Alan Bray’s painting workshop, 2018
Intensive Summer Workshops
Summer 2020 Update:
Due to the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak, Monson Arts has cancelled all workshops scheduled to take place in July and August. We will be working with this year’s instructors to hopefully reschedule their workshops in 2021 and will post updates to the descriptions listed on this page when they are available. We hope to see you here next summer!
Each summer, Monson Arts programs a variety of one-week intensive workshops at our facilities which provide an ideal environment to focus on learning and studio work. Taught by instructors renown in their field, these classes are designed to give participants unhindered time where they don’t have to think about anything other than making. Monson Arts provides all meals and the option of housing right in town within walking distance to all of our facilities. The studios are open 24 hours.
A typical workshop includes 10-15 participants and we are able to host two workshops at a time in our facilities. Sessions begin with dinner on Sunday night and conclude with lunch on Friday. Workshops are open to anyone 18 or older and working at any level from beginners to advanced professionals. Enrollment is on a first-come first-served basis.
Anna Hepler’s sculpture workshop, 2019
Cost:
Tuition: $550
Room & Board:
Single: $725
Double: $500
Day Student: $275
Participants can select a single or double accommodation. If you do not need housing you may attend as a day student at a reduced rate. All meals are included and served at the Quarry restaurant. Fees for materials and supplies will vary for each studio and in general range from $25-$100. A deposit payment of $250 is required at the time of registration with full payment for all summer workshops due by April 30.
Summer 2020 Workshops
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Fresco: Barbara Sullivan
$250.00July 12 – 17
Students in this workshop will develop an understanding and appreciation of true buon fresco (painting into freshly laid wet plaster) within both an art historical context, as well as in practical applications.
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Book Arts: Eileen Wallace
$250.00August 2 – 7
In this workshop, participants will learn five fundamental book structures along with low-tech image-making techniques and strategies for generating content.
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Wood/ Sculpture: Ted Lott
$250.00August 2 – 7
In this workshop we will delve into the history and methods of stick frame construction as a means for making fast, light & strong forms with functional applications. Students will learn how to design and fabricate their own architectural structure on a miniature scale using these methods.
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Fiber/ Sculpture: Pat Hickman
$250.00July 26 – 31
Learn how to build skeletal three-dimensional structures which may or may not be covered with skin-like material. This workshop will also explore openwork textile techniques such as knotted netting and knotless netting.
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Writing: Meredith Hall
$250.00June 28 – July 3
This workshop will explore story making tools often used by memoirists. Students will write a series of short narrative pieces, crafting memory into story and will celebrate the great pleasure that comes with mastering narrative memoir.
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Mixed Media/ Wood: Michael Stasiuk
$250.00June 28 – July 3
The focus of this workshop is on simple and innovative joinery applicable to wood, metal, and fiber, using found objects. Find a personal connection to your materials in order to bring meaning and a new sense of context to otherwise commonplace or discarded objects.
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Drawing: Michael Moore
$250.00July 26 – 31
In this process-oriented drawing workshop participants will be asked to watch their drawings happen as they actually draw them, bit by bit, dot by dot, mark by mark, line by line, from nothing to something.
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Sculpture/ Textile: Warren Seelig
$250.00July 12 – 17
This highly experimental course will consider the possibility of constructing surfaces through either known or invented processes using materials chosen by the student of every conceivable kind.
Latest News > Workshops at Monson Arts
Summer 2019 Public Programs
See our lineup of fee public programs being offered this summer including evening talks by artist/ instructors, exhibits, demonstrations, and film screenings.
Summer Workshop Catalog
Our one-week intensive summer workshops provide an ideal environment to focus on learning and studio work. Register online for one of eight workshop offerings in 2019.
2019 Residency and Workshop Schedule
We have just finalized our schedule for 2019 with some exciting new opportunities for residencies and workshops. Save the dates now and stay tuned for more details about specific programs in the coming months.
Immersive Audio Workshop, September 2-5
A new workshop offered over Labor Day weekend is now open for enrollment. This three-day intensive will explore new ways of defining and creating immersive storytelling through technology, events, editing, sound design, and reporting techniques.
Slow Art with Alan Bray, July 22-26
Sign up today for our inaugural workshop and spend 4 days drawing and painting in Monson this summer!