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CONTINUING EDUCATION CATALOG CLASS LISTINGSArtExcept as noted, contact: Lori O'Neill,
loneill@dcs.wisc.edu, See additional subject information www.dcs.wisc.edu/lsa/art Note: Supply lists are mailed with registration payment confirmations or are online at www.dcs.wisc.edu/lsa/art/classes.htm Art whimsy: creating figures from found objectsIn this three-week class we assemble whimsical figures from unrelated found objects: sticks, rocks, wire, glue, paints, plaster, string, household junk, and other things. Learn to see ordinary objects in extraordinary new ways. The class is open to anyone, from those exploring their creative side for the first time to the most experienced. A playful spirit is a must. Free parking. Instructor: Nancy Welch NEW Basic book structuresIn this four-week class you can develop a portfolio of book structures to use for journals, one-of-a-kind books, or gifts. Explore choosing, folding, tearing, and cutting paper and learn basic sewing and gluing techniques to create a selection of unique books with minimal supplies. We encourage adding embellishments and personal memorabilia. Minimal supplies are necessary to make beautiful books. No experience necessary. Free parking. Instructor: Jackie Hefty Chinese brush painting workshopLearn the ancient art of Chinese brush painting in this fun one-day workshop. Learn wet-in-wet, dry brush, and layered brush techniques from traditional to contemporary styles. We focus on these subjects and their calligraphy: carp, wisteria with swans, Myna bird with tree, panda with bamboo, and morning glory and butterflies. Class discussion after each lesson. Instructor: Stella Dobbins NEW Decorative painting on glass workshop: beginningSpend a Saturday painting a complete set of four wine glasses. Finish the permanent heat bonding in your home oven. No painting experience necessary. Finished designs are food-safe and range from classical to fantasy, floral, seasonal, and whimsical. All materials are included. Instructor: Lynn Tarnoff NEW Decorative painting on glass workshop: intermediateExpand your glass-painting skills in this Saturday workshop. Explore reverse painting techniques and complete a decorative and food-safe serving piece for your next holiday or party. Finish the permanent heat bonding in your home oven. Experience in basic glass-painting techniques is recommended. All materials are included. Instructor: Lynn Tarnoff Drawing: introductionYou don’t need to know a thing about drawing to take this eight-week class. We cover basic techniques and concepts, including line, value, composition, and how to use a grid system. Learn how to “see”—how to translate three-dimensional objects/space to a two-dimensional plane. Free parking. Instructor: Anna Moisiadis Drawing: continuingIn this eight-week class for people with some drawing experience, we cover several drawing techniques. You can also use the classroom as a sounding board and as a way to find your own drawing style. You have the opportunity to think and talk about art in a way that can strengthen your technical and conceptual skills. Free parking. Instructor: Anna Moisiadis NEW Drawing skills: learn perspectiveOne of the biggest challenges for beginning and intermediate artists is getting the perspective right. This one-day workshop shows you the “secrets” of linear perspective through demonstrations, in-class projects, and handouts. We also explore unusual point-of-view, atmospheric perspective, and other techniques that help create the illusion of depth in two dimensions. Instructor: Kay Brathol-Hostvet Exploring color and texture on paper and fabricExplore new techniques of applying color to paper, texture to fabric, and paint to unusual objects in a one-day workshop. Work with color applications using paints, inks, bleach, and other materials. Use these materials for collage art, note cards, quilts, placemats, pillows, other fabric art, or whatever your imagination creates. Instructor: Nancy Welch Figure drawing studio: WednesdaysDraw from the model for 12-weeks in a non-stressful environment. Since there is no instruction you may proceed at your own pace, in your own way. Background music adds to the creative mood. The model sits in 30- to 60-minute poses. Coordinator: Joshua Ludke Figure painting: Sunday morningCome and paint from a live model in a relaxed studio setting in this 11-week class. The model holds one pose for three hours (with breaks), allowing you to hone in and develop your figurative painting skills on your own. Oils, acrylics, and drawing media welcome. No instruction. Coordinator: Rich Corzatt Focus on faceSample a variety of media as we study the proportion and creative representation of the human face in this eight-week class. Learn how to render people realistically while capturing expression and personality. Work from still images and sitting models. This class can lead to a great present--everyone would love a portrait. Instructor: Soozy Tierney LEARNING THE BUSINESS SIDE OF ART SERIESIn this series you can learn how to turn your passion into profit. Four sessions—Artist’s Business Plans, Grantwriting, Photographing Art, and Workshop on Teaching Workshops—let you develop a marketing strategy and develop confidence in your ability to promote your own work. Artist’s business plansThis fun three-session course gets down to business quickly to help you develop an effective written plan for your art career. Expect homework and bring a positive attitude. We cover goals, exhibits, cash flow, and much more in order to help you understand the pleasures and pains of doing business in the ever-changing art world. Instructor: Tony Rajer NEW GrantwritingHave a great idea? Thinking about writing a grant? In this introduction to grant writing you learn the basics of how to plan a proposal, present your idea in a compelling way, and communicate constructively with funders. You even write and critique a short proposal. This is the perfect class to get you on your way to writing grants. Instructor: Tom Linfield Photographing artDigital images are essential to represent your artwork when entering exhibitions, applying for grants, contacting galleries, or making a Web page or postcard. In this half-day class you learn what these photo terms mean: dpi, jpeg, format, pixels, and resolution; also learn when to use 72 instead of 300 dpi. Bring one-four artworks to photograph. You receive a CD of your images to use as you please. Instructor: Rhonda Radloff NEW Workshop on teaching workshopsInterested in teaching a workshop? Consider who, what, why, where and when! Learn how to: identify your market, determine your skills, design a syllabus, figure out costs and materials, find venues, and set schedules. We also cover developing promotional and course materials. Be prepared to do some soul searching and homework. This course is geared towards art, but concepts apply to any subject. Instructor: Briony Foy Painting: beginning through advancedWeekly demonstrations and mini-lectures cover materials, painting approaches, and color mixing and theory, and provide inspiration for individual expression in this seven-week class. Beginners: learn the basics of painting in oil or acrylic from technique to composition through introductory assignments. Intermediate and advanced students: you’re encouraged to develop your own style and theme in a supportive studio atmosphere. Instructor: Katherine Rosing NEW Painting landscape in acrylicThe direct approach—”a la prima”—from photographs is quick, loose, and very expressive. Acrylic’s water cleanup and quick-drying characteristics allow for almost immediate changes. In this one-day class, several exercises help you loosen up before working on your small canvas. All skill levels are welcome; some drawing and painting experience in any medium is helpful. Instructor: Kay Brathol-Hostvet Painting workshop: color for paintersExplore the beautiful complexitiesand chameleon properties of color specifically relevant to painting in this four- week class. Exercises explore color mixing, tonality, composition and harmony. Beginners build a foundation in color as you begin the journey into painting. Intermediate and advanced students: deepen your understanding of color and refine your personal vision and painting skills while exploring color issues relevant to individual style. Oil, acrylic or watercolor. Instructor: Katherine Rosing NEW PapermakingIn this four-week class you can experience pulp preparation in blenders, by cooking, and in a Hollander beater. Explore recycling papers, pulp additives, and pigmented pulps and construct your own papermaking screen to keep. Create a plaster mold from a clay form and take a paper cast of the mold. Also explore sheet formation, collage, embedments, and pulp painting. Free parking. Instructor: Jackie Hefty NEW Photographic compositionLearn ancient rules of composition, and how to break them. In this six-week class we investigate art and design as applied to photography. Focus on shooting, composition, and critique. Explore color, line, abstraction, vantage point, balance, and texture, and how to use them to communicate in your photographs. Digital photography experience not required; point-and-shoot cameras are welcome. Students need to provide their own digital cameras. Instructor: Jessie Eisner-Kleyle NEW Photographic portraitureThis six-week course is for the photography student wishing to understand more about portraiture in practice and outside of the studio, historically and psychologically. We discuss portraiture styles in a larger artistic context and learn how to get the most out of a sitter. We strongly encourage engaging a sitter’s personality as well as their physicality. Bring your own digital camera. Instructor: Jessie Eisner-Kleyle Printmaking: etchingEtchings are fine drawings created below the surface of copper plates, where acids and resists are used to implement artistic impressions, then printed by hand with ink and pulled one-by-one on archival papers. This six-week class covers basic techniques for beginners. Adequate drawing skills recommended. Monday afternoon and evening classes are available. Register: 608-826-0870 Printmaking: screenprintingExplore your creativity through safe and easy screenprint techniques. Learn the basics of non-toxic, waterbased screenprinting. You will be exposed to a variety of screenprint procedures including: monoprints, hand-painted stencils, reduction printing, and photo emulsion stencils. We will discuss methods of printmaking that can be produced with homemade screens and waterbased inks, and print techniques on assorted substrate materials. No previous experience in printmaking required. Instructor: Erin O’Connor Realist paintingThis class for intermediate and advanced oil or acrylic painters meets on the second or third Saturday of each month and focuses on the realist approach to painting. We examine materials, techniques, color, composition, drawing, and content through individual instruction and critique in these four sessions. Some painting experience recommended. Instructor: Kathleen Heinen Realist painting in oils or acrylicA six-hour studio for experienced painters. Work from your reference photos, sketches, or your own still life materials. Emphasis on the basics of composition and color, with personalized instruction addressing your specific concerns and frequent individual critiques. Class exhibit (optional) in May 2010. Instructor: Mary Diman NEW Simple silk scarf dyeingCome create colorful silk scarves for great gift ideas (remember Mother’s Day). Use simple materials to dye and paint two easy yet beautiful scarves. No art background is necessary. Bring an apron and your imagination for an afternoon of creative fun. Take it with your mother or a friend, it’s more fun together. Free parking. Instructor: Nancy Welch Studio painting at Green LakeImmerse yourself in a week of painting in the medium of your choice at the Green Lake Conference Center. Participate in critiques, reflections, and demonstrations on various painting and drawing topics and techniques under the guidance of an experienced instructor. Optional lodging/meal plan is available through the Conference Center. Visit www.dcs.wisc.edu/lsa/art/greenlake.htm for more information. Register: 608-263-3494 or kberigan@dcs.wisc.edu Traveling with watercolor: 1We prepare for our travels by practicing in the studio basic watercolor techniques that work best when painting on the go. In this seven-week class you learn how to select subject matter from the world around you and compose a painting with thumbnail sketches. Become fluent in fast wash and brush techniques, so that when you are on location with the Traveling class 2, in your home town, or on your next trip, you will be good to go. Instructor: Nancy Macgregor Watercolor: intermediateThis class is for watercolorists who have taken a beginning class and want to advance in the medium. In six weeks earn about the properties of pigments, paint using limited palettes and specific color schemes, and see demonstrations of techniques, as you gain critiques and suggestions for your paintings. Our goal: to achieve a better understanding of watercolor and how to enjoy using it in your own way. Free parking. Instructor: Cynde Quinn ONLINEONLINE/ANYTIME Drawing landscapeStudy on your own schedule at any computer worldwide with the easy-to-use course Web site. Each unit includes study, drawn, and written assignments, as well as links to some of the finest landscape drawings in major museums. Submit your drawings electronically or via U.S. mail. This course offers a unique approach to landscape for artists of every level. See www.dcs.wisc.edu/lsa/online/art/drawing_landscape.htm for class information. Instructor: Susan Farmer-Tiefenthaler ONLINE/ANYTIME Self-directed painting or drawingThis online workshop gives you individual guidance from an experienced faculty member. Using completed work, you focus on improving in a specific area, such as medium, drawing skills, color, painting techniques, or composition. Submit artwork electronically or via U.S. mail. Receive feedback on the initial portfolio, plus four contacts on works in progress. For class information see www.dcs.wisc.edu/lsa/online/art/art.htm Instructor: Susan Farmer-Tiefenthaler RELATED PROGRAMSIndependent Learning School of the Arts at Rhinelander Wisconsin Regional Art ProgramWorkshops and exhibits are for nonprofessional artists statewide. For schedule and registration information call 608-263-6322 or visit www.dcs.wisc.edu/lsa/art/wrap.
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