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Winter 2023 Courses
ART FUNDAMENTALS
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DESIGN: PRINCIPLES & ELEMENTS
This course explores the principles and elements of design to develop an understanding of how they can be applied across a variety of mediums such as drawing, painting, collage and photo-based practices. Focus will be on composition, surface treatments and typography, with further exploration of design components within a fine art context by looking at practicing artists and ideas. Suitable for beginners. Fridays, Jan 13 - Apr 7, 2pm - 5pm Tamara Bond $475
In-person
UNDERSTANDING COLOUR I
Understanding Colour is a thorough introduction to colour theory and its translation into painting practice. The use of colour as a basic element of visual art is a fundamental component of painting, but a good knowledge of colour is also helpful in graphic design, interior design and photography. The aim of this course is to prompt students to be mindful of the endless complexity and diversity available through an awareness of colour.
ART HISTORY, THEORY
ART HISTORY: FLOWER AS FORM AND METAPHOR
This art history course takes the use of the flower in Egyptian through to Renaissance art and design as a starting point, and continues to 17th century Dutch flower painting, Baroque painting, and the 19th century including Realism and Impressionism. The 20th century will include Early Modernism and Abstraction, to mid-century Pop, to 21st century contemporary artists working with the flower or flowers as subject matter in paintings, sculpture, video and installation.
Tuesdays, Jan 10 - Apr 4, 2pm - 5pm Wendy Welch $475 Online
CONTEMPORARY ART II
In this continuation of Contemporary Art I, the course will begin in the 1990s with a discussion of the different roles that art plays for the artist and for the community. Other topics include the spectacle and the everyday; narrative and abstraction; the economics of the art market; and art in the age of surveillance capitalism. Required Textbook: Tony Godfrey, The Story of Contemporary Art, The MIT Press (Nov 10 2020). It is not necessary to have completed Contemporary Art I to enroll in the second part of the course.
Thursdays, Jan 12 - Apr 6, 2pm - 5pm Wendy Welch $475 In-person
DRAWING
DRAWING AND FILM NOIR
This course uses the melodramatic genre of film noir, a movement in Hollywood that dominated cinema in the 1940s, as a point of departure for drawing subject matter. Students will view segments from a range of film noir productions in class and choose still images as a source for drawings. These films characteristically use high contrast and a variety of effects such as the shadows made by Venetian blinds across a room, and unusual camera angles and perspectival views. Students will incorporate these components to make compelling and dramatic drawings with an emphasis on dark/light contrast. Drawing materials will include pencil, charcoal, conte ink as well as using collage and a mixed media approach.
Mondays, Jan 9 - Apr 3, 6pm - 9pm Dylan Cram $475 In-person
DRAWING: INTRODUCTION I
This course provides students with an introduction to the basic materials and techniques of drawing. Emphasis is on elements such as line, shape, value, space, proportion, perspective and composition. In addition, students are encouraged to explore a range of materials and develop personal expression in their drawing. Subject matter includes still life, the figure, landscape, architectural space and student-supplied source material. Suitable for beginners.
Thursdays, Jan 12 - Apr 6, 6pm - 9pm Meghan Krauss $475 In-person
DRAWING: INTRODUCTION II
Drawing Introduction II continues the focus on basic materials and techniques of drawing. In this second part of the course, the emphasis is on learning to use materials and methods to develop a personal expression in drawing. As with Drawing Introduction I, subject matter includes still life, the figure, landscape, architectural space and student supplied source material. Prerequisite: Drawing: Introduction I or some drawing experience.
