SMFA Continuing Education Summer 2022 Catalog

A History of Artistic Tradition

Top Left Above: Old Museum of Fine Arts, Copley Square ca. 1880

Top Right Above: Rhinoceros Sculpture, SMFA at Tufts campus, by Katherine Lane Weems ca. 1937

Bottom Left Above: Exterior of SMFA building ca. 2020, exterior designed by Graham Gund and builit in 1987

Bottom Right Above: Interior of SMFA building ca. 2020

SMFA painting class in 1908.

The School of the Museum of Fine Arts has been on the cutting edge of art education for nearly 150 years.

With SMFA's rich connections to a top research university and a major art museum, today's students are uniquely poised to make a cultural and artistic impact.

SAVE THE DATES

25 May 5 July

First Day of Summer Session I

First Day of Summer Session II

The registration deadline for most courses is 3 days prior to the start of the session.

Detail of Search

by Miriam Palacios Espinoza

SUMMER TERM

MAY 25 TO AUGUST 12, 2022

Monoprinting

Sat & Sun 10:00 AM–3:00 PM July 23–24 (2 sessions)

Instructor: Louis Meola

A monoprint is a one-of-a-kind print that can be made from a variety of traditional plates. in this workshop, students will learn how to make and print their own plates using carborundum, gum transfers, and chine collé. Demonstrations will include: mixing inks, handwiping, rolling techniques, and overprinting in multiple colors and plates.

the UrbAn/LAnDscApe sketchbook

Mon–Thurs 9:00 AM–2:00 PM June 6–9 (4 sessions) M

Instructor: Patrick Carter

personal marks and passages, translating the visual world, are unmatched in their enduring "poetic memory." Join us for a personal discovery with each painting or drawing and make the sketchbook a constant companion of any journey near, far, or within.

painting, drawing and mixed media

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of Farmhouse Formal Series by Lauren Hennessey, Advanced Painting

graphic design and illustration

grAphic Design i:

WorD AnD iMAge

Tues/Thurs 6:00–9:30 PM May 26–June 30 (11 sessions)

Instructor: Jennifer Munson

Learn the fundamentals of graphic design - typography, language, image and symbolism – through projects emphasizing idea generation, theory and technical skills.

Web Design i

Tues/Thurs 6:00–9:30 PM May 26–June 30 (11 sessions)

Instructor: Keith March Mistler

Master the fundamental skills necessary to plan, organize, design, and build modern, standardscompliant websites. students will learn the basic building blocks of the web and become familiar with other current front-end tools, as well as theoretical and practical approaches to interface design.

Web Design ii

Tues/Thurs 6:00–9:15 PM July 5–Aug 11 (12 sessions)

Instructor: TBD

Design and develop sophisticated web pages and poise yourself as a professional web designer. Focusing on using advanced htML and css to solve complex design problems, and introducing Javascript as an additional tool to aid in front end design, students will advance their knowledge and usage of design thinking methodology.

Design For soci

Tue/Thurs 6:00–9:30 PM May 26–June

Instructor: Sofie Hodara in this course, students will explore catalyst for social change. You methodologies for developing call to action through lectures, critiques.

grAphic Design

VisUAL sYsteMs

Tue/Thurs 6:00–9:30 PM May 26–June

Instructor: Charles Gibbons

Deepen your understanding of visual communication and projects centered on developing and wayfinding systems.

VisUALizing inFor

Mon/Wed 5:30-9:30 PM May 25–June

Instructor: Charles Gibbons

put the core principles of data efficiency, and precision – to visually say and achieve more.

ociAL chAnge

26–June 30 (11 sessions)

explore design as a You will examine established developing and fostering a successful lectures, in-class activities and

Design ii:

26–June 30 (11 sessions)

Gibbons understanding of graphic design as a form and as a profession through developing integrated branding

Design YoUr First WorDpress theMe.

Mon/Wed 6:30–9:30 PM July 11–20 (4 sessions)

Instructor: Saul Baizman

this fun and fast-paced workshop will teach students how to translate a static website design into a dynamic web application whose content can be updated through Wordpress

ADobe photoshop

Tues/Thurs 6:00–9:15 PM July 5–Aug 11 (12 sessions)

Instructor: TBD

embrace photoshop's capabilities in color correction, retouching, collage, and more while exploring how features like layers, masks, paths, colorizing, and duotones can help you realize your creative vision.

orMAtion

25–June 29 (10 sessions)

Gibbons

data visualization – clarity, to work and discover how to more.

introDUction reALitY i

Instructor: Billy Foshay

Detail of Desert Survival Breakfast by Dylan McCusker, Visualizing Information VR VR

Asynchronous May 25–July

Learn how to build your own for gaming, animation, prototyping, or commercial purposes, through creating custom

introDUction reALitY ii

Instructor: Billy Foshay

Asynchronous July 5–Aug 12

Learn to add interactivity through techniques like: scene objects, camera animation headset.

own virtual 3D world! Whether prototyping, architectural design

course will guide students

interactive environments.

to your own virtual 3D world scene switching, grabbable

and outputting to a Vr

DigitAL photogrAphY: introDUction

Mon/Wed 6:00–9:30 PM July 6–Aug 10 (11 sessions)

Instructor: Vincent Martin

enter the world of digital photography, using your cell phone or personal digital camera, and learn technical and aesthetic skills to enhance images in postproduction.

the oUtDoor AniMAtion stUDio

Mon, Wed, Thurs 3:00–7:00 PM Aug 8–11 (3 sessions)

Instructor: Sarah E. Jenkins

bring the animation studio outside and experiment with a variety of experimental stop motion animation techniques using cell phone and digital cameras, sound recorders, and premiere pro for editing.

Certificates

During the course of each certificate program, demonstrates your understanding of design

Learn from accomplished artists and professionals

Gain access to SMFA classrooms & studios

Build your network as you learn alongside

Certificate in GRAPHIC DESIGN

In-Person & Online | 10 Courses | 2 years

GD

Build practical and technical skills necessary to excel in senior graphic design roles.

Course Examples:

Graphic Design I

Graphic Design II

Publication Design

Design for Social Change

Web Design I

Visualizing Information

Certificate in ILLUSTRATION

In-Person & Online | 10

Develop your creative your illustration techniques and analog applications.

Course Examples:

Adobe Illustrator

Anatomy for Life Drawing

Illustration I

Illustration II

Drawing for Illustration & Figurative Art

Fundamentals of 2D Design

ILLUSTRATION

Courses | 2 years

program, you will develop a competitive portfolio of artwork that design and illustration techniques and best practices. You will also: professionals studios alongside other talented artists IL Drawing Design creative process and hone techniques across digital applications.

Certificate in GRAPHIC DESIGN + ILLUSTRATION GI

In-Person & Online | 15 Courses | 3+ Years

Explore and develop a broad range of graphic design and illustration skills, techniques, theories, and applications.

Course Examples:

Color Mastery

Fundamentals of 2D Design

Graphic Design I

Illustration I

Portfolio Preparation for Designers and Illustrators

Digital and Experimental Animation

Apply now to the certificate in Virtual reality VR

SMFA's Online Certificate in Virtual Reality brings a flexible, intensive, skills-oriented program to students and professionals interested in the intersection of art and technology. Through six short courses, students will be given the skills to tackle virtual reality environment design for application in fields such as game design, healthcare, education, real estate, and many more! This certificate program will kick off during Summer 2022 Session One.

Built upon SMFA's unique interdisciplinary approach to art making, the Virtual Reality Certificate introduces students to the world of VR from the lens of an artist/ maker. Tap into Tufts University's cutting-edge research, expertise in everything from medicine to fine arts, and begin building the future!

soFie hoDArA

leCTurer in graphic Arts i

sofie hodara is a boston-based multimedia artist and educator. often working collaboratively, she explores the intersection between traditional and emerging media in order to create beautiful, non-utilitarian experiences with technology. hodara is a member of the bromfield gallery (boston, MA) and her work has been exhibited across the country including icebox project space in philadelphia pA, Uc san Diego’s calit2 theater, and boston cyberarts gallery. Additionally, her work has been featured in Fresh paint Magazine, Made in Mind Magazine, the Journal of the new Media caucus, and the boston globe. she has completed residencies at groUnDWork retreat, the common press, and boxoproJects. And in January 2019, she spoke with collaborator and colleague, Martha rettig, at the Ar in Action Leadership summit at the Mit Media Lab.

hodara teaches design at emmanuel college, Massachusetts college of Art and Design, and the school of the Museum of Fine Arts at tufts University and lives in brookline with her husband, nate, and lots of art on the walls.

sArAh e. Jenkins

leCTurer in Animation i

sarah e. Jenkins (she/they) is a queer multidisciplinary artist from northern Appalachia. they create experimental stop motion animation, drawing, and social practice about natural resource extraction, post-industrial landscapes/histories, and invisible labors.

Jenkins’ work has been exhibited in the northeast and internationally, including the Museum of Fine Arts boston, icA boston, Wheaton college, the Lesbian and gay Association in germany (LsVD), and grrL hAUs cinema (berlin and boston). Jenkins was awarded a MacDowell Fellowship for the summer of 2021 and will be an artist in residence at the sitka center for Art and ecology during the Winter of 2021/22 and Marble house project during the summer of 2022.

JenniFer Liston MUnson

leCTurer in GrAPHiC ArTS i

Jennifer Liston Munson is a passionate historic preservationist and is currently an independent exhibition planning & Design consultant and Adjunct instructor at the sMFA at tufts University. her work combines high tech-low tech processes to expose invisible private and public histories.

From 2001–2018, she was a senior Designer in the exhibitions and Design Department at the Museum of Fine Arts, boston, where she created innovative, thoughtful, and unexpected museum exhibitions to interpret and display objects from diverse cultures and time periods, spanning from antiquity to contemporary installations. she has worked with contemporary artists such as rachel Whiteread, Adam Fuss, shinique smith, and takashi Murakami.

Liston Munson was the executive Director of the Armenia Museum of America where she transformed collections galleries and created new venues for contemporary installations and performances. she has curated an array of exhibitions that explore the ancient history of Armenian culture through present-day experience in the United states as well as contemporary exhibitions with artists who reveal the legacy of inherited human rights abuse.

she received an MFA from the school of the Museum of Fine Arts, boston and tufts University, and a bFA from Massachusetts college of Art and Design and Loughborough college of Art and Design in england.

Detail of Renewable Energy by Aditi Periyannan, Visualizing Information

Down and Out by Nancy Marks, Painting: Intermediate to Advanced