SPRING 2018
Make Art Here All Levels | Ages 17+
UNPARALLELED ARTISTIC COMMUNITY / LEGENDARY STUDIO ENVIRONMENT / ARTIST-DRIVEN EXPERIENCES ART + TECHNOLOGY SFAI’s Public Education program offers areas of study that span the breadth of contemporary art, including traditional techniques in drawing, painting, photography, film, printmaking, and sculpture, as well as radical experiences, off-kilter journeys, collaborative public projects, and educational experiments. Join SFAI’s diverse community of artists and scholars. Our non-credit evening and weekend class offerings present flexibility for you to pursue your aspirations. No matter your experience level, there’s a unique class to expand your skills and interests.
Design Basics Elisabeth Ajtay 8 sessions Use and integrate Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop as tools to help materialize your ideas.
Wednesdays, Feb 7–Mar 28 7:30–10:30pm | $385
Experiments in Moving Digital Images Victoria Scott
DRAWING Drawing from Observation Annie Albagli 10 sessions Focus on observational drawing, playful exploration with media, and mark-making. Short (two-minute) to long (nine-hour) exercises will provide foundational understanding of both traditional and contemporary drawing approaches.
Tuesdays, Jan 30–Mar 20 6:30–9:30pm | $480
Collaborative Drawing
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Meditation + Movement in Drawing
Sarah Ammons
Beth Krebs
10 sessions
6 sessions Participate in fun pair and whole group drawing exercises designed to loosen your practice and open new directions to explore.
Drawing and yoga go hand-in-hand as you complete a series of exercises where time falls away and the mind is free to wander—leading to profound realizations and self-discovery.
Thursdays, Feb 8–Mar 22 7:30–10:30pm | $295
Wednesdays, Jan 31–Mar 21 7:30–10:30pm | $480
Intermediate Figure Drawing
Large-scale Gesture Drawing with Ink
8 sessions
Ignacio Rojas
Experiment with shooting, collaging, and animating stills and video to create basic stop motion, GIFs and short image loops for screen and site-specific projection.
8 sessions
Alice Gould
Investigate conceptual aspects of figure drawing as you strengthen your technical skills and gain insight into your personal artistic voice.
5 sessions
Tuesdays, Feb 6–Mar 27 6:30–9:30pm | $385
Saturdays, Feb 3–Mar 24 10am–1pm | $385
Tuesdays, Feb 20–Mar 20 7:30–10:30pm | $245
Work gesturally and throw your weight around as we explore the use of ink on large-scale rag paper.
PAINTING Introduction to Oil Painting* Robert Xavier Burden 12 sessions Learn oil painting fundamentals such as drawing, brushwork, color theory, and the technical manipulation of paint through demonstrations and exercises designed to encourage new ideas in a positive atmosphere.
Tuesdays, Jan 30–Apr 24 7:30–10:30pm | $530
Intermediate Oil Painting Techniques*
Robert Xavier Burden Space Opera 2015 Oil on canvas 15 x 18 feet
Ingrid V. Wells 12 sessions
Demystify the oil painting process and practice glazing, lighting, and edging techniques to transform your paintings from intermediate to advanced-level and create new work nothing short of magical.
FILM
Wednesdays, Jan 31–Apr 25 7:30–10:30pm | $530
Narrative Painting
Painting the Live Figure* Tana Quincy Arcega 6 sessions Use models as the inspiration for dynamic paintings that convey representation or abstraction.
Saturdays, Jan 27–Mar 3 10am–1pm | $295
New Biopics: Filmmaking Beyond the Human
12 sessions
Keith Wilson
Films Against Fascism, Movies of Mutiny
Examine intimate visual narratives as you make paintings centered on how human experience is remembered and transformed in this intermediate/advanced course for water-based painters.
6 sessions
8 sessions
Embrace non-human entities as worthy subject matter for creating your own moving-image work around the concept of “the biography.”
Work in the language of experimental cinema to create a script, shoot, edit, and present a short experimental video that draws inspiration from revolutionary acts.
Thursdays, Feb 1–Apr 26 6:30–9:30pm | $530
Thursdays, Feb 22–Mar 29 6:30–9:30pm | $295
Tuesdays, Feb 20–Apr 10 6:30–9:30pm | $385
Felicita Norris
*THESE PAINTING COURSES ARE HELD IN SFAI’S NEW FORT MASON CAMPUS. MORE DETAILS ONLINE: SFAI.EDU/PUBLICEDUCATION
Malic Amalya
PHOTOGRAPHY Exploring Digital Photography
Mastering the Fine Art Digital Print
8 sessions
12 sessions
Get the most out of your digital camera in this introductory course focused on camera operations and basic editing skills in Adobe Photoshop, as well as cultivating your personal photographic voice.
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.”
Dana Morrison
Wednesdays, Jan 31–Mar 21 6:30–9:30pm | $385
The Handmade Photobook Ward Long
6 sessions Make a handmade photobook that deepens the experience of engaging with your work, as you learn how to sequence, tell stories, and various binding techniques.
Chris Grunder
Wednesdays, Jan 31–Apr 25 7–10pm | $530
Photography Intensive: IdeaGeneration + Image-Making Daniel Melo 4 sessions Shake up your current approach to making photographs with short exercises and inspiring assignments designed to get you making and thinking about photography differently.
Tuesdays, Feb 20–Mar 13 6:30–9:30pm | $195
INTERDISCIPLINARY
Advanced Photography Projects
Frame It Yourself
12 sessions
6 sessions
Lauren Marie Taylor
Learn introductory and intermediate techniques for framing two-dimensional works from basic rabbet and staining work to fabric wrapping mats, marbling, incorporating sculptural moulding, non-traditional material use and experimental design.
6 sessions
Hone your understanding and use of color in photography through this class focused on discussion, lecture, and studio time.
Develop individual photographic projects based on personal interests and conceptual concerns. Define your own aesthetic in an atmosphere of cooperative learning, divided between group discussion and critique and one-on-one conversations with the instructor.
Wednesdays, Apr 4–25 6:30–9:30pm | $195
Saturdays, Feb 3–Apr 28 10am–1pm | $530
Tuesdays, Feb 20–Mar 27 6:30–9:30pm | $295
Thursdays, Mar 22–Apr 26 6:30–9:30pm | $295
Tuesdays, Mar 20–Apr 24 7:30–10:30pm | $295
Color Theory + Symbolism for Photography Victoria Mara Heilweil 4 sessions
Judith Walgren
Tom Betthauser
Judith Walgren, Boy with Pidgeon, 2009 Archival digital print; 20 x 24 inches
Art + Resistance In this six-week workshop, you will design artistic responses to social challenges and practice useful tools for the development and deployment of community projects.
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Ceramics for Painters Alyssa Block
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6 sessions Investigate the relationships between object, narrative, art, and design while you create a three-item ceramic collection embellished with glaze treatments based on original drawings.
Alyssa Block Drawn Vases 2017 Glazed ceramic 9 x 0.5 x 5 inches
Thursdays, Feb 22–Mar 29 6:30–9:30pm | $295
NEW GENRES
Found Object Sculpture: Cabinets, Boxes + Tableaux
Site
Amy M. Ho
Joanne Easton
8 sessions
8 sessions
Responding to architecture, space, readings, and the works of a variety of contemporary artists, you will create site-specific installations in relationship to your surrounding environment.
Tuesdays, Feb 6–Mar 27 6:30–9:30pm | $385
Create sculptures and make found-object arrangements that explore objects’ interrelationships as you are inspired by the work of David Ireland, Joseph Beuys, Stephanie Syjuco, Lindsey White, and more.
Meadow Mind: Cultivating an Urban Garden
Artistic Practices Between Soundscape + Landscape
6 sessions
6 sessions
Participate in a series of performance workshops and jams as you explore the boundless possibilities of creating performative artwork on SFAI’s historic campus.
Dig in the fresh spring soil and cultivate your garden skills in SFAI’s historic meadow as you explore plant care, soil-building, seed starting, composting, pruning, and water conservation in this course focused on observation, generativity, empathy, and resilience.
Explore sound and music as elements for creating personal and shared space in the environment, through off-site field trips and collaborative projects. You will be introduced to soundscape creation, using easily accessible tools, for mobile devices and outdoor spaces.
Wednesdays, Feb 21–Mar 28 6:30–9:30pm | $295
Saturdays, Feb 17–Mar 24 11am–2pm | $295
Thursdays, Feb 22–Mar 29 6:30–9:30pm | $295
Radical Methodologies in Performance Art Melissa Koziebrocki 6 sessions
Genine Lentine
Hugh Livingston
Wednesdays, Feb 21–Apr 11 7:30–10:30pm | $385
Duplicate Objects: Mold-Making for Sculpture Marshall Elliott 10 sessions Learn to make and cast duplicate objects out of a variety of materials including plaster, wax, ice, and non-toxic resins, and use them to make personally driven largescale installations.
Wednesdays, Feb 21–Apr 25 7:30–10:30pm | $480
Chestnut Street Campus 800 Chestnut Street San Francisco, CA 94133 Fort Mason Campus Pier 2, 2 Marina Blvd San Francisco, CA 94123
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COVER: Ward Long Swimmers (spread) Print on velvety paper 16 x 20 inches