July
8-12, 2010
Tour the Lyon Silk Trail, Lyon, France with Peg Gignoux
$1,250: includes hotel (4 nights), breakfast and lunch, museum
entry fees.
Visit the gorgeous city of Lyon and discover the fascinating silk history that threads itself through this ancient town. Join Peg on a rambling tour de la soie a Lyon. We will visit silk weavers and ateliers, silk scarf printers, trimming workshops and take in the textile museum that portrays 4000 years of textile history. We will picnic along the famous River Rhone with spectacular views of classic monuments that span the centuries. We will encounter extraordinary textiles inspired murals and uncover the famous “traboules” a maze of covered passageways that silk workers used to transport silk within the city. This shimmering city with its meandering silk story will provide a historic context and inspirational preface to Peg’s hands on Silk Works textile workshop at Chateau du Pin. Limited spaces.
SILK WORKS: Textile Collage Workshop with Peg Gignoux
July 12-20, 2010 | $2,500, 9 day workshop
We will explore
and record translucence and luster using silks of many weights
and hues. Participants will hand dye silk thread, lengths
of organza, habotai and doupioni creating a vivid collection of shimmering
silks. Using the magnificent chateau setting as inspiration, participants
will be encouraged to step into the fields, gardens, attics and formal rooms
to observe the transcendent summer light, record intriguing textures and
ancient marks. We will assemble a journal of quick sketches and digital
photographs that will serve as the foundation for expressive textile collages.
We will “paint” in cloth creating complex colors by layering and blending
silks and explore innovative ways to work hand and machine stitches into
the surface of each composition.
see examples of artist's
work
WATERCOLOR with Margaret Scanlan AWS, NWS
July 12-20, 2010 | $2,500, 9 day workshop
This two tiered
watercolor course is designed for painters with different
levels of experience.
Level 1:Beginners, or those who wish to review, will concentrate
on drawing and watercolor techniques, as well as learning
to see more than ever before, in a highly structured week of exercises and
experiments.
Level 2: Experienced watercolorists may wish to investigate
an entirely different realm from straight realism, exploring
inner landscapes and personal experiences in a safe, utterly
beautiful environment. Expect to produce the most exciting work you’ve ever
done in the glorious setting of Chateau du Pin.
see examples of artist's
work
OPEN STUDIO
July 12-20,2010 | $2,500
Need time and space to explore your own creative ideas? Have a manuscript that needs writing, songs that need work, a canvas or sketchbook that begs to be filled? Join our creative community of artists and find your own space – take over a tower room, old barn or work pleine aire and let your imagination soar!
PRINTMAKING AND BOOKARTS with Laurie Corral and Annie Fain Liden
July 23-31, 2010 | $2,500 9 day workshop
In this workshop, we’ll be explorers of Le Pin, using the gardens, woodlands,
vineyards and castle as inspiration for miniature prints and hand made
books. Students will climb through the centuries; photographing gargoyles,
recording textures, sketching and abstracting ideas for images suitable
for printing. Mini prints can be created as individual works and/or integrated
into hand made books with a distinctive point of view. Studio investigations
will also include stitching, working with collage and paint, antique french
papers and fabrics and various book bindings. Come explore the extraordinary
and exotic! All levels welcome. College credit available.
see examples of artist's
work
To learn more about Laurie Corral, owner of BookWorks
in Asheville, NC visit: www.ashevillebookworks.com.
For Annie Fain Liden visit: www.afainbooks.com
OPEN STUDIO
July 23-31,2010 | $2,500
Need time and space to explore your own creative ideas? Have a manuscript that needs writing, songs that need work, a canvas or sketchbook that begs to be filled? Join our creative community of artists and find your own space – take over a tower room, old barn or work pleine aire and let your imagination soar!
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: Harriet Hoover
