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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

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An introduction to the basic glassblowing techniques used to make vessels and sculptural forms. Throughout the course, progressively more difficult assignments teach new concepts and develop students’ skills. Group glassblowing clinics encourage teamwork. Historical and contemporary glass techniques, designs, and applications are discussed and incorporated into student work. No previous … Read more

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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

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This 3-credit, 10-day intensive figure drawing course will rapidly elevate your figure drawing skills to the next level. Offering both theory and practice, students will balance traditional observational drawing instruction with drawing practice in and outside of class. Individual attention in a supportive on-line classroom is the focus of this … Read more

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In this course we will read poems by Sappho, Verlaine, and McKay. Sappho lived around 600 BCE on the island of Lesbos in Greece. Her songs were popular then and continue to generate afterlives now, waning and gaining in popularity alongside changes in sensibilities with regard to sexuality. Paul Verlaine wrote … Read more

This course explores and builds skills for visualizing and presenting information to the public in a clear, concise, and attractive way for both print and interactive media. The focus is on addressing user centered systems of information with an emphasis on organization, navigation, and management. This course is suitable for … Read more

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Do you have an idea that you would like to bring to life? Join a stimulating environment in which you can create the best version of your concepts through fresh perspectives, constructive critiques, and hands-on artwork generation. This workshop dives into pre-production processes in an animation workflow. Storyboarding, animatics, background … Read more

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This course will explore the transition from modernist thought as exemplified by the Abstract Expressionist movement to such postmodern notions of appropriation, parody, and fragmentation as they manifest themselves in the art of the 1970s and beyond. We will focus on such concepts and genres as minimalism, performance, video, installation … Read more

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This course treats the evolution of film music from silent movies until the present.  It introduces students to musical syntax, the aesthetics of film music, and the means by which composers synchronize music and script to convey mood and render action vivid. Working chronologically, the course explores the increasing importance … Read more

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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

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When using materials it is you and the material that change together This workshop is structured around developing a group of abstract drawings using various approaches, methods and processes to explore and grow ideas. Challenging the way you engage in abstract drawing impacts the way you see and imagine your ideas. … Read more

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Do you long for more self-expression, art and color in your life? Would you like creativity to become a habit but you don’t know where to start? Do you doubt your artistic skills or do you think you don’t have any artistic skills at all?  In this 2 day workshop, … Read more

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In this two-day workshop, students gain the fundamental tools and skills to take their drawings to the next level, in both accuracy and expression. Students work with a range of subjects, from still-life to the human hand. In addition to problem-solving drawing exercises, students learn techniques for depicting proportion, mark-making … Read more

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In this hands-on woodworking class, students will work with white ash to build a Danish cord footstool. Students will start off by building the bench base and learn about mortise and tenon joinery and domino construction. Students will use both machines and hand tools to build the base. From there they will learn about … Read more

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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

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Thinking about a career in graphic design? Do you currently “dabble” in graphic design for personal projects? Have you found yourself designing flyers, webpages, brochures or other graphic design work professionally without any design training? This one-day workshop is specifically targeted for those with no graphic design background, to understand what makes a design “work” visually … Read more

Over the course of a six hour day, students will work from a live model learning to draw and understand basic human anatomy. The first half of the day will be dedicated to linear drawing using pencil, the second  half of the day is dedicated to value drawing using charcoal. Supply List: … Read more

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Through a variety of exercises, students will learn basic anatomy and movements of children and animals. They will apply their observational skills into developing unique, believable and appealing characters suitable for children’s books. The emphasis is on creating characters who are consistent through a variety of facial expressions and movements.

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Learn to cut crisp and accurate dovetails.  Dovetails are one of the strongest and oldest types of joinery; they are useful for building boxes and furniture.  Students will learn to cut both Through and Half-Blind Dovetails by hand.  They will learn to use chisels, marking gauges, saws, and mallets to cut … Read more

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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

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