Oct 10 James Castle Book

James Castle Book Saturday, Oct 10, 3 – 6pm Location: 2313 Beatrice St. Suite #100 Instructor: Lisa Huffaker James Castle (1899 – 1977) was a self-taught artist from a small town in Idaho, whose work has come to be recognized as an important contribution to 20th century art, though he had little or no contact with the art world during his lifetime. Born deaf, he never learned to read, write, or speak, but created thousands of drawings, sculptures, and artist’s books, using humble found materials in remarkably inventive ways. Using soot gathered from the woodstove and dyes leached from colored papers, he created books full of human beings, houses, rooms, and mysterious invented text that both evoked and radically differed from the printed language Castle saw all around him, but could not read. In this workshop, we will bind artist’s books from found materials, and fill the pages as we explore Castle’s profoundly personal methods and themes. Participants will leave with a unique book to continue filling as part of an ongoing practice, and a fresh sense of the possible. INSTRUCTOR BIO: Lisa Huffaker creates poetry, collage, assemblage, artist’s books, and many combinations of these. Her poetry appears in Pleiades, Diode, 32 Poems, Michigan Quarterly Review, CTRL+V, DIAGRAM, Cincinnati Review, THRUSH, Phoebe, and other journals. She was recently a finalist for Dallas Poet Laureate, and leads community writing projects as Teaching Artist in Residence at the Writer’s Garret. Her work as a teaching artist brings her to the Dallas Museum of Art, Nasher Sculpture Center, and The Dallas Contemporary. Her assemblages have recently been exhibited at Ro2 Art and Bath House Cultural Center. She is currently working on a book of visual poetry, transforming a women’s "self help" book from 1963 through collage and poetic erasure. 65 pieces from the project have been published so far, and the manuscript-in-progress was exhibited internationally as part of TU Delft and Cornell Tech’s 3rd Workshop on Obfuscation. She comes from a background of classical singing; she holds a Master’s degree in vocal performance from the New England Conservatory, and sings with The Dallas Opera. Review our CANCELLATION POLICY Register together with a friend for 10% off. Use discount code BUDDY at checkout.