SFAI Young Artist Program (YAP) Summer 2015

SAN FRANCISCO ART INSTITUTE

YOUNG ARTIST PROGRAM SUMMER 2015 JULY 27 AUGUST 14 AGES 13 15

YAP IS AN IMMERSIVE SUMMER PROGRAM FOR YOUNG ARTISTS Join a creative community of individuals who forge new ways of looking at and living in the world. Get your hands dirty, learn new artistic techniques, and express yourself. Courses are led by dedicated artists and teachers during morning (9:30 am–12:30 pm) and afternoon (1:30–4:30 pm) sessions.

SPACE IS LIMITED. EARLY REGISTRATION IS RECOMMENDED.

REGISTER ONLINE BEGINNING MARCH 1, 2015 SFAI.EDU/YAP

Image by Sophie Germer

Courses take place on SFAI’s historic campus in the heart of San Francisco—look out at Alcatraz and the Bay during lunch in the SFAI Café; take in the Diego Rivera mural during a painting lesson about public art and scale; see a constantly rotating display of inspiring student artwork on your break; spend time in the Anne Bremer Memorial library, which houses over 20,000 art books, magazines, and videos; or participate in a YAP lunchtime social event.

Interested in Saturday courses?

YAP now offers weekend sessions for high school students during the school year: sfai.edu/yap

PROGRAM DETAILS

COURSE SCHEDULE

TUITION

MORNING 9:30 AM–12:30 PM

$900 Full-Day (Morning and Afternoon)

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$475 Half-Day (Morning or Afternoon)

24 Frames per Second: Digital Animation Expressive Painting: From Fundamentals to Inspiration Through the Lens: Black-and-White Photography Screenprinting

AFTERNOON 1:30–4:30 PM

LUNCH TIME SFAI offers a balanced and healthy lunch plan for YAP students. The plan is required for full-time students; halftime students are encouraged to participate in the meal plan. After registering for courses, students and families will receive more information on the meal program and meal plan waiver.

Cost: $10/day.

All are encouraged to join the YAP team for weekly lunch activities ranging from an ice cream sculpture contest to a photobooth.

VIEW FULL COURSE DESCRIPTIONS AND REGISTER ONLINE

SFAI.EDU/YAP

CONTACT Monday–Friday, 9 am–5 pm 415.749.4554 yap@sfai.edu

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From Line to Life Drawing Lights, Camera, Click: Digital Photography Clay Forms: Building in 3D Action: Video Life

REQUIRED PROGRAM SUPPLEMENTS FRIDAY WORKSHOPS In addition to studying in a studio environment, students participate in collaborative projects on Fridays. These sessions take place between classes from 12:30–1:30 pm and include technical workshops and conceptual exercises such as a collaborative mural project, exquisite corpse drawing exercises, or stop motion animations.

YAP EXHIBITION A campus-wide exhibition and screening celebrates the extraordinary work of YAP participants. Join us Friday, August 14, 4:30–6 pm.

A video and Animation screening will commence at 4:30 pm in the Lecture Hall, followed by program closing remarks and the campus-wide exhibition until 6 pm.

MORNING 24 FRAMES PER SECOND: DIGITAL ANIMATION

THROUGH THE LENS: BLACK-AND-WHITE PHOTOGRAPHY

Monday–Friday, 9:30 am–12:30 pm

Monday–Friday, 9:30 am–12:30 pm

Create short, animated movies using Flash software, and explore the basic concepts of drawing, sound, interactivity, symbols, and text.

Learn the basics of 35mm photography, black-and-white film processing, contact printing, and print enlarging while experimenting with traditional and nontraditional photographic methods.

PREREQUISITE: BASIC COMPUTER KNOWLEDGE.

STUDENTS MUST PROVIDE THEIR OWN 35MM CAMERA WITH SHUTTER SPEED AND APERTURE CONTROL.

“OUR TEACHER GAVE US GOOD INSTRUCTION AND ANSWERED ALL OF OUR QUESTIONS, WHILE STILL GIVING US THE FREEDOM TO TRY NEW THINGS AND DO THINGS OURSELVES. I DIDN’T LACK FOR RESOURCES, AND THE COURSE ASSIGNMENTS WERE ALWAYS FUN, INSTRUCTIVE, AND MADE US THINK HARDER.” -Through the Lens: Black-and-White Photography student, 2014

EXPRESSIVE PAINTING: FROM FUNDAMENTALS TO INSPIRATION Monday–Friday, 9:30 am–12:30 pm Develop creative and technical fluency in acrylic painting by exploring color and composition, surface preparation, and paint handling as you work from the live model, observation, and photographs.

SCREENPRINTING Monday–Friday, 9:30 am–12:30 pm This course introduces you to screenprinting processes and techniques that utilize drawing skills, digital technology, and basic design principals and allow you to create prints on fabric, paper, plastic, and more.

AFTERNOON FROM LINE TO LIFE DRAWING

ACTION: VIDEO LIFE

Monday–Friday, 1:30–4:30 pm

Monday–Friday, 1:30–4:30 pm

Learn the fundamentals of composition and drawing, working from still lifes and live models to create traditional and nontraditional drawings using graphite, charcoal, ink, and other media.

Explore the diverse uses of video in modern culture as you learn the basics of video camera operation, lighting, and editing to create innovative video work based on your personal interests.

A PERSONAL VIDEO CAMERA IS HELPFUL, BUT NOT NECESSARY.

MODELS IN THE YOUNG ARTIST PROGRAM ARE CLOTHED OR IN BATHING SUIT ATTIRE.

CLAY FORMS: IMAGINING THE FIGURE Monday–Friday, 1:30–4:30 pm Working from photography, models, and molds, this course uncovers the possibilities of working with the body by addressing processes, techniques, and concepts at play in contemporary figurative ceramics.

LIGHTS, CAMERA, CLICK: DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY Monday–Friday, 1:30–4:30 pm Explore digital photography as a creative and expressive tool while you shoot images, learn camera operations, make digital prints, discuss photography with your classmates, and critique student work.

STUDENTS MUST PROVIDE THEIR OWN DIGITAL CAMERA WITH MANUAL SETTINGS.

Students recreate Pablo Picasso’s Guernica painting through performance, costume, cardboard, and photography in a Friday workshop

NONPROFIT

O R G A N I Z AT I O N

US POSTAGE

PAID

800 Chestnut Street San Francisco, CA 94133

SAN FRANCISCO, CA

PERMIT NO. 6344

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