Month: June 2024

FINAL Final Workshop Schedule

We have a couple new additions to our workshop schedule which is looking fantastic! See listed below. Be sure to register in advance to save your spot in our workshops (see “add-ons” when registering).

At Electric Sky, we host workshops to help you improve your practice as a creative artist, designer, or technologist. These hands-on workshops are for the most part tied to the theme (2024: Sun Wind Water), and some will encourage you to make something to add to our art show. Learn, connect with other creative folks, and share!

Friday, June 21, 8:30pm-9:30pm
Workshop #1: Soldering 101
hosted by Andrew Cole
Get back to the basics of soldering with a small LED project.
See full description.

Saturday, June 22, 9:00am-10:00am
Workshop #1.5: Pysanky Egg Decor Craft
hosted by Sue Copenhaver and Emily Martin
Learn Ukrainian egg painting.
See full description.

Saturday, June 22, 10:00am-11:30am
Workshop #2: Playing with Wind: Make an LED Pinwheel or Mini Wind Turbine
hosted by Shelly Farnham
This is a very kid friendly workshop, draw and assemble a pinwheel, or take it to the next level and make a small wind turbine that powers an LED
See full description.

Saturday, June 22, 11:30am-1:00pm
Workshop #3: Vision Cubing
hosted by Falona Joy and Genevieve Tremblay
Learn a new contemplation and crafting technique!
See full description.

Saturday, June 22, 1:00pm-2:30pm
Workshop #4: Augmented Environments
hosted by Jeff Brice
Learn the processes of making image-triggered augmented reality objects and environments.
See full description.

Saturday, June 22, 3:00pm-5:00pm
Workshop #5: Intro to Solar Energy in Art
Hosted by Bruce Cooper
A basic introduction to how to “unplug” your projects, withs hands-on experience by building a working solar power project.
See full description.

Saturday, June 22, 5:00pm-6:30pm
Workshop #6: De Light and the Everyday
Hosted by Rebecca Cummins
Magical characteristics of sundials, rainbows, lenses, and the camera obscura are explored with water, wine glasses, chalk, and a suitcase.
See full description.

Be sure to register in advance to save your spot in our workshops (see “add-ons” when registering), otherwise it is first come, first serve on site. Parents should attend with kids 14 and under, and should be within earshot of any offspring under 18.

Workshop: Pysanky Egg Decor Craft

Saturday, June 21, 9:00am-10:00am
Hosted by Sue Copenhaver and Emily Martin

Learn Ukrainian egg painting with electric kistky (wax-resist tools). Our Pysanky masters will help you incorporate Sun, Wind, and Water visual motifs into your design.

Join us for our scheduled introductory workshop, and/or find us for extra maker sessions at the TYPONEXUS camp.

Sue Copenhaver is a master Psykansky artist.

Workshop: De Light and the Everyday

Saturday, June 22nd, 5:00pm-6:30pm
Hosted by Rebecca Cummins

Want to discover more about light and basic optics? This workshop explores the magical properties of sundials, rainbows, and the camera obscura with water, wine glasses, chalk, lenses, and a suitcase.

Trace the movement of the sun, construct a simple camera obscura with domestic materials, view the microscopic world through a cardboard foldscope – and consider basic optical principles using a wine glass. All ages welcome!

Rebecca Cummins is inspired by science, its history, and instrumentation; she explores possibilities of light and natural phenomena in installations that include a machine for making rainbows, sun and moon pointers, periscope dinner table devices – and a variety of sculptural and photographic approaches to conceptualizing time. She has exhibited widely internationally and is active in public art and cross-disciplinary collaboration. She is a Professor in the School of Art at the University of Washington, Seattle.

Rebeccacummins.com