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FALL2016

Major Exhibit

Print & Play

Upcoming Exhibits

Annual Fundraiser

A6 is offering a wide variety of workshops, talks and special events around our exhibition of Japanese Prints. Pick up your copy of our Exhibit & Event Guide or look online.

Our workshop series continues with three more prominent artists scheduled to visit A6 this fall and early winter.

See what’s coming to the gallery this winter!

“The Proof” celebrates A6’s impact to the Central Oregon community. Reserve your seat at this special luncheon and support our arts education programs.

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MAJOREXHIBIT “Opening Japan” Sep 2—Nov 20, 2016 Don’t miss this special opportunity to view a private collection of rare antique Japanese prints spanning three centuries. These colorful images of “the floating world” were an exciting evolution of Japanese art and a source of inspiration for Western artists. Savor the renowned artistry and impeccable craftsmanship of Japan’s great woodcut artists. Featuring master works by Hasui, Hiroshige, Yoshitoshi and more, “Opening Japan” will open your eyes to the enduring beauty of Japanese prints.

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Pick up an Exhibit & Event Guide at A6!

A6’s exhibit is just the beginning! Gain greater insight into the art and culture of Japan with a full schedule of film screenings, lectures, poetry readings, print workshops, and other special events. Thanks to our financial supporters: Bend Cultural Tourism Fund, Oregon Arts Commission, Roundhouse Foundation, Box Factory, The Bend Foundation, Art on the River, and McClain’s Printmaking.

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EXHIBIT TOURS EVERY SATURDAY at 4 pm!

$10/person. No RSVP required. Come early for best seating. ATELIER6000.ORG

SCHOOLPROGRAM Students to A6 JAPAN PROGRAM Sep 19—Nov 17, 2016 For grades 3-12 Teachers: bring your students to A6’s major exhibit, “Opening Japan,” this fall! This special “Students to A6” education program includes a guided exhibit tour and hands-on printmaking activity in our print studio.

Explore Japanese culture through a colorful collection of art Tour this rare collection of centuries-old Japanese prints by great masters such as Hasui, Hiroshige and Yoshitoshi. Learn how Japanese artists collaborated with skilled craftsmen to produce these elaborate printed masterpieces. Gain insight into Japanese culture through these images of famous kabuki actors, geishas, mythology, and scenes of daily life. We’ll also discuss what happened in the 1850s, when Japan finally opened its ports to the West, and the rest of the world saw these prints for the first time.

Only $7 per student Financial assistance is available for Title 1 and rural schools.

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Create Japanese-style prints in the A6 studio After touring the exhibit, we’ll move into A6’s professional print studio, where students will gain a deeper appreciation for how Japanese prints are made. Students will learn how to ink and print a Japanesethemed woodcut block—and take their prints home!

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BOOKARTS Hiroshige Pocket Book Sundays / Sep 18, Oct 9 / 1-4:30 pm

Handmade Leather Journal Saturday, Nov 5, 9-4 pm

Make a pocket-sized treasure! This accordion book features miniature reproductions of all 69 prints from Hiroshige’s series, Famous Views of 60 Odd Provinces. Includes a perfectly-sized box decorated with origami paper to hold your book. All supplies included. Instructor: Kelley Salber $50

There is something so elegant, so mysterious, so comforting and so satisfying about a handmade journal in rich leather or soft suede. Come make your own and experience the allure with instructor Kelley Salber. These beautiful blank journals feature a distinctive hand-sewn pattern on the spine, and use quality drawing paper for sketching or writing. $90 / $72 Artist Member Supply fee: $10

Origami Envelope Books Sep 9, Sep 23, Oct 14, Oct 28 and Nov 11 / 3-4 pm

Clever origami books have envelopes folded into each page to tuck special notes! Perfect for beginners. All supplies included. $20

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Origami Accordion Books Sep 18, Oct 9, and Nov 13 10-12 pm

Easy, colorful origami books can be arranged multiple ways. Learn a bonus folding technique to make a hanging origami ornament! All supplies included. $20 ATELIER6000.ORG

ARTTALKS YUJI HIRATSUKA Sunday, Sep 11, 6 pm, A6 Gallery

OSU master printmaker Yuji Hiratsuka shares his Japanese-inspired prints, full of color, pattern, and cultural appropriation. $10

UKIYO-E: Japanese Pop Culture and ‘The Floating World’ Tuesday, October 11, 7 pm, Wille Hall, COCC Coats Campus Center, Bend

CENTRAL OREGON COMMUNITY COLLEGE NANCY R CHANDLER VISITING SCHOLAR PROGRAM During the Edo period (1603-1868) in Japan, the rising middle class favored a new art form—woodblock prints. Ukiyo-e, or ‘pictures of the Floating World’, was the pop culture of the day, depicting the pleasures and interests of up-to-the minute, urban life — including the world of kabuki actors and beautiful courtesans. Dr. Ann Wetherell of Willamette University discusses and explores the social and political context of Japanese woodblock print spanning three centuries. Tickets go on sale September 1 at cocc.edu. $10

Mary BRODBECK Friday, October 15, 6 pm, A6 Gallery

Formally trained in Japan, Brodbeck is a leading artist in contemporary Japanese woodcut printmaking. Brodbeck will share her work and also screen her short film, “Becoming Made” on the woodcut process. $10

JAPONISME: How Japanese Prints Spawned Modern Art Tuesday, Nov 1, 6 pm, Downtown Bend Library Art historian Lorna Cahall examines the powerful influence of Japanese prints on Impressionist and Post-Impressionist artists such as Claude Monet, Toulouse Lautrec, and Gustav Klimt. As Japan’s ports opened, the West’s fascination with all things Japanese—dubbed “Japonisme”—exposed scores of European and American artists to a new aesthetic. Discover how these ukiyo-e images paved the way for modern art. $10

CHEERS TO ART RETURNS JANUARY 2017! Look for our schedule of topics in December. CALL 541.330.8759

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PRINTMAKING

YUJI HIRATSUKA

Mary BRODBECK

Four-Color Chine Collé Drypoint

Japanese Woodcut

Mon-Fri, Sep 12-16, 9-4 pm

Session 1: Wed-Thu, Oct 12-13, 9-4 pm Session 2: Sat-Sun, Oct 15-16, 9-4 pm

OSU master printmaker Yuji Hiratsuka demonstrates a non-toxic approach for creating multi-color intaglio prints using plexi-glass plates, chine collé and nontoxic water-soluble inks on Japanese paper. Create images directly on the plexi plate with a needle, roulette and/or sanding paper. Although drypoint is a direct and relatively simple process, students will learn how to make color plates, learn color registration and CMYK color blending, and learn how to mount a kozo paper onto rag paper. Students bring drypoint needle/scriber and roulette.

Formally trained in Japan, Brodbeck is a leading artist in contemporary Japanese woodcut printmaking. Learn modern tricks for drawing, registering, and carving blocks, and practice traditional techniques for mixing and applying ink with Japanese brushes. This three-day workshop offers a solid introduction to this centuriesold art form, Those with some woodcut experience will find this an excellent refresher course. No supply list! $350 / $280 Artist Member Supply fee: $45

$425 / $340 Artist Member Supply fee: $65

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Contemporary Woodcut Sat-Sun, Oct 29-30, 9-3 pm

Different from traditional Japanese woodblock prints, western or contemporary woodcuts use different inking and printing methods. Become familiar with carving tools, refine your technique for carving images into wood, and learn how to ink and print your image using an etching press. Experiment with multiple wood blocks printed in layers and explore the physicality of materials in the woodcut process. Students bring their own carving tools; all other supplies provided. Instructor: Julie Winter $165 / $132 Artist Member $30 supply fee

Intro to Monotype Mon, Nov 7-21, 6-8:30 pm

ELISE WAGNER Encaustic Collagraph Fri-Sat, Feb 4-5, 10-5 pm

Portland artist Elise Wagner leads this two-day workshop marrying encaustic techniques with collagraph printmaking. Taught from a painter’s perspective, this workshop offers a new means of creative exploration for painters, printmakers and mixed-media artists. Using a variety of tools, students learn to exploit encaustic’s properties to create a printable surface with rich texture and incredible depth. On the second day of the workshop, students learn techniques for inking, wiping and pulling prints from their encaustic plates.

Open up your creative process! Artists of all levels and backgrounds enjoy the creative freedom and instant gratification of monotype. Monotype easily embraces painting, drawing and collage. Julie Winter leads this in-depth foundational course in monotype and its cousin, monoprint. Learn subtractive and additive techniques, explore layering with stencils and off-set marks, and create experimental textures. This course is a great refresher for intermediate printmakers and gives beginning artists/printmakers a strong start in a popular process. All supplies included. Instructor: Julie Winter $115 / $92 Artist Member $25 supply fee

Tuition: $285 / $228 Artist Member Supply fee: $55

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IN THE GALLERY DECEMBER

JANUARY

FEBRUARY

“Red”

“Inspired by Trees”

“Unearthed”

On Display Dec 1-31

On Display Jan 6-29, 2017 Art Talk: Jan 13, 6 pm

On Display Feb 3-26, 2017 Art Talk: Feb 6, 6 pm

Five A6 artists share recent prints inspired by trees. Dawn Emerson, Patricia Clark, Jean Harkin, Stirling Gorsuch, and Robin Thomas take varied inspiration—from the gnarled Junipers of Oregon’s Badlands to the regenerating forest from the B&B Fire Complex. This exhibit will be on display at the World Forestry Center in Portland October 28 through December 31, and then travel to A6.

Portland artist Elise Wagner presents a richly-surfaced body of work in this solo exhibit. Working with wax, Wagner creates textural plate surfaces which she then inks and prints. Wagner will share her collagraph print process in a Print & Play workshop (see page 7).

Our annual A6 member exhibit explores a fresh idea this December, presenting original prints and artists books that harness the power of red. In large or small doses, red can energize a work of art, draw the eye, or “fire a gun” (as Constable aptly described J.M.W. Turner’s famous last-minute dab of red paint on his painting, Helvoetsluys.

MARCH “Relics and Ruins: International Biennial Artists Book Exhibition” On Display March 3- April 2, 2017 Best in Show Prize awarded by PLAYA at Summer Lake

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CALLS TO ARTISTS RED Annual A6 Artist Member Exhibition “A good painter needs only three colours: black, white and red.”—Titian

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Relics and Ruins

Photo of Armenian Ruins by Marcin Konsek

Biennial International Artist Books Exhibition Best in Show Award: Artist Residency at Playa at Summer Lake! How do the traces and remains of the past color our view of the present? What significance do we give to these rusted, frayed, eroded pieces of past lives, past histories, past civilizations? Do we cherish these reminders or cast them aside in our quest for progress and reinvention? Do these broken buildings and aged artifacts grow more beautiful in their decay, a natural part of “the inevitable ruin of everything”? Or are they loaded reminders of destruction and abandonment?

In large or small doses, red can energize a work of art, draw the eye, or “fire a gun” (as Constable aptly described J.M.W. Turner’s famous dab of red paint.) Only current A6 artist members may submit work for jurying. Active membership must be sustained through the length of the exhibit. Submitted work must have been completed within the last 12 months. See full guidelines online at atelier6000.org.

Entries Due: November 6 Exhibit Dates: December 2-31

A6 invites submissions of hand-made artist books to this juried exhibition that explores relics and ruins of ancient and modern times, from sources real and imagined. Book artist Ann Kresge will serve as juror; jurying will be done by the actual work.

Entries Due: February 10, 2017 Exhibit Dates: March 3–April 2, 2017

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Become an A6 Artist Member and connect with a community of active professional artists. Enjoy the camaraderie of a working studio and expand your technical skills and creative thinking. Explore the varied, ever-evolving world of printmaking and book arts in a top-notch print studio—the only one of its kind in Central and Eastern Oregon! Discover exciting ways these art forms connect with painting, drawing, sculpture and writing. Members enjoy open studio access seven days a week, 20% off workshops, free demonstrations, critiques, and special opportunities to exhibit.

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THEPROOF

Thursday, Dec 1 11:30-1:30 pm Join us for a special luncheon to celebrate the many ways A6 enriches our community. Learn how your contributions support our educational programs, special exhibits, and local artists. Guests at The Proof also enjoy a first look at our annual A6 member exhibit, plus the chance to peruse our silent auction items! As a nonprofit, A6 relies heavily on community support. This annual fundraiser is crucial to our 2017 programming. If you believe in our good work, come to The Proof and get ready to help us deliver another year of high-quality arts programs to Central Oregonians!

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WELCOME OSU!

A6 will be the studio venue for OSU-Cascade’s fall printmaking class (Art 377). A6’s Executive Director, Dawn Boone, will be teaching undergraduate students post-digital printmaking processes.

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