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Students explore the current practices being used by sustainable fashion designers/companies, organic and eco-friendly textiles, innovations in design/ production, textiles, waste minimization, and upcycling in design and manufacturing. While working through their own process, students will use sustainable methods to design and create projects addressing social responsibility in the fashion … Read more
Start Date
09/03
Meeting Day
Wednesdays
End Date
12/10
Faculty
Jennifer Varekamp
Time
6:30pm–10pm
Credits
3
Screen printing is an old and versatile process with many modern uses. We present a variety of techniques and contemporary fine art applications of silkscreen printing. Students are guided through the transformation of an idea to printed image and encouraged to take a creative approach. The emphasis is on experimentation, … Read more
Start Date
09/03
Meeting Day
Wednesdays
End Date
12/10
Faculty
Carlos Alvarez
Time
6pm–10pm
Credits
3
An overview of pattern drafting and an introduction to clothing construction. Students explore the different methods of pattern making, from using the dart for fit to adding shape for fullness, and learn how to take body measurements for fit. Pattern drafting and construction techniques are then applied to an original … Read more
Start Date
09/04
Meeting Day
Thursdays
End Date
12/11
Faculty
Jennifer Varekamp
Time
6:30pm–10pm
Credits
3
Explore advanced construction and drafting methods for custom tailoring. Learn how to design and construct a tailored ensemble using traditional methods that include pad stitching, foundation shaping, special lapel and collar treatments, and finishes. Prerequisites: Introduction to Creative Fashion and Introduction to Pattern Drafting or permission of instructor. Email: achan@massart.edu. … Read more
Start Date
09/04
Meeting Day
Thursdays
End Date
12/11
Faculty
Andy Chan
Time
6:30pm–10pm
Credits
3
Individual attention in a supportive environment is the focus of this 7 session on-campus figure drawing course designed for students of all levels and experience. The foundations of gesture, proportions, and anatomical structures will be examined while drawing a variety of life models in different poses. Fundamental drawing techniques and … Read more
Start Date
09/04
Meeting Day
7 Thursdays, see specific dates below
End Date
12/04
Faculty
Gerry Hoag
Time
6:30pm–9:30p
Credits
0
In this introductory course, students will learn the foundations of drawing, including line, proportion, shape, gesture, blocking, value, mark-making, and space. Students will focus on developing these skills through a variety of in-class and independent assignments in-class that emphasize drawing from observation, iterative invention, and materials exploration. No prior drawing … Read more
Start Date
09/06
Meeting Day
Saturdays
End Date
10/18
Faculty
Dara Morgenstern
Time
10am–1pm
Credits
0
An overview of pattern drafting and an introduction to clothing construction. Students explore the different methods of pattern making, from using the dart for fit to adding shape for fullness, and learn how to take body measurements for fit. Pattern drafting and construction techniques are then applied to an original … Read more
Start Date
09/08
Meeting Day
Mondays
End Date
12/15
Faculty
Renee Harding
Time
6:30pm–10pm
Credits
3
Learn to develop and market textile designs using Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator. Topics include building a design from a motif, creating colorways for your print, using scanned artwork to create designs, and texture mapping. Students create a series of print designs and a collection of coordinated prints.
Start Date
09/08
Meeting Day
Mondays
End Date
12/15
Faculty
Meg Young
Time
6:30pm–10pm
Credits
3
Glassblowing for all is a perfect first step for those who have never been in a hotshop and a great next step if you know your way around! Glassblowing can be intimidating, in this class we break it down to basics and learn step by step how to get it … Read more
Start Date
09/08
Meeting Day
Mondays
End Date
10/27
Faculty
Jeff Mentuck
Time
6pm–9pm
Credits
0
The 20th century is particularly suited to study the multicultural heritage of fashion and art history. In its first 50 years, fashion and art were an expression of Eurocentric partisanship, despite extensive, uncredited cultural borrowings from peoples and countries in the global community. In the mid-1960s these broader voices in fashion … Read more
Start Date
09/09
Meeting Day
Tuesdays
End Date
12/16
Faculty
Carlos Villamil
Time
6:30pm–9:30pm
Credits
3
In this 7-week intermediate* analog photography class, students expand their darkroom practice while learning more advanced darkroom techniques. Participants expand their photographic and printing skills through individualized feedback and guidance, and deepen their aesthetic and conceptual understanding of the creative process through critique. *Students must have some previous darkroom experience, … Read more
Start Date
10/22
Meeting Day
Wednesdays
End Date
12/10
Faculty
Jacob Church
Time
6:30pm–9:30pm
Credits
0
Drawing is the process of creative thinking and discovery. When you are engaged in the process of transforming materials, you’re also opening new pathways by changing how you see and know as a person and an artist In this class we will explore abstraction and what it can reveal through … Read more
Start Date
10/25
Meeting Day
Saturdays
End Date
12/13
Faculty
Chuck Holtzman
Time
1:30pm–4:30pm
Credits
0
