Fall Art Experience: Fantastical Creatures and Relief Printmaking (9-12)

Teaching Artists: Miho Morinoue
Studio Assistant: Jaxson Lambert
Schedule: Tuesday - Friday, October 12 - 15 from 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Level: Ages 9 - 12
# Sessions:  4
Location: Main Space
Tuition: $170 Member / $215 Non-Member
 
Class Description:
Surrealists often put strange, unlikely objects or animals together to create weird made-up characters. In this 4 day intensive, young artists will explore their own personalities and draw inspiration from nature, animals and their imagination to inform the design of their fantastic creatures. They will take their ideas to create a relief print using gomuban, gouging knives, ink and paper. Students will learn about positive and negative space, understand the balance of light and dark, master various carving techniques, learn to register their blocks and use the press. Most of all, young artists will have fun sharing their weird creativity with others. The 4 days will culminate with a print exchange, a gallery walk, show and tell and maybe an ice cream party :)

Our Fall 2021 Youth Education Programs are supported by the West Hawaii Fund of the Hawaii Community Foundation, Roberts Foundation, and our community of individual donors. We are grateful to be able to offer tuition for these programs at a 25% subsidized rate and free art supplies. It is our intention to provide access to all levels and keep our Youth Programs affordable during these times.
 
Teacher Bios:
Miho Kanani Morinoue is a Hawaii based artist living in Holualoa, Hawaii. Raised by two visual artists, Hiroki and Setsuko Morinoue, she has an extensive background in both art and dance. She has had a 10-year career with Complexions Contemporary Ballet Co. in NYC and has danced with Esse Aficionado, Lar Lubovich, Lee Whitchel and Neo Labos. On separate commissions she has collaborated closely with choreographer Dwight Rhoden as a rehearsal director and costume designer for dance companies throughout the mainland. Her costume designs are represented in companies such as Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Ballet Arizona, Ballet Met, North Carolina Dance Theater, Pittsburgh Ballet, and many others. Her art can be found in the collections of the Library of Congress, DC and the Whitney Museum of American Art, NY. Currently she serves as Program Director for the Donkey Mill Art Center, home to the Holualoa Foundation for Culture and the Arts and lives with two ‘totes adorbs’ kitty cats and an aging ninja.

Jaxson Lambert is a printmaker who learned all about printing from Robert Corsair, Hiroki Morinoue, and Jerry Walsh. He is currently an apprentice working in the print studio and youth programs at the Donkey Mill Art Center. Jaxson has been a part of the Donkey Mill since he went to the Teen Summer Art Experience in 2019. He has also acted in two Aloha Theater productions, Quarantine Vignettes and Scenes for a New Generation. He has entered his prints in a few auctions and exhibits such as the Hawaii Nei. He has explored relief, monotype and mokuhanga styles of printmaking. Jaxson has been homeschooled his whole life, has six siblings, and loves to draw.