How does the daily interface with a journal change the art process, inform the artwork, and develop a greater meaning? When writing in a personal diary doesn’t resonate with you, perhaps going with a visual expression will. Come join Cristina with her new workshop at New Art Center – Visual Journaling and the Body – Fall 2016
Read the rest of this post...The Creative Process 2016 – Faculty/Student Exhibition – New Art Center – opening May 20
Come visit the New Art Center, and see the great artworks created by its faculty and students. The Creative Process is the New Art Center’s annual student and faculty exhibition. May 20 through June 18.
Read the rest of this post...New Workshop at MassArt – Artists’ Books Intensive – August 9 and 11, 2016
This 2-day intensive will introduce more than a dozen different binds from historical to modern, from streamlined to sculptural. We’ll explore the connections between content and structure, outside vs. inside, and layers of meaning for interesting, engaging visual books.
Read the rest of this post...Japanese Puncture Book Workshop – Fruitlands Museum, Harvard, MA – August 13, 2016
This all-day workshop will explore a beloved book structure: the Japanese puncture (or “stab”) binding. This technique is especially useful as it joins individual sheets into a text block. The sheets can be edited and sequenced by the artist, then bound, resequenced, and then bound again and again! Perfect for visual journals, print collections, photo albums, signature books, and upscale scrapbooking, you will find the Japanese puncture book has endless uses. Fruitlands Museum, Harvard, Mass. with Cristina Hajosy on Saturday, August 13, 2016
Read the rest of this post...Contemporary Paper Marbling – 3 Day Workshop – Concord Art – August 2016
This 3 day workshop will explore contemporary paper marbling. We will create beautiful stone patterns and playful combed designs. Using various techniques, we will expand the concepts into unique creations that highlight the floating and freeform nature of this medium. Concord Art, August 2-4, 2016 with Cristina Hajosy
Read the rest of this post...Paper Marbling Workshop Weekend back at MassArt for Summer!
Spend a weekend learning several types of paper marbling. Make a mountain of unique paper designs for use in mixed media projects, collage, bookbinding, greeting cards, calligraphy, or printmaking. Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston on Saturday, June 4 and Sunday, June 5 from 10am to 4pm with Cristina Hajosy.
Read the rest of this post...Reminder! This Saturday – Paper Marbling – in my studio April 2, 2016
Spend the morning learning the process or jump right in, if you’re familiar with the materials. This workshop is structured to be an introduction for beginners or an open studio for intermediate or advanced students. Fostering an open, relaxed environment where all levels of artists can learn and share ideas, producing beautiful papers, and expanding your art practice; that’s what it’s all about. Paper Marbling with Cristina Hajosy
Read the rest of this post...Altered Books – Adult Workshop – The Eliot School – Sunday, May 1, 2016
Come join Cristina’s altered book class! Transform books, old or new, into art objects. The book becomes a canvas, a sculpture or a reliquary of personally meaningful content. Draw inspiration from the book’s author or content, or purely use the book as a structure. Incorporate paper cutting, collage, bookmaking and other processes. Cristina will have books on hand, or bring your own, along with small objects and images to include. Transform used books into art objects. Learn bookmaking, paper cutting, drawing, collage and decollage techniques to reinvent used books into something new. Sunday, May 1, 2016 from 9am to 3pm
Read the rest of this post...Private Workshop – Paper Marbling – Saturday, April 2, 2016
Spend the morning learning the process or jump right in, if you’re familiar with the materials. This workshop is structured to be an introduction for beginners or an open studio for intermediate or advanced students. Fostering an open, relaxed environment where all levels of artists can learn and share ideas, producing beautiful papers, and expanding your art practice; that’s what it’s all about. Paper Marbling with Cristina Hajosy
Read the rest of this post...Paper Marbling – Adult Workshops – The Eliot School – Spring and Summer 2016
Paper Marbling – Adult One-Day Workshops The Eliot School, 24 Eliot St., Boston (Jamaica Plain, off Centre St.), MA 02130 Create beautiful swirls and mottling colors on paper with marbling. Learn “ebru”, the Turkish-style of marbling, on water thickened with carrageenan (Irish moss). Experiment with a range of materials, colors and papers to create […]
Read the rest of this post...Crafter’s Carnival at MassArt – Saturday, April 16, 2016
Come join Cristina and many local artists at this one day arts and craft market. Visit the Artists’ Alley for unique gift ideas for Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, spring weddings and birthdays. Bookmaking demonstrations by Hajosy Arts throughout the day. Attend artist lectures on their creative process and the business side of selling and promoting their art.
Read the rest of this post...December Events – Holiday Gifts, Arts and Crafts Show/Sale and Hajosy Arts Holiday Open House!
December Events It’s time to get the holidays off to a great start with several upcoming events. Come visit Cristina in her home studio at Hajosy Arts’ Open House. See her latest artwork and explore the previous decades of art from fine art photography, printmaking editions, and artist’s books. A large collection of small works […]
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