Washi exhibit opens

 Adrianna Cubides, performance artist

 Tim Barrett introduction - Japanese style vat and mould

 detail of Adrianna's paper words tendril (show artists' contributions)

 Sands, Signs, Symbols:Western Journeys by Mary Ellen Long

 Paper works through the years by MEL (part of mini-retrospective)

 The artist-curator with Ancestry and Sando Sign sculpture

 Washi installation - Priscilla Robinson, Catherine Nash, Lois James

 Tom Leech marbled papers, Sukey Hughes Goddess books

 Lori B. Goodman's Journeys

 Helen Hiebert's installation

 Wasp Washi installation in the lobby (MEL)

Before the opening with Tim Barrett, Adrianna Cubides, Shay Lopez - Goodman's Old Beginnings piece with Jill Powers' Small Winged Life on the wall and framed work by Nicole Donnelly

WASHI AND OTHER EPHEMERA: The Art of Hand Papermaking

  Washi & Other Ephemera:

The Art of Hand Papermaking

August 23–September 28, 2013

Handmade paperworks by nationally-recognized paper artists* and retrospective installation

by Mary Ellen Long / Guest presenter MacArthur Genius Grant award winner Timothy D. Barrett

Register for Workshops Online At www.DurangoArts.org

802 E. 2nd Avenue, Durango | (970) 259-2606

Hours: 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Tuesday–Saturday

Exhibit Curator: Mary Ellen Long

Guest Presenter: Timothy D. Barrett

Recipient of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur

Foundation, MacArthur Fellowship “Genius Grant.”

Opening Reception

Friday, August 23, 5-7 p.m.

5:30 p.m. Introduction by curator Mary Ellen Long

and demonstration of Japanese hand papermaking by

special guest Timothy D. Barrett

                                          Jill Powers - Winged Life installation

                                           Lori B. Goodman - Journeys

                        Robbin Ami Silverberg - Thoughts in the Form of a Letter

Mary Ellen Long - Shintai Scrolls

Ongoing invisible dance by performance artist

Adriana Cubides

*Robbin Ami Silverberg / Catherine Nash / Helen Hiebert / Nicole Donnelly / Jill Powers / Lois James / Sukey Hughes

Tom Leech / Priscilla Robinson / Lori B. Goodman / Mary Ellen Long

HANDPAPERMAKING WORKSHOPS

I will be offering two workshops during the EXCITING exhibit WASHI AND OTHER EPHEMERA: THE ART OF HANDPAPERMAKING at the Durango Arts Center.  These are the only classes I will be offering this year. 

MARY ELLEN LONG 

  

 *sign up on website  (click Education, then Adults,visual arts) or go to the front desk at DAC or call Sandra Butler at 259-2606     (Call me with questions - 259-4363)

SIDEWALK CLOUD WORKSHOP  (Inryu= Cloud Dragon) 

Saturday, August 31, 10-4 pm

$65. for DAC members; $75 for non-members

An opportunity to make hanging clouds of kozo fiber using stencils that

have been made from photos of “real” clouds.  Students will learn about   processing including cooking and handbeating. Focus will be on techniques of pouring pulp, embossing, and pulp displacement.  

all experience levels welcome..........        materials fee - $10. covering fiber

HAND PAPERMAKING WITH PLANTS WORKSHOP

Saturday, September 7, 10-4 pm

$65. for DAC members; $75 for non-members

Explorations with local wild and cultivated plants with some imported fiber added to the mix.  Stems, leaves, and petals will be harvested and processed during the preceding week before the workshop.  Techniques for inclusions, laminating, and embossing will be covered.                                                 material fee - $5. covering fiber

ALSO:

SEPTEMBER 24

TIM BARRETT WILL HAVE  HALF-DAY INTRODUCTION TO JAPANESE PAPERMAKING WORKSHOPS 

:SEPTEMBER 14

HELEN HIEBERT, VISTING CO. TEACHER WILL OFFER THE

WORKSHOP ILLUMINATED PAPER STRUCTURES 

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papermaking in nature

cloud installation

papermaking with plants