2007-2008

March 11 2008 - workshop to be held at Blacksburg High School presented by VMFA artist Robb Tarbell entitled "Stubby Relief"

Students will create a bas-relief in clay,
based on a George Stubbs painting from
the VMFA Mellon Collection.

October 11 - workshop to be held at Auburn High School presented by VMFA artist Jennifer Van Winkle entitled "Riddle, Rhythm, Rhyme: Beyond Artistic License"

Create a simple sketchbook and drawing canvas to use as a tool. Students also create large-scale drawings that are either abstract
or nonobjective using both dry and wet techniques.

October 17 (date may change) - workshop to be held at Christiansburg High School presented by VMFA artist Kendra Wadsworth entitled "All Gestured Up With A Dog" Each workshop is for 15 high school students and the workshop goes from 8 am to 2 pm.

This class will focus on experimentation
with material and artistic style.

Artist Jennifer Van Winkle presented a Virginia Museum of Fine Arts workshop entitled “Deciphering Faces” on October 13 at Blacksburg High School.  Sixteen students of Pamela McGraw and Jesi Pace-Berkeley participated in the workshop.

Christiansburg High School - Thursday, November 4, 2004 - 8AM to 3PM

Title: Still Life Painting (workshop)
Presentor: David Tanner (VMFA )
Location: Christiansburg High School

Working from a still-life arrangement in the classroom, students developed observational skills to create realistic oil paintings. Line, form, value, texture, space and color were emphasized, building confidence with technique and execution.

Blacksburg High School

Thursday April 5, 2004 "Traditionl Bookmaking" by VMFA artist Rachel Sawan White

This workshop will be for 15 high school students. Traditional bookmaking techniques for binding a codex book will be explored. The final product will be a professional-looking, hardbound book of quality sketch paper.
There will be a lecture open to the public the evening before.
Lecture: April 5th, 2004 Monday, 7 p.m. (Public Library)
Workshop: April 6th, 2004 Tues. 8a.m.-2p.m. (Blacksburg High School)

Christiansburg High School

Thursday, Dec. 4th, 2003, 8 a.m- 2p.m.: "Dancers, Horses and the Translation of Movement into Sculptural Forms" by VMFA artist Susann Whittier at Christiansburg High School.

Edgar Degas concentrated much of his artistic efforts to recording the movement of racehorses and dancers. He drew, photographed, and sculpted his subjects to better understand them. Degas used wire, wax, and bronze to bring his figures to life. This workshop examined motion, gesture, and anatomy through wire constructed sculptural forms, using works from the Paul Mellon Collection of the VMFA as inspiration. This workshop was for 15 high school students.

Christiansburg High School

Wednesday

March 26, 2003

David Tanner,"Oil Portraits from Photos"

Workshop: Artist David Tanner presented a Virginia Museum of Fine Arts workshop entitled "Oil Portraiture Using Photographic Sources" on Wednesday, March 26 in Christiansburg, VA. Sponsored by the Blacksburg Regional Art Association at the Christiansburg High School from 8 A.M. until 2 P.M the workshop is for high school students only.

This workshop explored the use of photographs in creating a black-and-white head-and -shoulders portrait in oil. Tanner will discuss and demonstrate anatomical proportion, lighting, and oil techniques. Photographs of a model will be provided and prior experience with drawing and/or painting the human face and figure is recommended. Tanner is an oil painter and art instructor who teaches classes at the Hand Workshop, For Art's Sake studio, St. Catherine's School, and the studio school at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.

David Tanner is an accomplished oil painter and art instructor whose work reflects a Neoclassical approach to a style best described as Contemporary Realism. David teaches classes at the Hand Workshop, For Art’s Sake studio, St. Catherine’s School, and the studio school at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.

Auburn High School

Monday

October 21, 2002

"Clay Animation"by artists Andrew Morgan and Abigail McKenzie of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.

The lecture begins with a short tape of student animation, including footage of a workshop. There is also a demonstration of character construction, set building, and different techniques of animation.

Audience members will have the opportunity to participate in these steps, and an actual short video will be produced. The basic processes of clay animation will be discussed and demonstrated, followed by a question and answer session.

Sponsor’s fee: $100

Blacksburg High School

Monday

November 18, 2002

"Printed Textile Design"by artist Jan Skafte of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. This lecture is offered for pre-high-school workshop exploration of the textile design traditions of the world. The lecture will focus on African and Japanese printing techniques, giving an overview of the history of fiber arts especially in the areas of paste resist and batik.

Finished samples, provided by the artist, will be available for examination following the lecture.

Sponsor’s fee: $100

lOn October 22, Warren Corrado presenedt a one-day VMFA workshop titled "Nontoxic Monotype Printmaking at the Blacksburg High School, from 8 AM to 2 PM.

This workshop explored some of the many possibilities of making one-of-a-kind prints that combine painting, drawing and printmaking. Corrado will introduce direct, safe and easy contemporary and traditional monotype techniques.

Corrado holds an MFA in painting and printmaking from Virginia Commonwealth University and a BFA in painting from the University of Illinois.

Warren Corrado's work has been shown in group and solo shows in Virginia and nationally. He is currently an adjunct printmaking instructor at VCU.

Christiansburg High School

On November 12, Greig Leach conducedt a one-session workshop about "Drawing with Oil Sticks" at Christiansburg HighSchool from 8 AM to 2 PM."

Leach taught the properties of color, and participants created two finished pieces and several studies using oil sticks - a richer more intense version of oil pastels. This medium allows oil painting results in only one day. He gave a brief slide lecture on how color and oil sticks have been used throughout contemporary art history.

For twenty years Leach has been creating bold figurative and narrative work with oil sticks. He is a past president of 1708 Gallery and a past Fellowship recipient with the VA Museum of Fine Arts.

Greig Leach's works have been widely exhibited and collected throughout the eastern US and Canada.

Christiansburg High School

Thursday March 9,
Stephen Glass
VA Museum Potter in Residence

"Return to the Flame or Retreat from the Heat."

 

3 Days in March

The participating students shared their experience at our April Program.

Three Days in March offered junior and senior high school students and educators the opportunity to participate in an in-depth art learning experience at the museum. They share this experience with other students and educators representing school districts statewide while they explore the museum galleries, examine art from around the world, and participate in workshops with dynamic artists. BRAA will sponsor two 11th or 12th grade high school students and one educator.

Schools were selected on a Rotating Basis

• 1998 Auburn High School
• 1999 Christiansburg High School
• 2000 Shawsville High School
• 2001 Blacksburg High School
• 2002 Auburn High School
• 2003 Christiansburg High School (cancelled because of 2003 sniper threat)
• 2004 Cancelled as VMFA rennovations begin - an alternative event are planned…