Newfoundland Workshop
Monday, September 14th, 2009 by laura
R&F has officially launched a new regional workshop site in far-off Newfoundland. Wayne Montecalvo & I traveled there to set it up and teach a collaborative Encaustic and Printmaking workshop. The first half of the workshop focused on printmaking, (trace monotypes and paper lithography), taught by Anita Singh at St. Michael’s Printshop. Then we moved north along the Avalon Penninsula to Torbay Bight Studio, perched right on the edge of the Atlantic, and hosted by Carol Bajen-Gahm.
We had a wonderful time, met some amazing artists, and had several surprise guests - some humpback whales who were feeding in the cove right outside the studio. The first spotting happened right in the middle of the first demonstration, and that whale stayed around for three days, and was joined by a few others, though they all maintained some distance from one another. Newfoundlanders may take the spectactular land and seascape that surrounds them for granted, but apparently they never tire of watching whales. By the last afternoon of our workshop, folks were gathered all around, sharing beer and wine, binoculars, telescopes and cameras, (also looking with interest at what has been made in the workshop). Amazing!
Be on the lookout for future workshops at Torbay Bight Studio - maybe you can have an amazing adventure too.