Painting & Drawing
Code: D1329-25
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Open to All
Students of any skill and knowledge level.
All the Layers! Merging Image and Texture Through Collage
Aug 25 - 29, 2025
9AM-5PM
Tuition: $1,415.00
Studio Fee: $125.00
Registration Fee: $45.00
NEW: Tuition includes the welcome dinner and daily lunch
Registration Information
Concept
This class expands on the traditional methods of collage and explores new ways to visually express ideas. Using mixed-media—paper, photos and photo transfers, found materials, and fabrics—and an introduction to press-free printmaking techniques including stencils, pochoir, and basic transfer processes, we investigate ways to build up imagery and textures that elevate mixed-media materials. Students experiment with new techniques demonstrated daily in class and explore forms of expression that may challenge their previous working methods and expectations. Students work on quick studies as well as multi-day, deliberate projects that produce a personal visual vocabulary and strive toward more advanced, completed work.
Media & Techniques
Collage, painting, drawing, printmaking on paper and panels
Faculty
Genevieve Lowe
Genevieve Lowe received her MFA from Rhode Island School of Design. Her work utilizes a variety of materials from printmaking to photography to sculpture. Her work has been shown at The Java Project, The Wassaic Project, Field Projects, The David Krut Projects, Sediment Arts, Collar Works, Chashama, Trestle Gallery, and Spring/Break Art Show. Lowe is a co-director and curator at Transmitter Gallery in Brooklyn, NY.
Genevieve Lowe, Untitled
Tuition: $1,415.00
Studio Fee: $125.00
Registration Fee: $45.00
NEW: Tuition includes the welcome dinner and daily lunch
Registration Information
Painting & Drawing
Make, reflect, consider, engage—these are all critical elements of the Painting and Drawing workshops at Anderson Ranch. Our exceptional workshops combine focused, hands-on art making with critical feedback for artists of all levels. Painting and Drawing guest faculty are phenomenal artists and educators with experience supporting students by offering technical knowledge and encouragement.
The bright, natural light of the Wyly Painting and Drawing Building provides an inspiring environment where students can explore and expand their artistic practice. Our facilities are equipped with individual worktables, wall space, easels, rolling palettes, odorless solvents, a wide range of hand tools, computer access with Adobe software, wifi, printing, scanning, and projection capabilities. Spend a week here— or several—and engage in a variety of activities that will fuel your practice throughout the year.
Workshop Details
Workshop Supplies
For general information about studio access, shipping, and more, please visit our info page.
If you have any questions regarding your supplies for your workshop, please contact Lindsey Yeager, [email protected].
Provided by Anderson Ranch
Equipment
- Butcher paper
- Containers
- Cordless drills and impact drivers
- Cutting mats**
- Desktop computer with Adobe CC
- Drawing boards
- Easels
- Gamsol (OMS)**
- Gloves
- Glues**
- Hand tools: hammers, screwdrivers, pliers, clamps
- Inkjet printer
- Laser printer
- Palette knives**
- Palette-topped utility carts
- Presentation projector
- Push pins
- Rags
- Rulers**
- Scanner
- Scissors
- Spray bottles**
- Staple guns
- Stools
- Tape**
- Work tables
Supplies
- #11 blades
- 9" x 12" Yupo paper
- Assorted Asian paper**
- Brayers**
- Caran D'Ache crayons
- Digital ground for non-porous surfaces
- Gloves
- Inket prints - 5 prints included in studio fee
- Laser prints - 5 prints included in studio fee
- Matte duralar**
- Matte medium**
- Molding paste
- Regular gel gloss**
- Stencil brushes**
- White acrylic paint**
- X-acto #1 knife**
What you need to bring
Required Tools and Supplies
- 3-5 sheets of heavyweight art paper, such as BFK Rives, 22" x 30"**
- 6+ cradled wood panels in a variety of sizes, 6" or 8" square, 8" x 10", 9" x 12", 11" x 14" recommended
- Assorted acrylic paints (A starter set is fine)**
- Assorted brushes, some stiff and some flexible**
- Collage materials (digital or physical): images, text-based, paper scraps, etc.
- Drawing materials of choice
- Tube watercolor or gouache**
- Prohibited supplies: power tools, torches, spray paint, encaustic, turpentine, resin, plastisol, any solvent that isn’t low VOC
Optional Tools and Supplies
- Extra prints at an additional cost
- White (or light colored) t-shirt for screen printing**
* Available for purchase in the studio.
** Available to purchase at the Anderson Ranch ArtWorks Store for 10% off.
Learn more about shipping supplies and artwork to and from the Ranch in the Student Handbook.
Lodging & Meals
Housing is limited and includes shared and private lodging options. Reservations will be managed on a first-come, first-served basis. The earlier you reserve housing, the better your chance of receiving your preferred option. Please note: Workshop costs do not include accommodations.
NEW: Tuition includes a welcome dinner and lunches. In our effort to foster a stronger sense of community and accessibility at Anderson Ranch, we include the welcome dinner and all lunches as part of the tuition for summer workshop students. Our hope is that this adjustment will encourage all students to come together to share meals and engage in meaningful conversations. The Ranch Café Meal Plan, which is included with Room and Board fees, strives to provide healthy, creative meals that will nourish your artistic creativity. Learn more.
We have established a Business Safety Plan with added layers of precaution that prioritize the health and safety of our staff, students, faculty and guests while continuing to provide you with the Anderson Ranch experience that you know and enjoy.
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Scholarships, College Credit & Discounts
Making Art Accessible
Applications for scholarship support are encouraged. Specific scholarships are funded by Ranch supporters, either through endowed funds or special gifts.
Many colleges and universities offer college credit for workshops taken at Anderson Ranch. Discounts are available for students and teachers.
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