Saturday & Sunday, February 26th & 27th, 2011. WARWICK, NY: COLLAGE TECHNIQUES & CREATIVE EXPLORATION 2011 / Come to Warwick, NY for this 2-day weekend workshop in the artist's studio. Enjoy new opportunities for spontaneity as you learn how to eliminate liquid adhesives from the collage-assembly process. Other subjects to be covered include "Getting Started," Accessing our Creative Energies, "Paperless" Transfer of Printed and Photocopied Images, Preserving Found Materials, Preparation of Substrates, Sources of Tools and Materials, Presentation and Framing of Finished Works, and more (this workshop's specific goals will be determined by the participants at the beginning of the workshop). Hours: 9:30 AM to 5:30 PM with optional evening hours on Saturday at no extra cost. Workshop Fee: $350. Includes all materials, a free copy of "Collage: A New Approach," access to all tools in the studio, and continental breakfast, full lunch, and refreshments each day. Space is limited and registrations will be honored in the order in which they are received. Limited to 7 participants. To Register for this Workshop on-line Click Here.   For a registration form you can print out and send in Click Here. For accommodations information Click Here. For travel directions Click Here.

Sunday, March 6th, 2011: EXPLORING IMAGE TRANSFER / During this 1-day workshop in the artist's studio, participants will explore a variety of image transfer techniques for paper and canvas including Acrylic Medium based transfers, Inkjet transparency film transfers, Blender Markers, Lazertran, and more. Hours: 9:30 AM to 4:30 PM. Workshop Fee: $125. Includes all materials, access to all tools in the studio, continental breakfast, lunch, and refreshments. Space is limited and registrations will be honored in the order in which they are received. Limited to 8 participants. \/\/\/\ THIS WORKSHOP IS FULL. PLEASE E-MAIL jonathan@talbot1.com OR CALL 845-258-4620 TO GET ON THE WAITING LIST (in case of cancellations, they sometimes happen). -JT 3/2/2011 /\/\/\/\ To Register for this Workshop on-line Click Here. For a registration form you can print out and send in Click Here. For accommodations information Click Here. For travel directions Click Here.

Saturday & Sunday, July 9th & 10th, 2011. WARWICK, NY: COLLAGE TECHNIQUES & CREATIVE EXPLORATION 2011 / Come to Warwick, NY for this 2-day weekend workshop in the artist's air-conditioned studio. Enjoy new opportunities for spontaneity as you learn how to eliminate liquid adhesives from the collage-assembly process. Other subjects to be covered include "Getting Started," Accessing our Creative Energies, "Paperless" Transfer of Printed and Photocopied Images, Preserving Found Materials, Preparation of Substrates, Sources of Tools and Materials, Presentation and Framing of Finished Works, and more (this workshop's specific goals will be determined by the participants at the beginning of the workshop). Hours: 9:30 AM to 5:30 PM with optional evening hours on Saturday at no extra cost. Workshop Fee: $350. Includes all materials, a free copy of "Collage: A New Approach," access to all tools in the studio, and continental breakfast, full lunch, and refreshments each day. Space is limited and registrations will be honored in the order in which they are received. Limited to 7 participants. . \/\/\/\ THIS WORKSHOP IS FULL. PLEASE E-MAIL jonathan@talbot1.com OR CALL 845-258-4620 TO GET ON THE WAITING LIST (in case of cancellations, they sometimes happen). -JT 7/7/2011 /\/\/\/\ To Register for this Workshop on-line Click Here.   For a registration form you can print out and send in Click Here. For accommodations information Click Here. For travel directions Click Here

Saturday, August 20th, 2011. WARWICK, NY: ACRYLIC IMAGE TRANSFER WORKSHOP / This one-day workshop in Jonathan's studio will explore the use of acrylic medium to transfer images from a variety of sources onto paintings and collages. Exercises will include black and white, color, and hand-colored images. None of the dangerous chemicals that are used in some image transfer processes will be used in this workshop. Hours: 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. Workshop Fee: $75. Includes all materials, handouts, refreshments, and lunch. Space is limited and registrations will be honored in the order in which they are received. To Register for this Workshop on-line Click Here. For a registration form you can print out and send in Click Here. For accommodations information Click Here. For travel directions Click Here.

Saturday & Sunday, September 24th & 25th, 2011. WARWICK, NY: EXPLORING COMPOSITION & COLLAGE / \/\/\/\ THIS WORKSHOP IS FULL. BECAUSE RESPONSE WAS SO STRONG AN ADDITIONAL SESSION HAS BEEN SCHEDULED FOR THE FOLLOWING WEEKEND (SEE BELOW). PLEASE CONSIDER REGISTERING FOR THE OCTOBER 1st & 2nd SESSION. -JT 8/7/2011 /\/\/\/\ Collage is the ideal medium for developing compositional skills - one can arrange and rearrange the elements of one's composition until a satisfactory result is achieved. During this 2-day weekend workshop in the artist's studio we will employ collage to"free-up" our approach to composition and explore a variety of the aspects of design.. Included will be the basics of collage without liquid adhesives, explorations of intellectual, intuitive, interactive and kinesthetic approaches to line, shape, color, texture, movement, rhythm, relativity, interest, and unity, and more (some of this workshop's specific goals will be determined by the participants at the beginning of the workshop). Hours: Instruction from 9:30 am to 12:30 pm and 1:30 pm to 4:00 pm both days with optional studio hours from 4:00 pm to 7:30 pm on Saturday and 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm on Sunday at no extra cost. Workshop Fee: $300. Includes all materials, a free copy of "Collage: A New Approach," access to all tools and materials in the studio and continental breakfast, full lunch, and refreshments each day. Limited to 8 participants. Registrations will be honored in the order in which they are received. . To Register for this Workshop on-line Click Here.   For a registration form you can print out and send in Click Here. For accommodations information Click Here. For travel directions Click Here.

Saturday & Sunday, October 1st & 2nd, 2011. WARWICK, NY: EXPLORING COMPOSITION & COLLAGE . \/\/\/\ BECAUSE THE SEPTEMBER SESSION FILLED SO QUICKLY, THIS ADDITIONAL SESSION HAS BEEN SCHEDULED -JT 8/7/2011 \/\/\/\ Collage is the ideal medium for developing compositional skills - one can arrange and rearrange the elements of one's composition until a satisfactory result is achieved. During this 2-day weekend workshop in the artist's studio we will employ collage to"free-up" our approach to composition and explore a variety of the aspects of design.. Included will be the basics of collage without liquid adhesives, explorations of intellectual, intuitive, interactive and kinesthetic approaches to line, shape, color, texture, movement, rhythm, relativity, interest, and unity, and more (some of this workshop's specific goals will be determined by the participants at the beginning of the workshop). Hours: Instruction from 9:30 am to 12:30 pm and 1:30 pm to 4:00 pm both days with optional studio hours from 4:00 pm to 7:30 pm on Saturday and 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm on Sunday at no extra cost. Workshop Fee: $300. Includes all materials, a free copy of "Collage: A New Approach," access to all tools and materials in the studio and continental breakfast, full lunch, and refreshments each day. Limited to 8 participants. Registrations will be honored in the order in which they are received. . To Register for this Workshop on-line Click Here.   For a registration form you can print out and send in Click Here. For accommodations information Click Here. For travel directions Click Here.

Saturday & Sunday, October 22nd & 23rd, 2011. WARWICK, NY: ORANGE COUNTY SOUTH OPEN STUDIOS. On this weekend I will join 49 other artist neighbors in Southern Orange County, NY and open my studio to one and all. Visitors to my studio will find etching, painting, and collage demonstrations as well as a display of finished works. Refreshments, a Picnic Area, and Bathroom Facilities will also be available. I will have a map showing the locations of the other artists' studios as well. My studio is accessable to persons with disabilities. Hours: 11AM to 5PM. Event organized by the Orange County Arts Council. For travel directions Click Here.