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Classes SUMMER 2011 classes SUMMER 2011 ADULTS | CAMPS | CHILDREN | REGISTRATION Pages 1 – 3 Pages 4 – 5 Pages 6 – 7 Pages 9 – 10 A NEW DEAL FOR ARTISTS 1934May 26 – August 21, 2011 Enroll online at tickets.okcmoa.com PAPER & FIBER ARTS TWO-NEEDLE COPTIC BOOKBINDING Sunday, June 26, 1–5 pm Ability level: All levels Adults $25 members/$30 nonmembers (materials provided) Classes for adults are open to students ages 14 and older, unless otherwise indicated. Maximum enrollment is 10 students. Sarah Hearn In this workshop, each student will create a ART APPRECIATION hardcover, multi-section book with exposed sewing on the spine. No previous bookbinding experience HISTORY OF PHOTOGRAPHY (HUM 2003) necessary. This style of binding was originally Tuesdays, August 23–December 13, 6–8:30 pm developed by Christians in Egypt as early as the 2nd Cosponsored by the Downtown College century A.D. It is an incredibly strong binding with a Consortium and beautiful chain stitch linking each section together Oklahoma City Community College across the spine of the book. Ability level: All levels Maximum enrollment is 25 students. Charles Rushton BASIC JAPANESE BOOK BINDING Saturday, August 6, 10 am–4 pm In this course, students will examine major movements, photographers, Ability level: Novice/Beginner issues, and developments in the history of photography. Subjects covered $40 members/$50 nonmembers (materials provided) will include an historical overview of photographic technology and the Maximum enrollment is 10 students. impact of photography on our society and culture; the development of Sarah Hearn photography as an art form; ways in which photography has been used to document history, promote social reform, and comment on society; and Learn the basics of Japanese stab bookbinding. ethical issues related to censorship, propaganda, and image editing and Each participant will make four separate books in the manipulation. following styles: 4-Hole Binding, Yotsume Toji; Noble Binding, Koki Toji; Tortoise Shell Binding, Kikko Toji; and Hemp Leaf Binding, Asa-No-Ha Toji. Participants SURVEY OF ART HISTORY III: 1900 TO PRESENT will gain a basic understanding of bookbinding (ART 4703/5910) terminology and learn a brief history of this style of Wednesdays, August 24– December 14, 5:30–8:15 pm binding. Ability level: Adults only, prerequisite 60 credit hours of college coursework. Maximum enrollment is 25 students. David Crismon FELTED WOOL FIBER ARTS Sunday, August 7, 1–4 pm This course is a study of the architecture, sculpture, painting, minor arts, Ability level: All levels and artists from 1900 to the present. The instructor will incorporate topics $20 members/$25 nonmembers (materials provided) such as the art market, gallery system, cinema, and political context, issues Maximum enrollment is 12 students. of censorship, technology, innovation, and identity. Kelly Smith Learn about the techniques and materials used in MUSEUM STUDIES (HUM 2123) felting. Then design, cut, and hand stitch a special, Thursdays, August 25–October 13, 5:30–9 pm; plus arranged meetings. felted wool item to take home. Cosponsored by the Downtown College Consortium and Oklahoma City Community College Ability level: All levels Maximum enrollment is 25 students. CL AY Richard Rouillard CLAY SCULPTURE Students will examine the permanent collections and special exhibition Sunday, July 31, 1–4 pm galleries of the Oklahoma City Museum of Art and attend lectures and Ability level: All levels discussions on related topics. They will explore the behind-the-scenes $20 members/$25 nonmembers (materials provided) operations of the Museum and will visit other local museums as well. Each Maximum enrollment is 12 students. student will research and make oral and/or written presentations about Debbie Langston how the collections in various types of museums reflect human values and cultural traditions. In this fun and creative class, students will learn all the basics about sculpting in clay—shaping, building, carving, and molding with clay to make bowls, vases, Contact the Downtown College for tuition/fees. Students may audit credit courses for no lids, plaques, and a three-dimensional animal or grade or credit. Regular credit tuition and fees apply. A reduced tuition/fee is available abstract shape. The clay sculptures can be picked to students 65 and older who audit a course. Special incentives are available to Museum up at the Museum, after they have dried and been members. For more information or to enroll, call (405) 232-3382, or register online at kiln fired. downtowncollege.com. Page 1 Enroll online at tickets.okcmoa.com PRINTMAKING BASICS INTAGLIO PRINTMAKING DRAWING, Sunday, July 17, 1–4 pm Saturday, August 20, 10 am–4 pm Ability level: Novice/Beginner Ability level: Novice/Beginner PAINTING, & $20 members/$25 nonmembers (materials $40 members/$50 nonmembers (limited provided) supply list) PRINTMAKING Maximum enrollment is 12 students. Maximum enrollment is 12 students. Lacye Swilley-Russell Lacye Swilley-Russell ORIENTAL BRUSHWORK PAINTING Saturday, June 4, 10 am–4 pm In this class, participants will hear a brief If you love to draw, this will be the perfect Ability level: Novice/Beginner history of printmaking and learn what workshop for you! Intaglio is a printmaking $40 members/$50 nonmembers (materials distinguishes prints from paintings and method in which a design is engraved provided) drawings. We will have the opportunity to or etched into the surface of a printing Maximum enrollment is 12 students. view selected prints from the Museum’s plate. When ink is applied and the excess Beverly Herndon collection. Then, design and produce your is wiped off, ink remains in the grooves. own plate to use for printing and make The inked design is then transferred to In this introductory workshop, students a one-of-a-kind monotype print. Unlike a paper through a run in an etching press. will learn to paint the bamboo plant and painting, monotype images are applied to This workshop focuses on the intaglio the Chinese grass orchid using ink and paper using a printing press. method of dry point, in which the design watercolor on rice paper. Discover the is scratched or punctured on the metal traditional tools used to create paintings plate. Dry point was developed in the 1400s in this art form, along with the history PORTRAIT AND FIGURE and was made famous by German artist Albrecht Dürer and American artist Mary and philosophy that is an integral part of TWO-DAY WORKSHOP painting. Cassatt. This workshop will be all non-toxic. Saturday, July 23, and No printmaking experience needed for Sunday, July 24, 1–4 pm this workshop; some drawing experience Ability level: Novice/Beginner preferred but not required. INTRODUCTION TO $40 members/$50 nonmembers (limited WATERCOLOR PAINTING supply list) Sundays, June 5–26, 1–4 pm (4 classes) Maximum enrollment is 12 students. PHOTOGRAPHY Ability level: Novice/Beginner Jim Cobb $90 members/$110 nonmembers (limited supply list) For those wishing to learn the basics through DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY FOR Maximum enrollment is 12 students. advanced techniques in portraiture, this ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS Debbie Langston two-day workshop will explore the gestures Sunday, June 5, 1–4 pm of drawing and painting from live models. Ability level: Novice/Beginner This class will explore the medium of Studies from life should be regarded as the $20 members/$25 nonmembers watercolor with a special emphasis on best way to learn and do not require any Maximum enrollment is 12 students. landscape painting. Students will view works secret skills. Mike Muller as well as paint together in the classroom. Topics covered include color mixing, the MIXED-MEDIA PAINTING Have you just made the leap into digital color wheel, layering, and shading. Sunday, August 14, 1–4 pm photography and simply want to learn how Ability level: All levels to operate your camera with ease? Then, $20 members/$25 nonmembers (materials this is the class for you! Class discussion will GETTING YOUR HANDS DIRTY provided) cover composition, or framing, so that you can learn how to take the best pictures Saturday, July 9, 10 am–4 pm Maximum enrollment is 12 students. possible. Students are expected to bring a Ability level: Novice/Beginner Lacye Swilley-Russell digital camera, owner’s manual, and any $40 members/$50 nonmembers (materials wires and accessories that came with their provided) Tired of painting with the same old media? camera outfit. Maximum enrollment is 12 students. Need some excitement in your paintings? Karyn Gilman Join us as we discuss how to collage and combine traditional painting with found Don’t worry about getting a little ink on objects, such as paper, sand, grout, or even PHOTOPOETICS your hands! Enjoy a one-day immersion paper towels! Saturday, June 11, 10 am–4 pm into the fine art of hand lettering. A little Ability level: All levels background and a lot of hands-on time $40 members/$50 nonmembers will acquaint you with the wide world of Maximum enrollment is 12 students. lettering and the ups and downs as well as Patricia Webb all the angles of the Italic alphabet. In this workshop, we’ll visit Amy Blakemore: Photographs 1988–2008 with a focus on objects and memory triggers latent in the artist’s photographs. After viewing the exhibit, participants will enjoy a reflective conversation on the subject matter, techniques used, and emotional impact. Then, everyone will make their own art from a treated personal photo and learn how to write “word-string” poems of reflection. The take home piece is suitable for framing. Page 2 Enroll online at tickets.okcmoa.com CREATIVE USE OF YOUR DIGITAL PHOTO EDITING DIGITAL CAMERA FOR BEGINNERS Sunday, June 12, 1–4 pm Sunday, June 26, 1–4 pm Ability level: Novice/Beginner Ability level: Novice/Beginner $20 members/$25 nonmembers $20 members/$25 nonmembers Maximum enrollment is 12 students.
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