All Active Courses and Workshops

Students bring advanced skills for concepting, design, and design thinking, as well as foundational UX/UI design skills, to planning, designing and prototyping dynamic screen-based interactive experiences. Students investigate complex systems of information emphasizing organization, navigation and usability, focusing on designing a valuable experience for the user while creating portfolio-quality prototypes … Read more

In this digital capture / photo production intensive, students are introduced to the creative and technical possibilities of digital photography while exploring photographic history and current practices. Participants learn to use a digital (DSLR or mirrorless) camera to create photographs using raw file formats and fully manual controls. Topics covered … Read more

What is Sound Art? Imagine mind-bending sound pieces created with a piano filled with nails/bolts/nuts/screws, a floor tiled with LPs, a secret tone playing underneath a grate in New York City for 30 years, or nothing but the echo of a space. The course will provide a solid knowledge of … Read more

Introduction to the History of Art is a wide-ranging, multi-vocal introduction to the fundamentals of Art History and to many of the major moments, movements, artists, and works in the history of global art. Mindful of, but by no means limited by, traditional chronological and geographical approaches to the examination … Read more

This course provides an introduction to architectural design as a social art that emphasizes form relevant to use, and design with an appreciation of site, landscape, and materials. The course is foundational, using observation of existing built environments to support basic design skills through families of form, attending to the … Read more

This workshop invites participants to experiment with an array of etching techniques, including multiple state open bite and etched textures. Emphasis is put on relief etching techniques: longer acid bites and deep etches. The expressive character of etched matrices are printed using viscosity methods — superimposition and juxtaposition of color. No … Read more

An introduction to principles and techniques of floor loom weaving: including warp preparation, dressing the loom, pattern drafting, basic loom controlled and weaver-controlled weaves. Slide presentations emphasize a personal approach to the media.

Rich and expressive, monotype joins the graphic qualities of printmaking with the spontaneity of painting. This hands-on workshop teaches the basics of chine colle, pronto plate, collagraph, as well as other processes, and explores the sequential possibilities of monotype to develop images conceptually and formally. Image-making methods, ink handling, print … Read more

This Summative Elective course seeks to build a bridge between the artistic aesthetics in Cinema and the scientific rigor of naturally plausible phenomena. In doing so, and through analyses of scientific foundations of scenarios portrayed in different genres of cinema, including but not limited to sci-fi and superhero, students will … Read more

“Imagination is the workshop of the soul wherein man’s hopes and desires are made ready for material expression.”  ~ Napoleon Hill Creativity is about making fresh connections, seeing things in new ways and with fresh perspectives. Imagination is the act of forming new ideas, images, and concepts that are not present to … Read more

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

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

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

Visualizing and Communicating Science is an interdisciplinary seminar that explores the power of visual art and design for interpreting, translating, and amplifying scientific ideas and research in public spaces. With a central focus on muralism, street art, and other forms of public art, we will explore how creative practices, biological/scientific … Read more

Students are immersed in the nuts and bolts of architectural craft and construction technology practice. Through design sketch problems, hands-on demonstrations, and readings, students focus on the most common methods of constructing building systems in wood, masonry, steel, and concrete. Constructing a full-scale model of a wood-framed structure brings the … Read more

This course introduces illustration methods for the fashion designer and creative professional.  Demonstrations and exercises cover basic anatomy to the analysis of fashion figures.  Stylized drawing skills, composition layout techniques and industry flat sketches are taught, along with methods of critique and the editing process of designer collections. Students illustrate … Read more

FLAMEWORKING: This workshop introduces the art of flameworked glass. Demonstrations and hands-on lessons teach the foundational skills and knowledge needed to form molten glass at the torch. Projects and demonstrations are geared towards learning basic techniques as well as creative methods to utilize flameworked glass in studio practice. Demonstrations and … Read more

James Baldwin said that “an artist’s duty is to reflect the times.” In this workshop we will use collage to express the moment we find ourselves in as a global community. Collage, is a technigue and the resulting work of art in which pieces of paper, photographs, fabric and other … Read more

Landscape Painting: Adventures in Alla Prima Feel confident painting the landscape quickly from life, alla prima, and find a newfound connection to landscape and your particular tendencies when approaching nature with paint. Working gradually up to a full palette allows you to gain a deeper understanding of color theory as … Read more

Words, images, color, shadow, and line — drawings with thread on fabric are made up of the same components as drawings on paper. This workshop explores embroidery as a form of drawing through direct drawing, transfer, and projection. Using found, vintage, or new cloth, lessons include a variety of stitches, … Read more

In this course, we analyze several individual practices and group movements from 1945 to the present. Instead of adhering to the distilled summaries of a textbook, we engage art of this period at less of a remove. Students come to comprehend the difficulty and subjectivity involved in formulating a history … Read more

Everyone knows that accessories make the outfit and constitute a major part of the fashion industry. Explore handbag design as a specialization. Topics and projects include a brief history of the handbag, researching present trends, and creating designs. Using industry standards, students design and construct a clutch, soft shoulder, and … Read more

The TAB Institute offers participants the opportunity to engage in creative growth with like-minded educators from across the world. Visiting Artists Joyce Husseini and Leneigh White from the Boston Modern Quilters Guild present on global quilting traditions and contemporary quilting, including their no-new-materials Denim Project. They will lead a workshop … Read more

The TAB Institute offers participants the opportunity to engage in creative growth with like-minded educators from across the world. Visiting Artists Joyce Husseini and Leneigh White from the Boston Modern Quilters Guild present on global quilting traditions and contemporary quilting, including their no-new-materials Denim Project. They will lead a workshop … Read more

The TAB Institute offers participants the opportunity to engage in creative growth with like-minded educators from across the world. Visiting Artists Joyce Husseini and Leneigh White from the Boston Modern Quilters Guild present on global quilting traditions and contemporary quilting, including their no-new-materials Denim Project. They will lead a workshop … Read more

This course provides a foundational understanding of the regulatory codes and legal frameworks that shape the practice of interior design. It explores how different states in the U.S. recognize and regulate the profession, as well as the professional institutions that support interior designers and related fields. Students will delve into … Read more

This foundational class focuses on expanding and honing students’ digital content-creation, design, and art-making skills, through exploration of a wide range of software, concepts, and techniques. Topics include digital compositing of pixel-based images, vector design basics, time-based media best practices, introductory 3D design processes, and thoughtful use of AI tools. … Read more

This class is an exploration of the creative potential inherent in the relationship between subject and environment in portraiture. Students explore and refine their approach to making portraits throughout the class. Successful strategies used in portraiture will be discussed and employed to create compelling images of students’ subjects. Understanding of … Read more

This course introduces students to the art of the African diaspora, defined here as transnational networks of forced and chosen dispersal of people of African descent. By definition, diaspora rejects the category of the nation-state and accompanying nationalisms. Instead, we take mobility, migration, and flux across borders as a starting … Read more

Explore the art of personal expression through landscape photography. Tsar Fedorsky, a fine arts photographer whose own work draws on images found near home, will encourage students to discover their own visual voice by choosing to take landscape photographs close to home. Nature is all around us. You don’t need … Read more

Design Studio Three builds upon the foundation laid in Design Studio Two. Students are presented with a challenging design brief that necessitates a fundamental grasp of building codes and material safety standards. Each student will develop an outline specification focusing on product safety and sustainability considerations. Lectures throughout the course … Read more

Experiments in Handmade Film is a seven-week on-campus studio intensive, in which students create experimental 16mm short films. Learning a range of methods to manipulate film by hand,  including found footage and blank film (“black leader”), students engage in direct animation techniques through splicing, painting, scratching and collaging directly onto … Read more

An introduction to the intersection of business, art and design. The purpose of this course is to give students a fundamental understanding of how businesses analyze and respond to competitive market dynamics, with an emphasis on the creative economy. Through case studies, market simulations, guest speakers, and discussion of current … Read more

Have you ever wondered what it’s like to cook a meal using a spoon made by your own hands? Or perhaps you need a custom utensil for a very specific function? In this workshop participants will explore the craft of spoon carving. Students will be shown how to safely and … Read more

This workshop will guide participants through the basics of color in printmaking and four color separation techniques. Departing from simple compositions, students will create monotypes using a variety of methods such as color overlay, viscosity printing, color progression, and experimentation with stencils and masks. The sessions encourage collaboration, with discussions … Read more

Blue velvet, yellow gingham checks, red satin, and so many more textiles are a playground for our eyes. The folds and shapes created by draped cloth can provide a sense of a particular light environment; painting draped cloth is a superb way to develop the ability to respond to value … Read more

The objectives of the 100 Drawings class are to strengthen both the student’s drawing skills and broaden the opportunities for experimentation and visual thinking through a rigorous concentration on the process of drawing. Students will explore a wide range of subjects and media including using collage, painting media, creating monotypes … Read more

This workshop will be conducted in oil and water-based paints, including acrylics and watercolor.  Students will paint on location and will be assisted in setting up to paint: organizing and laying out a palette, setting up an easel, choosing a composition and making a painting. A sketchbook will be used … Read more

The Mark and Beyond: Painting, A Doorway to Possibility explores the continuing relevance and power of the personal mark as the foundation of the painting and drawing. Participants examine how this hand-made characteristic, combined with physicality of materials, can become a vehicle for creativity that roots communication back into lived … Read more

This intensive seven-week class develops students’ skills and agility in digital photography post-production. Using Adobe Lightroom Classic, Bridge, Camera Raw, and Photoshop, students learn a streamlined, professional workflow that takes images from camera to finished product. Learn the basics and beyond of powerful, industry standard software and systems, from file … Read more

Individual attention in a supportive environment is the focus of this comprehensive figure drawing course designed for students of all levels. We will examine the works of historic and contemporary artists to understand the common principals of sound figure drawing. The foundations of gesture, proportions, and anatomical structures will be … Read more

Reflecting diverse but interrelated cultural traditions, Japanese, Chinese, and Korean films offer a fun and fascinating lens through which to view the development of postwar Asian society.  The samurai film, Hong Kong action movies, and Japanese anime are some of the topics covered in following this development through a selection of … Read more