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PAINTINGINTRODUCTION TO OIL PAINTING
Robert Burden
12 sessions: Tuesdays, January 26 – April 19
7:30 – 10:30 pm | $530
Oil painting fundamentals, such as drawing, brushwork,
color theory, and the technical manipulation of paint will further
your technical skills, along with demonstrations and exercises
designed to encourage new ideas in a positive atmosphere.
NEW FIGURE PAINTING
Felicita Norris
12 sessions: Thursdays, January 28 – April 21
7:30 – 10:30 pm | $530
Use models in motion as inspiration for paintings that convey
dynamic gestural movement.
INTERMEDIATE + ADVANCED PAINTING
Glenn Hirsch
12 sessions: Wednesdays, January 27 – April 20
7:30 – 10:30 pm | $530
Explore the content of your work through the lenses of irony,
humor, narrative, and mood. Individual instruction, technical
assignments, and the use of unusual materials will guide you
through various styles as you develop independence by
painting in series.
nce by painting in series.
ART & TECHNOLOGYEXPERIMENTAL DESIGN:
WHERE TO START TO NEVER STOP
Ana Montenegro
12 sessions: Tuesdays, January 26– April 19
6 – 9 pm | $530
Learn to use digital-image software programs such as Adobe
Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, and Flash to create practical and
personal projects that broaden your perception of visual culture.
DRAWING INTRODUCTION TO DRAWING
Michelle Ramin
12 sessions: Wednesdays, January 27 – April 20
7:30 – 10:30 pm | $530
Focus on drawing fundamentals as a means of visual inquiry as
you gain skills in translating the composition, line, perspective,
and form of 3D objects into 2D drawings.
FIGURE DRAWING: ILLUSIONS ON THE 2D SURFACE
Michael Azgour
3 sessions: Saturdays, January 30 – February 13
12 – 6 pm | $275
Learn the basics of figure drawing and practice interpreting
the subject in new ways. Value, light, form, gesture, proportion,
movement, line, edge, and composition will be studied, with
exercises from the live model.
BETWEEN THOUGHT + THING:
EXPRESSIVE WORKS ON PAPER
Kara Maria
12 sessions: Saturdays, January 30 – April 23
11 am– 2 pm | $530
Explore water-based materials and the unique formal and
technical possibilities of drawing and painting on paper.
Try your hand at wet-on-wet, layering, tracing, transfer,
collage, and masking techniques (among others) to enhance
your artistic practice.
INTERMEDIATE DRAWING
Katherine Vetne
12 sessions: Thursdays, January 28 – April 21
7:30 – 10:30 pm | $530
Expand your technical drawing skills while deeply engaging
with the personal, conceptual side of drawing as you complete
group exercises, explore alternative approaches, and
undertake longer-term projects.
LARGE-SCALE DRAWING
Pamela Lanza
12 sessions: Wednesdays, January 27– April 20
7:30 – 10:30 pm | $530
In this course, you’ll explore the meaning of scale and its
impact on concept as you experiment with a variety of drawing
techniques and approaches in large-format challenges.
Register online and view full course descriptions and instructor bios: SFAI.EDU/PUBLICEDUCATION
AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BRUSHSTROKES
Mel Prest
4 sessions: Saturdays, February 6– 27
10 am– 3 pm | $310
Concentrate on the language of acrylic painting through
brushstrokes, using in-class exercises, experiments, and
contemporary painting as a means to inspire your own work.
THE STRUCTURED ACCIDENT:
FIVE-DAY PAINTING INTENSIVE
Allison Miller
5 sessions: Monday– Friday, March 14– 18
9 am– 5 pm | $750
A five-day, eight-hour-per-day intensive, this course provides
you with the opportunity to open up your practice, push to
experiment, and approach making paintings in new ways, using
risk-taking and chance within a rigorous conceptual structure.
PHOTOGRAPHYFOR THE LOVE OF LOOKING
Dana Morrison
6 sessions: Saturdays, January 30–March 5
1– 4 pm | $275
Learn how to fully realize a photograph prior to the moment
your shutter clicks, which will enable you to create intentional,
well-composed images that engage your viewer.
EXPLORING SPACE
Victoria Mara Heilweil
5 sessions: Wednesdays, April 6–27 + Saturday, April 16
Wednesdays, 7:30–10:30 pm + Saturday, 2–5 pm | $230
Explore space photographically—whether it is personal, gendered,
institutional, or intimate space—through weekly shooting
assignments and a field trip to Headlands Center for the Arts.
CONTEXT AS CONCEPT:
PHOTOGRAPHIC SEQUENCING + NARRATIVE
CONSTRUCTION
Chris Grunder
12 sessions: Tuesdays, January 26– April 19
7:30– 10:30 pm | $530
Photographic sequencing has the power to build narrative,
mood, and emotion. In this course, you will learn to create
bodies of work that are stronger than their constituent images
through discussion, hands-on tutorials, and group critiques.
THE PSYCHOLOGICAL PORTRAIT
Christie Spillane
8 sessions: Thursdays, January 28– March 24
7:30– 10:30 pm | $370
Explore the history and techniques of portrait photography
as you learn to reveal inner or psychological worlds. Study
the practice from its early days to the work of contemporary
photographers as you create in-camera, digital compositions,
and self-portraits.
PRINTMAKINGPRINTED MATTER: HYBRID PROCESSES
Rebecca Foster
10 sessions: Saturdays, January 30–April 16
10 am–1 pm | $460
Play with printmaking form, presentation, and variations by
combining multiple techniques in this course dedicated to
pushing the medium in new directions while embracing and
integrating traditional approaches.
Allison MillerDetail of Sidewalk/Street, 2014Acrylic, flashe, pencil, colored pencil, and collage on canvas, 48 x 48 inchesCourtesy of the artist
Register online and view full course descriptions and instructor bios: SFAI.EDU/PUBLICEDUCATION
FILMINTRODUCTION TO DSLR VIDEO
Christina Kolozsvary
5 sessions: Mondays, March 21 – April 18
7:30 – 10:30 pm | $230
Learn the ins and outs of video production on your DSLR
camera through demonstrations and in-class shooting,
coupled with screenings of classic, contemporary, and
independent video works.
INTERMEDIATE TO ADVANCED VIDEO PRODUCTION
Malic Amalya
8 sessions: Tuesdays, February 23– April 19
7:30 – 10:30 pm | $350
Write, film, and edit a short movie using dream logic and
surrealist techniques in this course, which focuses on cinematic
illusions, apparitions, fantastic tricks, treats, and magical feats.
SCULPTUREHANDBUILDING IN CERAMICS
Matthew Goldberg
12 sessions: Wednesdays, February 3 – April 27
7:30 – 10:30 pm | $530
Examine clay as a sculptural material as you hone handbuilding
techniques and create projects based on your personal style
of making.
TREE TO OBJECT:
SIMPLIFIED WOODWORKING FOR SCULPTURE
Marshall Elliott
12 sessions: Thursdays, January 28 – April 21
7:30 – 10:30 pm | $530
Develop the skills to work with wood as a contemporary
sculptural medium as you learn the use of accessible hand
tools and a range of wood types.
PAPER + CLAY ALLIANCE:
ADVENTUROUS CERAMIC SCULPTURE
Carmen Lang
12 sessions: Tuesdays, January 26– April 19
7:30 – 10:30 pm | $530
Design light- and large-scale sculptures, and experiment
with paperclay as a fired and nonfired material to explore the
medium's range of possibilities.
NEW GENRESTHE MINIATURE
Amy M. Ho
4 sessions: Tuesdays, February 16 – March 8
7:30 – 10:30 pm | $185
Explore the world in miniature as you create dioramas—and
engage in critiques and lectures—based upon the work of
artists who use minute scale in their own practice.
LOST + FOUND: RE-CREATING A REMEMBERED OBJECT
Beth Krebs
3 sessions: Wednesdays, April 6 – 20
7:30 – 10:30 pm | $140
In this three-session course, participants will re-create a
missing object from memory.
Christie SpillaneDetail of Fever Dream: Twin Traumas, 2014Archival inkjet print, 30 x 38 inchesCourtesy of the artist
Register online and view full course descriptions and instructor bios: SFAI.EDU/PUBLICEDUCATION
UNPARALLELED ARTISTIC COMMUNITY / LEGENDARY STUDIO ENVIRONMENT / ARTIST-DRIVEN ADVENTURES
SFAI's Public Education program offers courses that span the breadth
of contemporary art, from traditional techniques in drawing, painting,
photography, film, printmaking, and sculpture to radical creative experiences,
off-kilter journeys, collaborative public projects, and educational experiments.
Become part of SFAI’s diverse community of artists and scholars through
noncredit evening and weekend classes in our Public Education program.
No matter your experience level, there’s a unique course that will expand
your skills and interests.
PUBLIC EDUCATION SPRING 2016
Register now for Spring 2016 sfai.edu/publiceducation
Ages 17+ | All Levels
Register online and view full course
descriptions and instructor bios:
SFAI.EDU/PUBLICEDUCATION
Elizab
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Detail of S
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existing skylight 240 x 240 inchesC
ourtesy of Paige C
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PUBLIC EDUCATION Office Hours: Monday–Friday, 9 am–5 pm 415.749.4554 (T) 415.351.3516 (F) [email protected]
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Cover:
Kara Maria
Detail of Head Over Heels, 2015
Acrylic on canvas, 48 x 60 x 2 inches
Courtesy of the artist
and Catharine Clark Gallery