Michelle Anne Harris

Summer Camps at the Hyde Park Art Center

06Aug12

Experimental Photography

Emulsion Transfer with Fugi Instant Film

Pinhole

: Pinhole Cameras

Photogram

Sewing

Drawstring Bags with Grommets, Bean Bag Animals, Yo Yo’s, and Mini Books

Sewn Books for Sale, Raising Money to Buy a Sewing Machine

Group Photogram with Fabric and Sewing Projects

Assistant Asia Williams with student’s handmade embellishedT-shirt

From Darkroom to Digital: Experimental Photography for Youths

19May12

Camp for students 10 and up:

http://signup.hydeparkart.org/experimentalphotography.aspx

10 Week Course for Teens

http://signup.hydeparkart.org/experimentalphotography-2.aspx

Come make images inside a camera the size of an entire room! Utilizing the Hyde Park Art Center’s wet photographic darkroom, one of few left standing in the age of the digital, students will learn the basics of making photographic images inside and outside of the darkroom using the sun, handmade cameras and light sensitive papers, xerox machines, and scanners.

10 Week Multi-Media Art Course

http://signup.hydeparkart.org/experimentsinthescienceofart.aspx

Learn how that crazy art stuff is made! We will learn how to make our own paper, paint, and objects using the contemporary art installations throughout the galleries in the Hyde PArk Art Center (and my art practice) as a guide to make multi media installations. We will combine found and handmade materials with casting/moldmaking/bookmaking and brush the surface of simple electronics and optics as well! More information about me and my work can be found at michelleanneharris.com

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Hyde Park Art Center Spring Courses

06Mar12

Found object sculptures, folded paper sculpture and collage, sand dough!, and paper/plaster/resin casting

http://signup.hydeparkart.org/mediamixup.aspx

I am teaching an exciting Mixed Media course at the Hyde Park Art Center. Classes begin March 26th and run through June 4th.

This class will develop student’s creative abilities while using found and handmade materials. We will learn to make our own paint, paper, and clay

while exploring a variety of media including printmaking, book making, paper casting, sculpture, collage and painting.

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ACRE Solo

16Feb12

http://www.acreresidency.org/219-accidents-of-gravity-new-works-by-michelle-anne-harris/

ACCIDENTS OF GRAVITY
new works by MICHELLE ANNE HARRIS
FEBRUARY 19-20, 2012

Opening Reception: Sunday, Feb 19, 4-8pm
Open Hours: Monday Feb 20, noon-4pm

ACRE Projects
1913 w 17th Street, Chicago 60608

ACCIDENTS OF GRAVITY is an exhibition of prints and sculptures invoking anxieties over trauma and loss, both past and present. On the wall are a series of wax transfer prints based on a photographic series destroyed in a house fire. The prints distort the original works into variations of black and white noise or static suggesting deteriorating vision, fading memories, and absence. The theme of gravity as a force is approached both in the physical sense and in describing the weight of experience. On the floor, an arrangement of objects pairing found and raw elements collected while traveling, sit precariously on top of minimally constructed tables. The materials of wood, porcelain, stainless steel, and coral are repeated as variable elements that present a range of relationships from the intended to the actual function, signifying the roles of observer, collector, and traveler.

MICHELLE ANNE HARRIS, Associate Professor Photography and Art Education (2011). BFA, 2008, School of the Art Institute of Chicago; MFA, 2010 Cranbrook Academy of Art Bloomfield Hills, MI. Exhibitions: Roots and Culture Contemporary Arts Center, Chicago; Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit; Buckham Gallery, Flint. Publications: Shots Magazine; Chicago Reader. Bibliography: Hour Detroit, Art Beat; James Madison University Literary and Arts Journal. Collections: Marriot Inc., Sherine Marzouk. Awards: Community Arts Assistance Program Grant, Steketee Scholarship, Ox-Bow Residency Program.

More information about Michelle Anne Harris can be found at www.michelleanneharris.com

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