SFAI’s Young Artist Program (YAP) // Summer 2019

YAP is the perfect place to express yourself while diving deep into technique, concept, medium exploration, and experimentation. Our morning and afternoon courses for Summer 2019 include:

Digital Animation

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

Prerequisite: Basic computer knowledge.

Expressive Painting

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.

Line to Life Drawing

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.

Models in the Young Artist Program are clothed or in bathing suit attire. No prerequisite.

Screenprinting

This course introduces you to screenprinting processes and techniques that utilize drawing skills, digital technology, and basic design principals that allow you to create prints on fabric, paper, plastic, and more.

Black-and-White Photography

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

Students must provide their own 35mm camera with shutter speed and aperture control.

Video Art

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.

Digital Photography

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.

Sculptural Forms

Explore building in three-dimensions with a variety of materials, including clay, cardboard, found objects, fabric, and plaster while learning the importance of place, site, and scale in contemporary sculpture.

For more information, please visit: sfai.edu/yap