Create a figure in clay! Workshop participants will hand-build an 8"-12" clay figure around a cone armature, add unique expressive details, then paint with glaze. The work will then be fired and ready for pickup in two weeks. Fun for all levels, and beginners welcome! A unique opportunity to work with a seasoned clay artist and teacher. Additional $10 fee for tools, materials and firing.
Maximum number of participants:15
Workshop Leader: Monica Litvany attended California School of the Arts, concentrating on metal arts and bronze casting before choosing clay as her medium. She has been a student of renowned artists, including Paulus Berenson, Frank Giogini and Peter King. Her work has been exhibited in numerous galleries and museums, including The Montclair Art Museum. She maintains a studio in Pompton Lakes, New Jersey where she offers Raku and sawdust firing workshops. Monica has been committed to the development of a fully-equipped, state-of-the-art clay studio for the JCC in West Orange since 1999, serving artists of all ages and experience. Monica guides the clay worker to explore his or her personal creativity and fosters a supportive community in the process. Go to www.monicalitvany.com.
Bring your instrument or voice and come away with the revelation that improvisation is not as difficult as one might believe. A piano is provided for those so inclined. Feel actively engaged in performing and get immediate results.
Maximum number of participants: 20
Workshop leader: Richard DeRosa has had extensive experience teaching improvisation to people of all ages with all instruments, including beginners. His method produces positive results instantaneously. He is the author of Concepts for Improvisation and is a tenured professor of jazz studies at William Paterson University. He has recorded with Gerry Mulligan, Susannah McCorckle and Marlene Ver Planck, among others, and his arrangements have been recorded by Wynton Marsalis and other leading musicians. Rich has also composed music for television shows, audio books and film/ theater productions.
Bring the first page of your novel or short story in progress. After we explore the power of the first page to set the story in motion, we’ll workshop each participant’s first page. We’ll also analyze the openings of some classic novels and stories. Bring 13 copies of your double-spaced, 12-point Times Roman first page.
Maximum number of participants: 12
Workshop Leader: Martin Roper is a Fulbright scholar, graduate of the University of Iowa and leader of their Irish Writers program in Dublin. Martin’s fiction has been published in The New Yorker. He is the author of Gone and teaches at NYU. In August, he will become the Watkins Chair in Creative Writing at Murray State University.
This acting workshop will stretch your the imagination through games, play and stories. Experience is NOT necessary. We'll be starting from where ever you are.
Maximum Number of Participants: 20
Workshop Leader: Ami Brabson is a professional actor who has had recurring roles on a number of television shows including: “Damages,” “Law & Order,” “The Jury,” “Wonderland” and “Homicide: Life on the Streets.” A graduate of the NYU Graduate Acting Program, Ami has appeared in plays at numerous regional theaters. Some of her favorite roles include Berniece in August Wilson's The Piano Lesson, Helena in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, and Rose in August Wilson's Fences.
STRAIGHT TALK ON CLASSICAL MUSIC
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and gossip about its composers, too!)
Classical music wasn’t always “classic” -- each style was once new! This musical survey, conducted in lecture-recital format, will explore how great composers continually changed the language of classical music. Each composer's music offers different values, and this workshop is intended to help the uninitiated to find these values more easily. The course will also unapologetically delve into the composers' personal lives, and the pressures their times placed upon them. Come find the answers to who composed his bi-polar syndrome into his music? Who played in brothels? Whose lover trashed him in a novel? We are sure that you will come away from this workshop with enhanced listening skills and new understanding of the vibrant, colorful world of classical music!
Maximum Number of Participants: Unlimited
Workshop leader: Joseph Smith is a pianist who records for the Brioso label, writes extensively for major piano magazines, edits piano anthologies, and for two years was featured monthly on NPR’s “Performance Today.” His lectures include the Wagner, Chopin, and Grieg Societies of New York, the American Irish Society, and the Stephen Wise Free Synagogue.
This workshop will cover the basics of playwriting technique, centering on the concepts of dramatic action and conflict. Participants will be given a brief overview of the elements of drama (dramatic action, character, diction, idea, music and spectacle), compose a brief scene, and will then have the scene read and discussed by the participants in the workshop. Participants must bring a pen, some loose leaf paper, and a willingness to write legibly (thereby allowing others to "read" the material).
Maximum number of participants: 12
Workshop leader: Joe Sutton’s plays include Voir Dire (nominated for the Pulitzer Prize and the Best Play Award of the American Theatre Critics Association), As It is in Heaven, The Winner, The Third Army, and Restoring the Sun. Theatres producing Joe’s plays include New York Theater Workshop, BAM, Long Wharf, Seattle Rep, Arena Stage, the Cleveland Play House, and the Old Globe. More recently, Joe’s play Complicit opened at London’s Old Vic with Artistic Director Kevin Spacey directing. Joe is a recipient of numerous awards and honors, among them fellowships from the New York Foundation for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.
"WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF...?"
A WORKSHOP IN CREATIVE EXPLORATION FOR ALL OF US
We each create something every day, be it a meal, a memo, a mess, or a masterpiece. When we stop and ask the question, “What would happen if…?,” we open to new creative pathways, and the results are often surprising! In this workshop, we will explore the making of mixed-media art in a wild and woolly way — using materials from the art store, the hardware store, the natural world, and beyond. Come ready to be messy, wacky, (and maybe even destructive!) and delve into the creative process, regardless of the end product. (This is a workshop for all of us — no art experience necessary.) Additional $10 fee for materials.
Maximum number of participants: 10
Workshop leader: Anne Sailer is an artist and teacher who works (and plays) designing healing jewelry, creating mixed-media art, making music and sound, and teaching workshops in creative exploration, gardening, music and more.
