So sorry folks….due to zero students signing up for this class we have to cancel it.
Animation & Painting Workshops with Rachel Blumberg
Three One-Day Workshops: RSVP for 1 or all 3
Tues Aug 9 10am – 2pm
Stop Motion Animation Workshop: Found Object Fun
You are invited to enter the wonderful world of stop motion animation! In this workshop you will learn a few simple stop motion techniques and make your own short film using materials we’ll collect on a nature walk, as well as anything you’d like to bring from home. Bring your imagination and learn the magical art of animated storytelling! Fun for kids and adults alike.
Each student or parent/kid team will need
Animation Tools:
- A laptop computer with a compatible digital camera and tripod.
- OR an ipad with stand or tripod.
- OR a smart phone with a tripod.
- AND the charging device for what they are bringing.
And An Animation Program:
- iStopMotion 3 https://boinx.com/
istopmotion/mac/ - OR Stop Motion Recorder app – https://itunes.apple.com/
us/app/stopmotion-recorder/ id373313019?mt=8 - OR the Smoovie app – http://www.smoovie.com/
Please bring an additional material fee of $10 paid directly to the instructor.
Wed Aug 10 10am – 2pm
Stop Motion Animation Workshop: Colors and Shapes
You are invited to enter the wonderful world of stop motion animation! In this workshop you will learn a few simple stop motion techniques and make your own short film using cut paper shapes and characters. Bring your imagination and learn the magical art of animated storytelling! Fun for kids and adults alike.
Each student or parent/kid team will need
Animation Tools:
- A laptop computer with a compatible digital camera and tripod.
- OR an ipad with stand or tripod.
- OR a smart phone with a tripod.
- AND the charging device for what they are bringing.
And An Animation Program:
- iStopMotion 3 https://boinx.com/
istopmotion/mac/ - OR Stop Motion Recorder app – https://itunes.apple.com/
us/app/stopmotion-recorder/ id373313019?mt=8 - OR the Smoovie app – http://www.smoovie.com/
Please bring an additional material fee of $10 paid directly to the instructor. Bring a pair of scissors too!
Thurs Aug 11 10am – 1pm
Painting Workshop: Make Your Own Tea Towels
Make your own beautiful household art. In this class you will learn several water based painting on fabric techniques and discuss how to choose subject matter with a focus on storytelling and narrative in art. Painting experience is not necessary. This is great relaxing fun for kids and adults alike!
Please bring an additional material fee of $15 paid directly to the instructor. Please wear clothes ok for you, or others, to get paint on.
Rachel Blumberg is a multi-media artist and educator who works in the fields of visual art, music, and stop motion animation. As a visual artist she makes paintings, drawings, found object pieces and other work inspired by dream land, folklore, history, nature, and people’s stories. She shows regularly as well as creating many commissioned works. As a musician she has performed, toured and recorded with many widely acclaimed artists including The Decemberists, M. Ward, Bright Eyes, Califone, Norfolk & Western, Laura Gibson, Death Vessel, Tara Jane O’Neil, Michael Hurley and many more, as well as composing and performing her own music. As a stop motion animator she has created shorts and music videos for Nada Surf, Tom Hagerman (Devotchka), and Musee Mechanique among others. As an educator she teaches drums and general music, stop motion animation, painting, and mixed media arts to kids and adults privately, in workshops, camps, and has also worked for many public and private schools and non-profits. Originally from Portland, OR, she now lives in Rhode Island.
Annie Beedy grew up riding horses, drawing spaceships and skipping class in the idyllic wilds of Northern California. After a failed attempt at institutionalized education, she headed to the Pacific Northwest where she became involved with that region’s incredibly vibrant music and arts scene. These days she identifies as a nature based designer and photographer. Often she can be found covered in dust in her woodshop handcarving kitchen tools, plant stands and furniture as well as designing gardens, interior spaces and floral arrangements. Best known photographically for her casual, photojournalistic portraiture, she captures intimate, real moments in human lives. Annie shoots with natural and available light. No bells and whistles needed, just a good instinct for light and recognition of the right moments. Her work has appeared in Rolling Stone, Spin, Vogue, Nylon, Dwell and more – and on the sides of Portland’s Tri-Met buses and countless blogs.
Cost $75 for all three days or $30 each day.
Parent-guided kids ages 6-11 welcome. All kids age 12 and up welcome! Adults welcome! All parent/kid teams welcome! All skill levels welcome. Please bring a sack lunch and/or snack. Hot tea and coffee provided. Max # of students:10
Please RSVP souwesterfrontdesk@gmail.com or 360 – 642 – 2542