Summer Workshop Preview

Summer 2023 Workshop Preview

We are so pleased to share this preliminary schedule with you! Each summer, Penland offers a wide array of craft workshops with guest instructors in our well-equipped studios. All levels are welcome unless otherwise stated.  Complete workshop descriptions will be available online in early December.

Registration will open on January 2nd. Sign up for newsletter updates to be notified about exact details.

Scholarships: Scholarships are available for all of our summer workshops. The scholarship application deadline is February 15. The application will be available online on January 2.  Scholarships are open to students of all levels (beginners included!).

Questions? Please call our registrar at 828-765-2359.

Note: this schedule is subject to change

Session 1: May 28–June 2
Session 2: June 4–16
Session 3: June 18–30
Session 4: July 2–14
Session 5: July 16–28
Session 6: July 30–August 11
Session 7: August 13–18

Books and Paper

Session 1
Lotta Helleberg: Textiles in Book Form
Steph Rue—Korean Paper + Textile
Session 2

Jaz Graf—Handmade Paper: Stratum, Impression, Geometry
Session 3
Julie Leonard—Books and Artist’s Books: Craft and Concep
Lynn Sures—Going Large with Papermaking
Session 4
Maria Verónica San Martín and Maria Gracia San Martín—Creating Artists’ Books
Kelly Taylor Mitchell—Paper, Collage, and the Archive
Session 5
Sol Rebora—Custom Cloth Binding
Peter Sowiski—Pulp Nonfiction (papermaking)
Session 6
Marianne Dages—Thinking in the Language of Books
Akemi Martin—Substrate to Substance: Dimensional Papermaking
Session 7
Barbara Tetenbaum—Hybrid Book Structures: Form and Content

 

Clay

Session 1
Rich Brown—Throwing with Intention
Bill Griffith—Handbuilt Pottery: From Flat To Form
Session 2
Guillermo Cuellar—Wheel to Table
Pattie Chalmers—Oh! You Pretty Things
Session 3
Kip O’Krongly—Earthenware: Layer by Layer
Hiroe Hanazono—Prototype Development and Mold Making
Session 4
Cristina Córdova—Build Big: Essential Methods for Large-Scale Success
Session 5
Sue Tirrell—Stories Around the Table
Paul S. Briggs—Pinching Pushed
Session 6
Natalia Arbelaez—Modest to Monumental
Brooks Oliver—Playful Plaster Molds
Session 7
Lindsay Rogers—On Pots and Food
William Baker and Caroline Douglas—Slow Clay for Fast Times

 

Drawing and Painting

Session 1
Leeah Joo—Trompe L’oeil Oil Painting
Session 2
Billy Renkl—Gleaning: Studio Approaches to Collage
Session 3
Jon Bocksel and Kenji Nakayama—Brush Lettering and Sign Painting
Session 4
Ming Ying Hong—Drawing a Self Portrait
Session 5
Joseph Hart—Exploratory Drawing
Session6
Morgan Thomas Shankweiler—Aleatory: Play as Process
Session 7
Dietlind Vander Schaaf—Encaustic: Layers, Translucency, and See-Throughs

 

Glass

Session 1
Christa Westbrook—Introduction to Glassblowing
Megan Stelljes—Lighthearted (neon)
Session 2
Joe Grant—Glass Smorgasbord (glassblowing)
Alicia Lomné and Sayaka Suzuki—Pâte de Verre and the Dynamic Duo
Session 3
Nancy Callan and Mel Douglas—Intertwine (glassblowing)
Kari Russell-Pool—Deceptively Simple: A Spin Around the Color Wheel (flameworking)
Session 4
Joanna Manousis—Illuminating Space: Core Casting in Glass
Session 5
Kelly O’Dell and Raven Skyriver—Rewilding (hot-glass sculpture)
Daniel Clayman—Materials, Temperature, and Magic! (kiln casting)
Session 6
Nate Watson—The Transparent Self (glassblowing)
Jeff Heath—Patterns For Success (flameworking)
Session 7
Jeff Mack—Hot Forming Survey
Mike Raman—Pipegeist

 

Iron

Session 1
Greg Gehner—Hand Hammer Essentials
Session 2
Erica Moody—Forging and Fabricating Utensils
Session 3
Tobias Birgersson—Feed the Beast
Session 4
J.D. Smith—Damascus: Pattern-Welded Steel Fabrication
Session 5
Shingo Furukawa—It Moves!!
Session 6
Mike Rossi—Forged By Design
Session 7
Paige Davis—Metal Works!

 

Metals

Session 1
Michael Nashef—Concreation
Deb Karash—Jewelry Fabrication
Session 2
Maya Kini—Hybrid Forms
Lynn Batchelder—Mark Making
Session 3
Kat Cole—Enamel: Ware and Wear
Klara Eriksson—To Break the Fast: Utensils for Different Occasions
Session 4
Janna Gregonis—Set and Framed
April Wood—From Ferrous to Fine
Session 5
Aurélie Guillaume—Telling Stories in Cloisonné
Douglas Pryor—Explorations in Sculptural Chasing
Session 6
Katja Toporski—Castables
Matthieu Cheminée and Tim McCreight—Building on the Basics
Session 7
Tara Locklear and Francesca Vitali—LINKED: Paper, Wood, Pins
Aminata Conteh—Over, Under, and Through: Experimental Metal Weaving 

 

Photo

Session 1
Tokie Rome-Taylor—Cyanotype: Alternative Process Image-Making
Session 2
Pipo Nguyen-duy—Sense of Place (black and white)
Session 3
Elizabeth Ellenwood—Cameraless Photography
Session 4
Millee Tibbs—Large Format Photography
Session 5
Robin Dreyer and Jeff Goodman—Photography in the 4th Dimension
Session 6
Monty McCutchen—Wet-Plate Collodion
Session 7
Karen Navarro—Pushing the Boundaries of Collage

 

Print and Letterpress

Session 1
Hope Rovelto—Speak Your Mind through T-shirts and Posters
Session 2
Jenny Schmid—Intense Color Intaglio Intensive
Rick Griffith—Extending the Printed Page (letterpress)
Session 3
Aaron S. Coleman—Lithography: Drawing on the Rocks
Nicholas Silberg—Pressing Pixels (letterpress)
Session 4
Karen J Revis—Introduction to Linocut
Session 5
Charles Hancock and John Hancock—Relief and Screenprint Mash-Up
Joanne Price—Wood Engraving: Mighty Detailed Prints
Session 6
Adriane Herman—Mixed-Media Monoprint Mayhem
Ingrid Ankerson—Experimental Typography (letterpress)
Session 7
Eileen Wallace—Ink, Paper, Wood (letterpress)

 

Textiles

Session 1
Gasali Adeyemo—Traditional Yoruba Dyeing Techniques with Indigo
Sarita Westrup—Sculptural Basketry
Session 2
Charllotte Kwon and Tim McLaughlin—The Inkmaker’s Pen
Joy Boutrup and Catharine Ellis—Weaving and Natural Dyeing
Session 3
Jovencio de la Paz—Pixel, Thread, Weave (digital weaving)
Session 4
Ann Tilley—Pants: Design, Draft, Construct
Ismini Samanidou—You Can Go Anywhere from Anywhere
Session 5
Alyssa Salomon—Print What You Sew
Sasha Baskin—Drawing with Bobbin Lace
Session 6
Paolo Arao—Behind the Seams
Marianne Fairbanks and Sofia Hagstrom Møller—Color and Blocks
Session 7
Nneka Jones—Storytelling Through Eyes (embroidery)
Tali Weinberg—Material Matters (weaving)

 

Wood

Session 1
Ellie Richards—The Sculptural Lamp
Session 2
Katie Hudnall—Paint, Patterns, and Palimpsests
Session 3
Ling-lin Ku and R. Eric McMaster—Digital Fabrication in Wood
Session 4
Tom Huang—A la Carte
Session 5
Elia Bizzarri and Eric Cannizzaro —Greenwood Chairmaking
Session 6
Vivian Chiu—Joinery for Wood Sculpture
Session 7
Harold Greene—Hand Tools First