If you are interested in signing up for our fall workshops please call Castle Hill at 508-349-7511

FALL PAINTING

Encaustic Workshop Cherie Mittenthal
Thursdays, October 21, 28, Nov. 4, 11, 1:00 – 4 pm

$225

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This course is designed to help participants learn about the various ways to work with hot wax. The basics of traditional encaustic painting will be presented, including an introduction to equipment and materials, and a thorough discussion of health and safety issues.

Cherie Mittenthal has her MFA from the State University of New York at Purchase and my BFA from the Hartford Art School at the University of Hartford. She has been the Executive Director of Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill since 2002. She serves on the board of Campus Provincetown and is represented by Kobalt Gallery in Provincetown.

Papermaking Erin Woodbrey
Sat & Sun, October 2 & 3, 10 – 2pm, $200

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This class will provide an in-depth introduction to papermaking and an exploration of alternative printmaking methods. Most of the techniques learned in this class can be used in home studio set-ups, without the need for much equipment.

Erin Woodbrey is a visual artist from Sebago Lake, Maine. She received her BFA from The School of the Museum of Fine Arts, focusing primarily on printmaking and papermaking. She is the registrar at Castle Hill.

Pronto Plate Lithography Jenifer Hughes
October 9 & 10, Saturday – 10 – 4pm & Sunday – 10 – 2pm, $225

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Pronto plates are a quick and inexpensive way to learn lithography and to use lithographic images in your art work. These plates require minimal processing with no need for chemicals, are ready to draw and behave similarly to other lithographic surfaces.

Jenny has been teaching lithography, relief printing and book arts workshops and classes for over 10 years. She earned a BA from Wellesley College and an MFA from the University of Iowa.

Castle Hill Print Cooperative

The Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill has a Print Co-op at Pamet Crossing, and is open year round. This gives us the opportunity to offer Cape artists a space to create and produce prints in a fully equipped print shop. It is our hope that opening this cooperative space will build community and open an artistic dialogue. Our print shop houses 3 intaglio/relief presses and we offer a wide array of standard print shop equipment for your use. Additionally, we have a Vandercook SP20, and a diverse collection of assorted lead and wooden type available for use. An additional benefit of membership is a 10% discount on printmaking workshops at Castle Hill. Call for details.

WRITING

Poetry Reading at the Wellfleet Public Library Maxine Kumin

September 10, 7:00 pm

Saturdays, October 2, 9, 16, and 23, 10am – noon, $200

Good writing is as much about knowing the rules as breaking them, and in this workshop we’ll strive to get beyond the idea of “show, don’t tell.” Stories are in fact all about good telling: the writer just needs to know how to make the telling come to life. Through examples and exercises, we’ll explore techniques such as effectively using sensory detail, thinking visually in words, and experimenting with rhythm and flow. This is a workshop for fiction and creative nonfiction writers willing to get into the guts of their work and do close revision. Participants should submit a short (3 – 5 page) writing sample in advance of the first class, and be prepared to share it for classroom discussion.

Anne Sanow is the author of the linked story collection Triple Time, winner of the Drue Heinz Literature Prize and the L. L. Winship/PEN New England Award for Fiction, and featuring her story “The Grand Tour,” which won the 2009 Nelson Algren Award for Short Fiction from the Chicago Tribune. A former Fine Arts Work Center fellow, her work has been published in Dossier, Kenyon Review, Shenandoah, Prime Number, and elsewhere. She is the recipient of a 2010 literature fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts.

FALL CLAY INTENSIVE

Extruded Pots: Hayne Bayless

September 6 - 10
Mon - Fri
10 - 4pm
$550

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Happiness Is A Warm Extruder: We will focus on the extruder, a marvelously expressive but often misunderstood tool that can foster a personal aesthetic. Even though it’s a gizmo, it can produce a very fresh and direct approach to clay. The course is not just for hand-builders; it will offer insights to throwers who want to expand their clay horizons beyond the wheel.

Hayne Bayless is a studio potter in Ivoryton, CT. Other than lessons from a potter in Tokyo when he was 19 and later a handful of classes and workshops, he managed to avoid formal instruction in ceramics. He abandoned wheel-throwing early on, preferring the freedom of handbuilding afforded by slabwork and extrusions.

Hayne has had the great fortune to be awarded the top prizes at two of the country's most important craft shows: the Smithsonian Craft Show in Washington, D.C. and the Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show.

Throwing for SaltLinden Gray
September 22,29, October 6, 13, 20, 27
Wednesdays 9 – 12pm
8 Sessions
$225

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This is a pottery course for beginners and intermediate or for those who would like to refresh their skills. We will cover the basic throwing techniques for creating functional forms like bowls, cups and vases. Work produced in class will be bisqued and then fired in the new Salt Kiln

Linden is currently working as our Clay manager; this will be her third year with us. She holds a BFA from the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University and has been throwing pots for the past 9 years. Most recently her work has primarily consisted of wood fired functional pots. In her work, Linden is interested in exploring the impacts of the process, either thru wet altering or focusing on forms that highlight the effects of wood firing.

Evening Throwing Nat Doane

September 30, October 7, 14, 21, 28, Nov 4 $225

In this class we will be focusing on the fundamentals of throwing on the potter’s wheel, learning the basic techniques involving ceramic forms, through demonstrations and individual assistance, we will develop skills using the potter’s wheel to create functional forms such as cups, bowls and vases.

Nathaniel Doane is a graduate of UMass Dartmouth. He is a native Cape Coder and has worked with many local potters since high school including Steve Kemp from Kemp Pottery, Joe Mcaffrey at Narowland Pottery, Brewster pottery with Marion Eckheart, aswell as Chris Gustin at Gustin Ceramics. Nat has taught many workshops for high school students, teaching alternative firing techniques and throwing on the potter’s wheel. He taught classes for the Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill and currently teaches classes for the Cape Cod Museum Of Art. Nat is the Clay Studio Manager as well the Facilities Manager for the museum.

Form and Function Michael McCarthy
October 2 & 3, Sat 10 – 4, Sunday 10 – 2, $225

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This weekend workshop will consist of wheel throwing demonstrations of functional pottery. Emphasis will be placed on the architecture of function balanced with an eye for aesthetics. A wide range of pots
will be demonstrated emphasizing sound wheel throwing techniques. Throughout the weekend we will discuss aspects of form and function and what leads to compelling and engaging functional pottery.

Michael McCarthy is a studio pottery making wood fired functional pottery in Western Massachusetts. His first ceramics class was through a summer workshop at Castle Hill. Since then he completed a 3 year apprenticeship for Mark Shapiro and held artist in residencies at Anderson Ranch, CO and Altos de Chavon, DR. Michael regularly teaches workshops and his work is shown by the Ferrin Gallery in Massachusetts.
Throwing For All: We will be offering 6 - 8 week throwing workshops throughout the winter - watch the website for details.

Wood Firing at Highland Center Linden Gray
September 25, 26, 27
Mon - Wed, unload Saturday
$300

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Glaze your pots and then be part of the exhilarating firing of Castle Hill’s Wood Fired Train Kiln. The wood-fired kiln is a great way to build community.
Firings are typically 42 hours long and use 2 to 3 cords of a mixture of hard and soft wood.

Photography

A Cape Cod Photography Workshop Don Dement
Sept 13 - 17, Mon – Fri, 7:00 – 10 am (early morning light)

$350

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This workshop will guide and inspire students to experience and capture the natural beauty of several locations on Cape Cod. Digital camera users will expand their capabilities, become more familiar with their cameras and learn how to produce fine photographs.

As a long-established photography instructor in the Annapolis, MD, area, Don Dement has expanded his freelance photography work and his involvement in support to several local communities. He made the transition to digital in 1990, with his capabilities growing rapidly since to include Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom. Don regularly teaches these subjects at the local community college and at several art and senior centers, as well as providing private tutoring and restoring prints.

Introduction to Photography Dana Dunham
October 5, 7, 12, 14, Tuesdays & Thursday, 1 – 4 pm, $225

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The class will learn how to develop film, print contact sheets, and make 8x10-inch prints. Instruction will be given individually on different levels to guide each student in terms of his or her own photographic vision. A 35mm manual camera with normal lens is required. Students are expected to supply their own film.

Dana Dunham aspires to make a difference through the use of the photographic image. Presently enrolled in the MFA program at the Fine Art Work Center in Provincetown, Dana is seeking a graduate degree from Mass College of Art and Design in Photography. He is committed to the traditional process of black-and-white film photography and the darkroom print.

Raku Extravaganza on Memorial Day Weekend

with Jim Brunelle & Lois Hirshberg

May 29 & 30
Sat: 12 - 8pm
Sun: 11 - 3
Castle Hill
2 sessions $220
free to watch!

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This amazing post-reduction firing workshop is for those who have bisque-fired stoneware pieces ready for a raku firing. Working with a variety of ceramic materials, including crackle, metallic and luster glazes, participants will experience one-of-a-kind results. Using combustible materials such as pine needles, seaweed, and sawdust, each dramatic hands-on firing offers an array of results that will intrigue participants. Students should realize that this workshop involves direct fire and smoke and it is important to dress appropriate to these concerns. Bring bisque ware; we will supply glazes. Remember that the kiln space is limited.

Huge Show of many artist of the Cape Cod Potters and faculty of Castle Hill.

Ceramics Cooperative

Open: September - May
Located at Castle Hill’s 10 Meetinghouse Road (main campus)

You are invited to become a member of Castle Hill’s NEW Ceramics Studio Cooperative. The ceramics studio is available to all levels, including…inquisitive beginners to experienced potters. With your support and participation we expect the New Ceramics Studio to develop into a dynamic place for students and co-op members to pursue their personal growth, while continuing to inspire and promote excellence in Castle Hill’s Ceramics Department. We encourage artists to work and learn together and what better way than through a cooperative environment?

The Castle Hill Ceramics Studio houses 13 wheels (including 3 kick wheels), a slab roller, banding wheels, plaster molds, hand-building equipment & an extruder. Additionally, we have 3 electric kilns, a large gas kiln, 2 raku kilns and a newly built salt kiln.
Ceramic Cooperative members also receive a 10% discount on ceramic workshops at Castle Hill (please remind the registrar when you sign up for a class).

The Ceramics classes maybe take for College Credit through the Cape Cod Community College. If you are interested in getting college credit please let the registrar know when registering.