Visual Arts, Various Media Painterly Prints: An Introduction to Monotype
Intermediate, Adults Instructor: Allison Long Hardy The course is an introduction to the monotype process through various approaches. Students should expect to explore oil-based and water-based techniques. Students will gain experience in subtractive and additive ways of working, silkscreen monotypes, monotype through layers, and how to incorporate chine collé into their works. (Meets in W-6) Winter Quarter (9 weeks) Tue Jan 7 (5pm-8pm) Tuition: $230 (M) $240 (N/M) (Supply list will be discussed at first class. Class will be using oil-based inks and solvents which can produce fumes.) (photo credit: Debra Yarrington)
Your Artist Within
All Skill Levels, Ages 16-Adult Instructor: Kathy Strauss You don’t have to be creative to get the most out of this session. In fact, the less creative you think you are, the more this session will help you tap into the creativity you desire. You will learn to understand the right and left brain paradigm by experiencing first hand results of working out your creative muscle. We will explore the 8 sections of the book, The Artist Within, A Guide to Becoming Creatively Fit, organized by principles of design. Participants will share their insight into the art of life, as revealed in the pages they read each week. Through a series of defined creative exercises and discussion you can develop “magical” mental abilities and embrace our role as the artist of our lives! You can create change in our world – all by simply creating on paper! (Meets in W-10) Fall Quarter (9 weeks) Tue Sept 17 (6:30pm-8:30pm) Winter Quarter (9 weeks) Tue Jan 7 (6:30pm-8:30pm) Tuition: $180 (M) $190 (N/M) (Students must purchase a copy of the book "The Artist Within" by Whitney Ferre.)
New Urban Contemporary Art Classes! Wheat Pasting: The Art of Pasting
All Skill Levels, Young Adults & Adults Instructor: Gregg Deal In the this, the age of contemporary art, it's helpful to have a better understanding of the ways and means with which artistic contemporaries are making their art, particularly in a public space. In this class we will discuss wheat pasting, the various ways to make it, how to apply it and how you might incorporate it into you own art. (Meets in W-3) Fall Quarter (5 weeks) Thur Sept 19 (7pm-9pm) Tuition: $130 (M) $140 (N/M)
Stencil Art
All Skill Levels, Young Adults & Adults Instructor: Gregg Deal In the this, the age of contemporary art, it's helpful to have a better understanding of the ways and means with which artistic contemporaries are making their art. In this class we will discuss stencil art, the various ways to make it, how to apply it and how you might incorporate it into you own art. (Meets in W-3) Fall Quarter (5 weeks) Tue Sept 17 (7pm-9pm) Tuition: $130 (M) $140 (N/M)
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Urban Vinyl Design
All Skill Levels, Young Adults & Adults Instructor: Deb Yarrington Urban Vinyl is an art form which began in the late 1990's that falls somewhere between high art and action figure design. These vinyl figures carry a graffiti artist sensibility and are usually produced in small runs (between 500 and 2000). Spawned by the incorporation of hip hop into Asian and American popular culture, Urban Vinyl also very often depicts figures from this genre or other facets of youth oriented, urban pop culture. This class will cover the history of this art form while students learn to design and create their own Urban Vinyl Toy. (Meets in W-3) Fall Quarter (5 weeks) Mon Sept 23 (4:30pm-6pm) Winter Quarter (5 weeks) Mon Jan 13 (4:30pm-6pm) Tuition: $110 (M) $120 (N/M) (Supply list will be emailed upon registration.)