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WORKSHOPS
Bookmaking for Artists with Janet Carroll
Thursdays May 6, 13 and 20, 2010, from 7-9:30 pm at MAWA
$30 for MAWA members
Janet Carroll will lead a three-session, three week mini-mentorship for women focused the history of the book and various production techniques. Artists interested in making book works can draw inspiration from the past, and also from present-day book structures from around the world. Participants will have the opportunity to view pieces from Janet’s collection of historic and contemporary exhibition works, and examine the many innovative adaptations from older book forms. Basic bookbinding techniques will be taught, resulting in the production of a few small models that can be used to develop further bookmaking projects. Lists of relevant books and websites will be distributed. Please bring an exacto knife and bone folder, if possible.
Janet Carroll began paper marbling in 1977 and bookbinding in the 1990s. She has participated in exhibitions across Canada and Japan sponsored by the Canadian Bookbinder and Book Artists Guild. She has also shown her work in Finland, Ireland and the USA. Carroll was Bookbinder-in-Residence at the Minnesota Centre for Book Arts in 2000. She currently teaches in Winnipeg through the Learning Through The Arts Program in Manitoba Schools.
Please register by e-mail before Friday April 30 to programs@mawa.ca. Put “Book Workshop” in the subject heading. Places are limited.
A sampling of Janet Carroll’s bookworks.
Building Your Own Website Using Online Resources with Pamela Habing
May 11, 2010, 7–9:30 pm at MAWA
Free to MAWA Members! Non-members $10
Have you found yourself longing for a website to showcase your artistic work but just didn’t know where to start? Or thought it would cost you heaps of money? The web will seem a lot less daunting after this informative workshop that will help point you in the right direction by taking the mystery out of website creation. Exploring various free and paid online resources, the instructor will walk participants through the basics of creating their own website. As an added bonus, you’ll learn what the terms “domain names”, “web hosting”, “server space”, “CMS”, and “FTP” actually mean!
If you have a laptop, please bring it along. If not, no problem! There will be plenty of useful information to take home and apply to building your own site.
Pamela Habing graduated from the Digital Multimedia Technology Program at Red River College in June 2004, the recipient of the Gold Medal Award for Academic Achievement. Since then she has been operating a part time freelance business, assisting many local artists and arts groups in showcasing their work online, including MAWA. A lifelong learner herself, she enjoys sharing her knowledge with others.
No need to register, just show up.
A Beginner's Animation Workshop with Leslie Supnet
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday June 9, 10, and 11, 7-9pm at MAWA
$30 for MAWA members
Leslie Supnet's animation workshop at MAWA is anintroduction to the world of animation under the camera. Participants will go through the basics of creating an animation with paper cut-outs, paint and plasticine, with an emphasis on keeping things lo-budget and fun. Relevant films will be screened to provide examples and context. Leslie Supnet is an interdisciplinary artist from Winnipeg. Her drawing and animated work centers around collective emotion, giving voice to common trials and struggles, while remaining deeply personal and connected to her own experience. Her animations have screened internationally at festivals such as Images, Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival, and this year at the International Film Festival Rotterdam. www.sundaestories.com.
To register, email Tracy at programs@mawa.ca by Friday June 4 at 4:30, and put “animation workshop” in the subject heading. Places are limited.
