Nimrod Hall Summer Arts Program 2010 Artist/Writer Schedule
Week 1: June 13 - June 18; Open Week (1 Space Available)
The Open Week is a week long session aimed at the artist who is not in need of instruction but would benefit from the experience at Nimrod Hall. Aside from an opening reception and a closing walk-around viewing, there will be no formal critiques or activities. The participants of this week will work and be motivated by their surroundings, their fellow artists and the inspiration of Nimrod Hall. This week is for the experienced artist who craves open time with no schedules and distractions who does not need the guidance of an artist in residence. All artist mediums are welcome, as well as photography.
Medium: Oil
Week 2: June 20 - June 25; Diego Sanchez (Full - Accepting Wait List)
Diego Sanchez comes to Nimrod as an artist-in-residence for the first year. His work focuses on incorporating figurative elements in non-traditional ways. His work focuses on experimentation, with new materials and new techniques. The perfect instructor for a new energy and direction in your work. www.diegosanchez.com.
Limit: 11 participants. Medium: All media, oil paint and mixed media
Week 2: June 20 - June 25; Sara Linda Poly (Full - Accepting Wait List)
Medium: Oil on canvas
Woodland Path,
12 x 12 in.
Sara Linda Poly teaches outdoor landscape painting classes and workshops through the Art League School located at the Torpedo Factory Art Center in Alexandria, Virginia. Presently she is a member of the Washington Society of Landscape Painters and the Oil Painters of America. Limit: 12 participants. Her paintings can be seen at www.saralindapoly.com. Medium: Oil Painting.
Week 3: June 27 - July 2; Rosalie Sunderland Day White
Medium: Oil on paper
Noon Heat, 7 x 7 in.
Rosalie comes to us as a valued instructor at the Beverly Street Studio School in Staunton, VA. She has her BFA from Lynchburg College and is the recipient of many awards and honors in the field of oil painting including Award of Distinction from the Peninsula Fine Arts Center. Rosalie focuses on plein air landscape painting while at Nimrod. Limit: 12 participants. Medium: Oil Painting.
Week 3: June 27 - July 2; Andras Bality
Medium: All
Andras Bality will be coming to Nimrod for his first summer although has painted in Bath County for several years, as well as extensively around the James River and Richmond. A professional artist, Andy has won many awards for his work and has shown in galleries nationwide. His work is loose yet focused and shimmers in his own unique way. Limit: 10 participants. Medium: Oil Painting.
Week 4: July 11- July 16; Sally Bowring
Medium: Painting, mixed media
Sally Bowring returns to Nimrod as an artist-in-residence for the 11th year. Sally currently teaches at Virginia Commonwealth University as well as having a successful professional painting career. She will focus on helping artists explore their work with a variety of medias and approaches. Limit: 11 participants. Medium: Painting, Mixed Media.
Week 4: July 11 - July 16; Shelly Bechtel-Shepherd (2 Spaces Left)
Medium: Watercolor
Shelly Bechtel-Shepherd returns for a 13th year. She is an accomplished Virginia watercolorist who is perfect for the beginner watercolorist as well as the more advanced aritst. www.bechtelshepherd.com. Limit: 12 participants. Medium: Watercolor.
Week 5: July 18 - July 23; Laura Kathryne Loe (Full - Accepting Wait List)
Medium: Oil on linen
Bottles
This week will accept the more advanced painter, looking to find their own voice and is not for beginners or people in need of technical instruction. This is a more flexible week for artists to come who need group energy and want to work with less structured time. Input and critique will be on a case by case basis. Limit: 24 participants. Medium: Oil Painting.
Writers Weeks
For space availability and information please email Charlotte Morgan, charlynnmorgan@aol.com
Cathryn Hankla
Week 1: July 25 - July 31; Cathryn Hankla
Cathryn Hankla is the author of ten books of poetry and fiction, the latest of which are THE LAND BETWEEN, a novel published by Baskerville Publishers in 2003 and LAST EXPOSURES: a sequence of poems published by Louisiana State University Press in 2004. She publishes poetry, short fiction, and essays in journals nationwide. Professor of English at Hollins University, she directs the M.F.A. and ungraduate programs in creative writing and is Poetry Editor for the Hollins Critic. She returns to Nimrod for the 16th year. Cathryn Hankla Professor of English; Director, MFA and Undergraduate Creative Writing Programs, Poetry Editor, The Hollins Critic. Please see www1.hollins.edu/homepages/hanklac/nimrodpage.htm for more information. Limit: 9 participants.
Week 2: July 31 - August 7; Charlotte Morgan
Charlotte Morgan
Week 3: August 7 - August 14; Charlotte Morgan
Charlotte Morgan Writer-in-Residence Charlotte Morgan holds an MFA in Fiction from VCU. One of her stories is included in the recent Pushcart Prize Collection. Her novel, One August Day, was nominated for the 1999 Virginia Fiction Award. She served a year as a visiting writing professor at Hollins and has published extensively in short fiction, non-fiction, and poetry. Limit: 9 participants.
Week 3 will have a slightly different format than Weeks 1 and 2, offering each participant considerably more unstructured writing time as well as the opportunity to do freewrites and peer conferences with other attendees at times of their choosing. Morgan will have an individual conference with each writer during the week. Limit: 10 participants.
