{"682972":{"#nid":"682972","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Expanded Landscapes","body":[{"value":"\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESara Garden Armstrong, an internationally renowned artist whose exhibiting career and studio work with handmade paper processes spans over 50 years, leads this one-day program.\u0026nbsp;The workshop begins with a brief introduction to Armstrong\u2019s work, with hands-on examples. Then participants will focus on learning, observing, and making unique paper objects to explore the processes of pigment staining, pulp-pouring, pulp painting, and collage techniques on pre-formed sheets of paper. Technical information and recipes about sizing, pulp beating and experimenting with different fibers will be addressed.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EParticipants will dive deep into the practice of creating and sustaining new relationships with paper formation, pigments, and processes integral to promoting an ongoing experience with the fascinating world of papermaking, pigments, and collage.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAt the end of the workshop, participants will leave with their own creation. They should bring 3 to 4 pieces of 12 x18 inch cardboard to facilitate transporting their work home.\u0026nbsp; All other supplies provided and all levels of experience welcome. There will be a lunch break from approx. 12:30pm-1:15pm, participants responsible for their own lunch.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERegistration:\u003C\/strong\u003E Click on registration link to register for workshop. Please email anna.doll@rbi.gatech.edu for questions or more information.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout the Artist\u003C\/strong\u003E: Sara Garden Armstrong is a visual artist whose creative research\/practice spans a\u003Cbr\u003Ewide range of mediums and techniques, from large site-specific sculpture to artist\u2019s\u003Cbr\u003Ebooks. Her work addresses organic change and transformation while exploring\u003Cbr\u003Eproperties of materials, resulting in nature-based biomorphic abstraction. Layered two-\u003Cbr\u003Edimensional work and sculptural installations that often incorporate video projection and\u003Cbr\u003Esound, focus on life processes such as breathing and support systems of the body.\u003Cbr\u003EOther recurrent themes are water, time, and shifts of reality, with their elements of\u003Cbr\u003Echance and change.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFormer atrium commissions have focused on scientific phenomena and their interactions\u003Cbr\u003Ewith the human condition, such as the installation for the National Multiple Sclerosis\u003Cbr\u003ESociety at the University of Alabama Birmingham (UAB) Medical Center. A past recipient\u003Cbr\u003Eof the Joan Mitchell Foundation CALL (Creating a Living Legacy) grant through Space\u003Cbr\u003EOne Eleven, Armstrong\u2019s national and international exhibition record extends over a\u003Cbr\u003Eperiod of more than 40 years. Her artist\u2019s books can be found in the collections of the\u003Cbr\u003EMuseum of Modern Art, New York, and the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, among\u003Cbr\u003Eothers.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe monograph SARA GARDEN ARMSTRONG: Threads and Layers, 2020, reveals\u003Cbr\u003Ethe influences and concepts that run through her diverse body of work. Its publication\u003Cbr\u003Ecoincided with a traveling exhibition of the same name, incorporating site-specific work.\u003Cbr\u003EThe exhibition made stops in a three state area\u2014Georgia, Florida and Alabama.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EArmstrong received her Master of Fine Arts from the University of Alabama and a\u003Cbr\u003EMaster of Art Education from UAB. After living in New York City for 36 years, in 2017\u003Cbr\u003Eshe returned to Birmingham, where she currently lives and works in her building, which\u003Cbr\u003Eprovides space for Ground Floor Contemporary Gallery (an artist-run collective) on the\u003Cbr\u003Efirst floor and 21st Street Studios on the 3rd floor.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJoin this one-day workshop with internationally renowned paper artist Sarah Garden Armstrong for an \u003Cem\u003EExpanded Landscapes\u003C\/em\u003E paper arts experience.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Join this one-day workshop with internationally renowned paper artist Sarah Garden Armstrong for an Expanded Landscapes paper arts experience. 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