Carl Heyward’s PUSH/PRACTICE WORKSHOP
Sunday, September 10, 2023 (12pm - 3pm)
“If it gives pleasure or comfort, it is Art; if it instructs and enlightens, it is Art; if it confuses, is clever or clarifies, it is Art. The platform or delivery system, be it literary, culinary, educational, 2D, 3D, digital, electronic, FaceBook, childbirth, or of the plastic “arts” is the only thing that differentiates one from the other. Still, each, nonetheless, is to be respected and regarded as valuable vehicles of experience or existence.”
THIS IS A MIXED MEDIA MASTER WORKSHOP
Pushing Practice While Identifying and Breaking Habitual Modes of Working: Paying attention to what’s actually happening with materials; how they interact and evolve; how ideas present themselves in various ways in conjunction with this process often supersedes expectation and offers opportunities for broader, richer, more personal expression. These are a few of the goals presented in The Carl Heyward Mixed-Media Workshops, achieved through the suspension of self-judgement, ordering creativity and analysis to their appropriate times and places; discovering confidence in problem resolution; to take risks.
Explore the creative possibilities of “the materials at hand” which may include both traditional and non-traditional resources such as collage, painting, found materials, print and mark making; even discards, in the true spirit of Mixed-Media Arts. Heyward’s mentoring process moves participants through a series of alternative print making, collage, painting and mixed-media exercises. These practices help students to break out of creative blocks and self-imposed barriers.
Heyward will be joined by award winning Japanese fiber artist Akiko Suzuki.
$20 MATERIALS FEE PAID DIRECTLY TO C. HEYWARD ON THE DAY OF THE WORKSHOP
PLEASE FEEL FREE TO BRING YOUR FAVORITE PAINT, BRUSHES, ETC.
Level: All levels
Location: Studio 55
Class size: Minimum 6 | Maximum 16
Age minimum: 18
Carl Heyward is NEA Fellow and grant recipient, former MFA instructor at SF Academy of Art University, arts writer and founder of Global Art Project, a mixed-media collaborative cooperative with a membership in 12 countries. He has exhibited at Room Art Gallery, Mill Valley, The Fourth Wall Gallery in Oakland, CA, artist-in-residence at The Schools of The Sacred Heart at The Flood Mansion, San Francisco, and continues to exhibit internationally: Kranz, Slovenia; Mazatlan, Mexico; Venice, Italy; and Ghent, Belgium, in 2017-2019. His work is in collections held by SF-MOMA, NY-MOMA, Yale University Art Library, the National Gallery of Australia, Wellsely Art Library and the Brooklyn Museum. He is associated with Jennifer Perlmutter Gallery, CA; 10dence Gallery, Holland, Galerie Sobo Bade, Senegal and Gallerie Renee Marie, CA, East Village Art View Gallery, NYC
New classes are planned for June 18, September 10, and December 17, 2023!
Carl was The Antonym Webzine’s Artist of the Month (August 2021). Read this enlightening article as Carl articulates "what Art is" here:
Here is Carl in dialogue, with artist-educator Nicholas Wilton, for the Art2Life interview series.