SAIC Middle School Program and Early College Program: Spring 2023

MIDDLE SCHOOL PROGRAM SPRING 2023 In-person courses for middle school students, ages 10-13

NURTURING CREATIVE POTENTIAL PREPARES CHILDREN FOR LIFE

At the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), the nation’s premier art and design school, we understand that self-expression, out-of-the-box thinking, and cultural awareness flourish when kids make art. With us, students learn to explore, imagine, and discover in their own unique ways. We help them on their path to becoming the creators, innovators, and problem-solvers of the future regardless of where their academic interests take them. For more information, visit saic.edu/msp.

This spring, all of our Middle School Program courses will be offered on our campus in Chicago’s Loop. Our in-person courses provide access to a wide variety of SAIC resources, including state-of-the-art classrooms, the John M. Flaxman Library, and the Art Institute of Chicago, the world’s third-largest art museum. Middle school students make frequent visits to the museum for inspiration and instruction for their projects.

Courses are led by practicing artists and expert educators. At SAIC, middle school students build confidence and self-efficacy as they work with support from their mentors to find creative inspiration, bring their ideas to life, and collaborate with a community of artistic peers.

SAIC will continue to follow COVID protocols informed by guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH). Please visit saic.edu/csvaccine and saic.edu/maketogether for more information.

MIDDLE SCHOOL PROGRAM

SPRING 2023 IN-PERSON COURSES, AGES 10-13

10-week courses meet on Saturdays from February 4-April 22. Class # Title Days/Time Mode

2345 Advanced Drawing Studio: 10-13 SA 9-12 In-person

2354 Animation Studio: 10-13 SA 1-4 In-person

2346 Comics and Graphic Novels: 10-13 SA 1-4 In-person

2343 Drawing Studio: 10-13 SA 9-12 In-person

2344 Drawing Studio: 10-13 SA 1-4 In-person

2350 Fashion Studio: 10-13 SA 1-4 In-person

2357 Video Production Studio: 10-13 SA 9-12 In-person

No class March 11 & April 8

Cancellations and Schedule Changes: Continuing Studies reserves the right to cancel or alter the fees, schedule, or staffing of courses when circumstances warrant. If a cancellation or change is necessary, students will be notified before the first class, and students enrolled in cancelled courses will have the option of taking another class or receiving a full refund.

Course Descriptions

Advanced Drawing Studio: 10-13

SA 9-12, 2/4-4/22 (no class 3/11 + 4/8), #2345

This advanced course is for students who have previous drawing experience and want to explore a wide range of materials and processes to expand their work in new directions. While continuing to build on technical skills, students will focus on drawing as a tool for organizing thoughts and feelings, and sharing their ideas. Students will work with a wide range of materials including pencil, charcoal, pastel, ink, and mixed media.

Animation Studio: 10-13

SA 1-4, 2/4-4/22 (no class 3/11 + 4/8), #2354

This course is designed for students who wish to use both digital and traditional/ analog media to create moving images. Learn animation principles while discovering many different techniques, including stop motion, frame-by-frame, and more. Digital tools will be used in conjunction with sketchbook work and traditional processes to reflect contemporary artistic hybrid methods. This course can be repeated for continued skill-building.

Comics and Graphic Novels: 10-13

SA 1-4, 2/4-4/22 (no class 3/11 + 4/8), #2346

Learn how to tell engaging stories as you investigate character development, plot structure, scripting, and storyboarding. Explore penciling, inking, coloring, space, and perspective through the use of a wide variety of traditional and non-traditional media, which may include colored pencils, oil pastels, watercolors, and handmade zines. Basic drawing skills are helpful but not required.

Please note that our schedule is subject to change.

Drawing Studio: 10-13

SA 9-12, 2/4-4/22 (no class 3/11 + 4/8), #2343

SA 1-4, 2/4-4/22 (no class 3/11 + 4/8), #2344

Express yourself through drawing and learn a variety of techniques and approaches to build your technical, spatial, and creative abilities. Working with a range of materials, investigate contemporary subjects and themes through skills such as line, perspective, tone, proportion, composition, value, gesture, and contour. Open to students at all levels.

Fashion Studio: 10-13

SA 1-4, 2/4-4/22 (no class 3/11 + 4/8), #2350

This course introduces young designers to fashion with an emphasis on discovering their personal style while learning the technical skills that allow them to take their designs from concept to reality. Develop original ideas, find inspiration for fashion in the world around you, and respond to the work of other artists and designers. Explore sculptural draping by using paper to create exciting experimental garments on the dress form and learn technical skills including printing, embroidery, draping, and machine sewing.

Video Production Studio: 10-13

SA 9-12, 2/4-4/22 (no class 3/11 + 4/8), #2357

With DIY videos constantly being produced for TikTok and Instagram reels, social media has become an emergent landscape for young artists to explore and build. This course is designed for students who wish to level up their video production by creating unique short videos using a range of contemporary approaches. Students learn video production principles: storyboarding, filming processes, basic special effects techniques, and editing. Filming will be done with iPads, supplemented by video equipment from the SAIC media centers, so students can practice the skills they learn at home using common digital devices. This course can be repeated for continued skill building.

EARLY COLLEGE PROGRAM SPRING 2023

In-person and online courses for high school students, ages 14-18

YOUR IDEAS AND VISION. OUR RESOURCES AND MENTORSHIP. THE FREEDOM TO EXPLORE.

The School of the Art Institute of Chicago’s (SAIC) Early College Program (ECP) invites you to join us at the nation’s most influential art and design school this spring.

What you can expect from our creative community:

• Ideas Matter Here – with us you have the freedom to explore new ideas that push boundaries.

• ECP Faculty – professional artists, designers, and scholars who are passionate mentors.

• Access to our Art Institute of Chicago Museum – connect to the world’s third-largest art museum for inspiration.

• Preparation – the skills you learn will help you in the classroom and as you start a portfolio of work should you be interested in pursuing art and design at the college level.

For more information, visit saic.edu/ecp.

This spring, a majority of our courses will meet on campus, taking advantage of SAIC’s state-of-theart facilities and resources, including our museum, the Art Institute of Chicago, the third-largest collection of art in the world.

All Continuing Studies students who intend to be on campus for any period of time are required to be up to date with COVID-19 vaccines. Visit saic.edu/csvaccine for more information.

SAIC will continue to follow COVID protocols informed by guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH). Please visit saic.edu/csvaccine and saic.edu/maketogether for more information.

We will also continue to offer online courses in the spring for those students and families who prefer the flexibility of virtual learning.

What Does Online Learning Look Like?

Expand your understanding of contemporary art-making while developing portfolio-quality work virtually.

Our online courses are offered in a predominantly synchronous format, meaning they meet live at a designated time of day, Central Time, on the video conferencing platform Zoom.

Live lectures and demonstrations will be combined with virtual visits to museums, independent studio work, and group critique. Many class activities will take place as a class, with opportunities to meet oneon-one with your instructor and teaching assistant or in small groups with peers from time to time.

You will have access to course materials outside of scheduled class sessions in Canvas, SAIC’s learning management system.

Course participation and activities will be structured in a way that best suits the course content and students enrolled. In addition to demonstrations, presentations, and group discussions, instructors may provide independent or small group sessions during the scheduled class meeting.

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EARLY COLLEGE PROGRAM

SPRING 2023 IN-PERSON AND ONLINE COURSES, AGES 14-18

10-week courses meet Saturdays and Sundays from February 4-April 23.

Class # Title Days/Time Mode

#2356 Animation Studio SU 2-5 In-person #2362 Creative Writing SA 1-4 Online #2349 Drawing and Illustration: Online SU2-5 Online #2347 Drawing Studio SA 1-4 In-person #2352 Fashion Construction SU 2-5 In-person #2351 Fashion Design SU 10-1 In-person #2348 Figure Drawing SU 10-1 In-person #2360 From Drawing to Painting SU 2-5 In-person #2355 Moving Images: Video Production SU 10-1 In-person #2358 Oil Painting SU 2-5 In-person #2359 Printmaking Studio SA 1-4 In-person

No class March 11, March 12, April 8 & April 9

Cancellations and Schedule Changes: Continuing Studies reserves the right to cancel or alter the fees, schedule, or staffing of courses when circumstances warrant. If a cancellation or change is necessary, students will be notified before the first class, and students enrolled in cancelled courses will have the option of taking another class or receiving a full refund.

Course Descriptions

Animation Studio

SU 2-5, 2/5-4/23 (no class 3/12 + 4/9), In-Person, #2356

Explore traditional and digital animation techniques, such as frame-by-frame, stop motion, and more. Beginning with sketches and storyboards, complete several projects that focus on communicating ideas through motion studies, character and environment development, storytelling, and other cinematic devices. Using a variety of tools throughout the course, develop a final project based on individual goals and interests. Basic drawing and computer experience are required.

Creative Writing

SA 1-4, 2/4-4/22 (no class 3/11 + 4/8), Online, #2362

Learn how to craft short stories, monologues, poetry and personal essays, as well as edit, revise and workshop your writing with your peers. Push your skills through journaling, free writing, writing through music, digging through memories and dreams, and other methods of responding to the world in written form. All levels are welcome.

Drawing and Illustration: Online

SU 2-5, 2/5-4/23 (no class 3/12 + 4/9), Online, #2349

Focus on drawing and illustration as exciting tools for organizing thoughts, experiences, and images. Develop and strengthen fundamental skills as you work with line, volume, space, form, and palette and investigate a range of traditional and contemporary materials such as charcoal, graphite, pen and ink, and digital illustration. Virtual visits to the Art Institute of Chicago and discussion of practicing artists and illustrators supplement the studio experience. This course is recommended for both beginners and those wanting to improve and develop their current skills and ideas.

Drawing Studio

SA 1-4, 2/4-4/22 (no class 3/11 + 4/8), In-Person, #2347

Develop and strengthen fundamental skills as you investigate a range of traditional and contemporary drawing materials and concepts. Explore essential elements of 2D design and contemporary art through the study of line, perspective, tone, proportion, composition, value, gesture, and contour. All levels are welcome. Note: This course may use nude models hired by the School.

Fashion Construction

SU 2-5, 2/5-4/23 (no class 3/12 + 4/9), In-Person, #2352

Learn how to design, construct, and sew garments. Develop original pattern blocks, explore drafting and draping, and document three-dimensional explorations with photography and/or drawing. Work produced in this class allows students to reflect and expand on their personal style and ambition while learning the skills to construct a garment from start to finish.

Fashion Design

SU 10-1, 2/5-4/23 (no class 3/12 + 4/9), In-Person, #2351

Develop skills in illustrating the fashion figure, styling, draping, and fabric selection; explore the history of fashion design; investigate contemporary designers and design practices. Create unique textile and garment designs and learn about clothing as a language. Students may explore resources such as SAIC’s Fashion Resource Center, which houses a library on fashion and the history of costume, individual garments and accessories of significant historical importance, and a rich collection of visual material not accessible to the general public. All levels are welcome.

Figure Drawing

SU 10-1, 2/5-4/23 (no class 3/12 + 4/9), In-Person, #2348

Work from the nude model as you learn how to draw the human form from direct observation. The essential elements of life drawing, including anatomy, proportion, volume, composition, gesture, and the accurate and expressive use of line and tone are addressed to provide a focus for increasing skill. Note: This course will use nude models hired by the School.

From Drawing to Painting

SU 2-5, 2/5-4/23 (no class 3/12 + 4/9),

In-Person, #2360

Do you have a background in drawing and are ready to learn to paint? In this course, skills such as line, volume, space, materiality, form and function, and palette are explored through both drawing and painting. A variety of traditional and contemporary materials are used such as graphite, charcoal, pastels, water-based paints,

mixed media, and/or collage. By the end of the course, students will have an expanded knowledge of materials and acquire the ability to transition from drawing to painting. All levels are welcome.

Moving Images: Video Production

SU 10-1, 2/5-4/23 (no class 3/12 + 4/9), In-Person, #2355

If you’re interested in video production, motion graphics, and animation, this course is for you. Explore the language and history of moving images and how artists work with and challenge these processes. The course begins with several demos and exercises combined with research and discussion to develop a final project that reflects individual interests. Students may work with traditional processes such as sketchbooking alongside digital applications such as Adobe After Effects and Adobe Premiere. All levels are welcome.

Oil Painting

SU 2-5, 2/5-4/23 (no class 3/12 + 4/9), In-Person, #2358

Learn to stretch a canvas, lay out a palette, paint application techniques, and color mixing, along with color theory, composition, structure, proportion, and perspective through observational painting, as well as exercises that encourage you to find your own direction and style.

Printmaking Studio

SA 1-4, 2/4-4/22 (no class 3/11 + 4/8), In-Person, #2359

Beginning with monotypes and relief prints, students will explore how to layer within an image and eventually build those layers with hand-drawn elements and ghost prints. This course will push the boundaries of traditional mark-making, and produce artworks where painting, drawing, and print overlap. Trips to the Art Institute of Chicago, a field trip to a local printmaking studio, and discussion of practicing artists supplement the studio experience. This course is recommended for both beginners and those wanting to improve and develop their current skills and ideas.

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schedule is subject to change.

MIDDLE SCHOOL PROGRAM EARLY COLLEGE PROGRAM

REGISTRATION

Register online at continuingstudies.saic.edu . Call 312.629.6170 or email cs@saic.edu if you have any questions about online registration.

TUITION

Spring 2023 courses for ages 10-13: $500

SUPPLIES

Supplies will be provided.

REFUND POLICY

A 100 percent tuition refund will be issued if courses are dropped at least one week prior to the session start date. No refunds will be issued after this date or if the course delivery changes from in-person to online due to health guidelines.

All requests must be submitted in writing to cs@saic.edu and include the student’s name, ID number, and course information. Refunds take four to six weeks to process.

Note: Nonattendance does not constitute an official withdrawal, nor a cancellation of tuition and fees.

FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE

Financial assistance is available in the form of scholarships. Visit saic.edu/mspfinancialaid for more information and how to apply.

COVID-19 POLICY

SAIC will continue to follow COVID protocols informed by guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH). Please visit saic.edu/csvaccine and saic.edu/maketogether for more information.

Additional information regarding registration can be found by visiting saic.edu/msp or calling 312.629.6170.

REGISTRATION

Register online at continuingstudies.saic.edu . Call 312.629.6170 or email cs@saic.edu if you have any questions about online registration.

TUITION

Spring 2023 noncredit courses for ages 14-18: $500

High school juniors and seniors, ages 15-18, have the option to enroll in spring 2023 courses for 1.0 credit for $1,785.

SUPPLIES

Supplies are the responsibility of the student. Students will receive a supply list in the first class meeting for in-person courses and in the week prior for online courses. The cost of supplies varies by course, and can range between $50 and $200. Students may need to purchase additional supplies for specific projects as needed.

REFUND POLICY

A 100 percent tuition refund will be issued if courses are dropped at least one week prior to the session start date. No refunds will be issued after this date or if the course delivery changes from in-person to online due to health guidelines.

All requests must be submitted in writing to cs@saic.edu and include the student’s name, ID number, and course information. Refunds take four to six weeks to process.

Note: Nonattendance does not constitute an official withdrawal, nor a cancellation of tuition and fees.

FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE

Financial assistance is available in the form of limited need-based aid and scholarships where need is not a requirement. Visit saic.edu/ecpfinancialaid for more information and how to apply.

COVID-19 POLICY

SAIC will continue to follow COVID protocols informed by guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH). Please visit saic.edu/csvaccine and saic.edu/maketogether for more information.

Additional information regarding registration and financial assistance can be found by visiting saic.edu/ecp, emailing ecp@saic.edu, or calling 312.629.6170.