The Vault: Open-Genre Writing Studio
Saturdays, June 22, 29 July 13, 20
10am–1pm |
Saturdays |
Genine Lentine |
Cultivate your writing through generative exercises, feedback, readings, and guided discussions in this course focused on sustaining a resilient writing practice and tapping into your receptive creative process. |
$60 per session or $195 if you enroll in all four classes |
Artist-Driven Experience |
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Chance Drawing + Sculpture: The Cracks and the Dice
July 10- August 14
7:00-10:00pm |
Wednesdays |
Joanne Easton |
Through drawing and sculpture explore methods of chance, randomness, and indeterminacy as a means of discovery. |
$295 |
New Genres |
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Video as an Expression of Self in the Environment
July 19-21
10:00am-4:00pm |
Friday, Saturday and Sunday |
Raheleh Minoosh Zomorodinia |
Investigate the relationship between “Self” and the environment in this video installation course focused on personal identity. |
$295 |
Film |
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Creating Miniature Spaces
March 26- April 30
7:30-10:30pm |
Tuesday |
Amy M. Ho |
Experiment working in miniature and create your own diorama or miniature space while learning the importance of scale. |
$295 |
New Genres |
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Pics or It Didn’t Happen: Documenting Your Work
March 13- May 1
7:30-10:30pm |
Wednesdays |
Alex Arzt |
In this course, learn how to accurately and professionally photograph your work in a variety of settings for use in online portfolios, applications, and personal archives. This course emphasizes camera use, lighting techniques, color correction, and retouching workflows so that you can utilize this skillset successfully throughout your career in the arts. |
$385 |
Photography |
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Drawing Wilderness
April 6- May 11
10:00am-4:00pm |
Saturdays |
Liesa Lietzke |
Get outside to Mt. Diablo and Mt. Tam and gain guided experience from an instructor regarding different drawing techniques and strategies for drawing outside. |
$295 |
Drawing |
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Environmental Installation
April 5- April 7
10:00am-4:00pm |
Friday + Saturday + Sunday |
Raheleh Minoosh Zomorodinia |
Create installations and artworks based on the pioneer and contemporary history of such movements including: earthworks, ephemeral works, site-specific installations, environmental art, and performance. Discussions will investigate social, cultural, political, and environmental issues. |
$295 |
New Genres |
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The Structured Accident
June 3- June 7
9:00am-5:00pm |
Monday-Friday |
Allison Miller |
The Structured Accident is a five day, eight hour per-day painting intensive intended for students with serious painting practices of their own. This course provides students the opportunity to open up their practice, push to experiment, and approach making paintings in new ways using risk-taking and chance within a rigorous conceptual structure. |
$750 |
Painting |
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Tucumán Arde
June 25- August 13
6:30pm-9:30pm |
Tuesdays |
Daniel Melo |
Immerse yourself in a dialogue regarding some of the most important Latin American artists and art movements of the 20th and 21st century from countries such as Venezuela, Colombia, Argentina, Uruguay, Mexico, and Cuba. Students enrolled will also share their current work and/or project to be discussed and critiqued ongoing as the course progresses. |
$385 |
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Nibble: The Sense of Taste as an Artistic Medium
July 22- July 26
10am-1:00pm |
Monday-Friday |
Anna Novakov |
Immerse yourself in the artistic possibilities of taste as a medium for contemporary art. Students will explore the medium in a variety of applications while working towards an exhibition/event of scent-based work and e-catalogue. |
$245 |
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Sniff: The Sense of Smell as an Artistic Medium
July 15- July 19
10am-1:00pm |
Monday-Friday |
Anna Novakov |
Immerse yourself in the artistic possibilities of scent as a medium for contemporary art. Students will explore the medium in a variety of applications while working towards an exhibition/event of scent-based work and e-catalogue. |
$245 |
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New Genres Class
July 9- August 13
6:00-9:00pm |
Tuesdays |
Yvette Dibos |
New Genres will introduce students to new contemporary art practices, specifically focused on installation, sound, video, and time-based media. This studio course will be an introduction to conceptual and technical explorations within new genres through studio projects, class discussions, presentations, and collaboration. |
$295 |
New Genres |
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Mind, Body, and Space
July 11- August 15
7:00-10:00pm |
Thursdays |
Amy M. Ho |
This class will focus on art that examines our physical and psychological relationships to architecture and the environment. Weekly readings combined with brief lectures will serve as the basis for class discussion. Includes an off-campus field trip. |
$295 |
New Genres |
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Large-Scale Ink Drawing on Paper
June 19 - August 7
7:00-10:00pm |
Wednesdays |
Alice Gould |
Experiment with ink and water using various brushes and tools applied to large-format rag paper. |
$385 |
Drawing |
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Drawing Studio Projects
June 5-August 7
6:30-9:30pm |
Wednesdays |
Jacob Kincheloe |
Level up and challenge yourself technically and critically in this intermediate to advanced drawing course. Devise and produce 3 major projects over the course of 10 weeks. Weekly critiques, readings, and discussions will foster greater insight into historical and contemporary approaches to drawing. |
$480 |
Drawing |
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Head, Shoulders, Knees + Toes
June 25- August 13
7:00-10:00pm |
Tuesdays |
Sarah Ammons |
Through a series of concentrated exercises, develop a series of work that isolates the body and focuses on investigating body proportion, gesture, movement, light and expression. |
$385 |
Drawing |
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Introduction to Painting
June 25-August 13
7:00-10:00pm |
Tuesdays |
Kathy Sirico |
Cultivate an understanding of acrylic painting materials and techniques in this fundamental course. |
$385 |
Painting |
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Portrait Painting
June 12- July 31
7:00-10:00pm |
Wednesdays |
Ingrid V. Wells |
Develop a series of three portraits using your own source material in this class tailored to the specific needs of participating students through an individual tutorial approach. |
$385 |
Painting |
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Narrative Painting
June 6 -August 15 No class July 4th
6:30-9:30pm |
Thursdays |
Felicita Norris |
Examine intimate visual narratives as you make paintings centered on how human experience is remembered and transformed in this intermediate/advanced course for water-based painters. |
$480 |
Painting |
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Painting Today: Popular Culture and Visual Literacy
June 20-August 15 No class July 4th
6:30-9:30pm |
Thursdays |
Lauren Jade Szabo |
Students will develop a series of paintings demonstrating traditional and contemporary approaches related to landscape and pop culture. |
$385 |
Painting |
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Publishing as an Artistic Practice
June 20-July 25 (No class July 4th)
7:00-10:00pm |
Thursdays |
Alex Arzt |
Develop a studio practice in publishing and book making. Through demonstrations and assignments students will cover design, printing, binding, and finishing techniques in the creation and construction of printed matter related to students’ practices. |
$245 |
Photography |
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Using Your Photography and Art for Social Justice
June 6- July 18 No Class July 4th
7:00-10:00pm |
Thursdays |
Ellen Jacob |
Explore ways to create photos and art for social good. Integrating varieties of disciplines and materials, find the best format for your story from traditional prints to murals, zines, books, and installations. Classes will include talks, critiques and studio time to create. |
$295 |
Photography |
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Time Control: Video Post-Production Intensive
July 10- August 14
6:30-9:30pm |
Wednesdays |
Tessa Siddle |
This six week intensive will focus on building a familiarity with non-linear video editing software, editing theory, history, and technique. |
$295 |
Film |
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Portable Hypertrophic Structure
July 10-Aug 14
7:00-10:00pm |
Wednesdays |
Marshall Elliott |
Challenge yourself by building big things that can collapse, store, fold, shrink, and then re-deploy on-demand. Students will investigate the history of space-modular sculpture, architecture, and design to further inform their projects. |
$295 |
Sculpture |
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Soft Geometry
June 20- August 15 No class July 4
7:00-10:00pm |
Thursdays |
Alyssa Block |
Explore your brutal side and build sculptures with geometrically shaped slabs of clay while learning to manipulate clay and establish control over the drying process. |
$385 |
Ceramics |
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Handbuilt Ceramic Sculpture
June 5-July 24
6:00-9:00pm |
Wednesdays |
Liesa Lietzke |
Ceramics as a sculpture medium: sharpen your handbuilding skills and gain new ones, while exploring the potential of clay for making amazing art. |
$385 |
Ceramics |
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Photographic Design and Composition
June 4- June 25
6:00-9:00pm |
Tuesdays |
Victoria Mara Heilweil |
Learn how photographic design and composition strategies can be used successfully to strengthen the visual impact, originality and narrative in your photographs. |
$195 |
Photography |
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Abstraction Intensive in Oils
June 1-June 29
10:00am-2:00pm |
Saturdays |
Alice Gould |
Catapult yourself into abstract painting using oil paint on canvas. Students will have the opportunity to tackle a series of smaller works or challenge themselves at a larger scale for four weeks. |
$295 |
Painting |
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Black and White Photography
June 5- August 7
6:30-9:30pm |
Wednesdays |
Dana Morrison |
Learn the wonders of black and white darkroom photography in SFAI’s iconic photography department. This course is for beginners to intermediate students to learn the basics of traditional film photography and darkroom printing. |
$515 (includes $35 materials fee) |
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