ART for US - CAEA Western Summer Conference

When
July 18, 2015
7:30 AM - 4:30 PM
Location
Colorado Mesa University
Registered
8 registrants

Registration

Member – $65.00
$65 registration fee
Member Late Registration – $85.00
Non Member Late Registration – $125.00
Non-Member – $105.00
Registration Fee

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CAEA Western Summer Conference July 18th, 2015

The CAEA Western Summer Art Conference focuses on the artist in each of us. It is a time for us to come together and expand our creative endeavors! Learn from leading artists from the state of Colorado. We will be featuring two Master Classes, screen printing in the morning with Eli Marco Hall, and cahier-style sketchbooks with Suzie Garner in the afternoon. BBQ lunch will be provided. Registrants will take both classes. Materials will be provided, no additional materials fees to be paid to the artists. See class descriptions for additional information.

Colorado Mesa University

Art Department

1100 North Avenue

Grand Junction, CO.

July 18, 2015

On-site registration and breakfast opens at 7:30am.

Register Early through July 13th

Conference Cost
Early Registration through July 14th:

CAEA Members: $65 + materials fee
Non Members: $105 + materials fee

After July 14th and On Site Registration:

CAEA Members: $85 + materials fee
Non Members: $125 + materials fee

Saturday Morning

8:30 am - 12:00 pm

Suzie Garner

Cahier-Style Sketchbook

Create a custom cahier sketchbook journal using materials available in most art classrooms and office copier rooms. Creating and hand-binding your own sketchbook is a very affordable classroom activity. It is an engaging method for encouraging your students to keep a sketchbook. We will focus on learning two methods of binding in the Master Class; the saddle-stitch and staple binding methods as used to bind small cahier sketchbooks. This style of binding is based on the Moleskine and the Field Notes brands of sketchbook or notebook journals.

(Cahier is pronounced /käˈyā/ or ki-yay.)

You may bring any materials you like. The following materials WILL be provided: small awl, self healing cutting board, scissors, bone folder pr scoring tool, blunt tip embroidery needle, x-acto knife, pencil, old phone book, stick card for cover, embroidery thread, bond paper or other found papers for interior pages (from old ledgers or grade books), wax, corner paper punch, metal cork-backed ruler.

Bio: Suzie Garner, Professor of Art arrived at Colorado Mesa University in 1994 and developed a baccalaureate degree in Graphic Design. Professor Garner is now one of many who teach within the program and serves as Department Head for the Art Department.

As a practicing studio artist, she is an oil painter and avid sketchbook artist. She developed a sketchbook course for the college in 2006. In addition to teaching drawing, sketchbook and graphic design courses she has given field sketching workshops/talks for the Colorado National Monument, Canyonlands National Park, Arches National Park in Utah and for the Yellowstone Association Institute in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Her personal artwork has been exhibited nationally and internationally in Arizona, Georgia, Florida, Kansas, Massachusetts, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Texas, Wyoming, all over Colorado and in the United Kingdom. Recently, she has spent extensive time sketching in Yellowstone National Park and Rocky Mountain National Park. You can see her artwork at www.sketchingspirit.com.

Suzie Garner holds three degrees:
Master of Fine Arts, West Texas A&M University, Canyon, Texas

Master of Arts, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, Texas

Bachelor of Fine Arts, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, Texas

BBQ Lunch

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Saturday Afternoon

1:00 pm - 4:30 pm

Eli Marco Hall

Screen Printing Basics

This class will focus on the basics of screen printing. In an abridged process, image prep, screen burning, printing, and cleanup will be covered. Multiple methods of image creation will be addressed to accommodate varied skill levels.

Materials will be provided for a poster print. You may bring other 2-D materials you might like to print on that won't damage screens (no rough cut wood). Restrictions are a 20 x 24 workspace and a maximum 10 x 14 printable area. To expedite the image production process, you can bring art work you want to reproduce in one color.

Bio: After receiving an associate degree from Ozark Technical College, Eli Marco Hall received his Bachelor of Fine Arts at Missouri State University in 1995, where the design staff consisted of a “crazy Russian illustrator, a typographer from Poland, a poster designer from Poland and a hard-nosed Czechoslovakian.” This unique undergraduate experience set the stage for an amazing episode of his life. Hall went on to earn a Master of Arts from Lindenwood University, and recently received his second master’s degree in graphic design at Colorado State University because of his belief in an absolute need for quality design.