Basic Camera and Darkroom Techniques
Sam Magee
Schedule: TBD
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 05-Jan-2009
Limited to 10 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: register at saa.mit.edu
Fee: 40.00 for $40 for students, $80 for affiliates
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 T-Max 400, 36 exposure' or 'Kodak TRI-X 36 exposure' black and white film to first class. Cameras available for student use during class-time on a limited basis. Students supply film and paper. Non-class darkroom use included. Meets 4 times starting Tues., Jan. 6th. Workshop dates: Tues. Jan 6, 4:00pm-7:00pm; Wed. Jan 7, 4:00pm-7:00pm; Thurs. Jan 8, 4:00pm-7:00pm; Fri. Jan 9, 4:00pm-7:00pm. Limited enrollment.
Web: http://saa.mit.edu
Contact: Sam Magee, W20-429, x3-7019, sammagee@mit.edu
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Beginning Life Drawing
Sam Mage
Tue Jan 6, 13, 20, 27, 04-06:30pm, W20-429
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 05-Jan-2009
Limited to 18 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: see saa.mit.edu
Fee: 40.00 for $40 for students, $80 for affiliates
This course quickly allows people of all abilities to use the human form to learn the fundamentals of drawing and illusion. A variety of media will be used including pencil, charcoal, and pen and ink.
Web: http://saa.mit.edu
Contact: Sam Mage, W20-429, x3-7019, sammagee@mit.edu
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Beginning Potters Wheel
Sam Magee
Wed Jan 7, 14, 21, 28, 04:30-07:00pm, W20-429
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Signup by: 05-Jan-2009
Limited to 12 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: see saa.mit.edu
Fee: 40.00 for $40 for students $80 for affiliates
Discover the working properties of clay. This course will focus on learning to center on the wheel as the basis for forming round objects such as bowls and cups.
Web: http://saa.mit.edu
Contact: Sam Magee, W20-429, x3-7019, sammagee@mit.edu
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Ceramic Lidded Boxes
Sam Magee
Wed Jan 7, 14, 21, 28, 07:30-10:00pm, W20-429
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Fee: for supplies (see saa.mit.edu) $40/stud,$80/fac
Learn to start with basic geometric shapes like rectangles, trapezoids, and circles, add a little decoration, and end up with great-looking containers. We will be using stiffened clay slabs to form containers with lids, emphasizing the more angular aspects of the material when used in this way. Measured approaches and more improvisational approaches will be compared. Flat surfaces lend themselves well to surface decoration, too!
Web: http://saa.mit.edu
Contact: Sam Magee, W20-429, x3-7019, sammagee@mit.edu
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Ceramic jewelrymaking
Sam Magee
Sat Jan 10, 17, 24, 31, 10am-12:30pm, W20-429
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Signup by: 05-Jan-2009
Limited to 12 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: see saa.mit.edu
Fee: 40.00 for $40 for students $80 for affiliates
Create your own pendant and/or fashion beads, paint them with underglazes, and make ceramic earrings to match. Learn how to twist wire for creating your own hand-made jewelry for yourself, or gifts for others!
Web: http://saa.mit.edu
Contact: Sam Magee, W20-429, x3-7019, sammagee@mit.edu
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Ceramica Botanica
Sam Magee
Tue Jan 6, 13, 20, 27, 07-10:00pm, W20-429
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Signup by: 05-Jan-2009
Limited to 12 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: see saa.mit.edu
Fee: 40.00 for $40 for students, $80 for affiliates
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.
Web: http://saa.mit.edu
Contact: Sam Magee, W20-429, x3-7019, sammagee@mit.edu
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Chinese brush painting and western painting techniques
Sam Mage
Wed Jan 7, 14, 21, 28, 07-09:30pm, W20-429
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 05-Jan-2009
Limited to 12 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: see saa.mit.edu
Fee: 40.00 for $40 for students, $80 for affiliates
With a combination of traditional Chinese brush painting 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 term will do tulip, poppy, and iris.
Web: http://saa.mit.edu
Contact: Sam Mage, W20-429, x3-7019, sammagee@mit.edu
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Exploring 3D Animation
Sam Magee
Sun Jan 11, 18, 25, Feb 1, 02-05:00pm, W20-429
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 05-Jan-2009
Limited to 12 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: see saa.mit.edu
Fee: 15.00 for fees
This is a class where students will be exposed to 3D animation software. We will learn the key principles used in the animation industry. We will take a collaborative idea from start to finish, including: story boarding, concept art, modeling, lighting, character animation, rendering and digital effects.This will be a largely student run endeavor with the possibility of a professional in the field assisting.
Web: http://saa.mit.edu
Contact: Daniel Dahan, ddahan@mit.edu
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Getting Out of Purgatory
Sam Magee
Mon Jan 5, 12, 19, 26, 07:30-10:00pm, W20-429
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Signup by: 05-Jan-2009
Limited to 8 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: see saa.mit.edu
Fee: 40.00 for instruction and materials needed
So you threw a bowl... again. And now you're wondering what to do with it, and how to make it look less like the ten pieces that you already took home. Get out of decoration purgatory! In this class, we'll talk about all of the ways in which you can make your work more interesting: adding features, carving away, using slip or underglazes.... We will also discuss glaze options so that you can make the most of the resources available here at the SAA. This class will NOT teach you how to throw. You will have access to the studio to throw on your own time, but we will spend class time working mostly with leather-hard pieces.
Web: http://saa.mit.edu
Contact: Sam Magee, W20-429, x3-7019, sammagee@mit.edu
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Hey, It's Only Clay
Sam Magee
Fri Jan 9, 16, 23, 30, 04-06:30pm, W20-429
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Signup by: 05-Jan-2009
Limited to 12 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: see saa.mit.edu
Fee: 40.00 for $40 for students, $80 for affiliates
Discusses structure-property relationships in ceramic materials. Includes hierarchy... oh, wait, that's 3.07 Introduction to Ceramics! This is Introduction to Pottery! Come and learn a low-tech way of playing with clay on a potter's wheel. No experience necessary.
Web: http://saa.mit.edu
Contact: Sam Magee, W20-429, x3-7019, sammagee@mit.edu
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Intro to Clay
Sam Magee
Sun Jan 11, 18, 25, Feb 1, 10am-12:30pm, W20-429
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Signup by: 05-Jan-2009
Limited to 12 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: see saa.mit.edu
Fee: 40.00 for $40 for students, $80 for affiliates
The four week class will offer the student a basic understanding of clay working techniques. The students will work on a mug, a coil and slab bowl, firing and glazing. The class will focus on hand building. The students can expect to have a few finished work at the end of the IAP.
Web: http://saa.mit.edu
Contact: Sam Magee, W20-429, x3-7019, sammagee@mit.edu
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Introduction to Gum Bichromate Printing - soup to nuts
Sam Mage
Fri Jan 23, Sat Jan 24, Fri Jan 30, Sat Jan 31, Sun Feb 1, 04-10:00pm, W20-429, see site for times
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Limited to 10 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: register at saa.mit.edu
Fee: 200.00 for instruction and materials needed
Instructors: Thery Mislick, Graham Ramsay. Attendance: required for entire workshop. Preregistration: required (must register by Jan. 9). This five day intensive workshop is designed to introduce students to 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. The basic process is quite simple and fun. Once learned, the process can be duplicated simply in a variety of environments without the requirement of a traditional darkroom. Gum printing also permits a high degree of artistic expression, as each practitioner can personalize his or her technique to best suit their needs.
Web: http://saa.mit.edu
Contact: Sam Mage, W20-429, x3-7019, sammagee@mit.edu
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Mug Myopia
Sam Magee
Tue Jan 6, 13, 20, 27, 04-06:30pm, W20-429
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Signup by: 05-Jan-2009
Limited to 12 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: see saa.mit.edu
Fee: 40.00 for $40 for students, $80 for affiliates
Register at saa.mit.edu
This 4 week IAP workshop will focus on mugs... or cups or latte bowls, teacups, cups, yunomi etc. The functionality and numerous surface treatments for drinking vessels will be explored. The "mug", with its potential for personality balanced with functionality, is a wonderful subject to focus on. This is the workshop to help you overcome that "fear of handles" and explore the possibilities of slip applications.
Web: http://saa.mit.edu
Contact: Sam Magee, W20-429, x3-7019, sammagee@mit.edu
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No Scarves Allowed Beginning Knitting
Sam Magee
Fri Jan 9, 16, 23, 30, 12-02:30pm, W20-429
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 05-Jan-2009
Limited to 8 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: see saa.mit.edu
Fee: 40.00 for $40 for students, $80 for affiliates
Everyone is knitting, but you! Join the rest of us and learn how to knit. Our first project will be a two-pointed hat knit on circular needles. If time allows, our second project will be a small felted purse – perfect to hold your cell, your ID, and your keys. No experience necessary.
Web: http://saa.mit.edu
Contact: Sam Magee, W20-429, x3-7019, sammagee@mit.edu
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Nuno felting
Sam Magee
Sat Jan 24, 12-03:00pm, W20-429
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 05-Jan-2009
Limited to 8 participants.
Single session event
Prereq: see saa.mit.edu
Fee: 10.00 for $10 for students, $20 for affiliates
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.
1/24 12noon to 3pm
Web: http://saa.mit.edu
Contact: Sam Magee, W20-429, x3-7019, sammagee@mit.edu
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Photoshop without a Computer
Sam Mage
Tue Jan 13, 20, 27, 07-10:00pm, W20-429
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 05-Jan-2009
Limited to 12 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Fee: 40.00 for $40 for students, $80 for affiliates
Learn how to combine, layer, and manipulate images without a computer. In this three class workshop we will use a variety of techniques including grid transfer and tracing in order to combine representational images from different sources into one convincing illusion.
Web: http://saa.mit.edu
Contact: Sam Mage, W20-429, x3-7019, sammagee@mit.edu
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Watercolor
Sam Mage
Thu Jan 8, 15, 22, 29, 04:30-07:00pm, W20-429
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 05-Jan-2009
Limited to 15 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: see saa.mit.edu
Fee: 40.00 for $40 for students, $80 for affiliates
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.
First class will meet on Thursday, Jan. 8th at 4:30pm.
Web: http://saa.mit.edu
Contact: Sam Mage, W20-429, x3-7019, sammagee@mit.edu
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What's a Sprig
Sam Magee
Thu Jan 8, 15, 22, 29, 07-09:30pm, W20-429
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Signup by: 05-Jan-2009
Limited to 12 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: see saa.mit.edu
Fee: 40.00 for $40 for students, $80 for afiliates
Sprigs are made from press molds. Hmmm, what's a press mold? It's a great way to add some highly detailed relief to your pottery. In this class we'll design models and make molds of small detailed embellishments for your pottery. Be prepared to work with oil clay and plaster! Some clay experience helpful.
Web: http://saa.mit.edu
Contact: Sam Magee, W20-429, x3-7019, sammagee@mit.edu
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Who needs lenses
Sam Magee
Fri Jan 9, 07-10:00pm, W20-429
Sat Jan 10, 01-04:00pm, W20-429
Fri Jan 16, 07-10:00pm, W20-429
Sat Jan 17, 01-04:00pm, W20-429
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 05-Jan-2009
Limited to 12 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: see saa.mit.edu
Fee: 40.00 for $40 for students, $80 for affiliates
Who needs lenses? This workshop will cover lensless "pinhole" photography. Students will design and build simple pinhole cameras and shoot using both paper negatives and large format film. This course is perfect for:
All skill levels, beginners welcome!
Alternative process printers who want large format negatives to contact print
Luddites who want to just khow how much technology you can strip away and still make photographs
Interdisciplinary artists who wish to design and build cameras that become part of their art
Pinhole photographs have unique feel because they have no depth of field (or infinite depth of field), this means all parts of the image are equally sharp (or unsharp depending on your design).
Web: http://saa.mit.edu
Contact: Sam Magee, W20-429, x3-7019, sammagee@mit.edu
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