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Thousand Oaks Art Festival

pearce — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 21:42:19 +0000

The annual Thousand Oaks Art Festival took place this weekend, so we set up a booth to make sure that the art community in the County is more aware of our presence, offering our calendar of events and chatting with interested prospective students and parents.

In the photo Devin, Cody and Joe man the table, while Kristi demonstrates how to make clay mono-prints in the background.

Watercolors in the background by Terry Spehar-Fahey.

CLU Art instructor working with Dan Welden

CLU — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 23:53:18 +0000

CLU printmaking instructor, Kristi Colell, joins the teaching staff of Dan Welden’s Florence 2009 Summer workshop held in Firenze Italy this August 6-27th. Colell will be offering a Mixed Media curriculum. Three local students, will be working with artists from Saudia Arabia, South America, European, Australian and the USA: Jason Nuygen is a junior art major at CLU, Samantha Budy, art major at CSUCI and Kari Lewis, graduate of Dartmouth University majoring in Russian, and Indian Studies/art.

The workshops offer a splendid opportunity to create a solid body of work in painting, drawing, photography, or book arts while taking in the sights, sounds and tastes of Italy.

Nestled by rolling hills, olive groves and vineyards, Florence sits along the banks of the Arno river and is considered the red roofed gem of Northern Tuscany.As the veritable birthplace of the Renaissance, the city was home to Dante, Michelangelo, Leonardo, Brunelleschi, and countless other famous artists. Today it is a thriving metropolis and inspiration to artists from all over the world.Museums such as the Uffizi, Accademia, Bargello, and the Palazzo Pitti, house the greatest repository of Renaissance art in the western world.

Solar Printing workshop

CLU — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:27:10 +0000

Dan Welden’s workshop with faculty, guests and students was a glowing success.

International Printmaker Dan Welden, originator of the solar print etching process, sharing solar print examples of art with Jason Nguyen, student; Kristi Colell, printmaking instructor; Terry Spehar-Fahey, art instructor, and Stephanie Shulstad, CLU student during the April 27th workshop.

Explaining the solar process to Stine Tjaden, Myrna Ratcliffe, Jason Nguyen and Terry Spehar-Fahey.

Dan Welden works with local Artist Myrna Ratcliffe during the CLU Master Printmaker’s solar workshop.

Kristi has posted more here.

Senior Show

CLU — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 21:38:06 +0000

The show’s in the gallery, almost ready for the opening reception tomorrow. We will have food and drinks, good company, good music and FABULOUS ART. Come and meet our seniors and imagine yourself joining them as a CLU student.

3.oo pm Saturday afternoon 26th April. Kwan Fong Gallery.

Works upstairs by Krista.

Bret Bays loads in his sculpture.

Works line the stairway.

Neal Cox visits CLU

CLU — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 04:31:46 +0000

Master Printmaker Neal Cox visited CLU to work with Print Instructor Kristi Colell. He is a Master Printer for the UTSA Collaborative Editions project, working with a group of Mexican-American artists. He shows his work internationally and teaches at the University of Texas, San Antonio.

Karli Watland – sales success

CLU — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 02:15:40 +0000

CLU student Karli Watland has been quietly breaking ground as a successful artist. She told me that she has now sold two of her recent series of paintings.

Karli and her colleague Bret Bays have begun the run of solo shows by our senior students by installing their excellent exhibit into Overton Hall, so come and see why her work is selling. The two artists have worked hard to make their exhibit a great success and I’m very impressed. Their show includes paintings, photography, prints and drawings. Closes 24th March.

Overton Hall is opposite the Humanities building near the flagpoles on Memorial Drive.

Michael

Solar printer’s brilliant workshop

CLU — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 02:50:38 +0000

The inventor of solar printmaking, Dan Welden, will be at CLU Sunday April 27th leading a special workshop for our students and faculty. He will do an introduction and and an initial demonstration of solar printmaking beginning at 3:30pm.

The workshop will continue Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.

Dan would like all faculty, students and guests to come Sunday for the initial presentation. CLU’s own Kristi Colell will be in A-1 with Dan for the next three days for those who want to do some work. Please contact Kristi for more information.

Solarplate printmaking is a wonderful new development in intaglio printmaking technique that allows for quick plate making with a non toxic process. A polymer plate is selectively masked then exposed to the sun. The polymer reacts with light when exposed and can be rinsed away under water, leaving the masked parts of the plate intact. It can then be used as a plate to make prints similar in quality to etchings.

Kristi has posted more here.