuff. I love rusty things, glitter glue, old books to cut up and cheap cameras. I'm smiling when my hands are dirty with paint or when I've MacGyvered a camera. It means I'm doing what I love--making art and doing things with my hands. Lucky for me, I do what I love for a living. Check out my website at www.TraciBunkers.com
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Sas Colby is a mixed media artist and an enthusiastic teacher with more than thirty years of experience. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally and is included in collections of the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra; the Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris; and the National Gallery of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC. Her long list of teaching credits includes Anderson Ranch Arts Center in Colorado, Haystack Mountain School in Maine, and the Penland School in North Carolina, among others.
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Personal Mythology: I began my creative journey at an early age by keeping a sketchbook as soon as my tiny hand could hold a stylus. I have maintained a practice of writing my inner thoughts in a journal since the age of 11, and have combined the two, in some form or another since I was 14. I developed a solid foundation for my expression by receiving my BFA from the Academy of Art College in San Francisco with a minor in English and Dance. My path as an artist has brought me awards and grants. Based on my artistic expression, I developed Extreme Journaling as a tool for healing and self dialogue in 1992 for the Epilepsy Society, and I have taught and refined my unique and pioneering process that combines journal writing with art making in the safe container of a book ever since. I offer workshops and retreats internationally, including my recent Visual Journaling retreat in Greece ( http://destinyvoyages.com/ for info). Please view my work at http://www.captainsblog.typepad.com/
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Cindy Dean is a mixed media/jewelry artist working and living in
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My work is about transformations. It is about the transformation of the common into the sacred. Discarded materials find new and unexpected uses in my work; they are reassembled and conjoined with unlikely components, a form of rebirth from the ashes into new life and new meaning. These assemblages are metaphors for the evolutions and revolutions of existence: from life to death to rebirth, from new to old to renewed, from construction to destruction to reconstruction. These forms are examinations of the world in perpetual flux, where meaning and function are ever-changing. www.michaeldemeng.com
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Daniel Essig is a studio artist and instructor living in For more information on Daniel, visit his website: www.danielessig.com
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Jan's blog: http://purplebirdart.blogspot.com Email:purplebirdart@q.com
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Claudine Hellmuth is a nationally recognized collage artist, author and illustrator. She combines photos, paint, paper and pen into quirky, whimsical-retro collages that she calls Poppets®. BLOG: http://claudinehellmuth.blogspot.com
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I am a late blooming artist and have found that I also enjoy sharing my ideas and teaching to support this artistic passion I have discovered. I live and love that saying, “art is too much fun to be restricted to those who are good at it”. I especially like trying new products or using old products in a new way. My classes are always fun and include a lot of techniques with time to "play". I am teaching book classes at the Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts as well as my local stamp store and sell my things locally in Galesville.
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Tracie Lyn and Marylin Huskamp
This mother and daughter-in-law team has been close friends for over fifteen years. They not only share a love for Marylin's oldest son, but also are both passionate about art. Tracie Lyn Huskamp holds a B.F.A. in Graphic Design with an emphasis in Fine Art. She works as a freelance Product Designer/Illustrator. Her passion for mixed media and collage fuels the fires of her creative spirit, and continues to lead her on a wondrous journey of artistic and self-discovery. Always striving for the perfect balance and integration of elements and processes in every piece, Tracie enjoys making art that is thoughtful, intricate, and beautiful. Tracie's mixed media work has received both regional and national recognition. Her art has appeared on the cover of Somerset Studios, along with feature articles in Cloth, Paper, Scissors Magazine, Stampington's Artful Blogger, Stampington"s Life Images, and Quilting Arts Gifts Issue Special Publications. She has contributed to a number of artist's books such as 1000 Artist Journal Pages by Dawn Sokol, True Vision by L.K. Ludwig, The Creative Entrepreneur by Lisa Sonora Beam, and more. Her new book published through Rockport/Quarry is due to hit retail stores in September 2009.
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Lisa Kaus has been a mixed media artist for close to 20 years. Within the past several years she has rediscovered collage and loving it. She has been a paperaholic since she was a child and it only seemed natural to pursue it in a big way. Incorporating a variety of mediums into each piece adds a wonderful spontaneous element to Lisa’s work. She has a special fondness for old time-worn elements with some historical purpose. Using these elements in her assemblage work, she creates a special and unique interaction between vintage found objects and contemporary painting. Layers upon layers evoke depth and textual interest.
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Katie Kendrick lives along the banks of the Contact Katie at: joyouslybecoming@earthlink.net
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A modern day expeditioner, I practice my own version of archeology, scanning the terrain for intriguing bits and pieces that present themselves. I am most inspired by nature and its melodic effects on the human spirit with my intention being to offer a simple, yet organic, approach to viewers in my work. Passionate about repurposing everyday objects, I am committed to reinventing normal into something eclectic, expressive, lighthearted and potentially spiritually stimulating all at once. Having traveled all over the United States and internationally to offer creative instruction, I find respite in my home studio in the valleys of Southern Oregon where I work from home -continually influenced by the view out my studio windows, witty comments from my young daughters, and the ebb and flow of creative energy. My own book featuring my found object jewelry titled "Semiprecious Salvage" arrived in bookstores February 2008. Blog: www.stephanielee.typepad.com
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Trained conceptually at the Art Institute of Chicago, I create elaborate one of a kind pieces for adornment, deep with spiritual and historical meaning. I consider myself a contemporary builder of Talismans jewelry. My work is drawn from my own personal real life experiences. My work is about real life and real people. In the past, I have explored as many different styles in designing as in marketing. I moved freely from retail to wholesale, mass-production to creating pieces to exhibit in museums and at the American Craft Council. I have embraced and learned from it all, however joyful or painful. I consider all of these experiences enriching and a vital contribution to my present body of work. As an educator, I consider myself a teacher of creativity. To me, creativity is the process of stretching the mind to create a solution when all the doors are shut. It is the creative process that leads the artist to the solution. Being an artist is about solving problems by coming up with solutions. I like to pull individuality from my students and give others permission to build or work with anything, in combination with metals. In my retreats students learn a lot of technique, build personal Talismans and relics from whatever culture we are among ….be it Mexico, Turkey or Oregon. My recent accomplishment was to compile 20 years of my own research on cold joining and attaching metals in my book called, Making Connections- A Handbook for Jewelers and Mixed Media Artists. I am also co-founder of an on line jewelry supply and education site www.objectsandelements.com
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Leighanna Light is an art instructor & a figurative assemblage artist known for her whimsical style & unique use of found objects.
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Visit her blog at gryphonsfeather.typepad.com.
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Misty Mawn is a down to earth mixed media artist living amongst the blue ridge mountains of rural Virginia. She has had a strong passion to create art since she can remember, a passion that continues to bless her life with purposeful work and fulfilling adventures. When not in the studio she can be found amusing (rather being amused by) her two ever growing children, cooking up come creative concoction in the kitchen, or strolling the back trails with camera in hand. She studied studio art at Moravian college, started a pottery business, and has since retired from clay to focus on painting and teaching mixed media art. You can find out more about her on her blog http://www.mistymawn.typepad.com/
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Opie and Linda O'Brien are mixed-media artists, authors and workshop instructors, who enjoy pushing the envelope in myriad ways, using organic, recycled and found materials because they seem to have a voice that must be heard, a story that must be told, and a life that would otherwise be too soon forgotten. They consider themselves "caretakers of the mundane and the ordinary" and their unique offerings include jewelry, dada dolls & recyclabots, assemblage, books, collage, masks and more. They teach art workshops nationally and internationally based on techniques in their books: Who’s Your Dada-Redefining the Doll through Mixed Media and Metal Craft Discovery Workshop. They like to fan the flames of creativity and believe there’s an artist inside everyone and that sometimes all you need is a place to begin. Their work has been featured in over 27 books including Larks 500 Handmade Dolls and 500 Handmade Books and in magazines including Cloth Paper Scissors, Studios, Art Doll Quarterly, Belle Armoire, Somerset Studio, Legacy, Handcrafted and The Craft Report, in addition to art galleries, museum gift shops and both group and solo shows. Opie, an artist and musician, attended SVA in N.Y.C., while Linda is self-taught. For more information about the artists, visit their website and blog at:
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Carol has been teaching at various workshops throughout North Carolina, Massachusetts and Ohio since 2001. Her work has been exhibited in both juried shows and invitational exhibits. She has been published in Somerset Studio, Country Living Magazine and Legacy. Her new book, Crafting Personal Shrines is now available. Check out Carol's work at www.carolowenart.com
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Scott David Plumlee has been inspiring a new generation of chain jewelers over the past decade, leading 150 workshops nationwide. Plumlee is the author of Handcrafting Chain and Bead Jewelry, retailing over 35,000 copies since 2007. His second book, Chain and Bead Jewelry: Creative Connections will release in July 2009. Scott is a world traveler who finds his inspiration from the exploration of ancient craft designs while trekking throughout thirty-two countries on four continents. He currently resides in the enchanted foothills of Taos, NM.
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Best known for her Fragment series of small fabric collages, Lesley is also a nationally known collage artist, art quilter, and doll maker with a passion for color and the written word. She teaches an array of mixed-media workshops from coast-to-coast. Her art and articles have appeared in numerous books and magazines and she has just published her first book, Quilted Memories. (Sterling/Spring 2005). Lesley is the Features Editor of the new mixed media magazine, Cloth Paper Scissors. With her art, writing, and teaching, Lesley aspires to inspire others to find their own voice and create their art. www.lalasland.com
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I have recently retired from teaching in public schools to devote more time to my art and teaching workshops around the country. I consider myself not so much a jeweler but rather a ‘maker of stuff’. My interests include digital art, mixed media collage/assemblage, sculpture and jewelry. I prefer to work with alternative materials and non-traditional techniques when creating art. My work has been featured in ‘Belle Armoire Jewelry’ and ‘Jewelry Artist’ magazines, Susan Lenart-Kazmer’s book ‘Making Connections’, ‘Collage, Assemblage and Altered Art’ by D. Maurer-Mathison,, 'Exhibition 36' by My work can be viewed at www.rsalley.com. Contact me with questions at art@rsalley.com
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Carla Sonheim is a "painter of girls, mother of boys" and keeps busy with galleries, shows, an online store and workshop teaching. One of her students writes, "Carla just shines and is so gentle and generous that you will work hard all day and come out energised and inspired. Most importantly though, [her] class was a touchstone in my artistic journey, giving me the courage to stop resisting, and open myself to my creative voice." Carla has taught at Artfest, Art & Soul, The Art Nest and ArtUnraveled. Email: carla@carlasonheim.com
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Alma Stoller is a self-taught fabric, fiber and mixed media artist. She has a BA in Music (piano) from Hunter College but now focuses on being a full-time artist. She has appeared on HGTV's That's Clever and self-publishes a magazine called The Fabric Arts Zine. Read about it in the Sept/Oct 2006 issue of Somerset Studio. She is passionate about recycling and incorporating handmade elements into her work. Take a look at the May/June 2007 issue of Cloth Paper Scissors for her inventive approach on recycling and collage. She loves her Birkenstocks, Chopin, old books and a good cup of Earl Grey Tea.
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Cathy Taylor is an award winning mixed media artist and international workshop instructor. Her mixed media artwork is a celebration of the patterns, textures, and color found in the natural environment and reflects the essence and vitality of a subject. Cathy is known for her ability to interpret a subject in a variety of styles. From her colorful, detailed alphabetical designs including the Florida “shell-a-bet” to her whimsical collages and multi-dimensional abstracts, Cathy’s work is represented in museums, nature centers, corporate collections, and private collections throughout the U.S. and abroad.
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Diana Trout studied at
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I am a self taught mixed media, collage, assemblage artist that lives in
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Kathyanne White is a contemporary artist with a passion for fiber. White’s work is in public and private collections including: the Museum of Arts and Design, the American Folk Art Museum and the Archives of American Art of the Smithsonian Institution. Her publications include: Fiber Arts, American Style, Surface Design, Fiber Arts Design Book #7, Cloth Paper Scissors and Quilting Arts. Kathyanne has received several awards for her artwork including a first place award in Yosemite Renaissance XXII at the Yosemite Museum Gallery. White has created and presented workshops internationally for over 20 years, including several in New Zealand. Kathanne's website is www.kathyannewhite.com and www.kathyanneart.com my email kathyanneart@mac.com
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Jane Wynn was born in Baltimore, Maryland on a cold day in December, 1969. She grew up making art as her focus and passion. As a graduate from the University of Maryland Baltimore County in 1995, with a Bachelors of Fine Art,she continued on with her education and received her Masters of Fine Art at Towson University in 1997 with a degree in Interrelated Media. In 2000 having just completed her degree, she began to teach art at Towson University and theCommunity Colleges of Baltimore County. Teaching has been a passion, and in 2002 both she and Thomas began to venture off to teach at workshops all over the country. Since this time, they have traveled quite a bit and have met many wonderful students and fellow teachers along the way.
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