Translation & Photogravure: a womens creative retreat, February 24-27 2025
Winter Retreat & Photogravure Workshop with Cathy "Cat" Cone
SYLLABUS WHAT TO BRING ACCOMMODATIONS, HOURS, & INFO Cancellation Policy
Registration Fee: $450, Total Fee: $1750
Womens Winter Creative Retreat & Photogravure Workshop with Cathy "Cat" Cone
Monday - Thursday 9:00AM -5:00PM
Winter is a season of introspection, growth and ultimately transformation. This is a wonderful opportunity to allow yourself time and space to explore the magic of "Direct to Plate Photopolymer Photogravure". This is a four day workshop limited to five women and a perfect time to try new ideas in a supportive environment.
Each participant will be provided with 8 plates and the materials to print them during the four days. Several of these plates will be made prior to your arrival as a way to kickstart your journey. This workshop fosters belonging, collaboration and a safe space for critical dialogue.
Cathy "Cat" Cone
Cathy Cone is a photographer, painter and printmaker. Her surrealist approach to photography began in the late 1970’s with the introduction of the "Diana" camera. This led to investigation of experimental techniques towards a multidisciplinary approach to her poetic image making. Cathy received her training at Ohio University, Vermont Studio Center. She received her MFA at the Maine Media College where she served as a mentor and guest faculty. Some of her exhibitions include Sewanee: University of the South, Weisman Art Museum, University of Alabama, DeCordova Museum, Griffin Museum of Photography, Brattleboro Museum and Art Center and the Vermont Center for Photography. Her works are in the collection of IBM, Hallmark Fine Art Collections, American Express, Beekman a Thompson Hotel, New York and many private collections. Cathy with her husband, master printer Jon Cone, founded Cone Editions Press in 1980 in Port Chester, NY as a collaborative printmaking workshop. Cone Editions Press is now located in East Topsham, Vermont where Cathy is director of the Workshops and Studio.
Workshop Syllabus
Day 1 Monday
Introductions of workshop attendees and staff. Demonstration of the Direct-to-Plate printing workflow, exposure, plate processing, drying, and hardening.
Lunch Break Noon ( Snacks Provided) Tea, Coffee
Demonstration of ink mixing, hand wiping, paper calendaring, and pulling a print.
Print drying and flattening.
Participants begin printing their own plates.
Day 2 Tuesday
Morning check-in, discussion, questions, and conversation
Participants printing
Lunch Break Noon (Snacks Provided) Tea, Coffee
Participants printing
Day 3 Wednesday
Morning check-in, discussion, questions, and conversation
Participants printing
Lunch Break Noon ( Snacks Provided) Tea, Coffee
Participants printing
Wednesday Evening ( Portfolio & Pizza)
Portfolio Sharing
Day 4 Thursday
Morning check-in, discussion, questions, and conversation
Participants morning printing
Lunch Break ( Snacks Provided) Tea, Coffee
Conclusion, viewing of work, pack-up, and next steps
What to Bring . . .
The studio does not provide computers. You should bring a laptop. But, the studio does provide calibrated displays which can be connected to your laptop! That make’s things easier especially when using the studios systems which are designed to match to display. Bring the correct laptop adapter for your laptop which allows connection to our displays via either of USB-C/Thunderbolt v2 and v3 or HDMI or DisplayPort fittings on our monitors. You can bring a portfolio of work to share during our Wednesday evening pizza party and sharing.
What to Expect . . .
No experience in inkjet printing, Piezography printing, or gravure printing is necessary to take the workshop, but it always helps to have a bit of knowledge in one or more of these fields. You will be working intuitively using your own image files although there is both a scanner and high-resolution imaging camera that can be used in the workshop. For example: family photographs, scanned botanicals, cell phone images, and digital files are just a few of the potential sources you can bring with you.
This is a hands-on workshop. You are going to get inky! Bring an apron or you can purchase one of our studio aprons. We first teach by demonstration, and then we guide each individually in the process.
We will make eight plates for each attendee. Besides all the prints that you will make you can also bring these plates back with you.
Accommodations, Hours, and Info
LOCATION AND HOURS:
The studio is located at 17 Powder Spring Road, Topsham, Vermont 05076. It is registered with Google Maps and you can trust Google directions to our studio. The studio is open to students, and instruction is provided from 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM. Your instructor sets time for demonstrations, a mid-day snack, critiques and clean up. On Wednesday we try to have a paella party in the Summer when weather permits. In the Fall we try to do something similar. But, we do keep the studio open later on Wednesdays. Plan for staying a bit later on Wednesday to share, eat, or get a bit more printing done! Your traveling partners are welcome to the Wednesday night party and can arrive anytime after 5:00pm but we tend not to eat until 7:00-7:30 and plan to stay late into the evening as the sun sets later this far North in Vermont!
TRAVEL:
Our nearest airport (75 minutes) is Burlington International Airport (BTV) in Burlington, VT. Other airports are Manchester-Boston Regional Airport (MHT) (130 minutes) and Boston-Logan (180 minutes). There are car rentals as well as private taxis and shuttles between the airport in Burlington, VT and East Topsham.
LODGING:
The amount of lodging near us is very limited. You must make reservations early if you want to be within walking distance of our studio.
There is a small B&B Cape House with a friendly owner and excellent breakfast nestled in the pasture on the other side of our steep hillside and perhaps a 10 minute walk: Call Bernice Dow (802) 439-5448
Rest Haven is our preferred Inn as it is the closest Inn to our studio and most our attendees stay there which makes it a great gathering place and ride sharing location. They are located in West Topsham (an 18 minute drive) They can provide meals. They have five different guest rooms. Please contact Angela Piletz
[email protected] (585) 749-0015
Lake Morey Resort (25 minute drive)
Gibson House Bed & Breakfast (30 minute drive)
Millstone Inn, heart of the old Websterville granite quarries (25 minutes drive)
Firehouse Inn, an old firehouse converted into a restaurant and inn (25 minutes drive)
Maplecroft Bed & Breakfast (25 minutes drive)
The Lyme Inn (40 minute drive)
Dowd's Country Inn (40 minute drive)
Breakfast on the Connecticut Inn (40 minute drive)
Norwich Inn and Brewery (40 minutes drive)
Betsy's Bed and Breakfast (45 minutes drive)
The Inn at Montpelier (45 minutes drive)
Capital Plaza Hotel (45 minutes drive)
Hannover Inn (upscale and fine dining) (45 minutes drive)
Six South Hotel (45 minutes drive)
Stillwater State Park (camping) (20 minutes drive)
Cancellation Policy
Because these workshops are small and your cancelling adversely affects the program, Cone Editions has both a very generous and a very strict cancellation policy.
We collect a deposit payment if you sign up more than 30 days in advance of a workshop. All workshops must be fully paid 30 days in advance.
If you withdraw more than 30 days prior to the start date of your workshop, all payments made will be refunded, minus a cancellation fee equal to 50% of the deposit.
If you withdraw between 30 and 15 days prior to the start date of the workshop, all payments made will be refunded, minus a cancellation fee equal to 50% of the workshop tuition, unless Cone Editions or you can supply a replacement, in which case you will receive a full refund minus a cancellation fee equal to 50% of the regular deposit amount associated with that workshop.
If you withdraw less than 15 days prior to the start date of the workshop you will receive no refund, unless Cone Editions or you can supply a replacement, in which case you will receive a full refund minus a cancellation fee equal to 50% of the regular deposit amount associated with that workshop.
There are no exceptions to these policies and Cone Editions is not responsible for cancellations due to medical or other emergencies. Should Cone Editions have to cancel a workshop, all fees and deposits are refunded in full or may be transferred to another workshop within 12 months. Cone Editions is not responsible for reimbursement of non-refundable airline tickets in the event of a workshop cancellation. We strongly recommend that you purchase trip cancellation/travel insurance.