Paper in 2 & 3 Dimensions: Print, Stitch & Weave

Paper in 2 & 3 Dimensions: Print, Stitch & Weave

June 22 – June 28

Paper in 2 & 3 Dimensions: Print, Stitch & Weave with Crystal Cawley

All levels welcome! printmaking and embroidery experience will help but is not required.

Enjoy a week of playing with ways to transform paper by printing, stitching, and weaving it. You will set wood type letters and numbers to print letterpress patterned papers that will serve as our raw materials. You’ll learn how to prep paper for hand stitching and practice embroidery stitches that work beautifully on paper. We’ll make and weave strips of paper to form 2-D and 3-D objects. There will be lots of demos with plenty of time for you to explore on your own. All levels welcome, printmaking and embroidery experience will help but is not required.

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Students Bring

Tools (I will have extras if you need to borrow a tool)
Scissors
X-acto or similar lightweight knife and extra blades (utility knives and box cutters will be too heavy)
Cutting mat (extra’s available)
Bone folder
Awl
Metal straight edge or right triangle
Embroidery/tapestry needles (not too small—you have to thread ’em!))
Tweezers

Optional

Paper punches: any shapes and sizes
Screw punch and bits
Small found objects that you have collected
Plain and other papers you have gathered

Crystal Cawley is an artist who works with paper, textiles, collected objects, and repurposed materials. Her work explores ideas of identity, time, memory, and loss, and draws on various traditional skills like embroidery and letterpress printing. She teaches in the Continuing and Professional Studies program at the Maine College of Art in Portland, Maine, and is an artist member of Portland’s Pickwick Independent Press, a printmaking collective. She has shown her work around the US and in England, Greece, and Japan. Her work is in the collections of the Boston Public Library; Columbia University Library; The Library of Congress; Maine Women Writers Collection; MOMA/Franklin Furnace Artists’ Book Collection; the Smithsonian Institution Graphic Arts Collection at the National Museum of American History, Washington, D.C.; and the Munakata Shiko Museum, Aomori, Japan, among others. She has received grants from the Maine Arts Commission, the Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation, and the Pollock Krasner Foundation.

Lodging and Meals

Monson Arts offers on-campus housing in a private (single) or double (shared with one other person) room in a house with shared bathroom and kitchen. Houses are comfortably furnished with linens provided. If you do not need housing, you may register as a day student and pay only for meals. All meals are prepared by the The Quarry, a fine-dining restaurant in downtown Monson and recent James Beard award winner.

Includes tuition, room and board

Single Room: $1610

Double Room: $1370

Day Students:

All meals $1130

Lunch Only: $875

Workshop Registration

Enrollment in each workshop is handled on a first-come, first-served basis. A deposit is required at the time of registration with full payment for all summer workshops due by May 30. If a workshop is full you can contact our office to be placed on the waitlist free of charge. If space becomes available we will let you know. Workshop schedules vary, so please note the dates.

Fees

The cost of participating in a workshop includes tuition, room and board. We offer on-campus housing in a private (single) or double (shared with one other person) room. Room availability is limited and filled on a first-come, first-served basis. If you do not need housing, you may register as a day student at a reduced rate. Whether staying on campus or off, all meals are included and prepared for workshop participants by the Quarry restaurant. Fees for materials and supplies will vary for each studio and can range from $25-$100.

Accommodations

Housing is in new or recently refurbished houses located within walking distance of studios and workshops. Single or double occupancy bedrooms are provided in shared housing. Bedrooms are comfortably furnished with twin beds. Linens and towels are provided, you should bring an extra swim towel.

Cancellation Policy

Cancellations made 30 days prior to the start of your workshop will receive a refund minus a $50 processing fee. Cancellations made 10 days prior will receive a 50% refund. Any cancellations after that will be charged the full rate. However, if you experience illness on the day of planned arrival, we will refund minus $50 to protect all of our participants. Should circumstances change, and we decide it is not possible to safely operate and cancel or postpone a workshop, you will receive a full refund.