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Due to the uncertainty around Covid-19 and in prioritizing the\nsaf ety of our community and concert attendees\, the hard decision has been\nm ade with Ben Harper’s team to cancel this summer's concert. We hope to\n bring Ben Harper &\; The Innocent Criminals in the future. For the firs t\ntime in over 40 years\, Sun Valley Museum of Art will not be gathering our\ncommunity for outdoor live concerts. While\nwe're devastated over the whole\nsituation\, we're strategi zing how we can continue connecting you to live\nperformances\, so stay tu ned! If you’d be willing to help The Museum\nfinancially during this dif ficult time\, we’d welcome a donation of any\nsize as a vote of solidari ty in bringing back live performances stronger\nthan ever.
Due to the uncertainty around Covid-19 and in prio ritizing the\nsafety of our community and concert attendees\, the hard dec ision has been\nmade with Ben Harper’s team to cancel this summer's conc ert. We hope to\nbring Ben Harper &\; The Innocent Criminals in the fut ure. For the first\ntime in over 40 years\, Sun Valley Museum of Art will not be gathering our\ncommunity for outdoor live concerts. While\nwe're devastated over the whole\nsituation \, we're strategizing how we can continue connecting you to live\nperforma nces\, so stay tuned! If you’d be willing to help The Museum\nfinanciall y during this difficult time\, we’d welcome a donation of any\nsize as a vote of solidarity in bringing back live performances stronger\nthan ever .
Ben\nHarper’s debut album\, “Welcome to\nthe Cruel World\, ” was released in 1994. Fourteen albums later\,\nhe’s garnere d three Grammy Awards which reflect just a small portion of\nhis talents: Best Pop Instrumental Performance\, Best Traditional Soul\nGospel Album an d Best Blues Album. Harper plays an eclectic mix of blues\,\nfolk\, soul\ , reggae and rock and is renowned for his guitar prowess as well\nas his e lectrifying live performances. With top hits “With My Own Two\nHands\, ” “Diamonds on the Inside\,” “Steal My Kisses\,” “Burn One\nDo wn” and so many more\, Harper will start the summer concert season in\ng rand style at River Run.
Monotypes\na re one of a kind prints commonly described as Painterly Prints because the \nprintmaking process is less technical and more fluid than traditional\ne tching and lithography processes. Techniques covered include mixing ink\,\ nadditive and subtractive methods\, ghost printing\, Chin Colle (Collage)\ , the\nuse of stencils including hand-cut Mylar stencils\, multiple plate printing\,\nplate and paper registration methods and other techniques to c reate vibrant\nexciting one of a kind prints.
Participants will lea rn how to safely\nuse a professional printmaking press and discuss how to produce monotypes\nin your own studio without requiring access to a printm aking press.
\nMedium:\nPrintm aking
\nAge and ability: 16yrs. and older\, beginners\nwelcome
Jeff Juhlin is a nationally\nrecognized artist known for his Enc
austic / Mixed Media painting and\nprintmaking work that evokes a meditati
ve and grounded exploration of\ncolor\, space and mark making. Jeff has be
en working with Encaustic for over\n15 years and completed Residency/Fello
wships at the Virginia Center for\nCreative Arts and Moulin Au Neuf\, Auvi
llar France\, as well as an Artist in\nResidence at the Hui Art Center in
Maui\, Hawaii.
His work is included in numerous national and\ninternational exhibitions including rec ent exhibits in France and Korea.\nBorn in Salt Lake City\, Juhlin studied at the University of Utah and the\nBellas Artes\, San Miguel de Allende\, Mexico and holds a BFA from the San\nFrancisco Art Institute. Jeff’s wo rk has been featured in several\npublications including Encaustic With A Textile Sensibility by\nDaniella Woolf and Encaustic Art in th e 21st Century by\nAnne Lee &\; Ashley Rooney. He is re presented in galleries in Denver\,\nSanta Fe\, Salt Lake City\, Scottsdale \, and Laguna Beach. Jeff divides his\ntime between his studios in Salt La ke City and Torrey Utah. \n
For additional questions regardin g this workshop\, please email Jeanne\nKnott\, Visual Arts Class Assista nt at jknott@svmoa.org.
Monotypes\nare one of a kind prints commonly described as Painterly P rints because the\nprintmaking process is less technical and more fluid th an traditional\netching and lithography processes. Techniques covered incl ude mixing ink\,\nadditive and subtractive methods\, ghost printing\, Chin Colle (Collage)\, the\nuse of stencils including hand-cut Mylar stencils\ , multiple plate printing\,\nplate and paper registration methods and othe r techniques to create vibrant\nexciting one of a kind prints.
Part icipants will learn how to safely\nuse a professional printmaking press an d discuss how to produce monotypes\nin your own studio without requiring a ccess to a printmaking press.
\nMedium:\nPrintmaking
\nAge and ability: 16yrs. and older\, beginners\nwelcome
Jeff Juhlin is a nationally\nrecognized artist known for his Encaustic / Mixed Media painting and\nprintmaking work that evokes a meditative and grounded exploration of\ncolor\, space and mark ma king. Jeff has been working with Encaustic for over\n15 years and complete d Residency/Fellowships at the Virginia Center for\nCreative Arts and Moul in Au Neuf\, Auvillar France\, as well as an Artist in\nResidence at the H ui Art Center in Maui\, Hawaii.
\n< span>His work is included in numerous national and\ninternational exhibiti ons including recent exhibits in France and Korea.\nBorn in Salt Lake City \, Juhlin studied at the University of Utah and the\nBellas Artes\, San Mi guel de Allende\, Mexico and holds a BFA from the San\nFrancisco Art Insti tute. Jeff’s work has been featured in several\npublications including < em>Encaustic With A Textile Sensibility by\nDaniella Woolf and En caustic Art in the 21st Century by\nAnne Lee &\; Ashley Rooney. He is represented in galleries in Denver\,\nSanta Fe\, Salt Lake City\, Scottsdale\, and Laguna Beach. Jeff divides his\ntime between his s tudios in Salt Lake City and Torrey Utah. \n
For additional q uestions regarding this workshop\, please email Jeanne\nKnott\, Visual A rts Class Assistant at jknott @svmoa.org.
Monotypes\na re one of a kind prints commonly described as Painterly Prints because the \nprintmaking process is less technical and more fluid than traditional\ne tching and lithography processes. Techniques covered include mixing ink\,\ nadditive and subtractive methods\, ghost printing\, Chin Colle (Collage)\ , the\nuse of stencils including hand-cut Mylar stencils\, multiple plate printing\,\nplate and paper registration methods and other techniques to c reate vibrant\nexciting one of a kind prints.
Participants will lea rn how to safely\nuse a professional printmaking press and discuss how to produce monotypes\nin your own studio without requiring access to a printm aking press.
\nMedium:\nPrintm aking
\nAge and ability: 16yrs. and older\, beginners\nwelcome
Jeff Juhlin is a nationally\nrecognized artist known for his Enc
austic / Mixed Media painting and\nprintmaking work that evokes a meditati
ve and grounded exploration of\ncolor\, space and mark making. Jeff has be
en working with Encaustic for over\n15 years and completed Residency/Fello
wships at the Virginia Center for\nCreative Arts and Moulin Au Neuf\, Auvi
llar France\, as well as an Artist in\nResidence at the Hui Art Center in
Maui\, Hawaii.
His work is included in numerous national and\ninternational exhibitions including rec ent exhibits in France and Korea.\nBorn in Salt Lake City\, Juhlin studied at the University of Utah and the\nBellas Artes\, San Miguel de Allende\, Mexico and holds a BFA from the San\nFrancisco Art Institute. Jeff’s wo rk has been featured in several\npublications including Encaustic With A Textile Sensibility by\nDaniella Woolf and Encaustic Art in th e 21st Century by\nAnne Lee &\; Ashley Rooney. He is re presented in galleries in Denver\,\nSanta Fe\, Salt Lake City\, Scottsdale \, and Laguna Beach. Jeff divides his\ntime between his studios in Salt La ke City and Torrey Utah. \n
For additional questions regardin g this workshop\, please email Jeanne\nKnott\, Visual Arts Class Assista nt at jknott@svmoa.org.
Monotypes\nare one of a kind prints commonly described as Painterly P rints because the\nprintmaking process is less technical and more fluid th an traditional\netching and lithography processes. Techniques covered incl ude mixing ink\,\nadditive and subtractive methods\, ghost printing\, Chin Colle (Collage)\, the\nuse of stencils including hand-cut Mylar stencils\ , multiple plate printing\,\nplate and paper registration methods and othe r techniques to create vibrant\nexciting one of a kind prints.
Part icipants will learn how to safely\nuse a professional printmaking press an d discuss how to produce monotypes\nin your own studio without requiring a ccess to a printmaking press.
\nMedium:\nPrintmaking
\nAge and ability: 16yrs. and older\, beginners\nwelcome
Jeff Juhlin is a nationally\nrecognized artist known for his Encaustic / Mixed Media painting and\nprintmaking work that evokes a meditative and grounded exploration of\ncolor\, space and mark ma king. Jeff has been working with Encaustic for over\n15 years and complete d Residency/Fellowships at the Virginia Center for\nCreative Arts and Moul in Au Neuf\, Auvillar France\, as well as an Artist in\nResidence at the H ui Art Center in Maui\, Hawaii.
\n< span>His work is included in numerous national and\ninternational exhibiti ons including recent exhibits in France and Korea.\nBorn in Salt Lake City \, Juhlin studied at the University of Utah and the\nBellas Artes\, San Mi guel de Allende\, Mexico and holds a BFA from the San\nFrancisco Art Insti tute. Jeff’s work has been featured in several\npublications including < em>Encaustic With A Textile Sensibility by\nDaniella Woolf and En caustic Art in the 21st Century by\nAnne Lee &\; Ashley Rooney. He is represented in galleries in Denver\,\nSanta Fe\, Salt Lake City\, Scottsdale\, and Laguna Beach. Jeff divides his\ntime between his s tudios in Salt Lake City and Torrey Utah. \n
For additional q uestions regarding this workshop\, please email Jeanne\nKnott\, Visual A rts Class Assistant at jknott @svmoa.org.
Working\nwit h cold wax and oil is a very direct and immediate way of painting. The\nfo cus of the class will be on the discovery of various techniques\,\nexperim entation and risk-taking during the creative process. There will be\nplent y of time to paint during this five-day workshop\, interspersed with\ndemo s and presentations and lots of one on one instruction.
Students\nw ill work on a series of small studies creating textured and vibrant\nsurfa ces through the layering of colors\, excavating and mark making.\nComposit ional elements\, intentions and art practice questions will be\ndiscussed in an informal manner.
The workshop is well suited for\nthose who h ave had some painting experience and for those who are looking\nfor new wa ys to enrich their current art practice.
Age and\nability: 16 yrs. and older\, beginne rs and\nintermediates
Teaching has been an integ ral part of\nAnne’s art making\, helping her verbalize formal as well as philosophical\nideas. In 2012 she was named Outstanding Secondary Arts Ed ucator of the\nyear by the Connecticut Art Education Association. Anne is a graduate from\nthe Boston Museum School\, where she was a recipient of t he Dana Pond\nPainting Award. She has studied cold wax medium techniques w ith Lisa\nPressman\, Richard Frumess from R&\;F Paints\, Rebecca Crowell and\nJerry McLaughlin.
\n< span>Anne’s work explores a personal narrative mingling\nmemory\, place and imagination through overlapping layers of colors.\n
Anne's paintings\nare in pri vate collections in the United States\, Germany and Mexico\,\nas we ll as on view at the Galeria de Todos\nSantos i n Todos Santos\, Baja Sur\, Mexico and\nat Pez Gordo in Cabos San\nLucas\, Mexico. An ne has been featured in several publications\nincluding the New York Times and Art New\nEngland.
Fo r additional\nquestions regarding this workshop\, please email Jeanne Kn ott\, Visual Arts\nClass Assistant at jknott@svmoa.org.
Working\nwith cold wax and oil is a very direct and immediate way of painting. The\nfocus of the class will be on the discovery of various tech niques\,\nexperimentation and risk-taking during the creative process. The re will be\nplenty of time to paint during this five-day workshop\, inters persed with\ndemos and presentations and lots of one on one instruction.
Students\nwill work on a series of small studies creating textured a nd vibrant\nsurfaces through the layering of colors\, excavating and mark making.\nCompositional elements\, intentions and art practice questions wi ll be\ndiscussed in an informal manner.
The workshop is well suited for\nthose who have had some painting experience and for those who are lo oking\nfor new ways to enrich their current art practice.
Age and\nability: 16 yrs. an d older\, beginners and\nintermediates
< div>Teaching has been an integral part of\nAnne’s art making\, helping her verbalize formal as well as philosophical\nideas. In 2012 she was named Outstanding Secondary Arts Educator of the\nyear by the Connecticut Art Education Asso ciation. Anne is a graduate from\nthe Boston Museum School\, where she was a recipient of the Dana Pond\nPainting Award. She has studied cold wax me dium techniques with Lisa\nPressman\, Richard Frumess from R&\;F Paints \, Rebecca Crowell and\nJerry McLaughlin.
\nAnne’s work explores a personal narrative mi ngling\nmemory\, place and imagination through overlapping layers of color s.\n
Anne's pain tings\nare in private collections in the United States\, Germany and Mexi< u>co\,\nas well as on view at the Galeria de Todos\nSantos in Todos Santos\, Baja Sur\, Mexico and\nat Pez Gordo in Cabos San\nLucas\, Mexico. Anne has been featured in several publications\nincluding t he New York Times and Art New\nEngland.
For additional\nquestions regarding this workshop\, please email Jeanne Knott\, Visual Arts\nClass Assistant at jknott@svmoa.org.
Join ISU Geologist Paul Link for this\nsuperb walking tour and field trip \, including four stops before the\ntrailhead to see rock formations. Part icipants will enjoy a hike along a\nmaintained trail with views of thick s ection of Challis volcanics. In this\nglaciated terrane\, rocks are fresh and easy to see\, and the complex\nstructure of the mountains surround the area. Participants will each\nreceive a geologic map of Idaho.
\nThe 45-minute hike up Johnstone Creek Trail is easy to\nmoderate\, with a round-trip distance of approximately 2.5 miles and an\nelevation gain of 900 feet.
This class\ntakes place Sat\, Sep 12\, 9am–2pm
Age and ability:\n14yrs and older\, moderate hike
F rom Highway 75\, turn onto East Fork Road and enter\nthe parking lot at th e intersection. From there we will shuttle as a group\nto the trail head w ith 4 stops along the way to view geological formations.\nWe’ll drive ou t East Fork 5.5 miles. The road turns to dirt at little\ntown of Triumph\, where we’ll continue to a fork and make a sharp left\nonto an unmarked road\, continuing to the Johnstone Creek trailhead.\n
Paul Link has taught geology at Idaho\nState University since 1980. He and graduate students worked extensively in\nthe Sun Valley area as part o f a USGS project from 1985 to 1993. Paul is a\ncoauthor on the 2012 Idaho Geologic Map. He is a\nregional sedimentary geologis t and has supervised\nmore than 100 Master of Science theses at\nISU.
For additional questions\nregarding t his workshop\, please email Jeanne Knott\, Visual Arts Class\nAssistant at jknott@svmoa.org.
Join ISU Geologist Paul Link for this\nsuperb walking to ur and field trip\, including four stops before the\ntrailhead to see rock formations. Participants will enjoy a hike along a\nmaintained trail with views of thick section of Challis volcanics. In this\nglaciated terrane\, rocks are fresh and easy to see\, and the complex\nstructure of the mount ains surround the area. Participants will each\nreceive a geologic map of Idaho.
\nThe 45-minute hike u p Johnstone Creek Trail is easy to\nmoderate\, with a round-trip distance of approximately 2.5 miles and an\nelevation gain of 900 feet.
This class\ntakes place Sat\, Sep 12\, 9am–2pm
Age and ability:\n14yrs and older\, moderate hike
From Highway 75\, turn onto East Fork Road and enter\nthe
parking lot at the intersection. From there we will shuttle as a group\nto
the trail head with 4 stops along the way to view geological formations.\
nWe’ll drive out East Fork 5.5 miles. The road turns to dirt at little\n
town of Triumph\, where we’ll continue to a fork and make a sharp left\n
onto an unmarked road\, continuing to the Johnstone Creek trailhead.\n
Paul Link has taught geology at Idaho\nState Universit y since 1980. He and graduate students worked extensively in\nthe Sun Vall ey area as part of a USGS project from 1985 to 1993. Paul is a\ncoauthor o n the 2012 Idaho Geologic Map. He is a\nregional sed imentary geologist and has supervised\nmore than 100 Master of Science the ses at\nISU.
For additional questi ons\nregarding this workshop\, please email Jeanne Knott\, Visual Arts C lass\nAssistant at jknott@svm oa.org.
Dip your toe into\ nthe dazzling world of \"metal clay\" with this intermediate class where w e\nwill build a silver ring with a gemstone\, fire it with a kiln\, then p olish\nand add patina. You'll leave with a ready to wear fine silver ring set with\nthe stone of your choice. Those with some metal clay experience are best\npositioned to benefit from this class. If you have zero knowledg e of metal\nclay\, take heart! We'll give you extra attention to help you succeed.
\nMedium :\nJewelry
Age\nand ability: adults\, beginner to\nintermediate< /strong>
< span>A childhood fascination with\nplants led Lisa to a master's degree in Plant Anatomy and she uses the\ntextures and forms of the plant kingdom i n all her jewelry. Moving from\nArkansas to Idaho in 1989 opened up her vi stas\, changed her\ncolor < span>palette\, and\ninspired her to add leather and stones to her designs. \n
She began he r\njewelry-making journey by learning\nto repair her\ntreasured flea-market finds. She quickly progressed into making first\nsilver metal clay and then bronze\nand copper metal clay\npieces. In the last five years\, she moved into traditional metalsmithing\,\naddi ng sheet metal to\nthe metal clay. She\nbegan teaching jewelry-making classes ten years ago and now topics on her\nclass list range from metal clay to cold connections a nd\nfabrication.
D ip your toe into\nthe dazzling world of \"metal clay\" with this intermedi ate class where we\nwill build a silver ring with a gemstone\, fire it wit h a kiln\, then polish\nand add patina. You'll leave with a ready to wear fine silver ring set with\nthe stone of your choice. Those with some metal clay experience are best\npositioned to benefit from this class. If you h ave zero knowledge of metal\nclay\, take heart! We'll give you extra atten tion to help you succeed.
\n< span>Medium:\nJewelry
< span>Age\nand ability: adults\, beginner to\nintermediate
A childhood fascination with\nplants led Lisa to a m
aster's degree in Plant Anatomy and she uses the\ntextures and forms of th
e plant kingdom in all her jewelry. Moving from\nArkansas to Idaho in 1989
opened up her vistas\, changed her\ncolor palette\, and\ninspired her to add leather and stone
s to her designs.\n
< span>She began her\njewelry-making journey by learning\nto repair her\ntreasured flea-market fi nds. She quickly progressed into making first\nsilver metal clay and then bronze\nand copper me tal clay\npieces. In the last five years\, she moved into traditional meta lsmithing\,\nadding sheet metal to\nthe metal clay. She\nbegan teaching jewelry-making classes ten years ago and now topics on her\nclass list range from metal clay to c old connections and\nfabrication.
Medium:\nPai nting
Age\n and ability: 18yrs and older\, intermediate experience in oils and / or\npainting is advised.
Connie’s recent art\ nwork has been taking a closer\, more intimate look at nature. She is dr awn\nto the quiet\, meditative aspects of the natural world\; fascinated b y the\nshapes of plants\, leaves\, pods\, branches and twigs and the play of light\nand shade on their surfaces.
\nThese patterns generate visual and meditative\ninterest. Refl ections and shadows offer a chance to stop and observe\ncomplex patterns i n nature. This complexity can increase the meditative\nstate by holding on e’s attention and focus longer. Her paintings\ninvestigate the different levels of reality we can observe in the natural\nworld. View Connie’s work\nat www.connieborup.com.\n
For additional questions regarding this workshop\, please ema il Jeanne\nKnott\, Visual Arts Class Assistant at jknott@svmoa.org.
< span>Medium:\nPainting
Age\nand ability: 18yrs and older\, intermediate experie nce in oils and /or\npainting is advised.
Conni e’s recent art\nwork has been taking a closer\, more intimate look at na ture. She is drawn\nto the quiet\, meditative aspects of the natural wor ld\; fascinated by the\nshapes of plants\, leaves\, pods\, branches and tw igs and the play of light\nand shade on their surfaces.
\nThese patterns generate visual and meditativ e\ninterest. Reflections and shadows offer a chance to stop and observe\nc omplex patterns in nature. This complexity can increase the meditative\nst ate by holding one’s attention and focus longer. Her paintings\ninvestig ate the different levels of reality we can observe in the natural\nworld.< /span> View Connie’s work\nat www.connieborup.com.\n
For additional questions regarding this work shop\, please email Jeanne\nKnott\, Visual Arts Class Assistant at jknott@svmoa.org.
The bottom of every jewelry box holds a trove of\nforgotten g ems: single earrings\, school mementos\, charms\, broken chains\,\nand mor e. Let's turn these little treasures into a personal work of art\nfull of memories and worthy of a catalog page. Each student will create a\none of a kind piece\, learning about jewelry design and the basic skills\nneeded to make a clasp\, attach beads and objects together with wire and\nwork wi th leather cord. The class will focus on problem-solving as well as\ntechn ique.
This workshop takes place Sun\, Sep\n27\, 10am–1pm.
Be ginners\nwelcome.
A childhood fascination with plants led Lisa to\na master's d egree in Plant Anatomy and she uses the textures and forms of\nthe plant k ingdom in all her jewelry. Moving from Arkansas to Idaho in 1989\nopened u p her vistas\, changed her color palette\, and inspired her to add\nleathe r and stones to her designs. She began her jewelry-making journey by\nlear ning to repair her treasured flea-market finds. She quickly progressed\nin to making first silver metal clay and then bronze and copper metal clay\np ieces. In the last five years\, she moved into traditional metalsmithing\, \nadding sheet metal to the metal clay. She began teaching jewelry-making\ nclasses ten years ago and now topics on her class list range from metal\n clay to cold connections and fabrication.
\ nThe bottom of every jewelry box holds a trov e of\nforgotten gems: single earrings\, school mementos\, charms\, broken chains\,\nand more. Let's turn these little treasures into a personal work of art\nfull of memories and worthy of a catalog page. Each student will create a\none of a kind piece\, learning about jewelry design and the basi c skills\nneeded to make a clasp\, attach beads and objects together with wire and\nwork with leather cord. The class will focus on problem-solving as well as\ntechnique.
This workshop takes place Sun\, Sep\n27\, 10a m–1pm.
Beginners\nwelcome.
A childhood fascination with plants led Lisa to\na master's degree in Plant Anatomy and she uses the textures and form s of\nthe plant kingdom in all her jewelry. Moving from Arkansas to Idaho in 1989\nopened up her vistas\, changed her color palette\, and inspired h er to add\nleather and stones to her designs. She began her jewelry-making journey by\nlearning to repair her treasured flea-market finds. She quick ly progressed\ninto making first silver metal clay and then bronze and cop per metal clay\npieces. In the last five years\, she moved into traditiona l metalsmithing\,\nadding sheet metal to the metal clay. She began teachin g jewelry-making\nclasses ten years ago and now topics on her class list r ange from metal\nclay to cold connections and fabrication.
\n