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The Autumn 2009 program is no longer accepting applications
Next program starts: Autumn 2010
Details will be posted in Spring
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Autumn Course
The Creative Process
and Fiber Art
Schedule: (10 sessions) Tuesdays, 6-9 p.m.,Oct. 6-Dec. 8; $640; 3 CEUs.
Instructor: Layne Goldsmith
This course will help you learn about yourself, your art, and how to put what you know about yourself into your art. To help you reach these goals, this course will teach you:
- To appreciate the central role of materials and their meaning to you and those who observe your work
- To expand the range of materials you use and to develop a closer and more conscious relationship to them
- To collect and use new materials, cutting, adhering, or linking them in new ways to develop your own unique vocabulary
- To develop a rich and productive studio practice and keep a studio journal
- To explore how other fiber artists generate and bring their ideas to fruition
- To experiment in an ongoing way, enabling you to continue to stretch beyond your current work
Winter Course
Conceptual Strategies in Fiber Art
Schedule: (10 sessions) Tuesdays, 6-9 p.m., Jan.5-March 9, 2010; $640; 3 CEUs.
Instructor: Michael Cepress
Students will learn to engage in conceptual strategies to identify an idea, emotion, or experience in order to generate fiber art pieces that "speak." The course will use examples from the history of art and craft as a springboard for future thinking, experimentation, discussion, and creation of your own work in class and outside. As an overview of practices by key artists is presented, students will be challenged to hone their own thinking and studio practices. Topics will include:
- Collage
- Sculpture in fiber art
- Printed patterns and surface design
Students will also learn to draft an artist statement and develop a sketchbook to document their thinking.
Spring Course
More Conceptual Strategies and Professional Practices
Schedule: (10 sessions) Tuesdays, 6-9 p.m., March 30-June 1, 2010; $640; 3 CEUs.
Instructor: Laura Wright
This course will focus on professional art practices to prepare for the culminating art exhibition in a public venue, which students will curate, market, and hang. You will learn:
- Different approaches to working, exhibiting and sharing your work, including gallery and retail space, site specific work, and community based projects
- Techniques for display and presentation
- Writing the artist statement
- Documentation and publicity, including slides, digital images, press releases, and postcards
- Ways to secure funding, including residencies, grants, and juried exhibitions
