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

EDGEMONT HIGHLANDS walks in Durango, Colorado

JULY 20 and 21     9-11 a.m.

Guided walks through  the 9 year project ART ALONG THE TRAILS by artist Mary Ellen Long
This year will be my last series of walks, as I will be retiring from the project next year with Allison Andersen taking over the job of maintaining the environment sites.

lst half on Saturday, 2nd half on Sunday.

Meet at the Lodge (enter development off Florida Road at the "pinecone" sculpture and continue for about 2 blocks, Lodge on your right, parking lot in front.

Appreciate a rsvp to Mary Ellen or the Edgemont Highlands office.

These walks will also be given in August (the  10th and 11th) with the 2nd half on Saturday and the 1st half on Sunday)  for your convenience.


"Lichen Spiral
site work in the project

LOOKING AFTER TREES installed

Here are some photos of the actual installation from the "Looking After Trees" exhibit in Grand Junction, CO.  The Aspen Tree installation and five photos of my forest site work that relates to trees... and securing the Connemara work on the wall with the accompanying book on the pedestal.

JURIED SHOW

Currently at the Durango Arts Center...the Annual Juried Show.  Two of my works have been included.  The artists' book with accompanying chemistry set "The Unlived Life of Little Mary Ellen" and "Wasp Feather Paper".

LOOKING AFTER TREES

Opening July 5 at the Western Colorado Center for the Arts in Grand Junction is the exhibit "Looking After Trees", curated by Meredith Nemirov  and Raoul Anchondo.  I have a large installation of cast paper aspen trees and a cast paper wall work in the show.  There is an online catalog accompanying this exhibit.

http-::issuu.com:lookingaftertrees:docs:looking_after_trees:1.webloc

WASPS IN THE HOUSE

As a collagist. I have saved many elements from nature including wasp nests.  Wasps are indeed our first papermakers.  The created forms (inside networks and outer wrappings) and the patterns in the paper.  have always intrigued me.  I have been combining my own handmade paper,  made from the kozo plant grown in Thailand, with fragments of wasp paper.  These papers will eventually be used in an installation to be created this summer at the Durango Arts Center.  Stay tuned for images of the completed vision.

PACIFIC VISIT

It is always nice to return to the coast of Southern California and our old stomping grounds from La Jolla to Encinitas.  Walks on Del Mar beach refresh and bring back great memories of our life there through the years.  The coral trees were in bloom too.

WINTER PRESSING 2012-2013

Each year I place paper on the earth where it lies through the winter, covered with snow.  The snow becomes the press and the earth the plate.  In the spring, harvesting shows the imprint on the paper of the winter and documents the snow levels of that season.  Then I create a different book, sculpture, or wall work that celebrates yet another year and records the passage of time and that winters marking.

MASKS: CREATING IDENTITY

Last month at my local Arts Center we had a fabulous Mask exhibit...masks from many cultures such as New Guinea, Africa, Indonesia, etc..  Here are a few shots of the installation.  During the last weeks of the show, children from surrounding schools added their inspirations in the form of masks and drawings.