Workshops and Courses by Date

Discover the fun of traditional woodworking in this beginner-friendly, three-day Shaker-style box workshop. This hands-on class will take you step-by-step through the process of building your own classic oval Shaker button-box. Over the first two days, you’ll learn how to bend thin strips of wood using steam or hot water, … 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

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

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

This remote, 3-credit anatomy intensive is designed to teach the skeletal-muscular foundations of the human body to artists of any level and any art discipline. Using the “Inside-out” principle of figurative art, students investigate how internal structures inform the surface topography on the body. This dialog between inside and out … 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

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

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

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

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

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

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