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October 21 –
24, 2010 Digital Photography
Paul Taggart
New York, New York
Digital Photography
http://www.paultaggart.com
Paul Taggart is a photographer whose work focuses on war reportage, the aftermath of conflicts, and refugee populations. Taggart works primarily in the Middle East and Africa, with a short stint on a pirate ship in Antarctica. In 2004, he was one of the few un-embedded western journalists to cover the month-long battle and siege of Najaf, Iraq between the Mahdi Militia and the coalition forces. Other prominent news stories Taggart has photographed were Benazir Bhutto's return to Pakistan in 2007 and the dual bombing of her convoy, the 2005 tsunami in Banda Aceh, the 2005 famine in Niger, the 2006 war in Lebanon, the three-month siege of the Nahr al-Bared refugee camp in northern Lebanon in the summer of 2007, the Russian invasion of Georgia in 2008, the continued war in Congo, and the 2010 earthquake in Haiti. Taggart's work has been published in Newsweek, The New York Times, TIME Magazine, National Geographic Adventure, US News and World Report, Der Spiegel, Le Monde, and dozens of other publications. Obsessed with photography, Taggart has been arrested on multiple continents, detained at many border crossings, kidnapped in Iraq, shot at, bombed, and beaten. He will go through just about anything to get that one great picture and hopes to instill a little bit of that insane passion for storytelling in his students. Originally from Tulsa, Taggart was an OSAI photography student in 1997 and 1998.
October 21 –
24, 2010 Folk Dancing
Martha Riley
Delphi, Indiana
Folk Dancing
Dr. Martha Riley is a professor of music at Purdue University in Indiana where she teaches music education courses and serves as chair of the Music Division in the School of Visual and Performing Arts. She received her B.A. from St. Olaf College in Minnesota and her M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Minnesota. Originally from Berea, Kentucky, Riley grew up with a rich heritage of traditional community music and dance. She is the author of several publications, including "English Country Dances for Children" and "Backwoods Heritage: Traditional Songs, Dances, Fiddle Tunes, and More." She is a frequent presenter of workshops and conference sessions for music educators across the United States and Canada.
October 21 –
24, 2010 Intaglio Printing: the Language and Practice of Etching
Emily Arthur
Douglass
Atlantic Beach, Florida
Intaglio Printing: the Language and Practice of Etching
Emily Arthur Douglass received her M.F.A. from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia. She has studied lithography at the Tamarind Institute in Albuquerque and served as an artist-in residence in Vallauris, France. She recently participated in a cultural exchange between Japanese artists and artists from the Diné/Navajo Nation. Arthur Douglass is currently an assistant professor of printmaking at the University of North Florida in Jacksonville, and she received the UNF 2009-2010 Undergraduate Teaching Award. Arthur Douglass' work is included in the permanent collections of the Denver Art Museum, the University of Arizona, the University of Colorado, the Kansas City Arts Institute, and the Southern Graphics Print Council. Her work is also included in permanent collections of venues in Russia, Estonia,
Japan, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and France. Arthur Douglass has been awarded the "Notable Women in the Arts" award by the National Museum of Women in the Arts.
Marwin Begaye
Norman, Oklahoma
Printmaking Assistant
Marwin Begaye has been a professional artist since 1990. He is an internationally exhibited printmaker and painter and a nationally recognized graphic designer. He enjoys incorporating satire and realism into images from his childhood and imagination by using a variety of media that communicate his message on many levels. He has had extended exhibitions at SITE Santa Fe, the National Museum of the American Indian in New York City, the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, and Rotorua in New Zealand, among others. In all of his image-making, Begaye strives to maintain accountability to family and community. Begaye will also serve as printmaking assistant for the OFAI workshops taught by Carlos Barberena and Ron Pokrasso.
October 21 –
24, 2010 Painting on a Grand Scale
Robert Rahway Zakanitch
Brooklyn, New York
Painting
Robert Rahway Zakanitch has exhibited in New York since 1965. He has had numerous shows at Stable Gallery, Reese Palley, Holly Solomon, Robert Miller, Sidney Janis, Hirschl/Adler and Jason McCoy, and group exhibitions at the Whitney Annual, Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Museum of Modern Art. Nationally, he has had many solo exhibitions in Los Angeles, Houston, Dallas, and Atlanta and has been included in numerous group shows. On the international stage, Zakanitch has had one man shows in numerous countries including Switzerland, Germany, France, England, and Japan. He recently completed the grand curtain and organ scrim for the Carnival Center of the Performing Arts in Miami, designed by architect Cesar Pelli. Zakanitch received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1995 and has been listed in "Who's Who in America" and "Who's Who in the World" since 1980.
October 21 –
24, 2010 The Abiding Image: An Invitation to Poetry
Cathy Smith Bowers
Tryon, North Carolina
The Abiding Image: An Invitation to Poetry
Cathy Smith Bowers grew up in the small mill town of Lancaster, South Carolina as one of six children. She received her B.A. and M.A.T. in English at Winthrop University in Rock Hill, South Carolina. Her poems have appeared in publications such as "The Atlantic Monthly," "The Georgia Review," "Poetry," "The Southern Review," and "The Kenyon Review." She is a winner of the General Electric Award for Younger Writers and a South Carolina Poetry Fellowship. She teaches at Wofford College and in the low-residency MFA program at Queens University of Charlotte, where she received the 2002 JB Fuqua Distinguished Educator Award. Smith Bowers is the author of four collections of poetry: "The Love That Ended Yesterday in Texas," Texas Tech University Press, 1992; "Traveling in Time of Danger," Iris Press, 1999; "A Book of Minutes," Iris Press, 2004; "The Candle I Hold Up To See You," Iris Press, 2009.
October 28 –
31, 2010 Digital Photography: Reconfiguring Nature
Susan kae Grant
Dallas, Texas
Digital Photography: Reconfiguring Nature
http://susankaegrant.com
Susan kae Grant is a professor and head of the Photography & Book Arts program at Texas Woman's University, and she teaches workshops annually at the International Center for Photography in New York City. She was the recipient of the 2005 & 2003 SPE Freestyle Crystal Apple Teaching Award and the Excellence in Photographic Teaching Award from the Santa Fe Center for Photography. She has exhibited her work and lectured at museums and galleries nationwide and is represented in numerous collections, including the George Eastman House, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, J. Paul Getty Museum Library, Houston Museum of Fine Arts, and the Victoria and Albert Museum. Her ongoing body of work, "Night Journey," is the culmination of research conducted in a sleep laboratory on dreams, memory, and the unconscious. She is represented by Conduit Gallery, Dallas, Texas; Verve Gallery of Photography, Santa Fe; Modernbook Gallery, Palo Alto, CA; Galerie BMG, Woodstock, NY; and Vamp & Tramp Booksellers, LTD, Birmingham, AL. She received her MFA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
October 28 –
31, 2010 Drumming for Fun and Spirit
John K. Galm
Boulder, Colorado
Drumming for Fun and Spirit
John K. Galm is Professor Emeritus in Ethnomusicology at the University of Colorado. He has studied traditional music in Bali, India, Senegal, Turkey, and Morocco. He has presented concerts and workshops in the United States, Canada, Europe, West Africa, Turkey, and Brazil. Galm performs a variety of western and non-western instruments, including the talking drum of Senegal, the musical bow of Brazil, the Turkish reed flute, the Arabic lute, and more. As a percussionist, Galm has performed with the Eastman Wind Ensemble, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, the Colorado Symphony Orchestra, and the United States Air Force Band in Washington, D.C. He has contributed many articles to the international journal "Percussive Notes" and to "The Encyclopedia of Percussion Instruments." His article "Music of the Harlem Renaissance" appears in the "Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance." Since retirement, he has given lectures and concerts at Regis University and conducted Sound Healing Workshops with Jonathan Goldman and Vickie Dodd. Galm has recorded two CDs with his wife Alyne, "Stories from the Grandparents" and "Stories from the Godmother Tree." Galm holds degrees from the Eastman School of Music, the University of Rochester, and the Catholic University of America. Galm was the percussion instructor at the Oklahoma Summer Arts Institute for ten years.
October 28 –
31, 2010 Experimental Linoleum Printing
Carlos Barberena
Oak Park, Illinois
Experimental Linoleum Printing
Carlos Barberena is a Nicaraguan self-taught visual artist. He has had solo shows in Costa Rica, Mexico, Nicaragua and the United States. His work has been shown in group exhibitions in various museums, galleries, cultural centers, art fairs, art biennials, and universities across the world, including Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Spain, the U.S., and Venezuela. Barberena's work was selected to represent Nicaragua in the XIII Art Salon: "Identity Imprint: A Glance at Ibero-American Printmaking" exhibition at the Mexican Cultural Institute in Washington, D.C., and in the "V Biennial Caribbean" with the Umbrellas Project in the Dominican Republic. He has received various awards, most notably the award-poster for the Ecology and Human Rights in Banana Plantations in Costa Rica, given by GEBANA in Berlin, Germany. His work is included in private and public collections in the U.S. and abroad.
October 28 –
31, 2010 Experimental Techniques in Watercolor
Jan Heaton
Austin, Texas
Experimental Techniques in Watercolor
http://www.janheaton.com
Jan Heaton's watercolors offer a personal viewpoint that celebrates nature and then abstractly reaches beyond the obvious. Heaton's watercolors are inspired by the structure, color, line, and pattern of elements in nature that are often overlooked. Her work isolates details and exposes the viewer to an everyday object or place seen from a new perspective. She incorporates her background in calligraphy and graphic design to create sensuous organic forms. Born in Michigan, Heaton calls the city of Austin home. She is a faculty member of the Art School of the the Austin Museum of Art and a Signature Member of the National Watercolor Society. Heaton's artwork is represented at Wally Workman Gallery - Austin, Soho Myriad - Atlanta, Kirchman Gallery - Johnson City, and Galleria Pergola - San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. Heaton is also represented by art dealers in New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Houston, and Dallas. She still finds time to hula-hoop.
November 04 –
07, 2010 Acting
Mark Madama
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Acting
Mark Madama has directed over one hundred theatre productions throughout the United States and as far away as Poland, Ireland, and Czechoslovakia. He has been one of the resident directors at Music Theatre of Wichita. He has also directed at such theatres as Pittsburgh CLO, Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma, Center Theatre Group, Casa Manana, and Houston's Theatre Under The Stars. Other credits include numerous weekend and daylong workshops at high schools and professional schools, and two summer engagements teaching at Music Theatre Italy. His writing credits included the book for the musical "White Cliffs of Dover" and co-authoring with Wayne Bryan the revised version of "Good News!" which has received over 250 productions in the U.S., Canada and Great Britain. Madama is an associate professor at the University of Michigan.
November 04 –
07, 2010 Basic Digital Photography
Konrad Eek
Norman, Oklahoma
Photography Assistant
Konrad Eek owns and operates Maxwell Eek Design Photography, a commercial photography studio specializing in product and advertising photography. He serves a diverse client base, ranging from Carlisle Food Service Products to the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History. In addition to his commercial photographic work, Eek is very involved in arts education. He has served as an adjunct professor of photography for Oklahoma City Community College for over a decade. He teaches classes in photo lighting, advanced darkroom techniques, and alternative photographic processes. He also serves on the curriculum development committee for the college. For over 20 years, Eek has served the Oklahoma Arts Institute in a variety of roles.
Ben Long
San Francisco, California
Basic Digital Photography
http://www.completedigitalphotography.com
Ben Long is a San Francisco-based photographer and writer. The author of over a dozen books on digital photography and digital video, he has been a longtime contributor to many magazines including MacWeek, MacUser, Macworld UK, and more. He is currently a senior contributing editor for Macworld magazine and is a senior editor at CreativePro.com. His photography clients include 20th Century Fox, Blue Note Records, Global Business Network, the San Francisco Jazz Festival, the Pickle Family Circus, and Grammy-nominated jazz musicians Don Byron and Dafnis Prieto. Long has taught and lectured on photography around the world. He also dabbles in computer programming, and has written image editing utilities that are in use in the Smithsonian, the British Museum, and the White House. He has experienced Quartz Mountain as an OSAI student, counselor, and as a part of the OSAI and OFAI faculty. In addition to teaching the weekend three Basic Digital Photography workshop, Long will serve as the photography assistant for the weekend one and two OFAI photography workshops.
November 04 –
07, 2010 Beyond Monotype
Ron Pokrasso
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Beyond Monotype
http://www.ronpokrasso.com
Ron Pokrasso has been an exhibiting artist and printmaker for more than 35 years. He received his MFA degree from Pratt Institute in 1975 and has had over 40 solo exhibitions and more than 150 group shows. His work is in collections throughout the U.S. and abroad, as well as being featured in several books. From 1982-93, Pokrasso owned and directed Graphics Workshop, a fine arts work space. He is an originator of the printmaking event "Monothon" and has been an ardent supporter of arts programs for youth. His teaching experience includes universities, museums, public schools, and private workshops, as well as artist residencies in the U.S., Scotland, Ireland, and Italy. In 2000, Pokrasso received the Mayor's Recognition Award For Visual Arts, citing his artistic and educational contribution to the city of Santa Fe. Ron Pokrasso currently owns and operates Timberwick Studios, an art retreat in Santa Fe.
November 04 –
07, 2010 Dance for Children with Autism
Andrew Palermo
New York, New York
Dance for Children with Autism
http://www.dredance.com
Andrew Palermo is the artistic director and co-founder of dre.dance, a New York City- based contemporary dance company that he founded with childhood friend Taye Diggs. Since its premiere performance in 2005, dre.dance has earned a reputation for authentically poignant and powerful dancing, with performances and residencies in New York City and across the country. A select list of Palermo's theatrical direction and choreography credits includes award-winning productions of "Ace," "Two Gentlemen of Verona," "Hair," and "The Wild Party," as well as "Kristin Chenoweth at Carnegie Hall," "Bright Lights, Big City," "Aida," "Man of La Mancha," and "Esther Demsack," among others. Performing highlights include original Broadway companies of "Wicked" and "Annie Get Your Gun" (revival), the closing Broadway company of "How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying," national and international tours of "West Side Story," and performances at Carnegie Hall, The Kennedy Center, The Hollywood Bowl, Second Stage and numerous regional theaters.
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