Acrylic Painting, abstract
Stefan Barton
Thu Jan 10, 17, 24, 31, 07:30-10:00pm, w20-427
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Limited to 15 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: none
Fee: 40.00 for materials, instructor pay
Painting with acrylic paint for all levels of experience from abstract to the representational.
Contact: register at saa.mit.edu / sam magee, w20-429, 253-7019, sammagee@mit.edu
Cosponsor: Office of the Arts
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Basic Camera and Darkroom Techniques
Thery Mislick
Mon Jan 7, Tue Jan 8, Wed Jan 9, 16, 04-07:00pm, w-20-428
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Limited to 9 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: none
Fee: 45.00 for materials, instructor pay
Learn the basics of photographing with a manual 35mm camera. Learn your way around the darkroom: how to develop film and print photographs.
Bring two rolls of'Ilford HP5 Plus 36 exposure' black and white film to first class. Cameras available for student use during class-time.
Students supply film and paper. Non-class darkroom use included.
Limited enrollment. Meets 4 times starting Mon., Jan. 7th.
Ilford HP5 Plus 35mm, 36 exposure, black and white film.
Ilford Multigrade Delux 8"x10" RC (Resin Coated) paper, 25 sheet package.
This paper comes in the following surfaces: Glossy, Pearl, Satin.
Which one you pick is your choice.
Contact: register at saa.mit.edu / sam magee, w20-429, 253-7019, sammagee@mit.edu
Cosponsor: Office of the Arts
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Beginning Pottery
Marc Mancuso
Wed Jan 9, 16, 23, 30, 05-07:30pm, w-20 431
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Limited to 12 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: none
Fee: 45.00 for materials, instructor pay
In this class, you will learn to use a potter's wheel. Centering, building, glazing and finishing vessels will be covered in the four sessions.
Contact: register at saa.mit.edu / sam magee, w20-429, 253-7019, sammagee@mit.edu
Cosponsor: Office of the Arts
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Ceramica Botanica
Darrell Finnegan
Tue Jan 8, 15, 22, 29, 04-06:30pm, w-20 431
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Limited to 12 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: none
Fee: 45.00 for materials, instructor pay
Nature is a wonderful source of inspiration. Both wheel thrown and hand-built vessels will be stretched, altered and manipulated in various ways with a nature theme. Exploring numerous surface techniques, we will transform your vessel into a functional form or sculptural object. Think large leaf platters, perhaps plump peach pitchers or over-sized sculptural pears.
Contact: register at saa.mit.edu / sam magee, w20-429, 253-7019, sammagee@mit.edu
Cosponsor: Office of the Arts
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Chinese Brush Painting: Flowers and Birds
Quinxiong Ma
Wed Jan 9, 16, 23, 30, 07:30-10:00pm, w20-427
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Limited to 15 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Fee: 40.00 for materials, instructor pay
Explore flowers and birds with a combination of traditional Chinese brush and western painting techniques. Use freehand brushwork to explore expressiveness, interpretation, and abstraction. Students will learn how to paint using ink, watercolor, and gouache on rice paper. This class starts September 26.
1. Rice paper, roll or sheet, unsized (paper made in An Hui China is better)
2. Brushes, small, medium (size like finger, so-called orchid bamboo brush), large (size like thumb)
3. Color: Watercolor or gouache. Basic colors you will need are Carmine, Prussian blue, and Middle Yellow. More are fine, you may buy the 12-color set.
4. Ink, liquid, Chinese or Japanese. You don't need to bring the ink to the studio, school will offer it.
Contact: register at saa.mit.edu / sam magee, w20-429, 253-7019, sammagee@mit.edu
Cosponsor: Office of the Arts
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Intentional Asymmetry
Irit Rappley
Sun Jan 20, 11am-02:00pm, w-20 431
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Limited to 12 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: none
Fee: 40.00 for materials, instructor pay
A great pot does not have to be round. When created thoughtfully and intentionally, asymmetrical pots can be beautiful too.
In this one-day workshop, we will alter thrown forms to create new and exotic pieces. Bring your leather-hard (round) pots to the workshop, and we will learn how to make them bold and beautiful!
This workshop is intended for students of intermediate level. Students should expect to spend time in the studio well in advance of the workshop.
Contact: register at saa.mit.edu / sam magee, w20-429, 253-7019, sammagee@mit.edu
Cosponsor: Office of the Arts
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Introduction to Gum Bichromate Printing - soup to nuts
Thery Mislick, Graham Ramsay.
Fri Jan 18, Sat Jan 19, Fri Jan 25, Sat Jan 26, 06-09:00pm, 1/19-3-9pm,1/25-4-10pm,1/26-10
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Limited to 8 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: none
Fee: 85.00 for materials, instructor pay
This five day intensive workshop is designed to introduce students to the beautiful, dynamic, and versatile world of gum bichromate printing. One of the earliest photographic printing processes, gum printing utilizes a contact negative to produce delicate, painterly images that use watercolor paint as the pigment of their emulsions. This class will cover all aspects of gum process: paper preparation,negative preparation, and the printing itself. Students will bring three to five black and white prints to first class session; these images will be scanned and an ink-jet negative will be produced. These negatives will then be used to produce the gum prints in class.
Contact: register at saa.mit.edu / sam magee, w20-429, 253-7019, sammagee@mit.edu
Cosponsor: Office of the Arts
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No Scarves Allowed Beginning Knitting
Stephanie Houston
Fri Jan 11, 18, 25, 1, 02-04:30pm, w-20 431
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Signup by: 07-Jan-2008
Limited to 8 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Fee: 35.00 for materials, instructor pay
Everyone is knitting, but you! Join the rest of us and learn how to knit. Our first project will be a three-pointed hat knit on circular needles. Our second project will be a small felted purse – perfect to hold your cell, your ID, and your keys. No experience necessary.
Contact: register at saa.mit.edu / sam magee, w20-429, 617.253.7019, sammagee@mit.edu
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Non Class Darkroom
Thery Mislick
Mon Jan 7, 14, 21, 28, 07:30-09:00pm, w-20-428
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Limited to 20 participants.
Prereq: none
Fee: 45.00 for materials, instructor pay
Use of the SAA darkroom, including equipment and selected chemicals for black-and-white film developing and printing for people not enrolled in classes. Color use is not included. Non-class users have added responsibility in maintaining darkroom. There are no formal meetings for this class. The fee covers unlimited individual access to the darkroom and 2d studios. PREVIOUS SAA PHOTO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY WITHOUT EXCEPTION.
MANDATORY REORIENTATION: January 7th, 7:30 PM
Contact: register at saa.mit.edu / sam magee, w20-429, 253-7019, sammagee@mit.edu
Cosponsor: Office of the Arts
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Nuno Felting
Stephanie Houston
Sat Jan 19, 12-04:00pm, w-20 431
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 07-Jan-2008
Limited to 8 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: none
Fee: 45.00 for materials, instructor pay
What do you get when you combine silk fabric, wool fleece, and hot water? You get a beautiful piece of felted fabric. No sewing or knitting experience required, just show up and leave with a piece of wearable art.
Contact: register at saa.mit.edu / sam magee, w20-429, 617.253.7019, sammagee@mit.edu
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On beyond 35mm
Jon Proulx
Thu Jan 10, 17, 24, 31, 07:30-10:00pm, w-20-428
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Limited to 8 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: none
Fee: 50.00 for materials, instructor pay
Dare to go beyond 35mm, and use our cameras to do it!
"Medium format" covers a broad range of cameras. This class will cover processing and printing medium format B&W film and a survey of the different medium format camera types.
Camera types we will cover include:
Modern SLRs such as the Hasselblaad and Mamiya RZ cameras SAA has available. These produce incredibly sharp detailed images that can be enlarged to much bigger prints than 35mm negatives.
The third class of camera we will look at are antiques.
The Delta400 is required but feel free to get more film! We will only be able to process and print B&W in class but if you'd like to get some color print or slide film there are a couple of local labs that still process it.
You will need some B&W paper to print on.
Contact: register at saa.mit.edu / sam magee, w20-429, 253-7019, sammagee@mit.edu
Cosponsor: Office of the Arts
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Pots with Eyes and Ears
Irit Rappley
Mon Jan 7, 14, 21, 28, 07-10:00pm, w-20 431
Limited to 15 participants.
Prereq: none
Fee: 45.00 for materials, instructor pay
A pot can say a lot about its creator. In this class, we will make pots that speak with their own personality -- using simple techniques to give faces to our creations. Pots can be thrown or handbuilt, functional or not, simple or complex.
This class will not teach you how to make a pot. Students should feel comfortable throwing a cylinder or making a handbuilt pot. We will learn how to add, carve, distort, and alter our pots to create faces in the clay.
Contact: register at saa.mit.edu / sam magee, w20-429, 253-7019, sammagee@mit.edu
Cosponsor: Office of the Arts
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Printmaking: Collagraph
Stefan Barton
Tue Jan 8, 15, 22, 29, 07:30-10:00pm, w20-427
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Limited to 15 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: none
Fee: 40.00 for materials, instructor pay
Basic printmaking using collagraph plates. Make full sized prints on SAA's press.
Contact: register at saa.mit.edu / sam magee, w20-429, 253-7019, sammagee@mit.edu
Cosponsor: Office of the Arts
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Sock knitting... don't be scared.
Stephanie Houston
Fri Jan 11, 18, 25, 1, 11am-01:30pm, w-20 431
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Signup by: 07-Jan-2008
Limited to 8 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: none
Fee: 35.00 for materials, instructor pay
SOCK KNITTING IS FUN! No, really, it is. If you have some experience knitting, then you know that sock knitting is somewhat challenging. However, anyone who knows how to knit and purl can master socks in a very short time. Due to the shortness of IAP, our sock project for this workshop will be a grown-up pair of socks fit for… A BABY. Once you’ve finished your baby socks, you’ll be fully prepared to start a pair for yourself.
Contact: register at saa.mit.edu / sam magee, w20-429, 617.253.7019, sammagee@mit.edu
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Texture Boards for clay
Stephanie Houston
Thu Jan 10, 17, 24, 31, 06:30-08:00pm, w-20 431
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Limited to 15 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: none
Fee: 45.00 for materials, instructor pay
Ever wonder how a potter adds that cool texture to his pot? Is he carving it, or stamping it, or adding it? Well, he may in fact, be using a textured board to create that style. This workshop will concentrate on designing, making and using our own texture boards. No clay experience necessary, however, some clay experience helps. Basic
hand-building techniques will also be covered.
Contact: register at saa.mit.edu / sam magee, w20-429, 253-7019, sammagee@mit.edu
Cosponsor: Office of the Arts
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Totally Teapot
Darrell Finnegan
Tue Jan 8, 15, 22, 29, 07-10:00pm, w20-431
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Limited to 12 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: none
Fee: 45.00 for materials, instructor pay
Oval, wavy, stretched and crazy, the teapot is a wonderful subject that teaches us a balance between creativity and functionality. In this 4 week workshop we will explore unusual forming techniques and surprising surface treatments that take us beyond the "round". Would you like one lump or two?
Contact: sam magee, w20-429, 253-7019, sammagee@mit.edu
Cosponsor: Office of the Arts
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Watercolor
Valerie Jayne
Tue Jan 8, 15, 22, 04:30-07:00pm
Tue Jan 29, 04:30am-07:00pm
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Limited to 15 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: none
Fee: 40.00 for materials, instructor pay
Introductory watercolor using opaque and transparent paint. Color theory and brush work will be explored. Work mainly from studio set-ups plus your imagination. Open to all levels.
Contact: sam magee, w20-429, 253-7019, sammagee@mit.edu
Cosponsor: Office of the Arts
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What is upside down
Happy Goethert
Mon Jan 7, 14, 21, 28, 04:30-07:00pm, w-20 431
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Limited to 12 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: none
Fee: 45.00 for materials, instructor pay
There is more than one way to throw a pot---bottom to top or top to bottom . This class is recommended for those who can already center with some confidence. Simple forms can be created from a different perspective.
Contact: register at saa.mit.edu / sam magee, w20-429, 253-7019, sammagee@mit.edu
Cosponsor: Office of the Arts
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