CAEA 2022 Fall Conference
Connect; Reenergize; Thrive.
The 2022 fall conference will be the first in person conference since COVID disrupted our collective lives. The isolation brought on by COVID has been difficult. This year we are focusing on providing opportunities for members to connect with peers and provide a forum to discuss your stories, your challenges and successes, and your experiences over the past few years. We also understand that many of us are burned out, and need to take some time to create something for ourselves. Additionally, we are planning events throughout the year, including opportunities to relax and socialize. We hope to build a strong and supportive teaching community. Our focus is on you, our members.
Note: Due to venue restrictions, registration will be on a first come first serve basis.
Note: Due to venue restrictions, registration will be on a first come first serve basis.
Part 1: Connect
Where: New Britain Museum of American Art When: Tuesday October 18 Time: 9:00am to 3:00pm Keynote: Susanne Ryan Tentative Schedule: · 9:00am to 9:45am CHECK IN/VENDORS/BREAKFAST · 10:00am to 10:50am KEYNOTE: Susi Ryan · 11:00am to 12:30pm Workshop A · 12:30pm to 1:30pm LUNCH (Delicacy West Hartford) · 1:30pm to 3:00pm Workshop B Keynote Workshop Session: In this special hands-on workshop, Susi Ryan along with members of the Sisters In Stitches Guild, will lead a CAEA community quilt making session. This session will focus on creating a quilt with your story, that will be combined with our other member stories to create a community quilt project. Other Tentative Topics:
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Susi Ryan was born in Hartford, CT the descendent of enslaved Africans paternally and the first generation American born citizen in her maternal family from Germany. She is a Fiber Artist, Author, Lecturer, and a peaceful activist for equal rights and liberties. She currently resides in Massachusetts. Susi creates story quilts using various textiles that visually depict the legacy of history that of her enslaved ancestors, family members and other inspirational figures in the African diaspora, including the Indigenous Peoples of North America. Her work has been exhibited and documented throughout the United States since 1999 at various art galleries, churches, folk festivals, museums, and universities, including several books, catalogs, newspapers, and digitally via television and short films. Susi is a co- founder and current President of the quilt guild, Sisters In Stitches Joined By The Cloth, an Associate of Inspired By Courage, an Advisory Board Member for the Worcester MA Clemente Courses for the Humanities and the MA state representative for the History And Cultural Society of Africa. She studied at UMASS Dartmouth and Clark University. |
Part 2: Re-energize
Where: Brookfield Crafts Center When: Saturday October 22, 2022 Time: 10:00am to 4:00pm |
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Studio workshops allow for in-depth exploration of a new medium, or a new look at a medium you are familiar with. Allow yourself to be a student again, with professional artists and teachers as workshop facilitators. This portion of the conference is intended to allow you to devote time to the practice of art and teaching. |
WORKSHOP OFFERINGS:
EVER WATCHED "FORGED IN FIRE"?
Forge Studio: A Taste of Traditional Blacksmithing with Chris Doherty – 6 students This Sampler Workshop gives students an overview of the basics of blacksmithing, and a chance to create a small project. Students should expect to gain some working knowledge of hammering steel on an anvil, and complete a small ornamental piece to take home. This taste of blacksmithing may very well whet your appetite for more in-depth workshops in blacksmithing and bladesmithing. 
Ceramic Studio:
Wheel Throwing and Hand Building with Roberta Ahuja – 6 students Working on the wheel, you will be able to center, open and throw clay to make bowls or cups, and in hand building, you will learn how to use slabs to make a mug or a bowl. Roberta will teach you different decorative surface techniques used in ceramics such as, resistance, Mishima, Sgraffito, texture, silk screen and monoprint. Your work will be glazed and fired with a later date for arranged pick-up. 
Wood Turning Studio:
Turn a Wooden Bowl with David Heim – 6 students Learn to turn a beautiful and functional bowl on the lathe. You will learn techniques such as basic hollowing, cutting and shaping, methods of blank mounting. You will also learn various sanding and finishing methods that will help to complete this project in a professional manner. 
River Room Studio:
Block Printing with Karin Mansberg – 6 students This workshop will cover the basics of block printing and making repeat patterns for designing fabric. The instructor will show different patterns. Students will design and carve and finally print their own design patterns on tea towels. We will be using lino cutting tools and soft cut print blocks. This course will also cover comparison of different fabrics suitable for block printing by hand. Students will print their own patterned tea towels with special fabric inks that are permanent and washable after drying. |
EVER WATCHED "BLOWN AWAY"?
Glass Studio: Borosilicate Marbles on the Torch with Laura Cannarella – 5 students A timeless classic, marbles have a way of mystifying the viewer, as they examine the design inside from all angles. Stick them in your houseplants or keep them in your pocket to show off to friends! We will be using minor burner torches to melt borosilicate glass. You will learn the basics of working with hot glass safely, a few techniques for decorating marbles, and how to make them perfectly round. By the end of the class, you will have made a few marbles. They can be picked up or shipping can be arranged. 
Modern Craft Studio:
The Art of Seeing with Collin Harrison – 6 students Students will learn to develop skills in noticing and understanding interesting subjects, capturing subjects effectively and creatively with a Digital Single Lens Reflex (DSLR) camera, and processing and printing such images with Adobe Photoshop. This course is the beginning of an enormous, indeed lifetime. The aim is simply to learn some of the many entry points into deeper learning. 
Jewelry Studio:
Pendant and Earing Making with Nathalie Maiello – 6 students In this workshop students will explore how to etch copper with a salt water bath and a marker as the resist. They will discover how a drawn image can be permanently transferred onto metal, and then turned into a piece of jewelry (earrings, pendant, cuff bracelet.) Sawing, filing, and drilling will also be covered in the class. 
Fiber Studio:
Needle Felting with Rachel Gerowe – 6 students Explore the magic of needle felting while creating an Owl entirely from wool! Needle Felting is an easy-to-learn craft in which you sculpt wool fiber simply by poking it with a single barbed needle. In this class, participants will be guided by Rachel Gerowe of Redbarn Originals in making an owl in this 5 hour session. The class will explore the unique characteristics of wool, felting needles, and felting surfaces. Participants will discover how to form realistic features and learn techniques to achieve desired form and finish. By the end of this session, students will realize they can create anything the can imagine with a barbed needle and a bit of wool! |
Part 3: Thrive
MARK YOUR CALENDARS!
Continue to engage through ongoing programs and events: Check the website for updates.
MARK YOUR CALENDARS!
Continue to engage through ongoing programs and events: Check the website for updates.
- December 3rd, 2022: Holiday Party/Awards Ceremony: NBMAA
- Monthly: NAEA Webinar Watch Party
- Monthly: ED&I Discussion Group
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