SPRING SUMMER 2008 WEEKLONG WORKSHOPS

All the following offerings can be taken for credit towards one of our PROGRAMS (Certificate or Diploma)

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AUGUST

Painting: Expression in Colour (PNTG w230-SS08)NEW

This intensive workshop combines hands-on studio practice with lectures on the work of early modern colourists such as Andre Derain, Henri Matisse, Sonia Delaunay, and Wassily Kandinsky. Studio exercises include elements of technique and material issues, as well as inspiration and source material. Class projects include developing intense colour palettes from observed subjects and using colour to create rhythm in composition. Historical background and biographies from the period help create a sense of immediacy and connection beyond images seen in art history texts and magazines. Oil and acrylic painters welcome.
August 11 - 15   10:00 am – 5:00 pm John Luna
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Textile Collage II (MMED w212-SS08)NEW

In Textile Collage II students work with the layering techniques introduced in Textile Collage I, but use a more formal, measured approach, using traditional tools and fabrics. Rather than the introduction through experimentation followed in Textile Collage I , students come to this workshop with a loose design they would like to realize. Students are introduced to the beautiful, traditional Japanese tools and approach for wax resist. In addition, a new photo transfer technique is taught to compliment the screen printing. Students are supplied old Japanese jacquard silk to work on. The goal is to complete a final piece by the end of the workshop.
Material fee: $40
August 11 – 15   10:00 am – 5:00 pm Shannon Wardroper
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Collage as Source (MMED w203-SS08)

This workshop offers an in-depth exploration into all the different ways that the collage process can act as a point of departure for drawing, painting, sculpture and installation art. Students experiment with using collages to work through formal and conceptual ideas. By the end of the workshop, participants have a vast array of collages that can be used as source material for further projects. Slide presentations discussing the history of collage in 20th century art are also included.
August 11 - 15   10:00 am – 5:00 pm Wendy Welch
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Painting: The Urban Landscape (PNTG w233-SS08)NEW

Both an introduction to painting on location and an exploration of working with the subject of place, this workshop combines excursions to the downtown area with intensive studio work. Using traditional and less-conventional methods to gather visual resources from their field trips, students learn from a series of demonstrations and slide lectures both technical and conceptual approaches to their subject.
August 18 - 22   10:00 am – 5:00 pm John Luna
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