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Ceramics Studio ImprovementsAt Snow Farm, we are committed to continued reinvestment into our studios and property. This year, students and instructors will find improvements in the ceramic studio - some obvious and some under the radar. Together, the studio will be brighter, more organized, and more functional. Some of these improvements include:

Custom-built movable tables with locking caster wheels and new adjustable stools New pull-down electric for the pottery wheels and central table Two new storage units for glaze and new shelves A new sink area and clay capture system Refurbished kilns including an added computer programmer Upgraded electricity and additional lighting in the studio New roof, lighting, and upgraded electricity for the outside

kiln deck The ceramic renovation was made possible by a generous grant from The Windgate Foundation. Special thanks to Tom O’Malley, Worcester Center for Crafts, and ceramic instructors Bob Green, Annette Gates, Steve Theberge, and Ben Eberle for their advice, consultation, and volunteer hours to help with the upgrade. Snow Farm also thanks Sheffield Pottery for their sole sponsorship of our ceramics studio. Register for your ceramic class today!

Dear Friends,Welcome to Snow Farm: The New England Craft Program! We are proud to be the only residential, multidiscipline craft school in Massachusetts - and one of only a few in the US. We have exceptional artist- instructors who teach workshops from 2- to 5-days long in eight topic areas. Our 50-acre, farm-inspired campus nestled in the foothills of the Berkshire Mountains in western MA is beautiful in every season.

Snow Farm is for YOU, a person who

• Knows the creative journey is more important than the destination • Dares to challenge yourself in mind, heart, and soul • Strives to learn throughout your life • Desires to connect with others from different places and experiences • Tries again and again, never giving up • Feels alive when the creative juices begin to flow • Realizes that making craft and art are intrinsic to your wellbeing

Come to Snow Farm and take a step into the peaceful landscape, small class size, fresh homemade meals, and a community of like-minded people. Sink your hands into wet clay or feel the warmth of the glass furnace on your face. Tell a story in paint, carve a magical creature from wood, and let your imagination play. Restorative, inspirational, rejuvenating - these are the words you will use in your Snow Farm stories.

Welcome to your creative journey; we look forward to seeing you here soon!

Mary Jo Murphy Executive Director maryjo@snowfarm-art.org

Snow Farm: The New England Craft Program is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to provide exceptional studio craft and fine art instruction for people of all ages in an inspiring residential setting.

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Horizons/Snow Farm High School Program Alumni Reunion May 29 - 31, 2020 | page 20

All former high school students and instructors in the high school summer program are invited back to Snow Farm for an exciting and full alumni reunion weekend. Take a workshop, dine on the patio, and connect with today’s Snow Farm.

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Experienced artists: bring your ideas and materials to our studios, enjoy dorm housing and meals in the dining hall, and experience a week of dedicated, independent creative work in the company of a small group of other artists.

Work/Study Program May - November

Students, artists and craftspeople (ages 18+): live, work, and create at Snow Farm for 7 weeks during our residential workshop season. Take on jobs in property maintenance, the office, or the kitchen in exchange for tuition-free workshops, housing, and meals in the dining hall (when open). By application. See snowfarm.org.

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Workshop Overview Ý All workshops are open to students ages 18+. Weekend workshops

are also open to students ages 13+. Teen students who stay overnight must be accompanied by an adult. Teens who do not stay in our housing are welcome to come on their own.

Ý An on-site coordinator will greet you at arrival and be available throughout the workshop.

Ý Workshops have a maximum of 6 - 10 students, depending on studio.

Ý Because of our small class size, most workshops can accommodate both beginning and experienced students.

Ý means the workshop requires that students have some previous experience.

Ý During a workshop, studios are generally open around the clock for student use. However, the schedule and guidelines to vary somewhat by studio. See snowfarm.org for details.

Ý Snow Farm is an approved Massachusetts Department of Education Professional Development Provider (PDP). All workshops are eligible.

Cost & Fees Ý The workshop cost includes instruction and open studio hours. Most

workshops require an additional supply fee or kit fee. Also, students usually bring some items with them.

Ý The supply fee is paid with registration. It covers the materials needed for the specific class.

Ý The kit fee is paid to the instructor during class. Kits can include materials and tools.

Ý In some cases, the supply fee is based on individual student usage and is paid during class.

Ý A non-refundable registration fee of $25 is charged once per calendar year.

Ý The Workshop Access Program (WAP) allows eligible students to attend workshops at a 75% discount on tuition when space is available two weeks before the start of the class. Apply to the WAP between January 1 and March 31. See snowfarm.org for details.

Ý CANCELLATION POLICY: If you cancel your workshop more than 30 days from the start date, you will receive a refund, less a $75 cancellation fee and the non-refundable $25 registration fee. No refunds will be given less than 30 days from the start of the class for cancellations or any other reason. If Snow Farm cancels a class due to low enrollment or any other reason, students can take a different workshop or receive a full refund. Snow Farm is not responsible for airfare or any other travel expenses; please confirm the status of your class before booking.

DORM ROOMS

DOUBLE Each room has two single beds and shares a centrally located, single sex bathroom with hot showers. One building is co-ed with two unisex bathrooms, one of which is accessible. Rooms come with linens (sheets, blankets, pillows, and towels), a shelf unit, a table and lamp, chair, rug, and wall pegs for hanging clothes. Participants can request a roommate or we can assign one.

SINGLE These rooms are the same as a double room but for only one person.

THE COTTAGE Tucked into a corner of the property near the dining hall, The Cottage offers a bit more privacy and air conditioning. Amenities include one bedroom with two single beds, a private bath (shower only), a sitting room, kitchenette, and a small outdoor seating area. If two peo-ple stay in the Cottage, the second per-son pays for workshop and meals only. Only one reservation for the Cottage is available each session - register early!

ROOMS WITH AIR CONDITIONING

SINGLE PLUS These rooms have one twin bed, a comfy chair, a desk, AC, and the standard shared bathrooms. Limited quantity.

DELUXE SINGLE These rooms are the same as the Single Plus but have an adjoining bathroom shared with only one other room. Two available.

H O U S I N G & M E A L S

Staying at Snow Farm turns a typical workshop into a creative retreat! Between May and October, students can choose to let Snow Farm take care of the basics: a quiet comfortable room for sleeping and hearty homemade meals. The price of housing depends on which type of room you choose and the length of the workshop. All packages include both room and board. Day students can choose to add lunches or full meals. DOUBLE DORM

Double Single Single Plus

Deluxe Single

Cottage* Full Meal Package**

Day Students Lunch Only

2-day $100 $140 $160 $180 $220 $60 $30

3-day $185 $265 $305 $345 $425 $105 $45

4-day $270 $390 $450 $510 $630 $150 $60

5-day $495 $735 $855 $975 $1,215 $255 $75

9-day $765 $1,125 $1,305 $1,485 $1,845 $405 $135

* Includes meals for one person.

** For second guest in the cottage or day students.

Housing & Meals

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Class Title Experience Required

Instructor ___________________________Page #

D A I LY S C H E D U L E

OPEN STUDIOS: While most studios are open around the clock, schedules and guidelines can vary by studio. See Open Studio Policy on our website or call us for details.

SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

4-6p Check-In *7-9p Orientation & Instructor Slides

9a-12p Workshop1:30-4:30p Workshop

4:30p onwardOpen Studio

7:30p Studio Tour

9a-12p Workshop

1:30-4:30p Workshop

4:30p onward Open Studio

9a-12p Workshop

Afternoon Free Time &Open Studio

9a-12pWorkshop1:30-4:30p Workshop

4:30p onwardOpen Studio

9pFilm Night

9a-12pWorkshop

1:30-4p Workshop & Clean-up5-7:30p Art Reception and Festive Dinner7:30p Auction

9a Departure*

* Residential Only

5-day Workshops offer a full week of instruction, lots of open studio time, and opportunities to relax and explore. Evening activities are available and Wednesday afternoons are open for discovering the riches of the Pioneer Valley.

2-day Workshops 1ST DAY 9:30a Arrival10a-12p Workshop 1:30-4:30p Workshop 4:30p-onward Open Studio

2ND DAY 9a-12p Workshop1:30-4p Workshop & Clean-up

3-day Workshops 1ST DAY 9:30a Arrival 10a-12p Workshop 1:30-4:30p Workshop 4:30p-onward Open Studio7:30p Instructor Slides

2ND DAY 9a-12p Workshop 1:30-4:30p Workshop 4:30p-onward Open Studio

3RD Day9a-12p Workshop 1:30-4p Workshop & Clean-up

4-day Workshops 1ST DAY 9:30a Arrival 10a-12p Workshop 1:30-4:30p Workshop 4:30p-onward Open Studio7:30p Instructor Slides

2ND + 3RD DAY 9a-12p Workshop 1:30-4:30p Workshop 4:30p-onward Open Studio

4TH DAY9a-12p Workshop 1:30-4p Workshop & Clean-up

Meals 8-8:45a Breakfast

12:15-1p Lunch

6:15-7p Dinner

2D & MIXED MEDIA② Spring ‘Snitting

Ingrid Lavoie _______________________ 10

② Bloom into Spring with Paper Flowers Janet Dalecki _______________________ 11

② Draw Into Painting Amy Wynne ________________________ 14

② Altered Artist Books Zoe Sasson _________________________ 20

② Dancing with Brush Marks: Chinese Calligraphy & Ink Painting Yeachin Tsai ________________________ 21

② Stitched Bindings & the Journal Lisa Hersey _________________________ 26

② Altering the Surface: Collage from your Collections Lisa Grey ___________________________ 41

② Painters Should Be Printmakers: Plein Air Oil Monotypes Carolyn Letvin ______________________ 54

③ Japanese Woodblock Printing Matt Brown ________________________ 13

③ Nature in the Abstract Amanda Hawkins ___________________ 19

③ The Golden Age of Marbling: Classic Watercolor Patterns Regina & Dan St John ________________ 22

③ White Line Woodcut Lisa Houck _________________________ 28

③ The Painterly Landscape in Pastel Diane Sawyer _______________________ 38

③ Collage Explorations Donald Clark _______________________ 39

③ Encaustic Comprehensive Kelly Anne McGrath__________________ 48

③ Still Life Oil Painting Rami Baglio ________________________ 50

④ Explorative & Painterly Collage Alexandra Sheldon __________________ 42

⑤ Explorative & Painterly Collage Alexandra Sheldon __________________ 16

⑤ Marbling: You Can Never Have Enough! Regina & Dan St John ________________ 25

⑤ Encaustic Next Level: Working Large Dietlind Vander Schaaf _______________ 33

⑤ Multiblock Color Woodcut Valerie Lueth _______________________ 35

⑤ A Book of One’s Own: Coptic Stitch Journals for Daily Writing Suzi Banks Baum ___________________ 36

⑤ The Monotypewriter: One-Off Prints with Text Leslie A. Grossman __________________ 36

⑤ Learning to Draw: A Crash Course Stephen Hanks _____________________ 46

⑤ Printmaking: Focus on Expressive Drawing from Nature Joyce Silverstone ____________________ 52

CERAMICS② Pottery Party: Form, Line & Color

Kari Radasch _______________________ 10

② Hand Building: One Piece at a Time Anette Gates ________________________11

② Bucket List Clay for the Absolute Beginner Tiffany Hilton ______________________ 14

② Intuitive Clay Steve Theberge _____________________ 20

② Nerikomi: Pattern Making with Colored Clay Thomas Hoadley ____________________ 21

② Vitality & Meaning: Clay Figures Valerie Gilman _____________________ 26

③ The Magnificent Cup: Make, Play & Explore Doug Peltzman _____________________ 12

③ Alternative Firings Bob Green _________________________ 18

③ Porcelain Pitchers & Pourers Martha Grover ______________________ 22

③ Diving Deep: Clay Studio FUN-damentals Donna McGee ______________________ 28

③ Thrown & Altered Porcelain Jennifer Allen _______________________ 38

③ Center of the Table: Hand Built Pottery Jeremy Randall _____________________ 39

③ Brighten Up: Clay & Underglaze Darrah Bowden _____________________ 48

③ Puzzle Pots: Stacking Canisters & Lidded Vessels Maya Machin _______________________ 51

④ The Hand Built Teapot Hayne Bayless ______________________ 42

④ Wheel Throwing with Alterations, in Porcelain Elizabeth Cohen ____________________ 44

⑤ Compelling Forms, Irresistible Surfaces Garrett Masterson ___________________ 16

⑤ Proportion & Touch: The Cohesive Pot Liz Lurie ___________________________ 24

⑤ Colorful Dishes: Decorative Design Inviting Use Liz Quackenbush ____________________ 35

⑤ Let’s Talk: Image & Text on Clay Kathy King _________________________ 37

⑤ Painting with Fire: Native American Firing Techniques Bob Green _________________________ 46

⑤ Clay: From the Ground Up Steve Theberge _____________________ 52

⑨ Reduction Cooled Hand-Built Pots Melissa Weiss ______________________ 31

FIBER & BASKETS② Organic Expressions:

Fluid Monoprint on Silk Kathy Klompas _____________________ 10

② Mark Making on Textiles Eva Camacho-Sanchez ________________11

② Fanciful Floral Arrangements in Felt Danielle Gori-Montanelli _____________ 14

② Roots, Shoots, Leaves & Flowers: Local Plants to Dye For Michelle Parrish ____________________ 20

② Exploring Crochet Rag Rugs Cal Patch __________________________ 21

② Narrative Mending Karen Stevens ______________________ 26

② Birch Bark Basketry Vladimir Yarish _____________________ 26

② Roots, Shoots, Leaves & Flowers: Local Plants to Dye For Michelle Parrish ____________________ 41

② Natural Color Through Layered Print Alysha Kumpferer ___________________ 54

③ Catheads: Basics & Beyond Jackie Abrams ______________________ 13

③ Texting on Textile Eva Camacho-Sanchez _______________ 19

③ Joomchi & Beyond Ji-Young Chung _____________________ 22

③ Frame Loom Weaving Fafnir Adamites _____________________ 29

③ Shibori Rainbow: A Full Spectrum of Natural Dyed Color Graham Keegan _____________________ 38

③ Lines as a Design Focus in a Sewn Composition Valerie Maser Flanagan ______________ 39

③ Indigo Shibori: Introduction & Explorations Carol Anne Grotrian _________________ 48

③ Denim: Stitching, Beading Applique & Other Decorative Techniques Anna VA Polesny ____________________ 50

④ No Sheets Required: Sculptural Paper Fafnir Adamites _____________________ 30

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④ Textile Vessels: Think Big by Working Small Lissa Hunter _______________________ 31

④ Contemporary Penny Rugs Liz Alpert Fay _______________________ 42

④ Used Clothing Wardrobe Alchemy Crispina ffrench _____________________ 44

④ The Ins and Outs of Random Weaving Lois Russell ________________________ 44

⑤ The World of Korean Paper Aimee Lee _________________________ 16

⑤ Seamless Sculptural Feltmaking Fafnir Adamites _____________________ 24

⑤ Traditional Yoruba Batik, Adire & Tie-dye Gasali Adeyemo ____________________ 33

⑤ Experimental Weaving Jen Simms _________________________ 34

⑤ Beyond Felting: Silk & Wool & Paper Eva Camacho-Sanchez _______________ 46

⑤ Skins, Skeletons, Knots & Nets: 3D Textile Constructions Mo Kelman ________________________ 52

FLAMEWORKING② Flameworking: Make It Melty

Richard Paz ________________________ 20

② Flameworking: All the Gadgets for Summer Holly Kenny ________________________ 21

② Borosilicate Glass Ornaments Lisa Diagle _________________________ 41

② Festive Flameworking: Glass for the Holidays Marta Bernbaum ___________________ 54

③ Tiny Planets: Explorations in Borosilicate Marbles Angela McHale _____________________ 12

③ Colorful Magic: Beginning Beads for Everyone Liliana Glenn _______________________ 18

③ Flameworking: Intermediate Skills Lab Marta Bernbaum ____________________ 22

③ Marbles Inside & Out Alex Cincotta _______________________ 39

③ Beginning Beads & Beyond Libby Leuchtman ____________________ 49

③ A Taste of Glass: 3 Days, 3 Ways Marta Bernbaum ___________________ 50

④ Beginning Flamework: Summertime Florals Holly Kenny ________________________ 31

④ Create a Glass Cactus Garden Tessa Hill __________________________ 43

④ Flameworking: Hollow Beads on Puffy Mandrels Mary Ila Duntemann ________________ 45

⑤ Micro-Mosaic Jewelry with Flameworked Glass Janice Peacock _____________________ 17

⑤ Introduction to Flamework: Inspired Glass Treasures Madeline Stewart ___________________ 24

⑤ Glass Beads to Fine Jewelry Liliana Glenn _______________________ 34

⑤ Tell a Story with Traditional Glass Murrine Lucie Kovarova-Weir _________________ 37

⑤ Stones of Glass & Wire Wrapping Libby Leuchtman ___________________ 46

⑤ Borosilicate Sculpture: Fantasy Creatures in Glass Sarah Wicks ________________________ 52

GLASSBLOWING② Introduction to Glassblowing:

The Bowl is the Goal William D’Errico ____________________ 26

② Beginner Glassblowing: Pumpkin Mayhem Jesse Rasid _________________________ 54

③ Glassblowing Bootcamp Jesse Rasid _________________________ 23

③ Adventures in Glassblowing Sandy Dukeshire ____________________ 29

③ Glassblowing: Cups & Bits Shuhei Fujii & Mia Sartori _____________ 48

③ A Taste of Glass: 3 Days, 3 Ways Sandy Dukeshire ____________________ 50

⑤ Glassblowing: Bowls from Scandinavia Elizabeth Potenza ___________________ 25

⑤ Murrin-heeey: Picking Up What You Pull Down Cat Burns __________________________ 53

KILN & STAINED② Fused Glass Collage

Janet Dalecki _______________________ 10

② Introduction to Stained Glass Emily Bhargava ______________________11

② Kiln-Fired Dichroic Glass Jewelry Lynn Haust ________________________ 14

② Introduction to Stained Glass Sam Myers _________________________ 41

③ Sculptural Forms in Stained Glass Michelle Hinebrook _________________ 19

③ Glass Fusing: Fun with Function Moe Aderman ______________________ 22

③ G2: Glass & Graphics Dorie Guthrie _______________________ 29

③ Mold-Making Madness Jessi Moore _________________________ 39

③ Fused Glass Landscapes Lynn Haust _________________________ 48

③ A Taste of Glass: 3 Days, 3 Ways Sam Myers _________________________ 50

④ Explorations in Stained Glass Donna Solomon ____________________ 30

④ Printing on Glass Sheila Rosa_________________________ 44

⑤ Stained Glass with Fused Elements Dan Maher _________________________ 17

⑤ Fire & Ice: Silver Metal Clay with Fused Glass Lisel Crowley _______________________ 25

⑤ Line, Color & Shape in the Kiln Jessi Moore ________________________ 33

⑤ The Sacred Art of Painting & Writing on Glass Sam Myers _________________________ 37

⑤ Multidimensional Panels Through Glass Lamination Sasha Zhitneva _____________________ 47

METALSMITHING & JEWELRY② Fusing & Weaving Fine Silver

Erika Jorjorian ______________________ 10

② Etching for Jewelers Lauren Beaudoin _____________________11

② The Chain Gang: Mixing it Up Paulette Werger ____________________ 14

② Make the Ring of Your Dreams Suna Bonometti ____________________ 20

② Introduction to Sand Casting Chris Lann _________________________ 21

② Handling a Knife with Style Robert Dancik ______________________ 26

② Basic Bling Elizabeth Tokoly ____________________ 41

② Metalsmithing with Mixed Materials Robert Dancik ______________________ 55

③ Rings on Rings Mary Risley ________________________ 12

③ Ready, Set, Bezel Setting! Lauren Beaudoin ____________________ 18

③ The Eloquent Nail: Jewelry Fabrication with Steel Rob Jackson ________________________ 23

③ Fabricating a Narrative: From Lockets to Reliquaries Rob Jackson ________________________ 29

③ Rings on Rings Mary Risley ________________________ 38

③ A Bead Like No Other Robert Dancik ______________________ 39

③ Making Connections: Metal to Anything Alan Burton Thompson ______________ 49

③ Patina: Color on Metal Lauren Beaudoin ____________________ 51

④ Beyond the Bezel Elizabeth Tokoly ____________________ 30

④ Colorful, Original, Strong & Light: Wire Armatures for Polymer Jewelry Bonnie Bishoff ______________________ 43

④ You Can Do It! Intermediate Soldering Intensive Helen Driggs _______________________ 45

⑤ Rings 360º Timothy Lazure _____________________ 16

⑤ Fire & Ice: Silver Metal Clay with Fused Glass Lisel Crowley _______________________ 25

⑤ Fundamentals of Jewelry Making Alan Burton Thompson ______________ 25

⑤ Alternative Surfaces, Connections & Personal Expressions in Jewelry Mary Hettmansperger _______________ 33

⑤ Glass Beads to Fine Jewelry Liliana Glenn _______________________ 34

⑤ Cloisonné Enameling & Haiku Writing Harlan Butt ________________________ 37

⑤ First-Time Enameling Ashley Gilreath _____________________ 46

⑤ Forged Adornment Nicholas Downing __________________ 53

MOSAICS② Mosaic with Found Objects

Emily Bhargava _____________________ 20

② Mixed-Media Mosaics with Colored Grout Josh Winer _________________________ 21

② Mexican Smalti Mosaics Josh Winer _________________________ 54

③ Glass-on-Glass Mosaic Sam Myers _________________________ 13

③ Eggshell as Mosaic Tessera Linda Biggers _______________________ 38

④ Abstract Landscapes in Mosaics Casey Van Loon _____________________ 43

⑤ Micro-Mosaic Jewelry with Flameworked Glass Janice Peacock ______________________ 16

⑤ Put the Pebble to the Metal in Mosaics Debora Aldo _______________________ 34

⑤ Intensive Mosaic: Classical Method, Contemporary Expression Samantha Holmes __________________ 52

WELDING② Welded Sculpture:

From Conception to Completion Charles Wiemeyer __________________ 14

② Introduction to Welding Mary Kate Cleary ____________________ 27

② Welded Sculpture: From Conception to Completion Charles Wiemeyer __________________ 41

② Drawings in Metal Tricia Moody-Bourbeau ______________ 55

③ Welding Sculpture with Found Objects James Kitchen ______________________ 13

③ Taking Shape With Copper Lindsey Molyneux ___________________ 19

③ Adventures in Welding James Kitchen ______________________ 23

③ Metal Animal Sculpture with Found Objects & Cold Connections Leonard Streckfus ___________________ 29

③ Welded Sculpture from Found Objects James Kitchen ______________________ 39

③ Welding: Your New Superpower! Joe Wheaton _______________________ 49

③ Metal Sculpture for the Home & Garden James Kitchen ______________________ 51

④ Welded Wall Art: Explore the Possibilities Bob Turan __________________________ 31

④ Art Furniture: Metal, Fine & Functional Matt Johnson _______________________ 45

⑤ Women & Welding Mary Kate Cleary ____________________ 17

⑤ Nuts & Bolts: An Exploration of Steel Sculpture Gene Flores ________________________ 24

⑤ Knifemaking 101 Rick Angus & Norman Ed _____________ 32

⑤ Whimsical Welding Bill Rhodes _________________________ 35

⑤ Introduction to Welding in Bill’s Barn Bill Rhodes _________________________ 47

WOOD② Wooden Spoons: Form & Function

Alan Young ________________________ 10

② Rustic Furniture for the Home & Garden Mark Nicholson _____________________ 14

② All Bowls, All Weekend Rick Angus _________________________ 21

② Wooden Spoons: From Orchard to Table Alan Young ________________________ 54

③ Carving Stories into Stone Michael Updike _____________________ 12

③ Axe & Knife Skills for Women: Carving Spoons & Spatulas Angela Robins ______________________ 18

③ Paddle Making: Graceful Practicality Craig Addis _________________________ 22

③ The Art of Bending Wood Alison Croney Moses _________________ 49

③ Foundations of Woodturning: Spindles and Bowls Janet Collins ________________________ 51

④ Woodworking: A Small Side Table Ellen Kaspern _______________________ 30

⑤ Traditional Timber Framing Neil Godden _______________________ 37

⑤ Turn, Burn, Carve & Color Rick Angus _________________________ 43

⑤ Turning Wood-Carved Pottery Matt Monaco _______________________ 17

⑤ Lost and Found: The Art of Assemblage Abbie Rieser _______________________ 25

⑤ Knifemaking 101 Rick Angus & Norman Ed _____________ 32

⑤ Woodturning: Bowls & Beyond Ken Lindgren _______________________ 35

⑤ Sculpting on the Wood Lathe Derek Weidman ____________________ 46

⑤ Spirit Houses Ross Smart _________________________ 52

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Fused Glass CollageJANET DALECKI

This fun and lively class will cover a variety of fusing techniques for both beginning and experienced glass artists. Begin by making an assortment of components such as murrine, hand-pulled stringers, and part sheets (powder drawings). Then cut, arrange, and fuse your pieces into a flat “collaged” panel. If you have Bullseye scraps, bring them for use in your collage, but no problem if you don’t. All welcome!WORKSHOP: $330 | SUPPLY FEE: $50

Fusing & Weaving Fine SilverERIKA JORJORIAN

Explore the ancient Roman art of chain weaving! Learn single-loop and double-loop methods of weaving together fine silver links that are easy to fuse with an acetylene torch. Experience the meditative quality of this repetitive weaving process. Students will leave with a beautiful new pair of earrings or chain for a bracelet or necklace. No previous soldering skills required.WORKSHOP: $310 | SUPPLY FEE: $55

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Spring ‘SnittingINGRID LAVOIE

Learn age-old cutting and design techniques to create heirloom paper pieces in the form of original artworks, cards, ornaments, gifts, and more. Begin with the classic design and symmetry of the German technique of Scherenschnitte, or “snitting.” Group discussion and brainstorming will encourage creativity, and students can work from templates or create original designs. Cutting is done with X-ACTO™ knives and good eyesight or magnification.WORKSHOP: $305 | INSTRUCTOR KIT FEE $10

Pottery Party: Form, Line & ColorKARI RADASCH

Make pots using rich, low-fire red clay and multiple construction techniques including pinching, coiling, slabs, and some wheel throwing. Explore color and line on the surface with customizable terra sigillata and graphic elements. Kari will share accessible, low-fire tips and techniques that have many uses and will inspire new ideas for use beyond the class. No firing included.WORKSHOP: $305 | SUPPLY FEE: $75

Introduction to Stained GlassEMILY BHARGAVA

In just a weekend, learn all the techniques to create a hanging stained glass panel. Begin by learning to cut glass, foil and solder, and create hanging hardware. Then design and build your own luminous piece of glass art. Instruction will focus on the basics, and you’ll have plenty of time to embellish your work to make it reflect your personal vision. Start a new direction in your creative life with stained glass!WORKSHOP: $310 | SUPPLY FEE: $55

Etching for JewelersLAUREN BEAUDOIN

Learn a variety of methods for successfully etching on copper, brass, and sterling silver. Topics include etching safely, using various resists, transferring images, cleaning, and incorporating your etched pieces into a design. Students will leave with a newly etched cuff bracelet (if desired), etched sheet for future use, and the skills to properly set up and etch on their own.WORKSHOP: $310 | SUPPLY FEE: $85

Hand Building: One Piece at a TimeANNETTE GATES

Discover ease in building with in-hand forming techniques. Learn to work spontaneously, guided by the objects that your hands intuitively make. Explore strategies such as templates and press molds for the consistent repetition of forms and how common tools can be used in unexpected ways. Both novice and experienced ceramicists will expand their visual vocabulary for making both functional pottery and sculpture. No firing included.WORKSHOP: $305 | SUPPLY FEE: $40

Bloom into Spring with Paper FlowersJANET DALECKI

Learn basic techniques to transform 2D crepe paper into lifelike 3D flowers just in time for spring. Using simple paper sculpting methods and basic construction, participants will create a bouquet of colorful blooms that will rival the real thing but last a lot longer. Discussion will include ways to arrange paper flowers and use them in home decor or for special occasions. No green thumb needed to grow luscious realistic paper flowers.WORKSHOP: $305 | SUPPLY FEE: $50

Mark Making on TextilesEVA CAMACHO-SANCHEZ

In this experimental workshop, learn how to create abstract art on any natural fabric, including cotton, linen, denim, silk, or wool. Experiment with nontraditional tools, such as found objects, rocks, and pine cones to make unique marks on textiles using fabric paint. Learn how to use rusted objects to make permanent marks. Create at least one sample book to be used as a future reference for mark making.WORKSHOP: $305 | INSTRUCTOR KIT FEE: $35

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Organic Expressions: Fluid Monoprint on SilkKATHY KLOMPAS

Explore exciting techniques for creating bold pattern, color, and visual texture on fabric. Multiple monoprint techniques will be covered, with an emphasis on design and flow. Use thickened dyes and various mark-making tools, including gel plates and foam stamps, while you build up rich, joyful layers. Each student will take home at least six signature silk scarves along with process swatches that can be transformed into artful objects.WORKSHOP: $305 | SUPPLY FEE: $80

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Design spoons that explore the interplay between the working end of a utensil and the hand of a user. Learn a quick and efficient mix of hand and machine techniques and use a variety of interesting wood to make at least four utensils. Refine a design that fits your hand perfectly! No prior woodworking experience is necessary to produce beautiful, functional utensils.WORKSHOP: $305 | SUPPLY FEE: $25

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April WeekendsWake up from winter with a creative weekend at Snow Farm! Catch the first bright greens on the campus and enjoy the early blooms in yellow and pink. The studios will be freshly stocked, and like the first days of school anywhere, full of promise.

We do not offer housing for April weekends, but we have partnered with Northampton’s newest hotel The Ellery to offer our guests a special rate. The Ellery is newly renovated and just 15 minutes down Route 9 from Snow Farm. Book online with discount code SNOW.

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Welding Sculpture with Found ObjectsJAMES KITCHEN

Join award-winning sculptor James Kitchen to learn the basics of welding and bring your artistic ideas to life in metal. Sparks will fly as metal scraps, discarded car parts, antique kitchen utensils, bolts, and more come together in ways you cannot imagine until you hold the piece in your hands. Start scouting flea markets and antique shops now, and bring a piece of metal for inspiration.WORKSHOP: $405 | SUPPLY FEE: $95

Glass-on-Glass MosaicSAM MYERS

Create a luminous 8” x 8” mosaic by designing and placing vibrant colored glass tessere atop a transparent glass base. Students will learn how to select from patterns, pictures, and drawings to create designs that will shine! Movement, flow, and backgrounds will be achieved through a variety of mosaic techniques. The final artwork will be finished with grout and framed to be hung.WORKSHOP: $390 | SUPPLY FEE $75

Carving Stories into StoneMICHAEL UPDIKE

Using recycled slate roof shingles, etch a design of your choice: a fossil, dragonfly, or sailboat are possibilities. Bring ideas, photos, and sketches for inspiration. The design will start as a ghost image, as you make a line drawing with a white charcoal pencil. Then transition to a chisel and a small wooden mallet to achieve an outline and add depth to the image. Explore this unique process for turning discarded shingles into art. WORKSHOP: $385 | SUPPLY FEE: $10

Tiny Planets: Explorations in Borosilicate MarblesANGELA MCHALE

Create galaxies, underwater scenes, flowers, and whole worlds inside a marble! Using solid borosilicate glass and hollow tubes, learn techniques including compressions, implosions, vortexes, and silver and opal encasements. For the beginner or experienced student, embrace the challenge of bringing planets to life and leave class with a collection of awesome marbles and a toolbox of glass skills that can be used in many ways.WORKSHOP: $405 | Glass rods purchased in class

Catheads: Basics & Beyond JACKIE ABRAMS

Paint your own weaving materials using heavy cotton paper and acrylic paint, then begin weaving with a gracefully footed cathead base. A basic, beautifully formed basket might be just what you want, or you can go beyond: explore the possibilities of twill weaves, create sculptural forms, and learn the rules that can be adapted and broken. Experiment, explore, and have fun! Students can expect to complete two baskets.WORKSHOP: $390 | SUPPLY FEE: $65

Rings on RingsMARY RISLEY

Adorn your hands in silver rings! For beginners, ring making is a great way to explore metalsmithing. More experienced students can practice and refine soldering skills and expand their capacity for expressive design. Demos and discussion will include basic metal fabrication from wire and sheet, sawing, filing, and soldering. Embellish your rings with stamping, hammering, roller printing, finishing, and more! WORKSHOP: $395 | SUPPLY FEE: $40

The Magnificent Cup: Make, Play & ExploreDOUG PELTZMAN

Using various types of cups as a canvas, explore the relationship between form and surface decoration, discuss the meaning and intention behind making pots, and use play as a way to explore new ideas. Learn about Doug’s methods of carving and inlaying slip into leather-hard and bisque-fired clay. Learn an array of tools and techniques for using texture, line, and color. No firing included. Beginners and experienced makers welcome!WORKSHOP: $395 | SUPPLY FEE: $35

Japanese Woodblock PrintingMATT BROWN

This workshop offers a comprehensive introduction to the wonderful range of tools, techniques, and materials used in the tradition of moku hanga. Students will engage in multiple-block design and carving and learn to print using water, brushes, and a hand-held baren. Everyone will complete a multicolor print and learn tricks to adapt new skills to other art-making techniques.WORKSHOP: $390 | INSTRUCTOR KIT FEE $85

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INSTRUCTOR PROFILE

Matt BrownMatt Brown graduated from college with a degree in Art and Architecture and plans to work with his hands. Soon thereafter, he was running his own building company. Those years, he says, were his printmaking apprenticeship: learning to work with wood, to line things up and judge by eye, to draw up plans and implement them in 3D. In 1993, Matt discovered moku hanga printing, and his direction changed. The materials are different but to Matt, the work is still a process of visualizing something, analyzing the parts, and putting hand to tool to make a thing. Matt is one of the few people who teaches the art of Japanese woodblock today. He regularly joins us at Snow Farm for the first weekend of the season. We are delighted to offer his Snow Farm inspired print as a limited edition in 2020. See snowfarm.org for details.

Stay at Snow Farm From May to October, the dorms are open! Settle into a creative retreat where the studios are buzzing late into the night, and the only interruption is a home cooked meal. During 5-day workshops, Friday night includes an exhibit of student art work, a special meal, and an auction. Housing options include double and single rooms (some now with air conditioning), and a private cottage. See page 5.

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PAULETTE WERGER

From classical to funky, explore a wide range of unique links and chain styles. Come with design ideas of your own, or be inspired by Paulette’s nature-inspired work. Learn to combine chain with pearls, beads, and found objects. Students will make samples and experiment with a variety of fused, cold-connected, and soldered link chains. Knowledge of jewelry soldering is required.WORKSHOP: $310 | SUPPLY FEE PAID TO INSTRUCTOR,

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Kiln-Fired Dichroic Glass JewelryLYNN HAUST

Using Bullseye glass, explore the magic of dichroic glass, including inclusions and etching. Using clear and black glass as a base, design and create a collection of colorful glass tiles. After firing, coldwork and shape the glass into pendants. Be amazed at the sparkling colors of your work! Due to firing and annealing times, finished pieces will be sent after class (shipping included in supply fee).WORKSHOP: $330 | SUPPLY FEE: $35

Welded Sculpture: From Conception to Completion CHARLES WIEMEYER

Often starting with a sketch or a concept, Charles has helped numerous artists transform their ideas into full-scale public art projects. Bring sketches, photographs, found objects, personal treasures, and your creative mind. Learn the metal fabrication techniques using MIG and arc welders, a plasma cutter, and more. Transform your vision into something you can proudly display in your home or garden. Artistic or functional pieces are possible. WORKSHOP: $315 | SUPPLY FEE: $55

Bucket List Clay for the Absolute BeginnerTIFFANY HILTON

For the absolute beginner who is curious to try the potter’s wheel! With clear demonstrations and patient individual instruction, students will make bowls and cups. The focus will be on trying something new and learning to work with your hands. Students will not go home with finished work but may fall in love with clay! This is the chance to give pottery a try in a fun and supportive environment!WORKSHOP: $305 | SUPPLY FEE: $25

Draw Into PaintingAMY WYNNE

Using water-soluble drawing media, create multiple landscape studies on paper. Then, bridge the gap between the drawn and painted image by adding water to your studies. Looser studies arise easily as value shapes take over linear description. Moving from linear to painterly can be a liberating process when the starting point is drawing. Color’s relationship to value, composition, and spatial dynamics will be addressed.WORKSHOP: $305 | SUPPLY FEE: $45

Fanciful Floral Arrangements in FeltDANIELLE GORI-MONTANELLI

Join Danielle for a color-filled weekend! Immerse yourself in her time-tested techniques to create beautiful felt jewelry and bring springtime cheer to your collections. Students will be guided to explore a wide range of potential designs, from marigolds to succulents. Danielle will demonstrate her methods for cutting, gluing, and sewing designer felts, and will lead the class to create one-of-a-kind brooches or neck pieces.WORKSHOP: $305 | INSTRUCTOR KIT FEE: $60

Rustic Furniture for the Home & GardenMARK NICHOLSON

Using natural logs and branches, learn building techniques to create rustic, beautiful, and useful furniture. There is plenty of room for creativity in this class to design and build a rustic table, bench, chair, stool, or more. Participants can gather sticks and other natural items from around Snow Farm or bring meaningful natural materials from home to incorporate into projects.WORKSHOP: $310 | SUPPLY FEE: $40

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Craft Champion IndividualsAnonymousSandra BreilJames Clayton & Linda RigaliSusan Clopton & John LevineKatherine CoriglianoKerry Dietz & Eva SchockenHeather & Nicholas DrysdaleJanet & Tom DunlapNan FlemingAnne ForbesClaire Fruitman & FamilyCarol HammerMyra & Thomas HoltRhoda & Sherman LevineJoan LewisHolly & Steven MartineauMary Jo MurphyLisa Oram & Steve BrownAnne & Steve RitcheyJim Rosenthal** & Halina WiczykLois Russell**Mary Scanlon Stephanie Sersich**

Josh SimpsonAnn SlocumDonna Socha & Peter McCarthyMichelle SpazianiDiana & Martin SpillerClaudia Waite & Craig GarnettBecca WebbBobbin Young & Eric WeberCarole ZawatskyBronna Zlochiver**Snow Farm 2019 Instructor

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INSTRUCTOR PROFILE

Aimee Lee Handmade paper artist, author, and Fulbright fellow Aimee Lee is the leading hanji researcher in the United States. She is the American daughter of Korean immigrants, and like many in the second generation, she moved away from her heritage before moving toward it. Making artists books led her to making paper, and when she studied papermaking history, she discovered the gap around Korean paper. She set out to fill the void. A Fulbright fellowship took her deep into the Korean countryside where she met and worked with master crafters and learned to make, fuse, texture, cord weave, and dye hanji. Her award-winning book Hanji, Unfurled came out of this journey. From the traditional paper, Aimee creates books, hangings, sculptures, installations, or whatever living, breathing art that calls to her. Based in Cleveland, OH, Aimee travels and teaches internationally to share a rich culture and stories that are often overlooked.

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The World of Korean PaperAIMEE LEE

Explore a myriad of Korean techniques for making and transforming paper known as hanji. Working as a group, process raw paper mulberry bark into thin translucent sheets of paper and bark lace. Learn techniques for transforming paper, including joomchi (fusing and texturing), jiseung (paper cording and twining for baskets/sculpture), thread making, spinning, and natural dyeing and finishes. Leave with paper, samples, and skills to continue at home!WORKSHOP: $725 | SUPPLY FEE: $110

Micro-Mosaic Jewelry with Flameworked GlassJANICE PEACOCK

Start a micro mosaic by creating a collection of colorful glass components made through flameworking. Learn how to mount the tiny glass pieces in a bezel setting to make stunning and original jewelry. Janice will provide guidance on the unique design challenges of working on a small scale, and students will be able to complete several micro-mosaic pendants and pins. No experience in flameworking or mosaics necessary. WORKSHOP: $750 | SUPPLY FEE: $25

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Explorative & Painterly CollageALEXANDRA SHELDON

Explore color, texture, composition, light, movement, space, and narrative while making collages from scratch. Materials for the collages will include your own painted and printed papers, magazine transfers, and other original textural elements. Emphasis will be on making and learning in a joyous and supportive space.WORKSHOP: $615 | SUPPLY FEE: $75

Compelling Forms, Irresistible SurfacesGARRETT MASTERSON

Begin with a series of small personal sketches in clay that will build to more developed pieces or groupings. Garrett will share techniques acquired while traveling and working in studios in Japan and Italy. As the week unfolds, discover the intrinsic beauty of clay, understand the importance of structure as it relates to the sculptural form, and develop intuition that leads to compelling forms of singular strength. Some work will be bisque or raku fired.WORKSHOP: $760 | SUPPLY FEE: $50

Turning Wood-Carved PotteryMATT MONACO

Learn to design, shape, and hollow out an original semi-enclosed wooden vessel using a wood lathe, and explore the finer points of designing pieces that resemble traditional forms of pottery with classic exterior detail. Learn the use and application of the lathe and hand tools, including the importance of sharpening, proper body position, and relaxation. Discover the joy in shaping wood and creating a finished vessel of your own design.WORKSHOP: $730 | SUPPLY FEE: $65

Women & WeldingMARY KATE CLEARY

Women who weld are hot! Whether you are comfortable with welding or want to try it for the first time, a week in the welding barn will light your creative fire. Work closely with Mary Kate to develop confidence and skills as you learn to use the oxy-acetylene torch, plasma cutter, MIG welder, stick welder, and more. Make functional or decorative objects for your home and garden.WORKSHOP: $640 | SUPPLY FEE: $100

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Adorning the finger has been a tradition for ages, and rings are often loaded with meaning and symbolism. Explore jewelry design, fabrication, basic stone setting, and assembling techniques that are all related to the ring concept. Through demonstration, discussion, hands-on work, and individual attention, students will create rings that are unpredictable, honest, visually complex, bold, confident, simple, and beautiful.WORKSHOP: $620 | INSTRUCTOR KIT FEE: $30

Stained Glass with Fused ElementsDAN MAHER

Make decorative fused elements to be included in a traditionally constructed stained glass panel. Fused imagery can range from representational to abstract in transparent or opalescent glasses. Explore a variety of fused techniques including how to “paint” with frit and stringer, transfer photo images onto glass, and incorporate found objects. The complexity of stained glass projects can be adapted to all skill levels. WORKSHOP: $660 | SUPPLY FEE: $80

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Janice PeacockJanice Peacock, who lives in the San Francisco bay area, has been making one-of-a-kind beads and jewelry since 1992. She also creates large scale sand-cast glass sculptures. In her work, Janice has been fascinated by masks and their transformative nature. She has also been drawn to creating object that appear old, as if they have just been unearthed. Janice’s work has been exhibited internationally, featured in many publications, and is in the permanent collections of The Corning Museum of Glass and The Museum of Glass in Tacoma, WA. Janice is also the author of the Glass Bead Mystery Series, consisting of 4 books and a short story. She was originally inspired to write by a glass studio full of colorful artists who didn’t always get along. They reminded her of the odd, and often humorous, characters in murder mystery books, and so they became her characters! Janice’s latest obsession is micro-mosaics. Join her on this new path!

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Texting on TextileEVA CAMACHO-SANCHEZ

Text plays a powerful role in society and art. In this experimental workshop, explore the use and application of text in your textiles. Techniques covered include stamp carving and printing, stencil cutting, free-form painting, digital printing, stitching, and free embroidering. Also learn how to make and cut words out of prefelts and add them to textiles. Bring home new ideas, samples, and technical know-how to apply to your favorite textiles.WORKSHOP: $390 | INSTRUCTOR KIT FEE: $40

Colorful Magic: Beginning Beads for EveryoneLILIANA GLENN

Bring your passion for color and sparkle to the flameworking studio. Discover the magic of melting and shaping glass into handmade, one-of-a-kind beads and small sculpture. Explore surface decoration such as dots, frit, raking and flowers. Discuss color and design, gravity and heat; all questions and concerns will be addressed. Create something new in a supportive and good-spirited environment. WORKSHOP: $405 | SUPPLY FEE: $15

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Axe & Knife Skills for Women: Carving Spoons & Spatulas ANGELA ROBINS

Make wood chips fly as spoons and spatulas come to life. Students will learn how to split, rough out, and shape a freshly cut log using wedges, an axe, a drawknife and shaving horse, a carving knife, and a hook knife. Ergonomic axe-carving techniques require endurance and patience, so ample time during the class will be spent practicing. Discussion will include form and function, finishing techniques, and tool sharpening.WORKSHOP: $385 | SUPPLY FEE: $40

Alternative FiringsBOB GREEN

Explore a variety of alternative ceramic firing techniques including raku, naked raku, saggar, and horse hair firing. Each one of these methods results in spontaneous and dramatic effects on the work. Enjoy the beauty and magic of these ancient Japanese and Native American techniques as you glaze, burnish, and fire. Students will need to bring greenware to burnish and bisqueware to glaze.WORKSHOP: $650 | SUPPLY FEE: $30

Nature in the AbstractAMANDA HAWKINS

Explore abstraction, color, and mark through the lens of landscape painting. Experience non-traditional drawing exercises, color studies, and a fresh approach to creating rich landscape-based abstract paintings. Each day will include personal work time with ample guidance and one-on-one consultation. Working in water-based media, develop a mini-series and preparatory work, and have the opportunity to execute two larger, more involved canvases.WORKSHOP: $390 | SUPPLY FEE: $80

Taking Shape With CopperLINDSEY MOLYNEUX

Using copper that is soft enough to be manipulated by hand and can be soldered with a benzene torch, explore small-scale metal sculpture using basic tools. Create shapes out of flat copper using a propane torch, hammers, and anvil. Learn ways to color copper and create textures. Students will build armatures for sculpture and learn how to manipulate the copper into any shape. Bring ideas to replicate, such as flowers or animals; abstract ideas are welcome, too. WORKSHOP: $395 | SUPPLY FEE: $60

Ready, Set, Bezel Setting!LAUREN BEAUDOIN

Stones are often a captivating highlight to a piece of jewelry. Bezels are created to frame and hold stones. Learn the basics of bezel setting cabochon stones, including bezel forming, open back bezel settings, fabrication, soldering tips, adding embellishments such as twisted wire or balls, and finishing. Students will design and create a cabochon-set ring, pendant, and/or earrings in sterling silver. WORKSHOP: $395 | SUPPLY FEE: $85

Sculptural Forms in Stained GlassMICHELLE HINEBROOK

Explore the potential of form in stained glass! Demonstrations, exercises, and discussions will equip students to design thoughtful geometric shapes, choose impactful colors, construct armatures out of wire and metal sheet and, finally, cut and assemble glass to create 3D forms using copper foil and solder. By integrating a metal frame within glass sculptures, students can create inventive works, play with scale and shape, and push the boundaries of stained glass.WORKSHOP: $412 | SUPPLY FEE: $65

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Angela RobinsAngela Robins is a woodworker and educator inspired by the curved forms found in Scandinavian and Japanese wooden crafts, particularly the boat and the bowl. She was born in a rural fishing village in northeastern Japan and raised in both Japan and the United States. After the 2011 earthquake and Tsunami in Japan, Angela returned to her hometown and visited with traditional craftspeople in the region. She has studied traditional woodworking in Japan, Norway, Sweden, and for two years as a resident in the artisan development program at North House Folk School in Grand Marais, Minnesota. From axe carving to woodturning on the lathe, Angela works primarily with freshly cut wood, or green wood. She has taught skin-on-frame boatbuilding, woodturning, and woodcarving. She is making her first appearance at Snow Farm and is excited to connect with a new creative community in a new landscape.

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Introduction to Sand CastingCHRIS LANN

With its low equipment costs, sand casting offers budding jewelers an accessible alternative to lost-wax casting. The process takes only minutes from start to finish, which easily allows for making many copies of an original model. Students will identify a suitable object to replicate, prepare a two-part sand mold, melt and pour sterling silver, and finish their casting to wear home.WORKSHOP: $310 | SUPPLY FEE: $70

Flameworking: All the Gadgets for SummerHOLLY KENNY

Learn the fundamentals of glass beadmaking with a torch and soft glass. Then, use your beads to make fun summer gifts for dads or grads, or to enhance the next BBQ. Choose from a bottle opener, spoon, coffee scoop, pen, or letter opener. Topics will include safety, tools and equipment, properties of glass, manipulation of glass with heat and gravity, and finishing beads. No experience is necessary, and all materials are included. WORKSHOP: $315 | Glass rods purchased in class

Mixed-Media Mosaics with Colored GroutJOSH WINER

Explore the creative freedom and possibilities of combining ceramic tile, vitreous glass, broken china, glass beads, stained glass, and mirror to create your own original mosaic. On day one, transfer your design, build your mosaic by cutting tile, then cement tiles down with acrylic cement. On day two, mix and apply a range of vibrantly colored grout to finish your artwork. Students will bring a 14” x 14” colored mosaic design to class.WORKSHOP: $305 | SUPPLY FEE: $65

Nerikomi: Pattern Making with Colored ClayTHOMAS HOADLEY

Nerikomi, sometimes also called neriage, is the traditional Japanese process of working with layers of colored clay. Learn how to prepare multi-colored porcelain with oxides, and how to create form and embed pattern with nerikomi. From a palette of patterned loaves, form vessels using thin slices of clay. Explore the organic union of pattern and structure unique to nerikomi. No firing included.WORKSHOP: $305 | SUPPLY FEE: $45

Dancing with Brush Marks: Chinese Calligraphy & PaintingYEACHIN TSAI

This delightful weekend of Sumi ink and brush will introduce students to traditional Chinese calligraphy and ink painting. Learn the principles and practices of these ancient disciplines and explore how the practice can bring us vividly into the energy of the present moment. Following demonstrations and step-by-step instruction, students will develop their hand and eye by practicing calligraphy and painting flowers, still life, and landscape.WORKSHOP: $305 | SUPPLY FEE: $60

Exploring Crochet Rag RugsCAL PATCH

With the most basic of crochet skills, make your own fabric rugs out of any textile you like! Learn how to wield a jumbo hook, prepare and join your strips, and make differently shaped rugs. Explore colorwork patterns in addition to stripes and solids. Once mastered, these techniques can also be used to make baskets or vessels. Comfort with chain and single crochet stitches required (online resources available).WORKSHOP: $305 | Students bring supplies

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All Bowls, All WeekendRICK ANGUS

In this fast-paced class, students will focus on the cross-grain technique of woodturning to make bowls from local hardwoods. Learn to use a bowl gouge for shaping, a scraper for refining the surface, and simple oil coatings to create a lustrous finish. Bring your bowl design ideas and make them happen during this class. No experience necessary—give woodturning a try and you will be delighted with the results.WORKSHOP: $310 | SUPPLY FEE: $30

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Horizons/Snow Farm High School Program Alumni

Altered Artist BooksZOE SASSON Snow Farm, 2005

Mosaic with Found ObjectsEMILY BHARGAVA Horizons, 1994 Snow Farm, 2003, 2004

Make the Ring of Your DreamsSUNA BONOMETTI

Snow Farm, 2003-06 Snow Farm, 2008-18

Flameworking: Make It MeltyRICHARD PAZ Snow Farm, 2012

Roots, Shoots, Leaves & Flowers: Local Plants to Dye ForMICHELLE PARRISH Horizons, 1986

Come back to Snow Farm for the first-ever high school program alumni reunion!

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Intuitive ClaySTEVE THEBERGE

Horizons, 1995-97 Snow Farm, 2013-15

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Get into the studios with a 2-day workshop taught by high school program alumni.

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It’s a party! Join us for a relaxed BBQ dinner, music, making art together, and of course, a bonfire.

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Stay in the dorms overnight and enjoy pancake breakfast.

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• All former high school students, staff, and instructors are invited.

• Join the alumni Facebook group.

• Send us your current contact info.

• Gather up your old Snow Friends and make a plan to attend.

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Rob JacksonRob Jackson is an acclaimed jeweler, one of ten featured in the Penland Book of Jewelry. He’s had a long career in teaching at the University of Georgia in Athens, GA, including as a faculty member at the study abroad program in Cortana, Italy. Rob is currently a Professor Emeritus and lives in Amherst, MA. Rob’s work investigates the use of found steel fragments in jewelry. Often he combines vintage iron nails forged with precious metals and gemstones. Most recently, Rob transformed a single shot muzzleloader pistol into an implement for making a single shot of expresso. The piece is part of a traveling exhibit called IMAGINE Peace Now which is a response to gun violence. Rob’s work has been exhibited extensively in juried exhibitions and featured in many publications.

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JESSE RASID

Gain mastery of the many techniques that make a glassblower move smoothly and efficiently through the shop and produce high quality results. Jesse will break down the basic processes into mini-lessons and guide students through drills and repetition to build fluency and muscle memory. On the third day, students will apply their newly honed skills to their own artistic designs to see improvements. Twenty-five hours of previous instruction required.WORKSHOP: $435 | SUPPLY FEE: $55

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Intermediate students will have an opportunity to venture into new techniques or refine trouble spots. Send your questions to Marta in advance of the class and/or ask for what you want on the fly. Marta is versatile in borosilicate and soft glass, in sculpture, design, and decoration. This is a chance to work hard and play in a comfortable, supportive setting while getting to know other experienced flameworkers (or just bring your friends!). WORKSHOP: $405 | Glass rods purchased in class

Glass Fusing: Fun with FunctionMOE ADERMAN

Explore the creative potential and technical process of fusing and kiln-forming glass. Develop glass cutting skills, learn firing schedules, and practice finishing techniques with grinders and wet sanders. Learn the “cut and shift” technique using Spectrum® OpalArt™ glass to create a platter or bowl. Experiment with tack fusing and, as time allows, turn experiments into jewelry. Perfect as an introduction or a refresher course.WORKSHOP: $420 | SUPPLY FEE TO INSTRUCTOR

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Discover the idiosyncrasies of working with porcelain on and off the wheel, learning Martha’s special throwing and altering techniques. Exploit the sensuous nature of porcelain and investigate the idea of pouring by making pitchers, ewers, teapots, gravy boats, and more. Crack repair and mending techniques will be addressed. Participants will go home with greenware. Some clay experience required.WORKSHOP: $395 | SUPPLY FEE: $50

The Golden Age of Marbling: Classic Watercolor PatternsREGINA & DAN ST JOHN

Recreate authentic marbling patterns of the 1800s using historic techniques. Make your own paints from pigments, self-made binders, and a beeswax glazing paste that allows your marbled papers to be burnished to a beautiful, durable sheen. Learn to manage paint additives to create and intermingle beautiful Shell, Stormont, Glouster, Italian Vein, and Tiger Eye patterns. Marvel as 19th-century techniques meet 20th-century materials for endless possibilities!WORKSHOP: $390 | SUPPLY FEE: $60

Joomchi & BeyondJIYOUNG CHUNG

Explore the Korean tradition of papermaking. By layering and agitating Korean mulberry papers and water, students will create strong, textural, painterly papers that can be used in a variety of applications. Joomchi can be used for sculptures, painting, surface design, collage, and drawing, or to create functional objects such as baskets or lamps. Students will also learn about the history, practice, and role of joomchi in Korean society.WORKSHOP: $415 | SUPPLY FEE: $45

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The Eloquent Nail: Jewelry Fabrication with SteelROB JACKSON

Using antique nails and found steel fragments, explore the process of jewelry fabrication with steel and iron and the design challenges of using rustic materials in a precious-jewelry format. Starting with the basic ring format, develop strategies for soldering steel with silver and gold solders. Learn how to use small-scale blacksmithing, forming, and tube-set faceted stones to enhance the work. WORKSHOP: $395 | SUPPLY FEE: $40

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Enter the world of charismatic sculptor James Kitchen! Learn the basics of welding and then bring your ideas to life in metal. With both indoor and outdoor workspaces, the welding barn is a hot spot at Snow Farm. Use found items such as bicycle parts, old tools, metal scrap, utensils, and more to create wall hangings, table sculptures, or garden statues. Students are encouraged to bring unusual or found metal objects to supplement the scrap pile. WORKSHOP: $405 | SUPPLY FEE: $95

Paddle Making: Graceful PracticalityCRAIG ADDIS

Create a beautiful, strong, lightweight, single-bladed canoe paddle or a Greenland-style double-bladed paddle specifically tailored to your use. During the process, learn woodworking skills with both power and hand tools. Explore how to add visual interest to the paddle with woods that have contrast and figure. Previous woodworking experience is helpful but not required. An amazing opportunity for woodworkers at all levels!WORKSHOP: $395 | SUPPLY FEE: $90

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Gene FloresThe metal sculptures of Gene Montez Flores can be seen all over the world. Gene grew up in San Bernardino, CA, just twenty minutes over the moun-tains to the edge of the Mojave Desert, a powerful landscape that recurs often in his work. In college, he became interested in the Japanese influence on architectural design, and was drawn to work in steel because the cutting of steel with fire evoked the stroke of a sumi-e brush, and enabled ease of movement between 2D and 3D visuals. Gene’s work includes many public art pieces such as a Memorial for 9/11 in Rockville, MD for the eleven citizens Montgomery County lost; a kinetic sculpture, Bells, for the City of Lodz, Poland; and El Paso de los Suenos, a gateway in the Silicon Valley that pays tribute to dreamers, from the earli-est Spanish ranchers to modern day electronic innovators. Gene has lived in western Massachusetts since 1987 and his week at Snow Farm includes a visit to his personal studio.

Seamless Sculptural Feltmaking

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Take your feltmaking to the next level! Learn seamless wet felting techniques to produce pockets, protrusions, and compartments in sculptural forms. Explore hand shaping and resist methods to create 3D elements for functional pieces or artistic works. This class requires hand strength, repetitive physical movement, and basic felting experience. Come delight in new possibilities under Fafnir’s creative guidance. WORKSHOP: $615 | SUPPLY FEE: $45

Introduction to Flamework: Inspired Glass TreasuresMADELINE STEWART

Let inspiration flow with the molten glass as you explore and experiment with the magic of flameworking. Work in borosilicate or soft glass and learn to make marbles, pendants, beads, sculpture, and more. Bring your ideas, pictures, and an open mind. Go home with handmade glass treasures that will delight and amaze. All levels. WORKSHOP: $640 | Glass rods purchased in class

Nuts & Bolts: An Exploration of Steel SculptureGENE FLORES

Gene will open up the world of steel sculpture throughout the week while students learn all the basic cutting and welding techniques and work on individual projects. He will share images of notable works, take the class on a field trip to purchase supplies and to visit a large fabricator, and invite the class to lunch and a tour at his personal studio. Enjoy an immersion into all sides of the technical and artistic aspects of welded metal.WORKSHOP: $630 | SUPPLY FEE: $50

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Lids, spouts, handles, and feet all work together, giving pots personality as well as making them complete as functional serving pieces. Improve throwing technique, and develop confidence in form as you build with functional touch in mind. Simple and elegant surface treatments will be demonstrated. Students will bring home bisque-fired stoneware and leather-hard pieces. Throwing basics required.WORKSHOP: $650 | SUPPLY FEE: $50

Marbling: You Can Never Have Enough!REGINA & DAN ST JOHN

In this step-by-step acrylic paper marbling workshop, work on full-size professional marbling tanks, learn to use precision marbling tools, and experiment with a wide range of traditional and contemporary patterns and techniques. Create some simple projects beautified by your papers and depart with a leather, edge-marbled journal and many papers in a spectacular array of patterns and colors.WORKSHOP: $615 | SUPPLY FEE: $95

Fundamentals of Jewelry MakingALAN BURTON THOMPSON

If you’ve ever wondered how a beautiful ring or necklace was made, this class is for you! Learn the basics of soldering copper, brass, and silver and also how to cut, shape, texture, and finish your own jewelry creations. Gain understanding of what makes well-constructed and lasting pieces. Build skills in all the necessary processes that will open a world of possibilities, including any Snow Farm jewelry making classes with “experience required.” WORKSHOP: $620 | SUPPLY FEE: $35

Fire & Ice: Silver Metal Clay with Fused GlassLISEL CROWLEY

Explore the delightful and varied ways that fused glass can be combined with fine silver metal clay. Learn the basics of creating fused glass cabochons, which can be made to mimic opal, drusy, fire agate, and other beautiful stones. Explore the various techniques for cutting and setting the cabs in traditional bezels and other innovative designs, taking into account clay shrinkage and how it impacts the glass.WORKSHOP: $660 | INSTRUCTOR KIT FEE:$275

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Glassblowing: Bowls from Scandinavia

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Learn traditional Scandinavian-style blowing techniques that are based on economy of form, movement, and heat. Through an in-depth exploration of the blown bowl, examine how to manipulate glass using heat, gravity, and centrifugal force (along with newspaper). Build muscle memory and train the eye through repetition, and come to understand the value of these forces and how glass responds to them.WORKSHOP: $675 | SUPPLY FEE: $65

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Arrange, edit, connect, and fasten in this exciting assemblage workshop. Bring your own stash of curious and interesting objects in wood, metal, organic matter, or other material. Learn about safety, use of tools, and various fastening techniques. Discuss process and the work of other assemblage artists to help guide your own composition while creating unique, found-object works of art.WORKSHOP: $615 | SUPPLY FEE: $35

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Introduction to Glassblowing: The Bowl is the GoalWILLIAM D’ERRICO

Learn the fundamentals of glassblowing with a focus on gathering glass, blowing even-walled bubbles, and mastering centrifugal force with the eventual goal of designing, setting up, and forming basic bowls of all shapes and styles. Fruit bowls, cereal bowls, pet-food bowls, and free-form bowl shapes are all possible. Repetition, practice, and teamwork will bring creativity and fun to the challenge of bowl making!WORKSHOP: $345 | SUPPLY FEE: $45

Birch Bark BasketryVLADIMIR YARISH

Working with hand-harvested birch bark, learn traditional double-woven, straight, and plaited basketry construction. Vladimir will lecture on root harvesting and traditional weaving methods and guide students as they create two or three pieces from both traditional and contemporary designs with a variety of rims, lids, and embellishments. Handmade specialized tools will be brought for all to share. Materials fee based on projects completed.WORKSHOP: $305 | SUPPLY FEE TO INSTRUCTOR

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Handling a Knife with StyleROBERT DANCIK

Choose a knife blade−chef’s, paring, or hunting−and create a customized handle using Faux BoneTM, an innovative material that is easy to form, nearly unbreakable, and completely non-toxic. Faux BoneTM can mimic the look and feel of bone, ivory, ceramic, wood, or antler, and it can be decorated using inlay, metal applique, dyeing, painting, carving, or scrimshaw. The tools are easy to use and the techniques have many applications. WORKSHOP: $310 | SUPPLY FEE: $30

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Vitality & Meaning: Clay FiguresVALERIE GILMAN

Discover new realms of expression using the human figure in clay. Val will guide the class to a deeper understanding of the human figure using basic anatomy, live models, and creative exploration. Play with gesture and intentional distortion to discover narrative dimension. Whether you are experienced with clay or not, you will be inspired by learning new ways to see and build. No firing included.WORKSHOP: $355 | SUPPLY FEE: $75

Stitched Bindings & the JournalLISA HERSEY

If you can thread a needle, you can sew a book! Learn a variety of non-adhesive stitched binding techniques for creating sturdy, sewn sketchbooks and journals. Master the basics and then advance to explore a variety of decorative and more complex bindings. Each student will come away with several new handmade blank journals and the skills, techniques, and tools to continue at home.WORKSHOP: $305 | INSTRUCTOR KIT FEE:$40

Narrative MendingKAREN STEVENS

Become a fearless mender! Learn several stitch techniques that not only structurally repair a woven garment but make the repair into an expressive feature of the fabric. Explore ways to add pattern or figurative elements to mended work. Experience slow stitching as a meditative form of self care. Learn to see holes not just as problems to be fixed, but as opportunities to highlight and tell a personal story.WORKSHOP: $305 | SUPPLY FEE: $20

Introduction to WeldingMARY KATE CLEARY

In a fast-paced and exciting weekend, explore the basics of welding and create metal sculpture using both both found objects and cut steel. Learn to work safely with an oxy-acetylene torch, plasma cutter, MIG welder, stick welder, and more. Never used a power tool before? Now is the time! Discussion will include design, fabrication, and creative problem solving. The Snow Farm welding barn will become your new favorite place! WORKSHOP: $315 | SUPPLY FEE: $40

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Diving Deep: Clay Studio FUN-damentalsDONNA MCGEE

Learn healthy studio practices both inside and out. Starting with the pottery wheel and slab roller, explore the essential tools of the clay studio. Emphasis will be on discovery with a variety of FUN low-fire projects. Play is the primary goal, while learning the tricks of the trade. Firing and material safety will be covered, as well as equipment uses and tips. Students will bring home finished glazed ware. Open to all levels.WORKSHOP: $535 | SUPPLY FEE: $40

White Line WoodcutLISA HOUCK

White line woodcut is a technique developed in Provincetown in the 1920s. Inspired by European modernism and American crafts techniques, Blanche Lazzell and others developed a simple process that combines printmaking and watercolor painting. Students start by carving linear drawings into a woodblock and then learn to print multiple colors from the block. With a few simple tools, this process is easy to continue beyond the class.WORKSHOP: $505 | SUPPLY FEE: $25

Metal Animal Sculpture with Cold ConnectionsLEONARD STRECKFUS

Get on your Rosie the Riveter vibe! Explore found objects to find suggestive shapes that can be woven together into picture-like sculptures. Learn the cold joinery techniques that Leonard developed - and which make his processes low tech and portable. Explore color, texture, and surface treatments that bring a painterly perspective to metal work. Create animal sculptures that are realistic with a dash of whimsy! WORKSHOP: $510 | SUPPLY FEE: $65

Fabricating a Narrative: From Lockets to ReliquariesROB JACKSON

Bring together image fragments, forms, and found objects into a piece of jewelry that expresses a visual or symbolic narrative. Start by learning to use the jeweler’s torch and silver soldering to make a simple ring. Then explore design layout and metalsmithing techniques such as piercing, rivets, roller printing, and more. Using inspiration from historical and contemporary examples, design and fabricate a meaningful locket or pendantWORKSHOP: $510 | SUPPLY FEE: $45

Adventures in GlassblowingSANDY DUKESHIRE

Discover the excitement of glassblowing! Regardless of what material you work in most often, trying something new will bring fresh ideas to your work. Enjoy the freedom of learning for the sake of learning! Explore all the basics of glassblowing and create simple blown vessels, paperweights, and solid sculpted flowers. Teamwork, proper tool usage, and studio etiquette will be stressed in a fun and supportive environment.WORKSHOP: $555 | SUPPLY FEE: $65

Frame Loom WeavingFAFNIR ADAMITES

Learn to use simple frame looms that are portable and easy to use in various settings. Create unique art weavings using a variety of materials including yarn, fabric, and paper. Explore design techniques for image making as well as methods of “free-form” or improvisational weaving. Learn the fundamentals of tapestry weaving and consider the history of weaving around the world and in contemporary society. WORKSHOP: $505 | SUPPLY FEE: $30

G2: Glass & GraphicsDORIE GUTHRIE

Come for a taste of the varied ways to fabricate graphics onto flat glass and 3D forms, with an emphasis on sandblasting and enamel painting. Experiment with decals, photo resist, reverse painting, underpainting, and layering imagery. Learn how to cut and grind sheet glass, write kiln schedules, and execute multiple fusing styles. Explore making plates, coasters, trivets, jewelry, hanging vases, and more!WORKSHOP: $540 | SUPPLY FEE: $95

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When the last bell rings, head to Snow Farm for art camp! Educators have the hardest (and most important) job, so after months of tending to the creative growth of others, turn the tables and tend to yourself. Choose one workshop and sink into the process of learning. Let us take care of all the planning and meals! Set an intention for your summer and make it creative.

Snow Farm is an approved Massachusetts Department of Education Professional Development Provider.

Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday

2 - 6p Arrival & Check-in

3 - 5p Hands-on mini-workshop

5:15p Opening Reception

6:15p Dinner

7 - 9p Orientation and Instructor Slides

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9a - 12p Workshop

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7:30 - 9p Guest Artist Presentation

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5 - 6p Closing Reception

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*Friday arrival is optional. If you are out of school and ready to dive in, please join us for this fun afternoon. If you need more time at home/school, please arrive by Saturday, 9a.

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Schedule highlights: • Arrival on Friday afternoon,

evening, or Saturday morning to accommodate varying last days of school.

• Three days of instruction with open studios in the evening.

• Special programming to include artist talks, mini-workshops, and opportunities to connect with other educators.

• Request for Proposals is open for presentations. Get a discounted workshop if your proposal is accepted. See snowfarm.org for details. Deadline March 1, 2020.

Housing for this 4-night program

Double: $325 Single: $485 Single Plus $565 Deluxe Single: $645 Cottage: $805

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No Sheets Required: Sculptural PaperFAFNIR ADAMITES

Explore the sculptural possibilities of paper pulp. Learn to build an armature from wire, reed, string, or mesh to support paper pulp such as abaca and cotton. A number of casting methods will be introduced, including dipping and casting. Emphasis will be on experimentation as students explore the sculptural impact of repetition, texture, and surface design. All levels welcome.WORKSHOP: $505 | SUPPLY FEE: $65

Welded Wall Art: Explore the PossibilitiesBOB TURAN

Build confidence and hand-eye coordination as you learn to cut and weld steel. Learn basic safety and the hands-on operation of oxy-acetylene, arc, and MIG welders, as well as plasma cutting equipment. Come with your ideas and steel found objects (or take some from our stockpile) and turn them into creative decor for your home or garden. Bring new life to old stuff. All levels welcome. WORKSHOP: $525 | SUPPLY FEE: $85

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Stones are a great way to add color and dimension to jewelry. Explore a variety of settings, including the X setting for a ring or earrings, easy basket for straight and fancy pendants, V-shaped for a pendant or rings, and the tube setting for stacked rings. Each setting will be made into a finished piece of your own design. Build your skills and jewelry collection at the same time!WORKSHOP: $510 | SUPPLY FEE: $75

Woodworking: A Small Side TableELLEN KASPERN

Working on a simple but elegant side table is the perfect project for using a number of woodworking skills. In the base, learn (or practice) mortise and tenon construction, lap joints, and dyeing wood. For the top, learn how to glue up and match two boards and cut a circle using the bandsaw and router. Lastly, the top will be chamfered to give the table a lighter look and feel. You will be delighted by this piece of new handmade furniture for your home! WORKSHOP: $510 | SUPPLY FEE: $55

Beginning Flamework: Summertime FloralsHOLLY KENNY

You don’t need a green thumb to have a beautiful garden! Beginner and intermediate students will use heat, gravity, and molten glass to grow daisies, poppies, sunflowers, and roses. Techniques will include sunken and raised petals, using complex twisted stringer and cane, layering, silver and copper foil, frit and more! Students will leave with new skills, inspiration, and a summer bouquet!WORKSHOP: $525 | Glass rods & silver wire purchased in class

Textile Vessels: Think Big by Working SmallLISSA HUNTER

Learning “small” is a great way to gain skills and spur ideas. Using the simple textile techniques of weaving, coiling, twining, looping, and knotting, and a limited array of materials, students will experiment with small textile vessels that can grow into larger structures and other creations. Along the way, instruction will consider form, color, texture, scale, and other design elements. Some textile skills helpful but not necessary.WORKSHOP: $505 | SUPPLY FEE: $12

Explorations in Stained GlassDONNA SOLOMON

Learn the basics of creating a stained glass panel through step-by-step instruction in cutting and grinding glass, copper foil application, soldering, and finishing. Beginners will build skills on simple, elegant patterns, and intermediate students can develop their own designs or bring more complex patterns to work from. Students can develop a larger piece or create several smaller panels.WORKSHOP: $510 | SUPPLY FEE: $80

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Melissa WeissMelissa Weiss is the author of Handbuilt: A Potter’s Guide, published in 2018. She is a full-time studio potter in Asheville, NC who teaches extensively. Melissa says that memories of summers spent in Queens, NY with her mother’s Sicilan family who all lived in one house are what inspire her to make beautiful, useful objects for everyday life. “Dishes to celebrate family and tradition,” she says. All Melissa’s pots are made from clay she digs from land in Arkansas Ozarks. Minimally processed, the iron rich stoneware is fired to cone 10 in a gas reduction kiln and reduction cooled using wood as fuel.

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Reduction Cooled Hand-Built PotsMELISSA WEISS

Bring your hands to this special extended-length workshop and enjoy all the best of a Snow Farm experience: time to learn, explore, and connect while being inspired and supported by your surroundings. Learn new approaches to traditional methods of coils and slab building, plus discover the little known charm of kurinuki - carving form from solid clay. Surface treatment will be rustic yet refined, using wax resist and oxide washes in combination with bold glaze decoration. Stoneware pieces will be high-fired and reduction-cooled for truly unique, stunning surfaces, and one-of-a-kind pots.WORKSHOP: $1,410 | SUPPLY FEE: $100

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Line, Color & Shape in the KilnJESSI MOORE

Explore color and line as a starting point for sculptural or functional work in fused glass! Find your voice with creative exercises, and achieve your vision with in-depth technical instruction. Learn glass cutting, layout, layering, and firings; make playful lines in the vitrigraph kiln; and experiment with powder manipulation for expressive coloring. Take away new ideas, finished projects, and the ability to write kiln schedules and work independently.WORKSHOP: $660 | SUPPLY FEE: $115

Alternative Surfaces, Connections & Personal Expressions in JewelryMARY HETTMANSPERGER

Learn diverse approaches to jewelry construction including cold connections and weaving. Explore surface design with torch-fired enamels, patinas, embossing, and colored pencils for adding textural details and color. Use copper sheet, wire, and embellishments as well as small, personal objects to explore endless options for assembling, connecting, and bringing your ideas to life!WORKSHOP: $620 | SUPPLY FEE TO INSTRUCTOR

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Traditional Yoruba Batik, Adire & Tie-dye GASALI ADEYEMO

Explore traditional Nigerian dyeing and printing techniques while learning about the arts and culture of the Yoruba people from a master craftsman. Students will learn about the unique symbolism and imagery in Nigerian textiles and experiment with intricate hand drawn patterns and deep indigo colors. Using wax, yucca paste resist, and fiber dyes, students will dye and print shirts, fabric, and scarves. WORKSHOP: 615 | SUPPLY FEE: $55

Encaustic Next Level: Working LargeDIETLIND VANDER SCHAAF

Deepen your encaustic practice by building skills, expanding visual vocabulary, and navigating the technical and compositional challenges of larger work. Following a quick review of the basics, move at your own pace to push and hone skills. Explore how to manipulate encaustic to create texture and develop translucency and depth between layers. Creative exercises, including free writing and verbal prompts, will further your work.WORKSHOP: $615 | SUPPLY FEE: $185

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Gasali AdeyemoGasali Adeyemo was born in in the small rural village of Ofatedo, located in Osun State, Nigeria. He describes his family as “rich in spirit and culture, but poor in capital.” Gasali sponsored his own education through high school, earning money by working on village farms, and at times, by sketching portraits at social gatherings for a donation. After completing high school, Gasali turned his attention to art. In 1990, he discovered the Nike Center for Art and Culture in Osogbo, Nigeria, where he mastered the arts of batik painting on fabric and rice paper, indigo dyeing, quilt making, embroidery, and applique. In 1995, he was one of six Nigerian artists included in an exhibit in Germany. Soon after, he began receiving commissions and invitations to travel abroad. Today, Gasali lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico and travels the country teaching the traditional art of indigo dyeing.

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Knifemaking 101 RICK ANGUS & NORMAN ED

Two studios and three materials. Rick and Norman will guide students through a creative and technical process with excellent results. Start by making a letter opener with a steel blade and wood handle. Then, bring your ideas for a knife shape and cut it from a sheet of steel; shape, harden, and temper its cutting edge; and mount it into a figured wood handle pinned with brass rivets. Polish the knife to a high shine and sharpen to a surgical cutting edge. Make a leather sheath to hold your knife snugly. WORKSHOP: 630 | SUPPLY FEE: $50

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Valerie LeuthValerie Lueth operates the internation-ally recognized artist press Tugboat Printshop in Pittsburgh, PA. The press produces exclusive limited-edition prints made traditionally, start-to-finish by hand with exacting care, and using top shelf papers & inks. Valerie earned a BFA in printmaking from the University of South Dakoka in 2004, and has steadily produced her own handcrafted woodblock prints at Tugboat since co-founding the press in 2006. She was “raised rural” on the South Dakota prairie and was self-mo-tivated to draw, build, tinker, and grow from a young age. Valeries says her “love of art, craftsmanship, print history and technique, photography, writing, design, nature, bootstrapping, and sharing with others” is what has propelled her path in the arts. Her work is widely published.

Experimental WeavingJEN SIMMS

Start by building your own simple frame loom. Unlike a traditional weaving class, this will feel more like painting, drawing, or collage within the structure of the loom. Focus on intuitive processes, material as metaphor, the poetics of design, and weaving as meditation. Collect and bring materials from home: yarn, fabric scraps, paper, or found objects—almost anything goes!WORKSHOP: $615 | SUPPLY FEE: $20

Glass Beads to Fine JewelryLILIANA GLENN

Glass beads tell a story of color, light, and beauty. Make them yourself in a torch flame with a glass rod in hand. Embellish each bead with dots, stripes, bubbles, flowers, and much more. Next, with handfuls of fresh beads, move to the metals studio and explore the design and fabrication of unique wearable art. You will not believe what your mind and hands will create with metal and your own glass beads!WORKSHOP: $640 | SUPPLY FEE: $65

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Multiblock Color WoodcutVALERIE LUETH

Learn Valerie’s unique approach to woodcut printmaking. She will offer insight into drawing and carving techniques, transferring, registering and printing multiblock color, tool maintenance, and more. Students will work to complete and edition a multiblock color woodcut print during the workshop. Expand your application of traditional woodcut craft while experiencing Valerie’s intricate and spirited methods of block printing!WORKSHOP: $725 | SUPPLY FEE: $80

Colorful Dishes: Decorative Design Inviting UseLIZ QUACKENBUSH

Make dishes that suit your personal aesthetic, lifestyle, AND culinary tastes. Consider “thoughtful pottery” along with your own table space and ideal tableware. Create bisque molds that encourage working in multiples and explore decoration techniques including wax relief on raw porcelain, carving, inlay, sgraffito, underglaze applications, and more. If time allows, pieces will be bisque fired.WORKSHOP: $760 | SUPPLY FEE: $55

Woodturning: Bowls & Beyond KEN LINDGREN

Learn to use the lathe to turn pieces of tree limbs and trunks into wooden bowls, platters, artistic sculptures, and more. Each day, try a new way to decorate your turned pieces: coloring, carving, texturing, and/or burning. Beginners will learn basic lathe safety, operation, and turning techniques. Experienced students will enhance their skill level. No physical strength or previous woodworking experience is required! WORKSHOP: $620 | SUPPLY FEE: $80

Whimsical WeldingBILL RHODES

Bring your imagination and sense of humor, and join Bill to learn the basics of welding and metal sculpture. Using found objects, cut steel, and basic welding tools, create whimsical artwork from metal that will surprise and delight both the maker and viewer. Learn technical welding and artistic design; you will not believe the quality and quantity of what you can achieve in this week. WORKSHOP: $640 | SUPPLY FEE: $110

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Working with traditional and contemporary techniques, create a wall hanging mosaic out of pebbles, stone, shell, metal cast-offs, and dalle de verre (French for slab glass). Techniques and demos include material combinations, composition and design, cutting methods for the dalle, and setting materials directly in thinset. Historic and contemporary examples will be discussed. Great for artists with some mosaic experience. WORKSHOP: $615 | SUPPLY FEE: $75

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Friday Nights Students celebrate each other in an exhibit of the week’s best work. Wine, appetizers, a festive dinner, and an auction to benefit Snow Farm scholarships end the week with flair.

Wednesday Afternoons During 5-day classes, there is no instruction on Wednesday afternoon, so many students hunker down in their studios. Others use the time to explore the Pioneer Valley with its museums, shopping, and places to hike and swim.

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A Book of One’s Own: Coptic Stitch Journals for Daily WritingSUZI BANKS BAUM

Participants will paint paste papers and build two Coptic stitch journals. The pages will fill with a daily practice based on writing or visual prompts that is integral to deepening intuition for any artist. Dwelling at the crossroads of the book and literary arts, these sumptuous journals become nests for expressive and responsive resilience. For creative souls and big thinkers who want to gather impressions and experiment.WORKSHOP: $615 | SUPPLY FEE: $80

The Monotypewriter: One-Off Prints with TextLESLIE A. GROSSMAN

Create one-of-a-kind prints with words, symbols, letters, scribbles, cryptographs, and everything textual. Techniques include additive and subtractive drawing with ink on plexi, brayer play, stencils, ghost prints, stamps, and more. Explore the art of mark making with layers, textures, and color on multiplate monotypes. For the printmaker, painter, writer, and anyone interested in experimental and uninhibited printmaking!WORKSHOP: $665 | SUPPLY FEE: $125

Traditional Timber Framing: A Contemplative Space NEIL GODDEN

Learn the time-honored craft of timber framing while constructing a contemplative space for art and writing. Lay out joinery using the square-rule method, then cut and raise a small timber frame building using hand tools. Care and sharpening of chisels and hand planes will be discussed. From design to assembly, students will be outdoors and construct a timber-framed structure hands-on and go home with knowledge and resources to replicate on their own.WORKSHOP: $700 | Students bring tools

Cloisonné Enameling & Haiku WritingHARLAN BUTT

Writing haiku poems can be fun and easy; it can also be surprisingly relaxing and startlingly profound. In this innovative class, combine haiku−written in class using prompts and exercises−with cloisonné enameling, a process of drawing with wire and filling in the spaces with glass. Focusing on small objects, everyone will learn how to use Harlan’s special jig for forming repetitive shapes in cloisonné.WORKSHOP: $730 | SUPPLY FEE: $80

Tell a Story with Traditional Glass Murrine

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In this technique-oriented class, intermediate flameworkers will explore the processes of making murrine glass cane featuring letters, words, and simple images. Learn to construct the cane in hot glass, pull a bar, chip the slices, and apply the murrine. At the end of class, use your own handmade murrine to create an expressive story bead. Detail-oriented design will be analyzed, executed, and applied in hot glass.WORKSHOP: $682 | Glass rods purchased in class

Let’s Talk: Image & Text on ClayKATHY KING

Using humor as a tool, and other non-traditional ideas about function and storytelling, create a personal vocabulary of image and text on wheel thrown and hand built ceramic forms. Incorporate layers of narrative using carving techniques such as sgraffito, in combination with resist printing, Photo-EZ silk-screening, and decals. Glaze techniques that enhance surfaces will be demonstrated.WORKSHOP: $650 | SUPPLY FEE: $60

The Sacred Art of Painting & Writing on GlassSAM MYERS

Learn the medieval art of mixing and applying kiln-fired, lead-free glass paint to a stained glass panel. Design a 12” x 12” panel; cut and fit glass pieces; practice drawing and writing on glass, and then apply your painted words and imagery to your projects. Learn to kiln fire the painted pieces, and then assemble your panel for a beautiful finished product. WORKSHOP: $660 | SUPPLY FEE: $90

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Writing, Craft & Creative ConnectionsThe last week of summer is devoted to a group of workshops connected by a theme. This year, we look to the pen and paintbrush and explore the intersection of writing and art. The collaborative impulse is always strong and the energy high during the theme week; inspiration abounds! Writers, visual artists, makers of craft, and anyone who is curious, join us to discover how storytelling, words, imagery, and form speak to you.

In addition to workshops, the week will be peppered with special opportunities and artist talks. Friday night dinner under the stars has become a well-loved tradition catered by a guest chef.

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Eggshell as Mosaic TesseraLINDA BIGGERS

Eggshell is a versatile mosaic tesserae, both as a primary element and within a mixed media piece. Learn the techniques to prepare, break, cut, and shape eggshells while creating your own small mosaic. Designs will be provided that incorporate key skills: breaking fill pieces, cutting shapes, and layering, amongst others; however, students may use their own designs if they prefer. Explore color value and andamento to help create an exciting visual piece.WORKSHOP: $390 | SUPPLY FEE: $20

Rings on RingsMARY RISLEY

Adorn your hands in silver rings! Ring making is a great way to begin a journey in metalsmithing. This 3-day workshop is geared towards beginners but will be a great refresher for those with past experience. We will cover the basics of metal fabrication, sawing, filing, and soldering. Experiment over the weekend with stamping, hammering, roller printing, finishing, and more! WORKSHOP: $395 | SUPPLY FEE: $40

Thrown & Altered Porcelain

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Using play and experimentation, discover creative ways to approach the form and surface of porcelain utilitarian pottery. Slice, dice, bend, fold, stamp, and decorate your way towards a new vocabulary of useful forms. Demonstrations will include throwing, darting, and template making. Discussions will center around ergonomics, 3D sketching as a method of design, and creative problem solving.WORKSHOP: $395 | SUPPLY FEE: $45

The Painterly Landscape in Pastel

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Explore the landscape with the versatile medium of pastel. Working both inside and outside, experiment with mark making and learn the secrets to creating richly layered color and powerful compositions. Quick plein air studies and color notes will inform larger works developed in the studio. Demos each day and individual attention at the easel will clarify process and techniques. Some drawing experience required.WORKSHOP: $390 | SUPPLY FEE: $50 Bring pastels

Shibori Rainbow: A Full Spectrum of Natural Dyed ColorGRAHAM KEEGAN

Shibori has become strongly associated with indigo dyeing; however, this traditional pattern-making method can be used with every natural dye color. In this workshop, explore itajime, a pattern-making style that relies on folds and binding. Various natural dyes will be layered on top of each other to create a beautiful array of pattern and color. Learn how to prepare fabric, extract dyes from plants, create patterns, and finish fabric.WORKSHOP: $390 | SUPPLY FEE: $25

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Mold-Making MadnessJESSI MOORE

Learn all about small, open-faced plaster molds designed for casting glass. Explore different ways to create patterns in clay and other materials and how to change these low-relief “positives” into solid glass. Learn techniques for filling the molds, including selective color application and upcycling of flat glass scrap. Leave with technical skills, small projects, and the ability to write kiln schedules and work independently.WORKSHOP: $420 | SUPPLY FEE: $55

Marbles Inside & OutALEX CINCOTTA

For both the beginner and experienced flameworker, explore the depth and beauty of borosilicate marbles. Learn to form a sphere from both tubing and rod, and then discover many ways to fill your marbles with sparkle, including implosions, dichroic glass, and the use of opals as a centerpiece. Add even more dimension to your marbles by decorating the outside with dots and raking techniques. You won’t want to lose your marbles after this class! WORKSHOP: $405 | Glass rods purchased in class

A Bead Like No OtherROBERT DANCIK

Learn to make one-of-a-kind hollow form beads that are extremely durable, easy to make, and utterly unique. Using materials as common as plexiglass and as unexpected as bicycle reflectors, learn how to form beads of varying sizes and shapes. Then incorporate other materials such as metal, polymer clay, or epoxy resin; add surface finishing and textures; and create “windows” to reveal interior details.WORKSHOP: $395 | SUPPLY FEE: $40

Center of the Table: Hand Built PotteryJEREMY RANDALL

Learn to make and use flat pattern templates that will add a new set of tools to your slab building bag of tricks. Explore the forms that enliven a well set table including vases, serving plates, trays, candelabras, and containers. Discussion of form, color, food, and drink will expand the definition of function; new visual vocabulary and techniques will be a springboard for multiple new explorations.WORKSHOP: $395 | SUPPLY FEE: $30

Collage ExplorationsDONALD CLARK

Explore collage possibilities with an emphasis on design concepts. Students will create a series of collages using papers, pressed leaves and flowers, postage stamps, paint color chips (the bigger the better), and more. Bring materials that have personal or cultural significance or that can be used to tell a story. Reference to collage artists will be ongoing, and historical pieces will be offered as inspiration for projects.WORKSHOP: $390 | SUPPLY FEE: $40

Lines as a Design Focus in a Sewn Composition

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Explore the importance of line as a visual element in artistic compositions. Learn the basics of improvisational piecing by freely cutting lines and curves to create several small compositions in black and white. Through these studies, explore how various angles and curves can change the expression and mood of a composition. Then, using the ideas generated, create a larger composition in color. Basic sewing skills required. Students to bring their own machines.WORKSHOP: $390 | Students bring supplies

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Explore both the technical and artistic sides of welding. Learn to use a MIG welder, arc welder, oxy-acetylene torch, plasma cutter, and more. Scour antique shops, your basement, or the scrap pile at Snow Farm to find interesting metal objects, and then turn them into handmade art. Let James inspire you to see wacky and wonderful possibilities in everyday castoffs. Get ready for a fast-paced, fun weekendWORKSHOP: 405 | SUPPLY FEE: $95

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Basic BlingELIZABETH TOKOLY

Develop a foundation of skills and techniques for making jewelry and metalsmithing, including piercing and sawing, soldering, surface embellishment with hammers, chasing, forging, making findings, and finishing. Explore design ideas and how to execute them in pendants, earrings, rings, and bracelets. In just two days, you will go home with a small collection of new bling! WORKSHOP: $310 | SUPPLY FEE: $55

Introduction to Stained GlassSAM MYERS

Learn the basic process of stained glass with copper foil technique to create a 8” x 8” stained glass artwork. Through step-by-step instruction, learn about patterns and design, safety and proper tool use, cutting glass, and using copper foil and soldering. Choose from patterns provided to create a beautiful piece in class, and depart with the skills to continue working at home.WORKSHOP: $310 | SUPPLY FEE: $70

Welded Sculpture: From Conception to Completion CHARLES WIEMEYER

Often starting with a sketch or a concept, Charles has helped numerous artists transform their ideas into full-scale public art projects. Bring sketches, photographs, found objects, personal treasures, and your creative mind. Learn the metal fabrication techniques using MIG and arc welders, a plasma cutter, and more. Transform your vision into something you can proudly display in your home or garden. Artistic or functional pieces are possible. WORKSHOP: $315 | SUPPLY FEE: $55

Roots, Shoots, Leaves & Flowers: Local Plants to Dye ForMICHELLE PARRISH

Create immersion dye baths using fresh, frozen, and dried plant material from plants that grow in New England. Students will mordant and dye skeins of protein and cellulose yarns, learning to create a beautiful and color-fast range of colors, including shades of yellow and gold, brick red, terra cotta, dark coral, blue, and green. Participants will also receive information about growing and harvesting dye plants.WORKSHOP: $305 | INSTRUCTOR KIT FEE: $35

Altering the Surface: Collage from your CollectionsLISA GREY

Collage assorted papers and/or textiles from your stash. Demos will include printing, cutting, tearing, distressing, and layering various materials. Guided exercises will inspire creativity as you experiment, work through ideas, and generate plans for further exploration. Complete small finished pieces or make a series of samples for future work. Students will be provided with 5” x 7” flat cards and envelopes for making mail art suitable for framingWORKSHOP: $305 | SUPPLY FEE: $45

Borosilicate Glass Ornaments

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For experienced flameworkers who want to explore using borosilicate glass, learn Lisa’s signature technique for combining leftover pieces of glass with fresh rods to create sparkling solid glass ornaments. Explore designs as varied as real snowflakes and build your hand-eye coordination in sculptural forms. Make holiday accents for your home, gifts, or jewelry. WORKSHOP: $315 | Glass rods purchased in class

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Bring your ideas and project materials to our studios, enjoy dorm housing and meals in the dining hall, and experience a week of dedicated, independent creative work in the company of other artists.

NOTE: No instruction is available during this week. Studio monitors will assure the safe and proper use of equipment, but they are not instructors, and they will be working on personal projects. In kiln/stained glass and ceramics, studio monitors will schedule firings. In flamework, they will manage annealing schedules.

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APPLYSubmit a project plan and non-refundable $25 application fee through snowfarm.org. The priority deadline is March 1, 2020. If space remains after March 1, other applications will be considered. When accepted, participants will receive directions about how to register and pay.

PRICEThe price depends on the choice of studio and housing. To get the most out of the residency experience, all participants are expected to stay on campus. Studios

2D/Mixed Media: $250 Ceramics: $300 + firings Fiber/Textiles: $250 Flameworking: $320 Metalsmithing: $300 Stained/Kiln Glass: $320 + firings Woodworking: $320 Welding: $320

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Double: $325 Single: $485 Single Plus $565 Deluxe Single: $645 Cottage: $805

STUDIOSEach resident artist will receive a spacious personal workspace in a shared studio, and access to shared tools and equipment. Most studios will be available for unrestricted 24- hour access; for safety reasons, some studios will require working in pairs after 9pm.

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Colorful, Original, Strong & Light: Wire Armatures for Polymer JewelryBONNIE BISHOFF

Take the colorful medium of polymer clay to new structural heights. Explore making wire armatures to create strong and flexible structures for bracelets, pins, and pendants. Learn techniques for forming and hardening wire, veneering wire with polymer clay, and creating sculptural forms. Making original closures and pin backs will also be discussed. WORKSHOP: $510 | SUPPLY FEE: $90

Create a Glass Cactus GardenTESSA HILL

Using borosilicate rods and tubes, explore sculptural techniques and grow a cactus garden! Through demonstration, detailed visual aids, and one-on-one instruction, students will learn how to safely use an oxy-propane torch, how to heat and manipulate molten glass, and how to use shape and color to create life-like plant forms. Cactus sculptures can be made into jewelry, table-top displays, or terrarium accents. All levels welcome! WORKSHOP: $525 | Glass rods purchased in class

Abstract Landscapes in MosaicsCASEY VAN LOON

Taking inspiration from a favorite landscape, create an abstract mosaic that expresses the essence of place. Using various textures, rhythms, colors, and light, work in the direct method to set materials such as natural stone, smalti, and lustre glass into thinset mortar. Composition, andamento, and cutting tesserae with hammer and hardie will be covered. Practice on a smaller study before creating an 8” x 10” mosaic.WORKSHOP: $600 | SUPPLY FEE: $80

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Leave behind the tempest and concentrate on the teapot, the showstopper of a potter’s repertoire. The hand built teapot lets us play with various elements: handle, spout, body, and lid. Combine slabs with extrusions and investigate decoration techniques including stencils, stretched slabs, colored slip inlay, and latex resist. For hand buiders and throwers wishing to expand their horizons beyond the wheel.WORKSHOP: $515 | SUPPLY FEE: $40

Explorative & Painterly CollageALEXANDRA SHELDON

Explore color, texture, composition, light, movement, space, and narrative while making collages from scratch. Materials for the collages will include your own painted and printed papers, magazine transfers, and other original textural elements. Emphasis will be on making and learning in a joyous and supportive space.WORKSHOP: $505 | SUPPLY FEE: $60

Contemporary Penny RugsLIZ ALPERT FAY

Explore the endless possibilities of playing with color and design while creating a one-of-a-kind penny rug. The technique involves cutting simple shapes from felted wool and sewing them by hand to a dark background with a decorative blanket stitch. Other stitches will be demonstrated, as will the addition of beads, buttons, sequins, and other embellishments.WORKSHOP: $505 | INSTRUCTOR KIT FEE: $50

Turn, Burn, Carve & ColorRICK ANGUS

Using oak as a substrate and employing traditional woodturning techniques, make bowls, boxes, bud vases, and more. Exploit the soft summer wood in the growth ring and gently burn with a torch to enhance the grain pattern. After scuffing off the char, find smooth-to-the-hand ridges that are enhanced by color. Experiment with color by using paints to create a metallic surface or allow the grain to show. Patina wax in a variety of colors allows another layer of color to emerge.WORKSHOP: $510 | SUPPLY FEE: $60

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CASEY VAN LOONCasey Van Loon is a member of the faculty at The Chicago Mosaic School, the first and most predominant school of its kind outside of Europe. As a mosaic and glass artist, her work ranges from large windows and wall hangings to intricate mosaic jewelry. Casey studied dance at the University of Iowa and Columbia College which she credits as inspiration for the willful, playful movement that she brings to the rigid natural materials of slate, rock, and glass. Before ultimately turning to mosaics, Casey honed her technical skills and appreciation for glass for 25 years as professional stained glass artist and restorer with the renowned Botti Studio of Architectural Arts in Chicago. In creating mosaics, Casey is drawn to the discovery of stories in the process. She enjoys being open to the ways that tesserae interact with each other, revealing secrets. She enjoys the improvisational nature of mosaics and the unplanned spontaneous pieces that develop from scraps on the work bench. Casey is a passionate teacher and welcomes students of all levels.

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The Ins and Outs of Random WeavingLOIS RUSSELL

Random weave is a technique that can go natural with wisteria, bark, and dried iris leaves, or urban with wire and found objects. Working big or small, this versatile weave can be open or tight. Learn the basics by creating a piece of about 6” diameter, then broaden your horizons to explore the wide range of materials and many ways you can use random weave to define spaces and shapes with your own designs.WORKSHOP: $505 | INSTRUCTOR KIT FEE: $50

Flameworking: Hollow Beads on Puffy Mandrels

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Hollow beads are the secret to statement jewelry that makes a big impact while still being light and easy to wear. Learn all the tips and tricks for using a puffy mandrel to make hollow beads of many sizes and shapes. Explore surface decoration, including dots and stringer work, creating and applying glass shards, silver fuming, and applying silver leaf. Experienced flameworkers will really expand in this class!WORKSHOP: $640 | Glass rods purchased in class

Wheel Throwing with Alterations in Porcelain

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Working with porcelain, learn traditional wheel methods, plus tricks and tips for successful throwing. Techniques include quick centering, direct touch, and alteration of forms out of round. Class emphasizes experimentation, taking risks, and the pursuit of individual style. Instructor demos will be followed by personalized instruction for each student. Some experience preferred. Some, but not all, work may be bisque fired.WORKSHOP: $515 | SUPPLY FEE: $45

Used Clothing Wardrobe AlchemyCRISPINA FFRENCH

Turn a collection of beloved but no longer wearable clothing into new wardrobe items that express your creativity with affordability, comfort, fit, and flattery. Bring 6-12 pieces to repurpose or swap, as well as favorite garments to use for a pattern (these will not be harmed). Tips and tricks for cutting and sewing, design consultations, and feedback will help steer you toward new wardrobe staples or statement pieces!WORKSHOP: $505 | SUPPLY FEE: $20

Art Furniture: Metal, Fine & FunctionalMATT JOHNSON

Explore the overlap of art and function as each student conceives, designs, and fabricates a piece of functional art furniture, lighting, or other fixture. Combine steel with other materials such as wood, plastic, glass, or stone. Learn metal fabrication through arc welding, blacksmithing, torch cutting and forging, grinding and polishing, and final finishing. Leave the course with a completed piece that is both functional and aligned with your aesthetic priority. WORKSHOP: $525 | SUPPLY FEE: $100

You Can Do It! Intermediate Soldering Intensive

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Build your confidence with the torch as you focus on and master the four fundamental soldering joins: butt joins, T-joins, point-of-contact joins and sweat-soldered. Practice with challenging soldering exercises using base metals,and then you’ll be able to use these techniques for making chain links; soldering tubing, posts and granules; and so much more. Basic metalsmithing experience is required.WORKSHOP: $510 | NSTRUCTOR KIT FEE $40

Printing on GlassSHEILA ROSA

Learn how to make stencils and screens to print images on kiln-formed glass. Demonstrations and discussion will include how to use imagery or ideas to tell a story; easy ways to create and manipulate images; layering of glass for effect; and printing with powdered glass and enamels. Begin with practice on test pieces, create your own screens, and develop a personalized finished project. WORKSHOP: $582 | SUPPLY FEE: $80

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LOIS RUSSELLLois Russell has traveled throughout North America studying with traditional and contemporary basket makers. Her journey began in 1988 when her mother, a professional weaver, took a basket making class and directed Lois to give it a try! She says that she has always been drawn to vessels and their inside/outside nature; she sees hands as the first vessels, and intertwined fingers as the first baskets. At one time, she made baskets intended to hold apples, crayons, or laundry, but today her work is primarily sculptural. One motif in Lois’ work is the patchwork quilt, another is horizons. At heart, she is a vagabond, restless for moving and exploration, but also appreciative of the comfort of home. In baskets, Lois is able to play with color, shape, and form; like the patches that make up a quilt or a basket, they come together as unified whole. Lois does not teach frequently, and we are honored to host her at Snow Farm.

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Beyond Felting: Silk & Wool & PaperEVA CAMACHO-SANCHEZ

Felting merino wool onto mulberry paper (and vice versa) creates a textured and unique surface that can be applied to garments, accessories, or other felted work. Mulberry paper provides tactile qualities while adding structure to the felt. Students will learn how to incorporate silk or any other sheer fabric onto these materials and how to felt them all together. Go home with several 12” x 12” pieces or one large piece. WORKSHOP: $615 | INSTRUCTOR KIT FEE: $45

Stones of Glass & Wire WrappingLIBBY LEUCHTMAN

Combine glass, fire, and wire to make beautiful, unique jewelry. Learn to make glass beads that mimic stones such as agates and carnelians. Explore using shards, frit, and silver glass to create realistic stone surfaces; then learn to wire wrap the glass pieces and finish your pieces with handmade wire chain. Your completed jewelry will make great gifts−for yourself or loved ones.WORKSHOP: $735 | SUPPLY FEE: $10

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Learning to Draw: A Crash CourseSTEPHEN HANKS

Improve your powers of observation while learning the patience to draw what you see. Experiment with different drawing media; learn seven 2D techniques that create the illusion of 3D objects (i.e., linear perspective); use blind-contour drawing from a live model to develop your skill in rendering organic objects; and apply the principles of composition to help you finish your drawings. With both practice and instruction, develop two of your drawings into finished pieces.WORKSHOP: $660 | SUPPLY FEE: $80

Painting with Fire: Native American Firing Techniques BOB GREEN

Experience two exciting ceramic firing techniques−raku and saggar firing. Raku is a fast process from 16th-century Japan that produces a rainbow of colors and effects. Burnishing and saggar firing produces beautiful pinks, oranges, and earth tones−a technique closely associated with Native American and Greek pottery. Thrown or hand built work created at the beginning of class will be fired in both of these magical methodsWORKSHOP: $650 | SUPPLY FEE: $30

Sculpting on the Wood LatheDEREK WEIDMAN

Rethink the scope and limitless shaping possibilities of a wood lathe, one of the most powerful yet misunderstood carving machines. Practice shapes and textures unique to a lathe and explore forms only the lathe can make in the larger context of sculpture. Become a truly new woodturner as you focus on creativity in equal measure to innovative techniques!WORKSHOP: $680 | SUPPLY FEE: $60

Introduction to Welding in Bill’s BarnBILL RHODES

Spend a week in Bill’s Barn with Bill himself! Learn the basics of welding and see sparks fly while making wacky and wonderful sculptures for your home and garden. Old bike parts, kitchen utensils, nuts and bolts−find them in the Snow Farm scrap pile or bring your own treasures. Bill will guide students in the artistic process of using scrap metal in design, and the results will be stunning and surprising! No experience is necessary. WORKSHOP: $640 | SUPPLY FEE: $110

First-Time EnamelingASHLEY GILREATH

Welcome to enameling, the process of fusing glass to metal! Discover how enameling covers a metal surface in sparkling, vibrant color without the labor of setting stones, the mess of spraying paints, or the chemicals used for patinas. Learn basic sifting and firing techniques, liquid enameling, working with watercolor enamels, sgraffito, graphite overlay, and simple foil applications. Open to all skill levels.WORKSHOP: $720 | SUPPLY FEE: $75This class has been subsidized by the Lenore Kosofsky Endowment Fund.

Multidimensional Panels Through Glass LaminationSASHA ZHITNEVA

Begin by learning about the creative applications of glass lamination. Then create sample tiles and painted and fused elements for use in larger projects. Using these elements, build layered collages with a four-part glass lamination compound that cures clear and allows for unique visual effects. Demos and the exchange of ideas will expand your repertoire of glass-working methods, technical solutions, and design possibilities.WORKSHOP: $660 | SUPPLY FEE: $80

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Glassblowing: Cups & Bits

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Take your glass work to the next level with bits! Start off with a focus on making cups, refining and perfecting the process. Then add some character and extra flair to the cups by introducing bits, those extra globs of hot glass that can become handles, wraps, or other decorative elements. Bit work is an excellent way to improve hand skills and learn to better utilize heat. Perfect for any advanced beginner.WORKSHOP: $435 | SUPPLY FEE: $55

Beginning Beads & BeyondLIBBY LEUCHTMAN

Enter the world of glass beadmaking and never look back! Explore the history of the oldest glass art form, learn to safely use an oxy-propane torch, and start melting colorful rods of glass. Lessons will include making various shapes and decorating the beads with dots, flowers, stripes, frit, and more. Enjoy the meditative and fun experience of making glass beads that you will wear with pride. WORKSHOP: $445 | Glass rods purchased in class

Fused Glass LandscapesLYNN HAUST

Explore how easy it is to create a beautiful glass landscape. Learn how to design a piece, cut glass, create depth, fire in the kiln, and finish with coldwork. Use a full range of Bullseye glass (COE 90) in sheet, frit, and powder to bring your ideas to life. Bring photos and drawings to inspire your expressive interpretation of a beloved landscape. Take home a treasured new piece of handmade art!WORKSHOP: $420 | SUPPLY FEE: $70

Brighten Up: Clay & UnderglazeDARRAH BOWDEN

Bring color and pattern to the table as you learn a vast array of underglaze techniques. From monoprinting and stamping to stencils, wax resist, and freehand carving, no surface will be left undecorated! Add color to forms in specific and controlled ways and learn how to transform a simple palette into something sophisticated. Take home beautifully surfaced greenware and limitless ideas.WORKSHOP: $395 | SUPPLY FEE: $70

Encaustic ComprehensiveKELLY ANNE MCGRATH

Gain a solid foundation in techniques and best practices for using encaustic paint. Begin with setup, tools, health, and safety, and progress to gain skills in brushwork, fusing, and layering. Examine specific characteristics that make wax a unique painting medium, including opacity, temperature, adhesion, and texture. Then, break loose to experiment with encaustic’s exceptional adaptability to mixed-media work, including collage, printmaking, and image transfer. WORKSHOP: $400 | SUPPLY FEE: $120

Indigo Shibori: Introduction & ExplorationsCAROL ANNE GROTRIAN

Experience the perfect and ancient partnership of Japanese shibori and indigo dyeing. An ancestor to tie-dye, shibori techniques are endlessly variable, and the basics are easy. Learn to care for a synthetic indigo vat and create basic shibori patterns suitable for sampler quilts and other projects. All levels welcome. Experienced dyers can request techniques.WORKSHOP: $390 | SUPPLY FEE: $45

Welding: Your New Superpower!JOE WHEATON

Learn the fundamentals of MIG welding, including various ways of cutting, shaping, and joining steel rods and sheets into shapes of every description. Create representative or abstract artworks, or utilitarian objects for the home and garden−the sky’s the limit when you master the power of the weld! Come with ideas or an open mind and find a creative superpower you never knew you had! WORKSHOP: $405 | SUPPLY FEE: $75

Making Connections: Metal to AnythingALAN BURTON THOMPSON

Make pendants, pins, and rings−or little stuff to carry around in your pockets. Learn basic jewelry making including connecting metal to metal and metal to a variety of materials, such as plastics, paper, wood, found objects, and more. Learn silver soldering or improve your skills. Successful riveting, tabs, nuts and bolts, and even chemical bonding (yes, glue!) will be covered in detail. All levels welcome.WORKSHOP: $395 | SUPPLY FEE: $35

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Learn techniques to create airy bent forms without cutting a curve out of a big block of wood. Focusing mostly on bent lamination, the class will consist of demonstrations, a slide show of techniques, experimentation, and building. Come willing to push the limits of wooden fibers, and you will leave with inspiration, skills, small wooden sculptures, and a start for bringing bending into your woodwork. Comfort in a woodworking studio required.WORKSHOP: $395 | SUPPLY FEE: $100

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ALISON CRONEYMOSESAlison Croney Moses is an woodworker, art administrator, educator, mother, and wife. She has a BFA in Furniture Design from the Rhode Island School of Design and an MA in Sustainable Business and Communities from Goddard College. Currently, she is the School & Community Partnership Program Director at the Eliot School of Fine & Applied Arts in Boston, where she runs visual arts and woodworking programs in schools, with teens, and with art educators. Alison says the objects she creates walk the line between function and sculpture. Using techniques such as coopering and bending, she highlights forms found in nature while creating objects that encourage interaction.

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Denim: Stitching, Beading Applique & Other Decorative TechniquesANNA VA POLESNY

Bring personal style to your wardrobe! Transform standard-issue denim into expressive garments using techniques of stitchery, beading, applique, studding, and other decorative forms. Denim is especially adaptable to decorative transformation but other fabric and garments are welcome. Bring bits and bobs from your personal collection of found objects−your creativity combined with new skills will do the rest.WORKSHOP: $390 | INSTRUCTOR KIT FEE: $10

Puzzle Pots: Stacking Canisters & Lidded VesselsMAYA MACHIN

Explore the process−and challenges−of making pots with multiple pieces. Start with a review of centering clay and raising walls, then move on to working with calipers and other tools in the making of multiple pots. The pots are then stacked together making a cohesive form that comes apart and can be put together again like a puzzle. Basic wheel experience will be helpful, but is not necessary. No firing is included.WORKSHOP: $395 | SUPPLY FEE: $50

Still Life Oil PaintingRAMI BAGLIO

Focus on painting still life alla prima with oil paints. Learn to see and understand the fall of light on form through an investigation of color, value, and intensity. Designed for all levels of experience, the instruction supports those who are brand new to painting while challenging more advanced artists. This is an excellent class for those interested in painting from life.WORKSHOP: $390 | SUPPLY FEE: $65

Metal Sculpture for the Home & GardenJAMES KITCHEN

Sparks will fly in the welding barn as metal scraps, discarded car or bike parts, old kitchen utensils, bolts, screws, and more come together in imaginative and unexpected ways. James will guide students in choosing the objects that speak to them and then in seeing those objects in new ways. Go home with art for your home or garden, new or improved skills, and an experience you won’t forget.WORKSHOP: $405 | SUPPLY FEE: $95

Foundations of Woodturning: Spindles and BowlsJANET COLLINS

Learn the two basics: spindle and bowl turning. Instruction will include material choice and preparation, tool use and sharpening, design/form, and finishing techniques. Learn to make bowls, plates, platters, tool handles, spoons, or honey dippers. Students will go home with new skills and confidence while having fun and creating beautiful handmade objects.WORKSHOP: $395 | SUPPLY FEE: $30

Patina: Color on MetalLAUREN BEAUDOIN

Explore the science of patina, a thin layer of color coating on metal that occurs through exposure to chemicals and/or the atmosphere. Explore new and traditional patination techniques, including immersion, buried, fumed, pastes, and paints as applied to copper and copper alloyed metals. Surface preparation, tools, recipes, sealants, and safety procedures will be discussed. Go home with a library of samples and resources. WORKSHOP: $395 | SUPPLY FEE: $100

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FlameworkingMARTA BERNBAUM

In flameworking, learn to safely use a oxy/propane torch and see melting glass up close and personal. Make a colorful swirly marble, beads with dots or stripes, and then you’re off exploring color and design in glass. You will be delighted with your creations.

Kiln GlassSAM MYERS

In the kiln studio, learn a variety of imagery and patterning techniques to make a fused glass tile of your own design. Discuss the firing process and put your tile in the kiln to fuse. Your finished tile can be used as a coaster, trivet, or decorative addition anywhere in your home.

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Glassblowing SANDY DUKESHIRE

In glassblowing, start with a solid sculpted paperweight or flower to get the feel for manipulating hot glass on a blowpipe. Then learn to gather and blow glass and make a handmade cup. Glassblowing is a team sport so prepared to make friends and work together.

Glass is endlessly fascinating, and anyone who sees a glass artist at work thinks: I want to try that!  This is your chance! Explore the glass arts with one day in the flamework studio, one day blowing glass, and one day exploring fused glass.WORKSHOP: $ 420 | SUPPLY FEE: $ 75

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The year-round staff at Snow Farm looks forward to seeing you. We are here because you are here. Mary Jo Murphy Executive Director

Miriam Cody Communications Specialist

Pam Haskins Administrative Coordinator

Erica Jorjorian Studio Assistant

Micah Litant Property & Studio Assistant Manager

Michael Martindell Facility Manager

Holly Martineau Development Manager

Lisa Oram Director of Marketing

Dani Thompson Program Manager

Ebony Timothy Housekeeper

The Snow Farm Board of Directors volunteer their time and energy to support the operations of Snow Farm, a nonprofit organization.

Donald ClarkJanet Dunlap, President

Nan FlemingClaire Fruitman, Clerk

Deirdre HiamJoan L. Lewis, Treasurer

Medora RogersJim Rosenthal, Vice President

Margaret SomerMichelle SpazianiClaudia WaiteBarbara “Bobbin” Young

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Skins, Skeletons, Knots & Nets: 3D Textile ConstructionsMO KELMAN

Learn methods for building skeletal structures with rigid and semi-rigid materials such as reed, rattan, bamboo, wood, wire, and found materials. Techniques will include lashing, formal and chaotic plaiting, and tube connecting. Build skins onto these structures using gut, netting, knotting, elastic fabrics, wax, and stiffeners. Exploration is encouraged! Exercises, brainstorming, and problem-solving will lead to a focused personal project. All levels welcome.WORKSHOP: $615 | SUPPLY FEE: $45

Borosilicate Sculpture: Fantasy Creatures in GlassSARAH WICKS

Explore how to bend, shape, and form borosilicate glass rods and bubbles into various shapes using heat, gravity, and tools. Start with simple figures and build to complex creatures inspired by mythology, science fiction, and folklore. Unicorns, aliens, monsters, and humanoids are a few ideas; bring images and drawings for inspiration. For anyone interested in sculpture, glass, or trying something new. WORKSHOP: $640 | Glass rods purchased in class

Printmaking: Focus on Expressive Drawing from NatureJOYCE SILVERSTONE

Revel in the pleasure of subtle, immediate mark making as you explore a variety of printmaking techniques. Through transfer drawing, subtractive monotype, and drypoint etching, create a series of expressive prints that convey the feeling of being in nature. Knowing how to “draw” is not necessary; just bring a willingness to experience the feeling of a line. Prints can stand alone or serve as seeds of inspiration for your next project. WORKSHOP: $615 | SUPPLY FEE: $75

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STEVE THEBERGE

Make pots that come alive with clarity and purpose while developing an intuitive connection to clay. Using time honored techniques with an open and generous approach, explore forms from simple cups to complex teapots and jars. Skills covered include throwing off the hump, coiling and throwing, and innovative decoration with slips. Bring 5-10 bisqued pieces ready to fire in the gas kiln. Basic wheel throwing skills suggested.WORKSHOP: $650 | SUPPLY FEE: $50

Spirit HousesROSS SMART

Working in miniature, make houses or structures out of old found wood and metal that shows its years of wear and weather. Be inspired by the material to create miniature dwellings with character and personality. Raid your stash of treasures and bring any small object or item that could be incorporated−an old key, an unusual button, a locket, wooden spools, decorative metal−to make it unique. WORKSHOP: $620 | SUPPLY FEE: $40

Intensive Mosaic: Classical Method, Contemporary ExpressionSAMANTHA HOLMES

Learn the theory and practice of Italy’s master mosaicists while creating a unique contemporary mosaic of your own design. Experiment with various glass and stone materials, develop your tile-cutting skills using a traditional hammer and hardie, and explore the classical rules of tile orientation, flow, and spacing. Work in the Ravenna method (double-reverse method), which allows changes to the mosaic as it develops. WORKSHOP: $725 | SUPPLY FEE: $100

Forged AdornmentNICHOLAS DOWNING

Learn time-honored techniques that reduce metalsmithing to its most elemental. Start by casting your own ingots from silver, copper, or brass grain or scrap, then use a hammer and anvil to shape them into a myriad of shapes for bracelets, pendants, rings, and more. Use basic tools to forge, file, and polish your pieces into unique and beautiful jewelry. All levels welcome!WORKSHOP: $620 | SUPPLY FEE: $55

Murrin-heeey: Picking Up What You Pull Down

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Start by pulling simple cane and murrini, and then bundle them repeatedly into complex murrini patterns. Explore pattern making within the murrini as well as in the textile-like mosaics, which will be rolled onto bubbles. Investigate all the ways to use murrini in finished products, including collars, plunger-style pick-ups, and slumping in a kiln. Bring new color and pattern to your work. For experienced glassblowers.WORKSHOP: $675

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Frequently Asked QuestionsHow much in advance should I register for a workshop?

We encourage early registration.  Our classes are small and they do fill up. If a class is full, put your name on the waiting list!  A class could be cancelled if not enough people sign up - another reason to register early.

How big are your classes?We keep our workshops small so that students of varying skill levels can be accommodated in a single class. With a maximum of 6 - 10 students per class, all students get individual attention.

How old do you have to be to take a workshop at Snow Farm?

All Snow Farm workshops are open to students ages 18+. Weekend workshops are also open to students ages 13+.  During the month of July, Snow Farm Summer is a program for high school students ages 14 - 18. 

What time do workshops start and end?Workshops that are 2, 3, or 4 days long start at 10:00 am on the first day and 9:00 am on the subsequent days. Class ends at 4:30 on most days followed by open studio time. On the last day, class ends at 4:00 with no open studio. Workshops that are 5 days or longer have a different rhythm. See page 6 for a full schedule of all workshops.

What are the accommodations like at Snow Farm?Housing at Snow Farm is simple, clean, and comfortable. We have four dorms with double and single rooms and one cottage.  Some of our rooms have air conditioning and some have more privacy. See page 5 for full descriptions.

What happens after I register?You will receive a receipt and some basic information after you register. We will send a reminder email and provide links to additional workshop information about 3 weeks prior to the start of class. Please add registrar@snowfarm-art.org to your address book and safe sender list to ensure that you receive this correspondence from us. You can also find registered student information at snowfarm.org.

What is your cancellation policy?If you cancel your workshop more than 30 days from the start date, you will receive a refund, less a $75 cancellation fee and the non- refundable $25 registration fee.  No refunds will be given less than 30 days from the start of the class for any reason.  If Snow Farm cancels a class due to low enrollment, students can take a different workshop or receive a full refund. If your travel plans include airfare or other non-refundable expenses, please check with us about the status your workshop before you finalize your arrangments.

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Festive Flameworking: Glass for the HolidaysMARTA BERNBAUM

Using soft glass techniques, learn to make glass components that can be assembled into festive decorations. Sculpt small objects that are meaningful to your personal celebrations. Class will cover safe working habits and foundational skills of flameworking. Instruction in basic wireworking skills will also be included. Start your handmade holiday season at Snow Farm! WORKSHOP: $315 | Glass rods purchased in class

Beginner Glassblowing: Pumpkin MayhemJESSE RASID

Welcome the change of seasons with a harvest of glass pumpkins. Start with the fundamentals of glassblowing: gathering, marvering, tool usage, and temperature control. Then learn how to apply color and texture to the glass to make vibrant colored pumpkins with realistic curly stems, curvy gourds, and autumnal paperweights. Go from a novice to a pumpkin-making machine in just two days!WORKSHOP: $345 | SUPPLY FEE: $45

Painters Should Be Printmakers: Plein Air Oil Monotypes

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Using oil paints and simple tools, expand your painting repertoire to include unique prints created without a press. Begin indoors to discover the fluidity and vibrancy of painting with oils on a plexi plate. Once comfortable, head outside to work en plein air. Critique and printing tips will be provided as you transform your paintings into beautiful prints on paper. Some plein air oil painting experience is helpful.WORKSHOP: $305 | SUPPLY FEE: $15 Bring own oils

Natural Color Through Layered PrintALYSHA KUMPFERER

Learn how to create a diverse range of colors on textiles using a limited palette of natural dyes. Explorations will focus on the interactions between natural dyes and modifiers on textiles and on building layered color through screen printing and direct application techniques. The class will cover the inherent strengths and weaknesses of working with natural dye materials as well as best practices for permanently affixing color to cloth.WORKSHOP: $305 | SUPPLY FEE: $80

Wooden Spoons: From Orchard to TableALAN YOUNG

Learn to make spoons and stirrers using a fast and efficient mix of hand and machine carving. Work with apple, cherry, and pear woods to explore their differences in behavior, grain, and figure. Experience Alan’s guidance in how to “read” the wood and in healthy ergonomics for carving. With 40+ years of spoon making, Alan will share stories and wood lore. No experience is necessary, and students can expect to leave the weekend with four completed utensils. WORKSHOP: $305 | SUPPLY FEE: $25

Drawings in MetalTRICIA MOODY-BOURBEAU

Create a sketch, and let your artistic eye go beyond the pencil. Let metal become the drawing utensil and let your drawings grow in scale, shape, or dimension. Learn to use all the basic welding tools, including the MIG welder, arc welder, oxy-acetylene torch, plasma cutter, and more. Explore expressive metal drawings that are sensual, abstract, related to nature, or whatever you wish. If you can draw it, you can draw it in metal. WORKSHOP: $315 | SUPPLY FEE: $55

Mexican Smalti MosaicsJOSH WINER

Mexican smalti, with its wide range of vibrant, subtle, and shimmering colors, is a delight to work with. Begin with an original design transferred onto panel. Follow a step-by-step construction process, and complete your work with hand-mixed colored cement. Discussion of andamento and opus styles will inform tile shape, placement, and the flow of lines. Mosaics will be 6” x 6” or 8” x 8” and will not be grouted. Bring two design drawings to class.WORKSHOP: $305 | SUPPLY FEE: $75

Metalsmithing with Mixed MaterialsROBERT DANCIK

Add unique, handmade, and natural-looking elements to your jewelry designs without harming a living thing or having to forage in the woods! Faux Bone™ is a unique material that is easy to use and infinitely versatile. It can mimic wood, bone, ceramics, ivory, and more, and can be cut, carved, sawn, and sanded for many effects. Bracelets, rings, pendants, artists books, and texture plates are just some of the projects you can make in class.WORKSHOP: $310 | SUPPLY FEE: $40

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