Youth Art Gallery

Workshop Gallery

Our year-long workshops are open-ended, thus honoring each student in their own individual pace, interests, abilities and visions. While all students may agree on a specific global subject, each student may work it in a different art form. We find this method creates considerable expansion in visions and possibilities as all learn from each other, as well as explore our own choices.

In our summer camps and weekend retreats, we employ a bit more focus in our research, but each student remains free to work their own vision in the main art form chosen for that session. This makes for a more intensive study in both global awareness and the art subject of choice, the practice of which we intersperse with yoga, dance and sometimes a final performance.

The following sections and their associated images will give you a sense of what sort of creations and experiences we offer our art workshop participants.

Watercolors

In our watercolor workshop, we study color wheels of our own creation and palettes from the old masters as well as the modern artists. We travel through many techniques as we research the subject of our own interests. In the following workshops, we focused on learning to really see animals and plants from our hearts' eyes. This gave us a very intimate connection, which in turn led us, through our sharpened visual abilities, to create more realistic watercolors. All works shown in this section are watercolors.

"Dewdrop Study (In Progress)" by Ancha Baumann (teacher)

"Mother & Child"
Lidi Frey, 13 years old

"Love" by Alea Waters, adult

"Siblings Moon Watching" by Luna Enriquez, 8 years old

"Pastel Swan"
by Sataya, 8 years old

"Fluttering Through Life"
by Rosie Gitlin, 10 years old

"Early Morning"
by Sataya Baumann, 9 years old

"Flower Medley"
by Esther, 9 years old

"My very first Watercolor"
by Yiannoula, 12 years old

"Flow" by Ancha Baumann

"Spring" by Allison Hoyman-Brow,
14 years old, 2-D Watercolor

CLAY PEOPLE

In this workshop, we studied clay, its composition and origin, and used it to explore coils, slabs, textures, 2-D and 3-D life size creations. We also examined what our world is made of, starting with clay to "star stuff".

We found out that some believe that we are made of what the stars are made of. So we embarked on a self-discovery journey which took us through many further studies, including stars and astrology, Inner work, body-based feeling work, self-esteem building, journaling, family tree, anatomy and more.

We saw how we are all one, no matter where we come from., and by the time we got down to creating our life-size self-portrait busts, we were pretty aware of who we are, and our creations just flowed like a river.

"Clay Box"
by Ben Idarius, 11 years old
Geometry & slab study

"Me & Me in the Stars"
by Forest Chipernich, 7 years old
Shadow Study & Slab mirror frames

"Clay Being"
by Seth Demarky, age 16

"My Mother as a child"
by Gopal Lushig, 14 years old
Portrait Pencil Drawing

Incubating
Melissa Roth

"A bit of you and me in everyone"
by Sataya, age 10
and Melissa, age 11
Teamwork is a great learning for a peaceful tomorrow.

"Me? Yes!"
by 11 year old Melissa Roth
Starting with slabs...

Looking at all details in feelings & anatomy

"There she is!"

"I, Luna"
Luna Enriquez, 7 years old
1st clay self-portrait

"I, Luna, celebrating the Earth"

CLAY ANIMALS

In this class, we studied the different animals of our earth. By geographically locating them and creating stories filled with facts and heart, we got very well-acquainted with the animal kingdom with which we share our world.

Anatomy drawing also helped us really see what we were looking at and stories helped us feel the animals' spirits, which we are learning to include in our awareness. All students were first-timers at working with clay, but they succeeded easily as all can do when connected to the one heart in all life.

"From Bones to Skin"
Elijah Kaplan, 9 and Stephania, 8
Children sharing research - a great way to learn respect for one another

"Giraffe & Fawn"
by kallie Farr & Cassie Govern, 12 years old
Learning about animals around the world
Drawing, anatomy, 1st 3-D Clay slab sculpture

"Scaly Lizard"
by Zachary Chapman, age 11
Texturing - a true test in patience!

"Scaly Lizard"
by Zachary Chapman, age 11
Finally Finished!

"My horse"
by Serena Rose Inda, age 14
At first, we didn't believe it could happen out of paper!

Through teamwork, all is possible
Serena and Sataya, 14 and 12

"King of the Horses"
by Serena

"My Cat"
by Sophia Hamilton, 7
A new way birthed out of a chunk of clay
Carving

"I love my mama koala"
Stephania Spiro, 8
One sculpture wasn't enough, we had mother and child

"Tiger"
by Susan Haynes, 12
Mixing colored clays

"Owl"
by Willow Stone-Baumann, age 7
Slab and texture is full of fun!

"Ananamus"
by Sataya Baumann-Stone, age 10
Nothing stops vision

SILK PAINTING

In this workshop, we explored the magic of silk, including its discovery, its country of origin (China) and its people. We start by drawing as we explore the Chinese symbols and horoscopes to gain new perspectives. We also found out about the death penalty to anyone who tried to "exploit" the "secret of silk".

We realized how fragile life is, especially when in the hands of others... We also found out about other endangered people of our planet as we toured our planet to locate them geographically and also learn about their beliefs and ways of life.

Our artistic creations were deeply inspired by their beauty, uniqueness, and the wisdom we all hold when we listen to our hearts, as they do.

"My ancestors"
by Robin Whitaker, 14 years old

"Aborigen Circle Casting"
by Eliana Gitlin, 8 years old

"African Dream"
by Rosie Gitlin, 11 years old

"Heart to Heart"
by Sataya Baumann, 10 years old

We first study silk's discovery and origin along with the history of China and its fascinating people through silk painting.

"Australia" by Alec McCloud, 7 years old

"Sahara's Winds"
by Joni McCloud, 10 years old

"Chinese Friendship" by Sataya Baumann, 10 years old

"Samurai" by Ben Grasso, 11 years old

"Silk Princess" by Sataya Baumann, 9 years old

"Gathering" by Willow Stone, 8 years old

"Energy" by Luna Enriquez, 10 years old

ACRYLIC painting

This art workshop took us on a tour of great masters' lives and styles. Each one of us researched our favorite and worked at our own impressions of their original works.

This class had a very European flavor, as we watched movies about these great classic masters' lives. We will one day extend our studies into a Europe Art Tour in which I will include French studies, which I am already teaching to small groups who want a head start in that topic.