2008 SUMMER PAINTING WORKSHOP IN THE SOUTH OF FRANCE

Instructor: Glen Moriwaki
Approximate Instruction Dates: June 9 through June 24
Location: Caunes-Minervois, (near Carcassone) Languedoc region, France

This is a two-week workshop in a small village at the base of the Montagne Noir in the Languedoc. It is designed for painters who seek art instruction structured not as a summer-school class, but as a small painting seminar, an intensive one. It is a chance for artists to come together to share ideas and perspectives, stimulation and mutual encouragement. Instruction is one-to-one, based on each participant's goals. The overall aim of instruction is to assist each artist in taking his or her work to the next level of development, no matter what degree of past experience. In short, the worskhop offers the chance to paint for two weeks six thousand miles away from home, work, and distractions. Nature, history, French food and wine, and quietude help to create a setting conducive to creativity and moreover to your growth as an artist in whatever direction you choose.

This summer's workshop marks our tenth summer in Caunes-Minervois. Through the efforts of former San Franciscans Terry and Lois Link, the workshop's accomodations and studio facilties have developed into a comfortable retreat where artists have been able to do some of their best and most experimental work.

View photos of artwork from previous workshops.

The pages on this website should answer most of your questions, to talk to the instructor directly, you can contact him at gmoriwak@ccsf.edu

About Glen Moriwaki

Glen Moriwak is a tenured instructor of art at San Francisco City College, where he teaches painting at the Fort Mason campus. He received his MFA from UC Berkeley, where he studied with Joan Brown and Elmer Bischoff. Glen has had solo shows in San Francisco and Hawaii. He has also exhibited in New York, China, and France, as well as at the Oakland Museum and the University Art Museum at UC Berkeley. This will be his seventh summer workshop in Caunes.