Triptychs and Multi-Panel Structures with Peter Madden

In this hands-on workshop, we will explore the possibilities of 3-panel triptychs and beyond. Demonstrations of ways to generate and alter your own imagery, gold-leafing, hand-made hinges and incorporating a variety of “found” materials, transferring images to wood, heavy papers and fabric will supplement guided studio time. Looking at each other’s work as well as historical and contemporary examples, how the panels relate (or not) to each other as well as the implications of the interior vs. the exterior will be discussed. Each participant will complete at least one piece and leave with the inspiration, examples and skills for many more. Open to all.

Born and raised in Greenwich Village, Peter Madden studied at Pratt Institute, Parson’s School of Design, and Massachusetts College of Art. His one-of-a-kind books and alternative photo-process prints have been exhibited at and collected by Boston’s Institute of Contemporary Art, The Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Harvard’s Houghton Library, the Center for Book Arts in New York City, Bowdoin College, The Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art and Phillips Andover Academy to name a few. He has taught and lectured for The Guild of Bookworkers, Massachusetts College of Art, Bennington College, Harvard University, The San Francisco Center for the Book, Wellesley College, Brigham Young University, Brandeis University, the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown and Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill in Truro. The recipient of an Artists’ Foundation Fellowship, a Saint Botolph Foundation Grant, and most recently, a Massachusetts Cultural Council award, he recently retired after 20 years at Boston’s School of the Museum of Fine Arts and now teaches at Maine College of Art, continuing to conduct workshops and lecture nationwide. http://www.petermadden.com