Community Updates & Workshops
2013 WORKSHOPS:
Zingg WORKSHOPS ARE FULL (email to be on waiting list)- JENNIFER ZINGG will be at JSP July 8-12 conducting FREE workshops for children ages 7 and up. They will create gourd totems that will be exhibited in the park throughout the next year. Children should pack a lunch, snacks & water will be provided.
Please email JSP to sign your child up for the workshop at info@josephinesculpturepark.org
Please send the following information:
child's name
preferred workshop dates: either Monday & Wednesday from 9-3 OR Tuesday & Thursday from 9-3.
guardian's name and email address
*more information will be emailed to you once we receive your request.
(registration still OPEN)- JENNY HAGER-VICKERY will be at JSP from July 22-26 conducting FREE workshops for children ages 12-17. They will be creating a large scale ox (inspired by the Chinese zodiac) which will remain on exhibition at JSP when the workshop is complete. The youth will assist Jenny to create a “skin” or surface of the animal over the course of a week using burlap, plaster resin, and pine straw. This will be a moderately advanced workshop for emerging artists in middle and high school, although no prior experience with these materials is necessary. This will be a great opportunity for young artists to work alongside a professional sculptor to create and install a large scale sculpture. The workshop will be 3 hours in length for a duration of 5 days. Specific times TBA. Children should pack a lunch, snacks & water will be provided.
Please email JSP to sign your child up for the workshop at info@josephinesculpturepark.org
Please send the following information:
child's name
guardian's name and email address
*more information will be emailed to you once we receive your request.
Please email us to get on the mailing list for more info. info@josephinesculpturepark.org
2012 WORKSHOPS:
Artist in Residence Mayumi Amada assists a participant at the Kings Center workshop.
Mayumi Amada demonstrates how to create a kaleidoscope with local high school students during a workshop while she was in residence at JSP in Oct. 2012.
"Cradling Nature" detail by Mayumi Amada. This environmental installation was created while Amada was in residence at JSP in 2012.
Your True Nature - conducted by Mollie Rabiner (2012)
a FREE workshop for boys & girls ages 11-15 - sponsored by The KY Foundation for Women
June 29th 1:00pm – 5:00pm
June 30th 10:00am – 5:00pm
July 1st 10:00am – 5:00pm
Registration required and EXTENDED through June 20, 2012.
please email Melanie at info@josephinesculpturepark.org
or call 502-352-7082 to register.
This workshop’s honest intention is to slow things down and strip away what is false in an individual so that their Truth may be revealed. We will explore many stages of this “stripping away” which will create clarity to manifest the final piece which will be a sculptural or two-dimensional self-portrait constructed from natural materials found on the Park grounds. These Truth Portraits will become part of the Park exhibition. This workshop will be facilitated by artist and teacher, Mollie Rabiner, assisted by Melanie VanHouten and Erika Strecker.
ARTIST RESIDENCY & COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS conducted by Bridget Beck at Josephine Sculpture Park (2011)
Oct. 25-Oct. 28 arrive anytime 12-4pm Tue.-Fri.
or Sun. Oct. 30 between 2-5pm
Public Reception for Community Sculpture: Watch
4-6pm Tue. Nov. 1
This event is FREE!!
Josephine Sculpture Park will host Minnesota sculptor Bridget Beck from Oct. 25-Nov. 2. Bridget will be conducting on-site community workshops during the days of this residency at the park. Everyone is invited to participate in the “Birdhouse” building workshops and create their own birdhouses that will become part of the finished sculpture. Your birdhouse will be of your own design and can be as realistic, functional, or artistic as you desire. Not a builder?? Well, you are still invited to stop by and see what’s happening out here any day during the residency. No previous skills are needed and all ages are welcome but the construction is geared more toward older children and adults. There is no cost to participate and materials will be provided, although donations are graciously accepted. Don’t miss this awesome opportunity to create your own work of art and exhibit it at JSP!!! This program is supported by The Kentucky Foundation for Women.
Final sculpture unveiling and public reception Tue. Nov. 1st from 4-6pm - FREEEEEE!!!!!!!
For more information, please email us at info@josephinesculpturepark.org or call 502-352-7082.
Josephine Sculpture Park is located at 3355 Lawrenceburg Rd in Frankfort, KY 40601. The park entrance is ¾ mile south of the Capital Bowl on (old) Lawrenceburg Rd. Look for our big green signs!!
PAST "UPDATES":
JSP director and local sculptor, Melanie VanHouten teamed up with Frankfort High School in Apr. 2011 to create a sculpture on the front lawn of the school utilizing the 90 year old oaks that were cut down in fall 2010. Check out our blog to follow our progress!!