APPLIED ARTS COURSES FOR VISUAL ART PRIMES

Artists hone their foundation by employing the technical skills of a particular art or field of endeavor. These courses are Prime specific, or recommended for your prime and are designed to strengthen your skillset and/or build your portfolio. Students should focus their Applied Arts choices in their prime arts area, but may explore outside of their prime in some cases.

CHOOSING COURSES

Applied Arts courses are offered one day per week on Tuesdays and/or Thursdays. Be mindful of the length of the courses you are interested in. Most courses are scheduled for the full trimester, however, there are some that meet for only half of the trimester. In those cases, it's recommended you sign up for both half-trimester courses. You are welcome to sign up for classes on Tuesdays or Thursdays, but be mindful of the dates courses are offered so you do not choose classes that are offered at the same time.

TUESDAY OFFERINGS

Spring A: N/A

Spring B: N/A

🟢 Spring AB : March 1 - May 24 (11 sessions/22 hours)

THURSDAY OFFERINGS

Spring A : N/A

Spring B : N/A

🟩 Spring AB: March 3 - May 26 (11 sessions/22 hours)

VIRTUAL OFFERINGS

Spring AB : March 2 - May 26 (10-12 sessions/20-24 hours)

Instruction via Virtual Lab (at home) with Monday or Wednesday (as scheduled by class) online live mentoring sessions.

Due to the Monday/Wednesday mentoring sessions, these courses are only available for students who are not enrolled in GCC or a Project at this time.

TUESDAY OFFERINGS

Scenic Painting

Scenic Design

Mentor: Johnny Weissgerber

Contact: jweissgerber@aacps.org

Tuesdays at Studio 39

🟢 Spring AB : March 1 - May 24

(11 sessions/22 hours)

D&P and Visual Art primes welcome and encouraged. Space limited.

Theatrical scenic painting includes wide-ranging disciplines, encompassing virtually the entire scope of painting and craft techniques. An experienced scenic painter will have skills in landscape painting, figurative painting, trompe-l'œil, and faux finishing, and be versatile in different media such as acrylic, oil, and tempera paint. Join us to enrich creative storytelling and take artistic risks with scenic designer Johnny Weissgerber in this scenic painting course that will give artists the opportunity to dip their toes in this medium under his guidance.

Sumi-e: Japanese Ink Painting

2D: Painting

Mentor: Mary Rosoff

Contact: mrosoff@aacps.org

Tuesdays at Studio 39

🟢 Spring AB : March 1 - May 24

(11 sessions/22 hours)

All levels welcome.

The Japanese term “sumi” means “black ink”, “e” means “painting”. It indicates one of the art forms in which subjects are painted with black ink in all possible gradations ranging pure black to the lightest shades achievable by dissolving ink in water.

In this class you will explore techniques of this painting style and learn to master the four basic brushstrokes and create beautiful brush paintings of your own.

Throwing on the Potter's Wheel (Beginners)

3D Ceramics/Pottery

Mentor: Barbara Bustard

Contact: bbustard@aacps.org

Tuesdays at Studio 39

🟢 Spring AB : March 1 - May 24

(11 sessions/22 hours)

Application Required. Ceramics experience recommended, but this class is for students who have not previously taken this class. Space limited.

In this course you will learn the basics of throwing on the potter’s wheel. The techniques of centering, lifting, opening, collaring, and trimming will be covered. Students will need to become proficient in centering the clay in order to move on to creating vessels. Students will be expected to successfully form a bowl, a straight cylinder (straight vase or cup), cup with handle, and a tall vase or vessel which demonstrates skill in lifting, opening and collaring a vessel.

APPLICATION FOR POTTER'S WHEEL

Spring Writing Collection

Creative Writing Collection

Mentors: Maggie Heemstra & Lynn Schwartz

Contact: mheemstra@aacps.org , laschwartz@aacps.org

Tuesdays at Studio 39

🟢 Spring AB : March 1 - May 24

(11 sessions/22 hours)

All primes welcome and encouraged, particularly Creative Writing, Acting, Dance, Film & New Media.

Plot and the Hero's Journey (3 Sessions) March 1, 15, and 22

Plot is the organizing force that makes our stories (in any media) progress and insists that something happen. In good fiction and memoir, it’s essential to support plot with other elements of craft such as characterization, theme, suspense, and conflict. Let’s explore the elements of the Hero’s Journey to see how this ancient storytelling format helps to create satisfying stories. We’ll learn to avoid formulaic plots and understand how characters drive an organic narrative from beginning to end.

Scene Exploration for All Artistic Media (4 Sessions) March 29, April 5, 19, and 26

Most work in the arts, including literature, song lyrics, plays, screenplays, and dance tell a story. And regardless of your discipline, your essential tool is scene. Scene is the foundational building block of a larger story. Learn the components and function of scene, how to identify the many scene types, and how to convey your specific intention so that a reader or audience will feel engaged and satisfied with your storytelling.

Micro-Memoir (3 Sessions) May 10, 17, and 24

This short form (under 750 words and often shorter than 500 words) focuses on one moment in a life. Like full-length memoir, these tiny, true stories engage a reader at an emotional level and offer a new understanding of what it means to be human. Micro-memoir stories can stand on their own and are also a great way for writers to explore ideas for a larger work.

THURSDAY OFFERINGS

Art With Paper

2D/3D: Paper

Mentor: Elizabeth Kendall

Contact: ekendall@aacps.org

Thursdays at Studio 39

🟢 Spring AB : March 3 - May 26

(11 sessions/22 hours)

This class will explore a variety of ways to create form, surface and content with paper. Students will work with a variety of papers and images to create abstract collage and photo montages, learn a variety of paper folding techniques to make small sculptures and create hand-made books such as concertina, blizzard and piano-hinge. Throughout the process we will apply elements of design such as contrast, proportion, repetition, pattern, use of white space, and movement.

Throwing on the Potter's Wheel (Intermediate)

3D Ceramics/Pottery

Mentor: Barbara Bustard

Contact: bbustard@aacps.org

Thursdays at Studio 39

🟢 Spring AB : March 3 - May 26

(11 sessions/22 hours)

Prerequisite: Throwing on the Potter's Wheel in the Fall Trimester. Space limited.

In this course you will continue to practice the basics of throwing on the potter’s wheel. The techniques of centering, lifting, opening, collaring, and trimming will be covered. Students will be expected to progress to larger forms and learn the techniques for lidded pieces.

Application for Potter's Wheel

VIRTUAL OFFERINGS

Introduction to Digital Art B

Digital Art

Mentors: Shoshana Schlauderaff & Lukas MacKinney

Contact: sshlauderaff@aacps.org

Instruction via Brightspace (at home) Wednesday online live mentoring sessions

Due to the Wednesday live mentoring sessions, this course is only available for students who are not enrolled in GCC or a Project at this time.

◼️ Spring AB: March 2 - May 26

(11 sessions/22 hours)

Application Required. Preference given to Film & New Media students, but space may be available for D&P and Visual Art primes. Space limited.

This course is a virtual class with both synchronous and asynchronous expectations. Students must have access to internet and Photoshop. A tablet for drawing is optional.

This co-taught course will be focused on foundational skills for digital artmaking. Helping students navigate the digital art space, understand technical skills in Photoshop, and translate traditional artmaking skills to new media. Students will be encouraged to freely explore the ever-expanding online art world, survey its existing works, and contribute their own digital creations.

Learning necessary foundation skills for digital art making including: composition, linework, contrast, lighting, color mixing, opacity, texture, form, and motion. Also general competence in a digital workspace, familiarity with tools & techniques including: masking, textured brushes & creating your own brushes, digital collage, photo manipulation, layering, file management.

For this course, students will be paired with a mentor that aligns with their skillset. Lukas will be more focused on photo manipulation, collage, graphic design, and technical aspects of digital artmaking. Shoshana will be more focused on a fine arts perspective, digital painting, and figure drawing.

Your mentor pairing will determine the day your 1-on-1 meeting/mentoring slot is scheduled. Each week, students will have access to a pre-recorded lecture by Mondays at 8AM. Students have until their meeting slots on Wednesdays to watch the lecture for that week’s lesson. Each student will have a 15-minute meeting slot with either Shoshana or Lukas to go over the lesson, ask any questions about technical skills, and work through their assignment ideas on their designated day. Work must be completed and turned in via Brightspace by 9PM on Thursdays.

In order to request enrollment into the Introduction to Digital Art Virtual Lab's Brightspace, click the button to use the APPLICATION below.

NOTE: You must also select this course as a choice on the Registration Form.

Application for Digital Art

"Do What You Want": Pitching Art for Freelance

Marketing

Mentor: Lukas MacKinney

Contact: lmackinney@aacps.org

Instruction via BrightSpace (at home) with Monday online live mentoring sessions.

Due to the Monday mentoring sessions, this course is only available for students who are not enrolled in GCC or a Project at this time.

◼️ Spring AB: March 2 - May 26

(9 sessions/18 hours)

Application Required. Space limited.

This course is a virtual class with both synchronous and asynchronous expectations.

Finally, your big break: someone potentially wants to buy/display/enjoy your art. How do you convey your vision in a concise, complimentary way?

Pitching yourself is an essential part of any freelance artist’s practice; the ability for your art to be seen depends on your ability to “sell” it to your prospective audience, from academic grants to individual clients.

Each student will bring their own artistic interests to the course, working on an extended project in whatever subject matter and media interests them over the course of the trimester.

Rather than engaging in technical advancement or artistic critique of this project, class sessions will focus on a third, but equally necessarily skill: presentation.

Basically, you get to do what you want, and learn how to pitch it!

You will be schedule for a 1-on-1 meeting/mentoring session, weekly. Each student will have a 15-minute or longer meeting slot to go over the week's work, ask any questions about technical skills, and work through their project ideas on their designated day. Work must be completed and turned in via Brightspace by 9PM on Thursdays.

In order to request enrollment into "Do What You Want": Pitching Art for Freelance, click the button to use the APPLICATION below.

NOTE: You must also select this course as a choice on the Registration Form.

Application for Freelance

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