PAINTINGINTRODUCTION TO OIL PAINTING

Robert Burden

12 sessions: Tuesdays, January 26 – April 19

7:30 – 10:30 pm | $530

Oil painting fundamentals, such as drawing, brushwork,

color theory, and the technical manipulation of paint will further

your technical skills, along with demonstrations and exercises

designed to encourage new ideas in a positive atmosphere.

NEW FIGURE PAINTING

Felicita Norris

12 sessions: Thursdays, January 28 – April 21

7:30 – 10:30 pm | $530

Use models in motion as inspiration for paintings that convey

dynamic gestural movement.

INTERMEDIATE + ADVANCED PAINTING

Glenn Hirsch

12 sessions: Wednesdays, January 27 – April 20

7:30 – 10:30 pm | $530

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

humor, narrative, and mood. Individual instruction, technical

assignments, and the use of unusual materials will guide you

through various styles as you develop independence by

painting in series.

nce by painting in series.

ART & TECHNOLOGYEXPERIMENTAL DESIGN:

WHERE TO START TO NEVER STOP

Ana Montenegro

12 sessions: Tuesdays, January 26– April 19

6 – 9 pm | $530

Learn to use digital-image software programs such as Adobe

Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, and Flash to create practical and

personal projects that broaden your perception of visual culture.

DRAWING INTRODUCTION TO DRAWING

Michelle Ramin

12 sessions: Wednesdays, January 27 – April 20

7:30 – 10:30 pm | $530

Focus on drawing fundamentals as a means of visual inquiry as

you gain skills in translating the composition, line, perspective,

and form of 3D objects into 2D drawings.

FIGURE DRAWING: ILLUSIONS ON THE 2D SURFACE

Michael Azgour

3 sessions: Saturdays, January 30 – February 13

12 – 6 pm | $275

Learn the basics of figure drawing and practice interpreting

the subject in new ways. Value, light, form, gesture, proportion,

movement, line, edge, and composition will be studied, with

exercises from the live model.

BETWEEN THOUGHT + THING:

EXPRESSIVE WORKS ON PAPER

Kara Maria

12 sessions: Saturdays, January 30 – April 23

11 am– 2 pm | $530

Explore water-based materials and the unique formal and

technical possibilities of drawing and painting on paper.

Try your hand at wet-on-wet, layering, tracing, transfer,

collage, and masking techniques (among others) to enhance

your artistic practice.

INTERMEDIATE DRAWING

Katherine Vetne

12 sessions: Thursdays, January 28 – April 21

7:30 – 10:30 pm | $530

Expand your technical drawing skills while deeply engaging

with the personal, conceptual side of drawing as you complete

group exercises, explore alternative approaches, and

undertake longer-term projects.

LARGE-SCALE DRAWING

Pamela Lanza

12 sessions: Wednesdays, January 27– April 20

7:30 – 10:30 pm | $530

In this course, you’ll explore the meaning of scale and its

impact on concept as you experiment with a variety of drawing

techniques and approaches in large-format challenges.

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AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BRUSHSTROKES

Mel Prest

4 sessions: Saturdays, February 6– 27

10 am– 3 pm | $310

Concentrate on the language of acrylic painting through

brushstrokes, using in-class exercises, experiments, and

contemporary painting as a means to inspire your own work.

THE STRUCTURED ACCIDENT:

FIVE-DAY PAINTING INTENSIVE

Allison Miller

5 sessions: Monday– Friday, March 14– 18

9 am– 5 pm | $750

A five-day, eight-hour-per-day intensive, this course provides

you with the opportunity to open up your practice, push to

experiment, and approach making paintings in new ways, using

risk-taking and chance within a rigorous conceptual structure.

PHOTOGRAPHYFOR THE LOVE OF LOOKING

Dana Morrison

6 sessions: Saturdays, January 30–March 5

1– 4 pm | $275

Learn how to fully realize a photograph prior to the moment

your shutter clicks, which will enable you to create intentional,

well-composed images that engage your viewer.

EXPLORING SPACE

Victoria Mara Heilweil

5 sessions: Wednesdays, April 6–27 + Saturday, April 16

Wednesdays, 7:30–10:30 pm + Saturday, 2–5 pm | $230

Explore space photographically—whether it is personal, gendered,

institutional, or intimate space—through weekly shooting

assignments and a field trip to Headlands Center for the Arts.

CONTEXT AS CONCEPT:

PHOTOGRAPHIC SEQUENCING + NARRATIVE

CONSTRUCTION

Chris Grunder

12 sessions: Tuesdays, January 26– April 19

7:30– 10:30 pm | $530

Photographic sequencing has the power to build narrative,

mood, and emotion. In this course, you will learn to create

bodies of work that are stronger than their constituent images

through discussion, hands-on tutorials, and group critiques.

THE PSYCHOLOGICAL PORTRAIT

Christie Spillane

8 sessions: Thursdays, January 28– March 24

7:30– 10:30 pm | $370

Explore the history and techniques of portrait photography

as you learn to reveal inner or psychological worlds. Study

the practice from its early days to the work of contemporary

photographers as you create in-camera, digital compositions,

and self-portraits.

PRINTMAKINGPRINTED MATTER: HYBRID PROCESSES

Rebecca Foster

10 sessions: Saturdays, January 30–April 16

10 am–1 pm | $460

Play with printmaking form, presentation, and variations by

combining multiple techniques in this course dedicated to

pushing the medium in new directions while embracing and

integrating traditional approaches.

Allison MillerDetail of Sidewalk/Street, 2014Acrylic, flashe, pencil, colored pencil, and collage on canvas, 48 x 48 inchesCourtesy of the artist

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FILMINTRODUCTION TO DSLR VIDEO

Christina Kolozsvary

5 sessions: Mondays, March 21 – April 18

7:30 – 10:30 pm | $230

Learn the ins and outs of video production on your DSLR

camera through demonstrations and in-class shooting,

coupled with screenings of classic, contemporary, and

independent video works.

INTERMEDIATE TO ADVANCED VIDEO PRODUCTION

Malic Amalya

8 sessions: Tuesdays, February 23– April 19

7:30 – 10:30 pm | $350

Write, film, and edit a short movie using dream logic and

surrealist techniques in this course, which focuses on cinematic

illusions, apparitions, fantastic tricks, treats, and magical feats.

SCULPTUREHANDBUILDING IN CERAMICS

Matthew Goldberg

12 sessions: Wednesdays, February 3 – April 27

7:30 – 10:30 pm | $530

Examine clay as a sculptural material as you hone handbuilding

techniques and create projects based on your personal style

of making.

TREE TO OBJECT:

SIMPLIFIED WOODWORKING FOR SCULPTURE

Marshall Elliott

12 sessions: Thursdays, January 28 – April 21

7:30 – 10:30 pm | $530

Develop the skills to work with wood as a contemporary

sculptural medium as you learn the use of accessible hand

tools and a range of wood types.

PAPER + CLAY ALLIANCE:

ADVENTUROUS CERAMIC SCULPTURE

Carmen Lang

12 sessions: Tuesdays, January 26– April 19

7:30 – 10:30 pm | $530

Design light- and large-scale sculptures, and experiment

with paperclay as a fired and nonfired material to explore the

medium's range of possibilities.

NEW GENRESTHE MINIATURE

Amy M. Ho

4 sessions: Tuesdays, February 16 – March 8

7:30 – 10:30 pm | $185

Explore the world in miniature as you create dioramas—and

engage in critiques and lectures—based upon the work of

artists who use minute scale in their own practice.

LOST + FOUND: RE-CREATING A REMEMBERED OBJECT

Beth Krebs

3 sessions: Wednesdays, April 6 – 20

7:30 – 10:30 pm | $140

In this three-session course, participants will re-create a

missing object from memory.

Christie SpillaneDetail of Fever Dream: Twin Traumas, 2014Archival inkjet print, 30 x 38 inchesCourtesy of the artist

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

SFAI's Public Education program offers courses that span the breadth

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

photography, film, printmaking, and sculpture to radical creative experiences,

off-kilter journeys, collaborative public projects, and educational experiments.

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

noncredit evening and weekend classes in our Public Education program.

No matter your experience level, there’s a unique course that will expand

your skills and interests.

PUBLIC EDUCATION SPRING 2016

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Ages 17+ | All Levels

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descriptions and instructor bios:

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Cover:

Kara Maria

Detail of Head Over Heels, 2015

Acrylic on canvas, 48 x 60 x 2 inches

Courtesy of the artist

and Catharine Clark Gallery