PLEIN AIR & LANDSCAPE WORKSHOPS The Atelier is pleased to present an offering of landscape workshops. The study of landscape should be included in the student and training as it is an important element in the development of a well-trained and diverse artist. 3-DAY SUMMER SPRING OUTDOOR LANDSCAPE WORKSHOP LANDSCAPE CRASH COURSE WITH BROCK LARSON WITH BRIDGET ERTELT In this three-day workshop, students will be taken The focus of this class will be the landscape through Brock Larson’s approach to painting outdoors. Get ready for a lot of information and landscapes on location. Outdoor painting has a learning! Day 1 is all about value. We will study the large set of challenges, from fleeting light effects to value structure of the landscape and simplify values unpredictable weather changes, so practicing the to create strong starts. Day 2 will focus on color. We ability to predict, prepare, and adapt for these changes is a necessity to painting will discuss seeing color as value and organizing from nature. Brock will demonstrate his process on Friday and Saturday colors in a way that creates dynamic starts. Using temperature shifts to create the effect of different types of light will be discussed. We will mornings, breaking down the stages of how to gain the initial impression, also talk about green since there is a lot of it during our Minnesota summers. Day 3 will composition and overall placements, to solving smaller passages while cover atmospheric perspective, gradation, and special lighting situations such as sunsets. maintaining the “big look.” The general outline is as follows: Fri. morning: Class will be taught in oils and tailored to all skill levels.* demonstration, paint; Fri. afternoon: paint; Sat. morning: demonstration, FRIDAY-SUNDAY, June 4-6, 2021 paint; Sat. afternoon: paint; Sun. morning & afternoon: paint. This class will be Friday, 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM, Saturday & Sunday, 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM tailored to each individual student, and all levels are welcome to participate. Instructor: Bridget Ertelt. $300. Limit 10 students. Students should have a French easel (or any lightweight traveling easel). Please register early as his workshops always fill. Materials list and class information PLEIN AIR CONTINUING STUDY will be sent upon payment. WITH BRIDGET ERTELT FRIDAY-SUNDAY, August 27-29, 2021 Pre-requisite: Outdoor Landscape Crash Course workshop 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM (break for lunch from 12 - 2) This class will be an opportunity for continuing study Instructor: Brock Larson in landscape painting. Topics will build on information $375. Limit 10 students. presented in Bridget’s Outdoor Landscape Crash Course workshop and offer a chance to further your study. 2 PLEIN AIR WATERCOLOR WORKSHOPS The format will be a short discussion or demo at the WITH CECEILE HARTLEIB beginning of each class and students painting the remainder of the time with instructor assistance. Class will meet at various locations around the Twin Cities. Bridget will offer This workshop is open to all levels. On day one, CeCeile will do a short demo 2 classes per month, May-August. Register each month for $38 per class in a drop-in in stressing values, shapes and simplification of the landscape. Each day there format. Drop-ins welcome. Email Bridget at [email protected] to receive location will be a short demo and then you will information. but class limit is 8.* complete a painting. On the first day we SATURDAY, May 8 & 15, 2021, 3:00 PM - 6:00 PM will meet at Lake Harriet just across from (June, July, and August dates will be posted online by the 1st of every month. Please email the Rose Garden. Directions and supply list [email protected] for updates.) will be sent upon registration. Instructor: Bridget Ertelt. $38 per class or $76 for both. Limit 8 students. July 12-16, 2021, 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM PAINTING THE FIGURE OUTDOORS August 9–13, 2021 9 AM - noon Instructor: CeCeile Hartleib WITH BRIDGET ERTELT $300 per 5-day workshop. This weekend is bound to be fun! It combines two of Bridget’s favorite things… and plein air PAINTING OUTDOOR STILL painting. Based on feedback from last summer, and LIFE WITH BRIDGET ERTELT extra day will be added to this workshop for a total of Often when we hear people talk about plein 3 days. Students will spend the weekend painting the clothed figure outdoors in natural light. In this class we air painting we think of landscapes. However, will be doing exercises to capture gesture, large value/ painting the outdoor still life is an excellent way to color proportions, and achieving believable light effect study light and color. We can learn a lot from this (sunny day vs. gray day, etc.) using value and color type of study, as it is easier to see how light and temperature. Perspective and how to relate the figure to its surrounding environment will temperature shifts occur on simple objects than be discussed. The class will start with short poses and progressively lengthen the poses on more complicated forms of the landscape. throughout the weekend. Studying the figure is a great way to increase your understanding Each day of the class different exercises will be of how light affects all form outdoors. Class will be taught in oils. Students of all skill levels presented to help the student achieve strong one- are welcome! Some previous experience may be helpful.* day studies. We will focus on color, but will also be discussing light effect, FRIDAY-SUNDAY, August 6-8, 2021 value, drawing and temperature shifts. Students will begin the first few sessions Friday, 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM Saturday & Sunday, 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM painting very simple still life set ups that will become more elaborate as the Instructor: Bridget Ertelt. $330 (includes fees). Limit 10 students. class progresses. Class will be taught in oils and tailored to all skill levels.* *We will be practicing safety by social distancing and wearing masks during group SATURDAYS, May 1, 8, 15, 22, and June 12, 2021, 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM interactions. Please contact Bridget at [email protected] or The Atelier if you have Instructor: Bridget Ertelt. $250. Limit 10 students. any questions. Materials and class information sent upon payment.

The original Atelier, founded by Richard Lack in 1970 as a not for profit corporation, This activity is made possible by has based its aesthetic philosophy on a direct lineage to the Boston school of American the voters of Minnesota through Impressionists and the French Academy. The Atelier, co-directed by Dale Redpath and Cyd Wicker, closely follows these original precepts offering students the opportunity a Minnesota State Arts Board to master the fundamental principles in the classical discipline of realistic drawing and Operating Expense grant, thanks painting. In all of The Atelier’s classes, emphasis is placed on developing the student’s ability to accurately observe proportions and value relationships. Some instruction is to a legislative appropriation from given to the class as a whole, but most instruction is given on an individual basis. the arts and cultural heritage fund. The Atelier pursues a non-discriminatory policy and is open to all eligible students regardless of race, creed, color, gender, sexual orientation or national origin. NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION U.S. POSTAGE PAID PERMIT NO. 90143 STUDIO PROGRAM OF TWIN CITIES, MN 1621 EAST HENNEPIN AVENUE, MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55414 www.TheAtelier.org | [email protected] | (612) 362-8421

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BASIC DRAWING & PAINTING PORTRAIT Students begin by drawing a plaster cast or still life in Students will work from a live model in order to charcoal, developing their ability to render accurate produce finished and/or . Students proportions and value relationships. As students will work in , charcoal, or oils. Capturing progress, they are introduced to the fundamentals of oil a likeness is emphasized. Color and techniques in oil and/or techniques, composition and color. and pastel are covered. Starting MONDAY, May 24 Starting TUESDAY, May 25, 7:00 - 9:30 PM 7:30 - 10:00 PM, Instructor: Brian Lewis Instructor: Lauri Meyer Starting TUESDAY, May 25 Starting THURSDAY, May 27, 7:00 - 9:30 PM 7:00 - 9:30 PM, Instructor: Judy Buckvold Instructor: Laura Tundel. Starting WEDNESDAY, May 26 $220, 10 weeks. 7:30 - 10:00 PM, Instructor: Brian Lewis Starting THURSDAY, May 27 The Atelier’s Safety & Preparedness Plan 7:00 - 9:30 PM, Instructor: Stacy Andrews Inglorion $200, 10 weeks. Safety First The Atelier is instructing our teachers, students, associates, contractors, BASIC DRAWING & PAINTING - DAY CLASSES and other invitees to follow all Center for Disease Control and Minnesota Starting TUESDAY, May 25, 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM Department of Health guidance, as may be updated or supplemented from time to time, to stop the spread of COVID-19. Starting WEDNESDAY, May 26, 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM This includes exercising social distancing or physical distancing of 6 feet and Starting THURSDAY, May 27, 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM wearing a mask while in common areas of the building and inside The Atelier Starting FRIDAY, May 28, 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM Studio’s space. We encourage washing hands often, as well as applying hand Starting SATURDAY, May 29, 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM sanitizer before and after entering common spaces, staying home when ill Instructors: Judy Buckvold (Tues. & Sat.), Kenneth Schweiger (Wed. & Fri.), Lauri or taking care of someone who is ill, using etiquette when entering elevators to maintain separation (no more than two individuals per elevator cab) and Meyer (Thurs.) following all additional posted or communicated guidance. $200, 10 weeks. The Atelier is supplying disinfectant for students to wipe down easels before and after use, and our instructors and janitors are cleaning our space after each LIFE DRAWING & class. For all classes, the limit is 10 students unless otherwise noted. PAINTING I/II Life drawing is at the core of any serious program of fine Spring/Summer 2021 arts. In these classes, students REGISTRATION draw from the figure in pencil, Registration is accepted by mail. Class size is limited and students are charcoal, including an option accepted on a first come, first served basis. There is a non-refundable of painting. Each drawing registration fee of $10 per class, applicable towards tuition, which will or painting is created over a assure you of your place in the class. For information, call 612-362-8421. You are enrolled in the classes of your choice unless otherwise notified. period of sessions, developing Tuition is payable on or before the start of each class. the student’s eye for accurate gesture, proportions, and anatomy. With a single Name sustained pose, students will have the option of either taking one drawing/ Address painting to a high degree of finish or completing several drawings from different positions around the model. City Starting MONDAY, May 24, 7:30 - 10:00 PM, Instructor: Cyd Wicker Starting WEDNESDAY, May 26, 1:30 - 4:00 PM, Instructor: Kenneth Schweiger State Zip Starting WEDNESDAY, May 26, 7:30 - 10:00 PM, Instructor: Stacy Andrews Inglorion Starting THURSDAY, May 27, 1:30 - 4:00 PM, Instructor: Cyd Wicker Phone Starting SUNDAY, May 30, 1:30 - 4:00 PM, Instructor: Laura Tundel $220, 10 weeks. E-Mail GESTURAL FIGURE STUDY Class/Workshop Name Day Time Gesture is more than quick drawings, it’s the life of a . Breathe life into your figure drawings by building a deeper understanding of gesture. This class will mesh The Atelier and Studio Arts figure study methods. We’ll practice how to use it by first exploring what gesture is, and different ways to study it. Emailcmitzuk@ gmail.com with questions and for supply list. For classes with Christine, if paying by check please Registration Fee enclosed $ make checks to C.M. Art Productions, LLC. (Checks to Christine Mitzuk cannot be accepted.) Tuition enclosed $ Starting TUESDAY, May 25, 4:15 PM - 6:45 PM Instructor: Christine Mitzuk MAKE CHECKS PAYABLE TO YOUR INSTRUCTOR $220, 10 weeks. Limit 10 students. More Summer Classes! Online Registration: Go to theatelier.org/register IMAGINATIVE ART & INTRODUCTION TO DRAWING ILLUSTRATION WITH FOR YOUNG BEGINNERS CHRISTINE MITZUK - AGES 8 & UP Learn Online for Summer 2021 Start your child drawing at The Atelier where they will Explore your imagination! Illustration is a story or idea learn methods for seeing and drawing with the addition told through a picture. It could be a picture of a dragon, an of information that our adults students learn! This course, interpretation of an historical event, or an abstract concept designed for children, is a program moving them through made visible. The possibilities seem endless. Students the steps to learn how to see and draw realistically. Starting will be guided through the picture making process that with fun cartoon characters and illustrations, students will learn as they progress to Christine uses for her commercial and personal work: the Atelier’s sight-size drawing method. Tools, positive/negative line, line weight, idea generation, preparatory work, and on to a final picture. Emphasis will be placed detective dots, shapes, dots and distance, and value will be covered in this course. on composition and visual storytelling.You do not need to do digital art to take this Our instructor will give demonstrations and work individually with each child. The class. Students may choose to work in the medium with which they are comfortable. course can be continued just as our adult classes with students working at their own The first 4 classes will include lectures on the imaginative art process, composition, pace to improve their drawing skills and techniques. Materials will be provided for and color. During each class, critiques and discussion will be done in a supportive the first classes. group atmosphere. When applicable, Christine will do draw-overs in Photoshop of Starting SATURDAY, June 5, 10 AM - 12 PM students’ work. You may choose to work in a traditional media and photograph you Instructor: Shea Stoner work for review each week. Using The Atelier’s Google Classroom, Christine will $130, 6 weeks. LIMIT 5 children ages 8 and up. access your work in order to review your project each week. Students will need a Gmail account. This system is for class review of projects only. We will meet online via Zoom. Email Christine with questions or concerns: [email protected] INTRODUCTION TO CHARLES BARGUE Starting WEDNESDAY, May 26, 7:00 - 9:30 PM DRAWING COURSE Instructor: Christine Mitzuk The goal of this 10-week course is to sharpen $220, 10 weeks. LIMIT 8 students. drawing ability and technique. Students will be guided through completing a single drawing from a DRAWING TECHNIQUES reproduction in the Charles Bargue Drawing Course. This class offers basic information and methods to use for improving your technique The process will take students from the straight with pencil. Information that will be covered includes drawing position and hand line block in to the end stages and subtle finishing. position, as well as purpose of shaving or sharpening the pencil. Discussion on the Occasional class exercises will allow students to amount of pressure applied and learning whether you are a heavy- or light-handed practice using a variety of tools and techniques. This person and how to work with your disposition, including how to use different course is an excellent precursor to sight-size cast pressures with hand positions. Soft to Hard pencil leads and the descriptions and drawing and appropriate for all skill levels. Copies purpose for each will be taught as well as the limitations of graphite compared to will be completed in pencil. Please bring a large 18" charcoal. A variety of will be discussed and used to demonstrate what effects x 24" drawing board, HB pencil, and kneaded eraser you can gain with each technique. Student worksheets will include value strips, use to first class. of tools, and cast drawing to practice techniques. Starting MONDAY, May 24, 1:30 - 4:00 PM Starting FRIDAY, May 28, 1:30 - 3:30 PM Instructor: Stacy Andrews Inglorion Instructor: Kenneth Schweiger $200, 10 weeks. $200, 10 weeks. LIMIT 5 students.

2021 ANNUAL FUNDRAISING RAFFLE FOR THE ATELIER Win a Portrait to be Painted by Laura Tundel Welcome to our Atelier Instructor $10 per ticket or $25 for 3 tickets Art Show and Fundraising Sale DRAWING TIME: May 23 at 3 PM (The winning ticket will be picked at 3 PM. May 21, 22 & 23 You do not have to be present to win.) (in conjunction with Purchase tickets to win a beautiful oil The Atelier Student Show) portrait by artist and Assistant Director Enjoy and purchase prints, drawings, of The Atelier, Laura Tundel. The winner watercolors, oil paintings, and of the raffle gets to choose the subject for of figurative, still life, landscape and the portrait (head and shoulders portrait, imaginative artwork created by Artists size 11" x 14"). You may stop by The Atelier and Instructors of The Atelier.Please before or during the Student Show to register online for attendance time. purchase tickets from Atelier students or We will be practicing safety by social instructors. You may also purchase tickets distancing, wearing masks and limiting Phoenix Portal Portrait of Paul online through The Atelier’s website, www. the number of attendees in the space at oil on panel 10 x 12 inches theatelier.org. Tickets may be purchased one time. Walk-ins will be welcome, but 18 x 24 inches by Christine Mitzuk by Laura Tundel until the time of the drawing. you may experience a wait time. Summer Workshops Online Registration: Go to theatelier.org/register TWO-WEEK DRAWING WATERCOLOR INDOOR WORKSHOP INTENSIVE WORKSHOP WITH This class may be taught indoors at The Atelier or partially on Zoom depending MACKENZIE SWENSON on COVID restrictions. This two-week intensive drawing course is designed to teach artists of all levels the foundations of You will be taught color mixing using drawing with an emphasis on understanding a limited palette. We will stress the and creating the illusion of 3D form. This will importance of correct values and be achieved through the time-honored tradition shapes and the layering of colors to of drawing from plaster casts as well as figure make a finished cohesive painting. drawing from life. These are essential exercises Short demos and working along with for training the eye to see accurately. Students will the instructor will be part of the draw a plaster cast in the morning and a live model routine. One morning will be spent in the afternoon. The figure drawing portion outdoors at a park to paint from will begin with short figure poses that focus on nature. All levels are welcome. Supply list will be sent upon registration. accurate block-ins, moving into a long figure pose. June 7 -11, 2021, 9:30 am - 12:30 pm The process we will be using for both cast and figure is the “window shading” Instructor: CeCeile Hartleib method—rendering one section at a time to completion. The drawing will $300 for 5 days. begin with the standard “block-in” done on paper to establish a strong gesture, accurate likeness, and proportion in a linear mode with attention to anatomical SAVE THE DATE: points. After, we will move into modeling form through understanding of the COMING FALL 2021 light source. Basic anatomy, materials, comparative measuring, light and form will be discussed throughout the course. This is a rare opportunity to immerse COMPOSITION yourself in an environment where you will rapidly improve your draftsmanship, FOR VISUAL IMPACT no matter what your current level of drawing is! Class size is limited to 10 participants. A materials list will be sent once you have prepaid for the class. WITH GREGORY MANCHESS August 2 - 6 & August 9 - 13, 2021, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm November 12, 13 & 14, 2021 Instructor: Mackenzie Swenson A 3-day workshop in which participants will $500 for 5 days, $1,000 for 10 days (model fee included) have the opportunity to explore planning Mackenzie Swenson (b. 1992) currently resides in New York City as an artist and pictures that hold the viewer’s attention. To instructor. She is a 2018 graduate of the Grand Central Atelier core program, having receive updates, subscribe to our email list, or previously studied at The Atelier in Minneapolis, MN. Mackenzie is a 2015 Hudson follow us on Instagram (the_atelier_mpls) or River Fellow and 2017 Resident of the La Napoule Art Foundation in France. Facebook (The Atelier Studio Program of Fine Art). Mackenzie is the recipient of many awards and scholarships including the Alice M. Stolpe Foundation, the Grand Central Atelier, the Morris and Alma Shapiro Fund, and a first place scholarship from the Art Renewal Center. She has exhibited in Credits: Basic Drawing, Jeffrey Smith; Life Drawing I/II, Laura Tundel; Gestural Figure galleries throughout the United States, including Eleventh Street Arts and Robert Study, Christine Mitzuk; Portrait, Laura Tundel; Imaginative Art & Illustration, Simon Fine Art in New York City. Mackenzie’s work hangs in collections throughout Christine Mitzuk; Introduction to Charles Bargue Drawing Course, Christina DiMeo; the United States and abroad. Watercolor Indoor Workshop, CeCeile Hartleib.

WEEK-LONG WORKSHOP: July 12-16, 2021 MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES FOR WORKSHOPS AND CLASSES One intense week is offered for those who wish to experience, in concentrated form, our full-time program. The daily study in this ALL CLASSES: Kneaded eraser, plumb line (a weighted string about 24" long), program creates momentum for individual growth. We give intense masking tape, sandpaper board. one-on-one instruction tailored to individual needs. Basic Drawing & Painting, Portrait, or Life Drawing II: Charcoal Paper (Canson Ingres or Strathmore), extra paper for padding, 24" x 30" drawing board, medium and hard vine charcoal. Life Drawing I: : HB, H, 2H (x3), 4H and 6H (x1), Lumograph brand preferred. Pencil sharpener: Snap-off blade utility knife, 1 piece 220 and 400 grit sandpaper. Kneaded eraser. Retractable eraser “ Mono Zero” round tip. Roll of white Artists’ tape. Strathmore 400 Series Drawing Pad, size 9"x12". Hand . Straight metal knitting needle. Purchase from Atelier: 12" x 18" drawing board. Plumb line. Illustration: Sketch book (9" x 12" or larger, NOT available at school store), HB pencil, kneaded eraser, pencil sharpener, more to be discussed at first class. Watercolor: Pencils: one HB and one 2H. Watercolors: The best are Winsor & Newton. Aureolin, permanent rose, French ultramarine, cadmium yellow, cadmium BASIC DRAWING LIFE DRAWING red deep & cerulean blue. Paper: 1 large sheet (no tablets) Arches 140 lb. cold press 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM (beginners) or arches 300 lb. cold press (continuing). Brushes: The best is WN Series Instructors: Instructors: 7 #6 or #7 or Richeson series 9000 #7 or #8 (one is enough) and one 1/4" or 3/8" wide Judy Buckvold & Kenneth Schweiger Laura Tundel & Cyd Wicker ruby satin angular Silver Brush. Mixing Tray: Prefer round white plastic tray with 10 wells & cover (Jack Richeson brand). Water Containers: 2 small deli containers. $200, 1 week $225, 1 week Tracing Paper: a few small sheets. Foam Board: one 1/4" thick - no larger than 12" x FULL DAY 16". Ruler, paper towels. Daily 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM Our supply store carries most of these materials with the exception of watercolor supplies. It will open one hour before the first class as well as $425, 1 week during classes. You will need a separate check to pay for materials.

The Atelier pursues a non-discriminatory policy and is open to all eligible students regardless of race, creed, color, gender, sexual orientation or national origin. ATELIER INSTRUCTORS Cyd Wicker, Director and Full Time Judy Buckvold completed five years of full time Instructor at The Atelier, attended West Texas training in classical at The Atelier. She attended State University in Canyon, Texas and Yale the University of Minnesota in Duluth, before joining the University School of Music and Art in Connecticut. art department at Dayton’s in Minneapolis. In Boston, she While in college she was awarded an internship worked at Jordan Marsh in retail fashion. In New England with the National Collection of Fine Arts at The her interest grew in portraiture and oil painting as a Smithsonian in Washington, D.C. Cyd studied medium. She believes that technology is limited when it comes to expressing the human spirit, and that there will with Richard Lack for five years and then taught always be a need for fine art and tradition. with him from 1983 until his retirement in 1992. Cyd co-directed The Atelier with Dale Redpath Brian Lewis majored in studio art and art history at from 1992 until 2017. She has a long career as a the University of Minnesota prior to studying painting portrait artist, beginning with commissioned portraits of with Richard Lack. He currently teaches Basic Drawing presidents Ronald Reagan, Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton for and Painting at The Atelier in addition to maintaining The Presidential Museum. Nationally, her works hang in both his own studio in Minneapolis. Brian’s interests include portraiture, figurative work, still life and landscape. He private and public collections including Hennepin County is a Guild Member of the American Society of Classical Medical Research Center, the Federal Court Buildings in Realism and exhibits in its salon, as well as in galleries in St. Paul and Minneapolis, the Judicial Center in St. Paul, Minnesota, Colorado and New Mexico. The University of St. Thomas School of Law, The Federal Sentencing Commission in Washington D.C., and Federal CeCeile Hartleib is a Realist/Impressionist painter. Courts in Miami, Fl. Website: www.CydWicker.com Originally from Ohio, where she began her training with Allan R. Banks, CeCeile relocated to Minnesota and studied Laura Tundel, Assistant Director and Full Time for four years at Atelier LeSueur. This was followed by an Instructor at The Atelier, received her bachelor’s degree in additional year of advanced study with Stephen Gjertson. Fine Art and Communication Design from Wartburg College She has taught numerous classes and workshops at Atelier in Waverly, Iowa. After college, she worked as a graphic North, Edina Art Center, Minnetonka Center for the Arts designer and illustrator for several years before learning of and currently teaches at The Atelier. She is a member of the classical art training at The Atelier Studio Program of Oil Painters of America, Midwest Watercolor Society, Fine Art. Laura completed her four years of full-time study Minnesota Watercolor Society, American Impressionist at The Atelier and is now focusing on portrait commissions Society, and the Outdoor Painters of Minnesota. Her work hangs in galleries in Minnesota and Ohio and in corporate and still life paintings. Her work has been selected for several and private collections internationally. awards, including Finalist and Honorable Mention in the annual Art Renewal Center’s Salon and a finalist in “Drawing Bridget Ertelt is a contemporary realist/Impressionist Magazine’s” Shades of Grey competition. She is currently painter. She was born in northern Minnesota, and was living in Minneapolis. Website: www.lauratundel.com fortunate to have lessons in classical methods being taught in the art classes at her high school. It was there that she Christine Mitzuk, Full Time Instructor at The Atelier, was first exposed to Plein Air Painting, which has become earned her bachelor’s degree in Design Communication with a passion of hers. After high school, Bridget received a a minor in Studio Arts from the University of Minnesota. She Bachelor of Science degree in nursing. Throughout her worked in Graphic Design for over seven years, making art education and nursing career she continued to study art. in her spare time. Realizing she desired art more, she quit After moving to the Twin Cities, Bridget became involved her job to attend the full time program at The Atelier. She in Outdoor Painters of MN, and began taking workshops completed 5 years of study in May 2011. Christine’s focus is from many national contemporary artists. She discovered narrative based imaginative art. She feeds her imagination the Atelier in 2011, and took 4 years of part time classes through continued study of the figure and nature. She before enrolling in, and graduating from The Atelier full time 4 year program. She is currently continuing accepts commissions for illustration, portrait, and still life. to paint portraits, figures, and still life work. She has Website: www.ChristineMitzuk.com participated in many state plein air events, and has won Andy Sjodin, Full Time Instructor at The Atelier, holds several awards for her work. She enjoys traveling, and the a B.A. in Philosophy from St. John’s University (2004) and challenge of painting many different types of landscapes. is a graduate of The Atelier (2014). As a painter, Sjodin is Website: www.BridgetErtelt.com interested in the pursuit of a sophisticated language that can Brock Larson (b. 1991) first began drawing at a very honestly communicate the subtlety of thought and emotion. early age under the guidance of his father, Jeffrey T. Larson As an educator, Sjodin strives to push students to think and as well as his grandfather, Marvin Espe. He started his see in a way that is intelligent and personal by helping them approach to academic practice in high school with Charles understand the rules of drawing and painting as well as their Bargue plates, master copies, and cast drawings before own process. moving to Minneapolis to pursue a formal education at the Atelier Program of Fine Art. He studied full-time in the Kenneth Schweiger, Full Time Instructor at The twin cities for five years alongside attending workshops. Atelier, was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota, and graduated In his final year of school, Brock began teaching evening from DePaul University in Chicago, IL. After traveling classes for two years prior to moving back to his hometown to Japan and studying classical and contemporary works area of Duluth, to help his father establish a similar studio of art in Tokyo, Kenneth returned to Minneapolis where training program, the Great Lakes Academy of Fine Art. he completed 5 years of intensive drawing and painting Together, they spent two years researching and designing at the Atelier and then continued his studies in New York. the curriculum before eighteen months of renovating an With patience and enthusiasm, Kenneth’s experience old catholic church into an ideal studio setting for students. is an asset for student painters. “My goal in teaching Here, they currently instruct the full-time program and the basic drawing class is to logically analyze the visual teach workshops. world and break it down into shapes, values, and edges.” Lauri Meyer is a recent graduate of the four-year, full- Website: www.KennethSchweiger.com time program at the Atelier. In addition, she studied for tacy ndrews nglorion two years at the College of in St. Paul along with S A I grew up with a passion classes at the Atelier in the Uptown location, Minneapolis and pursuit for beautiful and truthful art. She began formal College of Art and Design, and Minnetonka Center training for three years with private instruction under the for the Arts. She also has taught art classes to youth for tutelage of a local artist in Ohio, before completing four years three years. Lauri paints still life, portrait, and landscape full time at The Atelier Studio Program of Fine Art. During paintings from her studio in the western suburbs. the three years, she was taught the comparative method of hea toner drawing, Bargue drawings, casts from life, and the colouristic S S is a working artist and graduate of the approach in painting. She received a Gold Key Award in University of Minnesota for Art and Art History. She was a for the Minnesota Daily and is currently a 2012, and earned scholarships to the Portrait Society’s “Art freelance graphic designer. She is continuing her education of the Portrait” Conference. At this conference, she met many at the Atelier as a full-time student. Mastery of technique prolific artists, and briefly studied with Florida artist, Kerry has been a lifelong pursuit for Shea. Her passion for art Vosler. She has attended a workshop with Robert Liberace, began with animation and cartoons. She believes drawing learning his red chalk technique, as well as his drawing, and abstractly promotes creativity, and prepares the eye for a painting approach. more complex world.