The Split Rock Arts Program is the University of Minnesota's series of summer workshops and seasonal retreats in creative writing, visual art, and design. Held on the Twin Cities campus and at the University's Cloquet Forestry Center in northern Minnesota, the 27-year-old program is a popular destination for those who wish to study with outstanding artists and writers from throughout the world.
Three-day seasonal retreats are offered in February, March, April, and October; summer workshops and retreats begin every Sunday in June and July.
The 2010 program is host to more than 30 workshops and retreats that serve artists of all interests, backgrounds, and skill levels. All offerings allow for significant one-to-one contact between participant and instructor. Topics include: book arts, calligraphy, drawing, illustration, painting, photography, paper cutting, mixed media; knitting, felting, fiber and textile arts, surface design, and a variety of writing forms.
Visual art instructors for 2010 include: Ilze Aviks, Tamara Brantmeier, Doug Beasley, Betsy Sterling Benjamin, Craig Blacklock, Sally Brown, Margaret (Meg) Bussey, Nancy Carlson, Cheng-Khee Chee, Rick Chrustowski, Jiyoung Chung, Ewan Clayton, Béatrice Coron, David Feinberg, Laura Hampton, Douglas Holleley, Michael James, Jorie Johnson, Chunghie Lee, Ryuta Nakajima, Sally Nystrom, Adrienne Sloane, and others.
No prerequisites. Graduate/undergraduate credit, scholarships, and accommodations available. Scholarship deadline for summer workshops and retreats is April 19, 2010. Registration is ongoing.
Summer workshops and seasonal retreats in book arts, calligraphy, drawing, illustration, painting, photography, paper cutting, mixed media; knitting, felting, fiber and textile arts, surface design; and creative writing.
Split Rock Art Program - University of Minnesota
360 Coffey Hall, 1420 Eckles Ave.
St. Paul, MN 55108-6084
United States
Phone: 612-625-1976
Fax: 612-624-6210
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