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IAP 2017 Activities by Sponsor - Student Art Association

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Beginning Oil Painting Workshop A

Nicole Tariverdian, Technical Instructor

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 16 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Fee: $105.00 for materials and firing fees.

If I could say it in words there would be no reason to paint.” Edward Hopper

Over the course of 4 weeks students will learn the beginning processes of creating an oil painting. Skills such as selecting successful imagery for a the canvas, determining aspects of a strong composition, underpainting, creating strong color palettes, and the basics of color mixing will be covered.

Register online at arts.mit.edu/saa

Sponsor(s): Student Art Association
Contact: Stacy Debartolo, E15-205A, 617 253-4003, STACYP@MIT.EDU


Jan/10 Tue 05:30PM-08:00PM W20-425
Jan/17 Tue 05:30PM-08:00PM W20-425
Jan/24 Tue 05:30PM-08:00PM W20-425
Jan/31 Tue 05:30PM-08:00PM W20-425

Nicole Tariverdian - Technical Instructor


Beginning Oil Painting Workshop B

Nicole Tariverdian, Technical Instructor

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 16 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Fee: $105.00 for art supplies.

If I could say it in words there would be no reason to paint.” Edward Hopper

Over the course of 4 weeks students will learn the beginning processes of creating an oil painting. Skills such as selecting successful imagery for a the canvas, determining aspects of a strong composition, underpainting, creating strong color palettes, and the basics of color mixing will be covered.

Register online at arts.mit.edu/saa

Sponsor(s): Student Art Association
Contact: Stacy Debartolo, E15-205A, 617 253-4003, STACYP@MIT.EDU


Jan/11 Wed 05:30PM-08:00PM W20-425
Jan/18 Wed 05:30PM-08:00PM W20-425
Jan/25 Wed 05:30PM-08:00PM W20-425
Feb/01 Wed 05:30PM-08:00PM W20-425

Nicole Tariverdian - Technical Instructor


Ceramica Botanica

Darrell Finnegan, Studio Manager, Technical Instructor

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 12 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Fee: $110.00 for materials and firing fees.

In this intermediate to advanced mixed level course, 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. This workshop will involve both wheel work and handbuilding techniques.

Register online at arts.mit.edu/saa

Sponsor(s): Student Art Association
Contact: Stacy Debartolo, E15-205A, 617 253-4003, STACYP@MIT.EDU


Jan/10 Tue 04:00PM-06:30PM W20-431
Jan/17 Tue 04:00PM-06:30PM W20-431
Jan/24 Tue 04:00PM-06:30PM W20-431
Jan/31 Tue 04:00PM-06:30PM W20-431

Darrell Finnegan - Studio Manager, Technical Instructor


Collaborative Sculpture: The Politics of Collective and Social Artistic Practice

Nathan Thomas Wilson, Artist and Educator, Jaishri Abichandani, Artist, Founder of South Asian Women's Creative Collective

Jan/09 Mon 01:00PM-05:00PM W20-425, bring laptop and/or sketchbook
Jan/10 Tue 01:00PM-05:00PM W20-425, bring laptop and/or sketchbook
Jan/11 Wed 01:00PM-05:00PM W20-425, bring laptop and/or sketchbook
Jan/12 Thu 01:00PM-05:00PM W20-425, bring laptop and/or sketchbook
Jan/13 Fri 01:00PM-05:00PM W20-425, bring laptop and/or sketchbook
Jan/17 Tue 01:00PM-05:00PM W20-425, bring laptop and/or sketchbook
Jan/18 Wed 01:00PM-05:00PM W20-425, bring laptop and/or sketchbook
Jan/19 Thu 01:00PM-05:00PM W20-425, bring laptop and/or sketchbook
Jan/20 Fri 01:00PM-05:00PM W20-425, bring laptop and/or sketchbook

Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions
Prereq: interest in sculpture and collaboration

Part contemporary theory seminar, part studio art class, this course will serve as an introduction to the politics of collaborative and social practices in contemporary visual arts. Class participants will organize artist collectives, and plan and execute site-specific sculptural installations informed by lectures and discussions. Each collective will address specific issues relevant to the wider community, with site-specific installation as their entry point. The installations will be rendered with the objective of igniting a critically self-reflexive dialog with an engaged community that encourages viewer participation. The collectives will be responsible for sourcing all installation materials. While participants are encouraged to use recycled and found materials, they may obtain materials by any means. Lectures by Jaishri Abichandani (founder, South Asian Women’s Creative Collective http://www.sawcc.org, New York and London) and Nathan Thomas Wilson (Co-founder, Kali Yuga Zoo Brigade artist collective, Philadelphia) will address the politics of authorship, place, commodification, art institutions, legibility of art, audience, and social interaction, as they relate to artistic practice in the context of late capitalism. Additionally, we’ll examine the parallels and discrepancies between contemporary collaborative art practices and MIT’s Hacking Culture.

For additional info and to sign up, visit: 

http://arts.mit.edu/saa-classes/

Sponsor(s): MIT-SUTD Collaboration, Student Art Association
Contact: Nathan Thomas Wilson, nathanthomaswilson@gmail.com


Composite Forms

Darrell Finnegan, Studio Manager, Technical Instructor

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 12 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Fee: $110.00 for materials and firing fees.

This four week workshop will focus composite forms;  forms created from the combining of two or more wheel thrown parts.  Learn the ‘how to’s’ of making a graceful compote or multi-sectioned vase.  Intermediate wheel skills are a prerequisite.

Register online at arts.mit.edu/saa

Sponsor(s): Student Art Association
Contact: Stacy Debartolo, E15-205A, 617 253-4003, STACYP@MIT.EDU


Jan/12 Thu 04:00PM-06:30PM W20-431
Jan/19 Thu 04:00PM-06:30PM W20-431
Jan/26 Thu 04:00PM-06:30PM W20-431
Feb/02 Thu 04:00PM-06:30PM W20-431

Darrell Finnegan - Studio Manager, Technical Instructor


Digital to Analog B&W Photography

Nicole Tariverdian, Technical Instructor

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 8 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Fee: $110.00 for darkroom chemistry.

The intersection of the digital and analog photographic processes offers an interesting space for visual and conceptual investigation. During this 4 week workshop students will create analog photographs from digital imagery using several types of “non-traditional” negatives (such as transparency, and contact prints).

Register online at arts.mit.edu/saa

 

Sponsor(s): Student Art Association
Contact: Stacy Debartolo, E15-205A, 617 253-4003, STACYP@MIT.EDU


Jan/11 Wed 08:00PM-10:30PM W20-425
Jan/18 Wed 08:00PM-10:30PM W20-425
Jan/25 Wed 08:00PM-10:30PM W20-425
Feb/01 Wed 08:00PM-10:30PM W20-425

Nicole Tariverdian - Technical Instructor


Idle Idols: Small Ceramic Figures

Jason Pastorello, Technical Instructor, Student Art Association

Jan/09 Mon 09:00AM-12:00PM W20-431, Dress in comfortable clothes that can get dirty
Jan/11 Wed 09:00AM-12:00PM W20-431, Dress in comfortable clothes that can get dirty
Jan/18 Wed 09:00AM-12:00PM W20-431, Dress in comfortable clothes that can get dirty

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/05
Limited to 18 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Prereq: none

Construct a miniature of your favorite character or creature using a variety of hand-building techniques. This class is for the creative person, as you are only limited by your imagination!
 
Class one- A basic demonstration of hand building techniques will be presented at the beginning of the first class, as well as a discussion of the general nature and physical properties of clay.    
 
Class two-Discussion of the chemistry of glazing, underglazing and chemical washes and the way that each reacts with cone 6 clay bodies in the electric kiln.  Students will glaze their pieces.  If time permits, the instructor will give a wheel throwing demonstration and students will be allowed to experiment on the potter’s wheel.    
 
Class three-Finished pieces are taken out of the kilns and ready for group critique, after which they can be taken home.  If time permits, students will be allowed to continue to experiment on the wheel and with handbuilding on the tables.  

Email stacyp@mit.edu by Jan. 5 to sign up.

Sponsor(s): MIT-SUTD Collaboration, Student Art Association
Contact: Stacy DeBartolo, stacyp@mit.edu


Interpreting a Still Life

Nicole Tariverdian, Technical Instructor

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 16 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Fee: $105.00 for art supplies.

“The object of art is not to reproduce reality, but to create a reality of the same intensity.” Alberto Giacometti

Students will learn about drawing and painting from observation while focusing on making successful creative choices. During this workshop students will observe real objects, and learn to translate the physical world to the representational via drawing and painting. Precursory sketches and a final mixed media piece will be created. Students will look to Wayne ThiebaudGiorgio MorandiPaul Cézanne, and Henri Matisse for inspiration.

Register online at arts.mit.edu/saa

Sponsor(s): Student Art Association
Contact: Stacy Debartolo, E15-205A, 617 253-4003, STACYP@MIT.EDU


Jan/10 Tue 08:00PM-10:30PM W20-425
Jan/17 Tue 08:00PM-10:30PM W20-425
Jan/24 Tue 08:00PM-10:30PM W20-425
Jan/31 Tue 08:00PM-10:30PM W20-425

Nicole Tariverdian - Technical Instructor


Introduction to Gum Bichromate Printing

Thery Mislick, Studio Manager, Technical Instructor

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 8 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Fee: $135.00 for materials and darkroom chemistry.

Experience the joy of one of the earliest photographic printing processes while working from your own digital and/or analog images.   This  intensive workshop is designed to introduce students to the beautiful and versatile world of gum bichromate printing. Gum printing utilizes a contact negative and non-silver emulsion to produce delicate, painterly images that permit a high degree of artistic expression. The basic process is simple and fun. 

Class will cover all aspects of the gum process: paper preparation, negative preparation, and printing.  Students should bring three to five images or a selection of digital image files to the first class.

Register online at arts.mit.edu/saa

Sponsor(s): Student Art Association
Contact: Stacy Debartolo, E15-205A, 617 253-4003, STACYP@MIT.EDU


Jan/20 Fri 06:00PM-09:00PM W20-425
Jan/21 Sat 01:00PM-06:00PM W20-425
Jan/22 Sun 01:00PM-06:00PM W20-425
Jan/27 Fri 06:00PM-09:00PM W20-425
Jan/28 Sat 01:00PM-06:00PM W20-425
Jan/29 Sun 01:00PM-06:00PM W20-425

Thery Mislick - Studio Manager, Technical Instructor


Mighty Mugs A

Jason Pastorello, Technical Instructor

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 12 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Fee: $110.00 for Materials and firing fees.

Explore the world of clay through a variety of techniques used to create the mug.  Wheelthrowing and handbuilding methods are combined to construct a mug fit for you, a family member or even a friend! If you drink coffee or tea and are interested in clay, this class is for you!

Register online at arts.mit.edu/saa

Sponsor(s): Student Art Association
Contact: Stacy Debartolo, E15-205A, 617 253-4003, STACYP@MIT.EDU


Jan/09 Mon 04:30PM-07:00PM W20-431
Jan/23 Mon 04:30PM-07:00PM W20-431
Jan/30 Mon 04:30PM-07:00PM W20-431

There is one additional class meeting on February 6, 2017.

Jason Pastorello - Technical Instructor


Mighty Mugs B

Jason Pastorello, Technical Instructor

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 12 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Fee: $110.00 for Materials and firing fees.

Explore the world of clay through a variety of techniques used to create the mug.  Wheelthrowing and handbuilding methods are combined to construct a mug fit for you, a family member or even a friend! If you drink coffee or tea and are interested in clay, this class is for you!

Register online at arts.mit.edu/saa

Sponsor(s): Student Art Association
Contact: Stacy Debartolo, E15-205A, 617 253-4003, STACYP@MIT.EDU


Jan/09 Mon 07:30PM-10:00PM W20-431
Jan/23 Mon 07:30PM-10:00PM W20-431
Jan/30 Mon 07:30PM-10:00PM W20-431

There is one additional class meeting on February 6, 2017.

Jason Pastorello - Technical Instructor


Mighty Mugs C

Jason Pastorello, Technical Instructor

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 12 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Fee: $110.00 for materials and firing fees.

Explore the world of clay through a variety of techniques used to create the mug.  Wheelthrowing and handbuilding methods are combined to construct a mug fit for you, a family member or even a friend! If you drink coffee or tea and are interested in clay, this class is for you!

Register online at arts.mit.edu/saa

Sponsor(s): Student Art Association
Contact: Stacy Debartolo, E15-205A, 617 253-4003, STACYP@MIT.EDU


Jan/13 Fri 07:30PM-10:00PM W20-431
Jan/20 Fri 07:30PM-10:00PM W20-431
Jan/27 Fri 07:30PM-10:00PM W20-431
Feb/03 Fri 07:30PM-10:00PM W20-431

Jason Pastorello - Technical Instructor


Super Bowls A

Jason Pastorello, Technical Instructor

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 12 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Fee: $110.00 for materials and firing fees.

Explore the world of clay through a variety of techniques used to create the bowl.  Wheelthrowing and handbuilding methods are combined to construct a bowl fit for you, a family member or even a friend!  If you like cereal, soups and salads and are interested in clay, this class is for you!

Register online at arts.mit.edu/saa

Sponsor(s): Student Art Association
Contact: Stacy Debartolo, E15-205A, 617 253-4003, STACYP@MIT.EDU


Jan/11 Wed 04:30PM-07:00PM W20-431
Jan/18 Wed 04:30PM-07:00PM W20-431
Jan/25 Wed 04:30PM-07:00PM W20-431
Feb/01 Wed 04:30PM-07:00PM W20-431

Jason Pastorello - Technical Instructor


Super Bowls B

Jason Pastorello, Technical Instructor

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 12 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Fee: $110.00 for materials and firing fees.

Explore the world of clay through a variety of techniques used to create the bowl.  Wheelthrowing and handbuilding methods are combined to construct a bowl fit for you, a family member or even a friend!  If you like cereal, soups and salads and are interested in clay, this class is for you!

Register online at arts.mit.edu/saa

Sponsor(s): Student Art Association
Contact: Stacy Debartolo, E15-205A, 617 253-4003, STACYP@MIT.EDU


Jan/11 Wed 07:30PM-10:00PM W20-431
Jan/18 Wed 07:30PM-10:00PM W20-431
Jan/25 Wed 07:30PM-10:00PM W20-431
Feb/01 Wed 07:30PM-10:00PM W20-431

Jason Pastorello - Technical Instructor


Super Bowls C

Jason Pastorello, Technical Instructor

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 12 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Fee: $110.00 for materials and firing fees.

Explore the world of clay through a variety of techniques used to create the bowl.  Wheelthrowing and handbuilding methods are combined to construct a bowl fit for you, a family member or even a friend!  If you like cereal, soups and salads and are interested in clay, this class is for you!

Register online at arts.mit.edu/saa

Sponsor(s): Student Art Association
Contact: Stacy Debartolo, E15-205A, 617 253-4003, STACYP@MIT.EDU


Jan/13 Fri 04:30PM-07:00PM W20-431
Jan/20 Fri 04:30PM-07:00PM W20-431
Jan/27 Fri 04:30PM-07:00PM W20-431
Feb/03 Fri 04:30PM-07:00PM W20-431

Jason Pastorello - Technical Instructor


Totally Teapots A

Darrell Finnegan, Studio Manager, Technical Instructor

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 12 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Fee: $110.00 for materials and firing fees.

Oval, wavy, stretched or crazy, the teapot is a wonderful subject that will show us a balance between functionality and creativity. In this 4 week intermediate and advanced level IAP workshop we will explore unusual forming techniques and surprising surface treatments that take us beyond the “round”. Would you like one lump or two?

Register online at arts.mit.edu/saa

Sponsor(s): Student Art Association
Contact: Stacy Debartolo, E15-205A, 617 253-4003, STACYP@MIT.EDU


Jan/10 Tue 07:00PM-10:00PM W20-431
Jan/17 Tue 07:00PM-10:00PM W20-431
Jan/24 Tue 07:00PM-10:00PM W20-431
Jan/31 Tue 07:00PM-10:00PM W20-431

Darrell Finnegan - Studio Manager, Technical Instructor


Totally Teapots B

Darrell Finnegan, Studio Manager, Technical Instructor

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 12 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Fee: $110.00 for materials and firing fees.

Oval, wavy, stretched or crazy, the teapot is a wonderful subject that will show us a balance between functionality and creativity. In this 4 week intermediate and advanced level IAP workshop we will explore unusual forming techniques and surprising surface treatments that take us beyond the “round”. Would you like one lump or two?

Register online at arts.mit.edu/saa

Sponsor(s): Student Art Association
Contact: Stacy Debartolo, E15-205A, 617 253-4003, STACYP@MIT.EDU


Jan/12 Thu 07:00PM-10:00PM W20-431
Jan/19 Thu 07:00PM-10:00PM W20-431
Jan/26 Thu 07:00PM-10:00PM W20-431
Feb/02 Thu 07:00PM-10:00PM W20-431

Darrell Finnegan - Studio Manager, Technical Instructor