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Join us in beautiful midcoast Maine for an Aimone Art Workshop in June and August, 2013. All three events will be held at the Thomaston Academy in Thomaston. Please scroll down below to see all three workshops. THE TOWN OF THOMASTON Thomaston is a small coastal town that is classic Maine! Beautiful homes, a historic downtown, old captain's houses, and proximity to the water make it an ideal setting for the retreat. It is just minutes from neighboring Rockland, home of the Farnsworth Museum and terrific galleries and restaurants. Also nearby are the towns of Rockport and Camden to the north... and Damariscotta, New Harbor, and Boothbay Harbor to south. We'll be happy to recommend accomodations nearby. THE THOMASTON ACADEMY We conduct our midcoast Maine workshops in the spacious gymnasium of the Thomaston Academy in Thomaston. We install large freestanding wall surfaces in its cavernous gymnasium to afford each artist a generous amount of work space.. The gym features tall ceilings, hardwood floors, and great lighting, both natural and artificial. What a great space to work!
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ABSTRACT PAINTING:NONOBJECTIVE COMPOSITIONThomaston Academy, Thomaston, Maine JUNE 24-30, 2013 This workshop is now full. Accepting names on a waiting list... Begins Monday afternoon, the 24th, with an introductory roundtable discussion followed by a powerpoint slide presentation and Q&A session. Tuesday the 25th through Saturday the 29th, are full studio days. The session on the 30th ends with a summary discussion. Tuition: $950. A $200 deposit holds your place in the workshop (use the PayPal button below to pay by credit card.) Tuition balance is due May 15th, after which all payments become nonrefundable. Enrollment is limited to twelve and is available on a first-come, first-served basis.
Artist and 2012 workshop participants Mary Cole (left); Ann Lafferty and Talya Baharal (right)
Join us for this exciting and challenging introduction to the language of non-objective painting. Explore what art can say IN ADDITION TO OR APART FROM its traditional purposes of describing external appearances, telling literary narratives, and expressing specific and pre-determined emotions. Experience how the nonobjective language can serve to poetically describe the indescribable, make the invisible visible, give form to the formless. Learn to regard paintings as things to experience rather than understand. You'll take part in a series of "shared challenges" that guide you through the learning process. Each involves doing a quick painting that addresses the expressive potential of visual elements and relationships. While the majority of hands-on challenges are executed in painting, drawing, and collage, this workshop is neither media not technique specific, and no technical expertise is required.
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ABSTRACT PAINTING:NONOBJECTIVE COMPOSITIONThomaston Academy, Thomaston, Maine August 12-17, 2013 Begins Monday afternoon, the 12th, with an introductory roundtable discussion followed by a powerpoint slide presentation and Q&A session. Tuesday the 13th through Saturday the 17th, are full studio days. The session on the 17th ends with a summary discussion. Note: three spaces left in this workshop... Tuition: $950. A $200 deposit holds your place in the workshop (use the PayPal button below to pay by credit card.) Tuition balance is due July 1st, after which all payments become nonrefundable. Enrollment is limited to twelve and is available on a first-come, first-served basis.
Artist and 2012 workshop participants Yhanna Coffin (left), Ann Lafferty (center), and Jean Banas (right) Join us for this exciting and challenging introduction to the language of non-objective painting. Explore what art can say IN ADDITION TO OR APART FROM its traditional purposes of describing external appearances, telling literary narratives, and expressing specific and pre-determined emotions. Experience how the nonobjective language can serve to poetically describe the indescribable, make the invisible visible, give form to the formless. Learn to regard paintings as things to experience rather than understand. You'll take part in a series of "shared challenges" that guide you through the learning process. Each involves doing a quick painting that addresses the expressive potential of visual elements and relationships. While the majority of hands-on challenges are executed in painting, drawing, and collage, this workshop is neither media not technique specific, and no technical expertise is required.
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DIRECTED INDIVIDUAL STUDYThomaston Academy, Thomaston, MaineAugust 20-26, 2013 Due to a cancellation, we once again have ONE OPENING in this workshop... Begins Tuesday afternoon, the 20th, with an introductory roundtable discussion. Wednesday the 21st through Sunday the 25th, are full studio days. The session on the 26th is morning only and consists of final presentations and discussions. Tuition: $950. A $200 deposit holds your place in the workshop (use the PayPal button below to pay by credit card.) Tuition balance is due July 1st, after which all payments become nonrefundable. Enrollment is limited to ten and is available on a first-come, first-served basis.
Take part in this small group intensive workshop designed to replicate the atmosphere and mindset of a graduate school fine art studio. Each artist will focus on an individual contract (or mission statement) to explore certain territory, develop a series of pieces, or explore a particular theme. Participants will introduce and refine their contract in an opening roundtable discussion. This contract serves as the genesis point for the development of work during the remainder of the retreat. Interactive discussions of work take place throughout the workshop, allowing artists to engage in the process of discussing one another’s working process and development. Spur of the moment, informal critiques are encouraged and facilitated. The workshop ends in a summary discussion and critique during which each artist makes a formal presentation, followed by responses from Steven Aimone, and, as time allows, other artists.
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From a Directed Individual Study session in Thomaston in 2012-- Left: artist-participants Mary Cole (l) and Gene Gnida (r) taking part in a critique. Right: workshop painting by Jean Banas.
