Art, Photography & Performing Arts
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Drawing in your sketchbook regularly is one of the best ways to improve your drawing skills and to exercise your creativity, as well as develop and record ideas for larger drawings and paintings. Great ideas spring from sincere observation of the world around us. Class will meet weekly to draw in a variety of locations. Weekly assignments between classes will help maintain your momentum. One final drawing or painting will be assigned, using any element observed in your sketchbook. Instruction includes demonstrations as well as individual and group critiques. Note: Elective for Art & Creative Process Certificate. Prerequisite: Drawing: Focus on Perception (ART 40166) or equivalent experience. First class meeting bring any drawing tools: pencils, pens, charcoal, or conte crayons. Sprial-bound sketchbook, 9x12 inches or larger.
Enjoy the abundance of flowers blossoming this spring! Students of all levels will learn the art of contemporary floral arranging through demonstrations & hands-on practice. Learn about container selection, design theory, care and handling of cut flowers while working with a variety of unusual cut flowers and foliage. Design styles include Armature Bouquet in a Vase, Vegetative, Interpretive Waterfall, New Wave and Formal Linear arrangements. Note: A weekly, pre-paid materials fee of $30 will be collected by instructor to cover all materials to be transformed into arrangements and brought home to be enjoyed. Please bring $60 to 1st class meeting along with floral knife, wire cutters, clippers and scissors to use in class. Professional floral knives may be purchased for $20 in class.
Drawing Ideas: Developing Your Sketchbook
IN-CLASS Instructor: Blair Thornley, BFA (Parsons School of Design) Nationally known illustrator, painter, and animator with her gestural characters having appeared in New York Times and L.A. Times. Section: 107613-5004 Course No. ART-40447 Time/Date: Sa 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m., Apr. 4-May 30 (9 mtgs.) Location: Rm. 220A, Mandeville Center, UCSD Credit: 3 units in Art Fee: $275 ($250 if enrolled by Mar. 9). No refunds after: Apr. 10 (da/amn) No visitors permitted. Early enrollment advised.
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Children’s Book Illustration Information Session
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breaking into the field of Children’s Book illustration? Find out about our Children’s Book Illustration certificate program and learn how classes our instructors offer can help you expand your artistic skills, polish your personal style, develop an eye-catching portfolio and present yourself professionally to the industry. ONLINE Instructor: Annika M. Nelson, BA in Studio Art Artist, UC San Diego Instructor since 2004; illustrated seven published books. Section: 107621-5004 Course No. INFO-70117 Time/Date: Mar. 30-Jun. 12 Location: ucsdextension.blackboard.com
Contemporary Floral Design with Spring Flowers
IN-CLASS Instructor: David C. Root Professional floral designer with over 23 years experience & many awards including first prize in the International Floral Design Competition at the Del Mar Fair. Section: 107622-5004 Course No. ART-81510 Time/Date: M 6:00-9:00 p.m., Mar. 30-Apr. 27 (5 mtgs.) Location: Rm. 121, UCSD Extension Complex Credit: Not for credit Fee: $185 ($160 if enrolled by Mar. 9). No refunds after: Apr. 2 (da/amn) HANDS-ON
Creative Process II
Tap your creativity through a variety of artmaking projects designed to spur your imagination and broaden your abilities. Projects include 2 & 3 dimensional forms, painting, found objects, collage, book art, collaborative work and more. By exploring new territories beyond preconceptions about art, you will immerse yourself in the process of creative expression and be surprised at the results. Note: Fulfills requirement for Art and the Creative Process Certificate. Prerequisite: “Creative Process I” (ART 40191). Bring to first class: 18”x24” Strathmore drawing pad (80lb), newsprint pad, 2 graphite pencils (B and 3B or 4B), and a Staedtler white eraser. A complete list of materials will be distributed at the first class meeting.
IN-CLASS Instructor: France Marie Haeger, M.A., PHDE, ATRBC A registered and board certified art therapist, fine arts instructor and artist, and maintains a private art therapy practice. Section: 107623-5004 Course No. ART-40181 Time/Date: Th 6:00-9:30 p.m., Apr. 2-May 21 (8 mtgs.) Location: Rm. 121, UCSD Extension Complex Credit: 3 units in Art Fee: $175 ($150 if enrolled by Mar. 9). No refunds after: Apr. 8 (da/amn) HANDS-ON
Artists’ Books: Re-Thinking the Box
Learn how to make a variety of box structures & transform them into a vessel for memories, a display case for prints, or a holder for your dreams. By examining the inspirational work of Joseph Cornell, Robert Rauschenberg, Man Ray & Marcel Duchamp--the masters of this seemingly prosaic medium--students explore techniques & materials used in building different types of boxes. You will master basic box construction, both 3- and 4-walled, build lids, partitions, matchboxes and clamshell box structure. Note: Elective for Art & the Creative Process Certificate. No prior bookmaking experience required. 1st day materials list, see course listing at extension. ucsd.edu or call (858) 964-1051. No prior bookmaking experience required. $15 materials fee payable to instructor at 1st meeting. Req’d textbook: Making Memory Boxes by B. Mauriello. IN-CLASS Instructor: Sibyl Rubottom, MFA Co-founder of Bay Park Press in San Diego, a fine arts press specializing in artists’ books and fine intaglio prints. Section: 107625-5004 Course No. ART-40258 Time/Date: M 6:00-9:00 p.m., Apr. 6-Jun. 8; no mtg. May 25 (9 mtgs.) Location: Rm. 128, UCSD Extension Complex Credit: 3 units in Art Fee: $275 ($250 if enrolled by Mar. 9). No refunds after: Apr. 9 (da/amn)
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