Nimrod Hall Summer Arts Program 2008 Artist/Writer Schedule
Week 1: June 8 - June 14; Open Week
This year we are offering 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 Pastel,
Mixed Media
Week 2: June 15 - June 20; John Morgan
John Morgan returns to Nimrod as an artist-in-residence for the 16th year. He has his BFA from West Virginia University and his MFA from Virginia Commonwealth University. John currently is a professor at Sweetbriar University and has been a longtime, highly-regarded artist instructor for the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. He is credited with many one-man shows throughout the state and is the recipient of two NEA grants. Limit: 12 participants. Medium: Oil Pastel, Mixed Media.
Week 2: June 15 - June 20; Sara Linda Poly
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 22 - June 27; Laura Kathryne Loe
Medium: Oil on linen,
Jimmy's Peppers, 16 x 20 in.
Laura is the Director of the Nimrod Art Program for Artists and a professional artist with her BFA from Louisiana Tech University. She is currently a painting instructor for the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Studio School and has received many awards and honors in oil painting. She is represented by galleries in Virginia, South Carolina and Washington, DC. All levels of painters are welcome. Limit: 12 participants. Medium: Oil Painting.
Week 3: June 22 - June 27; Mary Holland
Medium: Printmaking/Drawing
Mary Holland comes to Nimrod Hall for her 8th year. Mary is the director of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Studio School and a professional artist and educator. She has taught printmaking and drawing since 1984 including The VMFA Studio School, VCU, The Visual Arts Center of Richmond and The University of Richmond. She is a member of the ONE/OFF Printmaking Group and has exhibited her work nationally. Limit: 8 participants. Medium: Monotypes, relief prints, and drawing.
Week 4: July 6 - July 11; Sally Bowring
Medium: Painting, mixed media
Sally Bowring returns to Nimrod as an artist-in-residence for the 7th year. A native New Yorker, Sally now resides in Richmond, Virginia. She has shown her work extensively and brings a fresh painting style to Nimrod. Sally currently teaches at Virginia Commonwealth University (where she earned her MFA in 1983) and the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Studio School. Limit: 12 participants. Medium: Painting, Mixed Media.
Week 4: July 6 - July 11; Shelly Bechtel-Shepherd
Medium: Watercolor
Shelly Bechtel-Shepherd returns for a 7th year. She is an accomplished third-generation Virginia watercolorist who is currently an instructor at the Hand Workshop in Richmond, Virginia. A member of the Texas and Virginia Watercolor Societies, her work is in many corporate and private collections. Shelly enjoys outdoor settings as well as still life. Limit: 12 participants. Medium: Watercolor.
Week 5: July 13 - July 18; Laura Kathryne Loe
Medium: Oil on linen,
Jimmy's Peppers, 16 x 20 in.
Laura is the Director of the Nimrod Art Program for Artists and a professional artist with her BFA from Louisiana Tech University. She is currently a painting instructor for the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Studio School and has received many awards and honors in oil painting. She is represented by galleries in Virginia, South Carolina and Washington, DC. All levels of painters are welcome. Limit: 12 participants. Medium: Oil Painting.
Week 5: July 13 - July 18; 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.
Writers Weeks
For space availability and information please email Charlotte Morgan, charlynnmorgan@aol.com
Cathryn Hankla
Week 1: July 20 - July 25; Cathryn Hankla
Cathryn Hankla has received a Virginia Commission for the Arts grant for her poetry and a PEN Syndicated fiction prize. She has published six books, including a novel, poetry, and short fiction. During the school year Cathy is on the writing faculty at Hollins University, her alma mater. Cathy returns to Nimrod for the tenth summer. Her week includes mornings of uninterrupted writing time, instructive afternoon group workshops, and individual conferences with each participant for manuscript critique. Limit: 9 participants.
Week 2: July 27 - August 1; Charlotte Morgan
Charlotte Morgan
Week 3: August 3 - August 8; 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 first novel, ’ÄúOne August Day’Äù, was nominated for the 1999 Virginia Fiction Award. Charlotte teaches writing at Dabney Lancaster Community College where she edits the literary magazine LUMINA. Her stories and novels have won numerous regional and national awards. In Weeks 2 and 3 she will lead the afternoon workshops and hold individual conferences with participants. Authors will have considerable time to work independently. Limit: 9 participants per week.
