Art Pluriel at Le Pin | August 18-25, 2013
Silkworks
Textile Collage Workshop with Peg Gignoux
$2,500, 7 day workshop
In this most glorious of settings, explore the translucence and luster of silk of many weights and hues. We will hand dye silk thread and lengths of organza and habotai creating a vivid collection of fabrics to layer and stitch to linen, to cotton, to paper! Create complex colors as you blend materials, cut and redefine the surface. Add in vintage maps, old lace, antique toile and find your way into a series of expressive mixed media collages.
Painting
with
Jane Filer
$2,500, 7 day workshop
Paint with internationally acclaimed painter, Jane Filer in the spacious grand salon studio at Le Pin for a week retreat. Stroll the beautiful chateau grounds for inspiration or set up outside if you wish to paint plein aire. Discover the gorgeous light of France with its abundant summer blossoms, forests, fields, ponds and expressive skies. There will be morning group critique and shared experiences, demonstrations in texture, color and accessing creativity with plenty of time to do as you please. Individual instruction is available as needed and individual expression is encouraged.
OPEN STUDIO
$2,500, 7 day workshop
Need time and space to explore your own creative ideas? Have a song that needs work, a manuscript that begs your attention? A camera to indulge? Join our artistic circle and find your own space- take over a tower room, old barn or garden bench and let your work unfold!
Registration Info
Our workshops are designed to accommodate all levels.
For folks discovering us for the first time via the web we have an application process. Please make an appointment by email: mjgignoux@gmail.com for a phone interview. We require two personal references. We also would enjoy seeing a sample of work. We work hard to build compatible groups who enjoy living, eating, and making art together in France.
For reservation and registration information contact
Peg Gignoux/David Summer at mjgignoux@gmail.com.
We have a rolling registration process. Register early! - groups limited to 10.
Workshops include lodging, breakfast and dinner.
Participants are responsible for their own air fare and
ground transportation.
Ancient stone, exotic flowers, rolling fields of grape; glorious soups, cheeses, lovely wines, turrets, secret tower rooms, lily ponds, antique fabrics, acres of sunshine: this is just a partial list of what you will experience at Chateau du Pin. Join David and Peg in an extraordinary adventure of the senses. You will sleep in a castle, enjoy lovely rustic meals, visit colorful markets, live among the topiary, the gargoyles and M A K E A R T!
Art Instruction: Peg Gignoux | Cuisine: David Summer | Assistant: Sloan Wainwright
