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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

09/06

Meeting Day

Wednesdays

End Date

12/13

Faculty

Meg Young

Time

6:30pm–10pm

Credits

3

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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

09/06

Meeting Day

Wednesdays

End Date

12/13

Faculty

Carlos Villamil

Time

6:30pm–9:30pm

Credits

3

This class is fully enrolled.

Learn woodworking fundamentals through a series of exercises utilizing both hand tools and machines. Develop a habit of sharpening and tuning your tools. Practice a variety of joinery techniques and build your own sample library of construction options. Put your newly honed skills to test by building a final project … Read more

Start Date

09/06

Meeting Day

Wednesdays

End Date

12/13

Faculty

Rachel Prentki

Time

6:30pm–10pm

Credits

3

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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

09/06

Meeting Day

Wednesdays

End Date

12/13

Faculty

Carlos Alvarez

Time

6pm–10pm

Credits

3

two people in an art studio looking at a bright blue silkscreen print next to a table with more renditions of the same print

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The documentation and communication of ideas require fluency with symbolic and illustrative methods; a language. This course develops and refines the basis of this language, the “alphabet and grammar” used to communicate the characteristic of objects and systems. Through the exploration of various media using architectural or industrial design contexts, … Read more

Start Date

09/07

Meeting Day

Thursdays

End Date

12/14

Faculty

Neil Madramootoo

Time

6:30pm–19pm

Credits

3

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Technical design sketches of pencil sharpeners on blue background

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

09/07

Meeting Day

Thursdays

End Date

12/14

Faculty

Andy Chan

Time

6:30pm–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

09/07

Meeting Day

Thursdays

End Date

12/14

Faculty

Jennifer Varekamp

Time

6:30pm–10pm

Credits

3

This class is fully enrolled.

Design and fabricate individualized place settings, serving dishes, teapots, and vases. Employing hand-building, the potter’s wheel, plaster molds, and various kiln-firing techniques (stoneware, soda, low-fire) students are able to create pottery that is useful as well as personally expressive. Frequent demonstrations, lectures, and dialogue with the instructor enable beginners as … Read more

Start Date

09/07

Meeting Day

Thursdays

End Date

12/14

Faculty

Ben Ryterband

Time

6:30pm–10pm

Credits

3

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A group of 10 students in a ceramic studio looking at the camera holding up tableware clay pieces

Traditionally, street photography is an established method of documentary investigation made popular in the 20th century by greats such as Eugene Atget and Walker Evans.  Following the Second World War, photographers like Robert Frank, Garry Winogrand, and Diane Arbus began to look at photography and the street in very different … Read more

Start Date

09/07

Meeting Day

Saturdays in-person starting Sept 9th, with additional zoom mtg, Sept 7 from 7:30-9:30pm

End Date

10/21

Faculty

Michael Hintlian

Time

10am–1pm

Credits

0

People gathered around a woman posing for a photograph standing on the street in a ballgown.

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This hands-on course is designed to equip students with the essential skills and techniques required to design a chair. This course is intended for students with a passion for furniture design, interior design, or industrial design who aspire to develop a deep understanding of chair design and its impact on … Read more

Start Date

09/08

Meeting Day

Fridays

End Date

10/20

Faculty

Joe Sheehan

Time

1:30pm–4:30pm

Credits

0

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Lounge organic shaped chair made from light and dark hardwood

This is a seven week course starts with quick exercises working from a still life on week 1 and then working from a live model on weeks 2 and 3. The course will shift into more independent work starting Week 4 through 7. The participants will respond to prompts and … Read more

Start Date

09/09

Meeting Day

Saturdays

End Date

10/28

Faculty

Jennifer Pochinski

Time

10am–1pm

Credits

0

Painting of 7 people eating and talking at a table

This class is fully enrolled.

This course exposes students to a variety of specialized woodworking techniques applicable to furniture production. Through a series of modules devoted to select skills, sessions explore the basics of techniques with the objective of giving students enough exposure to begin applying them independently to studio projects. Areas include carving and … Read more

Start Date

09/10

Meeting Day

Sundays

End Date

12/10

Faculty

Annie Meyer

Time

10am–4pm

Credits

3

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We often think of wood as rigid and hard, but by adding heat, we can bend flexible, sweeping curves. It really feels like magic – suddenly you can tie a knot in a piece of wood or form the ribs of a canoe. Steam bending doesn’t have to be intimidating! We’ll … Read more

Start Date

09/10

Meeting Day

Sundays

End Date

09/24

Faculty

Oliver Strand

Time

10am–4pm

Credits

0

Progress photo of a curved piece of wood clamped to a form on a saw horse in an outdoor setting

This class is fully enrolled.

This course introduces a variety of concepts and techniques used in contemporary ceramic object-making. Demonstrations and studio activities include hand building, mold making and wheel working. Each student researches and designs a series of pieces which reflect their personal interests. Projects may include work in tableware, sculpture, or designed objects. … Read more

Start Date

09/11

Meeting Day

Mondays

End Date

12/11

Faculty

Janna Longacre

Time

6:30pm–10pm

Credits

3

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woman in art studio carving details on a clay sculpture of two hands holding a heart

Students create and fit virtual garments using CLO software. Through the run of this course the designer translates in-person activities, such as patternmaking and fitting, into a virtual language. Specifically, the cohort begins by virtually sewing and fitting conventional garments – pants, shirts, jackets, and skirts –  and transitions to … Read more

Start Date

09/11

Meeting Day

Mondays

End Date

12/11

Faculty

Alfredo Lujan

Time

6:30pm–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

09/11

Meeting Day

Mondays

End Date

12/11

Faculty

Renee Harding

Time

6:30pm–10pm

Credits

3

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

09/12

Meeting Day

Tuesdays

End Date

12/12

Faculty

Jennifer Varekamp

Time

6:30pm–10pm

Credits

3

This workshop is an introduction to vitreous enamel on metal. Students learn different methods of applying color, images, and textures to metal surfaces. During this workshop, students explore a variety of techniques to create personal designs through successive layers of glass fired on copper using processes such as sifting, drawing, and … Read more

Start Date

09/23

Meeting Day

Saturday

End Date

09/23

Faculty

Tzu Ju Chen

Time

10am–4pm

Credits

0

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Two enameled pieces with gold outline on a gray background

In this introductory, course participants will learn how to design and carve wooden utensils. Students will be shown how to safely and efficiently use the bandsaw as well as hand tools such as gouges, rasps, files, scrapers, and a variety of handsaws. Whether it’s spoons, spatulas, forks, knives, or something … Read more

Start Date

10/01

Meeting Day

Sundays

End Date

10/08

Faculty

Ellen Adams

Time

1pm–5:30pm

Credits

0

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 In this introduction to lapidary course participants will learn how to transform rough stone into jewelry-ready cabochons. Learn the basics of identifying rocks and develop an understanding of how the mohs hardness scale affects cutting/cabbing an stone work. Students will be carefully shown how to safely operate trim saws, a diamond … Read more

Start Date

10/14

Meeting Day

Saturday

End Date

10/14

Faculty

Allison Keast

Time

10am–4pm

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0

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In this class students will work from found images and/or drawings of their own to explore mark making with the needle. Through embroidery stitches from basic to advanced, we will learn, experiment and push the types of mark we can create with the simple tool of needle and thread. During class, basic … Read more

Start Date

10/21

Meeting Day

Saturdays

End Date

10/28

Faculty

Joetta Maue

Time

10am–4pm

Credits

0

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Multiple embroidery

Delve into the fascinating world of bent lamination. Explore a range of techniques that will bring versatility and creativity to your wood and furniture projects. Through practical demonstrations and hands-on exercises, learn how to bend wood using molds, a vacuum bag, freeform bending methods, and more. This workshop is a module … Read more

Start Date

10/22

Meeting Day

Sundays

End Date

11/05

Faculty

Joe Sheehan

Time

10am–4pm

Credits

0

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Chair Building: From Design to Construction is an immersive hands-on experience that focuses on transforming chair designs into physical pieces. This course is meant to build upon the design acquired in the previous course the “Chair Design: Through Sketching, Modeling, and Full-Size Mock-ups” but if a student wishes to take … Read more

Start Date

10/27

Meeting Day

Fridays

End Date

12/15

Faculty

Joe Sheehan

Time

1:30pm–4:30pm

Credits

0

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Lounge organic shaped chair made from light and dark hardwood

This class not available.

This is a seven week course starts with quick exercises working from a still life on week 1 and then working from a live model on weeks 2 and 3. The course will shift into more independent work starting Week 4 through 7. The participants will respond to prompts and … Read more

Start Date

10/31

Meeting Day

Tuesdays

End Date

12/12

Faculty

Jennifer Pochinski

Time

6:30pm–9:30pm

Credits

0

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Portrait painting

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 of seeing and knowing as a person and an artist. In this class you will explore ideas through the manipulation of a range of materials on … Read more

Start Date

10/31

Meeting Day

Tuesdays

End Date

12/12

Faculty

Chuck Holtzman

Time

6:30pm–9:30pm

Credits

0

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Use basic embroidery strategies to introduce aspects of value and the illusion of 3-dimensional space. Practice and be introduced to techniques, such as hatching, stippling and “shading” as ways to improve how you see and render light and gradations of light and depth in your embroidered drawings. We will discuss … Read more

Start Date

12/02

Meeting Day

Saturday

End Date

12/02

Faculty

Joetta Maue

Time

10am–4pm

Credits

0

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