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Susan Mackin Dolan. Detail. Nathan Craven. Detail. Anna Embree. Artist-made Book Seaweed and Cesium, handmade paper Installation, ceramic limp vellum and paper binding Susan Mackin Dolan | Edwards, CO 4071 | Special Fibers: Kozo & Gampi Stenciling SPECIAL CLASS | Jan 30 – Feb 6 | See Page 04 for details. In 1985 Dolan helped start the Picante Paper Studio at the Southwest School of Art. She moved to Colorado in 1990 to teach at Colorado Mountain College. Nadia Khan | Houston, TX 2858 | Exploring Color Theory with Silk Dyes SPECIAL CLASS | Feb 2 & 3 | See Page 19 for details. Khan has been a silk painter since the 1980s and continues to study new techniques and explore different styles of painting. Nathan Craven | Roswell, NM 1818 | Extrudermania! SPECIAL CLASS | Feb 23 & 24 and ARTIST TALK | Feb 23, 12:15pm See Page 08 for details. Craven’s ceramic installations are comprised of countless extruded clay elements; his class will focus on creating original die-forms for use with a clay extruder. Nadia Khan & Barbara Kile | Houston, TX 2856 | Painting & Nuno Felting on Silks SPECIAL CLASS | Mar 1 & 3 | See Page 19 for details. Khan (see info above) and Kile, an adjunct profession in fashion at Houston Community College, join forces to teach this three-day fiber workshop. Anna Embree | Tuscaloosa, AL 4248 | Limp Vellum & Paper Bindings SPECIAL CLASS | Mar 9 & 10 | See Page 03 for details. Embree is Associate Professor at the University of Alabama where she teaches bookbinding. She will cover centuries old techniques in binding that are still relevant to today’s book artist. Diane Falkenhagen | Galveston, TX 3851 | Mixed Media Techniques for Jewelers & Metalsmiths SPECIAL CLASS | Mar 23 & 24 and ARTIST TALK | Mar 23, 1:00pm | See Page 24 for details. Falkenhagen, a studio artist with an MFA from the University of Houston, is best known for her fabricated, one- of-a-kind jewelry. She will talk about her techniques for marrying unconventional materials with metal. contents

book arts.papermaking 02 ceramics 05 core classes 09, 10, 28 general drawing.painting.printmaking 09 fibers.textiles 17 information jewelry.metals 21 photography 25 administrative office hours other media.other topics 28 Mon – Fri | 8:30am – 5:00pm Closed on major holidays. young artist programs 34 faculty 35 exhibition galleries how to register 38 Mon – Sat | 9:00am – 5:00pm both campuses Sun | 11:00am – 4:00pm Navarro Campus only The Southwest School of Art houses multiple exhibition spaces; the two core ones are: Russell Hill Rogers Gallery classes This major exhibition gallery, located at the Navarro Campus, presents the work of All classes are open to the public. Many classes prominent regional, national and international are structured for beginners and all emphasize artists who expand definitions of art and craft. individualized instruction. Adult classes are open to Ursuline Hall Gallery high school students with the written permission This exhibition site, located on the Ursuline Campus, of the Department Chair and a parent or guardian. features work by emerging and regional artists. Please call the Registration Office if you are unsure For more information, contact the Director of about the suitability of a class for your skill level. Exhibitions at 210.224.1848, ext. 403. ph 210.224.1848 copper kitchen café registration | ext. 317/334 Mon – Fri | 11:30am – 2:00pm fax 210.224.9337 The original dining room for the old Ursuline [email protected] Academy is now the Copper Kitchen, serving a delicious home-style lunch menu at reasonable www.swschool.org prices. The café is also available to cater registration luncheons and dinner parties. For reservations or Mon – Fri | 9:00am – 5:00pm to place to-go orders, call 210.224.0123. Closed Registration for classes should be made as soon on all Federal holidays. as possible; class size is limited and is filled on a first-come, first-served basis. history museum Mon – Sat | 10:00am – 5:00pm and SPRING 2013 Members’ Priority Sun | 11:00am – 4:00pm Registration Learn the story of the school and its historic • Online | Wed, Dec 5 | 9:00am site, a Texas Historic Landmark on the National • Mail/Fax | Fri, Dec 7 Register of Historic Places. Begun in 1851 to house • Phone | Tues, Dec 11 the Ursuline Convent & Academy, the structures OPEN REGISTRATION eventually became the home for our nationally • Online | Wed, Dec 12 | 9:00am recognized community art school. For a guided • Mail/Fax/Phone | Thurs, Dec 13 tour of the buildings for 20 or more people, And ongoing throughout the term arrangements should be made in advance by calling 210.224.1848, ext. 323. accessibility facilities rental Handicapped parking spaces are available on both The beautiful, historic facilities of the Southwest campuses for students with disabilities. The School School of Art provide the perfect setting for continues to modify its historic Ursuline Campus parties, dinners, lectures, private or corporate to increase access for visitors and students with meetings, and weddings. The Gothic chapel disabilities. The Navarro Campus is wheelchair and two landscaped gardens, as well as a large accessible. If you are disabled and wish to board room, are among the spaces available for participate in school activities, please call ahead for rental on the Ursuline Campus, while additional assistance. Please NOTE: The following studios on conference and meeting space is available at the the Ursuline Campus are not wheelchair accessible: Navarro Campus. For more information and date Priest House 2nd Floor and the Block, Blumenthal, availability, please contact the Rentals Manager Bowers, Briscoe, Hendrie, and Kimbro Studios. at 210.224.1848, ext. 311. security A professional security guard is on campus during evening classes and daytime weekend classes. parking Notice: A limited amount of free parking is available at Photographers are often on the premises during classes and special events to capture the Ursuline Campus on a first-come, first-served images for the Southwest School of Art’s archives and for basis. Additional parking is available nearby on use in our publicity materials. If you prefer not to have the street, in self-pay lots, and at the Central your photo taken for such purposes, please notify the Library’s parking garage. photographer at that time. 02 book arts.papermaking The Paper and Book Arts Department offers both traditional and explorative classes at all levels in papermaking, bookbinding, decorative paper techniques and letterpress printing.

Ages 15 and up may register in book arts and papermaking studio classes book arts with parental All Levels permission. 4110 | Book Structures Beck Whithead Book Structures will introduce the beginning book binder the School by the opportunity to learn some basic book binding techniques while River Press allowing those with binding experience the opportunity to work on School by the River their own projects. Experienced binders may explore personal vision Press is a fine art press and jump-start a new book or complete one that’s been languishing. based at the Southwest Bring your ideas and materials to the first class. Whitehead will give School of Art. Broadsides, binding demonstrations and individually guide students to help solve chapbooks, quartos and structure and content problems. As projects are unique, students will prints with the Press’ need to provide most materials; materials will be discussed in class. imprint are available Some materials will be provided. from the Paper and Book Arts Department or by Mon, Jan 28 – Mar 4 | 6:00 – 9:00pm | Book Arts Studio | Navarro contacting Gemini Ink, Tuition: $200 (Members: $185) | 6 sessions a writers’ non-profit, which often collaborates NEW | All Levels with the Press. Sale of work benefits the Book 4308 | Letterpress Skills Arts Program. School by the River Press can be Eléonore Lee reached at 210.224.1848, Letterpress celebrates the tactile beauty of the printed word, as the ext. 419. letters are pressed deep into the paper and not just printed upon, but embossed into, the page. The instructor will focus on good technique: polymer plates, two-color printing, design of text and image, and troubleshooting. Students may bring ideas for the subject and format of their print work including images or choose from some suggested projects. This course requires preparation outside of class to complete most projects; studio access is available for preparation outside of class. Binding and any other relevant techniques will be taught as necessary. Materials and tools needed for individual projects will be discussed in class. A $100 check deposit for type distribution is required from anyone using type and will be returned at the end of class. No printing or binding experience is required. Class sizes are Tues, Jan 29 – Apr 9 | 6:00 – 9:00pm (No class Tues, Mar 12) limited. To ensure Picante Paper Studio & Book Arts Studio | Navarro enrollment, Tuition: $300 (Members: $285) | 10 sessions please register early. 03

NEW | All Levels 4405 | Introduction to Scherenschnitte Laura Schultz Scherenschnitte, or “scissor cuts” in German, is a traditional form of art in cut paper. Most often cut in black or white paper, it frequently includes symmetry as a primary design element, and can encompass everything from delicate silhouettes and love letters to complex landscapes and scenes from everyday life. In this class, students will design and cut their own patterns in folded paper, producing several works of art while being inspired by historical and contemporary examples of this humble yet extraordinary folk art form. See SSA website for a materials list. Anne Embree. Laced Limp Binding, artist-made book Sat, Feb 2 | 9:30am – 4:30pm | Book Arts Studio | Navarro Tuition: $90 (Members: $75) | 1 session

VISITING ARTIST | Special Class | All Levels Anna Embree is Associate Professor at 4248 | Limp Vellum & Paper Bindings the University of Alabama Anna Embree | Tuscaloosa, AL where she teaches bookbinding in the School Laced limp bindings are elegant and durable structures that date of Library and Information to the 15th century. The popularity of this binding style reached its Sciences Book Arts height in the 16th century, but the structure continues to be used Program. Anna holds today in both modern binding and conservation practice. In this an MA in Textiles and two-day workshop, participants will learn about these bindings Clothing from Iowa State through the construction of two models. The text pages will be sewn University, a Graduate Certificate in Book Arts on supports of vellum or alum-tawed skin. Covers, formed from goat and Technologies from vellum and sturdy handmade papers, will be laced to the text blocks the University of Iowa to complete the books. Making a simple sewn end-band will also be Center for the Book, and taught. No prior binding experience is required. See SSA website for a BA degree in Art from a materials list. the University of Iowa. In addition, Anna completed Sat & Sun, Mar 9 & 10 | 9:30am – 4:30pm | Picante Paper Studio | Navarro an apprenticeship in Rare Tuition: $290 (Members: $275) | 2 sessions | Please register by Feb 8. Book Conservation at the University of Iowa Intermediate/Advanced Libraries. 4400 | Book Arts Studio Rental Beck Whitehead The Book Arts Studio is available for artists with experience in Book Arts & bookbinding and letterpress. Equipment includes two Vandercook proofing presses, standing press, finishing press, plough, sewing Papermaking punch, stamper, and large Kutrimmer for cutting paper and board. Artist-In- Fees vary; contact the registration office at 224.1848, ext. 317/334 or see website for details. Residence Program Artists experienced in letterpress, book arts papermaking and/or papermaking are invited to apply for the opportunity All Levels to work in the Picante 4001 | Beginning Papermaking Paper Studio and/or the Book Arts Studio. Beck Whitehead The program includes This one-day class will give students an opportunity to explore some access to equipment in of the possibilities of paper. Beginning Papermaking will include either or both studios whenever classes are a discussion of the pulping process from plant to pulp, coloring not scheduled. Artists pulp with pigments and the experience of making your own paper. are expected to provide Students should wear shoes that can get wet. their own transportation 4001a: Sat, Jan 19 | 9:30am – 12:30pm and materials. Housing is 4001b: Tues, Jan 22 | 6:30 – 9:30pm not provided. Picante Paper Studio | Navarro See details at Tuition: $65 (Members: $50) | 1 session www.school.org or contact Beck Whitehead at bwhitehead@ swschool.org. 04

“This class All Levels gave me an 4015 | Papermaking Instruction opportunity Beck Whitehead to deepen my Papermaking Instruction is open to all levels and can begin at any connection with point during the semester. Students may work on guided projects or on independent projects, and can sign-up for the number of sessions to other artists and suit their project needs. Basic papermaking instruction will be covered paper.” as needed: fiber preparation, pigmenting pulp, forming techniques and more. Outside access beyond dates listed below are not included; please see 4000 | Studio Rental for additional studio hours. Tuition includes some materials; however, students will need to pay for pulp separately. Arrangements for evening instruction are available by appointment. 4001 | Beginning Papermaking is recommended, but not required. Please see SSA website for a materials list. Tues, Jan 22 – Mar 26 | 9:30am – 12:30pm; and/or Sat, Jan 26, Feb 23 or Mar 23 | 9:30am – 12:30pm | Picante Paper Studio | Navarro Tuition: 4015a: $50 (Members: $35) 1 session 4015b: $200 (Members: $185) 5 sessions 4015c: $295 (Members: $280) 10 sessions

VISITING ARTIST | Special Class | All Levels 4071 | Special Fibers: Kozo & Gampi Stenciling Susan Mackin Dolan | Edwards, CO Susan Mackin Dolan This workshop will explore traditional preparation and coloring Seaweed and Cesium of the Japanese bark fibers kozo and gampi. Students will learn a handmade paper stenciling technique with modified moulds and deckles to create imagery in their sheets using multiple vats of colored pulps. All papermaking materials are included. Susan Mackin Dolan As an art Wed, Jan 30 – Feb 6 | 6:00 – 9:00pm | Picante Paper Studio | Navarro student at the University Tuition: $115 (Members: $100) | 2 sessions | Please register by Jan 16. of Maine, Dolan used equipment in the Pulp Intermediate/Advanced & Paper Technology Department to make 4000 | Studio Rental cotton pulp and cast it into plaster moulds. Beck Whitehead She received an MFA The Picante Paper Studio is a welcoming and professionally equipped from the University of space for experienced paper artists. Equipment includes two hollander Colorado in Boulder beaters, a variety of molds and deckles, and a 20-ton paper press, for printmaking and all available on a first-come, first-served basis, with full-term renters papermaking. In 1985, with the help of Bernie given priority. Renters are responsible for clean up. Assistance and/ or Vinzani, Dolan started instruction is available Tuesdays 9:30am – 12:30pm and by appointment. the Picante Paper Please contact Beck Whitehead at 210.224.1848, ext. 419 to arrange studio Studio at the Southwest time. No pulp or fiber is included.Prerequisite: Beginning Papermaking School of Art. She or Papermaking Instruction or equivalent experience. Please check with returned to Colorado in Whitehead on schedule availability. 1990 where she taught printmaking, drawing Daily, Mon – Sun, Jan 19 – Apr 13 | 9:00am – 9:00pm and papermaking at (No studio Mon, Jan 21, and Sun, Mar 24) Colorado Mountain Studio Rental Rates: 4000a: $50 (Members: $35) 1 session College. 4000b: $200 (Members: $185) 5 sessions 4000c: $295 (Members: $280) full semester

Advanced 4009 | May Studio Rental Monitor Enrollment in the May Studio Rental is for advanced papermakers only. No instruction or fiber preparation is offered during this time. Prerequisite: 4000 | Studio Rental. Please check with Whitehead on schedule availability. Mon – Sun, Apr 23 – May 21 | 9:00am – 4:00pm (No studio Fri, Apr 26) Rates: $180 (Members: $165)

05 ceramics The Ceramics Department offers studio classes in handbuilt and wheelthrown pottery and sculpture, as well as classes exploring techniques, both archaic and cutting-edge, at studio facilities that are among the best in Texas.

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Beginning/Intermediate Open Studio 1001 | Introduction to Throwing Students who are currently registered in Mercedes Kerr Stainken & Kimberly Rumfelt a ceramic class can use This class will focus on the basic skills of wheel throwing — the studios for practicing techniques taught in centering, opening and pulling vessels — followed by learning to the classroom any time form cylinders, bowls and cups. Students will also learn to evaluate the studio is open and a form and how form serves a vessel’s function. Students will learn class is not in session. about clay properties while working in stoneware clay and high- temperature glazes. McAllister Ceramics Studio | Ursuline 1001a: Kerr | Mon, Jan 28 – Apr 8 | 6:30 – 9:30pm Campus 1001b: Rumfelt | Thurs, Jan 24 – April 11 | 9:30am – 12:30pm Jan 22 – Apr 11 (No class Thurs, Mar 21) Mon – Thurs, McAllister Ceramics Studio | Ursuline 12:30 – 9:00pm; and Tuition: $310 (Members: $295) | 11 sessions Sat, 12:00 – 5:00pm Studio Closed Fri, Sat, Beginning/Intermediate and Sun, and during 1002 | Introduction to Handbuilding Special Classes Dennis W. Smith Handbuilding is the fundamental construction method for creating sculptural and functional ceramic forms. Students will undertake a variety of projects including slab construction, round and flat coil SUPPLIES NOTE: construction, pinch-forming methods, surface texturing, and carving. Tuition for all ceramic Students will work in high temperature stoneware clay and will be courses covers glaze introduced to glazing techniques. materials and kiln firing; however, 1002a: Thurs, Jan 24 – Apr 11 | 9:30am – 12:30pm (No class Thurs, Mar 21) students should 1002b: Thurs, Jan 24 – Apr 11 | 6:30 – 9:30pm (No class Thurs, Mar 21) anticipate additional McAllister Ceramics Studio | Ursuline fees for clay and some Tuition: $310 (Members: $295) | 11 sessions tools unless otherwise noted. 06

Intermediate 1030 | Throwing Skills John Nelson & Ryan Takaba This class will concentrate on expanding and refining throwing skills through the forming of bowls, mugs, lids, pitchers and the assemblage of two-part forms. Presentations and discussion will help students understand how to integrate form with function; students will also be introduced to an array of surface decoration techniques and how to load and fire downdraft gas kilns.Prerequisites: Basic Skills: Introduction to Throwing and Basic Skills: Introduction to Handbuilding. 1030a: Nelson | Tues, Jan 22 – Apr 9 | 9:30am – 12:30pm (No class Tues, Mar 19) 1030b: Takaba | Tues, Jan 22 – Apr 9 | 6:30 – 9:30pm (No class Tues, Mar 19) McAllister Ceramics Studio | Ursuline Tuition: $325 (Members: $310) | 11 sessions

“Ceramics is All Levels a way for me 1033 | Polymer Clay for Personal Ornamentation to decompress Carol Dotin from my stressful Discover the wealth of creative possibilities that versatile and colorful polymer clay has to offer. This class will introduce basic job.” skills and quickly move to more advanced applications for students with more experience. Techniques covered include the use of stamps, embossing and other applied textures, and surface embellishments including alcohol inks, mica powders, metal leaf and more. Various caning and mokume gane techniques as well as the use of an extruder will be explored. Create beads and small flat panels to use as components for necklaces, pins, bracelets and inclusions with other media. Includes a basic materials kit; please see SSA website for a suggested list of tools. Tues, Jan 22 – Apr 9 | 9:30am – 12:30pm (No class Tues, Mar 19) McAllister Ceramics Studio | Ursuline Tuition: $300 (Members: $285) | 11 sessions

NEW | Intermediate/Advanced 1040 | From Vessel to Figure Ryan Takaba If someone excavated your grave a 100 years from now, what kind of tomb figure would they find? In this class, students will learn about basic figurative construction techniques using the historical Haniwa (Japanese Tomb Figure) as a reference point. Students will use the coil construction technique to build a 24-inch standing hollow figure. The language of the pottery vessel such as the belly, waist, and shoulder will be studied to inform the constructing of the figurative form in an earthenware claybody. See *ceramic Note. Wed, Jan 23 – Apr 10 | 9:30am – 12:30pm (No class Wed, Mar 20) McAllister Ceramics Studio | Ursuline Tuition: $325 (Members: $310) | 11 sessions

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CERAMIC Note: Intermediate and advanced students will be required to spend time outside of the scheduled class period to load and fire kilns under appropriate supervision of the instructor. Those students who are unable to arrange time to participate in the loading and firing of scheduled kilns should not enroll in NEW | Intermediate/Advanced these classes. 1041 | Computer-Generated Ceramic Decals Greg Kinney Experience the Ceramic Department’s new Ricoh color ceramic decal printer to open up a new avenue of creative imagery for your work. Any flat art such as photographs, drawings, clip art, etc., can be digitized, manipulated and converted to a ceramic decal, which can then be permanently fired onto a ceramic surface. This class will provide an introduction to the process from beginning to end, including basic Photoshop® skills. Students will purchase their own low-temperature clays and decal paper from the Ceramics Department. Wed, Jan 23 – Mar 13 | 6:30 – 9:30pm | McAllister Ceramics Studio | Ursuline ALSO SEE Tuition: $270 (Members: $255) | 8 sessions 6005 | Using Digital to Make Decidedly NEW | Intermediate/Advanced Un-digital Things listed under Other 1043 | 3-D Design for Ceramic Artists Media on Page 30.

Diana Kersey 9220 | Printmaking This class is for the serious ceramic artist who wants to expand On Glass listed under his or her comprehension of the design process by focusing Other Media on on elements (line, shape, color, value, texture) and principles Page 32. (repetition, rhythm, symmetry, asymmetry, focal emphasis, and underlying shape) of design. A different concept will be discussed each class combined with hands-on drills, assignments and critiques. Students may complete their assignments using primarily handbuilding techniques, either as functional or sculptural forms, while working with various low-fire earthenware clay bodies, slips/ under-glazes and glazes. See *ceramic Note. Wed, Jan 23 – Apr 10 | 6:30 – 9:30pm (No class Wed, Mar 20) McAllister Ceramics Studio | Ursuline Tuition: $320 (Members: $305) | 11 sessions

NEW | Intermediate/Advanced “I enjoyed being 1069 | Advanced Projects in Throwing a part of a Dennis W. Smith community of This is an advanced cone 10 reduction class designed for students artists. Dennis who already have a firm wheelthrowing foundation. The whole emphasis of this class will be developing and experimenting is a terrific with combined thrown and handbuilt forms, along with surface instructor and enhancements without the restriction of function or utilitarian concerns. Students will be encouraged to explore decorative surface I learned a lot.” treatments including the use of applied slips, slip trailing, sprigging and various glazing techniques to generate lush surfaces, and will work with white stoneware or porcelain clays. This class will foster personal growth through creative thinking, problem solving and skill development. Prerequisite: Students must have taken a minimum of three intermediate-level throwing classes to enroll. See *ceramic Note. Mon, Jan 28 – Apr 8 | 9:30am – 12:30pm | McAllister Ceramics Studio | Ursuline Tuition: $325 (Members: $310) | 11 sessions 08

Jennifer Datchuk Half, ceramic

“This class has opened up a new world for me.”

Advanced 1077 | Mold Making Jennifer Datchuk Molds allow you to exactly replicate a three-dimensional object and recreate it multiple times and for multiple purposes. This class will concentrate on making and using molds for slip-casting, as well as press-molding, with low-temperature clays to create one-of-a-kind pieces that will be unique to each student. Students will learn how ALSO SEE to make one- and two-part molds, and possibly three-part molds, 9529 | Electronic through demonstrations and hands-on practice. Lectures on the Sculpture listed under chemistry of slip-casting (keeping clay particles in liquid suspension) Other Media on will help students understand the basics of this forming process. Page 33. Note: In this class students will work with low-temperature slips, clay and glazes. Prerequisite: Students should have a strong foundation in wheelthrowing techniques, and must have taken a ARTIST TALK minimum of two intermediate-level classes. See *ceramic Note. Sat, Feb 23 | 12:15pm Mon, Jan 28 – Apr 8 | 6:30 – 9:30pm | McAllister Ceramics Studio | Ursuline Nathan Craven: Tuition: $325 (Members: $310) | 11 sessions Artist’s Work Ellison Lecture Hall | Navarro VISITING ARTIST | SPECIAL CLASS | Intermediate/Advanced FREE & open to the public 1818 | Extrudermania! Nathan Craven | Roswell, NM NATHAN CRAVEN received his BFA at The clay extruder is a tool that can be used alone or in conjunction Weber State University with other clay forming techniques to produce structural and and his MFA at Rhode decorative elements, sculptural forms, and functional tableware. Island School of Design. In this workshop, Craven will cover the fundamentals of creating He most recently was Artist-in-Residence at original die-forms. Constructing original dies enable the creation the Roswell Artist-in- of shapes not available commercially, therefore widening the range Residence Foundation of possibilities. Each student will design and create two, or more, in Roswell, NM, and simple dies — one for solid extrusions and a complex die for hollow was Artist-in-Residence extrusions. Students should bring design ideas to the first class and at the Archie Bray a lunch both days. Foundation through the MJD Fellowship. Sat & Sun, Feb 23 & 24 | 9:30am – 4:30pm | McAllister Ceramic Studio | Ursuline In 2009, Craven Tuition: $300 (Members: $285) | 2 sessions | Please register by Feb 11. was selected as Ceramics Monthly’s Emerging Artist. Recent exhibitions include The Bray 60th Celebration: Big Clay, Holter Museum of Art; Overthrown: Clay Without Limits, Denver Art Museum; and BAM Biennial 2010: Clay Throwdown, Bellevue Arts Museum.

Nathan Craven Ceramic Installation 09 drawing.painting. printmaking The Drawing, Painting and Printmaking Department offers a full curriculum of classes in well- equipped studios on both campuses. The professional- caliber printmaking studio is considered one of the finest in the region.

drawing Core Class | Beginning “It’s been a 8001 | Basic Drawing joy to see my Kate Terrell, Michele Monseau, Chris Sauter & Sabra Booth drawing skills Drawing is a learned skill based on hand-eye coordination; anyone improve.” can learn to draw, and it is a basic tool needed for all classes offered at the Southwest School of Art. Through free-hand drawing, students will render three-dimensional objects — using drawing principles of line, shape, value, texture, perspective and composition — in an enjoyable and relaxed atmosphere. Bring an 18 by 24- inch drawing pad, a selection of graphite pencils and an eraser; additional materials will be discussed at the first class. 8001a: Terrell | Sat, Jan 26 – Mar 30 | 9:30am – 12:30pm | Briscoe Studio | Ursuline 8001b: Monseau | Tues, Jan 29 – Apr 2 | 10:00am – 1:00pm | Duncan Painting & Drawing Studio | Navarro 8001c: Sauter | Tues, Jan 29 – Apr 2 | 6:30 – 9:30pm | Duncan Painting & Drawing Studio | Navarro 8001d: Booth | Fri, Jan 25 – Mar 29 | 6:30 – 9:30pm | Class sizes Duncan Painting & Drawing Studio | Navarro are limited. Tuition: $260 (Members: $245) | 10 sessions To ensure enrollment, please register early. 10

“I have gotten Core Class | Beginning/Intermediate back into making 8002 | Drawing Studio art and find I Gregory Alan Johnson, Sabra Booth & Karen Baker really like to This multi-level class is for beginners with some drawing background draw.” or for experienced student-artists who would like to refresh their drawing skills. Topics will explore value, space, composition and concept, as well as different drawing styles and materials. Students will move beyond using drawing merely to render objects accurately, and will come to view drawing as a challenging vehicle for expression of both form and narrative. Bring a sketchbook or drawing pad (size 11 by 14 or 18 by 24-inches) and a selection of pencils and an eraser; additional materials will be discussed at the first class. Note: 8001c will be combined with 8001d. Prerequisite: Basic Drawing or equivalent experience. 8002a: Johnson | Thurs, Jan 31 – Apr 4 | 9:30am – 12:30pm | Drawing & Design Studio | Navarro 8002b: Booth | Fri, Jan 25 – Mar 29 | 6:30 – 9:30pm | Duncan Painting & Drawing Studio | Navarro 8002c: Baker | Tues, Jan 29 – Apr 2 | 6:30 – 9:30pm | Bowers Studio | Ursuline Tuition: $260 (Members: $245) | 10 sessions ALSO SEE 9oo1 | Portfolio Intermediate/Advanced Development: Observational Drawing 8025 | The Figure in Drawing & Painting listed under Other Jeannette MacDougall & Vincent Valdez Media on Page 29. This course offers a combination of traditional and alternative approaches to the body in art. Students will explore various interpretations of the human form, from representation to abstraction. To develop their personal style, students will work from live models and personal images, using a variety of water- based media and experimental techniques. Bring an 18 by 24-inch drawing pad, a selection of pencils and an eraser to the first class; additional materials will be discussed at that time. Includes model fees. Prerequisite: Previous drawing experience. 8025a: Valdez | Thurs, Jan 17 – Mar 21 | 9:30am – 12:30pm | Briscoe Studio | Ursuline 8025b: MacDougall | Tues, Jan 29 – Apr 2 | 6:30 – 9:30pm | Briscoe Studio | Ursuline Tuition: $290 (Members: $275) | 10 sessions

NEW | Advanced 8026 | The Figure: Advanced Studies Vincent Valdez This advanced course is an intensive exploration of various techniques and approaches depicting the anatomy and construction of the human body. The skeletal and muscular structures of the body, dramatic lighting, and drapery on the body will be explored. Through excercises, students will experiment with the following: charcoal, conté, crayon, grey-scale pastels and graphite. Bring a sketchbook or drawing pad (size 11 by 14 or 18 by 24-inches) and a selection of pencils and an eraser; additional materials will be discussed at the first class. Includes model fees. Prerequisite: 8025 | The Figure in Drawing & Painting. Fri, Jan 18 – Mar 22 | 9:30am – 12:30pm | Briscoe Studio | Ursuline Tuition: $290 (Members: $275) | 10 sessions 11

All Levels 8080 | Cartooning Comics, Caricature & Anime Mike Fisher Cartooning, or visual storytelling, is more than just an enjoyable indulgence of the imagination; it speaks to interests such as editorial illustration, children’s book illustration, comic strips, comic books and storyboarding. Its various forms combine caricature, figure drawing and illustration through the medium of ink and watercolor on paper. Instruction will focus on character development, illusions of movement, sequential staging, setting management, inking and coloring — all aimed towards the refinement of your own narratives and ideas. Bring a 9 by 12-inch sketchbook and a sharpened pencil to the first class. Thurs, Jan 24 – Mar 28 | 6:30 – 9:30pm | Drawing & Design Studio | Navarro Tuition: $260 (Members: $245) | 10 sessions

All Levels 8004 | Pastel Exploration Katie Pell Firmly rooted in art history from the Renaissance to now, the soft pastel offers a unique access to saturated color and malleability. This class will start with the basics of pastel drawing, describing Open Studio materials, tools and mark-making to acquaint students with the Drawing & medium. From there, it will explore brush work, texture building and layering to create pieces that reflect the range of the material and Painting a spectrum of emotion. Open to all levels of experience. Please see Students who are SSA website for a materials list. currently registered in a drawing or painting class Fri – Sun, Feb 22 – 24 | 10:00am – 4:30pm | Drawing & Design Studio | Navarro can use the studios for Tuition: $235 (Members: $220) | 3 sessions practicing techniques taught in the classroom any time the building is open and class is not in painting session.

All Levels Jan 25 – Mar 29 | Mon – Fri | 10:00am 8010 | Basic Painting – 9:00pm and Sat & Sun | 11:00am Miguel Cortinas & Lawrence Jennings – 4:00pm Basic Painting is an ideal class for the beginning or intermediate Open on Fri night only student-artist who wants a structured approach to painting. when Fri night classes Instruction will cover color mixing, paint application, selection are in session. Please and use of brushes and other painting tools, as well as painting call ahead. composition. Students will use a limited color palette in order Duncan Painting & to learn how to mix a variety of colors. Bring a sketchbook; a Drawing Studio or materials list will be discussed at the first class. There are no Drawing & Design prerequisites; however, Basic Drawing is recommended. Note: 8010a Studio | Navarro works with oils and acrylics; 8010b works with acrylics. 8010a: Cortinas | Sat, Jan 26 – Apr 13 | 9:30am – 12:30pm (No class Sat, Mar 30) | Duncan Painting & Drawing Studio | Navarro 8010b: Jennings | Tues, Jan 22 – Apr 2 | 6:30 – 9:30pm | Drawing & Design Studio | Navarro Tuition: $275 (Members: $260) | 11 sessions 12

All Levels 8012 | Representational Painting in Oil Rainey Investigate both traditional and modern techniques of representational painting. Students will become familiar with the many materials used in oil painting — with emphasis on layering oils through glazing — and will examine how to cross and manipulate opaque and transparent paint with mediums. This class will also focus on composition and the principles for completing a well-designed painting. Please bring a sketchbook and pencil to the first class; a supplies list will be provided at that time. Prerequisite: Some drawing experience is helpful. Wed, Jan 23 – Apr 3 | 9:30am – 12:30pm Duncan Painting & Drawing Studio | Navarro Tuition: $275 (Members: $260) | 11 sessions

“Great Intermediate/Advanced interaction, 8030 | Painting Studio practical Chris Sauter application and This class is designed to develop and clarify your painting style and expand your technical skills. Sauter will tailor discussions and a jumpstart to demonstrations to the developing needs of each student-artist. As creativity.” the class progresses, you will have the opportunity to learn ways of adding other media to your paintings. Prerequisite: Previous painting experience. Bring a blank canvas or a work in progress, images or a sample of finished work, and painting supplies you currently use to the first class; suggestions for additional materials will be discussed at that time. Wed, Jan 30 – Apr 10 | 6:30 – 9:30pm | Duncan Painting & Drawing Studio | Navarro Tuition: $275 (Members: $260) | 11 sessions

All Levels 8011 | Watercolor Painting Ric Dentinger & Brad Braune This class is for the first-time painter, as well as the student who would like to learn more about the various approaches to painting in this very direct medium. Demonstrations will be given each week showing students how to paint wet-on-wet washes, dry-on-wet washes and with a dry brush. Color theory as it relates to watercolor will be discussed. A materials list will be provided at the first class. Intermediate-level students, while developing an independent vision, will learn ways to improve their painting skills through advance demonstration, practice and critique. 8011a: Dentinger | Tues, Jan 22 – Mar 26 | 9:30am – 12:30pm 8011b: Braune | Mon, Jan 28 – Apr 1 | 6:30 – 9:30pm Drawing & Design Studio | Navarro Tuition: $260 (Members: $245) | 10 sessions 13

Intermediate/Advanced 8019 | Intermediate Watercolor Ric Dentinger This watercolor course will employ a unique approach to intermediate and advanced techniques. Gouache and other materials will be introduced as minor elements. Creative self-expression and a design mindset will be encouraged; color theory and methods for applying paint will be explored. Step-by-step demos, along with individual and group critiques, will be regular conduits for learning. Students will work from still-life, imagination or photographs. Bring painting supplies you currently use; additional materials will be discussed the first class. Prerequisite: Previous watercolor painting experience required. Wed, Jan 23 – Mar 27 | 9:30am – 12:30pm | Drawing & Design Studio | Navarro Tuition: $265 (Members: $250) | 10 sessions

Intermediate/Advanced 8015 | Exploring Personal Imagery Jeannette MacDougall MacDougall will use painting and drawing explorations to help you discover, and uncover, ideas and concepts. Students will begin with drawing materials and a color palette in water-based pigments to study value and form — working with still-life models, photographic images and their own imagination. Exercises and quick studies will develop a fluid, very personal approach to painting.Prerequisite: Students should have taken at least one Basic Drawing and Basic Painting class or equivalent experience. Tues, Jan 29 – Apr 2 | 9:30am – 12:30pm | Briscoe Studio | Ursuline Tuition: $275 (Members: $260) | 10 sessions

All Levels “Glad there is 8087 | Landscape Painting a reasonably Rainey priced high- Working from photographs and plein air (outdoor) sketching, quality arts students will learn basic landscape principles. Students will explore different grounds and oil painting media and study stylistic program for examples of artists who have worked within these methods. Painting the community. application and various working approaches will be demonstrated and encouraged. Required materials will be discussed at the first It gets me out of class. Previous drawing or painting experience recommended, but the house!” not required. Mon, Jan 28 – Apr 1 | 6:30 – 9:30pm | Briscoe Studio | Ursuline Tuition: $260 (Members: $245) | 10 sessions

Intermediate/Advanced 8062 | Issues in Painting Bob Tiemann This class is a unique opportunity to work with Tiemann, a vital presence in the San Antonio contemporary art world for over three decades. The intermediate or advanced painter will be encouraged to develop his or her own style. Current issues of concept and craft in contemporary art will be discussed and explored in practice. Bring an example of your current work, and painting supplies you currently work with, to the first class. Thurs, Feb 7 – Apr 4 | 9:30am – 12:30pm | Duncan Painting & Drawing | Navarro Tuition: $250 (Members: $235) | 9 sessions 14

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All Levels 8099 | The Art of Stenciling James Cobb Stenciling resurged in the street art of the late 20th century, though it dates back to pre-historic cave paintings. Students will learn to create stencils, an image-making approach with applications ranging from fine art to the decorative. Basic studio techniques will be introduced — drawing methods using light tables, cutting tools, working with spray paint and stencil brushes. Students will learn stencil design concepts, create their own unique stencils and apply them in a variety of ways. Please see SSA website for a materials list. Fri – Sun, Apr 5 – 7 | 10:00am – 4:30pm | Design Studio | Navarro Tuition: $225 (Members: $210) | 3 sessions

Intermediate/Advanced 8032 | Painting Portraits Mira Hnatyshyn Learn step-by-step techniques for painting portraits from live models in one sitting. Class instruction will include analyzing tonal value and mixing flesh tone colors. Students will produce between three and six portraits. Bring painting supplies you currently use, a sketchbook and pencil to the first class; suggestions for additional materials will be discussed at that time. Includes model fees. Prerequisite: Previous painting experience required. Mon, Jan 28 – Mar 25 | 6:30 – 9:30pm | Duncan Painting & Drawing Studio | Navarro Tuition: $275 (Members: $260) | 9 sessions

All Levels 8089 | Introduction to Encaustics Michelle Belto Encaustic, an ancient painting tradition, employs rich pigments combined with pure beeswax and resins to create a versatile medium ideal for artistic exploration. Artwork appears to glow, having both depth and translucency. This weekend workshop covers basic materials and formulas, safety procedures, and historical use. Demonstrations will show tools and techniques for fusing, transparencies and glazes, mark-making, building up of texture, line and edge, collage, assemblage, and image transfer. There will be ample of time for hands-on experimentation. Includes most materials; please see SSA website for a needed items. Fri – Sun, Jan 25 – 27 | 10:00am – 4:30pm | Design Studio | Navarro Tuition: $225 (Members: $210) | 3 sessions

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Intermediate 8027 | Art Materials FX: Mixed Media Margaret Craig Get the most out of your art materials — whether traditional or nontraditional. Learn about substrates, including plaster, wood, cardboard and paper. This is a good class for those working in other disciplines who want to add mixed media to their work. Find out about “mock” lacquer, sanded paint, epoxy, crackle effects, spray-paint, stencils, special effects, medium combinations, paint- ALSO SEE skins, collage and photo transfer. Materials will be available for 9220 | Printmaking on your experimentation; however, bring painting supplies you may Glass listed under already have. No previous painting experience required, but some art Other Media on experience expected. Page 32. Wed, Jan 30 – Apr 10 | 6:30 – 9:30pm (No class Wed, Mar 20) Design Studio | Navarro Tuition: $275 (Members: $260) | 10 sessions

Intermediate/Advanced “I’ve learned 8999 | Independent Study: Mixed Media a new way to & Printmaking create and am Margaret Craig excited it can be This class is an opportunity for student-artists who have repeatedly reproduced!” taken mixed media or printmaking classes and want time to check in with the instructor to review techniques or receive feedback. Students will also have studio and equipment access when the building is open and other classes are not in session. Prerequisite: Previous printmaking or mixed media painting experience, or certificate student status and consent of instructor. Note: Craig is available to meet with Independent Study students during the following times, although other times may be arranged by contacting Craig at 210.224.1848, ext. 421. Tues, Jan 29 – Apr 9 | 3:00 – 4:00pm (No class Tues, Mar 19) Open Studio or Tues, Jan 29 – Apr 9 | 5:30 – 6:30pm (No class Tues, Mar 19) Printmaking Flohr Print Studio & Design Studio | Navarro Tuition: $275 (Members: $260) | 10 sessions Students who are currently registered in a printmaking class All Levels can use the studio for practicing techniques 8111 | Beginning Non-Toxic Printmaking taught in the classroom any time the building is Margaret Craig open and class is not in Try various types of non-toxic printmaking: relief, monotype, session. collograph and etching. In this class, students will explore these Jan 25 – Mar 29 | printmaking methods and focus on the area of greatest individual Mon – Fri | 10:00am interest. Class instruction will include producing the plate or matrix, – 9:00pm and printing and editioning. A materials list will be provided at the first Sat & Sun | 11:00am class. No printmaking experience is required. Note: Class will be – 4:00pm combined with 8112 | Intermediate Printmaking. Open on Fri night only when a Fri night class 8111a: Tues, Jan 22 – Apr 9 | 6:30 – 9:30pm (No class Tues, Mar 19) is in session. Please call 8111b: Wed, Jan 23 – Apr 10 | 10:30am – 1:30pm (No class Wed, Mar 20) ahead. Flohr Print Studio | Navarro Flohr Print Studio | Tuition: $295 (Members: $280) | 11 sessions Navarro 16

Printmaking Intermediate/Advanced Artist-In- 8112 | Intermediate Printmaking Residence Margaret Craig & Gregory Alan Johnson Program This class is for student-artists who have some printmaking Artists experienced in background and wish to continue to refine their techniques. There printmaking are invited to will be demonstrations each week, with an emphasis on creating apply for the opportunity a less-toxic studio environment. You will have the opportunity to to spend up to three explore your own projects in etching, relief, lithography, screen-print months working in the and collograph. A materials list will be provided at the first class. Flohr Print Studio. Prerequisite: Previous experience with printmaking. Note: Class will We will teach experienced be combined with 8111 | Beginning Non-Toxic Printmaking. intaglio printmakers non- toxic alternatives. 8112a: Tues, Jan 22 – Apr 9 | 6:30 – 9:30pm (No class Tues, Mar 19) See details at www. 8112b: Wed, Jan 23 – Apr 10 | 10:30am – 1:30pm (No class Wed, Mar 20) swschool.org or contact Flohr Print Studio | Navarro Margaret Craig at Tuition: $295 (Members: $280) | 11 sessions [email protected] for more details. All Levels 8104 | Digital Transfer & Watercolor Monotype Margaret Craig Watercolor monotypes are single prints created by transference of a plate with dry watercolor to wet paper using a press. Inkjet printer images, also water-based, can be transferred in the same way. In this workshop students will explore the textured surface of watercolor monotypes, as well as learn to produce special transparencies for digital images and how they can be transferred on to paper. Images can then be combined, manipulated, distorted, and overprinted to create unique artworks. All materials provided; bring five images (jpeg) on a flash drive or compact disk. Some drawing experience is helpful; however no printmaking experience is required. Sat & Sun, Mar 2 & 3 | 10:30am – 5:00pm | Flohr Print Studio | Navarro Tuition: $180 (Members: $165) | 2 sessions

8100 | Print Studio Rental Studio Rental provides shared studio work time to those experienced in printmaking. A monitor will supervise the studio, but no instruction will be available. Prerequisite: Please call Margaret Craig, Department Chair, in advance at 210.224.1848, ext. 421. Alternate dates available by appointment. Currently enrolled students may work in the studio for no cost any time the building is open and class is not in session. Jan 22 – Apr 14 | Mon – Fri | 10:00am – 9:00pm and Sat & Sun | 11:00am – 4:00pm (No studio Sun, Mar 31 and Thurs, Apr 4) Open on Fri night only when a Fri night class is in session. 8100a: 4-hour block | $60 (Members: $45) | 1 session 8100b: unlimited time | $295 (Members: $280) | multiple sessions

Class sizes are limited. To ensure enrollment, please register early. 17 fibers.textiles The Fiber Department is committed to the preservation of cultural traditions from around the world and offers classes in weaving, tapestry, basketry, feltmaking, dyeing and surface design. The department’s 50 floor looms make this one weaving of the largest weaving Beginning programs in the 2001 | Beginning Weaving United States. Casey Galloway In this introductory class, students will learn to calculate and wind a warp to weave a sampler of various structures. Learning to read drafts (patterns) will also be covered. After dressing (threading) their looms, students will use several kinds of weft fibers to weave plain weave, twills, inlays, lace and weft face structures. Attention will be paid to good structure and weaving habits. Each weaver will have exclusive use of a floor loom for the semester. A supply list will be provided at the first session. Note: This class is a prerequisite to 2002 | On Loom Weaving Studio Projects. 2001a: Wed, Jan 23 – Apr 10 | 9:30am – 12:30pm 2001b: Mon, Jan 28 – Apr 15 | 6:00 – 9:00pm Maxham Fiber Studio, 2nd Floor | Ursuline Tuition: $285 (Members: $270) | 12 sessions

Intermediate/Advanced Open Studio 2002 | On Loom Weaving Studio Projects Weaving Robert Hils Students enrolled in a weaving class have This program is designed for intermediate and advanced student- access to the studios for artists who wish to pursue their own direction in weaving. Acquiring working independently new structural and manual skills and exploring new materials will outside of class during be emphasized, as will reviewing warping techniques, drafting and the following times: finishing. Individual planning sessions and instruction will allow you to Maxham Fiber Studio proceed at your own pace. Each weaver will have exclusive use of one 1st & 2nd Floor | Ursuline Jan 22 – Apr 18 of the Fiber Department’s large collection of floor looms, from four to 16 Mon & Thurs, harnesses. Prerequisite: Beginning Weaving or equivalent experience. 4:00 – 6:00pm; 2002a: Tues, Jan 22 – Apr 16 | 9:30am – 12:30pm Tues & Wed, 2002b: Wed, Jan 23 – Apr 17 | 9:30am – 12:30pm 12:30 – 2:30pm; and Fri | 9:30am – 12:30pm 2002c: Thurs, Jan 24 – Apr 18 | 6:00 – 9:00pm (No class Thurs, Apr 4) No studio Thurs, Apr 4 2002d: Mon, Jan 28 – Apr 15 | 6:00 – 9:00pm Maxham Fiber Studio, 1st & 2nd Floor | Ursuline Tuition: a/b $295 (Members: $280) | 13 sessions c/d $285 (Members: $270) | 12 sessions 18

Beginning 2003 | Tapestry Weaving: The Basics Liza Collins This intensive two-day class will lead students step-by-step through traditional flat tapestry weaving techniques. Tapestry is the most basic weave structure, but offers the artist a wide range of visual possibilities. Students will learn how to prepare a warp and weave simple shapes. The class is designed for both beginners and those with experience wishing to refresh their skills. Looms and materials will be provided. Fri & Sat, Feb 1 & 2 | 10:00am – 4:00pm | Priest’s House, 2nd Floor | Ursuline Tuition: $175 (Members: $160) | 2 sessions

UPCOMING Intermediate/Advanced ARTIST LECTURE Debbie McMahon Fiber 2004 | Tapestry Weaving: Advanced Techniques Symposium Michael James Liza Collins Fri, Jun 7 | 7:30pm An intensive two-day class giving students the opportunity to in conjunction with explore some of the techniques that make tapestry weaving In.ter.face — the 2013 such a truly unique pictorial art form. Students will learn how to Surface Design blend and shade tones and colors, and create exciting surface Association Conference textures. Techniques covered include hatching, weft blending, weft interlocking, warp and weft variations, and raised surface techniques. Looms and materials will be provided. Prerequisite: Beginning Tapestry or equivalent experience. Fri & Sat, Mar 1 & 2 | 10:00am – 4:00pm | Priest’s House, 2nd Floor | Ursuline Tuition: $175 (Members: $160) | 2 sessions

NEW | All Levels 2005 | Designing for Tapestry Liza Collins All woven tapestries, from the simplest to the most intricate, should begin with a strong resolved design or cartoon. This class will focus on tapestry design and design interpretation, and guides students through the process of creating their own tapestry designs. Visual elements unique to the medium of tapestry weaving will be explored along with individual pictorial expression. Students should bring a visual reference source to work from such as a drawing, painting, collage, photograph, etc. Please see SSA website for a list of materials. Sat, Mar 30 | 10:00am – 4:00pm | Priest’s House, 2nd Floor | Ursuline Tuition: $85 (Members: $70) | 1 session

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VISITING ARTIST | SPECIAL CLASS | Intermediate/Advanced 2858 | Exploring Color Theory with Silk Dyes Nadia Khan | Houston, TX This workshop is a continuation of the Introduction to Painting on Silk Fabrics workshop. Students will study color theory using Dupont silk dyes and will create their own color chart for use in future projects. Tints, shades and tones, as well as color layering will be explored and the steaming process for the Dupont dyes will be demonstrated. The second day will allow students time to create Nadia Khan has additional pieces. Most materials will be provided; please see SSA been a silk painter website for a list of materials. Participants should bring a lunch since the 1980s and both days. Prerequisite: Introduction to Painting on Silk Fabrics, or continues to study equivalent experience. new techniques and explore different styles Sat & Sun, Feb 2 & 3 | 10:00am – 4:00pm | Design Studio | Navarro of painting. Her designs Tuition: $230 (Members: $215) | 2 sessions are used for fabrics, scarves and paintings. VISITING ARTISTS | SPECIAL CLASS | All Levels She teaches at various institutions, including 2856 | Painting & Nuno Felting on Silks the Houston Center for Nadia Khan & Barbara Kile | Houston, TX Contemporary Craft. Using French silk dyes, participants will explore different techniques to achieve color, texture, and pattern. Methods for preparing and Barbara Kile stretching silk for painting and the steam-setting process for fixing received both her the dyes will be demonstrated. Students will use the painted silks Bachelor of Arts and as the base fabric in the nuno felting process — felting into weave Master of Science by layering wool fibers on to the painted silk. To learn the process degrees from the University of Illinois students will create samplers. The resulting fabric is lightweight, and was a professional drapes well and can be used for garment applications in our warmer librarian for over 35 climate. Includes most materials; please see SSA website for a list of years. She has a lifelong materials. Participants should bring a lunch both days. No previous interest in fiber arts dyeing or felting experience is necessary. and has been making felt since 1997. In Fri, Mar 1 | 1:00 – 5:00pm and Sat & Sun, Mar 2 & 3 | 9:30am – 3:30pm 2005 she became an Design Studio | Navarro adjunct professor at Tuition: $260 (Members: $245) | 3 sessions Houston Community College, teaching in the Advanced Fashion Department. She also teaches felting 2493 | Advanced Pattern-making for Fiber Artists workshops at the Melinda Adams Houston Center for Contemporary Craft This intensive three-day class is designed to further literacy in (where she had an pattern-making methods and use in garment design. Advanced Artist-in-Residency in pattern-making techniques to be explored will include patterns for 2008), Glassell School of pants, dresses, jackets and will introduce Japanese techniques. The Art and the Taos Wool course will be a combination of lecture and demonstration, and will Festival. include projects highlighting techniques covered and a final project. Please see SSA website for list of materials. Prerequisite: 2492 | Pattern-making for Fiber Artists or equivalent experience. Sat, Mar 16 – 30 | 9:30am – 4:30pm | Design Studio | Navarro Tuition: $250 (Members: $235) | 3 sessions 20

NEW | All Levels 2032 | Nature Inspired Cloth Lisa Kerpoe The natural world is full of interesting shapes and patterns — look for patterns in clouds, water, plants and earth. Explore a number of techniques to translate them into design ideas from using a photograph as inspiration to painting with natural objects. The first sessions focus on creating imagery and compositions taken from objects found in nature. Then create tools such as stamps, stencils and silkscreens based on your designs, transforming simple nature prints into exciting patterns and designs. For those interested in altering images on the computer, an optional tutorial will cover the basics. Please see SSA website for a list of materials. Thurs, Feb 7 – Mar 28 | 9:30am – 12:30pm | Design Studio | Navarro Tuition: $240 (Members: $225) | 8 sessions

All Levels 2381 | Fiber Art: For the Classroom & Beyond Susie Monday Whether you teach 4th grade or high school art classes (or just want some fiber art fun with your own kids or grandkids), there’s a fiber art technique that will add texture, print, and even a bit of sparkle to your creative activities. Monday will teach a variety of fun and manageable fiber art techniques and design approaches for use with children. Examples include mono-printed fabric art cards, easy screen-printed portrait tee-shirts, fabric paper collage, and fused fabric banners. These activities can be part of a formal art curriculum, or used by any educator to integrate the arts through new skills. Please see SSA website for a list of materials; bring a lunch each day. Sat & Sun, Mar 9 & 10 | 10:00am – 4:00pm | Design Studio | Navarro Tuition: $165 (Members: $150) | 2 sessions

NEW | All Levels 2369 | Art Quilts Susie Monday “I love the Take your quilting or art skills into a new medium or personal narrative process of with this introductory class using a variety of techniques. If you have beginning with been exploring dyeing and printing, here’s the how-to for putting your one-of-a-kind fabrics into wall art. This class will include piecing and white fabric, fusing fabrics, design and construction approaches that insure a personal dyeing it and creative vision, and time on the sewing machine as you learn various methods to free motion quilting. Each student will make a series of small creating a one- journal quilts and work on at least one larger project. Sewing machine of-a-kind work optional; please see SSA website for a list of materials. of art.” Mon, Feb 4 – Mar 25 | 1:00 – 4:00pm | Design Studio | Navarro Tuition: $245 (Members: $230) | 8 sessions

All Levels 2230 | Finish It! Lisa Kerpoe Do you have a number of uncompleted textile projects? We will use a guided process to generate ideas for project completion. Working in small groups with the instructor’s guidance, you will evaluate what works and what is needed, brainstorm possibilities and create design studies. Then you will have an opportunity to try out some of your ideas on your unfinished project. You will also learn a quick evaluation technique and other tools to help you repeat the process back home in your own workspace. Bring three to four incomplete projects to class. Sat & Sun, Feb 23 & 24 | 9:30am – 4:30pm | Design Studio | Navarro Tuition: $180 (Members: $165) | 2 sessions

21 jewelry.metals From its fully equipped, state- of-the-art studio, the Metals Department offers a wide range of classes in construction, casting, forming, and alternative processes with an emphasis on jewelry, functional and sculptural objects.

All Levels 3001 | Basic Metal Skills.1 Jill Palone This class is all about introducing students to basic and fundamental techniques and tools used to create unique jewelry and metalsmithed objects. Students will work through a series of samples and projects presented by the instructor focusing not only on technique, but also individual expression. Topics taught will include sawing, basic forming and forging, basic chain-making and clasps, silver-soldering, riveting, surface embellishment and surface finishing. Materials will be available for purchase from the Metals Department. Wed, Jan 23 – Apr 17 | 6:00 – 9:00pm | Willson Metals Studio | Navarro Tuition: $320 (Members: $305) | 12 sessions

Intermediate 3011 | Basic Metal Skills.2 Gary Schott Small boxes are a great way to further your construction skills, while creating unique and intimate storage for your small treasures. Meant as a continuation to Basic Metal Skills.1, this class will explore basic small box construction including score-n-bend method, and anticlastic and synclastic cylinders. Surface embellishing techniques such as etching, decorative piercing with a jeweler’s saw, stone/found object settings, and using the hydraulic press will be covered. The methods and techniques taught are applicable to both wearable and sculptural formats. Materials will be available for purchase from the Metals Department. Prerequisite: Successful completion of Basic Metal Skills.1 or instructor approval. Tues, Jan 22 – Apr 9 | 6:00 – 9:00pm | Willson Metals Studio | Navarro Tuition: $320 (Members: $305) | 12 sessions Class sizes are limited. To ensure enrollment, please register early. 22

Jewelry. NEW | All Levels Metals Artist- 3055 | Alternate Materials: Jewelry with Wood In-Residence Jill Palone Program Wood is such a versatile material when it comes to creating jewelry Artists experienced in — it’s lightweight, it can be carved, color applications are endless, metals and jewelry are and it can be joined with a lot of other materials. Students will learn invited to apply for the basic jewelry design using plywood, found/recycled wood objects opportunity to spend up and prefabricated wooden parts. This class will focus on using basic to three months working tools and equipment to manipulate the wood, including but not in the Willson Metals limited to using hand saws, scroll saws, flexible-shafts with carving Studio. See details at www.swschool.org. burs. Students will also learn how to connect wood to metal (rivets and cold-connections) as well as a multitude of surface designs and color applications for creating exciting and unique wearable pieces. No prerequisite. Tues, Jan 22 – Feb 26 | 9:30am – 12:30pm | Willson Metals Studio | Navarro Tuition: $200 (Members: $185) | 6 sessions

“Fabulous All Levels studio space 3033 | Forging Spoons and a great Gary Schott environment Spoons commemorate occasions, they serve utilitarian functions, and are explored as sculptural forms. Although a limited number for creating of professional metalsmiths still forge flatware, spoon-making is while working a technique that remains celebrated. Students will learn proper with peers.” hammering/forging techniques, discuss anvil surfaces, and finishing techniques. Although no experience is required, intermediate and advanced students should feel free to participate and add their other metal skills to create more individually designed spoons. The class will end with an ice cream party to put our spoons to the test! Tues, Mar 5 – Apr 9 | 9:30am – 12:30pm | Willson Metals Studio | Navarro Tuition: $200 (Members: $185) | 6 sessions

All Levels 3002 | Casting Methods Laura Wood Want to create forms that sheet metal fabrication just can’t do? Casting may be the answer! During this class, students will become familiar with both lost wax casting and sand casting. The instructor will cover additive and subtractive wax working, investing the wax form, pouring the molten metal and basic surface finishing. Additionally, the use of organic materials appropriate for casting will be discussed. Students will work towards creating one to two unique jewelry pieces that take advantage of this age-old method. Bronze and sterling casting grain will be available for purchase from the Metals Department. Mon, Feb 4 – Mar 25 | 6:00 – 9:00pm | Willson Metals Studio | Navarro Tuition: $240 (Members: $225) | 8 sessions 23

All Levels 3010 | Basic Enameling Gary Schott If you’ve been timid about taking a metals class, but love working with imagery, color, layers, and graphics, then this may be the course for you. Enameling is the art of fusing glass onto metal surfaces to create colorful and creative designs. Students will begin with the basics of getting a well-prepped metal surface ready, proper sifting of enamel powders, and then firing a good base coat of enamel (both torch and kiln techniques will be demonstrated.) Design and surface techniques will include wet and dry stenciling, sgraffito, wet-packing, drawing with underglaze pencils and firing commercial decals. Students will begin with making small samples to explore each technique and then work on a 5 x 5-inch copper tile to create a small wall piece composition as the class project. Copper sheet will be available for purchase from the Metals Studio and the instructor will provide a materials list of where enamels can be purchased ahead of time. Thurs, Jan 24 – Mar 28 | 9:30am – 12:30pm | Willson Metals Studio | Navarro Tuition: $300 (Members: $285) | 10 sessions

Beginning 3110 | Weekend Intro to Jewelry-Making ALSO SEE Techniques 9529 | Electronic Laura Wood Sculpture listed under Other Media on Don’t have time during the week, but want to learn some basics of Page 33. making jewelry with non-ferrous metals (copper, brass, silver)? Then this might be the class for you. This two-day workshop will introduce students to measuring/layout, basic hand tools, forging, forming, surface embellishment and finishing techniques, and silver-soldering. With complete attendance, students should expect to walk away with finished two or three projects. Sat & Sun, Mar 9 & 10 | 9:30am – 4:00pm | Willson Metals Studio | Navarro Tuition: $165 (Members: $150) | 2 sessions

Intermediate/Advanced 3125 | Independent Study Gary Schott Independent Study is for motivated students who wish to pursue a new or continued topic of metalworking and/or jewelry-making to create a small body of work. Students are expected to have a good base of fundamental skills and be able to work primarily unassisted. The instructor will work with each student to assist with design, aesthetic, and/or technical guidance. Students will have access to all of the equipment/processes of the metals studio for this class as it relates to their chosen focus. Students should submit a typed proposal to the Department Chair to gain approval for registration. Prerequisite: Students must have successfully completed Metals 1. and Metals.2 orequivalnet experience with instructor's approval. Wed, Jan 23 – Apr 10 | 9:30am – 12:30pm | Willson Metals Studio | Navarro Tuition: $330 (Members: $315) | 12 sessions

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Diane Falkenhagen Gothic Revival Brooch (The Sublime and the Beautiful), mixed media

ARTIST TALK Sat, Mar 23 | 1:00pm Diane Falkenhagen | Galveston, TX Image Conscious Ellison Lecture Hall | Navarro Falkenhagen discusses the influences behind her VISITING ARTIST | SPECIAL CLASS | All Levels contemporary jewelry pieces. 3851 | Mixed Media Techniques for Jewelers Free & open to the public. & Metalsmiths

DIANE FALKENHAGEN Diane Falkenhagen | Galveston, TX is best known for her Once considered a unique approach to wearable art, mixed-media fabricated, one-of-a-kind techniques and alternative materials are becoming more and more jewelry. Her mixed media common in art jewelry. The artistic freedom associated with less- compositions often expensive, non-conventional materials leads to an uninhibited spirit combine characteristic pictorial imagery of exploration, a broader expressive vocabulary and greater artistic — invented or borrowed risk-taking. In this workshop, students will be challenged to embrace from historical sources a diverse array of materials and to be innovative in confronting — with fabricated the many possibilities of mixed media jewelry fabrication. Students metal forms and a will experiment with diverse natural and man-made materials, diverse range of art learn alternative surface treatments and easy patinas for metal, media. Her work is an learn various mechanical and other “cold connection” techniques, unconventional marriage solve design and fabrication problems associated with joining of material and content unlike materials, and learn mixed media methods that lead to that references a myriad of interests such as sound craftsmanship. No experience is necessary but some basic memory, metaphor, metalsmithing skills would be helpful. figuration, romanticism, Sat & Sun, Mar 23 & 24 | 9:30am – 4:30pm | Willson Metals Studio | Navarro historical ornament, art Tuition: $310 (Members: $295) | 2 sessions | Please register by Mar 8. history and iconography. 3000 | Metals Studio Rental The Willson Metals Studio is a fully-equipped workspace providing a shared work environment to students and professionals. A lab monitor will supervise each session; however, no instruction will be available. You must contact Department Chair Gary Schott, 210.224.1848, ext. 413 prior to enrolling. The fee includes access to the entire studio and consumable materials (i.e. torches, etching chemicals, etc.). Sheet metal, wire and casting grain are available for purchase from the Metals Department, but large quantities should be ordered separately by the individual. Prerequisite: Must have successfully completed Basic Jewelry Skills.1 & .2 or equivalent experience. Jan 22 – Apr 4 | Tues, Wed, & Thurs | 1:00 – 4:00pm and Thurs | 6:00 – 9:00pm (No studio Thurs evening, Apr 4) Studio Rental Rates: 3000a: 9-hr block of time without enrollment in a metals class | $80 (Members: $65) | 1 session 3000b: unlimited lab hours without enrollment in a metals class | $330 (Members: $315) | multiple sessions 25 photography The Photography Department offers instruction in traditional darkroom, digital and alternative imaging; provides a solid technical foundation of camera, digital workspace, and darkroom skills; encourages innovative techniques; and expands aesthetic awareness.

All Levels Open Studio 5006 | Introduction to Photography.1 Students enrolled in a photography class have Ramin Samandari access to the studios for Designed for those who want to learn basic creative control of their working independently manual 35mm film or digital SLR camera. Sessions will cover camera outside of class during the following times: settings, focal lengths, composition, camera angles, and strategies for making successful photographs. This class reveals methods to Lende Photography make your photographs more interesting, dynamic and impactful by Studio | Navarro Jan 22 – Apr 14 using simple techniques and compositional tools. The instructor will Mon – Fri, work individually with students to solve specific problems. 12:30 – 9:00pm and 5006a: Mon, Jan 28 – Feb 25 | 10:00am – 12:00pm Sat – Sun, 5006b: Mon, Jan 28 – Feb 25 | 7:00 – 9:00pm 12:00 – 4:00pm Ellison Lecture Hall | Navarro (No studio Sun, Mar 4 Tuition: $160 (Members: $145) | 5 sessions and Thurs, Apr 4) Open on Fri nights only when Fri night classes All Levels are in session. 5007 | Introduction to Photography.2 Please call ahead. Ramin Samandari This class continues where the Introduction to Photography.1 class ends and expands upon its content in greater depth. Class assignments will cover topics such as the use of available light, flash, tripod and creative camera control. This class will emphasize the creative and innovative applications of equipment to achieve inspired photographs. Mon, Mar 4 – Apr 1 | 7:00 – 9:00pm | Ellison Lecture Hall | Navarro “I now know Tuition: $160 (Members: $145) | 5 sessions how to use my camera! Thank you.” 26

For other digital classes All Levels please see listings under OTHER MEDIA. 5001 | Intro to the Digital Camera OTHER TOPICS on Pages 30 & 31. Sarah Pagona Digital cameras can be easy and fun to use, but expanded knowledge can take your results to a higher level. Explore what all those controls, features, and functions are for. This class covers how to take better photographs as well as how to transfer images from camera to computer or the internet. You’ll discover your camera’s potential by practicing classic shot techniques, and learn how to manage your digital assets, by editing, preparing, printing and archiving images. Note: A digital SLR camera is needed for this class. 5001a: Tues, Jan 22 – Feb 26 | 7:00 – 9:00pm 5001b: Tues, Mar 5 – Apr 9 | 7:00 – 9:00pm Digital Imaging Studio | Navarro Tuition: $170 (Members: $155) | 6 sessions

All Levels 5202 | Digital Imaging.1 Ramin Samandari This course is designed to expand your skills in pixel-based photographic design and printing. Using Adobe Photoshop, gain a thorough grounding in how to digitally enhance, alter and retouch images. Flatbed and film scanners will also be used to digitize other photographic images; students will then use computers to improve or alter those images using a variety of output method. Note: Working knowledge of computers helpful. 5202a: Tues, Jan 22 – Apr 9 | 9:00am – 12:00pm 5202b: Wed, Jan 23 – Apr 10 | 6:00 – 9:00pm Digital Imaging Studio | Navarro Tuition: $340 (Members: $325) | 12 sessions

All Levels “I appreciate 5010 | Black & White Darkroom the high level Victor Pagona of teaching and This class is designed for photographers who have no previous the sense of darkroom experience or those who want to expand their knowledge of the darkroom. Learn about black and white film developing and community that printing, dodging and burning of prints, toning, print retouching and has developed print finishing. Essential elements of camera handling, metering, lens accessories, camera accessories and composition issues will in this class.” be explained and demonstrated. Intermediate-level photographers will be encouraged to achieve better mastery over their equipment, materials and printing skills. 5010a: Tues, Jan 22 – Apr 9 | 6:00 – 9:00pm 5010b: Wed, Jan 23 – Apr 10 | 6:00 – 9:00pm Lende Photography Studio | Navarro Tuition: $340 (Members: $325) | 12 sessions 27

Advanced 5000 | 5035 | Intermediate/Advanced Darkroom Studio Rental Victor Pagona Victor Pagona This class is designed for the advanced photographer who desires The Lende a challenging environment in which darkroom skills can be honed. Photography Through darkroom demonstrations, class assignments, field trips Studios are and informal gatherings to discuss photographic ideas, students completely equipped will finish the term with a rich body of work ready for exhibition. photographic Prerequisite: Student-artists new to the class should have instructor workspaces available approval of portfolio prior to enrollment. to experienced Wed, Jan 23 – Apr 10 | 9:30am – 12:30pm | Lende Photography Studio | Navarro photographers. The Tuition: $360 (Members: $345) | 12 sessions equipment is available on a first-come, first- All Levels served basis, with photography classes 5265 | Controlling & Understanding Exposure and full-term students Sarah Pagona given priority. The fee includes access to the This class is designed to enhance the digital photographer’s darkroom, traditional understanding of exposure — whether photographing landscapes, black and white still-life, portraiture, or any other subject matter. Student-artists chemistry and dry will explore how the camera meters a scene and learn how workspaces. Students shutter speeds and apertures work separately and in combination. are responsible for all Understanding the principles of exposure will greatly improve your clean-up. Prerequisite: photography and your confidence when it comes to taking quality Intermediate digital photographs. Note: A digital SLR camera with manual photography classes settings and working knowledge of the camera is required. Please or equivalent bring your camera to class. experience. Before Sat, Jan 26 | 10:00am – 1:00pm | Lende Photography Studio | Navarro enrolling, students Tuition: $85 (Members: $70) | 1 session need to contact Department Chair All Levels Victor Pagona at 210.224.1848, ext. 5091 | Improving Your Photographs 420. Victor Pagona Jan 22 – Apr 14 | No need for a new camera, lenses or other expensive equipment to Mon – Fri, take dramatically better photographs. This morning seminar reveals 12:30 – 9:00pm and Sat – Sun, methods to make your photographs more interesting, dynamic and 12:00 – 4:00pm successful by using simple techniques and compositional tools that Open on Fri nights only professional photographers use on every assignment. A handout with when Fri night classes examples will be provided. Bring your problem photos to find out are in session. what went wrong. Instructor will answer specific questions. 5000a | 1-day: $360 (Members: $345) | Sat, Feb 9 | 10:00am – 12:30pm | Lende Photography Studio | Navarro 12 sessions Tuition: $85 (Members: $70) | 1 session 5000b | 2-day: $460 (Members: $445) | Intermediate/Advanced 24 sessions 5142 | Exploring the Zone System Victor Pagona This class is an introduction to Ansel Adam’s celebrated Zone System. The system’s concepts and techniques for determining optimal exposures will be applied in a practical way with your own photography. We will explore pre-visualization, exposure placement, and film development techniques. All lectures will be accompanied by a hands-on application of the specific technique. Any format camera can be used in this course, but large format photography is particularly well suited for Zone System application. Students must bring their own cameras and black and white film. Sat & Sun, Mar 23 & 24 | 9:30am – 4:00pm | Lende Photography Studio | Navarro Tuition: $200 (Members: $185) | 2 sessions

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“As a professional design. artist I enjoy keeping curernt professional practices with various trends on Core Class | All Levels development, 5211 | Professionalism & Presentation marketing and Victor Pagona presentation.” In this course, students will learn to speak and write about their work by developing a personal artistic philosophy, an artist statement and résumé. Students will learn how to present their work by putting together a professional portfolio, as well as how to network effectively, the protocols of gallery conduct, and business skills for the artist. Assigned readings and group discussions will be a weekly element of the class. Tues, Jan 22 – Mar 26 | 7:00 – 9:00pm | Ellison Lecture Hall | Navarro Tuition: $235 (Members: $220) | 10 sessions

NEW | All Levels 9902 | Etsy 101 Caroline Colom Vasquez & Jose Vasquez-Corbalan If you’ve been toying with the idea of launching an on-line shop this mini-session will introduce you to the basics about Etsy.com. Be inspired to take your business to great heights. This informational session with a Certified Etsy Educator will focus on what you need to successfully set up your Etsy shop and the four “key elements” to finding your niche and your way as a seller on Etsy. If you are ready to tackle the full potential of running an online shop, sign-up for the full day version of this session 9903 | Starting Your Etsy Shop (listed on the following page) for a more thorough grounding. Sat, Feb 9 | 9:30 – 11:30 | Ellison Lecture Hall | Navarro Tuition: $125 (Members: $110) | 1 session 29

NEW | All Levels 9903 | Starting Your Etsy Shop Caroline Colom Vasquez & Jose Vasquez-Corbalan Start the morning with Etsy 101 and then stay through the afternoon for a hands-on practicum and actually get your Etsy store started from building your online shop to how to process and complete your first sale when it comes. We will cover the entire “back end” of the Etsy system, including shop listings, payment methods, shipping, customer service and communication, and getting the word out about your new shop. Participants should be artisans, designers or vintage sellers ready to set up their shop. Sellers who already have a shop but feel like they need to learn the “Etsy system” are also welcome. Tuition for this class includes Etsy 101: please bring a bag lunch. Sat, Feb 9 | 9:30am – 4:00pm | Digital Studio | Navarro Tuition: $260 (Members: $245) | 1 session

NEW | SPRING BREAK SESSION | All Levels Age 14 & up 9001 | Portfolio Development: Observational Drawing Jeannette MacDougall This class is designed for the high school student, college transfer student or adult seeking to develop their portfolio. Observational drawing, the number one thing top art schools want to see proficiency in, will be the focus. Students will do sketches and gestural studies as warm-ups as well as have the opportunity to work on major drawings from interesting still-lifes and live models. Discussion on preparing a college admission portfolio will also be covered. Students are encouraged to bring a portfolio of current work for feedback and direction. Mon – Fri, Mar 11 – 15 | 2:00 – 5:00pm | Briscoe Studio | Ursuline Tuition: $175 (Members: $160) | 5 sessions

All Levels “I have to say 9503 | Creativity Workout that the class Jeannette MacDougall has provided me No matter what your occupation, resourcefulness and ingenuity are with a residual usually at the core of success. This fun and engaging workshop is empowerment for everyone who wants to jump-start their creative thinking skills. It will include tools for kindling your imagination, tips to help avoid — I feel more obstacles, resources for further investigation, and hands-on exercises competent to stimulate your right brain and engage your curiosity. Includes all materials and a boxed lunch. in regards to Sat, Feb 23 | 9:00am – 12:00pm | Gen Ed Classroom | Navarro creating, not Tuition: $90 (Members: $75) | 1 session placing any

All Levels requirements on 9920 | Introduction to Landscape Design the end result.” Mike Pecen Landscape design relies on unique media such as ecology, cultivation, and site to create installations for use or for sensory effect. From the productive gardens of antiquity to the conceptual works of today, the most exciting landscape designs reach beyond the universal tools of line, form, color and texture to engage in time, in ways often spatial or biological. Learn how to use the landscape designer’s tools and materials to realize your own concepts. You will finish the class with a theoretical background and at least one well-formed landscape concept that you may implement on your own. This studio-based class will have a significant lecture/discussion component. Wed, Feb 6 – Mar 13 | 6:30 – 9:30pm | Ellison Lecture Hall | Navarro Tuition: $175 (Members: $160) | 6 sessions 30

All Levels 9921 | Japanese Garden Design Mike Pecen Japanese garden design has inspired Americans for more than a century to import ideas, plants and techniques from across the Pacific. Without a thorough understanding of the philosophies and culture of this ancient landscape tradition, it is hard to create satisfying gardens inspired by Japan. This lecture/discussion-based class offers a complete survey of Japanese landscape history and thought. Ways to adapt Japanese concepts to Texas materials, plants and climate will be a key part of the class. The class will start at the Southwest School of Art and end with a a guided tour of the Kumanoto En (a garden designed and built in a mix of traditional styles); admission to the San Antonio Botanical Garden is included. Please bring a bag lunch. Sat, Apr 6 | 10:00am – 5:00pm | Ellison Lecture Hall | Navarro Tuition: $100 (Members: $85) | 1 session digital media

All Levels 6001 | Intro to Computer Graphic Programs Todd Fichter This studio course will develop a strong understanding of the creative possibilities available through the use of Adobe Creative Suite® for artistic purposes. Topics include computer graphics hardware, electronic images, electronic publishing and vector- based graphics. Hands-on training with basic drawing/painting, word processing and desktop publishing applications will be covered. Assigned projects will explore how to apply art, design and computer knowledge in solving visual and conceptual problems. Using computers, students will use Adobe Creative Suite®, which includes Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign. Requirements: A working knowledge of computers is essential. Mon, Jan 28 – Apr 8 | 9:30am – 12:30pm | Digital Studio | Navarro Tuition: $285 (Members: $270) | 11 sessions

NEW | All Levels 6005 | Using Digital To Make Decidedly Un-digital Things Justin Boyd This course will be using the computer as an integrating hub — a central point where we bring in digital files, work and manipulate them, then output and work them further in non-digital ways. You will learn and use Adobe Photoshop® and Illustrator® software, scanners, digital cameras, etc. to create your projects, and then output them as prints, transfers, projections, and so on to use alone or to incorporate with/into other media. We will focus on both digital and physical techniques to expand your artistic toolbox and to bridge the traditional/new media divide. You will need limited access to a digital camera; student can anticipate some additional printing costs. Class sizes Mon, Feb 4 – Apr 8 | 6:30 – 9:30pm | Digital Studio | Navarro are limited. Tuition: $260 (Members: $245) | 10 sessions To ensure enrollment, please register early. 31

All Levels 6003 | Intro to Web Design TBA This studio course covers fundamentals of Adobe Dreamweaver CS3® and will take you through the process of creating a web site. Prior web site design or HTML knowledge is not needed. Each student will get hands-on experience with Adobe Dreamweaver CS3®. This basic class is designed to get the student ready for the fun and rewarding craft of building a well-designed web site. Requirements: A working knowledge of computers is essential. Thurs, Jan 17 – Mar 28 | 6:00 – 9:00pm | Digital Studio | Navarro ALSO SEE Tuition: $285 (Members: $270) | 11 sessions 1041 | Computer Generated Ceramic Decals listed under glass.mosaics CERAMICS on Page 07. 8104 | Digital Transfer All Levels & Watercolor Monotype listed under 9100 | Intro to Hot Glass PRINTMAKING on Larry West Page 16. Curious about working with blown glass? Demonstration and hands- on experience introduce you to the art of glassblowing — gathering hot glass from the furnace, centering and shaping the form, and puntying and annealing a finished piece. The first class, through hands-on demonstration, will cover the basic principles behind working with molten glass. The second night, students will have the opportunity to form their own cup shape. Course includes use of studio, safety equipment and clear glass materials. 9100a: Mon & Tues, Feb 11 & 12 | 6:30 – 9:30pm 9100b: Mon & Tues, Mar 4 & 5 | 6:30 – 9:30pm 9100c: Mon & Tues, Apr 8 & 9 | 6:30 – 9:30pm 3-D Flex Studio | Navarro Tuition: $250 (Members: $235) | 2 sessions

All Levels “Great life 9132 | Intro to Glass Beadmaking experience! Nina “Sam” Hibler I have a Explore the ancient art form of glass beadmaking utilizing open newfound flamework techniques. Students will work with a “hot head” torch and soft glass as they learn the process of forming various types of beads appreciation for including donut beads, cylinder beads, textured beads, round beads glass art and and half-and-half beads. Decorative additions such as dots, stringers and colored frits will also be covered, as well as safety procedures how intensive and studio set-up. Includes materials; please bring a bag lunch. it is!” 9132a: Sat, Jan 19 | 9:00am – 5:30pm 9132b: Sat, Mar 16 | 9:00am – 5:30pm Class will be held at the instructor’s studio Tuition: $150 (Members: $135) | 1 session

NEW | All Levels 9133 | Intro to Marble Making Nina “Sam” Hibler This introductory class is perfect for anyone interested in learning open flamework technique but not interested in beadmaking. Student will learn all safety procedures to use duel fuel torches. We will make several different types and sizes of marbles in this class. Latticino marbles, inclusion marbles and end-of-the-day marbles will be covered. Includes materials; please bring a bag lunch. 9133a: Sun, Jan 20 | 9:00am – 5:00pm 9133b: Sun, Mar 17 | 9:00am – 5:00pm Class will be held at the instructor’s studio Tuition: $150 (Members: $135) | 1 session 32

Intermediate 9134 | Beadmaking.2 Nina “Sam” Hibler Expand your bead making skills and create well-constructed beads with depth and interest. Techniques covered in this workshop include applying and encasing fine silver foil, dichroic glass, shaping glass with heat and tools, and making larger focal beads. Students will learn to use duel fuel torches and annealing kilns, use sculpting techniques for shaped beads and make larger layered beads. Prerequisite: 9132| Intro to Glass Beadmaking. Includes materials; please bring a bag lunch. Sat, Feb 9 | 9:00am – 4:00pm Class will be held at the instructor’s studio Tuition: $150 (Members: $135) | 1 session

All Levels 9121 | Glass Fusing: Essentials.1 Gail Stouffer Learn the fundamental techniques required for fused glass art. Be introduced to glass compatibility and related physics while working with multiple types of fusing products. Students will gain knowledge of glass kilns and firing schedules, and additionally learn about cold working glass and related equipment. Students will create projects from a wide variety of options. 9121a: Sat, Feb 9 | 9:30am – 5:30pm 9121b: Fri, Mar 1 | 9:30am – 5:30pm 9121c: Sun, Apr 14 | 9:30am – 5:30pm Class will be held at the instructor’s studio Tuition: $140 (Members: $125) | 1 session

All Levels 9220 | Printmaking Techniques on Glass Gail Stouffer In this two-day workshop, explore several methods of making your personal mark on glass. Add depth and detail to flat glass surfaces with text and images using glass enamels — photo transfers via gel medium, transfer film or silk screens are a few of the techniques to be covered. Students will learn the basics of preparing their own images, as well as clip art, on the computer and then transferring those images. Students will create 6 by 6-inch glass tile that can stand alone or be incorporated into other works. Includes materials; please bring a bag lunch. Sat & Sun, May 4 & 5 | 10:00am – 4:00pm | McAllister Ceramics Studio | Ursuline Tuition: $235 (Members: $220) | 2 sessions

All Levels 9079 | The Art of Mosaics Melanie Long Strybos This ancient art form has many modern applications. Create beautiful decorative or functional pieces using found objects, glass, marbles, stones, mirrors, dishes and tiles. Students will learn the basics of mosaic design, layout, tile-cutting and tile-setting techniques, and discuss the characteristics of various tools, adhesives and grout. You will complete small projects of your choice — flowerpots, stepping- stones or tabletops. No previous experience is necessary. Please see SSA website for a materials list; bring a lunch both days. Sat & Sun, Feb 16 & 17 | 10:00am – 4:30pm | Design Studio | Navarro Tuition: $185 (Members: $170) | 2 sessions 33

UPCOMING: VISITING ARTIST SPECIAL CLASSES Donald Tucker

All Levels 9075 | Sculpting Cement: Faux Bois Technique Wed – Sun, May 8 – 12 9:30am – 4:30pm McAllister Ceramic Studio | Ursuline Tuition: $500 (Members: $485) 5 sessions sculpture Intermediate/Advanced 9076 | Advanced Faux NEW | All Levels Bois Sculpting Mon– Wed, May 13 – 15 9529 | Electronic Sculpture 9:30am – 4:30pm McAllister Ceramic Matthew Steinke Studio | Ursuline Explore technology as a sculptural practice by creating beautiful Tuition: $350 small-scale kinetic works with LEDs that blink, speakers that (Members: $335) bleep and motors that whir. The low-voltage devices will provide a 3 sessions medium to master soldering techniques, understand basic electronic design and theory, and to trouble-shoot and develop concepts Registration for these for future projects. Students will also be exposed to examples of classes opens on works that employ sensors and embedded micro-controllers in both Apr 3. See the SSA website for additonal interactive and robotic art. Includes materials. information and complete Sat, Feb 2 – Mar 2 | 10:00am 2:00pm | Willson Metals Studio | Navarro descriptions for both Tuition: $225 (Members: $210) | 5 sessions classes.

All Levels 9506 | Stone Carving: A Two-Day Introduction Cat Quintanilla This is a comprehensive introduction to carving materials, tools and resources for those who have always been curious about sculpting stone. Extensive handouts, the use of traditional hand tools like chisels and mallets, and where to buy quality carving stone will be included as will demonstrations of power tools used in stone carving. Note: 9506a will allow students to work with soft Texas cream limestone or soapstone, whereas 9506b will cover working with alabaster. A manageably sized stone, most tools and lunch will be provided; please wear work clothes and bring light protective gloves and eyewear. 9506a: Sat, Mar 23 & 30 | 10:00am – 2:30pm 9506b: Sat, Apr 27 & May 4 | 10:00am – 2:30pm Class will be held at the instructor’s studio southwest of Austin Tuition: $200 (Members: $185) | 2 sessions

All Levels 9510 | Introduction to Welding Larry West Learn the basic skills required for welding metal to metal. Progress from simple arc welds to more sophisticated MIG welds. Students may use the scrap metal provided or supply their own metal. Please see SSA website for materials list. 9510a: Tues & Wed, Feb 19 & 20 | 6:30 – 9:00pm 9510b: Tues & Wed, Mar 12 & 13 | 6:30 – 9:30pm 9510c: Tues & Wed, Apr 16 & 17 | 6:30 – 9:30pm McAllister Ceramic Studio | Ursuline Tuition: $170 (Members: $155) | 2 sessions 34 young art program

Saturday Morning Discovery Ages 5 – 17 From September through May, the SSA offers an introductory art experience where children and their parents can explore various art-making activities together over the course of a one-month period. Activities are lead by professional artist/teachers trained to nurture creativity and imagination and include drawing, printmaking, origami, weaving, clay, seasonal art and more. Saturdays | 9:30 – 11:30am Jan, Feb, Mar & May 4 sessions | No session during Apr Frost Garden | Ursuline

FREE with advanced registration. Registration ongoing; however, spaces fill fast. Sign-up online at www.swschool.org or for more details contact Regina Sanders, at 210.224.1848, ext 321. NOTE: Parents or adult guardians are required to stay and actively classes engage with their child. SMD is a month-long program; please Ages 10 – 14 consider this when registering. 7983 Painting Skills & Techniques Registration is ongoing; however, | spaces fill fast. Regina Sanders

Learn the fundamentals of painting — sketching the under- Summer Art Studio painting, blending colors and applying paint will be covered Ages 5 – 18 as you experiment with watercolor and acrylic paint.This beginning techniques class stresses representational and Jun 3 – Aug 16 modern still-life painting. San Antonio’s most extensive Sat, Feb 2 – 23 | 1:00 – 3:00pm | Bowers Studio | Ursuline and dynamic youth art program Tuition: $145 (Members: $130) | 4 sessions offers over 100 week-long (half and full-day) classes. Classes are designed to fit the skill set for NEW | SPRING BREAK SESSION | All Levels Age 14 & up specific age groups and include nurturing classes for 5- and 9001 | Portfolio Development: 6-year olds as well as intensive Observational Drawing studios for teens. Watch for the catalog early March. Registration Jeannette MacDougall for Summer Art Studio begins This class is designed for the high school student, college Tues, Mar 20 for members. For more information or to receive a transfer student or adult seeking to develop their portfolio. catalog call 210.224.1848. Observational drawing, the number one thing top art schools want to see proficiency in, will be the focus. A limited number of scholarships Students will do sketches and gestural studies as warm-ups are available. Scholarship as well as have the opportunity to work on major drawings applications are available from interesting still-lifes and live models. Discussion on beginning Dec 5 and are due preparing a college admission portfolio will also be covered. Feb 8. For more information Students are encouraged to bring a portfolio of current on scholarship requirements contact Jim LaVilla-Havelin at work for feedback and direction. 210.224.1848, ext 331. Mon – Fri, Mar 11 – 15 | 2:00 – 5:00pm | Briscoe Studio | Ursuline Tuition: $175 (Members: $160) | 5 sessions 35 faculty MELINDA ADAMS is an Associate JAMES COBB, largely self-taught, recipient of many national awards Professor in fashion management worked as a “mail artist” enjoying and featured on the cover of at the University of the Incarnate the networking and global Watercolor Artist Magazine. Word, with her graduate degrees exchange of art and ideas before from the University of Wyoming turning to painting in oils. Since CAROL DOTIN has been a and her undergraduate degree 1997, Cobb has also been creating ceramic artist for over 25 years from the University of Nebraska. visual as well as musical/audio but became interested in polymer Her surface design and textile works digitally. He taught New clay as a versatile, affordable, art pieces have been included at Media and Drawing at Our Lady of medium about 10 years ago. national and international shows the Lake University from 2005-11. Polymer clay workshops and such as AQS, ITAA and Hoffman 10 years of experimentation Challenge. LIZA COLLINS, born in London, have given her a broad range of trained as a painter at Northeast knowledge of techniques and KAREN BAKER received a BFA London Polytechnic, and later in applications for jewelry and from Wayne State University and tapestry at the Royal College of ceramics. an MFA from Southern Methodist Art. Her tapestries are in many University with an emphasis in public collections, including the Todd Fichter earned his BFA printmaking, drawing and painting. Victoria and Albert Museum and in photography from Southwest She is currently Registrar of the Contemporary Art Society of Missouri State University. Fichter Loans and Exhibitions at the San London. is a full-time graphic designer. He Antonio Museum of Art. and his wife Kellie are the primary Miguel Cortinas received creative force behind Fishead Michelle Belto holds a BA a BFA degree from Texas A&M Design Studio & Microgallery. in Education with certifications University–Kingsville and an MFA in Art and Theater, and an MA in degree from The University of Mike Fisher received his BA Fine Arts and Consciousness from Texas at San Antonio. He is an degree at the University of South John F. Kennedy University. Her Associate Professor of Art at Carolina and is currently pursuing work as a performer, educator the University of the Incarnate his MA in Communication Arts and visual artist spans more than Word where he teaches drawing, at the University of the Incarnate thirty years, three continents and painting, and printmaking. Word. He has had cartoons and thirteen publications. Cortinas’ work is in numerous illustrations published in Starlog, collections throughout the U.S. Scary Monsters Magazine and SABRA BOOTH holds a BFA from Animation Magazine among the University of Houston and an MARGARET CRAIG • others. Fisher creates award- MFA from Cranbrook Academy PRINTMAKING DEPARTMENT winning independent short films of Art. She is a nationally and CHAIR received a BS in Biology, which utilize both 2-D and 3-D internationally exhibiting artist BS in Art and an MA with an animation, as well as video and with recent shows in New York emphasis in watercolor painting motion-comic technique. and Germany. Booth also was from the University of Wisconsin. a Fulbright Scholar to Finland Her MFA in Printmaking is from Casey Galloway received a and has been awarded grants by the University of Texas at San BFA in Fibers from the University Artpace, and by the Brooklyn Arts Antonio. A leader in non-toxic of North Texas in Denton. A 2007 Council. printmaking technology, she Kuhlman Foundation scholarship has demonstrated at national allowed her to travel and research JUSTIN BOYD • SCULPTURE conferences. Craig was selected Scandinavian weaving. She is & INTEGRATED MEDIA CHAIR to represent the U.S. in China as an installation artist as well as a graduated from the University part of the Sanbao International traditional weaver. of Texas in San Antonio with a Printmaking project. BFA in Ceramics and finished his Nina “Sam” Hibler holds a MFA in Integrated Media at The JENNIFER DATCHUK BS from Stephen F. Austin State California Institute of the Arts. graduated from the University of University. She was introduced Since returning to Texas in 2006, Massachusetts–Dartmouth with an to flame working when creating Boyd has shown in numerous solo MFA in Artisanry. While in school glass laboratories tools. Her and group exhibitions, recently she studied abroad at the Kwame background in science adds including the Visual Art Center, Nkrumah University of Science a wealth of knowledge to the Austin; Art Palace, Houston; and Technology in Ghana, West nuances of glass art. Hibler is UTSA Satellite Space and Blue Africa and at the Sanbao Ceramic owner of Dream Fire Glass and Star Contemporary Art Center. In Institute in Jingdezhen, China. specializes in the creation of addition, Boyd hosts a radio show one-of-a kind beads. each week on KRTU. Ric Dentinger, watercolorist, is a contemporary realist who Brad Braune received his BA paints traditional subjects. He in Architecture from Texas Tech learned to draw and paint at University. He taught watercolor an early age and was primarily from 1975-77 as part of the original self-taught. Dentinger’s career faculty of the Southwest School began as a professional illustrator of Art. He also teaches watercolor and art director. 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ROBERT HILS • FIBER devotes his creative energies Jillian Palone • Faculty DEPARTMENT CHAIR first to ceramic sculpture, often & Metals Studio Manager gained interest in fiber as an incorporating digital imagery onto received her BFA in Jewelry undergraduate working toward his pieces. Design and Metals from Pittsburg a BS in Art Education at the State University and earned University of Edinboro, PA. He Eléonore Lee is a printmaker her MFA from Southern Illinois studied Historic Preservation and book artist. She began University, Edwardsville. She at the University of Vermont her studies in the UK prior to allows a variety of materials such and received a Master Weaver attending the Art Institute of as metal, resin, paper-clay, wood, certificate through the University Chicago on exchange, where rubber and paints to inform her of Jyvaskyla, Finland. Hils’ main she first discovered her love for creative process. area of concentration is weft-faced books and print. After training tapestry weaving. at the Tamarind Institute, she Mike Pecen is a landscape went to the University of Iowa to designer, designing urban, suburban Mira Hnatyshyn received a BS pursue an MFA and a Book Arts and rural projects for public and at the University of Maryland and Certificate. private use. He earned a Master an MFA at the University of Texas of Landscape Architecture degree at San Antonio. She has exhibited JEANNETTE MacDOUGALL is a from the University of Texas her work locally and nationally. studio artist and arts consultant. at Austin, and he is accredited Mira’s work appears in New She has worked as an art educator in Leadership in Energy and American Paintings, No. 96 West for over 20 years for the San Environmental Design (LEED). Issue and her work is included in Antonio Art Institute, San Antonio the Saatchi collection in London Children’s Museum and SSA. KATIE PELL is a multifaceted and other private collections. MacDougall was Resident Director artist based in San Antonio. She at Moulin a Nef, an arts residency received her BFA in Painting from Lawrence Jennings is an artist program in Auvillar, France, from the Rhode Island School of Design and teacher; he received his MFA 2007–08. and an MFA from the University of in Painting from The University of Texas at San Antonio. San Antonio. His work has been SUSIE MONDAY has a Fine Arts included in solo and group shows in degree from Trinity University CAT QUINTANILLA has a BFA San Antonio and Dallas. Laminae, a and works as a consultant, writer, from the University of Texas at solo show at Sala Diaz, included a teacher and fabric and exhibit Austin, and began teaching stone site-specific wall painting and video designer. She produces art cloth carving at the Austin Sculpture installation, fractal-shaped acrylic yardage and wall hangings, and Academy. She is a member of sheet paintings, and sculpture recently co-author New World Women and Their Work and the made from skateboard materials. Kids, a book on creativity. Texas Society of Sculpture. GREGORY ALAN JOHNSON • MICHELE MONSEAU earned RAINEY studied art at the FACULTY & STUDIO MANAGER her BFA from Youngstown State University of Texas at San Antonio, studied art at San Jacinto Junior University and her MFA from the and was the recipient of the College before earning a degree in University of Texas at San Antonio. Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center business at Southwest Texas State She is founder/operator of Three Primer Paso Fellowship. She also University. He earned his BFA with Walls Gallery in the Blue Star Arts teaches in SSA’s Teen Intensive a concentration in Printmaking Complex. Studio, Mobile Arts Program and at Texas A&M University–Corpus for Summer Art Studio. Rainey Christi and an MFA in Printmaking JOHN NELSON received a received the SSA 2008 Award for and Drawing at Texas Tech BS degree in Industrial Arts Teaching. University. Education from Brigham Young University and has taught in the KIMBERLY RUMFELT received LISA KERPOE is a full-time studio Bureau of Indian Affairs education her BFA from Texas Tech artist and facilitator. She creates system. He is an active member University and her MFA in Studio paintings on cloth, incorporating of the San Antonio Potters Guild Art from East Carolina University water-based media and mixed- having served several terms on where she was an Instructor of media techniques. Her work has the board of directors. His art, Record, Studio Technician, and a been exhibited throughout the ceramics and paper casting have Teaching Assistant of Design. United States and internationally. been exhibited both nationally Kerpoe authored two books on and internationally. RAMIN SAMANDARI has been surface design techniques, Visual a fine art photographer for the Texture on Fabric and Vibrant SARAH PAGONA received her past 20 years. He has owned Color (with Jane Dunnewold). BA from Trinity University with an and operated his studio, Magical emphasis in Photography. She is Realism, since 1998. His work received a BFA DIANA KERSEY currently a working artist and an has been in numerous solo and from Texas Tech University and an art teacher at Ronald Reagan High group exhibitions and is in the MFA in Ceramics from Washington School in San Antonio. permanent collection of San State University. She currently Antonio Museum of Art and owns and operates Kersey VICTOR PAGONA • University of Texas at San Antonio. Architectural Ceramics, which PHOTOGRAPHY DEPARTMENT specializes in custom architectural CHAIR earned his MFA in ceramics and reproductions. Photography and Sculpture at Kersey received the SSA 2010 the University of South Carolina Award for Teaching. and his MA in Art History at the University of Wisconsin. His most GREG KINNEY, a successful recent body of work was created advertising and fine art using a combination of digital and photographer for over thirty silver-based media along with years, recently retired from his other materials. commercial business and now 37

REGINA SANDERS • The School of the Art Institute Art Museum, San Antonio Museum ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, YOUNG of Chicago. He specializes in of Art and the Museo Alameda. ARTIST PROGRAMS, holds animation, sound, robotic art, Associate Degrees in Fine Arts interactive design, digital media and CAROLINE COLOM VASQUEZ and Illustration/Fashion from the music composition. He has been AND JOSE VASQUEZ- Fashion Institute of Technology in an instructor at DePaul University, CORBALAN are founders of New York. She is a former fine arts Queens College, Pratt Institute and the renowned handcraft brand instructor at a magnet school in Harvestworks. Paloma’s Nest, a top selling Etsy Houston and coordinates the SSA store. Palmo’s Nest has received Teen and SMD programs. GAIL STOUFFER holds a BFA mention in numerous publications from C.W. Post/Long Island including Martha Stewart Weddings, CHRIS SAUTER earned his University. She is owner and Better Homes and Gardens, and BA from the University of the principal artist of Wired Designs, InStyle to name a few. A graduate of Incarnate Word and an MFA a studio for kiln-formed glasswork Etsy’s Educator Training, Caroline is from the University of Texas specializing in functional glassware a Certified Etsy Educator. at San Antonio. He was a 1999 production, custom architectural Artpace Artist-in-Resident, and glass installations, and one-of-a-kind LARRY WEST owns and operates has exhibited both nationally and sculptural glass pieces. She has Dragonfire Hot Glass Studio. internationally. Sauter received received numerous commissions West has a BA in Art Education the SSA 2011 Award for Teaching. and is the founding President of the from Kent State University and San Antonio Art Glass Guild. has studied at the Pilchuck Glass GARY SCHOTT • METALS School. He is an art teacher DEPARTMENT CHAIR received MELANIE LONG STRYBOS with the Northside Independent his MFA in Metal/Jewelry Design received a BS from Texas Christian School District. from the University of Illinois at University. She freelances as a Urbana-Champaign and a BFA decorative painter, surface designer BECK WHITEHEAD • PAPER from the University of Wisconsin- and mosaicist, and worked on the & BOOK ARTS DEPARTMENT Stout. Schott’s work explores restoration of the Empire Theater. CHAIR received a BA from Trinity University and an MFA human interaction through both Strybos is a member of the Society from the University of Texas at sculptural mechanical forms and of American Mosaic Artists. San Antonio. Whitehead has interactive wearable jewelry. His RYAN TAKABA • FACULTY & taught papermaking workshops work is included in 500 Pendants CERAMIC STUDIO MANAGER at Arrowmont School of Arts & and Lockets and 500 Metal holds an MFA in Ceramics from Crafts, Pyramid Atlantic, Haystack, Vessels, both by Lark Books. Kent State University and a BFA and at national conferences. Laura Schultz is a visual artist from University of Hawaii. He previously was the Artist-in- Laura Wood received her who works in cut paper creating BFA in Jewelry and Metalsmithing delicate, architectural-scale Residence/Studio Manager for the University of Massachusetts from the University of Georgia installations as well as works of a and her MFA in Metal Design from more intimate size. Schultz earned – Dartmouth. Takaba has also taught at Mudflat Studios and Kent State. East Carolina University. She was an MFA in Fiber and Mixed Media an artist-in-resident in the Willson from John F. Kennedy University KATE TERRELL received her BFA Metals and Picante Paper Studios and a BFA from the University of from Virginia Commonwealth in 2012. Wood has participated Texas at Austin. University and her MFA from in numerous group and solo DENNIS W. SMITH • CERAMICS University of Texas at San Antonio. exhibitions throughout the U.S. She teaches a variety of art- DEPARTMENT CHAIR received a related subjects including creative BFA in Ceramics from the Kansas dance as well as lectures about City Art Institute and an MFA in art for adult education. For Terrell, Ceramics from the University of drawing has been a mainstay while Montana, with postgraduate work making sculptures and paintings at Haystack Mountain School of Crafts. He has exhibited his work throughout her life as an artist. in both national and international ROBERT TIEMANN received exhibitions. Smith’s work has been his MFA from the University of featured in Ceramics Monthly, Southern California in 1960 and Ceramics: Arts and Perception, and taught in the Harvard Summer Clay Times. Program for five years in the MERCEDES KERR STAINKEN is 1980s. For six of the 35 years he Beck Whitehead a studio artist alternating between taught at Trinity University in San Antonio, he was Chair of the Art Between Flora and Fauna ceramics and handmade paper handmade paper with pulp painting paintings. She holds a BA degree Department. Tiemann’s paintings in Painting and Ceramics from are in the collections of American Bennington College in Vermont, and and European museums. an MFA in Ceramics and Sculpture VINCENT VALDEZ • Drawing from the University of Texas at & Painting DEPARTMENT San Antonio. Stainken has taught CHAIR received his BFA from the Ceramics, Sculpture, and Design at Rhode Island School of Design. various colleges and art centers in He has exhibited his work at The San Antonio, including San Antonio Parsons School of Design in Paris, College and the University of the the Los Angeles County Museum Incarnate Word. of Art, the Smithsonian Museum, MATTHEW STEINKE has a BA The Seattle Museum of Art and in Music Composition from The the Mexican Museum in Chicago Evergreen State College and a and has had solo exhibitions at the Michelle Belto. 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McNutt Garden TRUSTEE mission statement Courtney Walker The Southwest School of Art teaches, preserves, and advances the visual arts. We expand the creative potential of our community and connect FOUNDING TRUSTEES Helen Marie Hendrie cultures of the world through participatory learning experiences. An Edith McAllister additional purpose is to preserve and present the former Ursuline Convent Nancy Brown Negley and Academy as a place of historic significance.

Chairman’s Advisory SSA overview Council The Southwest School of Art is a nationally-recognized leader in visual Andrés Andujar arts education, offering on-campus studio programs for more than Adelle Brewer 4,000 adults, children and teens annually. Classes and workshops are Frank B. Burney taught by outstanding local, regional and national artists in state-of- Marilyn Eldridge the-art facilities located in downtown San Antonio. Otis Parchman support HONORARY TRUSTEES Chris Carson Support is provided by the City of San Antonio’s Office of Cultural Affairs, Robert C. Maxham theFund, the Texas Commission on the Arts, and the National Endowment for the Arts as well as by many generous individual and corporate donors. The SSA would like to thank all the many members and donors who make it possible to keep your tuition affordable. calendar of events All events are FREE and open to the public unless otherwise noted.

Anita Valencia. Detail. Installation Julie Speed. Detail. Women’s Studies mixed media gouache on chine collé polymer gravure etching dec jan REGISTRATION | 2013 Spring Term CLOSED | New Year’s Day | Tues, Jan 1 MEMBERS’ priority CLOSED | Martin Luther King, Jr. Day | Mon, Jan 21 • Online | Wed, Dec 5 | 9:00am • Mail/Fax | Fri, Dec 7 • Phone | Tues, Dec 11 OPEN REGISTRATION • Online | Wed, Dec 12 | 9:00am • Mail/Fax/Phone | Thurs, Dec 13 feb EXHIBITIONS | Dec 6 – Feb 10 EXHIBITIONS | Feb 21 – Apr 28 OPENING RECEPTION | Thurs, Dec 6 | 5:00 – 8:00pm OPENING RECEPTION | Thurs, Feb 21 | 5:00 – 8:00pm Anita Valencia: Sun She Rise, Sun She Set & You Mock/Bite Ain’t Seen Texas Yet Russell Hill Rogers Gallery I | Navarro Russell Hill Rogers Gallery | Navarro The ceramic artists in this exhibition, while Valencia creates an environment reminiscent of the individually distinctive, are linked by their satirical Texas landscape with common recycled materials. use of re-contextualized figurines to convey biting Justin Boyd: Day & Days socio-political insights. Russell Hill Rogers Gallery | Navarro Julie Speed: Solo Exhibition Boyd, chair of the SSA Sculpture and Integrated Russell Hill Rogers Gallery II | Navarro Media department, uses technology and other Texas artist Julie Speed borrows eccentric characters media to ponder the American landscape through and settings from art history depicting them in exotic a meditation on the San Antonio River. detail to evoke shifting and often sardonic narratives. Juan de Dios Mora: Laters! Tracy Lynch: Kindred Gestures Ursuline Hall Gallery | Ursuline Ursuline Hall Gallery | Ursuline New prints highlight the ingenuity, resourcefulness, and Photography certificate student exhibits figurative works humor of Mexican-Americans who survive the end of incorporating gesture as a means of conveying feelings. the world — according to the Mayan Prophecy. ARTIST TALK | Sat, Feb 23 | 12:15pm CLOSED | Christmas | Sun – Tues, Dec 23 – 25 Nathan Craven | Roswell, NM and New Year’s | Sun & Mon, Dec 30 & 3 1 Artist discusses his complex ceramic installations. marEllison Lecture Hall | Navarro ARTIST TALK | Sat, Mar 23 | 1:00pm Diane Falkenhagen | Galveston, TX Image Conscious Ellison Lecture Hall | Navarro Falkenhagen discusses the influences behind her Tracy Lynch contemporary jewelry pieces. Anonymous gelatin silver print CLOSED | Easter | Sun, Mar 31 Linda Vallejo. Marie Antoinette and Louis Auguste Justin Boyd. Detail. A Pole Star Guiding Me re-purposed porcelain figurines and acrylic Grandfather’s suitcase, two tripods, slide projector, image of home apr other REGISTRATION | 2013 Summer Term MEMBERS’ priority • Online | Wed, Apr 3 | 9:00am related • Mail/Fax | Fri, Apr 5 • Phone | Tues, Apr 9 OPEN REGISTRATION news • Online | Wed, Apr 10 | 9:00am • Mail/Fax/Phone | Thurs, Apr 11 CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS FIESTA ARTS FAIR | Apr 20 & 21 BENEFIT | Savor the Arts | Thurs, Apr 4 Almost 500 volunteers help to make Fiesta Navarro Campus | Paid Admission Arts Fair happen. Visit our website to find Gourmet food with an artful twist from some of San out how you can participate. Antonio’s favorite chefs, live music, and an after-hours chance to view outstanding contemporary art. Proceeds benefit SSA programs for young artists. DEBBIE McMAHON FIBER ART SYMPOSIUM | Fri, Jun 7 ARTIST TALK | Thurs, Apr 11 | 6:30pm ARTIST TALK | Fri, Jun 7 | 7:30pm Julie Speed | Marfa, TX Michael James | Galveston, TX Speed will discuss her current work on view in the In conjunction with the 2013 Surface Design Gallery. Association Conference Russell Hill Rogers Gallery | Navarro

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