For eleven days in July and August, Kris Hargis will be joining Professor and painter, Michael Dixon as Resident Studio Assistant for summer session 6. The session, titled "Storytelling as Identity: Process, Performance, and Paint", will have students creating a series of self-portraits using performance as a method to think about concept and storytelling.
Penland School of Craft is a national craft education center dedicated to the creative life. Located in North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Mountains, Penland offers total-immersion workshops in sixteen beautifully-equipped studios along with artist residencies, a gallery and visitors center, and community programs.
Penland’s Resident Artist Program, established in the 1960s, is one of the longest-running residencies in the U.S. The program is designed for professional craft artists who are at a pivotal moment in their creative practice or career—the residency is an opportunity for them to pursue objectives that will have a lasting effect on their work and their lives.
Resident artists are selected through a competitive process that draws applications from all over the country and abroad.
To learn more please visit: https://penland.org/workshops/summer-session-6/
