MAKE ART HERE Public Education Summer 2016
PUBLIC EDUCATION SUMMER 2016 Ages 17+ All Levels Unparalleled Artistic Community / Legendary Studio Environment / Artist-Driven Adventures SFAI’s Public Education program offers areas of study that span the breadth of contemporary art—from traditional techniques in drawing, painting, photography, film, printmaking, and sculpture to radical experiences, off-kilter journeys, collaborative public projects, and educational experiments. Become a part of SFAI’s diverse community of artists and scholars through noncredit evening and weekend classes. No matter your experience level, there’s a unique class to expand your skills and interests.
View full course descriptions and instructor bios, and register: sfai.edu/publiceducation
Mel Prest Som, detail, 2015 Acrylic on canvas 108 x 108 inches Courtesy of the artist
Cecilia Borgenstam When I was asleep, detail, 2014 Archival inkjet print 24 x 16 inches Courtesy of the artist
PHOTOGRAPHY
ART IN PRACTICE
PHOTOGRAPHY AS CONTEMPORARY PRACTICE Cecilia Borgenstam 10 Sessions: Tuesdays, June 7–August 9 6:30–9:30pm | $460 Develop ideas into refined personal photographic concepts and produce a cohesive, creative body of work while exploring various genres throughout the history of photography.
ART PRACTICE CRITIQUE SEMINAR Jamil Hellu 10 Sessions: Tuesdays, June 7–August 9 6:30–9:30pm | $460 Refine your aesthetic vision and visual literacy in this critique seminar open to all mediums of artistic practice.
NATURAL LIGHT WORKSHOP Marisa Aragona 6 Sessions: Thursdays, July 7–August 11 6:30–9:30pm | $275 Experiment with the conditions that create varied qualities of natural light in photographs—and use natural light to reveal the complexities of both emotion and time.
RESEARCH + SURVIVAL IN THE ARTS Kal Spelletich 6 Sessions: Thursdays, July 7–August 11 6:30–9:30pm | $275 Explore topics such as: carpentry, guerilla gardening, robotics, fixing things, water purification, skinning a rabbit, survivalist contemporary art history, and more.
MASTERING THE FINE ART OF DIGITAL PRINTING Chris Grunder 10 Sessions: Tuesdays, June 7–August 16 6:30–9:30pm | $460 Demystify the process of fine-art printing as you explore advanced software tools including Adobe Bridge, Adobe Photoshop, and Xirite 1 to create the “perfect print.”
NEW GENRES
DRAWING DRAWING FUNDAMENTALS Sheila Ghidini 10 Sessions: Saturdays, June 11–August 13 10am–1pm | $460 Develop and strengthen the skills of “drawing what you see” in this fundamental course. CONTEMPLATIVE DRAWING Sarah Ammons 10 Sessions: Thursdays, June 9–August 11 6:30–9:30pm | $460 Sync your hands with your eyes and practice contemplative drawing in this course focused on working from life, pattern, figure, and concept. DRAWING THROUGH PERSONAL IDENTITY Katherine Vetne 10 Sessions: Wednesdays, June 8–August 10 6:30–9:30pm | $460 Use drawing as a medium to explore and express your unique personal experiences and identities. DRAWING WITHOUT LINES: FIVE-DAY INTENSIVE Jaimie Healy 5 Sessions: Monday–Friday, July 18–22 10am–4pm | $460 In this interdisciplinary drawing course, explore the processes of collage, mixed media, assemblage, sound, and pencil.
PRINTMAKING + SCULPTURE INTRODUCTION TO SILKSCREEN PRINTMAKING Savanna Snow 10 Sessions: Saturdays, June 11–August 13 10am–1pm | $485 Learn the basics of silkscreen printmaking as you create your own fine art prints, graphic posters, or promotional items. THROWING CLAY William Mantor 10 Sessions: Saturdays, June 11–August 13 10am–1pm | $485 Create glazed ceramic vessels, bowls, cups, and mugs utilizing the pottery wheel in this course focused on proper wheel-throwing technique. EXPERIMENTAL SCULPTURE Marshall Elliott 10 Sessions: Wednesdays, June 8–August 10 6:30–9:30pm | $460 Create sculptures without set outcomes in this course designed for hands-on experimentation using casting, woodworking, wire forming, clay, cardboard, textiles, Tana Quincy Porous Plantings, detail, 2015 kinetics, and more.
Spackle, wood filler, tape, glue, and fabric on wood 9 x 13 inches Courtesy of the artist
PAINTING INTRODUCTION TO OIL PAINTING Annie Albagli 7 Sessions: Tuesdays, June 7–July 12 6:30–9:30pm | $330 Focus on building confidence, skills, and your personal artistic voice in oil painting in this fundamental course. UNDERSTANDING AND EXPLORING COLOR Mel Prest 4 Sessions: Saturdays, June 11–July 2 10am–4pm | $370 Hone your acrylic palette as you create projects that explore aspects of color including hue, value, intensity, tints, and shades. DIMENSIONAL PAINTING: TEXTURE + FORM Tana Quincy 10 Sessions: Thursdays, June 9–August 11 6:30–9:30pm | $460 Innovate new approaches to painting through mark-making and material research while examining painting as an object through form and texture.
FILM INTERMEDIATE AND ADVANCED PAINTING Glenn Hirsch 8 Sessions: Wednesdays, June 22–August 10 6:30–10pm | $420 Explore the content of your work through visual and verbal analysis as well as individual instruction, technical assignments, a museum field trip, and the use of unusual materials. THE STRUCTURED ACCIDENT: FIVE-DAY PAINTING INTENSIVE Allison Miller 5 sessions: Monday–Friday June 6–June 11 9am–5pm | $750 A workshop to open up your painting practice, push to experiment and approach making paintings in new ways using risk-taking and chance. NEW FIGURE PAINTING Felicita Norris 10 Sessions: Saturdays, June 11–August 13 10am–1pm | $460 Using water-based paints, capture models in motion as inspiration for paintings that convey dynamic gestural movement. Kenneth Thomas Still from Pliable Foe, detail, 2011 8 minutes Courtesy of the artist
BASIC EDITING TECHNIQUES Christina Kolozsvary 4 Sessions: Wednesdays, June 22–July 13 6:30–9:30pm | $185 Learn to cut together basic sequences that illustrate the fundamentals of film editing in Premiere or Final Cut Pro using your own material or found footage. MIDNIGHT THEATRE: LIVE MULTI-CAMERA PRODUCTION WEBCASTS Kenneth Thomas 6 Sessions: Tuesdays + Thursdays July 26–August 11 6:30–9:30pm | $275 Learn to mix live sound and navigate a multicamera production in this interactive course wthat culminates in a live television broadcast.
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San Francisco, CA 94133
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
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CONTACT Office Hours: Monday–Friday, 9 am–5 pm 415.749.4554 (T) 415.351.3516 (F) publiceducation@sfai.edu COVER + BACK Allison Miller Flush Arch, detail, 2015 Oil, oil stick, acrylic and pencil on canvas 60 x 58 1/2 inches Courtesy of the artist
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