Kutztown Summer Art Institute with Craft in America

Craft in America has partnered with Kutztown University and the National Art Education Association again this summer to bring you the “Summer Studio – Craft In America: Themes and Practices of Contemporary Craft”. This 4.5 day workshop series provides opportunities for participants to work with craft mediums and processes taught by Craft in America artists, Randall Darwall & Brian Murphy, Chloe Darke, Jeff Oestreich, and Dave & Roberta Williamson. Check back for daily updates from Carol Sauvion!

June 30-July 1, 2016

Jeff Oestreich clay workshop

Jeff Oestreich with his pots

Pat Franklin likes the shape and the bevel on the altered piece she created in Jeff Oestreich’s Clay workshop

Young Kim likes the freedom he’s found in Jeff Oestreich’s method

Using the tool to facet the lid

Amber Hester alters her pot wearing the shirt she dyed in Randall and Brian’s class

Nicole Roche perforated her vessel in the shape of a heart

Noelle McCall is altering a pot that harkens back to the style of the Arts and Crafts Movement

Sarah Boland trimming her altered pot. She loves the perfection of the trimming process

Nanette Seligman discusses her altered piece with Jeff Oestreich.

Mary Ellen Bailey made a piece that relates to fabric and two that are odes to Asian designs

Lori Remmel is creating a dish that will relate to the bird she brought for inspiration

Brenna Howard is hard at work on her altered piece. She loves altering and is considering how she can take the technique into her classroom

Dave & Roberta Williamson workshop

Randall Darwall welcomes Dave and Roberta Williamson to the Institute

Randall, Dave and Roberta catching up

The Williamsons meet Chloe Darke

Tanya Rivera memorialized her honeymoon in her sea-themed pieces

Charlene Knauss included words and coins in her jewelry collages

Katie was inspired by hands and botanical drawings in her collages and jewelry

Katie Pfenninger used a color Xerox of a patch from her grandfather’s Army uniform to create a brooch. She is anxious to take the techniques she learned in the Williamson’s class back to her classroom

Kristen Greenawalt’s creations

Gina Arena truly expressed herself in the beautiful jewelry she has created

Gina Arena’s creations

Roberta giving suggestions on how to bring these ideas back into the classroom

Roberta and Dave Williamson complete their work at the summer institute, congratulating the artists on their power and the incredible stories they have incorporated into their work. She is touched by the days she spent with these talented teachers

Dave Williamson talks about the power of art. “We are through you this experience. It has enriched us.” (Quote from E.E. Cummings)

Dave and Roberta talk about forming a community in the classroom

Dave Williamson wearing his creations

Rachel Yoder’s creations

June 27-29, 2016

Color workshop with Randall Darwall and Brian Murphy

Randy: “You don’t choose the same amount of color ever!”

Choosing colors

Brian Murphy talks about color

Randall Darwall with examples of his finished clothing

Workshop participants become models for the woven creations of Randall Darwall transformed into wearable art by Brian Murphy

Preparing to construct s garment with Randall and Brian

Summer Landis appliqué in gold thread to her discharged fabric which will become a poncho

Shannon Diaz explains the processes she used to repurpose a stained skirt

Shannon Diaz’s one day wardrobe

Charlene Knauss wove and is in the process of making a skirt in Randall and Brian’ surface design class

Sarah Boland constructing a shirtwaist dress from hand dyed and resist fabric. Her first through fifth grade students will wonder what she is wearing when she teaches in her shirtwaist dress

Katie Pfenninger will work with her high school craft class to make aprons made with upcycled materials. She will use the Craft in America segment on Randall and the education guides to augment her teaching

Kristen Sauers is creating a blouse to wear under her silk rope necklace

Kristen with her necklace and the tool she used to make it

Tanya Rivera and her new dress

Rachael Yoder is creating a Belschnikel (Pennsylvania Dutch Santa)

Jenna Naito finishing her discharged shirt with fabric additions

Catherine Wellman and Joan Sauvion discussing Catherine’s work

Nanette Seligman embroidering beads onto her discharged shirt

Noelle McCall cutting out an appliqué for her shirt

Nicole Roche prepares to appliqué a leaf onto her psychedelic shirt

Jennifer Mazziotta-Walter appliqué on discharged shirt

Jesse Toth making a hoodie for her daughter

Metal smithing with Chloe Darke

Tools for metals workshop

Just to give her student/teachers an idea of the possible, Chloe brought her silver pieces to show and tell

Chloe demonstrates the steps for making a spoon

“Spooning” with Chloe Darke

Lori Remmel filing her spoon

Brenna Howard: “It’s a Picasso spoon because it’s crooked”

Young Kim and his in-process spoon

Forming the spoon

Heating the metal

Cutting out the spoon form

Chloe Darke speaks about her influences. Here she shows an image of micro organisms in the body of a mosquito!

Chloe shows her Breast Bowl as an example of her interest in themes of human sexuality

Chloe discusses her work making flatware

Penny Freeland’s punched work

Suzanne Moyer rebels against the spoon and makes a pendant

Pat Franklin piercing the handle of her spoon

Young Kim initialed his spoon

Close up of Young Kim’s spoon

Chloe assists Penelope with piercing a spoon

Craft in America Education Guides

Craft in America education guide writer Dolores Eaton gives participants information about navigating the guides

Dolores Eaton shares examples of students using the educator guides

Dolores Eaton shows Tanya Aguiniga’s work (middle) and students’ works on either side

Marilyn Stewart from Kutztown University, Pat Franklin of the National Art Education Association, Carol from Craft in America and Dennis Inhulsen, Chief Learning Officer at NAEA have one last meeting at the Kutztown Summer Institute