Admit it: Somewhere deep down, you've got a book inside you struggling to get out. Well, you're in luck because this fall the School of Art is sponsoring a series of Saturday workshops designed to help you realize that potential volume. Over the next three months, the Fine Arts Institute -- the School of Art's continuing education program -- will offer more than a dozen workshops to help demystify that elusive animal, the creative process, with particular emphasis on the art of bookmaking.
"These workshops will offer art-making opportunities for everyone," said Linda Ardakani, assistant director of the Fine Arts Institute. "Students will learn about everything from developing content to illustrating stories, making paper, designing book pages and actually binding the book."
"They'll also have a lot of fun," Ardakani added.
All workshops are open to the public and held at Bixby Hall unless otherwise noted. Costs range from $15 to $40. For times, more information or to register, call 935-4643.
The workshops are:
- Oct. 10, 17 and 24, "How Did They Paint That?" -- Each workshop features a local painter putting pigment to canvas in the manner of a particular famous artist, using a work from the University's Gallery of Art as a reference point; held in the Gallery of Art.
- Oct. 17, "Identifying Print Processes" -- Printmaker Robert Goetz will discuss how to differentiate a lithograph from a serigraph, a woodcut from an engraving, letterpress from offset printing and other topics.
- Oct. 24, "Book Design" -- Kay Michael Kramer, former director of art and design for St. Louis-based Mosby Publishing, will teach the fundamentals of book design, including typeface, materials, reproduction methods and simple binding techniques.
- Oct. 24, "Making a Family Storybook" -- Connie McIntyre, author of "A Good River Day: Adventures on the Delaware River," will discuss her works, which often are based on her family, and help students begin works of their own.
- Oct. 31, "Basic Book Binding" -- Bookbinder John Bielik will lead students step by step through the process of book binding, with emphasis on book structure and the creation of hand-stitched, hardcover volumes.
- Nov. 7, "Polaroid Manipulation" -- author Sharon Pettus will demonstrate how to "draw" with Polaroid images; held at the Missouri Botanical Garden.
- Nov. 14, "Make the Bunny Hop" -- Bob Smith, professor emeritus in the art school, will teach students to make their own pop-up books; held in the Lewis Center.
- Nov. 21, "Book Preservation and Repair" -- Roxanna Herrick, head of preservation at Olin Library, will tear a book apart and take students through the process of putting it back together, offering an overview of preservation issues, supplies and resources along the way.
- Nov. 21, "Accordion Triangle Books" -- Book artist Karyl Howard will lead students step by step through the process of creating accordion triangle books, which open three different ways, each revealing a different sequence of pages.
- Dec. 5, "Embellished Gift Books" -- Artist Gayle Coscia will guide students through the process of creating one-of-a-kind origami and accordion fold books.
The series also will cover topics including photography, paper making and marbling. Additionally, there will be six biweekly sessions on developing a personal drawing style, led by artist/psychotherapist Sun Smith Foret. The series concludes Dec. 12.
