Featured IslandWood Artist - Graceann Warn

MIXED MEDIA ASSEMBLAGES WITH GRACEANN WARN

Graceann Warn is an encaustic and assemblage artist from Ann Arbor, Michigan. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally and is in the collections of Yale University, Museum of Art and Design, New York, NY, US Embassies in Nairobi and Sarajevo, Pew Charitable Trusts and many others.

Graceann does not teach often as she is a working artist whose schedule keeps her very busy so we appreciate that she agreed to teach at the IslandWood Art Escape this summer August 12-16 on Bainbridge Island near Seattle, WA. A mixed media “Art Palooza,” as Graceann calls it, this mixed media event hosts 12 artists on a beautiful 250-acre campus in the woods of the Pacific Northwest.

If you love assemblage, wax and connecting the two,Graceann’s class is for you. It is technique driven and will give you the skills to elevate your work.

In this three-day Assemblage Workshop you will explore ways to take materials including wax, paper, found objects and paint and turn them into strong, succinct stories. Along with technical instruction that will cover using beeswax, collaging images, connecting objects and various mark-making techniques, we will discuss the very important aspects of art making: intent and content.

Below are some of the pieces made by students in Graceann’s workshop in Oaxaca, Mexico.

Pictured below is work completed in Graceann’s workshop in Gig Harbor, WA last summer by Kathie Vezzani

More student work in Graceann’s workshop in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.

To learn more about IslandWood, go here. Four days on beautiful Bainbridge Island, WA with 12 amazing teachers.

Track One teachers include Carla Sonheim, Lendon Noe, Leslie West, Cori Dantini, Christina Romeo, and Tory Brokenshire. Pick one for each day, or pick the same teacher from Track One for all three days

Track Two teachers include: Bridget Guerzon-Mills, Pamela Caughey, Graceann Warn, Raymond Papka, Morgan Brig, and Shannon Weber