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DRAWING CENTER STUDIO

VISITING ARTIST
SAVANNAH TATE CUFF 2023


March 17-19th

~ COURSE FULL ~
Friday Demonstration Tickets Still Available Here


The Alla-Prima Portrait:
Painting a Likeness with Conviction


A Three-day Intensive Workshop with Savannah Tate Cuff


Friday, March 17 – Sunday, March 19, 2023

Workshop Schedule

Friday evening, March 17
6-10pm: live demo in-studio, also open to the public with tickets (refreshments provided)     

Saturday, March 18
10am-5pm: one-hour break for lunch

Sunday, March 19
10am-5pm: one-hour break for lunch




COURSE IS FULL
stay tuned for news about our next visiting artist workshop!
FRIDAY's demo tickets are still available here.



NOTE: While this is primarily an oil painting workshop, Savannah is open to participants using various other media, including drawing, if preferred.


Description

This workshop will focus on a valuable set of painting and observational techniques associated with the traditions of alla-prima painting. As taught by one of our region’s greatest figurative artists, Savannah Tate Cuff, these techniques will encourage participants to become more visually responsive to both the forms and light around them and the world we inhabit. Savannah’s process provides an organized opportunity to contemplate the portrait more efficiently through confident observation and paint handling.

Early on, participants in this workshop will explore the process of drawing straight on canvas with paint and move into modeling form through an understanding of the light source. And throughout the weekend, Savannah will lecture and demonstrate pertinent ideas related to hue, value, chroma & basic anatomy.


Public Demo to kick off the workshop
We will welcome Savannah to the new Manifest Drawing Center (M1) on Friday evening, March 17, where she will be conducting a full 3-hour public demo from the live model, including a 30-minute intermission. Savannah will discuss each phase of her alla-prima process while completing a portrait painting. Students and the audience are encouraged to ask questions throughout the development of the painting. The demo is the introductory part of the workshop. Tickets for the general public not enrolled in the course can be reserved below. Light refreshments will be provided. (Tickets: $21, $13 for current students with valid academic I.D.)

GET DEMO TICKETS HERE
General: $21
Student (with valid academic I.D.): $13




Manifest's North Studio - Demo Setup


 

Workshop Tuition

$400 for those registering by February 24th

$450 for those registering after February 24th



Class Size
Minimum: 5  /  Maximum: 12

 

Materials List
Click HERE to download a pdf of the materials list for this workshop.


Level of Study
It is highly recommended that participants have some drawing experience before painting. While this workshop is designed to be a painting workshop, if a participant would like to do a six-hour drawing each day instead of painting, that is an option.




AREA ACCOMMODATIONS

For those traveling to Cincinnati to attend this special workshop, there are many exciting or practical options for accommodations. For a special stay within a mile of Manifest's new facility, we would recommend checking with The Clifton House Bed & Breakfast* (https://thecliftonhouse.com) or The Gaslight Bed & Breakfast (https://www.gaslightbb.com). Alternatively, the 21c Museum Hotel is in the heart of downtown just four miles from our location (link). Many other standard hotels are within a few miles of our location as well.

*We have confirmed that the Clifton House will honor a special discounted rate for Manifest workshop participants.


LOCATION: Unless otherwise specified, all courses are hosted at Manifest's new facility at 'M1' in Clifton at 3464 Central Parkway (see map and directions below). Manifest's new facility provides multiple studio classrooms, private lesson space, a darkroom, a film processing room, and a multi-purpose lecture and class meeting space as well as on-site parking, grounds, and exterior spaces in which to relax, discuss, and make art. The studios are outfitted with professional equipment, furniture, and study aids.

 

Map to Manifest's M1 Studios   |   Studio Calendar   |   Darkroom Calendar






Paintings by Savannah Tate Cuff

 






About the instructor

Savannah Tate Cuff is originally from Cincinnati, and is an alum of Walnut Hills High School. She graduated from Angel Academy of Art in Florence, Italy in 2014 and completed the four-year program at Grand Central Atelier in New York City in 2018. Savannah's focus is on figure painting and portraiture. She has been an instructor for Grand Central Atelier and has taught many workshops around the world including Glasgow Academy of Fine Art (Scotland), Snow College (Utah), and AARP (Portugal). In 2020, she received the Alma Shapiro Rome Prize to draw from classical sculpture and paint master copies in museums in Rome. Savannah currently lives and works in New York City.




 Josephine S. Russell
Charitable Trust

Manifest is supported by sustainability funding from the Ohio Arts Council, and through the generous direct contributions of individual supporters and private foundations who care deeply about Manifest's mission for the visual arts.


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