Anderson Ranch Arts Center 2015 Summer Workshop Catalog 1 | Page 30

Wesley Grubbs, Monpellier (detail) Phil Borges, Jigme and Sonam, Ladakh, India (detail) Shana & Robert ParkeHarrison, Apparition of Mallarmé July 27 - 31 July 27 - 31 July 27 - August 7 Environmental Portraiture & the Personal Project Realizing Your Personal Vision Creating Art from Data Wesley Grubbs Shana & Robert ParkeHarrison Phil Borges SKILL LEVEL: I - III SKILL LEVEL: III - IV SKILL LEVEL: III - IV CONCEPT: Join data visualization artist Wesley Grubbs in this workshop introducing the world of data visualization and using statistics and data to make art. The aim of the workshop is to be hands on and highly approachable, including our environment and ourselves as sources of the data we will use. CONCEPT: The perfect opportunity to work on a project you are passionate about, this workshop explores the process of building a photographic project from initial conception, to production, and final distribution through exhibitions, books, multimedia and film. Phil shares his experience in developing the initial and final concept as well as finding partners to help finance and distribute the final product. MEDIA & TECHNIQUES: Students use digital photography, image editing and printing with Adobe Lightroom/Adobe Photoshop. CONCEPT: Defining, sustaining and evolving an artistic vision are challenges for artists across the board. This workshop guides students in developing and defining the personal voice through intense discussion, focused reflection and honing photographic skills. We begin each day by examining the work of well-known artists and discussing their messages, why the work is important and what makes it uniquely theirs. There are opportunities for reflection, making images in the landscape and refining photographic skills. Students work individually with Shana and Robert to develop their personal photographic and conceptual messages. MEDIA & TECHNIQUES: Students use a variety of data collection tools that range from Arduino boards with sensors, smartphone apps, our natural surroundings and our own human actions. With data collected, we use Processing and D3 to analyze, communicate and visualize the data, mostly for creative purposes. Students provide their own laptops. Arduinos are provided for the workshop. ACTIVITIES: We focus on the basics of understanding statistics for art. We use natural resources around the Ranch and find relationships and patterns that we use to sort. From here, we move to easy-to-use data tracking tools and then discuss the data and how to work with it. We build an automated sensor with the Arduino and spend the remaining time visualizing and playing with the data to make art. FACULTY: Wesley Grubbs is an artist, data visualizer and provocateur. In 2007, he founded Pitch Interactive, an Oakland, CA-based studio whose focus is weaving code with design with statistics to find versatile solutions to communicate complex. Wesley’s work focuses on revealing patterns about human behavior and how our actions impact our surroundings and has been showcased in the MoMA, Foosner Art Museum, La Panacée and The Max Planck Institute. www.pitchinteractive.com Tuition: $975 OR Tuition + Studio Support Donation: $1175 Studio Fee: $100  Code: P0925  Enrollment Limit 10 28  andersonranch.org  970/923-3181  ACTIVITIES: We divide our time between lectures, demonstrations, building a photographic documentary project, and class critiques. Phil spends one-on-one time with students to discuss the direction of their work. Demonstrations include location lighting techniques, how to approach and create rapport with subjects and post-production enhancement of imagery in Adobe Lightroom and Adobe Photoshop. Participants select the documentary project they would like to work with from a list of local non-profits, local ranchers, rodeos, equestrian centers, organic farms and local artists. FACULTY: For over 25 years Phil Borges has been visiting and documenting indigenous and tribal cultures around the world. His award-winning books have been published in four languages. Phil was honored with the Lucie Humanitarian Award at the Annual International Photography Awards in Los Angeles as well as the Purpose Prize. His latest project “CRAZYWISE,” a feature-length documentary film, questions how Western medicine labels and treats extreme mental emotional states of consciousness. www.philborges.com www.crazywisefilm.com Tuition: $1145 OR Tuition + Studio Support Donation: $1345 Studio Fee: $100  Code: P0923  Enrollment Limit 12 [email protected] MEDIA & TECHNIQUES: Students use digital SLR cameras, Adobe Lightroom and digital printmaking. ACTIVITIES: We participate in daily one-on-one and group discussions, critiques, image making, hikes, studio time, and editing, developing and printing images. FACULTY: Shana and Robert ParkeHarrison explore the triangular relationship of humans, technology and nature. They combine sculpture, painting, set design, performance, photography and implied narrative to create constructed, dreamlike images. Their works have been featured in numerous shows, including the “Mediations Biennale,” Poznan, Poland; “Fotografica Biennial,” Bogota, Colombia; “lille 3000,” Lille, France, and “Wall at WAM,” Worcester, MA. They are represented by Suzanne Tarasieve Gallery in Paris and Jack Shainman Gallery, NY. www.parkeharrison.com Tuition: $1400 OR Tuition + Studio Support Donation: $1800 Studio Fee: $175  Code: P0924  Enrollment Limit 10