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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
01/17
Meeting Day
Wednesdays
End Date
05/01
Faculty
Carlos Alvarez
Time
6pm–10pm
Credits
3
Apply hand and machine woodworking skills through the construction of a small case on stand. By exploring different types of table and cabinet joinery, learn how to create furniture pieces that are both stable and expressive. Expand upon your understanding of wood movement and construction by combining techniques to build and design … Read more
Start Date
01/17
Meeting Day
Wednesdays
End Date
05/01
Faculty
Heather Dawson
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
01/22
Meeting Day
Mondays
End Date
05/06
Faculty
Ben Ryterband
Time
6:30pm–10pm
Credits
3
Using the fashion space as a model this course introduces students to skills, strategies, and mindsets that are instrumental to building and sustaining a creative career. The professional fashion lens provides well-established methods designed to provide a creative practice with a competitive edge. Students learn to customize and leverage their … Read more
Start Date
01/22
Meeting Day
Mondays
End Date
04/08
Faculty
TBA
Time
6:30pm–10pm
Credits
1.5
In this course we enter the complex world of subtle relationships found within three dimensional portraiture, developing an anatomical and observational understanding of the human head and bust. Students explore ceramic portraiture experientially using the primitive technique of coil building the head and shoulders as a vessel, the surface of … Read more
Start Date
01/22
Meeting Day
Mondays
End Date
03/11
Faculty
Kristin Powers
Time
6:30pm–9:30pm
Credits
0
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
01/23
Meeting Day
Tuesdays
End Date
04/30
Faculty
Janna Longacre
Time
6:30pm–10pm
Credits
3
Fusing design activities and methodologies, including aesthetic sourcing (visual, literary, emotional, and structural) and drawing and modeling, participants engage in design as a problem-solving process. Projects emphasize the development of conceptual visualization through the exploration of two- and three-dimensional sketch techniques.
Start Date
01/23
Meeting Day
Tuesdays
End Date
04/30
Faculty
Frank Criscione
Time
6:30pm–10pm
Credits
3
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
01/27
Meeting Day
Saturdays
End Date
03/09
Faculty
Jennifer Pochinski
Time
10am–1pm
Credits
0
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
02/04
Meeting Day
Sundays
End Date
02/11
Faculty
Ellen Adams
Time
1pm–5:30pm
Credits
0
