Oiseaux Sisters / 2010 January Workshop

Wish You Were Here
Jan 15 - 17th, 2010
at the Gulfport Arts Center
Gulfport, Florida

Art Making On and Off The Map: Book forms, Card Portfolios and Mail Art
This is a weekend for playing with paper and a sense of place, taking inspiration from observing and inventing our surround. Possibilities include the view, both built and natural; the wind, weather, water, sky and wild life, as well as local and invented history. Visual enchantment is in these border zones. We’ll examine simple book forms, card portfolios and mail art. We will experiment with color, collage, surface embellishment, stencils, stamps, prints, pleats, folds and tears.

$260 includes studio supply fee, slide talk, and daily lavish snacks.
Limited to 12 participants, register early!
Email us for details!

Class Schedule: Friday: Dinner & Share @ 6:30PM, Slide Talk @ 7:30 PM,
Saturday & Sunday: Studio Explorations 10:00 - 4 PM
Registration and Deposit: Classes are limited to 12 -15 students to insure a productive workshop experience.

A $150 deposit must accompany your registration. Early registration is recommended.

Your entire deposit will be applied toward tuition. Balance is due when you arrive for class.
Cancellation and Refund Policy: If you must withdraw from a class and do so before December 15, 2009.
We will refund your deposit less a $25 processing fee. If you withdraw later than December 15, 2009,your deposit is nonrefundable.

A TO BRING LIST will be provided after registration.

GULFPORT FLORIDA
Our winter studios are in Gulfport Florida, a charming village, surrounded by St. Petersburg on the edge of Tampa Bay. Our town is pedestrian friendly and home to many working artists. Our lively main street, Beach Boulevard, is lined with modest 1920’s cottages. It begins in a long parkway and ends in a small commercial area with good restaurants, interesting shops and antique stores and a vintage dance casino right on the shore of Boca Ciega Bay.

The brand new Gulfport Art Center, a former shuffleboard clubhouse, is a recent gift from the city to its artists. The Center resides in a park which includes tennis courts, playground, dog park, and two other venerable Gulfport institutions: The Gulfport Historical Society and Scout Hall. It is an easy walk to the beach, marina, fishing pier, many restaurants and shops, and our studios.
St. Petersburg and it's beautiful waterfront downtown area has a very vital and lively art scene with many museums, art centers and galleries just a short drive from Gulfport.

Think of the long trip home.
Should we have stayed at home and thought of here?
...What childishness is it that while there's a breath of life
in our bodies, we are determined to rush
to see the sun the other way around?
...Oh, must we dream our dreams
and have them too?
And have we room
for one more folded sunset, still quite warm?

Elizabeth Bishop