Painting students are part of an intense working environment where they can pursue their own direction. Painting courses and workshops encourage diverse practice and foster independent creative thinking and making. Students are part of a unique learning environment that allows for independent thought as well as collaboration and critique.
For students who want an intensive day-long studio experience that provides individual instruction. Students work within a continuum from realism to abstraction, and formal concerns are emphasized and tied to personal expression. Includes use of the model. Class critiques, slide talks and field trips enrich the painting experience. Some painting … Read more
Start Date
05/20
Meeting Day
Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays
End Date
07/25
Faculty
Dara Morgenstern
Time
9am–1pm
Credits
6
For students who want an intensive day-long studio experience that provides individual instruction. Students work within a continuum from realism to abstraction, and formal concerns are emphasized and tied to personal expression. Includes use of the model. Class critiques, slide talks and field trips enrich the painting experience. Some painting … Read more
Start Date
05/20
Meeting Day
Mondays, Tuesdays, Thurdays
End Date
07/25
Faculty
Dara Morgenstern
Time
9am–1pm
Credits
6
For students who want an intensive day-long studio experience that provides individual instruction. Students work within a continuum from realism to abstraction, and formal concerns are emphasized and tied to personal expression. Includes use of the model. Class critiques, slide talks and field trips enrich the painting experience. For senior … Read more
Start Date
05/20
Meeting Day
Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays
End Date
07/25
Faculty
Dara Morgenstern
Time
9am–1pm
Credits
6
In this studio course, we will create abstract paintings using a variety of media while exploring aspects of form, color, composition, and format. We will also discuss a range of historical, technical, and conceptual approaches to abstract painting through slide lectures with a particular emphasis on current developments and trends … Read more
Start Date
06/03
Meeting Day
Mondays Tuesdays Wednesdays Thursdays
End Date
06/21
Faculty
Santiago Hernandez
Time
9am–2pm
Credits
3
Traditionally, watercolor is a light-to-dark medium. Light washes are built up gradually in order to achieve rich tones. The focus of this course is to explain that when beginning a painting with the application of pre-mixed, middle value, transparent wet-on-wet watercolor washes, artists can create images that exude “instant” atmosphere, … Read more
Start Date
06/03
Meeting Day
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
End Date
06/07
Faculty
Irena Roman
Time
9:30am–12pm
Credits
0
Over the course of a six hour day, students will paint from a live nude model twice (morning & afternoon sessions). The course focuses on color mixing (skin tones), basic anatomy, and overall composition. Some painting experience is preferred. Materials needed for Figure Painting: *Oil Paints- suggested Titanium White (120 … Read more
Start Date
06/23
Meeting Day
Sunday
End Date
06/23
Faculty
Brett X. Gamache
Time
10am–4pm
Credits
0
This course is designed to de-mystify abstract art through a series of exercises and projects that focus on line, shape, color, and texture. Abstract drawing and painting represent a shift from recording the visible to expressing our impressions of what we see. The possibilities of finding inspiration for abstract works … Read more
Start Date
08/05
Meeting Day
Monday thru Thursday
End Date
08/08
Faculty
Santiago Hernandez
Time
9am–2pm
Credits
0
