All Active Courses and Workshops

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

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

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

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

Line drawing is an ancient art form that dates back almost 75,000 years. However, you may have come across the common stereotype that line drawing is a “lesser” art form due to its simplicity. This couldn’t be further from the truth. Simple animations of line and color can be wonderfully … Read more

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

By examining the varied traditions in portraiture, through the lens of time and culture, this course will investigate a rich diversity of expression, spanning the frescos of Rome, the psychology of Alice Neal, the beauty of Leonardo, the technique of Ingres and the vulnerability of Vincent Van Gogh. We will … Read more

In this workshop we will explore the fascinating world of self-portraiture through the lens of collage and assemblage.  Self-portraits take on a countless number of manifestations: they can be realistically drawn or painted, they can be an emotional, non-realistic expression of yourself, you can simplify your self-portrait into what you … Read more

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

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

Have you considered yourself a good storyteller? Would you like to learn the basic elements of illustrating a simple story? In this 2 day workshop, Katia Wish invites you to develop a short narrative and illustrate it. Students are introduced to important concepts of narrative illustration: character, plot, composition, pacing, … 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

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

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

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