2008 Workshops 2008 Share the Words

2008 - Bright Hill Center Workshops for Children, Teens, and Adults - 2008 Bright Hill's workshops take place in the Bright Hill Education Wing. This wonderful building was originally a garage but, in 2005, thanks to a generous grant from the Otis A. Thompson Foundation, the garage was completely renovated for educational uses. Its heating system makes it cozy in the winter, and its insulated, heavy-duty doors provide both warmth in the winter and friendly cross-breezes in the winter. The garage was originally constructed in the 1980s, to compliment the 1865 house and is accessible in all weathers via a breezeway off the front porch. The house, which serves as Bright Hill's main building, and which houses the Word & Image Gallery, BHP's offices, the Kitchen BookShop and Reception Area, and two guest rooms for visiting writers, has a handicap-accessible ramp. We are hoping to make the site completely user-friendly by adding a handicap-accessible bathroom in 2008.  The Library & Internet Center is connected to the main building via the Kitchen Bookshop, and it too has a handicap-accessible ramp from level to level, in the facility. The library is stocked with more than 6,000 literary journals dating to the 1940s, many of them complete sets, a gift from Renee Weiss of the Quarterly Review of Literature; and literary prose, poetry, and criticism, art, children's books, reference, and nature books. We do not stock popular titles. Most of the books are for use within the library; we hope to have them catalogued within the next few years, and almost all of them will be available in an online archive at that time. In addition, there is a loft with large, comfy pillows for children to read and play quiet games. Please visit us, take our workshops, read at Word Thursdays, buy our BHP books -- become a part of Bright Hill Press, "Where Literature Lives!"   March marked the beginning of Bright Hill's annual workshops program, available to all interested  children, teens, and adults. This year's children's workshops include the following sessions: Word Thursdays Winter & Summer Workshops for Kids 2008 - THE WORD THURSDAYS MUSEUM RESEARCH, WRITING, ART, EXHIBITION, & PUBLISHING PROGRAM FOR KIDS Bright Hill Literary Center in Treadwell announces its 14th annual Summer and Fall Workshops programs for Kids and Adults. All workshops will take place in Bright Hill's Education Wing, located at 94 Church Street, Treadwell, NY, one block north of Barlow's General Store (Main Street).             The Summer Literary Workshops for Kids programs, during which participants will write, sculpt, compose, paint, and make books, include: 1.          June 30-July 5, 9 am -2:30 pm (July 4th holiday observed), for kids 5-14, Catskills Waterways; 2.         August 4-9, for kids 5-14, 9 am-2:30 pm, Catskills Trees & Mountains; In both workshops students will learn about this region, all the way back to the Devonian Sea, and ancient tree and rock formations. They will write water and tree songs and make books and paintings about the Catskills, using materials found in nature. 3.         August 11-15, 9 am - 2:30 pm (for teens), Poetry, Painting, & Illuminating Manuscripts.  The teen workshop is broad-based, with an emphasis on formal poetry writing, and includes watercolor and acrylic painting and illuminating manuscripts with gold leaf (all workshops include writing and visual arts). Pre- registration begins April 25. There is a fee for each session, but scholarships and partial scholarships are available for both Delaware County and out-of-county students. All workshops are from 9 am - 2:30 pm          The Adult workshops will focus on book arts and printmaking and will include 1.          July 19, 9am - 2 pm - Adult Intensive Book Arts Workshop, Tunnel Books: How to make them and how to incorporate words with the images; includes writing. No prior experience necessary. Led by Bertha Rogers. The fee is $40, including materials; members, $35 2.         August 17-21 - Solar Printmaking for Adults, co-sponsored by the West Kortright Centre, with nationally-known printmaker Dan Welden. The workshop offers an exciting opportunity to learn and apply an innovative new etching process from the master printmaker who conceived and ceveloped it. Welden will demonstrate his alternative etching process that replaces traditional acids and grounds with sunlight and water. This easy and spontaneous approach produces professional, museum-quality prints and encourages students to develop new images and explore the medium. No prior printmaking experience is required. The fee is $500, plus a $50 materials fee, and the class is limited to 10 students. 3.         September 13, 2008, 9 AM-3 PM: Adult Intensive Book Arts Workshop: Sewn bindings, including Booklet, Japanese stab, Yamato Toji, Daifuko Cho (Ledger), Hantori Cho (Receipt), and Coptic, focusing on sewn bindings, led by Bertha Rogers. The fee is $60, including materials; members, $50; 4.         October 18, 2008, 9 AM - 3 PM: Adult Intensive Book Arts Workshops: Flexagons, Pop-ups, Advanced Pop-ups, Led by Bertha Rogers. The fee is $60, including materials; members, $50. The 2008 Workshops Programs are made possible by grants from the Otis A. Thompson Foundation, the A. Lindsay and Olive B. O’Connor Foundation, the Strypemonde Foundation, the A. C. Molinari Foundation, the Tianaderrah Foundation, the Patricia M. and H. William Smith Jr. Foundation, and Stewart’s Shops and DMV Nutritionals; and through funding from the Delaware Youth Bureau, through the auspices of the New York State Office of Children and Family Services, and the Literature Program of the New York State Council on the Arts. For more information, and to pre-register, call 607-829-5055 or e-mail BHC at wordthur@stny.rr.com.or write to us at Workshops, 94 Church St., Treadwell, NY 13846. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ REGISTRATION FORM - WORKSHOPS FOR KIDS PROGRAMS 2008 - DIRECTIONS FOR REGISTERING REGISTRATION FORM WORD THURSDAYS / BRIGHT HILL PRESS SUMMER 2008 WORKSHOPS FOR KIDS DIRECTIONS FOR REGISTERING ____________________ Cut or tear out and return registration form, with your payment and/or request for a full or partial scholarship, to Word Thursdays SUMMER 2008 Literary Workshops for Kids, P.O. Box 193, Treadwell, NY 13846. I want to sign up! (Check where applicable): First Summer Session (June 30-July 5) $85 _________ Child of BHP/WT member $75 _________ Second Summer Session $95 _________ (August 4-9) Child of BHP/Wt member $85 _________ Third Summer Session (Teen) August 11-15 $85 __________ Additional Discount to each child of families with more than one student enrolled -$5 __________ TOTAL DUE __________ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Student’s Name_________________________________ Student’s Signature________________________________ Student’s Birth date_____________Grade in School______ Student’s School__________________________________ Any allergies or medical conditions, medicine that has to be taken, that we should know about?_____ Describe________________________________________ Address__________________________________________ City/Town______________________Zip Code__________ Telephone__________________E-mail________________ Parent’s/Guardian’s Signature________________________ ________________________________________________ Address_________________________________________ City/Town________________________Zip code__________ Telephone_________________E-mail_________________ Payment of_______________is enclosed.I wish to apply for a full scholarship______________ I wish to apply for a partial scholarship____________ ____________________________________________________ Word Thursdays Winter Workshops for Kids are directed by Bertha Rogers, Founding Executive Director. Ms. Rogers has served as an artist in the schools for more than 30 years. She teaches through the DCMO BOCES Arts in Education Program. In NYC she teaches poetry and writing for Teachers and Writers Collaborative. She has taught at the Fenner School for Art in Oneonta and for the CROP After-school program and serves as a mentor in poetry and writing for the Cooperstown ETC Program. She reads her widely-published poetry and shows her visual art, including artist’s books, in solo and juried shows throughout the country. Word Thursdays Workshops are funded by the Delaware Youth Bureau under the auspices of the New York State Office of Children and Family Services, the A. Lindsay and Olive B. O’Connor Foundation, the New York State Council on the Arts, the A. C. Molinari Foundation, Dewar Foundation, Otis A. Thompson Foundation, and Stewart’s Shops. We are grateful to Golden Artists Colors, Inc., and other area businesses, including Delhi Paint and Paper, for their contributions of materials. Full and Partial scholarships, provided by the Delaware Youth Bureau, are available to Delaware County residents and other eligible students. ____________________ Pre-registration is required for all workshops. To receive registration forms, send an e-mail requesting forms to Bright Hill at To receive registration forms, send an e-mail requesting forms to Bright Hill at wordthur@stny.rr.com or call 607-829- 5055. Bright Hill Press's 2005 programs are made possible, in part, by the New York State Council on the Arts, the A. Lindsay and Olive B. O'Connor Foundation, the Walter Rich Charitable Foundation, the Otis A. Thompson Foundation, the Tianaderrah Foundation, the Dewar Foundation, the A. C. Molinari Foundation, Stewart’s Shops, area businesses, and its members and friends. For further information and for information about Bright Hill Press and its programs, contact Bright Hill Center at 607-829-5055 or email the Center at wordthur@stny.rr.com. The organization's web site is http://www.brighthillpress.org. To receive registration forms, send an e-mail requesting forms to Bright Hill at wordthur@stny.rr.com. Pictures from Word Thursdays Literary Workshops for Kids at Bright Hill Center (click on pictures for detailed information) Parents & Friends Trying to Guess Riddles at Final WT Winter Workshop for Kids Program, Feb. 18, 2006 Jumping Jacks Modeled on Ones from the 19th Century, Created by Word Thursdays Winter Workshops for Kids 2006 Hanging out in the Library Tower Loft, Built Just for Kids, 2006 Looking for Books in the Bright Hill Library Lizzie Putrycz, Youth Intern, works with Cushla 2006 Reading her dialogue for her miniature theater 2006 Meredith's Miniature Opera House 2006 Showing off her Phenakistascope, made during the Winter Workshops 2006 Theater, drawings, kinetic toys, 2006 Showing their parents their completed projects 2006 Showing the Jumping Jack she made 2006 With his jumping jack, thaumotrope, and other projects 2006 A griffin jumping jack, complete with beak. 2006 Stumping them all with her wild riddle 2006 A jumping jack with a thread head! 2006 Word Thursdays Winter Workshops, 2004, Zoetropes, Thaumatropes, and Phenakistoscopes Word Thursdays Workshops for Kids Summer 2004 Word Thursdays Workshops for Kids, Summer 2004 Word Thursdays Workshops for Kids, Summer 2004 Word Thursdays Summer Workshops 2004, Reading to Parents & Friends Word Thursdays Summer Workshops for Kids, 2004, Miniature Theater Word Thursdays Workshops for Teens, Summer 2004 WT Workshops for Teens, Summer 2004 Word Thursdays Summer Workshops for Teens, Summer 2005