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Fall 2015

Further Adventures in Drawing and Painting

Lines, Grids, Stains, Words: A Practice in Abstract Painting

Jaimie Healy

12 sessions: Thursdays, September 10 – December 3

7:30 – 10:30 pm | $530

Explore the expressive movement of the brushstroke and the

visual language of painting while you create your own abstract

works on paper.

Intermediate Oil Painting

Robert Xavier Burden

12 sessions: Tuesdays, September 8 – November 24

7:30 – 10:30 pm | $530

Advance your skills in oil painting through both traditional

and contemporary projects as discussions, demonstrations,

exercises, and readings foster and further your practice.

Re-Calling Home in Painting

Felicita Norris

10 sessions: Saturdays, September 12 – November 21

10 am – 1 pm | $440

Explore ideas of domesticity, “home,” and family as a theme

while you use memory and photography to connect your

paintings to personal experience.

Art & TechnologyGraphic Design: Where to Start to Never Stop

Ana Montenegro

12 sessions: Saturdays, September 12 – December 5

1 – 4 pm | $530

Learn to use digital-imaging software like Adobe Illustrator,

Photoshop, and InDesign to create practical and personal

projects that broaden your perception of visual culture.

Drawing & PaintingBuild Your Drawing and Painting Skills

Introduction to Drawing

Katherine Vetne

12 sessions: Tuesdays, September 8 – November 24

7:30 – 10:30 pm | $530

Address the fundamental properties of drawing as you

explore a variety of media, techniques, and subject matter

aimed at helping you develop your own idiosyncratic

methods of mark-marking.

Introduction to Oil Painting

Ingrid V. Wells

12 sessions: Mondays, September 14 – December 7

7:30 – 10:30 pm | $530

Develop basic skills in oil painting as demonstrations,

assignments, and critical feedback equip you to excel in a

professional context.

Introduction to Life Drawing

Michelle Ramin

10 sessions: Wednesdays, September 16 – November 18

7:30 – 10:30 pm | $440

Gain a heightened understanding of the relationships

between the body’s various parts and features through

focused observation to inform, investigate, and grow your

studio practice.

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Irene Carvajal

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The Art of the Gesture: Painting and Dance

Katie Humphries

12 sessions: Thursdays, September 10 – December 3

7:30 – 10:30 pm | $530

Use models in motion as the inspiration for paintings and

drawings that convey dynamic gestural movement.

Intermediate and Advanced Painting

Glenn Hirsch

12 sessions: Wednesdays, September 9 – December 2

7:30 – 10:30 pm | $530

Explore the content of your work through the lens of irony,

humor, narrative, and mood. Individual instruction, technical

assignments, and the use of unusual materials will guide

you though various styles to become more independent by

painting in series.

Photography, Printmaking & FilmImage-Making Skills and Concepts

Photoshop and Printing: Taking Your Photographs

to the Next Level

Victoria Mara Heilweil

12 sessions: Wednesdays, September 9 – December 2

7:30 – 10:30 pm | $530

Learn the building blocks of Adobe Photoshop, digital

workflow, resolution, tonal and color correction, retouching,

and more in this course designed on the professional output of

your photographs.

Natural Light Workshop

Marisa Aragona

6 sessions: Thursdays, October 8 – November 13

7:30 – 10:30 pm | $275

Experiment with conditions that create varied qualities of light—

and use natural light to reveal the complexities of emotion and

time in photographs.

Lipstick and Leather: Queer Experiments in Film and History

Malic Amalya

6 sessions | Tuesdays, September 8 – October 13

7:30 – 10:30 pm | $275

Study queer experimental filmmaking through weekly screenings,

lectures, and readings while developing your own short film or

critical essay inspired by standard-defying filmmakers.

Hand-Held Half-Truths: The Home and the Home Movie

Malic Amalya

6 sessions | Tuesdays, October 20 – November 24

7:30 – 10:30 pm | $275

Use the home movie as a point of departure to explore the

construction of family and identity while learning technical skills

of camera operation, video editing, cinematography, and film

structure to create your own hand-held half-truth.

Drawing and Painting to Print

Irene Carvajal

10 sessions | Saturdays, September 12 – November 21

10 am – 1 pm | $440

Turn drawing and painting into printmaking as you explore

drypoint, monotypes, digital printing, and collagraphs through

traditional and experimental processes.




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Transformative Image-Making in Photography

The Walk: Photography and the Structuring of Serendipity

Brian Dean

10 sessions | Saturdays, September 12 – November 14

10 am – 1 pm | $440

Visualize the art and act of walking through photography.

Group walks will inspire you to think critically about psycho-

geography, protest marches, bourgeois strolling, and mapping.

Figurative Photography

Maciej Makalowski

12 sessions | Mondays, September 14 – December 7

7:30 – 10:30 pm | $530

Gain an understanding of the technical and conceptual

aspects of figurative photography as you practice through

staged model shoots, demonstration, studio practice, lecture,

and discussion.

Advanced Photography Critique Seminar

Jamil Hellu

12 sessions | Wednesdays, September 9 – December 2

7:30 – 10:30 pm | $530

Develop and further your individual photographic projects

through an atmosphere of cooperative learning, discussion,

and critique in this course aimed at broadening your cognitive

and artistic processes.

Advanced Digital Printing and Critique Seminar

Chris Grunder

12 sessions | Thursdays, September 10 – December 3

7:30 – 10:30 pm | $530

Get practice and feedback in digital fine art printing in this

course aimed at building your skills through hands-on printing,

structured critiques, and experimentation.

SculptureConstructing Objects

Making Multiples: Mold-Making and

Slip-Casting in Ceramics

Cathy Lu

8 Sessions | Tuesdays, October 6 – November 24

7:30 – 10:30 pm | $350

Make multiples out of ceramics and design your own

prototypes for mass production as you learn basic

mold-making techniques.

New GenresEnvironmental Installation

Raheleh Minoosh Zomorodinia

12 Sessions | Tuesdays, September 8 – November 24

7:30 – 10:30 pm | $530

Create large-scale installations inspired by nature using

natural and recycled materials as you address environmental

and cultural issues in your art.

Homework: Domesticity in Contemporary Art

Jennie Lennick

6 Sessions | Thursdays, October 8 – November 12

7:30 – 10:30 pm | $275

Examine the work of contemporary artists who utilize and

subvert handicraft traditions as you learn the basics of

embroidery, fiber arts, quilting, and sculpture, and integrate

these techniques into your own practice.

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UNPARALLELED ARTISTIC COMMUNITY / LEGENDARY STUDIO ENVIRONMENT / ARTIST-DRIVEN ADVENTURES

SFAI’s Public Education program offers areas of study that span the breadth

of contemporary art—from traditional techniques in drawing, painting,

photography, film, printmaking, and sculpture to radical experiences, off-kilter

journeys, collaborative public projects, and educational experiments.

Become a part of SFAI’s diverse community of artists and scholars through

noncredit evening and weekend classes. No matter your experience level,

there’s a unique class to expand your skills and interests.

Public Education Fall 2015Ages 17+ All Levels

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