Spring Catalog 2012 by Gage Academy of Art

Spring 2012

SprinG 2012

contents aboUt GaGe 1 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.

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founders Pamela Belyea Executive Director Gary Faigin Artistic Director

Program Schedule

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Gage Teaching Artists

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Student Information

Upcoming Exhibitions

Gage Lectures

Gage Professional Development Events

GIVE

Gage Academy of Art is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Your contribution is tax-deductible as permitted by law. To give online, please go to www.GageAcademy.org/support. 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. ©2011 Gage Academy of Art. All Rights Reserved.

Weekend Workshops Weeklong Workshops

Open Studios Evening Lecture Series

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Drawing Classes

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Painting Classes

Sculpting Classes

Gage Ateliers yoUtH proGraMS

Youth Update

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Teen Art Studios

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Youth Classes aCaDeMy art toUrS

2012 Vienna to Berlin Art Tour

covEr artiSt: michaEl maGrath Gag Teaching Artist

Photo by Adria Magrath

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 John Pence, John Pence Gallery, CA Don Porter, Pietra Serena, WA

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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 Zhi Lin, University of Washington, WA Chris Madison, Sierra Investments, CA Alvin Martin, Bader Martin, WA Trina Wherry, RBC Wealth Management, WA

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board of trustees Lorri Falterman President Julie Tall Vice President Brent Reys Treasurer Erin Moyer Secretary Gary Bezowsky, Greg Eastman, Ted Kutscher, Susan Torrance, Richard V. West

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Gage Update Gage Curriculum & Foundation Programs

GratiS at GaGe

benefactors Joyce Allen, Kenneth S. Rosen, Ida S. Cole, Anne Steele

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Sculpture Abides

Michael Magrath has not only been a cornerstone of the sculpture program at Gage since 2003, but he is also an innovative sculptor himself. He studied at the Florence Academy of Art with Robert Bodem and Daniel Graves, and earned his MFA from the University of Washington. Magrath has shown his work in solo and group shows in the Pacific Northwest, as well as completed evocative and emotional public art installations. For example, his work Lot’s Tribe, a group of three life-size figures cast in salt, was installed in Pioneer Square in 2006. See page 21 for more information on sculpting at Gage. Cover: Potnia Theron, detail, 2009, 8" x 13" x 22", oil clay pattern for bronze (Photo by Anna Sparks)

Back covEr artiStS: work by november 2011 teen art Studios artists The teen artists who created this mural studied with No Touching Ground (NTG), a mural and installation artist/ shaman who led the November Teen Art Studios program on Capitol Hill. Conceptually, NTG’s graphic-based artwork deals with the underrepresented and is most often presented in marginalized spaces. Read more about the free, drop-in Teen Art Studios programs at Gage on pages 30 and 31.

Sculpture abides aboUt GaGe: introduction

ithout fail, in almost every class I teach, the question comes up: why sculpture? Why, when the time between inception and final resolution can take months, if not occasionally years, to work out, when there are simply so many steps and so much more stuff to cart around, why — when you can knock out a decent painting in a day or a week — do sculpture at all? I have to go back to a time in my own life, when stuck in the groove of drawing the same way, over and over again, the same habits years in the making, I turned from drawing to 3-D and saw a rabbit hole open in front of me. I saw form for the first time really and the potential of making a thing in the world. Not just an image of a thing, but a thing in itself. Good sculpture has an element of presence that even the most commanding painting lacks.

I saw form for the ﬁrst time and the potential of making a thing in the world.

Sculpture abides. It is here in the world; it shares space with us; it demands we move aside. Honestly, it can freak us out a bit; like in a dark room, you don’t want to turn your back on it. Maurizio Cattelan’s little Hitler, for example, or Gerhard Demetz’s works for that matter, deeply unsettle in a way that any painting would have a hard time pulling off. Out of a wasteland in the 20th century, where great figurative sculptors like the University of Washington’s Everett DuPen wandered under-loved much of his life, a revival is in full swing. Representational sculpture is back, and it is in Technicolor. It returns in the rich and ancient media of clay, of which our own beloved Tip Toland is in the vanguard. It rears its kitschier head in commercial bronze from Loveland to Kirkland. It is in prosthetic silicon of Hollywood out of which the savant Ron Mueck has led an army of hyperrealists, and it blooms now amongst the gamers of Redmond where the media is digital polygons and the physical sculptor may be a 3-D plot printer or a six-axial robotic Dremel. The depiction of the body is a reflection of the aspirations and fears of the age, whether Umberto Boccioni’s gleaming futurism or the mid-century high angst of Alberto Giacometti, to the plastic, super-model beauty of 1980’s Imperial LA’s Robert Graham. Now it’s genetic manipulation in Patricia Piccinini, or the sapient automata of Elizabeth King, Judy Fox’s prepubescent gods, and the rich texture and psychology of Beth Cavener Stichter’s animals. All depend on faithful study of form, and form is best understood in the round. There is no fudging, no tricks of shade or chroma or foreshortening that will make a 3-D piece come together; it is not one drawing, but a hundred, 360º, all wrapped together. And that is the transformative power of sculpture for the aspiring artist. It is work that comes alive. The study offers a whole new window on the world, and a door into other dimensions as well.

Michael Magrath, Gage Teaching Artist

TRAJeCTORY: ExhiBition & lEctUrE This spring Magrath curates the exhibition Trajectory in the Steele Gallery at Gage and gives a talk on opening night, Friday, May 18. The show reveals the progression of figurative sculpture in Seattle over the past 60 years starting with the work of Everett DuPen. See pages 4 and 5 for more information.

Top to bottom: Maurizio Cattelan, Gerhard Demetz, Ron Mueck, Patricia Piccinini, Robert Graham 1

aboUt GaGe: Gage Update

Gage Update

Save the Date

FriDay, jUnE 15

The 12th Annual Drawing Jam®, held this past December 3, was an astounding success, bringing more than 1,400 adults, kids and teens together to make art. A record-setting event, this year expanded into a new space, the Skinner Auditorium, with a café area, vendor tables and a 12-foot scaffolding with catwalks on which models posed throughout the day.

Mark your calendars to celebrate the Best of Gage: Student Art Exhibition, Awards & Sale, a marquee event that showcases new drawings, paintings and sculptures by Gage student artists.

The Drawing Jam was full to the brim with artists focused on live models, still-life setups, a mural wall, musicians and even their own self portrait. The evening featured an Artist Happy Hour with a cadre of local artists serving their own unique cocktails alongside original video works created to compliment the drinks.

Select works submitted to the exhibition as well as pieces from the Gage Ateliers are for sale during the June 15 event only! This is your chance to collect beautiful pieces of art at affordable prices and support the talented artists who made them.

From sketching to printmaking and clay to paint, check out scenes from the day and the list of musicians at www.GageAcademy.org/drawingjam. Special thanks to Klara Glosova, Sierra Stinson, George Ras and Superior Stucco.

Submission Dates: Thurs–Sat, June 7–9 eligibility: Any registered Gage student from July 1, 2011 to June 30, 2012. prESEntinG SponSorS Seattle Office of

a Fond Farewell & a hearty hello

Photos of the fun at the 12th Annual Drawing Jam®.

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We are excited to announce that Shelly Leavens is the next Gage Curator. Shelly earned her master’s in museology from the University of Washington and has been working in exhibition development at the Burke Museum as well as curating shows at the Center for Wooden Boats. She is also a course instructor in the Museum Studies Certificate Program at the UW. Welcome to your new role at Gage, Shelly! Shelly Leavens

Photo by Anna Sparks

Photos by Dara Rosenwasser

Gage bids adieu to Lauren Klenow, our exceptional curator for the past three years who is completing a Centrum Residency in Port Townsend and then heading to Berlin to focus on her studio practice.

aboUt GaGe: Gage Update

Friday, March 2, 2012

Willkommen!

With the Gage Collector’s Gala just around the corner, there remain two opportunities to both support Gage academy of art and get a little something in return.

Proxy Bidding

If you can’t make it to the big night, you can still bid on artwork of your choosing by proxy bidding, available for just $50. Peruse the online catalog at www.Gageacademy.org/auction, then register for proxy bidding by calling kathleen Moore at 206.323.4243 x16.

Art Preview

everyone is invited to the artists’ reception and art Preview on thursday, March 1 from 5:30pm-8:00pm to see the work in person and meet the artists.

Art Tour Raffle

this is also your last chance to purchase raffle tickets! For just $50 a ticket (or 5 for $200), you have a chance to win two places on the upcoming Vienna to Berlin art tour: the Heart of Central europe — including airfare! the 11-night art-intensive trip worth $12,000 is coming up this october; check out the itinerary on page 22, and see all the raffle details online at www.Gageacademy.org/auction. Call kathleen Moore to purchase your raffle tickets today! For last-minute Gala seating, contact Kathleen@GageAcademy.org.

Participating Artists

Juliette aristides Crystal Barbre Susan Bennerstrom Suzanne Brooker larine Chung Pat Clayton kathleen Coyle Sue Danielson Margaret Davidson eric elliott Bill evans Gary Faigin eduardo Fernandez ryan Finnerty Geoff Flack Zoey Frank Michael Friel Jennifer Frohwerk terry Furchgott Ira Goldberg Michael Grimaldi Patty Haller andrew Hare Christopher Martin Hoff tom Hoffmann lee Holcomb Jameson Hubbard Victoria Johnson Mark kang-o’Higgins lauren klenow Craig kosak David kroll ted kutscher lin la Mer Michael lane Michael leavitt anne lewis Norman lundin anna Mckee Janet Nechama Miller Daniel Monda kathleen Moore richard Morhous ann Morris Gary Nisbet Joe Park kelly Patterson Jim Phalen Steven reddy John rizzotto Pamela robinson Deborah Scott Jordan Sokol kurt Solmssen Charlie Spitzack keri Stack kimberly trowbridge Peter Van Dyck elana Winsberg emily Wood Jim Woodring Suze Woolf

Thank You to Our Corporate Sponsors

Gratis at Gage: Upcoming Exhibitions

Gratis at Gage

Gage Art Book Club

3rd Mondays 7:00pm-8:30pm #202, 2nd Fl

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. Gage does not have an elevator; please call regarding ADA accommodations.

Join Ray Munger for this free book club as he leads a discussion on the featured work of literature each month. Visit www.GageAcademy. org for book line-up and discussion questions. FREE All Levels/Public Welcome

Entry Gallery

Rosen Gallery

Steele Gallery

Skin Deep March 27 – April 13

Spitting Image: Self-Portrait Competition March 27 – April 13

The Realm of the Feminine: Interior Edge March 25 – April 14

Opening Reception: Friday, March 30, 6:00pm-8:00pm

Current Gage students and alumni show their artistic talent and creative spirit in the 6th annual self-portrait competition. Juried by artist Gabrielle Bakker, the top three portraits are awarded cash prizes; any Gage student, past or present, working in any media is invited to submit their own interpretation of a self-portrait for the exhibition.

Ten figurative artists exhibit ceramic sculptures that dissect and expose fragments of the psyche, each creating her own distinct and emotive landscape encapsulated within a human rendering. Tip Toland, Christyl Boger, Lisa Clague, Cristina Cordova, Adrian Arleo, Anne Drew Potter, Kathleen Skeels, Aisha Harrison and Christine Golden showcase the female figure as a vehicle to explore the personal nuances of the feminine.

Opening Reception: Friday, March 30, 6:00pm-8:00pm Aron Hart’s realist portraits and figurative paintings come to life by capturing the spirit of his subjects, as well as their likeness. Hart’s work exhibits a strong grasp of light and shadow and demonstrates his passion for contrast — on the canvas, in the artist and in the subject.

In Focus April 20 – May 10 Opening Reception: Friday, April 20, 6:00-8:00pm Painting students of the Faigin Atelier present their most recent paintings focusing on the detailed style of the still-life tradition. Using the still life as a tool for the development of their own artistic voice, these students create compelling paintings exhibiting strong attention to detail of the still-life subject.

Synthesis: The Classical Atelier Graduates May 17 – June 8 Opening Reception: Friday, May 18, 6:00pm-8:00pm Jennifer Baker, Ioulia Kouskova, Charles Prutting and Tenold Sundberg exhibit their thesis work created during their final year in the Aristides Atelier. This exhibition marks the successful completion of the culminating year when each graduating student must develop their own artistic direction in preparation for careers as emerging painters.

Capture April 18 – May 13 Opening Reception: Friday, April 20, 6:00pm-8:00pm Drawings and paintings created by the students of the Kang-O’Higgins Atelier express a focused connection between observational studies and creative expression. Working with line and tone, light and shadow, color mixing and anatomy, these students display their most recent artworks as they strive to capture their own style and place their work in the broader context of contemporary art.

Progressions May 17 – June 7 Opening Reception: Friday, May 18, 6:00pm-8:00pm Students of the Aristides Atelier present classical drawings and paintings founded in traditional academic techniques while highlighting the artists’ own observational skills. This exhibition displays the entire spectrum of the atelier program, demonstrating how students begin with a focus on drawing and advance to full chromatic paintings as they develop a vocabulary to create well-executed and sensitive works of art.

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

*The Realm of the Feminine is guest curated by Christine Golden as part of the 2012 National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) conference.

My Broken Loom April 20 – May 12

The works of Brian Cypher, Robert Hardgrave, Jenny Heishman and Kimberly Trowbridge come together in an intimate, darkened viewing space where paintings, drawings, collages and objects resound. Patterns from nature, basket weaving, beach towels and imagined brooches worn by Cleopatra are used to create works that echo and alter the experience of being a body in space. By reusing, recombining, stitchingtogether and scraping-back, the exhibited works call forth the rhythmic structures of their making.

Trajectory May 18 – June 8 Opening Reception: Friday, May 18, 6:00-8:00pm Marking the 100-year anniversary of the birth of sculptor Everett DuPen, Trajectory exhibits the progression of figurative sculpture in Seattle over the past 60 years. Beginning with works of DuPen, Gage teaching artist Michael Magrath creates an arc of local sculptors showing his own recent work and that of promising young sculptors who he has mentored, including Lance Dooley, Brandis Svendsen and Katrina Wolfe.

Visit www.GageAcademy.org/call for full details.

Cash prizes awarded! Juror: Gabrielle Bakker

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Opening Reception: Friday, April 20, 6:00-8:00pm

Turn-in Dates: Thurs., March 22 – Sat., March 24, 2012

Jennifer Baker

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Lance Dooley, detail

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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.

The Making of The Realm of the Feminine: Interior Edge Christine Golden Friday, March 30 7:00pm Geo Studio, 3rd floor free

The female form, as represented in clay, has had a long and fascinating history. Guest curator Christine Golden describes how the artists were chosen for the Steele Gallery exhibition and elaborates on the concept of the Interior Edge, which presents a contemporary take on the portrayed feminine. This exhibition highlights artists at various stages in their careers, all creating their own unique imprint on contemporary figurative ceramics. Golden is guest curating this Gage exhibition as part of the 2012 National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) conference.

Anne Drew Potter, detail

Golden has been creating art for more than 15 years, working predominantly with the human figure sculpted in clay, focusing on issues dealing with the human condition. Attaining her MFA from Indiana University in 2010, Golden has been represented in Ceramics Monthly and has exhibited at various institutions such as The Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction. She has participated in workshops and residencies, including at the Vermont Studio Center, Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Santa Fe Clay, Penland School of Crafts, and Red Lodge Clay Center.

Patterns of Thought

Kimberly Trowbridge Friday, April 20 7:00pm Geo Studio, 3rd floor free What are the motives behind a particular work of art? How does the artist guide the viewer through a specific experience? Exhibiting artist and curator Kimberly Trowbridge discusses the thought process and influences behind the creation of selected works, and the similar and dissimilar motives that direct Brian Cypher’s, Robert Hardgrave’s, Jenny Heishman’s and her own studio practice. Trowbridge is a Seattle-based painter and teaching artist at Gage Academy of Art. She received her MFA from the University of Washington in 2006, and has exhibited her work locally and nationally at venues including the Henry Art Gallery and Prographica, Seattle; Koplin Del Rio Gallery, Culver City, CA; The Painting Center, Prince Street Gallery and Jenkins Johnson Gallery, New York. In 2008 she received a smART ventures grant from the Seattle Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs. Robert Hardgrave, detail

It’s All 3-D Now

Michael Magrath Friday, May 18 7:00pm Geo Studio, 3rd floor free As the 21st century progresses, advances in technology continue to significantly impact the creation and execution of artworks. From the rebirth of ceramics to hyperrealism to 3-D projection and digital modeling, 3-D technology has become increasingly present in the art world. Gage teaching artist Michael Magrath, guest curator of the concurring exhibition Trajectory, leads a discussion about where this influence is coming from and where it may be going. Michael Magrath received his MFA in sculpture from the University of Washington and also trained at the Florence Academy of Art, Italy. Magrath has taught at Reed College, the Sculpture Academy of London as well as the University of Washington. He is the recipient of the Artist Trust GAP award, the Arts Special Projects Award from 4Culture, and he exhibits his work internationally.

Everett DuPen

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.

May 10 Craig Hanson/Duane Hanson

June 14 Mike Leavitt

The sculptures of Duane Hanson make an unforgettable impression, partly due to the fact that one at first walks past them without realizing they are art. His tourists, museum guards, cheerleaders and shoppers stand sentinel in the museums of the world, their hyper-realism masking a very complex process of creation and conception. Craig Hanson, son of the late sculptor, joins us for a review of his father’s work, and shares his insights as to his working process and artistic agenda. We look with special interest at images of the life-size sculpture of Craig Hanson himself, and find out what it was like to be turned into a sculpted effigy by his dad.

Every artist and every art career is different, but sometime Gage teaching artist Mike Leavitt follows a path that is particularly distinct. Join us as we talk to Leavitt about some of his myriad of activities as CEO of Intuition Kitchen Productions: “a one-man company of fine craft, sculpture, portraiture, performance, education, architecture and animation.” We find out why he experienced “extreme boredom with ‘normal art,’” and what his action figures, penny paintings, movies and trading cards all have in common. According to one observer, “Leavitt alters the everyday objects among us with his blazing technical skill and wit. You will never look at your world the same way again.”

Duane Hanson

Mike Leavitt

Artist’s Tool Kit 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.

Mar 22 Gallery Relations — The Artist’s View Christopher Martin Hoff

Apr 26 Seattle Public Art Projects Deborah Paine

May 24 Framing 101: Traditional Techniques & DIY Approaches Karrie Baas & Julia Ricketts

Seattle painter Hoff shares his experience of working with galleries both locally and nationally, obtaining successful representation and what to expect from a gallery to ensure a healthy creative relationship.

Paine discusses what Seattle’s one percent for the arts program is and what it means to emerging artists. She also talks about how artists can get involved in public art exhibitions, how to apply for public calls of art and other opportunities available to artists through this program.

Framing studio owner Baas and artist Ricketts offer a crash course in hanging, framing and presenting all types of two-dimensional work. They share appropriate framing choices for paintings on canvas and board, works on paper and mixed-media art. You learn about DIY solutions, essential hardware and tools, and what is best left to a professional framer!

Christopher Martin Hoff earned his BFA at the Savannah College of Art and Design in Georgia. He is represented locally at Linda Hodges Gallery and has exhibited with the George Billis Gallery in Los Angeles and New York. Hoff has received numerous awards including an Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant and an Artist Trust GAP award for his on-site project documenting the reconstruction of the World Trade Center in New York.

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Deborah Paine is the Curator & Collections Manager of Seattle Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs Public Art Program. She directs the care, management and placement of nearly 2,800 pieces of art, oversees and administers purchases of artwork, and develops and administrates purchase agreements with artists.

Peter and Sue Richards, Blanche, Lake Union

Karrie Baas is the owner of Baas Framing Studio, an independent frame shop in the Madison Valley that recently celebrated 16 years in business. Julia Ricketts is a painter and Gage teaching artist with a focus on abstract art. She has 14 years of framing experience at Baas Framing Studio.

Interior, Bass Framing Studio

Gage Curriculum & Foundation Programs About Gage: Gage Curriculum

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 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.

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.” gage foundation programs All 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 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

Photo by Anna Sparks

key to skill levels Beneath each class listing is a skill level. Use the below guide to determine your current level. An artist at work in Kathleen McKeehen’s Botanical Watercolor class.

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 per certificate and you have five years to complete each Foundation program. 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. Clock HOurs at gage Gage now offers teacher clock hour credits for select classes in drawing, painting and sculpting. Register for classes as normal, and for an additional administrative fee of $75 per 30 hours completed, you can earn clock hours toward your continu, which ing education. Look for the indicates if a class qualifies for clock hours; this spring there are five classes available. For questions, please call the Registrar at 206.323.4243 x10.

Want to learn more about studying at gage? Contact Anne Petty at Advisor@ GageAcademy.org to arrange a convenient 30-minute interview. If you have artwork to show, please bring it!

Foundation Drawing Program D

see pages 13–16, 21 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 P see pages 16–21 Fall

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

Foundation Still-Life Painting II* Foundation Figure Painting: Head, Hands, Feet * Contemporary Portrait Painting Design Concepts for Artists (or elective) Spring

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

weekend workshops aDUlt proGraMS: Weekend Workshops

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.

Patrick LoCicero, detail

Tom Hoffmann, detail

Karen Hackenberg, detail

ExprESSivE FiGUrE DrawinG Suzanne Brooker Sat-Sun 9:30am-4:30pm 3/3-3/4 [2 days]

BotanicalS in watErcolor: paintinG thE panSy kathleen Mckeehen Sat-Sun 9:30am-4:30pm 4/21-4/22 [2 days]

paintinG with GoUachE karen Hackenberg Sat-Sun 9:30am-4:30pm 5/19-5/20 [2 days]

Refresh your eyes and hand to the art of drawing as you learn how to reduce the complexity of the human form to the simplest line statement. Fast and slow exercises wake up your senses to the visual dynamics of balance, gravity, internal rhythms and sculptural mass. WW1205

beGinninG

$225

tonal portrait DrawinG Michael lane Fri-Sun 9:30am-4:30pm 3/30-4/1 [3 days] Improve your portrait drawing accuracy and speed in a relaxed, supportive environment. Working tonally in charcoal and white chalk, learn to draw the portrait in a way that relates directly to painting. From block-in, massing of shadow shapes, wipe outs, blending with a stump and highlighting, you mimic the painting process while executing fully rendered portrait drawings quickly and concisely. WW1206

all levelS

$325

mixED-mEDia imaGE layErinG Patrick loCicero Sat-Sun 9:30am-4:30pm 4/14-4/15 [2 days] Learn the processes and skills needed to energize and make the surfaces of your paintings complex, nuanced and rich with meaning. Through the process of mixed media, found object and collage, you explore various background layering techniques. You learn how to integrate dissonant materials in a composition to create a successful finished work of art. Historical and contemporary examples inspire you to find your own voice and lead to a unique and personal iconography. WW1207

all levelS

Whether you are a beginner or a more experienced artist, this workshop augments the basics of botanical drawing with the classic botanical watercolor skills of washes and dry-brush in portraying that perennial favorite, the pansy. Those who have already taken the longer Beginning Watercolor class can use this workshop to apply the techniques they learned to a complete botanical subject and a finished piece. WW1208

all levelS

$195

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thE SciEncE oF paintinG with watErcolor tom Hoffmann Sat-Sun 9:30am-4:30pm 4/28-4/29 [2 days] Have you always meant to get around to studying the properties of the various pigments in your palette? Well, nowâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the time! Study properties such as transparency and opacity, staining and non-staining, permanent and fugitive, and what colors layer best with each other. Through exercises, experiments and comparative paintings, you take a quasi-scientific approach to exploring and recording the behavior of paint. WW1209

int/aDv levelS

Enjoy the luscious and expressive qualities of painting with gouache on paper as you learn the basic techniques of this precise yet forgiving medium. Mixing transparent and opaque colors from a condensed palette of colors, you explore the process of wet-intowet color graduation, dry brush modeling of forms, overpainting and painting with resist. On the second day, you further acquaint yourself with the medium by completing a small still-life painting.

$195

introDUction to plEin-air paintinG Suzanne Brooker Sat-Sun 9:30am-4:30pm 6/23-6/24 [2 days] Get the most from painting outdoors this summer with this practical guide to creating fast oil paintings. Begin by learning how to choose and prepare your materials, including palette choices and color mixing strategies. A series of quick one-hour paintings teach you how to compose using a simplified block-in and direct painting techniques. WW1211

all levelS

$195

mixED-mEDia paintinG Hamid Zavareei Sat-Sun 9:30am-4:30pm 6/23-6/24 [2 days] 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.

$195

WW1212 Suzanne Brooker 8

all levelS

$195

weeklong workshops aDUlt proGraMS: Weeklong Workshops

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. SprinG

Amy Weiskopf

Jane Jones

Nicholas Raynolds, detail

Still-liFE paintinG in oil: analytical & SEnSUal amy Weiskopf Mon-Fri 9:30am-4:30pm 3/26-4/6 [10 days]

lUminoUS FlowErS in oil Jane Jones Mon-Fri 9:30am-4:30pm 3/26-3/30 [5 days]

FiGUrE paintinG: thE GriSaillE Nicholas raynolds Mon-Fri 9:30am-4:30pm 4/2-4/6 [5 days]

Throughout this intensive week of study, you learn strategies to create convincing illusions of flowers, as well as gain a thorough understanding of underpainting and glazing in oil. Working from both fresh and silk flowers, you focus on painting detailed studies of several different floral varieties to learn their specific characteristics and artistic challenges. Beginning with detailed drawings, you progress to neutral and colored underpaintings, which you glaze with layers of transparent color akin to painting with stained glass.

You develop a deeper understanding of how to achieve luminosity through value and monochromatic oil painting. Working from the model, you create small, singlesitting value studies during morning sessions and a larger, fully rendered painting in the afternoon. These two complementary working methods serve as the vehicle for you to explore issues concerning grisaille painting. Raynolds presents daily demonstrations and his individual critiques complement relevant studio topics such as composition, the anatomy of light and shadow, paint handling and your painting materials.

Still life offers a unique opportunity to explore both the analytical and sensual aspects of painting. During the first week, you focus on formal issues, particularly color and light, and how the two create space. In the second week, you begin to use the elements of light, color, three-dimensionality and space to compose. You explore weaving twodimensional and three-dimensional aspects of painting together to create a compelling composition in oil. Wa1205

int/aDv levelS

$1,200

Wa1204

int/aDv levelS

$600

Wa1207

int/aDv levelS

$625

FaUviSt Form: BEyonD local color Michael Howard Mon-Fri 9:30am-4:30pm 4/2-4/6 [5 days] You work on setting up a palette in oils and laying out color spectrums for dealing with form. Emphasis is placed on specifically mixing neutrals and values, mixing a spectrum of temperature, and ultimately using pure color to render the value, temperature and form which we see. Progressing quickly from value to temperature to full chroma, you complete the workshop with a significantly colorful interpretation of form and vision inspired by the Fauves of the turn of the 20th century. Wa1206

int/aDv levelS

$600

Michael Howard Register online at www.GageAcademy.org beginning Monday, February 20, 2012.

aDUlt proGraMS: Weeklong Workshops

weeklong workshops (continued)

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SUMMer

Zack Zdrale

Michael Grimaldi

Nathan Oliveira, detail

DrawinG thE FiGUrE Zack Zdrale Mon-Fri 9:30am-4:30pm 6/18-6/22 [5 days]

aDvancED FiGUrE paintinG Michael Grimaldi Mon-Fri 9:30am-4:30pm 6/18-6/29 [10 days]

Spend a week focused on drawing the figure from life, approaching the subject from an academic point of view without limits on meaning and expression. You complete at least three drawings from three different poses, taking time to compose, measure and construct each drawing. Combine sight measuring, review anatomy and proportion, and relate this structural analysis to the light source in order to define the value pattern. Explore topics such as light on form, constructing the figure, materials, technique and composition as you produce finished drawings of which you can be proud.

Explore fundamental and advanced concepts of visual perception and their application to composing paintings from direct observation. A thorough understanding of the visual experience and of the human figure is essential for anyone wishing to express and translate these elements to the picture plane. Working on one pose for the duration of the workshop you learn elements of proportion, gesture, perspective, constructive anatomy and morphology, light on form, color theory and application, and composition through the sustained construction of a full-color, highly resolved painting in oil.

BonnarD & mUnchâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S inFlUEncE on Bay arEa paintinG Charles emerson Mon-Fri 9:30am-4:30pm 8/6-8/10 [5 days]

Wa1208

all levelS

$625

Wa1209

int/aDv levelS

$1,350

Two major figures emerged from the many sources informing the new art of the Bay Area in the 1950s; Edvard Munch, the emotional forerunner of Expressionist Art, and Pierre Bonnard, an early abstractionist and master of color and atmosphere. Munch painted fluid long, sensual brushstrokes and arabesques of meaningful color. Bonnard used meaningful abstractions of space and scale in new color combinations, application and techniques. Explore these artistsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; impact on Modernism and techniques through lectures and exercises in oil or acrylic working from the figure and landscape. $15 materials fee payable to instructor. Wa1210

int/aDv levelS

$600

DrawinG & ScUlptinG thE FiGUrE From liFE Jordan Sokol & eran Webber Mon-Fri 9:30am-4:30pm 8/6-8/17 [10 days] Two Florence Academy instructors lead this two-week collaborative workshop, which offers a unique combination of both drawing and sculpting the figure from life, immersing you in a comprehensive investigation of the human form and equipping you with the tools to intelligently compose an accurate and convincing figure in two and three dimensions. You alternate between developing a fully rendered charcoal drawing in the mornings and sculpting a half-life size (approx. 33 inches) figure in the afternoons. Both approaches are designed to complement one another, balancing both a visual and constructive approach to understanding the mechanism of the body. Regular demonstrations and individualized critiques guide you through basic and advanced concepts of figure construction, light and form modeling, anatomical and proportional canons to support a visual understanding, analyzing depth and understanding contour movement in space. Prior figure drawing experience is recommended, however no prior sculpting experience is needed. Wa1211

int/aDv levelS

Jordan Sokol, detail 10

$1,350

aDUlt proGraMS: Weeklong Workshops

SUMMer on loCation

Costa Vavagiakis

portrait paintinG in oil Costa Vavagiakis Mon-Fri 9:30am-4:30pm 8/13-8/17 [5 days] In this workshop, you examine the construction of the portrait: from the drawing study, to the grisaille undercoat, to the finished painting. You develop a thorough understanding of facial physiognomy by studying the underlying structure of the skull and features of the face. In order to ensure a good foundation for capturing likeness, emphasis is placed on the study of proportions, light, form and tonal relationships. In addition to your studio practice, you learn through demonstrations of drawing and painting techniques, as well as through lectures on the history of portrait painting. Wa1212

int/aDv levelS

Eran Webber, detail

$625

Mitchell Albala

Gary Faigin, detail

ESSEntial concEptS oF lanDScapE paintinG in SkaGit vallEy Mitchell albala Mon-Fri 8:00am-11:00am & 3:30pm-6:30pm 8/13-8/17 [5 days]

Fort lanDScapE paintinG at worDEn port townSEnD Gary Faigin Mon-Fri 9:30am-4:30pm 8/20-8/24 [5 days]

Located on Fir Island in the heart of Skagit Valley, this summer plein-air retreat provides a vast agricultural panorama dotted with farmhouses, barns and fields in rural Washington. Explore practical solutions to the special challenges faced by landscape painters, including simplification through massing, composition, strategies for depicting light, color mixing and managing your outdoor studio. Be part of a close knit “art colony” as you benefit from daily demonstrations and lectures, personal and group critiques, and lunch time chats. Wa1213

int/aDv levelS

$650

Travel to scenic Fort Worden State Park for a week of Northwest landscape painting. Each day begins with a demonstration focusing on the key elements of plein-air painting: choosing a subject, getting started, the block-in, adjusting your values and approaches to painting trees, skies and water. Emphasis is placed on strong compositions, simplifying complex forms and eliminating distracting and unnecessary details. Wa1215

all levelS

$600

Fort worDEn hoUSinG Sun, Aug 19 – Fri, Aug 25 atr1205

$250 for 5 nights/dbl occupancy for painter or non-painter

lanDScapE paintinG in SEattlE Peter Van Dyck Mon-Fri 9:30am-4:30pm 8/20-8/24 [5 days]

DrawinG thE portrait Fort worDEn on hanD-tonED papEr tenaya Sims Mon-Fri 9:30am-4:30pm 8/20-8/24 [5 days]

Hone your creative problem solving skills as you tackle the challenges of painting the city as a motif. You learn strategies for simplifying complex environments using an understanding of space, structure and light, developing personal compositions with a compelling sense of space. Focus on topics such as linear perspective, pictorial distortion, the color of light and design, as well as addressing the practical difficulties of working on site.

Depicting a compelling and realistic portrait is one of the most difficult tasks an artist faces. From your headquarters at Fort Worden, you first focus on learning fundamental mechanics of blocking-in and rendering the head and face, then adapt these techniques to a variety of drawing tools and surfaces, as well as learn to prepare your drawing surfaces by toning the paper with gouache, graphite powder and charcoal dust. Demos, critiques and lectures augment your studio time.

Wa1214

Wa1216

int/aDv levelS

Peter Van Dyck

$600

all levelS

$625

Tenaya Sims, detail Register online at www.GageAcademy.org beginning Monday, February 20, 2012.

open Studios

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.

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 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 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 help develop a road map for your future study. To enroll, call Gage to help you determine the best match for your mentoring needs.

NEW! utrecht now hosts open studio sessions with figure models at their Capitol Hill store on thursday nights.

St1207

(Mon)

$150 Dwg/Ptg [9 wks]

St1208

(thurs)

St1209

(fri)

$165 ($180 includes clay) Sculpting $150 Dwg/Ptg [9 wks]

St1210

(Sun)

$150 ($165 includes clay) Sculpting [9 wks]

St1206 firSt viSit free $14 (drop-in) / $55 (5-session pass) $160 (20-session pass)

MS1203

($175 if enrolled in a concurrent Gage program)

MS1204

Drop-in anD reServeD StUDioS

4/9 - 6/11

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4/10 - 6/12

wEDnESDay 4/11 - 6/13

thUrSDay 4/12 - 6/14

Mentoring by a Gage Graduate: 8 hours $250

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Spring Quarter Schedule | april 9 – June 17 monDay

Mentoring by a Gage instructor: 3 hours $225

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4/13 - 6/15

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4/15 - 6/17

9:30am - 12:30pm 10:00am - 1:00pm SHort poSeS reServeD StUDio [9 wks, no class 5/26] 9-week pose Sculpting / St1210

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6:30pm - 9:30pm 6:30pm - 9:30pm reServeD StUDio reServeD StUDio 10-week pose 9-week pose Sculpting / ST1208 Dwg • Ptg / ST1209 4/13 - 6/8 [9 wks]

6:00pm - 9:00pm open StUDio

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Evening lecture Series

DrawinG thE FEatUrES D oF thE hEaD Gary Faigin Tuesday 7:00pm-8:30pm 4/24-6/5 Nothing is more emotionally compelling to observe than the human face. Magazines flaunt idealized facial beauty; Hollywood packages expressive faces for big-screen cinema; TV capitalizes on talking heads to give the facts and features of the day. Over six evenings, Faigin, author of the acclaimed The Artist’s Complete Guide to Facial Expression, presents an animated discourse on the foundations of drawing the head. Drawing from models and showing slides, he guides you to a broader understanding of this fascinating subject. apr 24

It’s What’s underneath that Counts: Fundamental Forms of the Skull

May 1

the Skull: How It Relates to the Proportions of the Head

May 8

looking into the eye: Understanding & Drawing Its Forms

May 15

the Features: Depicting the Nose, the Mouth & the Ear

May 22

the tonal Factor: Shading the Head as a Whole

June 5

What’s in a Smile? A Look at Facial Expressions

all levelS/pUbliC WelCoMe l1203 $70 for series/$15 at door

lunchtime lecture Series GaUGUin: art & myth FrEE @ GaGE acaDEmy oF art

workinG artiSt: Do-it-yourself tools for Building your art career Pamela Belyea Wednesday 7:00pm-8:30pm 5/9-5/30

Charles emerson Thursday 12:30pm-1:30pm 3/1 Geo Studio, 3rd floor Against all odds Paul Gauguin stubbornly struggled to find an art, place and life that did not exist and so tried to create one. In the process of newly inventing the world he sought, he became one of the greatest and most influential modern masters. He explored new emotive possibilities of color, flattening space and using both abstract and decorative forms in new and sometimes provocative ways. We analyze his art, not only the myth, as we study the products of a unique genius who believed all art was either plagiarism or revolution. No registration required.

There is nothing formulaic or absolute about your trajectory from art student to professional artist. Every artist follows a unique career path based on career opportunities invented or proffered. Nonetheless, building and sustaining an art career includes basic practices with which every artist should be familiar. This four-part lecture series outlines time-honored principles for turning your art-making passion into your professional career. Reference binders of all lecture materials are available for $10 each. May 9

the Bifurcated artist: Your balancing act between art practice and business practice

May 16

Crafting Your Career tools: From inventory software to marketing & PR strategies

May 23

Your Gallery relationships: Where to begin, when to end and everything in-between.

May 30

Sustaining Your Career: Resources and recommendations to broaden your options

aDUlt proGraMS: lecture Series

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.

free

all levelS/pUbliC WelCoMe

SaM Guided tours

GaUGUin anD polynESia @ SEattlE art mUSEUm Charles emerson & Gary Faigin Wednesdays 3:00pm 3/28 (Emerson) 4/11 & 4/18 (Faigin) Gage Artistic Director Gary Faigin and teaching artist Charles Emerson both lead tours of the exhibition Gauguin and Polynesia: An Elusive Paradise on view at the Seattle Art Museum. Each guide lends a unique artist’s perspective to this striking exhibition, which displays about 60 Gauguin works spanning painting, sculpture and drawings that fully reveal the extent of the influence of Polynesian art and culture on his work. Audio equipment is provided and tour participants are invited to continue the conversation at a no-host happy hour at the SAM TASTE Restaurant afterward. Tour limited to 18. SAM admission not included.

all levelS/pUbliC WelCoMe l1204 $45 for series/$15 at door

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all levelS/pUbliC WelCoMe atr1202 all Dates $15/person

Gary Faigin, detail

Jan Vermeer, detail

Paul Gauguin Register online at www.GageAcademy.org beginning Monday, February 20, 2012.

Drawing classes

aDUlt proGraMS: Drawing Classes

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 7 and look for the D in our class listings. Please Note: Most Gage classes require out of studio homework.

D Foundation Drawing p Foundation painting modernism Series

More info on p. 7 & p. 16

clock-hour course

beGinninG

DrawinG By ScUlptorS: GiacomEtti, roDin, nEri Margaret Davidson Tuesday 1:30pm-4:30pm 4/10-6/12 Study the drawings of 20th century Modernist sculptors Alberto Giacometti, Auguste Rodin and Manuel Neri. Giacomettiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s drawings show his vision of stress and time with layer upon layer of drawn lines and erased lines; Rodin actually cuts out some parts of his figure drawings and folds them into 3-D forms; and Neri draws with a living, breathing line, full of an energy that seems to carve form out of space right before your eyes. Modernist drawings are about both the subject and the act of drawing itself. By copying the drawings of Giacometti, Rodin and Neri, you learn how significant their contributions to art have been and continue to be. D1220

all levelS

$420

BEGinninG FiGUrE DrawinG Michael lane Tuesday 1:30pm-4:30pm 4/10-6/12 Gain technical mastery and intuitive understanding of depicting the human form. Working from quick gesture drawings then longer, more considered poses and drawings, you learn to incorporate proportion and anatomy, use light and shade to depict volume, and line and tone to describe planar changes in the body. D1221

all levelS

Michael Lane 14

DrawinG in thE StUDio & city Barbara Fugate Wednesday 1:30pm-4:30pm 4/11-6/13 Each week you alternate drawing at Gage from the live model to drawing at different places in the city with a sketchbook â&#x20AC;&#x201D; bringing studio practices to the field. In this way, you expand your understanding of basic art elements such as line, space and color by applying them to non-academic subjects in the city. Work in mixed media from animals at Woodland Park Zoo, plants in the Conservatory, ballet dancers at the Pacific Northwest Ballet and sculpture at SAAM, as well as from the live model at Gage. D1222

all levelS

$435

DrawinG For BEGinnErS larine Chung Wednesday 6:30pm-9:30pm 4/11-6/13 In this introductory fundamentals class, you learn key concepts and artistic principles in order 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. D1223

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D BEGinninG portrait DrawinG & ScUlptinG Suzanne Brooker Thursday 9:30am-12:30pm 4/12-6/14 Take your portrait drawing into the third dimension by sculpting the features of the face with oil clay. Alternating weekly between drawing and sculpting, you focus on gaining a stronger understanding of each facial feature in context while you develop a sharper eye to the detail and structure of the face. Easy step-by-step instruction; no sculpting experience required. See also the Drawng the Features of the Head lectures on p. 13. D1224

all levelS

New! lonG-poSE FiGUrE DrawinG eric elliott Friday 9:30am-12:30pm 4/13-6/15

Working from longer, more considered poses, you learn to achieve accurate proportion, create a sense of light and insert the figure into the environment. Use line and value to depict volume and depth and to describe planar changes in the body, as you work from the live model. D1225

all levelS

$420

$450

Barbara Fugate

$450

Suzanne Brooker, detail

$450

Botanical Drawing Kathleen McKeehen Friday 9:30am-12:30pm 4/13-6/15 [9 weeks, no class 5/25]

Beginning with measurement techniques, observational skills and the unique requirements of botanical art, learn to use line to accurately portray plant subjects, then move on to understanding light’s effect on form and how to use shading for three-dimensionality. While focusing on plants, the skills you acquire apply to any realistic drawing effort and are an excellent preparation for learning botanical watercolor as well. Intermediate students are welcome and can take on more advanced plant subjects. D1226 All Levels $395

New! Drawing Principles

of the Masters Larine Chung Sunday 10:00am-1:00pm 4/15-6/17 [9 weeks, no class 5/27]

Learning how to draw by studying old masters’ works is one of the most widely used learning methods in the art world. In this fundamentals class, you are exposed to major works of great artists and gain the insight of their key concepts and artistic principles in the classical drawing process. Focus on master copies and then move to still-life objects as you learn to accurately render line, shape and proportion. D1227 All Levels $395

Artistic Anatomy: Anatomy Applied to Life Drawing Matt Buckner Mon/Wed 1:30pm-4:30pm 4/9-6/13 [No class Mon, 5/28]

Focus on the recognition of structure patterns in the figure and their systematic use to create life drawings that convey action and articulate form. Problem solve foreshortening and use cross contour to convey volume and place values. Recommended sequel to both intermediate-level figure drawing and intermediate-level sculpture courses. D1228 Intermediate $670

Figure Drawing in Interiors D Terry Furchgott Tuesday 9:30am-12:30pm 4/10-6/12 Take your figure drawing skills to the next level by exploring the relationship between the figure and its surrounding environment. Learn to successfully create the illusion of space, light and volumetric mass through efficient mark making and the use of clear relative values. Using pencil, charcoal, ink and white chalk, you complete bold sketches and one finished drawing working from complex theatrical setups including figure and objects, furniture and drapery. Composition and perspective studies help you create images with successful visual relationships that also convey mood, personality and narrative intent. Previous figure drawing experience recommended. $10 materials fee payable to instructor. D1229 Intermediate $450

Adult programs: Drawing Classes

intermediate

Foundation Figure Drawing III D Michael Magrath Tues/Thurs 1:30pm-4:30pm 4/10-6/14 Learn how to set up, start and finish more sophisticated pictures of the figure while you work on lengthy drawings from the model. Continue to build on your skills of rendering the figure from observation while learning the figure’s construction and proportion systems to help solve problems of drawing the figure from memory. Explore a range of drawing materials and surfaces, and leave the class with a collection of refined figure drawings. D1230 Intermediate $690

Beginning Color Theory Margaret Davidson Tues/Thurs 6:30pm-9:30pm 4/10-6/14 Working in colored pencil, create a color wheel and color relationship samples as you develop color still-life drawings, depth studies and a detailed examination of color as value. Examples of color use as well as master copies further your understanding of color. D1231 Intermediate $650

Long-Pose Portrait Drawing Eric Elliott Friday 1:30pm-4:30pm 4/13-6/15 Through portrait drawing, learn to handle the essential techniques of rendering the human head, hands and torso. Working from longer, more considered poses, you achieve more accurate shapes, increase your understanding of the surface anatomy of the figure and head, create a sense of volume and depth, and study the way light falls on threedimensional forms. Classes are devoted to demonstrations, discussions, lectures and drawing from life and master copies. D1232 Intermediate $450

Larine Chung, after Leonardo Da Vinci

Terry Furchgott

Margaret Davidson, detail Register online at www.GageAcademy.org beginning Monday, February 20, 2012.

Adult Programs: Drawing & Painting Classes

Drawing (continued) 5-Week All-Day Figure & Portrait Drawing Joseph Lesser Saturday 9:30am-4:30pm 4/14-5/12 This six-hour Saturday class allows you to focus on your figurative skills under the guidance of a thoughtful teaching artist. Using the drawing medium of your choice (charcoal, graphite or trois crayon), 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. D1233 Intermediate $450 advanced

Aesthetics of Drawing D Margaret Davidson Thursday 1:30pm-4:30pm 4/12-6/14 Complete a series of projects to help you analyze your work, develop your sensitivity and stretch your personal dialogue with drawing in various modes and media. Readings and examples from art history are used as part of class discussions. D1234 ADVANCED $420

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 7 and look for the P in our class listings. Please Note: Most Gage classes require out of studio homework.

Beginning

MODERNISM SERIES

Portraits in Watercolor Hamid Zavareei Monday 1:30pm-4:30pm 4/9-6/11

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.

[9 weeks, no class 5/28]

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. This is the final quarter of the cycle; stay tuned for what’s next this fall! Look for the in our class listings, and visit www.GageAcademy.org/adult for a full schedule.

This quarter features: Drawing by Sculptors: Giacometti, Rodin, Neri Margaret Davidson, page 14 Modernism & Beyond in America Charles Emerson, page 19 Thin to Thick: Hockney, Diebenkorn, Rothenburg Barbara Fugate, page 20

Experiment with both traditional watercolor techniques and looser approaches to capture the essentials of your portrait model. You focus on head, facial structure and proportion, placing an emphasis on the economy of the line, and allowing for the watercolor to build up the volume and structure of the head and face through color and value. Explore light, shade, form and value with broad gestural strokes in warm and cool colors. P1231 ALL LEVELS $405

New! Landscape Oil Painting: Epic Skyscapes Suzanne Brooker Tuesday 9:30am-12:30pm 4/10-6/12

Inspired by artists of the Romantic era, the sky becomes not only a deep observational study into nature, but also a metaphor of the unpredictable nature of heaven. From sunsets to stormy spring skies, you learn how to render the complex layers of the sky using transparent to opaque oil painting techniques in luminous color.

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P1232 All Levels $420

Joseph Lesser 16

Richard Diebenkorn

Suzanne Brooker, detail

BEGinninG watErcolor tom Hoffmann Wednesday 9:30am-12:30pm 4/11-6/13

BEGinninG acrylic paintinG terry Furchgott Thursday 9:00am-noon 4/12-6/14

In this hands-on color theory course for oil painters, students learn rigorous color mixing and palette organization strategies, as well as how to apply that knowledge to observational studies. Greatly improve your ability to perceive color relationships and to create equivalent analogies with oil paint. Working from still-life constructions made from colored paper, you build a strong working relationship with color in terms of value, temperature and intensity. A final study considers the role of color contrast in composition and the development of space.

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. You focus on awareness skills as well as technical skills, since knowing what to do is at least as important as knowing how.

From color mixing to brush techniques to the use of a wet palette, learn to handle the spontaneous and quick-drying medium of acrylic paint with confidence and skill. Working from inspiring set ups containing colorful flowers, fruit and ceramics, you learn to draw accurately with paint and to create a sense of three-dimensional realism in your image through the use of relative tonal values, color temperature and saturation. You complete brief color sketches and one finished piece, learning to work with both fine detail and bold, painterly brushwork. $15 materials fee payable to instructor.

p1233

all levelS

$420

oil paintinG portrait BaSicS p Suzanne Brooker Wednesday 9:30am-12:30pm 4/11-6/13 Learn to use the strength of an underpainting to create a more expressive, vivid portrait in oil. Find out how a green underpainting can bring life to a red palette, how the fluid quality of a wipe-out can enhance the gestural quality of expression and how a simple grisaille can be transformed with glazed color. p1234

beGinninG

$450

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p1235

beGinninG

$420

New! caSt paintinG Susan Bari Price Wednesday 9:30am-12:30pm 4/11-6/13 Painting from the cast teaches the principles of form and light. Learn to see and paint relationships between planes of value while addressing the challenges of oil paint handling. Exercises progress from simple geometric forms to classical statuary. Class work includes demonstrations, individual and group critiques and lectures on light, form, value and painting processes. p1236

all levelS

$420

FiGUrE paintinG in oil p Michael lane Wednesday 6:30pm-9:30pm 4/11-6/13 Create a 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 your final painting in an extended palette with an emphasis on composition and sighting accurate figure proportions. p1237

all levelS

$450

p1238

Tom Hoffmann, detail

$420

BEGinninG oil paintinG & color Suzanne Brooker Thursday 6:30pm-9:30pm 4/12-6/14 Merge paint handling with color mixing in simple study paintings that allow you to practice and integrate the basic skills of oil painting. Using a step-by-step approach you learn how to move from the process of drawing into painting: begin a painting, design a color palette and build the paint surface using a variety of brush techniques. p1239

beGinninG

$420

Botanical watErcolor: BloominG GarDEnS kathleen Mckeehen Friday 1:30pm-4:30pm 4/13-6/15 [9 weeks, no class 5/25]

Practice botanical painting basics including measurement, drawing and preparing the painting surface; understand how lighting reveals form; use flat and graded washes; and apply dry-brush technique to gain a better understanding of color mixing processes. Learn flat and graduated wash techniques, as well as the dry-brush method, which allows for a very detailed, tight and realistic portrayal of your botanical subjects. p1240

Kimberly Trowbridge, detail

all levelS

aDUlt proGraMS: painting Classes

colorS For paintErS p kimberly trowbridge Tuesday 9:30am-12:30pm 4/10-6/12

all levelS

$395

Kathleen McKeehen, detail Register online at www.GageAcademy.org beginning Monday, February 20, 2012.

Adult Programs: Painting Classes

Painting Classes (continued) Portrait Painting In Oil P Michael Lane Saturday 10:00am-1:00pm 4/14-6/16 [9 weeks, no class 5/26]

In this course on the art and practice of portraiture you learn to compose from observation, acquire strategies for organizing visual information and study historic precedent while you work to render convincing and compelling likenesses of the model in oil. P1241 All Levels $405

Beginning Landscape Painting: Spring Green Suzanne Brooker Saturday 2:00pm-5:00pm 4/14-6/16 [9 weeks, no class 5/26]

Every landscape painter needs 40,000 greens! Master color mixing strategies in oil for rendering foliage: variations of pigment greens verses mixing Y+B greens coupled with textural brush techniques. Excellent preparation for your summer plein-air painting endeavors. P1242 All Levels $395

Encaustic Painting Hamid Zavareei Saturday 2:00pm-5:00pm 4/14-6/16 [9 weeks, no class 5/26]

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 simple addition of wax to your painting media to hot-wax painting and the heating of wax-painted surfaces to layering and transferring methods. $25 materials fee payable to instructor.

Abstract Painting I Julia Ricketts Sunday 2:00pm-5:00pm 4/15-6/17 [9 weeks, no class 5/27]

How do non-representational painters create their compositions? Investigate the language of abstraction through examples and methods of 20th- and 21st-century artists using oil or acrylic paint. Topics include pure mark-making, repetition and structure, and color as content. P1244 All Levels $395 intermediate

Still-Life Painting Studio Susan Bari Price Monday 9:30am-12:30pm 4/9-6/11 [9 weeks, no class 5/28]

Broaden and refine your still-life oil painting practice as you complete a series of projects designed to bring your unique point of view into focus. You work with the instructor to develop and accomplish specific goals; and in a supportive community of artists, participate in group critiques to explore ideas. Areas of study include historical styles, techniques and processes; mastering textures; working with limited and historical palettes; composition skills; still-life genres (trompe l’oeil, found still life, symbolic still life); color design; and developing meaning in your work. P1245 Intermediate $395

New! Expressive Coloristic Figure Painting Charles Emerson Monday 9:30am-12:30pm 4/9-6/11 [9 weeks, no class 5/28]

Explore new ways to consider, experience, paint and use your personal reactions by way of a coloristic approach to the figure. To be a colorist is not necessarily to use many colors, but to skillfully orchestrate color as the logic, emotion and beginning of your work. Color, rather than tone or drawing, is the most important element in the structure, composition, modeling and aesthetic intent. No color theories are proposed, but the psychological and emotional content and your reactions to various figural situations are open for your color input in oil or acrylic paint. $15 materials fee payable to instructor. P1246 Intermediate $405

Foundation Figure Painting III: Figure in Context Anne Petty Mon/Wed 9:30am-12:30pm 4/9-6/13 P [No class Mon, 5/28]

Building on your work with the figure as individual parts, you now focus on full figure studies in a larger context. Explore layers of space within the figure and within the context of the picture plane by considering saturation vs. neutrality and spatial hierarchy, among other methods. Although this is the third class in the series, new intermediate students are welcome. P1247 Intermediate $670

P1243 All Levels $395

Hamid Zavareei, detail 18

Susan Bari Price

Anne Petty, detail

Intermediate Pastel Terry Furchgott Tuesday 6:30pm-9:30pm 4/10-6/12

[No class Mon, 5/28]

Take your pastel skills to the next level, as you learn to create dynamic and realistic drawings full of luminous color, accurate tonal values and a convincing sense of space. Working from inspiring set ups combining fruit, flowers, drapery and colorful ceramics, you complete expressive studies and several finished works. Furchgott’s rigorous teaching style and clear demonstrations encourage you to improve your drawing, master complex color layering techniques, and successfully render glass, metal and pattern. $12 materials fee payable to instructor.

Focus on color mixing and bringing your paintings to a higher degree of finish in this final class in the foundational still-life painting series. Your finished, well-composed oil painting addresses concept, composition, fully turned form and convincing spatial relationships. Discuss and apply painting techniques that lend a “finish” to your work including glazing, impasto and varying edgework. New intermediate students welcome. P1248 Intermediate $670

New! Landscape:

Essential Theory & Process Mitchell Albala Tuesday 6:30pm-9:30pm 4/10-6/12 Explore the key lessons of landscape — simplification and massing, value, subject selection, composition and color — in this studio-based class. Through structured exercises in the slower, more controlled environment of the studio, you become better prepared to solve these problems when working outdoors. Special attention is given to the correct way to reference photos and how image editing software is used to generate ideas. Class time includes weekly critiques and personalized instruction. P1249 Int/Adv LEVELS $420

P1250 Intermediate $420

Intermediate Watercolor Tom Hoffmann Wednesday 1:30pm-4:30pm 4/11-6/13 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. P1251 Intermediate $420

Adult Programs: Painting Classes

Foundation Still-Life Painting III Susan Bari Price Mon/Wed 1:30pm-4:30pm 4/9-6/13 P

New! Renaissance Mastercopies Hamid Zavareei Wednesday 6:30pm-9:30pm 4/11-6/13

Renaissance masters created their works using a limited number of pigments available to them at the time. You use the same range of pigments and materials to explore the techniques employed by these masters of the 15th and 16th centuries. Copy segments of masterpieces as you follow the artists’ processes step by step, developing the tonal underpainting and building subsequent layers to create the jewel-like effects of their work based on research done over the centuries. P1252 Intermediate $420

Modernism & Beyond in America Charles Emerson Thursday 9:30am-12:30pm 4/12-6/14 Rothko, de Kooning, Still, Pollock and Diebenkorn all chose the way of intention, intuition and improvisation as means of developing their unique art. These, and other Abstract Expressionist painters helped American art become the major influence of its time while changing the world of art forever. Through exploration, self-imposed problems of color, composition and technique they found a new, balanced solution to the aesthetics of painting. Through a series of defined exercises, you explore the methods of these and additional modern masters in either oils or acrylics. Basic painting experience required. $15 materials fee payable to instructor.

Courtesy ArtStor.org

P1253 Intermediate $435

Mitchell Albala, detail

Terry Furchgott, detail

Mark Rothko Register online at www.GageAcademy.org beginning Monday, February 20, 2012.

painting classes (continued) aDUlt proGraMS: painting Classes

aDvanCeD

aDvancED acrylic paintinG terry Furchgott Monday 6:30pm-9:30pm 4/9-6/11

thin to thick: hocknEy, DiEBEnkorn, rothEnBUrG Barbara Fugate Thursday 6:30pm-9:30pm 4/12-6/14

portrait paintinG StUDio Michael lane Saturday 2:00pm-5:00pm 4/14-6/16 [9 weeks, no class 5/26]

[9 weeks, no class 5/28]

The figure painters David Hockney, Richard Diebenkorn and Susan Rothenburg exemplify three Modernist viewpoints of space, paint handling and expressive color. Hockney’s early figures sit in a room of crisp air, clean and bright. Diebenkorn’s are painted more roughly, with precision of color and design. Rothenburg’s forms converge with the air in a tornado of brushstrokes and thick paint. Working from the live model and photographs, you make paintings in oil or acrylic paint based on each artist’s concept and working method of form in space — from thin to thick. Some painting experience is recommended.

An extension of Portrait Painting in Oil, this course builds on fundamental concepts with special attention paid to essential issues such as lighting, composition, accessories and more advanced oil painting techniques. You focus on longer poses as you tackle portrait concepts to increase your aptitude in rendering costume elements, hands and the environment.

As an experienced acrylic student, increase the technical refinement and emotive impact of your work through intensive study, interaction with fellow students and mentorship by teaching artist Furchgott. Working from both figure in interior and still-life set ups, you complete brief gestural sketches as well as several finished paintings, focusing on the alla prima or direct method of painting characterized by bold, expressive brushwork and a painterly surface. Balance spontaneity and freshness in your image with accuracy and finish. Instructor permission or portfolio review required. $15 materials fee payable to instructor.

p1254

Study trends and ideas in contemporary painting while you develop your individual voice as a painter. In this seminar-style class you create a small body of work that hangs together as a group. Readings and discussion enhance in-class work time and regular critiques. All media and subjects welcome.

interMeDiate

$450

New! paintinG’S SUBjEct Michael Howard Friday 9:30am-12:30pm 4/13-6/15 Choosing a subject for a painting is never simple; it is already a decoy, a surfacing for something else. Begin your study of subject by discussing and choosing your objects, then explore the technical questions that the selected objects present: development of palette, relation to a historical evolution of genre, elements of composition and more. You also research contemporary painters, their methods and practice. Class time is augmented by readings, discussion and critical feedback. p1255

int/aDv levelS

$420

D Foundation Drawing p Foundation painting modernism Series

More info on p. 7 & p. 16

p1256

interMeDiate

$405

contEmporary paintinG SEminar Julia ricketts Sunday 10:00am-1:00pm 4/15-6/17 [9 weeks, no class 5/27]

p1257

interMeDiate

$395

intErmEDiatE Still-liFE paintinG larine Chung Sunday 2:00pm-5:00pm 4/15-6/17 [9 weeks, no class 5/27]

Develop your oil painting techniques while further exploring the still-life genre. You learn to improve values, tonal relationships, turning forms and color mixing, as you create master copies and work from direct observation from still-life setups. You participate in discussion on tools, materials, methods and techniques throughout the course. p1258

interMeDiate

p1259

aDvanCeD

aDvancED watErcolor tom Hoffmann Tuesday 9:30am-12:30pm 4/10-6/12 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. Class time includes group discussions and critiques. Completion of Intermediate Watercolor or instructor permission required. New students welcome. p1260

aDvanCeD

$395

clock-hour course

Michael Howard, detail 20

Julia Ricketts, detail

$405

Larine Chung, detail

$420

Sculpting classes

BEGinninG FiGUrE ScUlptUrE Matt Buckner Monday 9:30am-12:30pm 4/9-6/11

[9 weeks, no class 5/28]

Learn to accurately represent human gesture, proportion, mass, structure and surface form in three dimensions. A building block of the Foundation Drawing Program at Gage, this course offers sculpting students a comprehensive introduction to figure sculpture, working from the same pose for the entire quarter; while students of drawing and painting improve their dimensional depiction of the human form in space. You work from the same pose for the entire quarter, with the pose also available in the independent Sculpture Reserved Studio (ST1210) on Sunday mornings — allowing you up to 18 sessions to develop your work. (Register separately for ST1210.) S1207

beGinninG

$440

halF-SizE FiGUrE ScUlptinG Matt Buckner Monday 9:30am-12:30pm 4/9-6/11 [9 weeks, no class 5/28]

Intended for the second- and third-year sculpture student, you comprehensively review modeling skills working from a sustained pose in water clay. You work from the same pose for the entire quarter, with the pose also available in the independent Sculpture Reserved Studio (ST1210) on Sunday mornings — allowing you up to 18 sessions to develop your work. (Register separately for ST1210.) Minimum prerequisites include one year life drawing and one course in anatomy. S1208

int/aDv levelS

$440

FiGUrE ScUlptinG StUDio Michael Magrath Tuesday 6:30pm-9:30pm 4/10-6/12 Experience a clear and intuitive method for mastering 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 ST1208.) S1209

all levelS

$475

portrait ScUlptinG p Michael Magrath Thursday 9:30am-12:30pm 4/12-6/14 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. See also Drawing the Features of the Head lecture series on page 13. S1210

all levelS

$475

Sculpture reserved Studio Spring Schedule 4/12-6/17* thUrSDay St1208

SUnDay St1210

6:30pm-9:30pm 10:00am-1:00pm reServeD StUDio reServeD StUDio Sculpting Sculpting 4/12-6/14 4/22 – 6/17 [Studio w/ S1209]

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. Clay is provided for all sculpting classes at Gage.

New! animal Form & motion Bill evans Friday 9:30am-12:30pm 4/13-6/15 Devote your study to understanding what causes form and motion as you sculpt many animals and work progressively. Start by sketching and learning the bones and major muscles and how they relate to the overall form, then see your animals “emerge” through understanding how the bodies work with both expression and form. You also study action and the scale relationships of the various body parts for proper proportions. S1211

all levelS

$445

FiGUrE ScUlptUrE D Matt Buckner Saturday 10:00am-1:00pm 4/14-6/16 [9 weeks, no class 5/26]

Refine your ability to see and render the figure as you study the underlying forms and uniting rhythms of the human body. You 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. Buckner demonstrates the life-casting process. 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 ST1210.) S1212

all levelS

$440

[Studio w/ S1207, 1208 & 1 212]

* For full schedule and cost, see p. 12.

Matt Buckner

Michael Magrath

Bill Evans, detail Register online at www.GageAcademy.org beginning Monday, February 20, 2012.

academy art tours

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 – 18 participants and tend to sell out quickly. Learn more at www.GageAcademy.org/tours.

vienna to berlin art tour: The HeART of Central Europe Art Tour Guide: Gary Faigin Friday, October 19 to Tuesday, October 30, 2012 (11 nights) $5,200 double occupancy/person $7,200 single occupancy

Courtesy ARTstor.org

Our 11-day journey from Vienna to Berlin provides both an opportunity to discover the spectacular trove of old master and 19th-century paintings assembled by the Imperial courts of Germany and Austria, as well as a look at how the cataclysmic political changes of the post-War period have transformed these historic towns — particularly Berlin — into vibrant renewed centers of culture and art.

Gustav Klimt, the kiss, detail

We begin in Vienna, once the center of the glorious Hapsburg Empire,where we spend two days visiting its stellar museums, including the famed Kunsthistorisches, Leopold and Belvedere collections. As we leave Austria, we enjoy a special lunch in the “Old Town” of Salzburg before entering Germany to explore the museums of Munich and the recently re-annexed Dresden. We continue to Berlin where we begin with a panoramic tour of this architecturally eclectic capitol city, before spending time focused in and around the unique “Kulturforum,” just steps from many famous tourist sights and the Gemäldegalerie, the world-renowned repository of masterworks from the 13th century to the 18th century. With three full days in Berlin, our itinerary includes a short list of significant landmarks, museums and galleries with outstanding collections spanning ancient, Renaissance, Baroque, Romantic and modern. Your 21012 Vienna-Berlin art tour includes three nights in Vienna, two nights in Munich, two nights in Dresden and four nights in Berlin in centrally located, four- and five-star hotels with a daily breakfast buffet. Two group dinners and one lunch are included. Airfare, airport transfers, meals not noted and personal incidentals are not included. Overview of tour itinerary and accommodations are available at www.GageAcademy.org/tours. atr1204 Book your place with a $500 per person non-refundable deposit online!

this mini- “Grand tour” through austria and Germany invites you to meet some of northern europe’s greatest historic artists first-hand:

Käthe Kollwitz in Berlin

Albrecht Dürer in Munich

Pieter Breughel in Vienna

Egon Schiele in Vienna

Paul Klee in Berlin

Gerhard Richter in Berlin

Gage ateliers

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. Enrollment in the atelier programs is yearly, with nine months of dedicated instruction. For the upcoming 2012-2013 school year, the ateliers run September 10, 2012 through June 14, 2013. Aristides’s and Kang-O’Higgins’s 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 a 10% discount on all concurrent classes and workshops: as well as free access to all Drop-In Figure Studios and any Gage Evening Lecture Series on art techniques and art history. To learn more or to receive application materials, please visit www.GageAcademy.org or call 206.343.4243. 2012-2013 Gage Atelier applications are due Thursday, May 31, 2012.

Aristides Atelier students work from the model in the Alhadeff Studio.

ariStiDES atEliEr classical Drawing & painting Juliette aristides

kanG-o’hiGGinS atEliEr Drawing & painting Mark kang-o’Higgins

FaiGin atEliEr Still-life painting 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 Aristides Atelier offers you the necessary vocabulary to create well-designed and well-executed drawings and paintings.

Intended for long-term students, the KangO’Higgins 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 Faigin 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 at1204 11-12 annUal tUition: $7,230

all levelS at1205 11-12 annUal tUition: $7,230

all levelS at1206 11-12 annUal tUition: $3,975

Juliette Aristides

Mark Kang-O’Higgins, detail

Gary Faigin, detail

Program Schedule About Gage: Program Schedule

Weekend Workshops

Youth Programs: Classes

WW1205 WW1206 WW1207 WW1208 WW1209 WW1210 WW1211 WW1212

Expressive Figure Drawing Tonal Portrait Drawing Mixed-Media Image Layering Botanicals in Wcolor: Ptg the Pansy The Science of Ptg w/ Wcolor Painting with Gouache Introduction to Plein-Air Painting Mixed-Media Painting

Beg All All All Int/Adv All All All

Brooker Lane LoCicero McKeehen Hoffmann Hackenberg Brooker Zavareei

Sat-Sun Fri-Sun Sat-Sun Sat-Sun Sat-Sun Sat-Sun Sat-Sun Sat-Sun

3/3-3/4 3/30-4/1 4/14-4/15 4/21-4/22 4/28-4/29 5/19-5/20 6/23-6/24 6/23-6/24

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. 8 p. 8 p. 8 p. 8 p. 8 p. 8 p. 8 p. 8

Jones Weiskopf Howard Raynolds

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

3/26-3/30 3/26-4/6 4/2-4/6 4/2-4/6

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

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

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

Zdrale Grimaldi Emerson Sokol/Webber Vavagiakis Albala Van Dyck Faigin Sims

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

6/18-6/22 6/18-6/29 8/6-8/10 8/6-8/17 8/13-8/17 8/13-8/17 8/20-8/24 8/20-8/24 8/20-8/24

9:30am-4:30pm 9:30am-4:30pm 9:30am-4:30pm 9:30am-4:30pm 9:30am-4:30pm see p. 11 9:30am-4:30pm 9:30am-4:30pm 9:30am-4:30pm

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

All All All All All

none none none none none

varies Monday Thursday Friday Sunday

4/9-6/17 4/9-6/11 4/12-6/14 4/13-6/8 4/15-6/17

see p. 12 for times 6:30pm-9:30pm 6:30pm-9:30pm 6:30pm-9:30pm 10:00am-1:00pm

p. 12 p. 12 p. 12 p. 12 p. 12

All All

Faigin Belyea

Tuesday Wednesday

4/24-6/5 5/9-5/30

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

p. 13 p. 13

All All All Beg All All All All

Davidson Lane Fugate Chung Brooker Elliott McKeehen Chung

Tuesday Tuesday Wednesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Friday Sunday

4/10-6/12 4/10-6/12 4/11-6/13 4/11-6/13 4/12-6/14 4/13-6/15 4/13-6/15 4/15-6/17

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

p. 14 p. 14 p. 14 p. 14 p. 14 p. 14 p. 15 p. 15

Int Int Int Int Int Int

Buckner Furchgott Magrath Davidson Elliott Lesser

Mon/Wed Tuesday Tues/Thurs Tues/Thurs Friday Saturday

4/9-6/13 4/10-6/12 4/10-6/14 4/10-6/14 4/13-6/15 4/14-5/12

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

p. 15 p. 15 p. 15 p. 15 p. 15 p. 16

Adv

Davidson

Thursday

4/12-6/14

1:30pm-4:30pm

p. 16

Spring Weeklong Workshops WA1204 WA1205 WA1206 WA1207

Luminous Flowers in Oil Int/Adv Still-Life Ptg in Oil: Analytical & Sensual Int/Adv Fauvist Form: Beyond Local Color Int/Adv Figure Painting: The Grisaille Int/Adv

Summer Weeklong Workshops WA1208 WA1209 WA1210 WA1211 WA1212 WA1213 WA1214 WA1215 WA1216

Drawing the Figure Advanced Figure Painting Bonnard & Munch’s Influence on . . . Dwg & Sculpting the Figure from Life Portrait Painting in Oil Essential Concepts of Lscpe Ptg Landscape Painting in Seattle Landscape Painting at Port Townsend Dwg the Portrait/Hand-Toned Paper

Open Studios ST1206 ST1207 ST1208 ST1209 ST1210

Drop-In Figure Studios: Winter Reserved Studio / Dwg & Ptg Reserved Studio / Sculpting Reserved Studio / Dwg & Ptg Reserved Studio / Sculpting

Evening Lecture Series L1203 L1204

Drawing the Features of the Head Working Artist: Do-it-Yourself Tools

Drawing Classes: Beginning D1220 D1221 D1222 D1223 D1224 D1225 D1226 D1227

Drawing by Sculptors … Beginning Figure Drawing Drawing in the Studio & City Drawing for Beginners Beg Portrait Drawing & Sculpting Long-Pose Figure Drawing Botanical Drawing Drawing Principles of the Masters

Drawing Classes: Intermediate D1228 D1229 D1230 D1231 D1232 D1233

Artistic Anatomy . . . Figure Drawing in Interiors Foundation Figure Drawing III Beginning Color Theory Long-Pose Portrait Drawing Figure & Portrait Drawing

Drawing Classes: Advanced D1234

Aesthetics of Drawing

P1231 P1232 P1233 P1234 P1235 P1236 P1237 P1238 P1239 P1240 P1241 P1242 P1243 P1244

Portraits in Watercolor Landscape Oil Ptg: Epic Skyscapes Colors for Painters Oil Painting Portrait Basics Beginning Watercolor Cast Painting Figure Painting in Oil Beginning Acrylic Painting Beginning Oil Painting & Color Botanical Wcolor: Blooming Gardens Portrait Painting in Oil Beg Landscape Ptg: Spring Green Encaustic Painting Abstract Painting I

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

Zavareei Brooker Trowbridge Brooker Hoffmann Price Lane Furchgott Brooker McKeehen Lane Brooker Zavareei Ricketts

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

4/9-6/11 4/10-6/12 4/10-6/12 4/11-6/13 4/11-6/13 4/11-6/13 4/11-6/13 4/12-6/14 4/12-6/14 4/13-6/15 4/14-6/16 4/14-6/16 4/14-6/16 4/15-6/17

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

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Price Emerson Petty Price Albala Furchgott Hoffmann Zavareei Emerson Fugate Howard Lane Ricketts Chung

Monday Monday Mon/Wed Mon/Wed Tuesday Tuesday Wednesday Wednesday Thursday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Sunday

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About Gage: Program Schedule

Painting Classes: Beginning

Painting Classes: Intermediate P1245 P1246 P1247 P1248 P1249 P1250 P1251 P1252 P1253 P1254 P1255 P1256 P1257 P1258

Still-Life Painting Studio Int Expressive Coloristic Figure Painting Int Foundation Figure Ptg III . . . Int Foundation Still-Life Painting III Int Lscape: Essential Theory & Process Int/Adv Intermediate Pastel Int Intermediate Watercolor Int Renaissance Mastercopies Int Modernism & Beyond in America Int Thin to Thick: Hockney, Diebenkorn . . . Int Painting’s Subject Int/Adv Portrait Painting Studio Int Contemporary Painting Seminar Int Intermediate Still-Life Painting Int

Painting Classes: Advanced P1259 P1260

Advanced Acrylic Painting Advanced Watercolor

Sculpting Classes S1207 S1208 S1209 S1210 S1211 S1212

Ateliers AT1204 AT1205 AT1206

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Green Architecture Design Non-Traditional Printmaking Basic Portrait Drawing Altered Books

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Registration begins on February 20 — programs do sell out, so enroll online early to ensure your place!

Gage Teaching Artists

About Gage: Teaching Artists

age instructors are working artists chosen for their depth of technical knowledge, artistic curiosity and generosity of spirit in the studio. Find artist statements, teaching philosophies and extended biographies of Gage teaching artists 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; Le Quire Gallery, TN; Wendt Gallery, NY. Author: Classical Painting Atelier, Classical Drawing Atelier, Lessons in Classical Drawing. Pamela Belyea, Lecturer Executive Director: Gage Academy of Art, WA. Education: The Cooper Union, NY; Art Students League, NY; Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris. Recipient: New York Society of Architects Award for Excellence in Total Design; Bruder Prize for Excellence in Structures; and the Kazan Prize for Excellence in Urban Design. 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. Larine Chung BFA-Chinese University of Hong Kong. Training: Gage Classical Atelier, WA. Taught: Whidbey Island Fine Art Studio, WA. Exhibitions: Grey Gallery, WA. Representation: The Fountainhead Gallery, WA. Awards: First Place in Still-Life, 2010 Best of Gage; First Prize, 2008 Gage Self-Portrait Competition. Margaret Davidson MFA-University of Washington, WA. BFA-University 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. Author: Contemporary Drawing, Key Concepts and Techniques.

Eric Elliott MFA-University of Washington, WA; BA-University of California, CA. Taught: University of Washington, WA; Highline Community College, WA. Recipient: 2009 Neddy Fellowship; Kayla Skinner Special Recognition Award; Artist Trust GAP Grant; James Phalen Art Scholarship; Maybelle Toombs Art Scholarship. Exhibitions: Tacoma Art Museum, WA; James Harris Gallery, WA; Soil Gallery, WA; Catherine Person Gallery, WA. Representation: James Harris Gallery, WA. 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. 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.

Michael Grimaldi, Guest Teaching Artist Training: Art Students League, NY; National Academy, NY; New York Studio School, NY; Ecole Albert Defois, France. Taught: Janus Collaborative, NY, Art Students League, NY; National Academy, NY, Water Street Atelier, NY; Studio 126, Grand Central Academy, NY. Recipient: Alma Schapiro Prize; Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant. Exhibitions: Arcadia Gallery, NY; Forum Gallery, NY; John Pence Gallery, CA; Hirschl & Adler Galleries, NY; National Academy Museum, NY. Karen Hackenberg, Guest Teaching Artist BFA Painting-Rhode Island School of Design, RI. Exhibitions: Vermillion Art Gallery, WA; OK Hotel, WA; Fountainhead Gallery, WA; Bainbridge Arts and Crafts, WA; ArtsWest Gallery, WA; Whatcom Art Museum, WA. Recipient: GAP Award, Artist Trust, WA; Centrum Creative Arts Residency, WA; Artist Trust EDGE Program at Centrum; Grand Prize, 18th Juried Northwest Biennial Schack Art Center, WA; Finalist, Best of Seattle Art Walk Award, City Arts Magazine, WA. 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. Michael Howard MFA-University of Cincinnati, OH; BFA-University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, TN. Taught: Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, WI. Exhibitions: Koplin Del Rio Gallery, CA; Frye Art Museum, WA; University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee. Awards: Betty Bowen Memorial Award, Seattle Art Museum, WA; Mary Nohl Professional Artist Fellowship, WI. Representation: Francine Seders Gallery, WA. Jane Jones, Guest Teaching Artist MA-Art History, Regis University, CO. Exhibitions: LeKAE Gallery, AZ; Colorado State Capitol, CO; C. M. Russell Museum, MT. Awards: Award of Excellence, Naples Art Museum, FL; Vera C. Rosenhaft Memorial Award, American Artists Professional League, NY; Representation: The Peterson-Cody Gallery, NM; Dean Day Gallery, TX; Desert Art Source, CA; Horizon Fine Art, WY; Bonner David Gallery, AZ. Author: Classic Still Life Painting. 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.

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). patrick lo cicEro, Guest Teaching Artist MFA-The San Francisco Art Institute, CA; BFA-The Ohio State University, OH. Taught: University of Washington, WA; Cornish College of the Arts, WA. Exhibitions: Linda Hodges Gallery, WA; Seattle Art Museum, WA; Sue Greenwood Fine Art, CA; United States Embassy, country of Georgia. Commissions and Collections around the United States. 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. 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. 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.

nicholaS raynolDS, Guest Teaching Artist BFA-Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design, Vancouver, Canada. Training: Water Street Atelier, NY; Studio 126, NY. Taught: The National Academy School of Fine Arts, NY; Long Island Academy of Fine Art, NY; Art Students League, NY. Exhibitions: Eleanor Ettingter Gallery, NY; Forbes Galleries, NY; APEX Gallery, DC; Grenning Gallery, NY. Representation: John Pence Gallery, CA. Published: Drawing magazine, The Artist’s Magazine, American Art Collector Magazine, cover of John Updike’s novel Seek My Face. 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. tEnaya SimS, Guest Teaching Artist BFA Painting & Drawing-Carnegie Mellon University, PA; Graduate: Aristides Atelier, Gage Academy of Art, WA. Taught: Georgetown Atelier, WA; Fall City Fine Art Studio, WA; Pratt Fine Arts Center, WA. Exhibitions: Elka Rouskov Gallery, WA; Howard/Mandville Gallery, WA. jorDan Sokol, Guest Teaching Artist Training: Kansas City Art Institute, MO; Florence Academy of Art, Italy. Taught: Florence Academy of Art, Italy. Exhibitions: Brigham Galleries, MA; Florence Academy of Art, Italy; WH Patterson Gallery, UK; Grenning Gallery, NY. Awards: Art Renewal Center. 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. pEtEr van Dyck, Guest Teaching Artist Education: Wesleyan University, CT; Florence Academy of Art, Italy; mentored by Daniel Graves & Ramiro Sanchez. Taught: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, PA; Florence Academy of Art, Italy. Exhibitions in Philadelphia, PA; Long Island, NY. coStaS vavaGiakiS, Guest Teaching Artist Training: Queens College, NY; Art Students League, NY. Teaches: Art Students League, NY; National Academy of Design, School of Fine Arts, NY; Maryland Institute College of Art, MD; New York Academy of Art, NY. Exhibitions: Lesley Heller Gallery, NY; The National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institute, DC; Frye Art Museum, WA.

aboUt GaGe: teaching artists

michaEl lanE Education: Samuel Fleisher Art Memorial, PA; The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, PA; mentored by Nelson Shanks. 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.

Eran wEBBEr, Guest Teaching Artist Training: Florence Academy of Art, Italy; Accademia di Belle Arte, Italy. Principal Instructor: Florence Academy of Art Sculpting Program. Exhibitions: Galerie Michael, CA. amy wEiSkopF, Guest Teaching Artist MFA-Tyler School of Art, Temple University, PA; BFA-Washington University, MO. Exhibitions: Hirschl & Adler Galleries, NY; Hackett Freedman Gallery, CA; Sherry French Gallery, NY; Contemporary Realist Gallery, CA; Prince Street Gallery, NY; van de Griff Gallery, NM. Collections: Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY; The Arkansas Art Center, AR; Artspace, NY. Representation: Hirschl & Adler Modern, NY. hamiD zavarEEi BS-West Virginia Institute of Technology, VA. Taught: Seattle Pacific University, WA; Kirkland Art Center, WA. Exhibitions: William Traver Gallery, WA; Gallery Bershad, MA; SAM Gallery, WA; Fountainhead Gallery, WA; Carnegie Art Museum, CA; Palos Verdes Art Center, CA. Residency: Lantern of the East Art Camp, South Korea. Representation: Linda Warren Gallery, IL. zack zDralE, Guest Teaching Artist MFA-Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA. Taught: Academy of Art University, CA; University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI; Exhibitions: John Pence Gallery, CA; Eleanor Ettinger Gallery, NY; Julie Nester Gallery, UT; Wendt Gallery, CA; Richeson Gallery, WI.

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Student Information About Gage: Student Information

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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. Please contact Gage staff regarding ADA accommodations.

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/aboutus.

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 The Belyea Library and galleries are open at all times the building is open.

tuition Discounts/ scholarships Artists age 25 or younger receive a 25% discount off adult classes and workshops. Eligible professional artists and K-12 educators are invited to enroll in classes and workshops with a 50% tuition discount on a stand-by basis. Call to register using a discount or to inquire about scholarship opportunities.

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.

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

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. Gage Youth Programs include all art supplies. 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. Free Gage Wifi Free wireless internet is available on all three floors of the school.

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Submission of your registration constitutes acceptance of all terms and conditions stated in this catalog and agreement that Gage Academy of Art (Gage) cannot be held responsible or liable for any act or for any injury, illness, death, damage, loss, accident, delay or irregularity which may occur during the course of any program. Gage assumes no responsibility for losses or additional expenses due to influences beyond its control. Personal effects, artwork and art supplies are students’ sole responsibility at all times. Gage reserves the right to cancel any program in which case it is liable only for any fees paid to Gage Academy of Art. Gage reserves the right to reschedule any program or replace any instructor without refund. Gage reserves the unconditional right to terminate enrollment in the event of unreasonable or disruptive conduct or failing to follow Gage’s student policies and rules; and Gage may do so without any refund. No refund will be made for early departure or deviation from the Gage schedule and program registration shall be nontransferable. Publicity waiver: Unless informed otherwise, Gage considers photographs taken of students and their artwork to be permissible for publication in Gage informational materials, including the web.

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youth Update Gage @ Tacoma Art Museum yoUtH proGraMS: Update

teen Workshop: portraiture & identity Saturday, April 28 and Sunday, April 29, 12:30pm–4:30pm

Ages 13-18

How do you represent yourself through your artwork? This spring, Gage is partnering with the Tacoma Art Museum (TAM) to present a two-day workshop in portraiture for teens corresponding with the exhibit HIDE/SEEK: Difference and Desire in American Portraiture, which garnered national attention after its debut at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington DC in 2010. HIDE/ SEEK showcases an impressive collection of American artists such as John Singer Sargent, Georgia O’Keeffe, Andy Warhol and Jasper Johns.

Teens worked on self portraits in Michael Loriﬁce’s 2011 summer workshop.

Photos by Fedora El Morro

Spend a weekend at TAM to learn skills focused on expressing your identity through portraiture. Led by talented Gage Academy of Art teaching artist Susanna Bluhm, you learn about portraiture and collage while building your ideas and compositional skills and gain inspiration from artwork in the HIDE/SEEK exhibition. Cost is $110 or $95 for TAM members.

teen artists ages 13-18 — whether you are a beginner or experienced artist, drop in to study with professional artists who provide focused instruction in a fun, relaxed atmosphere. All art materials provided. free

For more information and to register, call 253.722.2455 or visit www.TacomaArtMuseum.org/ workshops. Jethaniel Peterka

youth Summer programs are on the Way! See page 33 for a sneak peek of the Youth Summer Programs for kids and teens this year at Gage Academy of Art.

Julie Alpert

Kids and teens learn skills in a variety of mediums at Gage. Here are works in clay, printmaking and graphite from our 2011 Summer Workshops.

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Learn to draw like the old masters by using traditional drawing techniques with graphite and charcoal, and at the same time have fun drawing strange and curious objects. You draw inspiration from doll heads, specimens in jars, old machine parts and anything and everything you might find in your closets, grandma’s attic, thrift stores and antique shops.

april thE incrEDiBlE linE: SElF portraitS Julie alpert Lines can be thick or thin, long or short, heavy or light. They can be solitary and elegant or repetitive and aggressive. They are the foundation of drawing and an expression of the human experience. This month explore lines and mark making, with you as the subject. Through quick contour studies and longer drawings see just how broad a range you can get from the incredible line.

may watErcolor portraitUrE Willow Heath Zero in on facial features and paint vivid watercolors in this close-up exploration of the human face. Using every inch of the paper, you create eyes that stare and facial expressions that become the landscape of a human face. Train your eye for color, light and details, and practice techniques to add depth and dimension to your paintings and drawings with this fun approach.

jUnE a thoUSanD worDS kyle abernethy Whoever said “a picture is worth a thousand words” was clearly looking at storytelling images. Learn the history of the visual storytelling from Caravaggio to Norman Rockwell. Learn to apply traditional techniques and principles to creating an intriguing image, as you work toward a finished drawing that tells a story and communicates your thoughts to the viewers.

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CAPITOL HILL

FREE Saturdays 6:30pm-9:30pm 2100 24th avenue South

Get introduced to painting and learn how to choose which brush for each technique, how to vary your brush strokes, and how to blend, glaze and mix color to create a variety of effects. Draw and paint from different still-life setups focusing on reflective metal surfaces, fabric, liquid, light and shadow.

Kyle Abernethy

april thE ESSEntial SElF portrait George rodriguez When you look at yourself in the mirror what do you see? This month, you explore the looming self-portrait to tell the story of who you are. Explain in sculpture your ambitions, doubts and triumphs, as you work in papiermâché to make masks and busts that carry personality, wit and skill.

may aSSEmBlaGE Jethaniel Peterka

Alisha Dall’Osto

Transform discarded items, found objects and personal memorabilia into beautiful and compelling works of art! You work with various materials and techniques like sculpting, papier-mâché and casting, as well as methods for hanging that help you express your creative vision. Bring your own box of found materials or personal memorabilia to begin your project!

jUnE narrativE Still liFE allyce Wood Learn methods for traditional still-life drawing: perspective, light and shadow, scale and mark making. The twist is creating a composition that uses what you learned from observational drawing as well as the mind’s eye. These new storytelling elements range from humorous illustration to emotional images with text, and come straight from your creative, unique imagination and artistic purpose.

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George Rodriquez

Allyce Wood

Youth Classes

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 Programs teaching artists at www.GageAcademy.org/artists.

Kids Classes: Saturdays ages 7 – 12

Jeanne Dodds

Emily Gewax, detail April / may

Kids can study art throughout the year at Gage and take weeklong workshops in the summer. Here young artists have fun during the Kids Summer Workshops.

May / June

Green Architecture Design Jeanne Dodds Ages 9-12 Saturday 10:00am-Noon 4/7-5/5 [5 sessions]

Non-Traditional Printmaking Emily Gewax Ages 7-11 Saturday 10:00am-Noon 5/12-6/16 [5 sessions, no class 5/26]

Green design means many things: building with recycled materials, making art supplies from natural ingredients or turning throwaway items into home decor. In this class, kids explore the use of recyclables to make model eco-homes. Your child also learns to apply the principles of line, shape, perspective and form through model-building while designing structures and landscapes made from reusable products.

Kids use printmaking to learn how to experiment with new ideas and alternative materials in this class. Your child makes prints using materials such as postcards, bubble wrap, cardboard and other recycled supplies to replace the traditional “block.” Once rolled with ink, the surfaces are then printed, stenciled and layered. Kids also use alternative materials such as fabric, wallpaper and recycled paper on which to print.

Dodds has a BFA with honors in photography and a certificate in scientific illustration. She has taught and lectured at institutions around the Pacific Northwest such as the Portland Art Museum, Antioch University, the Boise Art Museum and the Frye Art Museum. K1204 $125

Gewax earned her BFA from Cornish College of the Arts with an emphasis in printmaking and sculpture, and she has studied at Pilchuck Glass School and The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Gewax has worked with youth around Seattle, including at Coyote Central and the Pacific Northwest Ballet School. K1205 $125

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

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Summer

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- Teen Summer Workshops - Portfolio Intensive - Kids Summer Workshops

YOUTH SUMMER PROGRAMS

teen ClaSSeS: tuesdays & Saturdays

yoUtH proGraMS: teen Classes

Gage Youth Classes include all art supplies and equipment.

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youth Summer programs are on the Way!

Sarah Bixler

Each year, Gage offers a wide variety of weeklong workshops for kids and teens ages 6 to 18. This summer, we continue to improve and build these programs with some exciting changes! The 2012 workshops for kids consist of eight weeks of workshops, focused on building skills and having fun in subjects such as drawing and storytelling, pottery, hip hop dance, recycled sculpture, Brazilian rhythms and even a fun twist on art history.

Julie Alpert april

May

BaSic portrait DrawinG Sarah Bixler Ages 13-17 Tuesday 4:00pm-6:00pm & Saturday 1:00pm-3:00pm 4/7-5/1 [8 sessions]

altErED BookS Julie alpert Ages 13-17 Tuesday 4:00pm-6:00pm & Saturday 1:00pm-3:00pm 5/5-5/29 [7 sessions, no class 5/26]

Learn to see faces differently-forget about eyes and noses think about shadows and shapes! Using charcoal and graphite, you’ll explore the portrait inside and out, and learn to break down what you see into simple parts. You’ll practice with shading, proportion, angles, and shapes to construct portraits that capture the essence of the sitter.

Learn how to re-use books as foundations for art pieces by turning them into 3-D collage! Cut, sew, rip, glue, pull apart and put back together old books to create entirely new artifacts. You’ll begin to see books as something more than buried information, but inspiring art filled objects that have potential to become incredibly personal sculptures.

Bixler received a BFA in drawing and painting from the University of Washington, and has previously studied at Gage Academy of Art and Western Washington University. In 2010 her work was selected for a juror’s choice award at the Jacob Lawrence Gallery. t1204

$195

Alpert holds a BA in painting from the University of Maryland, College Park, and an MFA in painting from the University of Washington. She is a 2009 Artist Trust GAP recipient and works in multiple mediums including watercolor, collage, installation, video and performance. t1205

$170

The summer for teens is like no other! We heard the teens request for more options for serious art instruction, and Gage has responded. Teens can choose from the five-week Portfolio Intensive, a two-week Drawing Intensive, the new two-week Painting Intensive and a month of weeklong workshops focused on art such as mixed-media sculpture, observational drawing, figure painting, printmaking and illustration. The full Summer Youth Programs catalog will be available online and in print in early March, and make sure to mark your calendar for the first day of registration, which is Monday, March 12. Starting at 9:30am that day, you can register online for the programs of your choice!

ingraham figure Studios The Figure Studio Series hosted at Ingraham High School continues this spring with the final installment — Figure Studio: Sculpting. New students are welcome to join this afterschool program. To register and formore information, visit www.GageAcademy.org/ingraham. Register online at www.GageAcademy.org beginning Monday, February 20, 2012.

NONPROFIT ORG U.S. POSTAGE PAID SEATTLE, WA PERMIT NO. 711

St. Nicholas Building 1501 tenth avenue east Seattle Wa 98102 206.323.GaGe (4243) www.Gageacademy.org

Friday, March 2, 2012

GaGE yoUth proGramS This past November, Teen Art Studios students participated in a collaborative street art installation with Seattle street artist No Touching Ground. Working with collage, stencils, printmaking and drawing, students expanded their skills by pushing the limits of traditional media to make an exciting, contemporary work of art. Learn more about Teen Art Studios on pages 30 and 31.

Last chance for tickets, see page 3.