All State VASE qualifying students will select 2 sessions to attend at the State VASE Event. All workshops, scholarship workshops, and portfolio review are held at San Marcos High School in San Marcos, TX.
Wednesday, April 10, 2024 — Workshop registration begins 4:00 PM. Teachers must mark students as "Y — Yes" attending VASE in order to register State VASE qualifying students for workshops.
Friday, April 19, 2024 — Workshop registration closes at 4:00 PM. Any changes after this date must be made on-site, space permitting.
Due to limited space, only students with state-qualifying artwork will be able to attend workshops.
| 2D Scholarship Workshop (2D) | by Mandy Clarson |
| The 2-D Scholarship Workshop is open to all students. Students will be given a prompt from which an original composition will be created using an assortment of various art media and tools. Compositions will be judged by a panel of artists based on originality, technical expertise and personal expression. All materials will be provided. Monetary scholarships will be awarded in each division up to $600. Submissions will be adjudicated immediately following the event and scholarships will be announced at the closing awards ceremony. | |
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| 2D Scholarship Workshop (2D) | by Teri Yasger |
| The 2-D Scholarship Workshop is open to all students. Students will be given a prompt from which an original composition will be created using an assortment of various art media and tools. Compositions will be judged by a panel of artists based on originality, technical expertise and personal expression. All materials will be provided. Monetary scholarships will be awarded in each division up to $600. Submissions will be adjudicated immediately following the event and scholarships will be announced at the closing awards ceremony. | |
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| 3D Scholarship Workshop (3D) | by Larry West |
| The 3-D Scholarship Workshop is open to all students. Students will be given a prompt from which an original sculpture will be created using the limited materials provided to the participants. Sculptures will be judged by a panel of artists based on originality, technical expertise and personal expression. Monetary scholarships will be awarded in each division up to $600. Submissions will be adjudicated immediately following the event and scholarships will be announced at the closing awards ceremony. | |
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| 3D Sculpture (Sculpture) | by David Nibbs |
| The mix materials 3D sculpture is a fun art sculpture created using craft wine corks, popsicle sticks, pipe cleaners, small upholstery fabric scraps, aluminum, and plastic sculpture wire with a small wood platform for mounting. | |
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| A Cup of Art (Drawing) | by James Mohyde |
| Think Inktober / Zentangling meets coffee cup, inspired by artist Cheeming Boey. We will explore pen & ink drawings, using only black ink to create outlines, values & textures. A drawing that becomes "sculpture in the round". Bring ideas and inspiration! | |
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| Basket Weaving (Sculpture) | by Kimberly Franzen |
| Learn about history of weaving that originated in ancient Egypt & given guided instruction to create a form through weaving method. | |
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| Brushcraft with Brice (Sculpture) | by Brice Autry |
| Create your own handmade brushes using household materials and found objects. You can bring your own found objects with you if you have something special to you (e.g. pet hair, interesting branches/sticks for the handle, etc.). | |
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| Button Making (Mixed Media) | by Stephanie Boyd |
| We will use the time to create buttons the students can keep. We will use colored pencils and markers. | |
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| Calming the Brain (Neurographic Art) (Painting) | by Erica Ciesielski Chaikin |
| Do you have a neurospicy (or neurotypical with a spicy side) brain? With neurographic art you can find focus and open your mind to new possibilities. The only thing you need to bring to this is an open mind and a willingness to experiment with no judgment. | |
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| Cascading Exquisite Corpse Fold Book (Drawing) | by Clare Frank |
| Participants will create vertical fold books, which will be passed around for collaborative drawing of figures in the exquisite corpse traditions, with different participants developing the heads, torsos or lower bodies. | |
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| Ceramic Tiles with Pasta and Clay (Ceramics) | by Steve Hilton |
| This unique workshop lets you transform pasta into sculpting tools! Imprint designs on clay with fusilli, penne & other shapes. Craft coasters, bowls or beautiful textured tiles. Unleash your creativity & explore the unexpected! (Beginners to Advanced) | |
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| Chipping Away at Color Theory (Drawing) | by Jedmy Centeno |
| Explore color theory through hands-on activities using paint chips, unraveling the secrets of color scheme variations. Engage in vibrant discussions, experiment with mood, and apply your newfound knowledge to create captivating works of art. | |
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| Copic Alternatives DIY and Repurposed Markers (Drawing) | by Joel Colosimo |
| Learn about other alcohol markers that are similar but much cheaper. Repurpose old markers and DIY markers. Aqua brushes filled with alcohol ink and just alcohol for different ways to create. | |
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| Create Your Own Needle Felted Postcards (Needle-Felt) | by Margaret Hilburn |
| Craft your personalized 5"x4" needle-felted postcard showcasing a landscape of your choosing. Explore different 2-D felting methods and enjoy working with an array of wool colors during this creative process. | |
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| Cursive Word Jewelry in Wire (Jewelry / Wire) | by Jes Holloway |
| Learn and practice basic and intermediate wire manipulation techniques including jump rings, infinity links, bead loops, wire writing, and clasps. | |
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| Cyanotype Prints (Photography) | by David Collins |
| Harness the power of the sun to create beautiful, blue photographic prints without using a camera! In this workshop, you will learn to make personal prints that you can do at home. Look up Anna Atkins, first to use this beautiful process in a series of published books in 1843. | |
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| Dancing Sculptures (Sculpture) | by Carolyn Chew |
| The student will create a dance or action pose for a sculpture. inspired by the art of George Segal. The student will create an armature out of aluminum foil, then glue it to cardboard for stability and balance. | |
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| Digital Photography Scholarship Workshop (Photography) | by Andrew Giles |
| The Photography Scholarship Workshop is open to all students. Students will be given a prompt from which an original photograph will be created. Photographs will be judged by a panel of artists based on originality, composition, personal expression, and adherence to the workshop theme. Participants must bring either a device capable of taking photographs and uploading it digitally to Padlet. Twelve $100 prizes will be awarded. Submissions will be adjudicated immediately following the event and scholarships will be announced at the closing awards ceremony. | |
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| DIY Paper & Sketchbooks! (Mixed Media) | by Cristina Correa |
| In this session, participants will learn how to create handmade paper using recycled materials. While the paper dries, we will create mini handmade sketchbooks, which the handmade paper can later be added. | |
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| Don't Get Bored with Cardboard Sculptures (Sculpture) | by Haven Frost |
| Cardboard is a cheap and accessible material that offers versatility when creating three dimensional forms. We will explore the ways that cardboard can offer multiple textures to create food related sculptures. | |
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| Elevated Pinch Pots (Ceramics) | by Megan Harris |
| Take simple pinch pots to the next level by combining forms and adding feet, spouts, and handles. Or, add some textured shapes for a focal point! This workshop is for all levels, beginning to advanced. | |
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| Embossed Metal Initial (Embossing) | by Mackenzie Kimball |
| Students will create a metal embossing of one of their initials! We will learn how to sketch out, transfer a design, and then create a relief of their chosen letter. If time allows, students may also mount and create a border for their initial. | |
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| Embroidery Landscapes (Fiber Art) | by Natalie Ward |
| Working with felt, fabric, and embroidery stitches, you will create a whimsical landscape using at least three different types of embroidery stitches. | |
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| Enhancing Pieces with Embroidery (Embroidery) | by Megan Tchokoev |
| Participants will learn a variety of embroidery stitches to apply to artwork. This allows for layering and adding colors, textures and dimension to a variety of artwork. | |
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| Era of Beaded Bonds: Friendship Bracelet Workshop (Mixed Media) | by Shara Klaus |
| Students will learn various knotting and weaving techniques and make custom bracelets. Students are encouraged to make multiple bracelets to hand out to other participants. | |
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| Face the Fear — A Closer Look into the World of Caricature (Drawing) | by Jacqueline Paige Gandara-Valderas |
| Interested in cartooning, illustrating, character development, portraits & exaggeration? Then this workshop is for you! As an artist, educator and professional caricaturist, I will be giving a brief history and overview on the art of caricature + drawing! | |
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| Felted Soap! Good, Clean, Sculpted Fun! (Needle Felting / Sculpture) | by Stephanie Lambert & Sarah Watkins |
| Learn the art of WET felting over a resist form (bar of soap) and sculpt with colored wool on a 3d surface! Good 'clean' fun! take home a sculpted soap with felted designs. | |
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| Felting Animals (Needle Felting) | by Kaylee Hill |
| Ever wanted to create a tiny animal out of wool?? Look no further! We will have some awesome fun creating little wool creatures. | |
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| From Reference to Reality: Sculpting with Calipers (Ceramics) | by Amy Dugat |
| Learn to scale down live models or scale up maquettes with calipers! Make a mini portrait bust in clay, using your head as the reference. Take your new skills home, along with templates to make your own calipers and grids for 3D sketching. | |
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| Gelatin Monotype Printmaking (Printmaking) | by Nora Boardman |
| Students will create different monoprints using gelatin plates, ink, rollers and found materials. Gelatin printmaking is a planographic process, which means one prints from a flat surface. | |
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| Japanese Sashiko (Embroidery) | by Charlotte Tarbell |
| Sashiko is a Japanese embroidery style using geometric stitching patterns to make exquisitely decorated fashion and accessories. This workshop will show you traditional patterns, the basic running stitch, and have time to work on a small sampler piece. | |
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| Jazz Collage (Collage / Mixed Media) | by Matthew Darr |
| Learn about the art of jazz improvisation and apply that process to create an original collage artwork using found printed material and color tissue paper. | |
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| Let's Get Radial with Mandalas! (Printmaking) | by Katherine Sands |
| Using radial symmetry, we'll design a mandala to be printed onto a colorful background! Designs will be carved into Styrofaom due to time constraints but the same technique can be applied to linoleum in your home studio. | |
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| Light-Dynamic Drawings (Drawing) | by Chinedu Onochie |
| Create dynamic artwork that changes with the light! Students will be shown how to create a "double exposure" drawing that focuses on either "transformation" or "transition." | |
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| Miniature Ugly Sweater Time! (Fibers Art) | by Lindsey Thomas |
| Make a miniature ugly sweater through felting, and of course, you will need to make a hanger to take your sweater on the road. | |
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| Model Magic Miniatures (Sculpture) | by Melissa Frost |
| Students will be able to create miniature sculptures. Model Magic is a fun, self-drying medium that is easily applied to armatures to get sophisticated works of art. | |
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| Needle Felted Friends (3D Needle Felting) | by Slena Hinojosa |
| Create a small wool sculpture as a decoration, charm, or desk pet. Learn the basics of 3D needle felting including supplies, armatures, and safety. | |
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| Oh What a Relief, Fresco Painting (Painting) | by Katherine Patrick |
| Students will create a 3D composition in relief on a 2D board using plaster gauze and then apply watercolor to create a Fresco. | |
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| Oxidation-Reduction-Reaction with Raku (Ceramics (Raku)) | by Leonel Monsivais |
| Students will engage in surface decoration using Horse-hair Raku, Feather Raku, and Obvara Raku. I will provide wheel-thrown bisque-fired pots for each student participant. I have a portable raku kiln. | |
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| Pastel and Tempera Painting (Painting) | by Violeta Delaney & Crimson Scott |
| We will use oil pastels and tempera paint to create beautiful paintings. We will cover complementary colors, contrast, and oil pastel techniques. Come with an original reference photo based on a subject of your choice. | |
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| Pet Portraits with Watercolor Techniques (Painting) | by Janette Church |
| Students will create a pet portrait painting while exploring watercolor techniques in a way they haven't tried before. This class mixes neurographic with traditional art while combining watercolor techniques throughout. | |
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| Pinhole Camera Photography (Photography) | by Tori Hill |
| Students will learn how to build and use a pinhole camera and then learn how to take a photograph and develop it using the wet lab (darkroom). *Will be using chemicals | |
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| Portfolio Review (Portfolio) | by Mel Basham |
| Bring your portfolios & sketchbooks — your 8 to 12 top artworks. Talk with some of the greatest art schools in the country. | |
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| Raised Texture Painting (Painting) | by Karen Caldwell |
| Using Plaster of Paris and wood panels students are to make raised paintings. Discover techniques that can make your painting have another element of wow! | |
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| Reduction Screenprint with a Bonus Monotype! (Printmaking) | by Stephen Henry |
| Participants will be introduced to the concept of reduction screen printing. Each student will participate in making an edition, and making their own screen print monotype. Students will leave with one of the edition prints AND their own monotype! | |
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| Sculpt Maori Pendants in Clay (Ceramics) | by RJ Christensen |
| Students will learn about the Maori people of Aotearoa, identify values, and express those values through symbolic art by carving in clay. | |
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| Self Portrait Color Collage (Drawing / Mixed Media) | by Aram Nagle |
| Participants will start with a self portrait, deconstruct that image into shapes of light and color. Using a color scheme, complements, cross complements, etc. they will then reconstruct their portraits with construction paper. | |
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| Shrinky Dink Jewelry (Jewelry) | by Meg Trost |
| Join us for the Shrinky Dink Jewelry Workshop where art meets science! Drop by to create using fun shrink plastic which you can turn into charms, keychains and hair clips. | |
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| Simulated Stained Glass (Drawing) | by Carissa Autry |
| Create a colorful "stained glass" window using black paper and oil pastels. Bring a picture (on your phone/device) of something you would like to transform into stained glass (e.g. flowers, pets, etc.). | |
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| Sketchbooks Twisted to Art (Drawing) | by Freddie Holman & Michelle Salerno |
| Learn how to turn your sketchbook into an art piece! Put a creative twist on each page to take it further thatn just a sketch and help prepare yourslef for visual note taking techniques needed for your AP Art Portfolio. During this workshop you will learn how to organize media exploration and establish resources to encourge creative exploration in your future artowrks! | |
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| Spinning Animation (Drawing) | by Daniela Rodriguez |
| Students will create a phenakistoscope, which is a pinwheel-like circular device that creates the illusion of movement by having multiple drawn "frames" on the edge. | |
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| Stop Motion: The Secret Lives of Objects (Digital) | by Carolyn Watkins |
| Come learn how to photograph and manipulate object to create a stop motion short film. | |
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| Trash to Treasure — Magazine Bowls (Sculpture) | by Leslie Fernandez |
| Trash to Treasures-Turn your old magazines into sculptural forms and wearable art. Participants will create coil constructed vessels using upcycled paper and learn a variety of techniques for crafting paper beading for wearable art creations. | |
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| Trash to Treasure: Recycled Wall Art (Sculpture) | by Evanne Nasypany |
| Come explore non-objective cardboard sculptures to create 3D forms on a 2D plane. Inspired by German artist Florian Baudrexel, we will create a one-of-a-kind wall art that plays with space and form using recycled materials. | |
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| Watercolor Skin Tones and Near Neutrals (Painting) | by Brady Sloane-Duncan |
| This workshop will give you the tools to offer your students control over how to mix colors and create colors found in nature — from an 8-color watercolor palette. We will discuss chart making and swatch painting as well as skin tone and neutral color creation. Students will create a chart of colors for skin tone reference. Hands on. | |
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| Yarn Painting (Fibers Art) | by Alyssa Lopez |
| Create a unique painting with unconventional materials: yarn and glue. Paint something abstract, a portrait, a landscape, a still life, anything you want! | |
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| Your Tree of Life Meets Father Time (Painting / Mixed Media) | by Laree Morris |
| Plan to have Fun! Create your Tree of Life and your imaginary future. What if you could meet Father Time? We will be using watercolor, colored pencils, crayons, decorative paper, and metal. | |
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| Zine: Comic Book (Drawing) | by Katrina Cerk |
| Create a zine in the style of a comic book. Draw a sequence of panels to tell your story! Play with pen / ink to create line weight and interesting contrast to make your story come to life! | |
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