Winter Catalog 2011

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Winter 2011


Winter 2011

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Gage Mission Guided by the belief that artists are made, not born, Gage strives to educate, enrich and engage artists and the community in the visual arts. Gage offers instruction in the principles of drawing, painting and sculpting and is dedicated to helping students of all ages and skill levels realize themselves as artists in contemporary society. Benefactors Joyce Allen, Kenneth S. Rosen, Ida S. Cole, Anne Steele

Board of Trustees Lorri Falterman President Julie Tall Vice President Brent Reys Treasurer Llewellyn Matthews Secretary Greg Eastman, Ellen Evans, Ted Kutscher, Erin Moyer, Susan Torrance, Richard V. West Community Advisors Diane Butler, Lane Powell Spears Lubersky, WA Robert K. Dent, Social Venture Partners, WA Ira Goldberg, Art Students League, NY David Hill, Sonata Capital, WA Chris Madison, Sierra Investments, CA Alvin Martin, Bader Martin, WA Trina Wherry, RBC Dain Rauscher, WA Artistic Advisors Domenic Cretara, artist, CA Samuel H. Davidson, Davidson Galleries, WA Martha Mayer Erlebacher, artist, PA Antonio Lopéz García, artist, Spain Gregory Hedberg, Hirschl & Adler Gallery, NY Norman Lundin, artist, WA David Martin, Martin-Zambito Gallery, WA John Pence, John Pence Gallery, CA

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Gage Academy of Art is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Your contribution is tax-deductible as permitted by law. GAGE® is the federally registered service mark of Gage Academy of Art. No part of this catalog may be reprinted or reproduced without permission of Gage Academy of Art. ©2010 Gage Academy of Art. All Rights Reserved.

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On Youth Inspiration: Art as Sustenance

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Gage Update

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Gage Collector’s Gala

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Gage Scholarships

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Gage Foundation Programs

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Program Schedule

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Gage Teaching Artists

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Student Information

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Student Registration

Founders Pamela Belyea Executive Director Gary Faigin Artistic Director

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ABOUT GAGE

Gratis at Gage

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Upcoming Exhibitions

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Gage Lectures

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Professional Development Events

ADULT PROGRAMS 9

Weekend Workshops

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Weeklong Workshops

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Open Figure Studios

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Evening Lecture Series

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Drawing Classes

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Painting Classes

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Sculpting Classes

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Gage Ateliers

YOUTH PROGRAMS

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Youth Update

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Teen Art Studios

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Youth Classes

ACADEMY ART TOURS

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2011 Arte d’España: Madrid & Barcelona

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2011 In the Steps of Georgia O’Keeffe

Cover artist: Fred Wessel Guest Teaching Artist

Back cover artist: emma spence Gage Teen Artist, age 15

Wessel is a professor at the Hartford Art School in Massachusetts where he teaches drawing, tempera painting and lithography, and he also leads workshops in Italy to paint and study the Italian Renaissance. This spring, Wessel teaches two egg tempera weeklong workshops at Gage (p. 11). He particularly looks to the early Renaissance for inspiration, saying “The ever-changing inner light that radiates from gold leaf used judiciously on the surface of a painting, and the use of pockets of rich, intense colors that illuminate the picture’s surface impressed me deeply.” Learn more about Wessel at www.fredwessel.com.

Spence is a sophomore at Edmonds Woodway High School and was a part of the 2010 Teen Intensive this summer. She says, “I learned more about art in a period of five weeks than I’ve ever known about artwork. Being thrust into new skills and styles was unnerving at first, but I came out of it a wiser, more eager artist. I’ve always found something magical in the way that a series of lines or colors can create an image. Nothing else is like it. I have no idea where art will take me, but I will always have a deep appreciation and love of art and its creation.” Read more about Spence and the Teen Intensive on page 30.

Cover: Becca (Sundial), detail, 2006, 30" x 26", egg tempera with gold and platinum leaf


On Youth Inspiration: Art as Sustenance ABOUT GAGE: Introduction

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hen I was a kid, I was an insatiable artist. Every available surface I could get my hands on was covered with whatever I could find that would leave a mark. I employed crayons, pens, pencils and markers on walls, receipts, gum wrappers, crumpled homework and edges of newspapers. My boldness and freedom is what I remember most.

Gage Academy of Art has a longstanding history of providing fun, accessible and inspirational programming for many of Seattle’s youth. Our teaching artists know that students are driven by the excitement and motivation of their teachers; “I was so hungry that being excited is infectious. Kids and teens know the value in learning how to draw, realistically and accurately, and they to draw that I want to learn how. Eventually, they might produce wildly crecouldn’t stop.” ative sculpture, video or abstract installations; but they soak up craft and technique like sponges, building their skills piece by piece until they have a strong enough foundation to create imaginative and beautiful works of their own, without fear.

Van Gogh Fedora El Morro

Kids need the encouragement to nourish that hunger, so they don’t stop. Those who stood by us in our youth are solid influences well into our adult lives — if those who teach are inspired, we are also inspired.

Fedora El Morro

Our Friday night Teen Art Studios has proven this to be true for the last nine years at the St. Nicholas Building on Capitol Hill, and as a result has expanded permanently to Saturday nights at the 2100 Building in Rainier Valley. Teens from surrounding neighborhoods and the Eastside come every weekend to be inspired, learn new techniques and refine their craft. In addition to more traditional curriculums, we’ve incorporated experimental classes into the programming such as Etsuko Ichikawa’s 3-D Installation, Light, and Space and Gretchen Bennett’s Sticker Editions from Drawings. We recognize the importance of nurturing our students’ more expressively creative and conceptual growth as much as their technical abilities.

Fedora El Morro

Our year-round class programming is expanding as well, and evolving to fit better into the lives of our students. Winter 2011 offers the most youth classes we’ve had in a quarter, with more frequent and shorter sessions. Each month features one course for children and one course for teens, so that we can offer more variety and more convenience for your schedule (please see pages 32 & 33). As we continue into spring and fall, we look forward to offering even more opportunities to feature teaching artists who are not only inspired to teach youth, but who are inspired in their own artistic practice as well. Through their example, kids and teens taking classes at Gage will not only receive excellent art instruction, but gain friends and mentors as well — providing sustenance for the insatiable hunger and boldness of all young artists.

Youth Programs at Gage offer excellent art instruction, new friends and professional artist-mentors.

Fedora El Morro

Sharon Arnold, Youth Programs Manager

Register online at www.GageAcademy.org beginning Monday, November 15, 2010.

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ABOUT GAGE: Gage Update

11th Annual

Ryan Sherman

Gage Welcomes Anne Norberg as Development Director

Saturday, December 4, 2010  9:00am-9:00pm Get your pencils poised to join us for the 11th Annual Gage Drawing Jam coming up Saturday, December 4 starting at 9:00am. This 12-hour community art making event allows artists of all ages and abilities to try new media and flex their artistic talents. A variety of drawing materials and paper are provided, and each studio is filled with easels waiting for artists. A cast of over 50 models rotates throughout the building — dancers, musicians and costumed performers act as gesture models, while figure models pose for traditional, hour-long sessions.

have a place to draw, paint and craft during the day, and teens have their own dedicated drawing studio for the duration of the event. Local artists and Gage instructors demonstrate drawing and painting techniques, sculpting studios are humming throughout the day, and artists can also try printmaking at the station sponsored by Artist & Craftsman Supply. Gage invites you to spend an hour – or the entire day – exploring and creating in a community of artists. Read more about the Drawing Jam at www.GageAcademy.org/drawingjam.

Families are encouraged to attend, as kids Presenting Sponsors

Seattle Office of

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Register online at www.GageAcademy.org beginning Monday, November 15, 2010.

Anne Norberg joined Gage Academy of Art in August as Development Director and brings with her more than 10 years of fundraising and special events experience. A Seattle native, Norberg earned a B.A. in history and Spanish from Western Washington University and a Certificate in Fundraising Management from the University of Washington. She has contributed to development at local educational institutions such as Bellevue College, Seattle Central Community College and Outward Bound, USA. Norberg is a member of the Northwest Development Officer’s Association and actively volunteers for a number of local non-profits including The Pride Foundation and The Rubicon Foundation who owns and operates The Smoke Farm in Arlington.

Gage Communications Director Wins Award Gage is proud to announce that Communications Director Erin M. Schadt was awarded Honorable Mention for the Communicator of the Year Award given by the Association for Women in Communications Seattle Chapter. Schadt received the recognition for her outstanding work in communications for the school. Congratulations! NEW! During the Drawing Jam this year, Michael Friel will sign copies of his new book, StillLife Painting Atelier: An Introduction to Oil Painting.


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ABOUT GAGE: Collector’s Gala

Gage Collector’s Gala B e n e f i t

Friday, March 4, 2011 St. Mark’s Cathedral Sanctuary

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Are you an artist, a collector or simply an admirer of astonishing artwork? Then join us at the Gage Collector’s Gala, brimming with 100 original works of art by emerging talent, as well as regionally and nationally recognized artists. This gala benefit offers a sumptuous four-course feast, dessert dash, live entertainment and, of course, rousing live and silent art auctions.

All gala guests are invited to the

The Gage Collector’s Gala, hosted in the lofty and inspirational sanctuary of St. Mark’s Cathedral, is the art party of 2011! Drink, dine and be entertained under a 72-foot cathedral ceiling while supporting an extraordinary arts organization.

Artist’s Reception & Art Preview

Tickets

Thursday, March 3, 2011

Stay tuned www.GageAcademy.org for more details as the gala draws closer.

Gala Guest $175 ticket per person Complimentary beer, wine and signature cocktails Delicious four-course dinner & coffee service Live entertainment & free parking

Special Guest $300 ticket per person Includes all Special Guest benefits, plus: Gala VIP seating Recognition in gala catalog and on Gage website

vip Guest Package $1,000 per couple Includes all Special Guest benefits, plus: One night at the Mayflower Park Hotel on Friday, March 4

These artworks are just a few of the nearly 100 pieces available at the event. Above, clockwise from upper left, artwork by: Geoffrey Laurence, Larine Chung, Michael Magrath, Domenic Cretara, Denise Takahashi, John Rizzotto. Top of page: Anna McKee

Art Car service to gala & hotel on Friday and home on Saturday Local delivery of auction purchases VIP seating at Gage Founders’ Table With only 300 places available, make your reservations early! Contact Development Director Anne Norberg at 206.323.4243 x16 or Anne@GageAcademy.org to reserve your place today.

Ryan Sherman

our corporate Sponsors

The Sanctuary at St. Mark’s Cathedral provides a spectacular setting for our festivities.

Kutscher Rhodes & Benner, Inc.

Register online at www.GageAcademy.org beginning Monday, November 15, 2010.

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Gage Scholarships Gage Academy of Art Announces 2010 – 2011 Scholarship Recipients ABOUT GAGE: Scholarships

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age Academy of Art is proud to award need- and merit-based tuition scholarships for the 2010–11 academic year to nine deserving students in the full-time ateliers of Mark Kang-O’Higgins and Juliette Aristides. We wish to thank our Scholarship Jury comprised of sculptor Ann Morris and Seattle gallery owners Linda Hodges and Sam Davidson.

The Stanley R. & Robert E. Wright Foundation for The Arts

Puget Sound Group of Northwest Painters (PSGNWP)

Elizabeth Burden Memorial Scholarship

When Bob Wright retired from a successful career as a commercial artist, he created a foundation to fund outstanding young adults training to become fine artists. Wright chose Gage as an institution worthy of his altruistic support, which he has renewed continuously since 2001.

PSGNWP was founded in 1928 as an allmale social club for a small group of serious fine artists. Over the decades, the club has chosen to underwrite generous scholarships for deserving Northwest art students, including talented Gage students for the past two years.

When long-time Gage student Elizabeth Burden passed away, her friends rallied to fund a one-time scholarship for a “Young Woman Artist of Promise.” This special tribute scholarship was awarded to a fourth-year student for her outstanding technical and creative achievements.

Stefan Cummings

Polina Kud

Zoey Frank

Garima A. Naredi

Scott McCall

Name a Scholarship & Support Gage Artists

Register online at www.GageAcademy.org beginning Monday, November 15, 2010.

Elizabeth Zanzinger

Elizabeth Zanzinger

Stephanie K. Johnson

We wish to especially thank the Class of ’68 from Westover School, Elizabeth’s high school alma mater.

Stefan Cummings

Steffan Carter

Bobby DiTrani

Bobby DiTrani

Gage Academy of Art invites you to support our talented students through a donation to the Gage Scholarship Fund, or through a named scholarship (major gift required). Your gift of any size is appreciated. To learn how you can make a difference in the life and education of a promising young artist, please contact Anne@GageAcademy.org.

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Zoey Frank

Read below about the generous donors who have chosen to give the gift of education to the next generation of artists.

Learn how you can apply for these scholarships at www.GageAcademy.org/ adult. Gage Academy of Art is proud to offer additional ways to help you to take Gage programs, including a 25% discount for adult students under 25, discounts for professional artists and K-12 educators, and through our workstudy program. Learn more by calling our registrar, Margaretta, at 206.323.4243 x10.


Academy Art Tours

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GAGE Academy Art Tours

cademy Art Tours bring together small groups of artists and art enthusiasts for intensive art explorations guided by informed and passionate experts. Please book early; our tours are limited to 16 – 20 participants and tend to sell out quickly. Learn more at www.GageAcademy.org/tours.

Arte d'España: Art Treasures of Madrid & Barcelona Tour Guides: Gary Faigin & Pamela Belyea Thursday, June 16 to Sunday, June 26, 2011 (10 nights) $5,000* / $5,200 double occupancy/person  $6,700* / $6,900 single occupancy/person * (early bird discount, must book by December 15, 2010)

El Greco, Burial of the Count of Orgaz, detail

Courtesy ARTstor.org

Our 10-night tour begins in Madrid, home to three of the world’s most remarkable museums: the Prado, the Thyssen-Bornemisza and the Reina Sofia. Within their majestic galleries we view masterpieces spanning Hieronymus Bosch’s The Garden of Earthly Delights to Pablo Picasso’s Guernica. We devote one half day to touring the home and studio of Joaquín Sorolla, as well as one day in El Greco’s home town of Toledo — the spiritual heart of medieval Spain. We complete our tour with four full days dedicated to exploring the sophisticated and vibrant Mediterranean port of Barcelona, including the architecture of Antoni Gaudi and museums devoted to Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dali, Joan Miró, Romanesque frescos, Renaissance masterpieces, as well as the remarkable Gothic quarter in the center of town. We include a day trip to Bilbao to tour one of the world’s most spectacular new museums, the gleaming Museo Guggenheim Bilbao, designed by architect Frank Gehry. Your Arte d’Espana Tour includes five nights in Madrid and five nights in Barcelona in centrally located, first-class hotels; buffet breakfasts daily, two dinners and one lunch; day trips to Toledo, Bilbao and Figueres; fully staffed educational program; and all intercity airfare, local travel and museum admissions. International travel not included. TR1101  Book your place with a $500 per person non-refundable deposit online!

In the Steps of Georgia O’Keeffe: Ghost Ranch, Santa Fe & Taos Painting Instructor & Tour Guide: Gary Faigin Sunday, August 21 to Sunday, August 28, 2011 (7 nights) $1,800 / double occupancy/painter  $1,500 / double occupancy/non-painter

$2,200 / single occupancy/painter $1,900 / single occupancy/non-painter

Join us for a spectacular one-week landscape painting workshop and art tour designed for plein-air artists! We also invite non-painters to join us. We spend seven nights based at Ghost Ranch in northern New Mexico, the 24,000-acre wilderness preserve where O’Keeffe painted with La Pedernal, her flat-topped volcano silhouetted in the distance. Our week begins with a day-trip to Santa Fe to tour masterworks in the acclaimed Georgia O’Keeffe and New Mexico Fine Arts museums, filled with light-infused, mystical paintings by O’Keeffe and her contemporaries. We also include a visit to Artisan to pick up any art supplies we may need for our next four days painting the gorgeous multi-colored sandstone cliffs at the ranch. Our final day takes us to Abiquiu to visit O’Keeffe’s winter home/studio, onto Taos to visit the home of socialite Mabel Dodge Luhan, who invited O’Keeffe, DH Laurence and others to join her fascinating art colony, plus the home/studio of her contemporary, Ernest Blumenschein. Evening programs and hikes are also planned.

Georgia O’Keeffe, Deer’s Skull and Pedernal

Your tour includes airport transfers to and from Albuquerque Airport, seven nights at Ghost Ranch with all meals included while at the ranch, day trips to Santa Fe and Abiquiu/Taos; fully staffed educational program and museum admissions. Art supplies, art equipment and travel to New Mexico not included. TR1103  Book your place with a $250 per person non-refundable deposit online!

Register online at www.GageAcademy.org beginning Monday, November 15, 2010.

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Gratis at Gage: Upcoming Exhibitions

Gratis at Gage Upcoming Exhibitions Gage presents rotating free exhibitions of student, instructor and guest artist works in three galleries on the third floor of the school. All galleries are open daily until 6:00pm.

Steele Gallery

Rosen Gallery

Entry Gallery

Below Freezing Nov 19 – Jan 8  (see facing page )

redirect: Gage Teaching Artist Exhibition January 18 – March 11

Workspace: Gage Staff Exhibition January 18 – March 8

Artists’ Reception: Friday, Nov 19, 6:00pm-8:00pm Anna McKee presents new works inspired by a recent trip to Antarctica alongside Cynthia Camlin’s watercolors of icebergs. Both artists respond to the visual patterns found within the glacial landscape while contemplating the region’s past and future.

Queen Bee January 24 – March 11  (see facing page) Artist Performance/Reception: Friday, January 28, 6:00pm-8:00pm Seattle artist Amy Johnson transforms the Steele Gallery into a site-specific installation composed of mixed-media materials and audio. Johnson uses storytelling to compose imagery and create environments that illustrate both the gruesome and the seductive nature of fairy tales. Her work explores the tension between the myths and realities embedded in her Southern heritage and cultural expectations for women.

Breadth: A Cross-Examination of Seattle Portraits March 18 – April 16  (see facing page) Artists’ Reception: Friday, March 18, 6:00pm-8:00pm A panoramic display of portraits lines the Steele Gallery for this large-scale group exhibition. More than 20 local artists create a collective portrait of Seattle by exhibiting works that characterize local people and places. Executed in any medium or style, the only limitation is that the width of each piece cannot exceed 20 inches. Exhibiting artists include Gretchen Bennett, Suzanne Brooker, Buddy Bunting, Geoff Flack, Terry Furchgott, Mandy Greer, Curt Labitzke, Michael Lane, Mark Takamichi Miller, Anne Petty and Francesca Sundsten.

Curt Labitzke, detail 6

Artists’ Reception: Friday, January 28, 6:00pm-8:00pm Gage welcomes the New Year by showcasing the artistic merits of our talented teaching artists. Spanning the mediums of drawing, watercolor, painting, collage and sculpture, this exhibition provides a firsthand view of what inspires our creative instructors when they redirect their attention to their own studios.

Spitting Image: Fifth Annual Portrait Competition March 15 – April 15 Artists’ Reception: Friday, March 18, 6:00pm-8:00pm Gage students and alumni are invited to put their best face forward and submit a self-portrait work in any genre, medium or style. Sam Davidson of Davidson Galleries juries the exhibition to award cash prizes for the three best portraits. Submissions due by Saturday, March 12; see the call for art below for details.

Artists’ Reception: Friday, January 28, 6:00pm-8:00pm As a complement to our teaching artists’ exhibition, this show gives a behind-the-scenes peek at what current Gage staff are creating. Artwork includes prints by Sam Hamrick, paintings by Kathleen Moore and Shane Foreman, paper works by Sharon Arnold, mixed-media pieces by Lauren Klenow and more.

Toward Clarity March 11 – April 15 Artists’ Reception: Friday, March 18, 6:00pm-8:00pm Toward Clarity features paintings on paper from current students and alumni of Tom Hoffmann’s Advanced Watercolor class. These students demonstrate a commitment to watercolor by virtue of the time and focus they to devote to the medium. Each artist’s work has evolved, and continues to develop, as a means of clearly communicating a personal interpretation of their visual experience.

Call for self portraits! Gage Students & Alumni! Submit one self portrait to Spitting Image, any size and medium. Artwork must be ready to hang.

Turn in Dates Thursday, March 10, 9:30am–4:30pm Friday, March 11, 9:30am–4:30pm Saturday, March 12, 1:00pm–4:00pm Cash prizes awarded! Juror: Sam Davidson of Davidson Galleries Contact Lauren@GageAcademy.org Tracy Wise

Kimberly Trowbridge

Register online at www.GageAcademy.org beginning Monday, November 15, 2010.

Lauren Klenow


Gratis at Gage: Gage Lectures

Gage Lectures Each quarter, to contribute to Seattle’s arts discourse, Gage hosts lively lectures with working professional artists and art historians. The public is invited to attend these free events.

In Search of Messages: A Journey Through Ice Landscapes Anna McKee  (see accompanying exhibit on facing page) Friday, November 19  7:00pm  Geo Studio, 3rd Floor  free Anna McKee began an investigation into glacial landscapes to follow a thread in her work concerned with memory in the land. This inquiry led her to draw ice cores in freezers, hike to Northwest glaciers and travel to Antarctica on a National Science Foundation Artist and Writers Program grant to experience the scale of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet and to witness scientists collecting a two-mile ice core, recovering atmosphere more than 150,000 years old. McKee is an emerging artist based in Seattle and has exhibited her work locally and in national juried shows. Her studies include an MA in landscape architecture, plus instruction in drawing and painting at Gage, and numerous workshops in printmaking. She is a recipient of an Antarctic Artists and Writers Program grant from the National Science Foundation, the Artist Trust Grant for Artists Projects, and she is currently represented by Francine Seders Gallery. Anna McKee, detail

Queen Bee Performance Amy Johnson  (see accompanying exhibit on facing page) Friday, January 28  Special Performance at 7:00pm  Geo Studio, 3rd Floor  free Amy Johnson makes a performance debut as the Queen Bee during this one-night event in the Steele Gallery. Johnson interacts with her installation, currently on view, engaging with the objects as if they are a theater set. Inspired by a passage from the Danish fairytale “The Snow Queen” by Hans Christian Andersen, Johnson brings to life subtle details of this familiar story and personifies the relationships between a Queen Bee and her hive. Johnson is a Seattle-based artist whose work ranges in formats from sculpture to installation, printmaking and collage. She received her MFA from the University of Washington ceramics program in 2007. She has been a resident artist at the Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts in Helena, MT, Centrum in Port Townsend, WA, and the Vermont Studio Center in Johnson, VT. Most recently her installation, Wake, was exhibited with MadArt in Cal Anderson Park. She will exhibit two-dimensional works in the Featured Artist exhibit at the SAM Gallery in November 2010 and will also exhibit at the Fetherston Gallery in February 2011. Amy Johnson, detail

Anne Petty: The Figure as Storyteller Anne Petty  (see accompanying exhibit on facing page) Friday, March 18  7:00pm  Geo Studio, 3rd Floor  free Exhibiting artist Anne Petty discusses the narrative relationship between the figure and its surroundings: how the figure interacts with space, environment and the viewer. Petty describes how her work examines the moments between the moments we tend to remember and how these brief instances begin to tell a story that has yet to be formed. As a result, the viewer becomes more of an active participant in the narrative, and not solely an observer. Petty also explores various themes found in her work including searching, loss, voyeurism, aging and the complexities of relationships. Anne Petty, a Gage teaching artist, completed her MFA at the University of Washington and her BFA at Missouri State University. She is a two-time recipient of the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation international grant and exhibits both locally and nationally. Anne Petty

Register online at www.GageAcademy.org beginning Monday, November 15, 2010.

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Gratis at Gage: Professional Development Events

Gratis at Gage Professional Development Events Gage invites emerging artists and art lovers to free seminars to enrich their understanding of the local art scene through engagement with successful art professionals.

ArtTalk Second Thursdays  12:30pm-1:30pm  Geo Studio, 3rd floor  free Gage Artistic Director Gary Faigin interviews artists about their intentions, process and methods.

Feb 10 Tip Toland

Mar 10 Michael Stasinos

Gary Faigin and Vicki Halper, former SAM curator and author of Choosing Craft: The Artist’s Viewpoint team up to talk to Gage teaching artist Tip Toland about her remarkable ceramic figure sculptures. Toland’s work combines impeccable craft with a powerful — and at times disturbing — vision of the human condition. Many use the artist’s own figure as their point of departure, often transformed to the point of being unrecognizable. Toland’s surface treatments are also highly original and always dramatic.

Michael Stasinos paints detailed depictions of the streets of Seattle on location, preferring the immediacy of the urban environment to the comfort of his studio. His panoramic views of Capitol Hill record the lives of the inhabitants through the things they create and leave behind, capturing a moment in time in the spirit of contemporary realists like Antonio López Garcia or Rackstraw Downes. Faigin talks to Stasinos about his working methods, choice of subject matter and his devotion to working en plein air.

Artist’s Tool Kit

Tip Toland, detail

Michael Stasinos, detail

Fourth Thursdays  12:30pm-1:30pm  Geo Studio, 3rd floor  free Professionals present lively lunchtime conversations about the ways of the “real world” of art.

Jan 27 The Gallery– Artist Relationship

Feb 24 showing in Alternative Spaces

Mar 24 succeeding with Public Art Commissions

Gail Gibson, G. Gibson Gallery

Gage staff/artists Sharon Arnold and Lauren Klenow lead a panel discussion on how artists can move outside the gallery to gain exposure for their work. Invited guests include Todd Jannausch of Gallery 40, Klara Glosova of NEPO House and members of the local artist collective TARL.

Katy Stone, artist

Gibson discusses what it takes to get noticed by art dealers and the expectations between gallery owners and professional artists. G. Gibson Gallery is located in Pioneer Square and exhibits contemporary painting, sculpture and installations, works on paper, and continues an emphasis on mid-20th century and contemporary fine art photography.

Gallery 40, a mobile gallery that has traveled to various artwalks, was created by Todd Jannausch with the concept that “the space has legitimacy because of the artwork in it, and not that the artwork has legitimacy because of the space it is in.” This project was made possible through grant assistance by 4Culture. NEPO House is an experimental project space/ gallery in Klara Glosova’s house on Beacon Hill. It is an event-based venue designed to create new connections among artists and the community and provides space for experimental and collaborative works.

Stone tells of her experiences with public art commissions from the first step of writing a proposal through the completion and installation of the final piece. Katy Stone is a local artist whose work combines painting, sculpture and installation. Represented locally by Greg Kucera, Stone has completed commissions for King County Libraries, King County Correctional Facility, Swedish Medical Center, the Horizon House in Seattle and at Twin Parks in Taichung, Taiwan. In 2011, she will complete her first commission for the U.S. government’s GSA Art in Architecture program at a Federal Courthouse in Jackson, MS.

courtesy G. Gibson Gallery

TARL is a multi-location artist collective established in 2009. A collaboration between artists and curators, TARL facilitates exhibitions and discussion among emerging and established artists.

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Gallery 40

Register online at www.GageAcademy.org beginning Monday, November 15, 2010.

Katy Stone, detail


Weekend Workshops Adult programs: Weekend Workshops

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eekend workshops at Gage, taught by respected professional artists, offer you the opportunity to explore new media and subject matter, return to a personal art practice or upgrade your artistic skills.

Terry Furchgott, detail

Tom Hoffmann

Hamid Zavareei, detail

Figure Sketching with Ink Wash and Charcoal Terry Furchgott Fri-Sun  9:30am-4:30pm  12/10-12/12  [3 days]

Introduction to Botanical Watercolor Kathleen McKeehen Sat-Sun  1/15-1/16  9:30am-4:30pm  [2 days]

Mixed-Media Painting Hamid Zavareei Sat-Sun  1/15-1/16  9:30am-4:30pm  [2 days]

See the website for a full program description.

Learn the basic techniques for the dry-brush watercolor method often used in botanical watercolor: flat and graded washes and drybrush. On the second day, apply the methods to a simple botanical subject. Beginners are welcome, as are intermediate and advanced students who would like to learn dry-brush technique and apply it to botanical forms.

WW1030 INT/ADV LEVELS  $325

Controlling Wetness in Watercolor Tom Hoffmann Sat-Sun  9:30am-4:30pm  1/8-1/9  [2 days] By keeping a few significant questions in mind as your painting develops, you gain the confidence to be in charge of the flow of your washes and strokes. The approach you practice helps you give as much control as possible back to the paint and paper. By increasing your awareness of the relationship between the wetness of the paper and the brush, you put the paint down with greater confidence and eliminate the need to make corrections. Weather permitting, you spend some of your time outdoors, painting from life.

WW1103  All Levels  $195

Expand your understanding of the face from drawing the illusions of three dimensions to actually modeling the features in clay. You learn to build a measuring eye and improve your drawing techniques for rendering foreshortening. No sculpting experience needed! WW1106  All Levels  $250 (price includes clay)

Crash Course in Composition Anne Lewis Saturday  9:30am-4:30pm  3/19  [1 day]

Expressive Woodblock Printmaking Angielena Chamberlain Sat-Sun  9:30am-4:30pm  1/8-1/9  [2 days]

WW1102  All Levels  $195

WW1104 All Levels $195

Draw and Sculpt the Face Suzanne Brooker Sat-Sun  2/26-2/27  9:30am-4:30pm  [2 days]

WW1101 Int/Adv Levels  $195

Over the weekend, explore different techniques for creating an original woodblock print. This ancient form of graphic art stems back to eighth century Buddhist monks in China and Japan and proceeds forward into our modern era with the Brücke (the bridge) German expressionist movement. You experiment with approaches specifically from the German expressionist period, and discover different styles and techniques to create dynamic prints that engage viewers.

Learn how to incorporate unconventional materials into your art-making process. Experiment with application and inclusion of mastics, wire mesh, acrylic gels, wood, metal, adhesives and more as you explore new tools and techniques such as drip painting and gestural painting in your work. $25 partial materials fee payable to instructor.

Anne Lewis

Essential Brush Techniques Suzanne Brooker Sat-Mon  1/15-1/17  9:30am-4:30pm  [3 days] Brushwork is the signature of an artist. Learn how to evelop the skills for interpreting volume, space, movement and texture through brush handling. A close examination of mediums will help you control the viscosity of paint to achieve different painterly effects on a variety of surfaces.

Artists are constantly making decisions: both the conscious and unconscious minds play roles in these decisions. Believing that experience nourishes intuition, this crash course is a “lab” designed to exercise and build compositional skills. The immediacy of collage lends itself well to fast and informative projects, however, you may work in any medium of your choice. WW1107  All Levels  $95

WW1105  All Levels  $295

Register online at www.GageAcademy.org beginning Monday, November 15, 2010.

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Weeklong Workshops

Enroll in two weeklong winter /spring workshops, and receive $100 off your combined tuition.

Adult Programs: Weeklong Workshops

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age weeklong workshops allow artists to devote five or more days to intensive training. Gage invites serious students to study with a nationally respected artistinstructor while devoting a concentrated period of time to the practice of making art. Art students from across the United States attend intensive workshops at Gage.

Just enter workshop in the Office Code field and hit Apply Code when registering online! winter

Juliette Aristides

John Morra, detail

Leonid Gervits

Classical Figure Painting Juliette Aristides Mon-Fri  9:30am-4:30pm 1/3-1/7  [5 days]

Still-Life Painting John Morra Mon-Fri  9:30am-4:30pm 1/3-1/14  [10 days]

Portrait Drawing Leonid Gervits Mon-Fri  9:30am-4:30pm 1/3-1/7  [5 days]

“I liked . . . Juliette’s calm, excellent teaching approach and her comments regarding the techniques, her passion and humility for drawing and what she does, also her personal comments/ critiques of our work and her demonstrations. I liked getting to know some of the other students and the chance to talk art and seeing and comparing their results.”

“ . . . the artist consistently achieves a synthesis with traditional realism that makes his canvases deeply satisfying, if not surprising, on a purely aesthetic level.”

“My strict academic training . . . brings students to the higher ideals of art, providing them with ways of fully appreciating and participating in a tradition spanning thousands of years that celebrates harmony, refinement and the human form as the eternal ideal of beauty.”

— Chris Bronstad, workshop student

Build your artistic vocabulary as you work sequentially to complete one finished figure painting under the tutelage of Aristides, instructor of the Classical Atelier at Gage. You develop a preliminary drawing to ensure accuracy and likeness, crate a monochromatic study to analyze shape, tone and composition and transfer your drawing to canvas or panel as you execute your painting in full color. Lectures and individual instruction aid your artistic progress. WA1101  Int/Adv  $625

— Karen L. Mulder, American Arts Quarterly

A leading figure in contemporary American realism, Morra brings his love of still-life painting and teaching to this intense program. While you complete one multi-layered 10-day painting, your daily one-hour alla prima color studies teach you to work simply, rapidly and accurately. For your longer painting, you create a preliminary drawing on paper, transfer it to the canvas, underpaint in monochrome and, finally, apply full color in layers. Morra discusses glazing and scumbling as amendments to opaque painting, and presents daily demonstrations and art history lectures as a reference for your work. WA1102  Int/Adv  $1100

— Leonid Gervits, Classical Life Drawing Studio

In this intensive, weeklong workshop, Gervits, trained at the Repin Institute in St. Petersburg, teaches the artistic principles essential to successful portrait drawing through direct observation of the skull and face. Learn to master individual problem-solving skills by examining the function of light on form while you work with various drawing media. You draw from different portrait models and different points of view throughout the week, as you increase your confidence and skill at drawing the portrait. WA1103  Int/Adv  $625

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spring

Paul DuSold, detail

WA1104  Int/Adv  $625

Still-Life Painting Paul DuSold Mon-Fri  9:30am-4:30pm  3/28-4/1  [5 days]

Introduction to Egg Tempera Fred Wessel Mon-Fri  9:30am-4:30pm  3/28-4/1  [5 days]

Leonid Gervits, detail

Portrait Painting Leonid Gervits Mon-Fri  9:30am-4:30pm 1/10-1/14  [5 days]

“Portraiture has always been one of Leonid’s favorite genres. His portraits have been painted with the same painstaking method that required from Repin and Serov all their skill in order to present a true-to-life form as well as the psychological characteristics of the originals.” — Irene Thyssen, Leonid Gervits monograph

Learn the art of painting compelling portraits from Russian-trained Gervits as he hones your skills in translating both the emotional interpretation and physical likeness of your model. You complete two oil paintings during the week, one using a direct method of painting and one using an indirect multi-glazed method. Color, composition, and capturing the emotional depth of your model are emphasized as you work from a strong underpainting with opaque color and transparent glazes.

Read more in-depth workshop descriptions at www.GageAcademy.org/adult.

Egg tempera is a luminescent, jewel-like medium applied in overlapping, cross-hatched strokes in translucent layers, or as an opaque paint. Painting a simple form or object on a graded background, Wessel teaches you the techniques of egg tempera painting as it was practiced in 15th-century Italy. Many of these “methods of the masters” can also be adapted for use in oil, watercolor and acrylic paintings. WA1105  All Levels  $600

The Portrait in Egg Tempera Fred Wessel Mon-Fri  9:30am-4:30pm  4/4-4/8  [5 days] Investigate the techniques used in 14th- and 15th-century Italy while you copy a luminous Renaissance portrait using the techniques of masters such as Giotto, Botticelli and Mantegna. You learn to develop complex warm and cool flesh tones by starting with a green under painting in the skin areas then develop the full range of flesh tones by glazing the under painting with thin layers of warmer colors. WA1107 Int/Adv  $625

Fred Wessel, detail

Adult Programs: Weeklong Workshops

Fred Wessel, detail

Begin your paintings considering a sensitive and conscious choice of subject matter including arrangement and composition in relation to your light source — deciding what kind of light to use and how your choices create your individual aesthetic identity. Issues of form in space, tonality and color effect, as well as stilllife setups (such as intervals between objects and pictorial tensions created by object placement) are also discussed. WA1106  All Levels  $600

Figure Painting Paul DuSold Mon-Fri  9:30am-4:30pm  4/4-4/8  [5 days] Through detailed demonstrations and exercises, learn to confidently paint the forms of the figure as a sensitive series of color passages. During this weeklong workshop, you create two distinctly different figure paintings beginning with unique grounds and palettes in order to understand color in terms of value and temperature, and how to describe the continuity of the figure’s light mass and the changes in its hue. WA1108  All Levels  $625

Paul DuSold, detail Register online at www.GageAcademy.org beginning Monday, November 15, 2010.

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Gage Foundation Programs

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About Gage: Gage Curriculum

ll of the classes and workshops at Gage are open enrollment, meaning you can choose for yourself what to take based on your own interests and considerations. The Foundation Drawing and Painting Programs, however, were developed as a means to help students answer the question “what class should I take next?” These programs are designed with the structure of academic training in mind: building skills through an accumulating series of classes that offer both a breadth and depth of study. We believe a “foundation” in art is critical to a student’s success in achieving a solid understanding of core concepts for their own studio practice. Foundation Drawing Program see pages 14–17, 22 Fall

Foundation Drawing I* Foundation Figure Drawing I* Perspective Drawing Principles of Perspective Drawing lectures Winter

Foundation Drawing II* Foundation Figure Drawing II* Design Concepts for Artists Anatomy for the Artist lectures Spring

Aesthetics of Drawing Foundation Figure Drawing III Figure Drawing in Interiors Portrait Drawing Figure Sculpting Drawing the Features of the Head lectures Foundation Painting Program see pages 14, 18–22 Fall

Foundation Still-Life Painting I* Foundation Figure Painting: Color into Value* Color for Painters Winter

Foundation Still-Life Painting II* Contemporary Portrait Painting * Design Concepts for Artists (or elective) Spring

Foundation Still-Life Painting III + elective Foundation Figure Painting: Figure in Context + elective Portrait Painting Portrait Sculpting *class meets twice a week

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A still-life painting studio at Gage.

Gage Foundation Certificates While everyone is free to take classes noted as Foundation, formal enrollment in the Foundation Drawing and Painting Certificate Programs allows you the opportunity to earn a Foundation Certificate and offers distinct advantages to taking Foundation courses a la carte. The certificate benefits include quarterly guidance with our curriculum advisor, a certificate of completion and a solo show in the Entry Gallery at Gage. The cost for enrollment is $250 and you have five years to complete the full curriculum. The Foundation Drawing Program does not require a portfolio, however, enrollment into the Foundation Painting Program requires the completion of the Foundation Drawing Program or a portfolio review with our curriculum advisor. More about gage programs Drawing, painting and sculpting from observation form the cornerstones of Gage classes, which are open to artists of all ages and skill levels. With a focus on the humanist tradition, Gage presents the broadest range of figurative studies in the Northwest for artists of all ages and skill levels. For students seeking continuing education, Gage offers 10-week classes throughout the academic year (and two five-week summer sessions), as well as weekend and weeklong workshops, lecture series and open and reserved studio sessions.

Register online at www.GageAcademy.org beginning Monday, November 15, 2010.

What’s my skill level? Beginning: You have limited or no experience with the drawing, painting or sculpting practice and media. Intermediate: You understand the principles of rendering light, shade and value and can draw any object, including the figure, with reasonable proficiency; paint with an understanding of media application and use of color to describe form and space; sculpt with an understanding of structure, form and rhythm as well as basic techniques and tools. Advanced: You exhibit a technical mastery of drawing, painting or sculpting, and are beginning to focus on the “why” in addition to the “how.”

Foundation & Modernism Students Get Together All students enrolled in Gage Foundation & Modernism Programs (p.18) and their instructors are invited to a quarterly get together to sip, nosh, network and ask questions. Join us at the soirée on Friday, March 18 from 5:30pm to 6:30pm at Gage.

Want to learn more about studying at gage? Call 206.323.GAGE (4243) to arrange a 30-minute interview. If you have artwork to show, please bring it!


Open Studios

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DROP-IN FIGURE STUDIOS No instructor

RESERVED FIGURE STUDIOS No instructor

PRIVATE MENTORING PROGRAM Instructor Assigned Individually

In the tradition of all professional art schools, Gage offers drop-in figure studios every day of the week. Artists from Gage and the community work independently from the model on a drop-in basis, gaining hands-on practice in drawing, painting or sculpting the figure. In Artist’s Choice sessions, the pose is set by a Gage instructor or guest artist who works alongside studio artists for the duration of the pose.

In the Reserved Figure Studios, a group of dedicated artists works from one figure pose throughout the 10-week quarter, with the pose set on the first night. Artists must register before the quarter begins to guarantee an easel space.

Connect with a Gage mentor for guidance on your creative journey. Depending on your skill level, mentors give private art lessons or assess your work, make suggestions for further study and development and help develop a road map for your future study. To enroll, call Gage to help you determine the best match for your mentoring needs.

See calendar below for the schedule. ST1101 First visit free $12 (drop-in) / $45 (5-session pass) $140 (20-session pass)

See calendar below for the schedule. ST1102

(Mon morn) $130 Dwg/Ptg [9 wks]

ST1103 (Mon eve) ST1104 (Thurs) ST1105 (Fri) ST1106 (Sun)

$130 Dwg/Ptg [9 wks] $145 ($170 includes clay) Sculpting $145 Dwg/Ptg $130 ($155 includes clay) Sculpting [9 wks]

adult programs: Open Studios

pen, Reserved and Mentored Studios provide opportunities for Gage students and artists in the community to work independently from the model or on personal projects under the mentorship of a Gage instructor.

MS1101   Mentoring by a Gage Instructor: 3 hours  $225

($175 if enrolled in a concurrent Gage program)

MS1102  Mentoring by a Gage Graduate:  8 hours  $250

Drop-in and Reserved Studios Winter Break Schedule | Nov. 29 – Dec. 12 & Jan. 13 – 16  NEW!

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

9:30am - 12:30pm 9:30am - 12:30pm 4-week Pose short Poses 11/29 - 12/6 11/30 - 12/7 1/3 - 1/10 1/4 - 1/11

Friday Saturday Sunday 9:30am - 12:30pm 9:30am - 12:30pm Long Pose short Poses 12/3 - 12/10 12/11 ONLY 1/7 - 1/14 1/8 - 1/15

Morning

1:30pm - 4:30pm Long Pose 11/29 - 12/6 1/3 - 1/10

1:30pm - 4:30pm Long Pose 12/1 - 12/8 1/5 - 1/12

1:30pm - 4:30pm short Poses 12/2 - 12/9 1/6 - 1/13

1:30pm - 4:30pm Long Pose 12/5 - 12/12 1/9 - 1/16

Afternoon

Winter Quarter Schedule | Jan. 18 – Mar. 27

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday Saturday Sunday

9:30am - 12:30pm

9:30am - 12:30pm 9:30am - 12:30pm Reserved Studio short Poses long pose Dwg • Ptg / ST1102 1/19 - 3/23 1/20 - 3/24 1/24 - 3/21

9:30am - 12:30pm short Poses 1/22 - 3/26

10:00am - 1:00pm Reserved Studio Sculpting / ST1106 Morning 1/30 - 3/27  [9 wks]

[Studio w/ S1101 & S1106]

1:30pm - 4:30pm 1:30pm - 4:30pm 1:30pm - 4:30pm Artist’s Choice long pose Long Pose 1/24 - 3/21 1/21 - 3/25 1/23 - 3/27 6:30pm - 9:30pm 6:30pm - 9:30pm 6:30pm - 9:30pm 6:30pm - 9:30pm Reserved Studio short Poses Reserved Studio Reserved Studio Dwg • Ptg / ST1103 1/18 - 3/22 Sculpting / ST1104 Dwg • Ptg / ST1105 1/24 - 3/21 1/20 - 3/24 1/21 - 3/25 [Studio w/ S1104]

Afternoon

Evening

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adult programs: Evening Lecture Series

Evening Lecture Series

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ffordable and stimulating, the Gage Evening Lecture Series invites art students and the general public to become better acquainted with artistic techniques and art history. Register for an entire series or “drop in” for a particular lecture that interests you.

Kenneth Rosen Lectures

Contemporary Art Lectures

Anatomy for the Artist Matt Buckner Tuesday  7:00pm-8:30pm  1/25-2/22

German Painting Between the Wars Richard V. West Wednesday  7:00pm-8:30pm  2/2-2/23

Buckner provides a clear introduction to human anatomy from the point of view of the artist. Major elements of the body are analyzed in terms of bone, muscle and simplified “mass conceptions” that allow for more accurate drawing and aid in figure invention. Canons of proportion are also discussed.

West leads this thought-provoking investigation of post World War I painting in Germany. He starts with the unraveling of Expressionism in the aftermath of WWI, then explores the impact of Dada and Surrealism, the rise of a new realism (Neue Sachlichkeit), the art of the Bauhaus, and the fate of German painting in the early years of the Third Reich. The lectures examine the artwork of such artists as Max Beckmann, Lyonel Feininger, George Grosz, Otto Dix, Paul Klee, Wassily Kandinsky, Oskar Schlemmer and John Heartfield.

Anatomy for the Artist is part of an ongoing series of technical lectures for artists, preceded by Principles of Perspective Drawing (fall) and followed by Drawing the Head (spring). The lectures can be taken sequentially as a series, or independently of each other. For the related studio class, see Artistic Anatomy on page 16. Jan 25

Armature and Elements of the Trunk

Feb 1

The Neck and Head

Feb 8

The Legs

Feb 15

The Shoulder Girdle and Arms

Feb 22

The Hands and Feet

Feb 2

Unraveling of Expressionism

Feb 9 Impact of Dada and Surrealism Feb 16 Rise of a New Realism (Neue Sachlichkeit) Feb 23 Painting in the Early Years of the Third Reich All Levels/Public Welcome L1102  $45 for series/$14 at door Matt Buckner

Courtesy ARTstor.org

ALL LEVELS/PUBLIC WELCOME L1101  $60 for series/$14 at door

Richard V. West is an art historian, curator, author and director emeritus of the Frye Art Museum.

Gage evening lecture series are held in the Alhadeff Studio. 14

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Otto Dix, Dr. Mayer-Hermann


Drawing Classes

Beginning

Portrait Drawing:   D The Half Figure Suzanne Brooker Monday  9:30am-12:30pm  1/24-3/21 [9 wks]

Romance of the Line: Gericault, Daumier, Ingres  Margaret Davidson

Extend your portrait drawing skills to include the expressive qualities of the arms and hands in a series of studies done from the model and photographs. Brooker presents a step-by-step approach, which combines anatomical understanding and techniques in rendering form.

One of the most fundamental aspects of drawing is the line. Done well, line does everything, from depicting form to showing us every human emotion. This variety can be seen in the very different ways these three masters draw: Gericault’s line is all eager, juicy speed, Daumier’s is cynical and sarcastic, while Ingres’s line is intent on succinct precision. In this class you study these three artists, how and why they romanced the line, and, ultimately, you learn to adapt their methods to your own line drawings.

D1101  All Levels  $405

Beginning Figure Drawing Michael Magrath Monday  6:30pm-9:30pm  1/24-3/21 [9 wks] Anne Petty Friday  9:30am-12:30pm  1/21-3/25 Gain technical mastery and intuitive understanding of the human form. Working from quick gesture drawings up to longer, more considered poses and drawings, you learn to incorporate proportion and anatomy, the use of light and shade in the depiction of volume and the use of line and tone to describe planar changes in the body. D1102  Beginning  $405 (Magrath) D1108  Beginning  $450 (Petty)

Tuesday  1:30pm-4:30pm  1/18-3/22

D1103  All Levels  $420

Demystify Drawing Claudia Fitch Wednesday  9:30am-12:30pm  1/19-3/23 Learn line, texture, shape and tone as Fitch guides you through a carefully sequenced, step-by-step process of learning to “see” your subject. Using a rich variety of subjects, processes and material techniques, discover your own unique way of perceiving and expressing the world around you. D1104  All Levels  $420

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Claudia Fitch, detail

Adult programs: Drawing Classes

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hen working from observation, drawing provides the structural foundation for your unique translation of the physical world into a two-dimensional image. At Gage, where enrollment is open to artists of all levels, we offer a wide variety of drawing programs in order for artists to advance technically and aesthetically. Drawing classes run for 10-week sessions with most classes meeting once a week for three hours. In addition, Gage offers a Drawing Foundation Program which provides an academic progression of artistic training. Learn more about Gage Foundation Programs on page 12 and look for the D in our class listings. Please Note: Most Gage classes require out of studio homework.

Perspective Drawing  D Michael Lane Wednesday  6:30pm-9:30pm  1/19-3/23 Explore methods for creating pictorial space using perspective. Drawing from the imagination, memory and observation, learn to use aerial as well as one-, two- and three-point perspective to develop strong compositions. Drawing, discussions and critiques are part of each session. Some drawing experience is recommended, but not required. D1105  All Levels  $420

Drawing Nature   NEW! in the Landscape Suzanne Brooker Thursday  9:30am-12:30pm  1/20-3/24 From graphite studies to gestural sketches in chalk and charcoal media, learn how to interpret the landscape from photographic sources using a variety of drawing techniques. Gain an understanding of form, texture and perspective as you explore the details of the landscape. D1106  All Levels  $420

Pen and Ink Drawing Margaret Davidson Thursday  1:30pm-4:30pm  1/20-3/24 Work with a variety of pens and inks, including pens you construct yourself from bamboo and forsythia. You learn hatching, stipple, line, brushwork and even unusual techniques like eye lashing, as you work from actual still-life set ups and from master copies. Emphasis is placed on developing direct pen and ink drawing skills with no preliminary pencil underdrawing. Intermediate and advanced students welcome. D1107  All Levels  $420

Margaret Davidson, detail Register online at www.GageAcademy.org beginning Monday, November 15, 2010.

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Adult Programs: Drawing Classes

Drawing Classes (continued) Cast Drawing Susan Bari Price Friday  9:30am-12:30pm  1/21-3/25

Drawing Glassware and Reflective Surfaces Margaret Davidson

Foundation Figure Drawing II D Geoff Flack Tues/Thurs  1:30pm-4:30pm  1/18-3/24

Learning to draw from casts allows for the study of line and mass without the complication of color. Focus on the block-in, the foundation of the classical drawing process, and progress to values and modeling, then finish. In addition to building skills in accuracy through cast work, you practice expressive skills through various gesture drawings.

Saturday  2:00pm-5:00pm  1/22-3/26

Working in a variety of drawing media, you continue to build a foundation of skills and methods for creating accurate, emotive renderings of the human figure. You learn concrete techniques for conveying form, contour, structure and volume. Anatomy and proportion are stressed throughout, while class discussions and critiques add context and breadth to your new skills.

D1109  All Levels  $420

Design Concepts for Artists D Olivia Britt Friday  9:30am-12:30pm  1/21-3/25

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Discover how even the smallest mark or color on a two-dimensional surface impacts the relationships that form your compositions. You complete a series of projects that incrementally introduce you to the language of design. Problem solve as you explore design elements such as line, shape, color, texture, form and value. D1110  All Levels  $420

Drawing for Beginners Mitchell Albala Friday  1:30pm-4:30pm  1/21-3/25 In this introductory fundamentals class, exercises expose you to key concepts and artistic principles to accurately render line, shape, proportion and negative space while working from the still life and the human figure. You explore various drawing media, including charcoal and graphite, as you progress from simple lines toward a nuanced understanding of tonal description. D1111  Beginning  $420

Olivia Britt, detail 16

Shiny, reflective objects look wonderful in still-life compositions, but are tricky to draw. Glassware is transparent; reflective surfaces are visually confusing — what do you do? In this class you learn the specific drawing techniques used to show transparency (glassware), straight reflection (mirrors) and distorted reflection (polished metal), while maintaining the shapes and forms of the objects themselves. At first you explore these three challenges separately and then start putting them together — for example, glassware reflected in mirrors and metal bowls seen through glass. D1112  All Levels  $420 intermediate

Abstract Drawing Julia Ricketts Monday  1:30pm-4:30pm  1/24-3/21 [9 wks] Discover how artists create convincing abstract forms, and explore methods for developing a new personal vocabulary of form and shape. Working from small life subjects, you take known objects on a journey of transformation to discover their potential as abstract elements. Use drawing materials and collage to create unique forms and place them in compositions.

D1115 Intermediate  $690

Foundation Drawing II  D Terry Furchgott Tues & 9:30am-12:30pm  1/18-3/24 Thurs  9:00am-Noon  Margaret Davidson Tues/Thurs  6:30pm-9:30pm  1/18-3/24 Continue to improve your ability to draw accurately and to render volumetric forms through the clear application of relative tones of light and shadow. You complete complex still-life compositions, drapery and nature studies, increasing your skill at handling value, texture, pattern and perspective. Furchgott’s class includes substantial work with the figure. This course is followed by Aesthetics of Drawing (Davidson) and Figure Drawing in Interiors (Furchgott) in the spring. Open to students with basic drawing skills.

D1113 Intermediate  $395

D1116 Intermediate  $690 (Furchgott) D1117 Intermediate  $650 (Davidson)

Artistic Anatomy: Anthropology and Anatomy Matt Buckner Mon/Wed  1:30pm-4:30pm  1/19-3/23

Intermediate Figure Drawing Michael Lane Tuesday  6:30pm-9:30pm  1/18-3/22

This special topics course covers the form and function of human structures with respect to those of various animals, and the creation of dimensional studies of the head, hands and feet. Other topics include gender, growth and age. Provides fundamental background for most life drawing courses, as well as portrait sculpture. D1114 Intermediate  $670

Create credible figures from observation as you draw from the model, starting with short gesture poses and working your way up to longer poses. You study anatomy, proportion, volume and form, and solutions to common figure drawing challenges such as foreshortening, facial expression and placing the figure in an environment. Class time includes lectures, demonstrations and group critiques.

Mitchell Albala, detail

Geoff Flack, detail

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D1118 Intermediate  $450


Draw in charcoal and ink from a model and then draw yourself as you more thoroughly explore the world of “the portrait.” Portrait drawings convey the character and personality of the sitter through the use of line, compositional design, texture and the pose (body posture). Investigate the basic structure of the head and facial features, proportion, contour and expressive line, aiming always to communicate the unique qualities and spirit of the sitter. D1119 Intermediate  $450

Computer Tablet Drawing Jason Wei-Che Juan Thursday  6:30pm-9:30pm  1/20-3/24 Life drawing with a computer tablet offers you a new medium to explore different ways to express the human figure. The tablet is especially advantageous for shorter poses since there is little prep time and no cleanup. After becoming familiar with the tablet and painting software, you are free to focus your concentration on drawing and painting. Learn to use this unique tool to refresh the way you approach your studio practice. A limited number of WACOM tablets are available for rental for $50/quarter. D1121 Intermediate  $450

Mixed-Media Figure Drawing: Texture, Color, Line Barbara Fugate Wednesday  6:30pm-9:30pm  1/19-3/23

5-Week All-Day Figure and Portrait Drawing Joseph Lesser Saturday  9:30am-4:30pm  1/22-2/19

Using a multitude of media including soft pastel, charcoal and colored ink wash, you compose dynamic figure drawings from the model that utilize bold textures, vivid color and energetic line. You make extended studies allowing time to layer materials and create a visual balance between contrasts. You also make quick gesture studies based on basic art principles of line, space and volume.

Using the drawing medium of your choice (charcoal or pencil), refine your shape and value skills while working from the model. Achieve more accurate shapes, increase your understanding of the surface anatomy of the figure and head, and study the way light falls on three-dimensional forms. Morning demonstrations and work focuses on the figure, while the afternoons are devoted to the portrait.

D1120 Intermediate  $450

D1122 Intermediate  $450

Gage Programs D Foundation Drawing P Foundation Painting

Barbara Fugate, detail

More info on p. 12 & p. 18

Modernism Series

Jason Wei-Che Juan (computer generated)

Adult Programs: Drawing Classes

Portrait and Self-Portrait Drawing Barbara Fugate Wednesday  1:30pm-4:30pm  1/19-3/23

Intermediate Color Theory: Color Harmony Basics Margaret Davidson Saturday  10:00am-1:00pm  1/22-3/26 Explore how to compose with color (where to put what color for what effect), which is the essence of color harmony. Using historic artists such as Titian, Johannes Vermeer and Henri Matisse, and contemporary artist Janet Fish, as your guide, you learn how to map out how they composed with color and apply that information to your own art. Work with traditional triadic, complementary and splitcomplementary systems, along with more modern variations. You compose in colored pencils, but your color learning applies to your future studies in paint as well. Prerequisite: Beginning Color Theory or equivalent. D1123 Intermediate  $420 Advanced

Advanced Figure Drawing Michael Lane Thursday  6:30pm-9:30pm  1/20-3/24 Apply techniques learned in your intermediate figure drawing classes to develop your work into more sophisticated renderings. Opportunities to explore life drawing are available, with several classes dedicated to a single pose. Throughout, you learn to develop patience as you bring your drawings to a higher level of resolution and artistic refinement. D1124  Advanced  $450

Classes begin the week of January 17 — programs do sell out, so enroll online early to ensure your place!

Joseph Lesser, detail

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Painting Classes

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Adult Programs: Painting Classes

ainting describes both a process and a product and ultimately demonstrates the technical, expressive and conceptual abilities of the artist. At Gage, we train artists from the “ground” up — beginning with traditional programs like color theory and grisaille painting — advancing to professional-level classes based on conceptual and abstract theories. During the academic year, our painting courses run for 10-week sessions with most classes meeting once a week for three hours. In addition, Gage offers a Painting Foundation Program, which provides an academic progression of artistic training. Learn more about Gage Foundation Programs on page 8 and look for the P in our class listings. Please Note: Most Gage classes require out of studio homework.

Beginning

NEW! MODERNISM SERIES

Beginning Still-Life Painting Anne Petty Monday  9:30am-12:30pm  1/24-3/21 [9 wks]

Modernism is always contemporary, individual and relevant to the here and now. To be a modernist is to be aware of the great art of the past, conscious of the present and open to new ideas and aesthetics while exploring new ways of best expressing a personal vision. Charles Emerson, Margaret Davidson and Barbara Fugate, three long-standing Gage instructors, have built a two-year Modernism Series curriculum covering the development of Modernism from the old masters up to present day. Each instructor will teach one class per quarter through Spring 2012. Look for the  in our class listings, and visit www.GageAcademy.org/adult for a full schedule.

This quarter features: Romance of the Line: Gericault, Daumier, Ingres Margaret Davidson Impressionist Figure Painting: The Brushstroke is the Thing Barbara Fugate

Using a step-by-step process you learn the fundamentals of oil painting while exploring the still-life genre. In order to promote artistic confidence, you learn to consider value, warm and cool relationships, and color as well as methods for self-correction and problem solving. Throughout the course, you participate in discussion on tools, materials, methods and techniques.

Paint the beautiful and subdued winter landscape through a series of studies that examine how to mass strong areas of value contrast, how to compose positive/negative shapes and color strategies for modulating color temperature in tints of complements. P1103  All Levels  $420 (Tues) P1110  All Levels  $420 (Wed)

Contemporary Portrait Painting  P Kimberly Trowbridge Tuesday  9:30am-12:30pm  1/18-3/22 Learn to create a dynamic, contemporary portrait in oil as you capture the features of your model. Working from short to long poses, you study color-mixing strategies and application techniques for creating lively skin tones and animated expressions.

P1101  All Levels  $395

P1104  All Levels  $450

Beginning Abstract Painting Julia Ricketts Monday  6:30pm-9:30pm  1/24-3/21 [9 wks]

Figure Painting in Oil

How do abstract painters create their compositions? Investigate the language of abstraction through strategies and methods used by 20th- and 21st-century artists to create nonrepresentational art. Working in drawing materials as well as oil or acrylic paint, you complete a series of exercises addressing the creation and definition of new forms and structures for creative visual expression.

Anne Petty Wednesday  9:30am-12:30pm  1/19-3/23

P1102  All Levels  $395

Impressionist Landscapes from Turner through Monet Charles Emerson

Landscape Oil Painting:   NEW! Mountains and Snow Suzanne Brooker Tuesday  9:30am-12:30pm  1/18-3/22 Wednesday  6:30pm-9:30pm  1/19-3/23

Kimberly Trowbridge Tuesday  1:30pm-4:30pm  1/18-3/22

Learn to create a dynamic figure painting in oil from the live model. Starting with a limited palette, you learn how to block-in value and temperature shapes that comprise the figure and surrounding environment. Explore practical color-mixing strategies and work up to a final painting with an extended palette, emphasising composition and accurate figure proportions.

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P1105  All Levels  $450 (Trowbridge) P1107  All Levels  $450 (Petty)

Joseph Mallord William Turner, detail 18

Suzanne Brooker, detail

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Terry Furchgott, detail


Expressive Woodblock Printmaking  NEW! Angielena Chamberlain Thursday  9:30am-12:30pm  1/20-3/24

Botanical Watercolor: Painting the Winter Wonderland Kathleen McKeehen Friday  1:30pm-4:30pm  1/21-3/25

Working from models and classical casts, you complete drawings, color studies and one finished portrait as you learn to capture the accurate proportions and three-dimensional structure of the head and face. Master the basics of acrylic technique, brushwork and color mixing in order to create lively yet precise images full of bold color and dramatic light and shadow. $15 materials fee payable to instructor.

Explore different techniques for creating an original woodblock print in this new class. This ancient form of graphic art stems back to eighth century Buddhist monks in the areas of China and Japan and proceeds forward into our modern era with the Brucke (the bridge) German expressionist movement. You experiment with different approaches from these periods, and discover different styles and approaches to woodblock in order to create woodblock prints that engage viewers.

Winter offers numerous botanical possibilities that are sturdier and longer lasting than the fragile flowers of spring and summer, and it’s an excellent time to focus on more extended projects. Classic winter icons such as conifers and their cones, and the cheery holly/berry combos of holiday cards make excellent and challenging subjects for the botanical watercolorist. Brush up on your wash and dry-brush techniques, and learn to deal effectively with complex structures like pine and fir cones, the slender needles of those trees, and the gloss of holly leaves and berries.

P1106  All Levels  $450

Portrait Painting in Oils: P NEW! Hair and Clothing Suzanne Brooker Wednesday  9:30am-12:30pm  1/19-3/23 Focus on building brush-handling skills and techniques for rendering the specific textures of hair and clothing as you complete a series of paintings from photographs and the model. From curly hair to dreads, sweaters to blue jeans, learn how to create interesting textures that animate your portrait. P1108  All Levels  $450

Beginning Watercolor Tom Hoffmann Wednesday  1:30pm-4:30pm  1/19-3/23 Develop an understanding of transparent watercolor that allows you to make conscious choices regarding color, value, wetness and composition before the brush touches the paper. Then your strokes can be made with the authority that watercolor rewards.

P1111  All Levels  $420

Beginning Oil Painting Suzanne Brooker Thursday  6:30pm-9:30pm  1/20-3/24 Michael Lane Saturday  2:00pm-5:00pm  1/22-3/26 Discover the vast possibilities of this enduring classic medium by learning the principles of mixing color, setting up a palette and paint application through brush strokes as well as creating compositions through basic concepts of value, space, volume and cool and warm colors from start to finish through specific exercises. With a focus on still-life painting, you develop skills necessary to create expressive and powerful work augmented by lectures and demonstrations. P1112  All Levels  $420 (Brooker) P1115  All Levels  $420 (Lane)

P1113  All Levels  $420

Portrait Painting in Oil P Michael Lane Saturday  10:00am-1:00pm  1/22-3/26 In this course on the art and practice of portraiture, you paint from observation, acquire strategies of organizing visual information and study historic precedents while you work to render convincing and compelling likenesses of the portrait model in oil. P1114  All Levels  $450

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P1109  Beginning  $420

Tom Hoffmann, detail

Adult Programs: Painting Classes

Beginning Portrait Painting in Acrylic Terry Furchgott Tuesday  6:30pm-9:30pm  1/18-3/22

Kathleen McKeehen

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Painting Classes (continued) Encaustic Techniques Hamid Zavareei Sunday  2:00pm-5:00pm  1/23-3/27

Still-Life Painting in Acrylic Terry Furchgott Monday  6:30pm-9:30pm  1/24-3/21 [9 wks]

Intermediate Watercolor Tom Hoffmann Wednesday  9:30am-12:30pm  1/19-3/23

Investigate the different characteristics and effects achieved by employing wax as a component of your painting. Learn the basics of this ancient, luminescent medium, including material, surface and painting techniques as you explore a range of encaustic applications: from the simple addition of wax to your painting media to hotwax painting and the heating of wax-painted surfaces. Group and individual instruction includes techniques for heating, mixing and application as well as layering and transferring methods. $25 partial materials fee payable to instructor.

In this concentrated class, you create several lively color sketches and one finished painting working from inspiring set ups including flowers, fruit, patterned drapery and small statues. Drawing inspiration from the work of Cassatt, Cezanne and their contemporaries, you explore a variety of palette choices, brushwork options and subtle color layering techniques balancing skill with intuition to produce images full of pattern, saturated color and light. $15 materials fee payable to instructor.

Work with increasingly complex subjects as you expand your understanding of and dexterity with watercolor. Working from the still life, landscapes and photographs, you learn to individualize your painting process, better understand the variables of watercolor painting, use the variables to your creative advantage and take informed risks. Students should have completed Beginning Watercolor or have basic watercolor experience.

P1116  All Levels  $450 intermediate

Foundation Still Life Painting II P Susan Bari Price Mon/Wed  9:30am-12:30pm  1/19-3/23 Delve deeper into color mixing in this second course in the foundation series. Tackle classical color theory, color harmony, avoiding “muddy” color, color keys and color schemes. Composition plays a greater role, along with continued practice in direct and indirect methods, and brushstroke technique. Learn to develop criteria for evaluating your own and others’ work. P1117 Intermediate  $620

P1118 Intermediate  $395

Fayum Portraits in Encaustic Paint Hamid Zavareei  NEW! Monday  6:30pm-9:30pm  1/24-3/21 [9 wks] In the style of Egyptian Fayum portraits, explore the ancient technique of painting with wax using the materials, tools and methods of manipulating surface based on historical evidence. You copy at least one Fayum portrait and complete one portrait from the model based on this technique. P1119 Intermediate  $405

Gage Programs D Foundation Drawing P Foundation Painting

Modernism Series

More info on p. 12 & p. 18

P1120 Intermediate  $420

Flemish Techniques of  NEW! the Old Masters Hamid Zavareei Wednesday  6:30pm-9:30pm  1/19-3/23 The works of the Flemish old masters such as Jan Van Eyck and Rogier Van der Weyden contain some of the most meticulously detailed rendering in western art. Each stage of the painting process was undertaken with ultimate care and veneration. In this class you learn the Flemish technique, which involves rendering the image in two major stages: underpainting and overpainting. Discover how to prepare the surface, lay down or transfer the drawing, and execute the underpainting with egg tempera in the first stage of the painting and then learn the details of overpainting such as varnishes and oil glazes and how to interlace egg tempera laid wet into wet glazes or used as highlights in the final stages of the work. P1121 Intermediate  $420

Susan Bari Price, detail 20

Kimberly Trowbridge, detail

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Hamid Zavareei


Emerson shows you how color is color only according to amount, placement and application — a concept based on Josef Albers’s Yale color course and translated into acrylic from cut papers. To effectively learn to see what is happening in a work of art, you develop your sensitivity to color beyond color charts and wheels, general color theories and many commonly held ideas. In weekly studio exercises and critiques you explore color interaction, space problems and, most importantly, color density while painting in acrylic. The last two sessions include figure painting. P1122 Intermediate  $420

Impressionist Landscapes   from Turner through Monet Charles Emerson Thursday  1:30pm-4:30pm  1/20-3/24 The most influential artist in the birth of Impressionism, and later Modernism, was J.M.W. Turner. His painterly innovations and meaningful abstractions were introduced to Paris by Claude Monet. You investigate these two geniuses, French Impressionist landscape painting, using forerunners and contemporaries from other countries. Through lectures, painting exercises in oil and acrylic and one continually evolving landscape painting, you study this period and its influence on Modernism. $15 class fee paid to the instructor for partial materials. P1123 Intermediate  $420

Impressionist Figure Painting:  The Brushstroke is the Thing Barbara Fugate Thursday  6:30pm-9:30pm  1/20-3/24

Abstract Critique Group Julia Ricketts Sunday  10:00am-1:00pm  1/23, 2/6, 2/20, 3/6, 3/20

Expressive, bold, confident brushwork is a hallmark of Impressionism. The direct painting method (without an under painting) is another important aspect of Impressionism. Berthe Morisot, Mary Cassatt and Edouard Manet all worked in this dynamic manner with layered, expressive line combined with high contrast values and saturated color. In this class, you explore portrait and figure painting in oil or acrylic as the Impressionists worked with spontaneous brushwork, a multitude of lines, exciting color and spirited energy. Some painting experience recommended.

Ricketts leads a lively critique group for painters working in any media. Meet biweekly to discuss issues in contemporary painting and one another’s work. Concept, surface, imagery and composition are some of the many topics up for discussion. The emphasis focuses on developing your individual voice. Class size is limited to eight students.

P1124 Intermediate  $450 Advanced

Advanced Watercolor Tom Hoffmann Tuesday  9:30am-12:30pm  1/18-3/22 As an experienced watercolor painter seeking to refine your practice and strengthen your personal style, you are invited to work under the close mentorship of Hoffmann to develop independent painting projects according to your artistic vision. Hoffmann assists you in your mastery of advanced techniques and innovative approaches to increasingly complex compositions. Group discussions and critiques further stimulate visual openness and growing awareness of varying approaches to common problems. Completion of Intermediate Watercolor or instructor permission required. New students welcome.

Adult Programs: Painting Classes

Understanding Color Charles Emerson  Thursday  9:30am-12:30pm  1/20-3/24

P1126  Advanced  $190

Creative Continuity Julia Ricketts Sunday  2:00pm-5:00pm  1/23-3/27 This independent study-style class is designed to develop a new painting project or energize a series you wish to complete. Working from a set of parameters defined in the first class, you create several paintings that hang together as a related examination of a theme. You may work in oil, acrylic or mixed media on the surface of your choice. Instructor guidance enhances your in-class studio work. P1127  Advanced  $420

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P1125  Advanced  $420

Charles Emerson

Claude Monet, detail

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Sculpting Classes

Gage Programs D Foundation Drawing

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Adult Programs: Sculpting Classes

culpting classes for students of all skill levels are available at Gage. Whether you are just starting out in three dimensions or are a seasoned artist ready to take your work to the next level, Gage has a sculpting class to fit your needs.

Figure Sculpture  D Matt Buckner Monday  9:30am-12:30pm  1/24-3/21 [9 wks] Saturday  10:00am-1:00pm  1/22-3/26 Refine your ability to see and render the figure as you study the underlying forms and uniting rhythms of the human body. You also learn to hone your artistic intention to convey meaning in your work as you model a scale figure alongside your instructor from a sustained pose. Learn the logistics by working from measurements, and how to utilize photographs and life castings between sessions with the model. The pose is also available in the independent Sculpture Reserved Studio on Sunday mornings — allowing you many additional sessions to develop your work. (Register separately for ST1106.) S1101  Beginning  $440 (Mon)

(price includes clay)

S1106  Beginning $475 (Sat)

(price includes clay)

P Foundation Painting

Modernism Series

Sculpting the Expressive Portrait Tip Toland Tuesday  9:30am-12:30pm  1/18-3/22

Figure Sculpting Studio  D Michael Magrath Tuesday  6:30pm-9:30pm  1/18-3/22

You work on two life-size clay busts to create a portrait from a model with distinctive features, holding a strong expression. Constructing the bust from solid clay on an armature, you use the first four weeks to capture the expression and model a likeness. On the fifth week you learn to cut your work from the armature, hollow and reassemble your piece. Over the final five weeks you use your new skills to create an expressive self portrait. Arrange to fire your finished piece in the Gage kiln.

Experience a clear and intuitive method to master the fundamentals of three-dimensional modeling, as well as develop advanced skills that radically improve your ability to see and understand the figure. You work from the same pose for the entire quarter, with the pose also available in the independent Sculpture Reserved Studio on Thursday nights — allowing you up to 20 sessions to develop your work. (Register separately for ST1104.)

S1102  Beginning  $475 (price includes clay)

S1104  All Levels  $475 (price includes clay)

Portrait Sculpture  P Michael Magrath Tuesday  1:30pm-4:30pm  1/18-3/22

Expressive Figure Sculpting Bill Evans Friday  9:30am-12:30pm  1/21-3/25

Working from a model, explore methods for modeling, creating texture and capturing a likeness as you create your own portrait sculpture. Study proportion, anatomy, measuring methods and techniques for building templates and armatures.

Explore the human figure through clay in this class focused on the process of building a sculpture. Beginning with sketches and constructing an armature, then continuing with discussion of bones, muscles and body proportions, you take your creation from a lump of clay to an animated portrayal of the model. By the end of the class you create a finished piece ready to fire in the Gage kiln.

S1103  All Levels  $475 (price includes clay)

Sculpture Reserved Studios Winter Schedule 1/20-3/27* Thursday Sunday ST1104

ST1106

S1105  All Levels  $475 (price includes clay)

Classes begin the week of January 17 — programs do sell out, so enroll online early to ensure your place!

:30pm - 9:30pm 6 10:00am - 1:00pm Reserved Studio Reserved Studio Sculpting Sculpting 1/20 - 3/24 1/30 - 3/27 [9 wks]

[Studio w/ S1104]

[Studio w/ S1101 & S1106]

* For full schedule and cost, see page 13. Matt Buckner

Tip Toland 22

More info on p. 12 & p. 18

Michael Magrath

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Bill Evans


Gage Ateliers

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Adult Programs: Gage Ateliers

unning from September through June each year, Gage Ateliers offer an intensive studio program for the serious artist-in-training. The ateliers (French for artist’s studio) are based on the traditional teaching model of the 19th-century European academies where dedicated art students apprenticed with a master artist. At Gage, all atelier students are given an individual studio space to complete projects independently under the guidance of their chosen instructor. Working together in group studios, atelier students enjoy the benefit of creative influence and dialogue among their peers within a focused environment.

Photo Chris Lloyd

Enrollment in the atelier programs is yearly, with 35 weeks of dedicated instruction over nine months. The calendar for the 2010–11 year runs September 13 through June 24. Aristides’ and Kang-O’Higgins’ students make a 30-hour-per-week studio commitment, including working half of every day from the figure model. Students of Faigin work independently for a minimum of 15 hours in the studio each week, in addition to attending two weekly teaching sessions. Atelier students receive free access to all Drop-In Figure Studios and any Gage Evening Lecture Series on art techniques and art history, which run throughout the academic year. To learn more or to receive application materials, please visit www.GageAcademy.org or call 206.343.4243.

Drawing from the model in the Geo Studio.

Classical Atelier Juliette Aristides

Drawing and Painting Atelier Mark Kang-O’Higgins

Still Life painting Atelier Gary Faigin

Based on the 19th-century model for training painters, this four-year diploma program provides time-tested methods for solving pictorial problems. Aristides teaches in stages; serious beginning students focus on drawing; more advanced students move into monochromatic and then fully chromatic painting. Fourth-year students work on individual projects with guest mentors. You work from casts, the model and master copies in a series of progressively complex projects. Intended for long-term students, the Classical Atelier offers you the necessary vocabulary to create well-designed and well-executed drawings and paintings.

Intended for long-term students, the Drawing & Painting Atelier offers the opportunity to work on increasingly complex independent projects under the close guidance of your instructor. You work with line and tone, light and shadow, color theory and mixing, proportion and anatomy, as well as different approaches to life drawing and painting. Learn to convey the essential nature of your subjects through finding the balance between technical accuracy and expressive gesture. Short slide and technical demonstration lectures help you add to your skills and place your work into a wider historical and contemporary dialogue.

The Still-Life Painting Atelier offers painting students interested in focusing their studio practice on the study of still-life arrangements over the course of a year. The intimate studio setting enables you to devote as much time as you wish to creating paintings, without the limitations of model time or weather conditions. Because everyone shares the same focus, optimal conditions for creative interchange and dialogue develop. You work toward success using the still life as a tool for the development of your own artistic voice, creating original, lively pictures that express your ideas and feelings, and focus on technique, rendering and composition.

All Levels AT1101  10-11 Annual tuition: $7,230

All Levels AT1102  10-11 Annual tuition: $7,230

all levels AT1103  10-11 Annual tuition: $3,975

Juliette Aristides

Mark Kang-O’Higgins

Gary Faigin, detail

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About Gage: Program Schedule

Program Schedule Youth Programs: Classes

Weekend Workshops WW1030 WW1101 WW1102 WW1103 WW1104 WW1105 WW1106 WW1107

Fig Sketching w/ Ink Wash & Charcoal Controlling Wetness in Watercolor Expressive Woodblock Printmaking Introduction to Botanical Watercolor Mixed-Media Painting Essential Brush Techniques Draw and Sculpt the Face Crash Course in Composition

Int/Adv Int/Adv All All All All All All

Furchgott Hoffmann Chamberlain McKeehen Zavareei Brooker Brooker Lewis

Fri-Sun Sat-Sun Sat-Sun Sat-Sun Sat-Sun Sat-Mon Sat-Sun Saturday

12/10-12/12 1/8-1/9 1/8-1/9 1/15-1/16 1/15-1/16 1/15-1/17 2/26-2/27 3/19

9:30am-4:30pm 9:30am-4:30pm 9:30am-4:30pm 9:30am-4:30pm 9:30am-4:30pm 9:30am-4:30pm 9:30am-4:30pm 9:30am-4:30pm

p. 9 p. 9 p. 9 p. 9 p. 9 p. 9 p. 9 p. 9

Int/Adv Int/Adv Int/Adv Int/Adv

Aristides Morra Gervits Gervits

Mon-Fri Mon-Fri Mon-Fri Mon-Fri

1/3-1/7 1/3-1/14 1/3-1/7 1/10-1/14

9:30am-4:30pm 9:30am-4:30pm 9:30am-4:30pm 9:30am-4:30pm

p. 10 p. 10 p. 10 p. 11

All All Int/Adv All

Wessel DuSold Wessel DuSold

Mon-Fri Mon-Fri Mon-Fri Mon-Fri

3/28-4/1 3/28-4/1 4/4-4/8 4/4-4/8

9:30am-4:30pm 9:30am-4:30pm 9:30am-4:30pm 9:30am-4:30pm

p. 11 p. 11 p. 11 p. 11

All All All All All All All All All

none none none none none none none Instructor Graduate

varies 11/29-12/12 & 1/3-1/16 varies 1/18-3/27 Monday 1/24-3/21 Monday 1/24-3/21 Thursday 1/20-3/24 Friday 1/21-3/25 Sunday 1/30-3/27 varies 1/18-3/27 varies 1/18-3/27

see pg. 13 for times see pg. 13 for times 9:30am-12:30pm 6:30pm-9:30pm 6:30pm-9:30pm 6:30pm-9:30pm 10:00am-1:00pm varies varies

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All All

Buckner West

Tuesday Wednesday

1/25-2/22 2/2-2/23

7:00pm-8:30pm 7:00pm-8:30pm

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All Beg All All All All All Beg All All Beg All

Brooker Magrath Davidson Fitch Lane Brooker Davidson Petty Price Britt Albala Davidson

Monday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Wednesday Thursday Thursday Friday Friday Friday Friday Saturday

1/24-3/21 1/24-3/21 1/18-3/22 1/19-3/23 1/19-3/23 1/20-3/24 1/20-3/24 1/21-3/25 1/21-3/25 1/21-3/25 1/21-3/25 1/22-3/26

9:30am-12:30pm 6:30pm-9:30pm 1:30pm-4:30pm 9:30am-12:30pm 6:30pm-9:30pm 9:30am-12:30pm 1:30pm-4:30pm 9:30am-12:30pm 9:30am-12:30pm 9:30am-12:30pm 1:30pm-4:30pm 2:00pm-5:00pm

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Ricketts Buckner Flack Furchgott Davidson Lane Fugate Fugate

Monday Mon/Weds Tues/Thurs Tues/Thurs Tues/Thurs Tuesday Wednesday Wednesday

1/24-3/21 1/19-3/23 1/18-3/24 1/18-3/24 1/18-3/24 1/18-3/22 1/19-3/23 1/19-3/23

1:30pm-4:30pm 1:30pm-4:30pm 1:30pm-4:30pm 9:30am-12:30pm 6:30pm-9:30pm 6:30pm-9:30pm 1:30pm-4:30pm 6:30pm-9:30pm

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Winter Weeklong Workshops WA1101 WA1102 WA1103 WA1104

Classical Figure Painting Still-Life Painting Portrait Drawing Portrait Painting

Spring Weeklong Workshops WA1105 WA1106 WA1107 WA1108

Introduction to Egg Tempera Still-Life Painting The Portrait in Egg Tempera Figure Painting

Open Studios ST1101 ST1101 ST1102 ST1103 ST1104 ST1105 ST1106 MS1101 MS1102

Drop-In Figure Studios: Winter Break Drop-In Figure Studios: Winter Quarter Reserved Studio / Dwg & Ptg Reserved Studio / Dwg & Ptg Reserved Studio / Sculpting Reserved Studio / Dwg & Ptg Reserved Studio / Sculpting Private Mentoring Program Private Mentoring Program

Evening Lecture Series L1101 L1102

Anatomy for the Artist German Ptg Between the Wars

Drawing Classes: Beginning D1101 D1102 D1103 D1104 D1105 D1106 D1107 D1108 D1109 D1110 D1111 D1112

Portrait Drawing: the Half Figure Beginning Figure Drawing Romance of the Line . . . Demystify Drawing Perspective Drawing Drawing Nature in the Landscape Pen and Ink Drawing Beginning Figure Drawing Cast Drawing Design Concepts for Artists Drawing for Beginners Dwg Glassware & Reflective Surfaces

Drawing Classes: Intermediate/Advanced D1113 D1114 D1115 D1116 D1117 D1118 D1119 D1120 24

Abstract Drawing Int Artistic Anat.: Anthropology & Anatomy Int Foundation Figure Drawing II Int Foundation Drawing II Int Foundation Drawing II Int Intermediate Figure Drawing Int Portrait and Self-Portrait Drawing Int Mixed-Media Figure Drawing . . . Int

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Computer Tablet Drawing Int Figure and Portrait Drawing Int Int Color Theory: Color Harmony Basics Int Advanced Figure Drawing Adv

Juan Lesser Davidson Lane

Thursday Saturday Saturday Thursday

1/20-3/24 1/22-2/19 1/22-3/26 1/20-3/24

6:30pm-9:30pm 9:30am-4:30pm 10:00am-1:00pm 6:30pm-9:30pm

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Petty Ricketts Brooker Trowbridge Trowbridge Furchgott Petty Brooker Hoffmann Brooker Chamberlain Brooker McKeehen Lane Lane Zavareei

Monday Monday Tuesday Tuesday Tuesday Tuesday Wednesday Wednesday Wednesday Wednesday Thursday Thursday Friday Saturday Saturday Sunday

1/24-3/21 1/24-3/21 1/18-3/22 1/18-3/22 1/18-3/22 1/18-3/22 1/19-3/23 1/19-3/23 1/19-3/23 1/19-3/23 1/20-3/24 1/20-3/24 1/21-3/25 1/22-3/26 1/22-3/26 1/23-3/27

9:30am-12:30pm 6:30pm-9:30pm 9:30am-12:30pm 9:30am-12:30pm 1:30pm-4:30pm 6:30pm-9:30pm 9:30am-12:30pm 9:30am-12:30pm 1:30pm-4:30pm 6:30pm-9:30pm 9:30am-12:30pm 6:30pm-9:30pm 1:30pm-4:30pm 10:00am-1:00pm 2:00pm-5:00pm 2:00pm-5:00pm

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Price Furchgott Zavareei Hoffmann Zavareei Emerson Emerson Fugate

Mon/Wed Monday Monday Wednesday Wednesday Thursday Thursday Thursday

1/19-3/23 1/24-3/21 1/24-3/21 1/19-3/23 1/19-3/23 1/20-3/24 1/20-3/24 1/20-3/24

9:30am-12:30pm 6:30pm-9:30pm 6:30pm-9:30pm 9:30am-12:30pm 6:30pm-9:30pm 9:30am-12:30pm 1:30pm-4:30pm 6:30pm-9:30pm

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Adv Adv Adv

Hoffmann Ricketts Ricketts

Tuesday Sunday Sunday

1/18-3/22 1/23-3/20 1/23-3/27

9:30am-12:30pm 10:00am-1:00pm 2:00pm-5:00pm

p. 21 p. 21 p. 21

Figure Sculpture Sculpting the Expressive Portrait Portrait Sculpture Figure Sculpting Studio Expressive Figure Sculpting Figure Sculpture

Beg Beg All All All Beg

Buckner Toland Magrath Magrath Evans Buckner

Monday Tuesday Tuesday Tuesday Friday Saturday

1/24-3/21 1/18-3/22 1/18-3/22 1/18-3/22 1/21-3/25 1/22-3/26

9:30am-12:30pm 9:30am-12:30pm 1:30pm-4:30pm 6:30pm-9:30pm 9:30am-12:30pm 10:00am-1:00pm

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Classical Atelier Drawing & Painting Atelier Still-Life Painting Atelier

All All All

Aristides Mon-Fri Kang-O’Higgins Mon-Fri Faigin varies

1/10-3/25 1/10-3/25 1/10-3/25

9:30am-4:30pm 9:30am-4:30pm varies

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All All All All All All

Dingus Hebert Chamberlain Leavitt Heath Bennett

1/8-1/29 2/5-2/26 3/5-3/26 1/3-1/31 2/7-2/28 3/3-3/31

10:00am-noon 10:00am-noon 10:00am-noon 4:00pm-6:00pm 4:00pm-6:00pm 4:00pm-6:00pm

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About Gage: Program Schedule

D1121 D1122 D1123 D1124

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Foundation Still-Life Painting II Int Still-Life Painting in Acrylic Int Fayum Portraits in Encaustic Paint Int Intermediate Watercolor Int Flemish Techniques of the Old Masters Int Understanding Color Int Impressionist Landscapes . . . Int Impressionist Figure Painting . . . Int

Painting Classes: Advanced P1125 P1126 P1127

Advanced Watercolor Abstract Critique Group Creative Continuity

Sculpting Classes S1101 S1102 S1103 S1104 S1105 S1106

Ateliers AT1101 AT1102 AT1103

Youth Classes K1101 K1102 K1103 T1101 T1102 T1103

Recycled Sculpture Animals as Medium Print Shrines Cardboard Shoes The Bold Face: A Mixed-Media Study Dwg from Observation: 20 Drawings

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Gage Teaching Artists

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About Gage: Teaching Artists

ind artist statements, teaching philosophies and extended biographies of Gage instructors online at www.GageAcademy.org/artists.

Mitchell Albala BA-Queens College, NY. Training: Gage Academy of Art. Taught Seattle Art Museum, WA; Seattle Central Community College, WA. Exhibitions: New York; Seattle; Washington, DC. Representation: Lisa Harris Gallery, WA. Author: Landscape Painting, Essential Concepts and Techniques for Plein Air and Studio Practice. Juliette Aristides Training: Barnstone Studio, PA; Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, PA; The Atelier, MN; Water Street Atelier, NY. Representation: John Pence Gallery, CA; Skotia Gallery, NM. Author: Classical Painting Atelier: A Contemporary Guide to Traditional Studio Practice and Classical Drawing Atelier: A Contemporary Guide to Traditional Studio Practice. Olivia Britt MFA-University of Washington, WA; BADartmouth College, NH. Taught: Alliance for the Visual Arts, NH; Kirkland Arts Center, WA; University of Chicago; University of Washington, WA. Representation: Francine Seders Gallery, WA. Suzanne Brooker MFA-California State University at Long Beach, CA; BFA-California Institute of the Arts, CA; Whitney Museum Independent Study Program, NY. Author: Portrait Painting Atelier: Old Master Techniques and Contemporary Applications. Matt Buckner MFA Sculpture-Boston University, MA. Taught: Creative Arts Community of Portland, OR; Howland Art Center, NY; International Baccalaureate Organization, Switzerland; Olympic College, WA; University of Oregon, OR; The University of Hong Kong, China. Solo exhibition: Frye Art Museum, WA. Exhibitions: Boston, New York, Seattle. Angielena Chamberlain BFA-Cornish College of the Arts, WA. Director: Georgetown Arts & Cultural Center, WA. Exhibitions: Art on the Ridge Gallery, WA; Arts West Playhouse, WA; Georgetown Art Center, WA; Rosen Gallery, Gage Academy of Art, WA. Recipient: President’s Scholarship for High Achievement, Cornish, WA; 4Culture, WA.

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Margaret Davidson MFA-University of Washington, WA. BFAUniversity of Michigan, MI. Taught: Pratt Fine Arts Center, WA; Cornish College of the Arts, WA; Indiana State University, IN; University of Washington, WA. Representation: SAM Gallery, WA; Edison Eye Gallery, WA. Paul DuSold, Guest Instructor Education: Private studies with painter B.F. Long, France; The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, PA. Taught: Fleischer Art Memorial, PA; Delaware Art Museum, DE; Wayne Art Center, PA. Exhibitions: Gross McCleaf Gallery, PA; Vose Galleries, MA; Morpeth Gallery, NJ; Carspecken Scott Gallery, DE. Charles Emerson MFA-Yale University, CT; Graduate Studies: Boston University, MA; BFA-University of Southern California, CA. Fulbright Scholar in Venice, Italy. Artist in Residence at La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art. Publication: The Art of Drawing by Bernard Chaet. Exhibitions include Sisko Gallery, WA. Bill Evans BA Architecture-University of Washington, WA. Taught: Cornish College of the Arts, WA; Pottery Northwest, WA. Exhibitions: Art Stop, WA; Kebanu Gallery, OR; Allied Arts Invitational, WA; Fountainhead Gallery, WA; Frye Art Museum, WA. Awards: 2004 Best in Show at Washington Potters Association Show; WCA Juror’s Award at 2008 Art Stop. Representation: Sisko Gallery, WA. Gary Faigin Training: Art Students League, NY; Ecole des Beaux-Arts, France. Taught: Art Students League, NY; New York Academy of Art, NY. Cofounder & Artistic Director, Gage Academy of Art. Art critic, KUOW public radio, WA. Exhibitions: Frye Art Museum, WA; Woodside/ Braseth Gallery, WA; Tacoma Art Museum, WA; Coos Art Museum, OR. Representation: Linda Hodges Gallery, WA. Author: Artists Complete Guide to Facial Expression. Claudia fitch MFA-Painting, Tyler School of Art, Temple University, PA; BFA-Painting, University of Washington, WA. Exhibitions: New Museum of Contemporary Art, NY; Socrates Sculpture Park, NY; Seattle Art Museum, WA. Awards: NEA Fellowship Grant in Sculpture; Artist Trust Grant; Neddy Fellowship. Representation: Greg Kucera Gallery, WA; Adam Baumgold Gallery, NY.

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Geoff Flack MFA-New York Academy of Art, NY; BFAColorado State University, CO. Exhibitions: Minor Gallery, WA; Phillips De Pury & Company, NY; New York Academy of Art, NY. Barbara Fugate MFA Painting-Miami University of Ohio, OH. Taught: Seattle Art Museum, WA; Seattle Pacific University, WA; Troy Art Center, NY; Western Kentucky University, KY. Exhibitions: ArtSpace, WA; Bellevue Art Museum, WA; Fountainhead Gallery, WA; Martin-Zambito Gallery, WA. Publication: The Best of Sketching and Drawing. Terry Furchgott BA-Radcliffe College, MA. Training: Camden Arts Center, England. Awards: Artist Trust Fellowship, King County Arts Commission, WA State Arts Commission. Numerous public art murals. Representation: Lisa Harris Gallery, WA. Leonid Gervits, Guest Instructor Post Graduate & Graduate-Academy of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, Russia; UndergraduateOdessa Art College, Ukraine. Taught: New York Academy of Art, NY; Art Students League, NY; Academy of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, Russia. Exhibitions: Chrysalis Gallery, NY; Medici House Galerie, Germany; 1100 Madison Gallery, NY; National Portrait Competition, NY. In private collections and museums worldwide. Tom Hoffmann MA-Art Education, University of London Institute of Education, England; BFA-Amherst College, MA. Hoffmann has taught extensively nationally and locally. Exhibitions: Frye Art Museum, WA; Seattle Art Museum, WA; Tacoma Art Museum, WA. Representation: Fountainhead Gallery, WA. Wei-Che (Jason) Juan Training: Art Institute of Seattle, WA. Exhibitions: Waterhouse Gallery, CA; Howard/ Mandville Gallery, WA; Whistlepik Galleries, TX. Awards: Best of Portfolio in Animation & Design, Art Institute of Seattle, WA; Southwest Magazine’s “21 under 30.” Mark Kang-O’Higgins MFA-New York Academy of Art, NY; MAUniversity College Galway, Ireland. Training: Edinburgh College of Art, Scotland. Exhibitions: Columbia University, NY; New York Public Library, NY; SAM Gallery, WA; Linda Hodges Gallery, WA.


Terry Furchgott, detail

Michael Lane Education: Samuel Fleisher Art Memorial, PA; The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, PA. Taught: Moore College of Art and Design, PA; Mural Arts Program, City of Philadelphia, PA. Exhibitions: Vain Gallery, WA; Form/Space Atelier, WA; Artists’ House Gallery, PA.

Anne Petty MFA-Painting & Drawing, University of Washington, WA; BFA-Drawing & Painting, Missouri State University, MO. Taught: University of Washington, WA. Exhibitions: Sandpoint Gallery, WA; SAM Gallery, WA; Henry Art Gallery, WA; Jacob Lawrence Gallery, WA. Awards: University of Washington de Cilia Teaching in Excellence Award, WA.

Joseph Lesser BA-California State University, CA; Exhibitions: Fountainhead Gallery, WA; Scott Milo Gallery, WA; Lawrence Gallery, OR; Jeffrey Moose Gallery, WA. Awards: The Pastel Journal, Best 100 Paintings (2001); Southwest Art Magazine, Artist to Watch (2000).

Susan Bari Price BS Visual Design-University of Oregon, OR. Training: Gage Classical Atelier, WA; Exhibitions: Collective V. Sims Gallery, WA; Redmond City Hall, WA; Grenning Gallery, NY. Representation: Atlanta Art Gallery, GA.

Anne Lewis BA- Fine Arts, University of Puget Sound, WA; Graduate Studies: Pacific Oaks, WA. Training: School of Visual Concepts, WA; Pratt Fine Arts Center, WA; University of New Mexico, NM. Taught: Pratt Fine Arts Center, WA; Bellevue Arts Museum, WA; Tacoma Art Museum, WA. Publication: Mixed Media Collage. Michael Magrath MFA Sculpture-University of Washington, WA. Training: Florence Academy of Art, Italy. Taught: Reed College, OR; Sculpture Academy of London, England; Instructor in sculpture and public art at University of Washington, WA. Recipient: Artist Trust Gap grant and 4Culture award. Exhibits internationally. Kathleen McKeehen Training: Natural Science Illustration-University of California, Santa Cruz, CA; Freelance: Organic Gardening, The Herb Companion, Gardener’s Companion. Member: American Society of Botanical Artists; Guild of Natural Science Illustrators; Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators.

Julia Ricketts BFA-New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, NY. Taught: Kirkland Arts Center, WA; Pilchuck School of Glass, WA; Pratt Fine Arts Center, WA. Solo Exhibitions: Alysia Duckler Gallery, OR; Friesen Gallery, ID; Fulcrum Gallery, WA; Representation: Patricia Cameron Gallery, WA. Tip Toland MFA & BFA Ceramics-Montana State University, MT. Taught: Seward Park Art Studio, WA; Pottery Northwest, WA; University of Washington, WA. Exhibitions: Bellevue Art Museum, WA; Pacini Lubel Gallery, WA; Tacoma Art Museum, WA; Nancy Margolis Gallery, NY. Awards: First Place, Virginia A. Groot Foundation, 2004; Artist Trust Award, 2007; Jean Griffith Fellowship Artist Award, 2009. Kimberly Trowbridge MFA-Painting, University of Washington, WA; BFA-Painting/BA English Literature, Indiana University, IN. Exhibitions: Grey Gallery, WA; Ouch My Eye, WA; Crawl Space Gallery, WA; The Kinsey Institute, IN; University Alumni House, WA; MFA Thesis Exhibition, Henry Art Gallery, WA; Jacob Lawrence Gallery, WA.

About Gage: Teaching Artists

John Morra, Guest Instructor MFA-New York Academy of Art, NY; BFAUniversity of California at Santa Barbara, CA. Taught: Water Street Atelier, NY; New York Academy of Art, NY; School of Visual Arts, NY. Exhibitions: Hirschl & Adler Galleries, NY; Arnot Art Museum, NY; Oglethorpe University Museum of Art, GA.

Fred Wessel, Guest Instructor MFA-University of Massachusetts, MA; BFASyracuse University, NY; Pratt Graphics Center, NY. Taught: The Hartford Art School at the University of Hartford. Exhibitions: Sherry French Gallery, NY; Evansville Museum of Art & Science, IN; Skotia Gallery, NM; Jenkins Johnson Gallery, CA. Collected around the world, including: Museum of Modern Art, NY; Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA; Library of Congress, DC; University of Tainjin Fine Arts College, China. Representation: The Arden Gallery, MA; ACA Galleries, NY. Richard V. West, Guest Lecturer MA-Art History, University of California at Berkeley, CA. Director emeritus, Frye Art Museum, WA. Curator: Children of the Yellow Kid: The Evolution of the American Comic Strip; Enkindled Eye: The Paintings of Rockwell Kent; The Line that Roars: Editorial Cartoons in the Age of Anxiety. Author: Language of the Print; Standing in the Tempest: The Painters of the Hungarian Avant-Garde, 1908-1930. Hamid Zavareei BS-West Virginia Institute of Technology, VA. Exhibitions: William Traver Gallery, WA; Gallery Bershad, MA; SAM Gallery, WA; Fountainhead Gallery, WA; Carnegie Art Museum, CA; Palos Verdes Art Center, CA. Taught: Seattle Pacific University, WA; Kirkland Art Center, WA. Residency: Lantern of the East Art Camp, South Korea. Representation: Linda Warren Gallery, IL.

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About Gage: Student Information

Student Information

Professional Discounts Eligible professional artists and K-12 educators are invited to enroll in academy classes and workshops with a 50% tuition discount on a stand-by basis. Call for more information. Art Supplies Class and workshop materials lists are posted on the web. Students may also request that a copy be faxed or mailed. Adult students provide all art supplies and should expect to pay $50 or more to purchase the required materials. Gage provides odorless solvents for all oil-painting programs. Gage does not allow the use of Liquin or any other highly toxic mediums in the studios. All art supplies are included for Gage Youth Programs. Free Gage Wifi Free wireless internet is available on all three floors of the school.

Facility Gage is located in the St. Nicholas school building, 1501 Tenth Avenue East beside St. Mark’s Cathedral on North Capitol Hill. The Gage main entrance is on the south end of the building. Building & Office Hours Office Hours: Mon-Fri: 9:30am-4:30pm Building Hours: Weekday Hours: 8:30am-10:00pm Saturday Hours: 9:00am-6:00pm Sunday Hours: 10:00am-6:00pm

Notice of Nondiscrimination Gage does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, nationality, gender identity, sexual orientation, ability, age, religion and ethnic origin in administration of its educational and admissions policies, scholarships and any school-administered programs.

Parking Free parking is available weekdays along the south wall of the St. Nicholas building and behind St. Mark’s Cathedral. For evening and weekend programs, students are invited to park behind the St. Nicholas building, as well. Transportation Gage is located east of I-5, south of 520 and four blocks north of Broadway on Capitol Hill. For public transportation, take Metro bus line 49. For driving directions, visit www.GageAcademy.org.

Gage is a 501 (c)(3) arts organization that receives the support of the following organizations:

Child care Whirlwinds Childcare is located at 1310 Mercer St, just over a mile from Gage. They provide four-hour, drop-in child care services, Monday through Friday. Visit their website at www.whirlwindskids.com.

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Youth Update Summer Teens Show at SAM Youth Programs: Update

This summer’s five-week Teen Intensive was met with unprecedented success! All 13 students produced exceptional work under the guidance of instructors Kimberly Trowbridge and Tenaya Sims. The students organized and hung their own final show at Gage Rosen Gallery in August, and were featured in the Seattle Art Museum’s First Floor Corridor Gallery in September. In recognition of the Teen Intensive’s focused curriculum, Utrecht offered to award one student with $500 worth of art supplies and materials. This year’s award went to Emma Spence, who was recommended by her instructors for her hard work, growth and dedication.

Ages 13-18

Katrina Wolfe

Abby Mitton

Sarah Bixler

Galen Drew

Emma Spence

Teen artists ages 13-18 — drop in to study with professional artists who provide focused instruction in a fun, relaxed atmosphere. All art materials provided.

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Gretchen Bennett

The artists in the Teen Intensive work from the model daily as well as on projects in their own studio space.


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December * Techniques of Form in Clay Katrina Wolfe

December * Sticker Editions from Drawings Gretchen Bennett

Explore basic techniques of creating threedimensional forms with water-based clay. You start with sculptures inspired by simple objects working from observation, then continue from your imagination, and in the last two weeks you work from a live model to compose two small figures. Learn to use modeling tools, clay application techniques, gesture and overall design throughout the month.

Collect information inspired by daily life, drawing from things you see and use each day! You develop a set of new techniques, integrating art and daily life by developing your drawing skills to make sticker editions. Learn to use your sketchpad as a tool for gathering, building on the idea of an art kit — something that provides skills and materials for inquiry beyond the classroom.

January Observational Anatomy Kyle Abernethy

January Imaginative Plaster Forms Katrina Wolfe

Learn the basics of anatomy by observing the relationships between muscle and bone. Beginning with the basic forms of the human body, you focus on the underlying structure and move on to a closer look at the torso, the arms and legs, and the head. Working over four weeks you draw from life and from your imagination to develop a working understanding of the human body.

Use wire to create an armature for any kind of three-dimensional forms you wish to build, and then drape plaster-dipped burlap strips over them to bulk up your sculptural forms. Quick-drying plaster means you instantly watch your sculpture come to life. Explore techniques of working with plaster and use what you’ve learned to create trees, creatures, buildings and people.

February 3-D Green Design Jeanne Dodds

February Cut it Out Celeste Cooning

Green design means many things, from using recyclables to create objects, to making art supplies from natural materials, to reinventing castaway items as fashion accessories. This month, you explore the use of recyclables to make model eco-homes. Learn to design hand-bound journals made from reusable products and create usable items from plastic grocery bags.

Explore your artistic process through cut paper in both two and three dimensions. Begin with collage, work toward bas-relief construction and, finally, learn how to transform paper into sculptural forms. You also learn the traditions of cut-paper and contemporary practices across the globe as you go. The possibilities are endless!

March Portrait Drawing Sarah Bixler

March Explorations in Paint Jeanne Dodds

Have you ever drawn someone only to accidentally age them 50 years in your drawing? Learn to structure your observations and place those details (and unwanted wrinkles!) in their proper context. Beginning with classical structure and anatomy, you learn to refine your observations, uncovering unique information about form and structure while gaining better understanding and use of graphite, charcoal and pencils.

Discover various painting methods and materials, revealing the diversity of painting styles available. You learn basic concepts of composition, brushwork, color palette and color mixing, shape/form and shading. Then apply these concepts to weekly projects that draw from both traditional (landscape) and contemporary (graffiti arts) painting themes.

Jeanne Dodds

Saturdays  6:30pm-9:30pm

Kyle Abernethy

Fridays  6:30pm-9:30pm

Youth Programs: Teen Art Studios

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Celeste Cooning

* Important Notice: No TAS programs run December 24–25 or December 31–January 1.

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Youth Classes

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Youth Programs: Kids Classes

age Youth Programs offer practical art instruction in drawing, painting and 3-D design for kids and teens throughout the year. Our curriculum encourages students to explore new materials and techniques, develop creative problem solving skills and celebrate self-expression. Read more about all of the youth teaching artists at www.GageAcademy.org/artists.

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Kids Winter Classes: Saturdays

Marita Dingus

Clare Hebert, detail January

february

Angielena Chamberlain March

Recycled Sculpture Marita Dingus Ages 8-12  Saturday  10:00am-Noon 1/8–1/29  [4 weeks]

Animals as Medium Clare Hebert Ages 8-12  Saturday  10:00am-Noon 2/5–2/26  [4 weeks]

Print Shrines Angielena Chamberlain Ages 8-12  Saturday  10:00am-Noon 3/5–3/26  [4 weeks]

Give new life to old, found and recycled objects! Learn to make mixed-media jewelry boxes using cardboard and reused materials, filling it with your own handcrafted wire and bead jewelry. You also create dolls out of fabric and wire and create an animal pal or action figure ready for adventures. Find out how even the most mundane materials can be transformed into beautiful pieces of art. All art materials provided.

Work out a narrative that centers on the animal of your choice in acrylic paint. Using anatomy guides and animal encyclopedias, you build from sketches all the way through a final painting that contains your animal built into rich context. Learn brushstroke techniques related to texture, line, symmetry and movement as you complete your painting. All art materials provided.

Discover new and different techniques for creating an original woodblock print shrine out of found materials and your own woodblock print! You learn basic techniques to create a unique multi-media “shrine box” featuring a print expressing your favorite pastime, important event or any meaningful experience you’ve enjoyed. Print shrine creations can be playful and fun for each student. All art materials provided.

Dingus received an MFA from San Jose State University, CA, and a BFA from Tyler School of Art at Temple University, PA. She has won numerous awards and is represented by Francine Seders Gallery. K1101  $175

Hebert earned an MFA from California College of the Arts, and a BFA from the San Francisco Art Institute. She has shown her artwork in places such as Sweden, Seattle, San Francisco and Italy. K1102  $175

Chamberlain received her BFA from Cornish College of the Arts and is the director of the Georgetown Arts & Cultural Center in Seattle. K1103  $175

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Enroll in two or more youth classes, and receive $50 off your combined tuition.

Youth Programs: Teen Classes

Just enter youth in the Office Code field and hit Apply Code when registering online!

teen Winter Classes: After School

Michael Leavitt

Willow Heath January

Gretchen Bennett, detail February

March

Cardboard Shoes Michael Leavitt Ages 13-17  Monday  4:00pm-6:00pm 1/3–1/31  [5 weeks]

The Bold Face: A Mixed-Media Study Willow Heath Ages 13-17  Monday  4:00pm-6:00pm 2/7–2/28  [4 weeks]

Drawing from Observation: 20 Drawings Gretchen Bennett Ages 13-17  Thursday  4:00pm-6:00pm 3/3–3/31  [5 weeks]

Transform cardboard boxes into fully functional cardboard shoes working from models and templates provided by Leavitt. You learn about cardboard cutting, tooling, leather-like conditioning, folding and rigorous assembly. Starting with a solid cardboard sole, build a shoe body, form the toe, add details and trim, and even cut tie-able shoelaces. For the ambitious cardboard cobbler, boots, sandals and high heels are not out of the question! All art materials provided.

Combine painting, collage and more as you acquire the skills to accurately portray the portrait in bold new ways. Explore each facial feature in a series of monochromatic painting studies, and then get creative making your own artist trading cards. Learn how to create boldly defined facial features using realistic and impressionistic approaches, and deepen your understanding of value, color mixing and technique. All art materials provided.

Learn to make quick sketches, intensive drawings and everything in between. Using basic tools like graphite and colored pencils, you observe, record and translate your surroundings through drawing in search of self-expression. You are encouraged to carry a sketchbook wherever you go as a portable tool to write, draw and collect. By the end of the month, have up to 20 drawings completed! All art materials provided.

Heath is a self-taught visual artist who works primarily in water-soluble oils and acrylics, and has taught art in Seattle since 2002. T1102  $175

Bennett earned an MFA from Rutgers University, , and a BFA from Pacific Lutheran University, WA. She has received numerous awards including a Fulbright Grant and an Artist Trust GAP Grant. T1103  $220

Leavitt creates custom action figures, cardboard creations and more, which have been featured in local and national publications including The Stranger, Seattle Magazine and Elle Decoration. T1101  $220

Youth Scholarships Available! Download a need-based scholarship application at www.GageAcademy.org/youth.

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Save the Date: Friday, March 4, 2011

Gage Collector’s Gala: Art Auction & Benefit

Gage youth programs Emma Spence, 15, created this painting during the five-week Teen Intensive this past summer at Gage. For her hard work, growth and dedication, she was awarded the Utrecht Art Supply Prize. Read more about Spence and the Teen Intensive on page 30.


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