ROMBERG WORKSHOPS

Your Edge and Beyond
June 22 thru 30, 2006
How far would you go? Here's a chance to take it to the limit. Each of us has hopes and aspirations for our work which will require further developments of technique and content.  This workshop will help you locate these hopes and aspirations and ways to achieve those longed for developments of content and expression. Romberg's workshop uses the techniques and philosophies of Raku as well as explorations in the natural canyon land environment to develop and expand the content of your work. Daily demos, slides, discussions. Hand building and wheel thrown facilities and demos. 24 hr. studio access.

Raku: Color and Firing
July 6 thru 13, 2006
Explore multiple forms, layers and processes of creating, decorating and firing Raku. Experiment with new surfaces, colors and reduction techniques. Raku is often presented as "the accidental."   This workshop will develop new techniques for using glazes, color, firing and reduction to develop a more expressive palette in your raku work.  There will be extensive experimentation with new glaze formulations, application and firing as well as demonstrations to explore composition and expression. Hand building and wheel thrown facilities and demonstration. Slides: historic and contemporary. 24 hr. studio access.

Burst the Boundaries
August 10 thru 17, 2006
This is a chance to explore your work and push its limits freely.  An exciting and essential element of artistic expression is moving beyond the boundaries of expression and technique that seem to limit our development. This workshop will present ways to locate and push those boundaries out to achieve new sources and means of expression.  Raku will be the vehicle for this exploration although other elements of art will be used such as drawing and sculpture.  Demonstrations will present new ways of construction and firing in clay. Begin with an exploration of possibilities in form, surface and firing. Immerse yourself in Raku's philosophy and environment. Then proceed toward the refinement of the newly discovered elements to move beyond your current expression. Daily demos, work sessions and discussion. 24 hr. studio access.

Jim Romberg
For the past 30 years Jim Romberg has presented workshops in various aspects of raku and stoneware ceramics, from wheel work, hand building, glaze formulation, thru application and firing. These workshops not only deal with the technical and process aspects of ceramics, but also with the investigation into content and expression.  Since retirement as Professor Emeritus of Ceramics, Jim is available year around to conduct short and long term workshops.

Jim has presented over 100 workshops internationally, and is well known for his personal style in communicating new developments in ceramics, expansive thinking in arts criticism, as well as helping students reach beyond their supposed limits in developing their own work.

Learn more about Jim Romberg.

Fees and Accommodations
Our workshop fees include housing, all meals and snacks, wine with dinner, clay, glazes and firing. Our studio is open 24 hours a day. You stay with us is exclusive, as we only take eight participants at a time. You arrive on a Thursday after dinner for a fireside Welcome, and depart after a full week of art and red rock canyon experience, on Friday after ranch-sized farewell breakfast.

Learn more about our ranch and cabins.

For more information or to discuss any personal needs, please don't hesitate to call: 505-685-0011

Registration
Registration fees must be made by check payable to:

The Lynette Jennings Foundation

Registration requests must be received by mail addressed to:

Jennings/Romberg
Eagleheart Center for Art and Inquiry
P.O.Box 2686
Grand Junction, Colorado 81502

Payment
A $300 deposit must be made in order to reserve a space in a workshop and housing, although full payment at the time of initial registration is gratefully appreciated.

The balance of the tuition and housing fee is due 45 days prior to the start of the workshop. If payment in full is not received by that date, you may forfeit your workshop and housing and incur a cancellation fee.

Cancelation
Should you cancel before 45 days before the start of the workshop, your deposit will be refunded. If you cancel after 45 days prior to the workshop, your deposit will not be refunded.

Occasionally Eagleheart Center must cancel a workshop due to low enrollment, faculty illness or other unforeseen circumstances. We will make every effort to notify you one month prior to the planned start of the workshop, however in unusual circumstances it may be less. You may then enroll in another workshop during the year, depending on availability, or receive a full refund of all fees. Eagleheart is not responsible for losses incurred on travel arrangements.

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