2009 Workshops : Jill Berry Blog

Artfest, Finally!

Posted on April 6, 2010 - Filed Under 2010 Workshops | 4 Comments

I have been back for a week, a hectic week to be sure. We had the brilliant idea to get the floors fixed while I was away, which is peachy except to do so was tantamount to moving. Everything had to be moved out of the main floor, and I mean everything. I came back [...]

Tiny Canvas

Posted on March 21, 2010 - Filed Under 2010 Workshops, My Work, What I am up to | 2 Comments

Painting 4″ square canvases is fun, more so than I would have thought. Last week I finished up “SKY” and “ART”.
Now I am working on a tiny map of Port Townsend, where Artfest is held. Might get it done in time for Vendor’s night. Mostly I am making maps because I love to do it, [...]

Lines of Delineation

Posted on March 14, 2010 - Filed Under 2010 Workshops, Written Inspiration | 6 Comments

This week has been full of prep for Artfest, kid hauling, reading map books and being a domestic/mother/goddess. That, and clearing the first floor out to a POD on the driveway so we can get our damaged floors refinished after the latest flood. Manic is a good word for this week.
At the end of the [...]

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 [...]