2010 Workshops : Jill Berry Blog

Taos, the Luminous Landscape

Posted on March 6, 2010 - Filed Under 2010 Workshops | 2 Comments

Finally my website is up and going for my Taos class this August. We will be painting pages and making books in the Stables Gallery, right off the plaza downtown. The casitas are ready to book with Lovey of Taos Lodging (mention the class, she is giving a discount). The casitas are just so cosy [...]

Positively Black and Spontaneous Journaling

Posted on March 5, 2010 - Filed Under 2010 Workshops, Creative Exercises | 6 Comments

I love working on black paper. In high school I had an aversion to black, and would never wear it or use it in art. Even now the only black paint I have is actually gesso. Black does not, in its absolute form, occur in nature. Dark colors do, but not black. What we call [...]

Lust for Letters

Posted on March 4, 2010 - Filed Under 2010 Workshops, About me, Creative Exercises | Leave a Comment

I love inventing alphabets. Quirky hobby, I know, but it is fun. This is a page in my journal of Mexico Letters, which were inspired by a book I have on Pre-Hispanic Stamp Designs.
This one was inspired by the work of Joan Miró. I did this in a workshop that I was not enjoying very [...]

Denver University Mapping Class

Posted on March 2, 2010 - Filed Under 2010 Workshops | 3 Comments

This weekend I taught the Personal Geographies: Mapping Your Life class at Denver University, and as usual, it was filled with the kind of energy that you want to enjoy on a gray weekend in February. It never ceases to amaze me what comes out of this class, the range of styles and stories, the [...]

Artfest is a’Comin Up!

Posted on March 2, 2010 - Filed Under 2010 Workshops, Uncategorized | 4 Comments

In three weeks I will be in Port Townsend, Washington at Artfest, where I will be teaching two classes, can you see my name in lights above? This is thrilling for me, both because I think it is a well run, imagination filled event, and because it is on the ocean (I am crazy about [...]

Poppies

Posted on February 26, 2010 - Filed Under 2010 Workshops, Creative Exercises, Written Inspiration | 3 Comments

This is a piece that I did a few years ago. It is a wild on-the-floor journaling exercise that I did when I was working with Mary Oliver’s poem, Poppies. It took me about a half hour. Sometimes you just have to splash things around.
Some of this you can learn at Magical Midnight Stories at [...]

Once Upon a Time

Posted on February 7, 2010 - Filed Under 2010 Workshops | 8 Comments

Artfest is coming up in about six weeks, where I am teaching for the first time. Two classes, Spontaneous Deconstructed Journal, and Three Letter Words. I am excited, nervous, thrilled, happy and ready.
The theme this year is Once Upon a Time. Here is a map I am working on for a trade.
I have to finish [...]

Magical Midnight Stories, real ones

Posted on February 6, 2010 - Filed Under 2010 Workshops, Creative Exercises, My Work | 3 Comments

My friend Nancy had a stroke last week. She is out of the coma she was in, but it seems to me that she is still not with us. It looks sort of like her, but I think she is on vacation, trying to figure it out. Her hospital room is devoid of flowers, but [...]

Taos, the Luminous Landscape, August 7-12, 2010

Posted on February 4, 2010 - Filed Under 2010 Workshops | 1 Comment

Northern New Mexico is one of my favorite places: I started going there to make art 12 years ago, the summer before my girl was born. What makes it so magical for me is likely the same as it was for Georgia O’Keefe, and other artists and writers that were enchanted away from their places [...]

Valley Ridge 2010

Posted on January 26, 2010 - Filed Under 2010 Workshops | 1 Comment

Yesterday I sent this set of books off to Valley Ridge yesterday. All the books were made from one book, and I limited myself to using only that book for text and photos. There are 13 books in the house, more than most anyone will be able to do in this class, but I thought [...]