Zakriya Rabani

This workshop delves into material experimentation, idea development, and risk-taking while working in metals, providing students opportunities to utilize a well-equipped shop to further their skill sets and confidence in art making. The course teaches tools and tricks for welding and metal fabrication, including bending, cutting, curling, braking, heating, smashing, patina use, and drawing. Additionally, students discuss different lighting methods and installation ideation to elevate their work. The goal is to help participants build a foundation of skills so that they may explore and experiment, and use new skills confidently in future projects. Must be 18 years old to participate. 

This workshop delves into material experimentation, idea development, and risk taking while working in metals, providing students opportunities to utilize a well-equipped shop to further skill sets in their experimentation. The course teaches tools and tricks for welding and metal fabrication including bending, cutting, curling, braking, heating, smashing, and drawing and discusses different methods of lighting and installation ideation to elevate students’ work. The goal is to help participants build a foundation of skills so that they may explore and experiment, and use new skills confidently in future projects.

Anderson Ranch’s Facilitated Studio Practice approach provides artists the opportunity to work on independent projects while receiving regular one-on-one mentoring and critique sessions with Anderson Ranch artistic staff and interns. Each participant receives an assigned studio space, orientation and access to equipment, as well as five hours of weekly technical guidance in the Ranch’s state-of-the-art facilities. This program affords artists the experience enjoyed by national and international artists who access our state-of-the-art studios. Participants may expand their practices, take artistic risks, try new media or complete works for exhibition. Applicants must submit project proposals or portfolios for approval. A limited number of participants will be accepted and rigorous health and safety standards, as well as social distancing requirements, must be followed. *Studios are open 24 hours a day and on weekends for students enrolled in multiple weeks, with limited use of equipment due to safety requirements. Evening monitoring hours are Tuesdays & Thursdays, 7 - 9 PM. Facilitated Studio Practice winter sessions run January 3-21 and participants may register for one, two or all three weeks. Cost is $1,000 per week.  Private dorm rooms are available at Anderson Ranch for one, two or three weeks for an additional fee; please inquire for details and availability. Contact Liz Ferrill to apply: [email protected]  

This workshop emphasizes individual idea development, material experimentation and risk-taking; this is a chance for artists to make use of a well-equipped shop to further their skillsets, experiment with new formats and drive their work to the next stage. Students will learn and work with a new medium or technique, learning the tools and tricks for welding, metal fabrication, shaping wood, cardboard and paper materials and finally surface treatment as it pertains to drawing, paint, finishes, light and installation methods. The goal is to help students lay a foundation of skills so that they may explore, experiment and use them confidently in their own sculpture practice.

Investigate an object’s ‘alter-ego’ to conceptualize and realize new sculptures, incorporating plaster casting, sheet wood fabrication, wire and fabric construction with an experimental approach. How might one play with, or subvert, the conspicuous aesthetic and functional characteristics of everyday objects to make new meaning? How can a sculpture draw out an object’s latent emotional, psychological or symbolic life? Considerations of scale, material and abstraction within the interrelated histories of product design, studio craft and fine art enable such shifts and contribute to the meanings one derives from objects and sculptures alike.

Anderson Ranch’s Facilitated Studio Practice approach provides artists the opportunity to work on independent projects while receiving regular one-on-one mentoring and critique sessions with Anderson Ranch artistic staff. Each participant receives an assigned studio space, orientation and access to equipment, as well as five hours of weekly technical guidance in the Ranch’s state-of-the-art facilities. This non-residential program allows local artists the experience enjoyed by national and international artists who travel to Snowmass Village from all over the world. Participants may expand their practices, take artistic risks, try new media or complete works for exhibition. Studio access is available from 9AM to 5PM, Monday – Friday; daily wellness checks and social distancing are required until further notice. Applicants must submit project proposals or portfolios for approval. A limited number of participants will be accepted and rigorous health and safety standards as well as social distancing requirements must be followed. Contact Liz Ferrill, Artistic Director of Painting and Printmaking for more information, [email protected].