While many artists use a journal for collecting their thoughts, reflecting on their artistic process, or sketching ideas for future work, a journal can be the final piece of art as well. This one-day workshop will investigate the relationships between the artist, the journal and specifically, the human body. Whether your own body, someone else’s or even an imaginary one…humanity is wide open with its infinite diversity. Come join Cristina Hajosy in her home studio. Tuesday, September 15, 2015 from 10am to 4pm
Read the rest of this post...Experimental Printmaking (and a Book) – Adult Workshop – Brookline Adult & Community Education – Fall 2015
Experimental Printmaking (and a Book) – New Adult Workshop at Brookline Adult & Community Education, 4 Tuesdays from September 29 – October 20, 2015 from 6:30 – 9:00pm Printmaking is a process of creative discovery because one can never be sure of what each print will bring. Often, the more fun you have, the better the artwork becomes. As you create and manipulate a series of images, you will become a better image-maker as you work on composition, texture, mood, process, and outcome Repeating an image or similar motifs or symbols always leads to an interesting collection. Conceptual and abstract ideas find a way to enter the process with this relaxed, fun experiment.
Read the rest of this post...Private Bookmaking Workshop – Accordions and Beyond – Sunday, June 28, 2015
Private Book Arts Workshop with Cristina Hajosy. Sunday, June 28, 2015 from 10am – 4pm. Spend a summer day exploring accordion bookmaking with Cristina Hajosy in her home studio. Learn to construct these non-traditional, sculptural books with beautiful papers and book cloths. Students typically end the day with three or four unique artist’s books ready to be filled with your photos, poetry, artwork… heart and soul.
Read the rest of this post...Mixed Media Books – Teen Summer Intensive – Brookline Arts Center – July 27-31, 2015
Brookline Arts Center’s Summer Intensives offer students the opportunity to explore artistic mediums of their choosing in both a focused and fun environment. Classes encourage individual artistic exploration as well as introduce and develop techniques and skills for each medium. Cristina’s teaching ages 13- 17 in this one-week mixed media class. Projects will include artist’s bookmaking, printmaking, collage, and photo image transfer.
Read the rest of this post...Artist’s Bookmaking – Adult Workshop – Cambridge Center for Adult Education – begins January 14, 2015
Artist’s Bookmaking Cambridge Center for Adult Education, Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA 8 Wednesdays 7:45 – 9:45pm Begins January 14, 2015 Explore the world of artist’s bookmaking with this survey of techniques and applications. From single sheet constructions, accordions, and sewn binds to more complicated hybrids, this course covers all the materials and techniques needed to […]
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Community Supported Art 2014
Cristina Hajosy selected to participate in CSArt 2014, the award-winning Community Supported Art program.
Read the rest of this post...Private Bookmaking Workshop – Flag Books – Wednesday, November 12, 2014
Private Book Arts Workshop – Wednesday, November 12, 2014 – Spend the day making unique artist’s books with Cristina. Flag books have wonderful sculptural possibilities. With multiple angles of view, they provide interesting double narrative potentials, contrasting viewpoints, or “yin and yang”, if you will. There so many approaches to content. Excellent for creative poetry, wish lists, sweet nothings, photographs, abstract designs, and more!
Read the rest of this post...Private Bookmaking Workshop – Altered Books – April 26, 2015
An altered book is “any book, old or new, that has been recycled by creative means into a work of art.” With no rules, the possibilities are only limited by your own imagination. The book becomes a canvas, a sculpture or a reliquary of personally meaningful content. Draw inspiration from the book’s original author or purely use the book as a structure. Interesting altered book choices will be provided, in addition to selections from your home library.
Read the rest of this post...Cristina Hajosy and Wen-Hao Tien – exhibition – Holzwasser Gallery, New Art Center – April 1 to May 17, 2013
The New Art Center announces the opening of Cristina Hajosy and Wen-Hao Tien, an exhibition that combines Cristina Hajosy’s experimental book and mixed media art with Wen-hao Tien’s Chinese contemporary ink painting.
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