KCAI Summer Educators ArtLab, July 19-24, 2009
We are inviting applications for our ninth annual Educators ArtLab. Up to 30 high school art educators (teaching grades 9-12) will be accepted to attend this week-long studio workshop.
The summer of 2009 will feature two studio concentrations which have not yet been determined. We anticipate knowing these and posting them here by January, 2009. Applicants will need to choose ONE of the studios in which to study. Participants will have the opportunity to spend 24 hours with their facilitator, plus an additional nine evening studio hours with a technical assistant and/or their facilitator. Work produced will be exhibited at the end of the week for all participants.
Last Summer's Curriculum included:
Ways with Books
with Steve Mayse, Professor, Animation
We will explore ways of producing a one-of-a-kind book in this summer workshop. These individual books can be handmade, cover to cover; can be an “altered book” that serves an additional purpose to its original meaning and form; can be a book of photo collage, or a book of your own definition. To start, we will view various forms of handmade book making, then our efforts will be focused toward storytelling and the narrative.
We will contact you before the workshop and give you a list of material examples to give you the opportunity to gather and bring materials (found and otherwise) that could result in the making of your book (photographs, drawings, letters, stamps, poems, type, etc). A visit to the instructor’s studio for lunch one day may be a welcome break.
We will exhibit these creative and unique books at the end of the workshop experience and share them with the community.
Kiln Formed Glass
with George Timock, Professor, Ceramics
Kansas City Art Institute’s Educators ArtLab 2008 offers one of the newest, most popular studio offerings on our campus - kiln formed glass. Don’t confuse this glass experience with “hot glass” (hot temperatures, tank tops, sweat, shorts)! We fuse, cast and slump a variety of glass in electric kilns and the results are amazing! Expect to have 36 contact hours of studio creativity in the glass studio. Professor George and technical assistant Anne look forward to assisting each participant with technical and aesthetic concerns. The final exhibition on Friday is sure to please and amaze. Serious focus and a fun time with new colleagues from around the country is an exciting mix you won’t want to miss!
Expenses for 2009
On-campus housing, meals and standard materials are all provided. Transportation is the responsibility of the participant. All participants are encouraged to stay in provided housing in order to take full advantage of this program.
Application Requirements
Send a current resume and statement answering this question: "What would be the most important aspect of this program that I could take away with me this summer?"
On a separate piece of paper, please include your name, home address and telephone number and choice of studio concentration. Also include the name of your school, what grade level(s) you teach, school telephone number, your school e-mail address as well as your personal e-mail address.
Application Deadline
Application materials must be received no later than Friday, March 20, 2009. All applicants will be notified of the status of their application by March 31.
Please send your materials via e-mail to soleary@kcai.edu, or fax to 816-802-3456, or mail to:
Shirley O'Leary
Special Programs Office
Kansas City Art Institute
4415 Warwick Blvd.
Kansas City, MO 64111
Questions?
Call Shirley O'Leary, Associate Vice President for Special Programs, KCAI, 816-802-3445; or e-mail her at soleary@kcai.edu
2008 Faculty Bios
Steve Mayse, Professor, Animation
An alumnus of Central Missouri State University, where he graduated with a bachelor's degree in art education (functional with commercial art), and the University of Kansas, where he earned a master's degree in design, Steve Mayse brings 20 years of practical experience as the owner of his own business and as a free-lance illustrator and designer. His client list included Sports Illustrated, Arthur Anderson, Chevron, McDonald's, Boys' Town, Employers Reinsurance Corp., American Airlines, Cessna Corp., Sprint Corp., The Los Angeles Times, Cerner Corp., Cable in the Classroom, Physician, Ingram's, Vision, Emerge and many others. His work has received awards for excellence three dozen times from the three-dimensional Art Directors and Illustration Awards show in New York, the Society of Illustrators in New York, the Society of Illustrators in Los Angeles, the Kansas City Art Directors' Award Show and the Addy Awards. In addition, Central Missouri State University awarded Steve the Distinguished Alumni Award for his work as a practicing visual artist and as an educator. He has served as a visiting artist/guest lecturer at the State University of New York, the University of Kansas, Central Missouri State University, William Jewell College, Graceland College, Northwest Missouri State University and Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. His work has been included many times in juried fine art exhibitions, nationally as a contributing artist and regionally as a solo artist.
George Timock, Professor, Ceramics
George Timock has a particular interest in double-walled vessels that are raku-fired and inspired by the landscape. His work has been widely exhibited in solo, group, invitational and juried exhibitions, including the Survey Exhibition of GTs Raku Vessels 1978-98, Goddard Gallery, Sedalia, Mo., 1998; the Museum of Contemporary Crafts, New York; "A Century of Ceramics in the United States," Everson Museum, Syracuse, N.Y.; and a one-artist show at Exhibit-A Gallery, Chicago.
His works are in several permanent collections, including the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. His work has been featured in publications including "Objects: U.S.A.," by Lee Nordess; "Raku Pottery; A Century of Ceramics in the U.S." and "Low Fire Ceramics, A New Direction in American Clay." Timock received National Endowment for the Arts grants in 1974 and 1981. A member of the KCAI faculty since 1973, he holds B.F.A. and M.F.A. degrees from Cranbrook Academy of Art.