Workshop & Instructor Information

Valerie Goodwin

Favorite Places

July 12 - 15, 2012

All Levels

Maps are intriguing as an art form and as a vehicle for artistic expression. They are personal explorations of map language and imagined landscapes. Through satellite imagery sites like Google maps -- almost any place can be translated into an exquisite mixed media Cartographic Quilt.

Name a favorite place.  Is it in your city, your state, the USA or somewhere far away? In this class you can design a cartographic map of a favorite location such as Stonehenge, the Pyramids, the Vietnam War Memorial, the Leaning Tower of Pisa, or the Eiffel Tower .

Discover the possibilities of creating a map from fabric, paint and thread!

Using a fun and simple series of painted and collaged, mixed- media techniques, you will create the feeling or ingredients of a place. The instructor will guide you through a series of steps that will provide opportunities to learn about design while giving you the freedom to experiment within a structured framework.

The goal is to weave together various types of drawings such as aerial views, plans, and 3D images in a cohesive and creative composition to reveal the story of a specific place.