Massachusetts College of Art and Design | Continuing Education | Summer 2008 Courses

DESCRIPTION
Learn how to create stunning mural-size digital prints. Using your own images we will learn how to create high-resolution scans, adjust our images in Photoshop, and output them digitally using Epson wide-format archival inkjet printers. Students should bring negatives and blank CD-Rs (or other portable storage media) to the first class. The lab fee includes ink and paper for up to 40" of wide format output, as well as necessary test prints.

INSTRUCTOR
Robert Knight is an adjunct instructor of photography at Emerson College and MassArt. He received his MFA in Photography from MassArt and his BA from Yale University. His work has been exhibited locally at the Alpha Gallery, the Photographic Resource Center and University Place Gallery, as well as nationally at Jen Bekman Gallery in New York, NY and at the Houston Center for Photography in Houston, TX. Robertknight.com

SPECIAL SCHEDULE
Thu, June 12, 19 and Tue, July 1, 6-10pm (no class June 26)

DESCRIPTION
Explore new possibilities for creating your comics, manga, or graphic novels in Flash for the web! Learn how to tell a story through your drawings, and how to use animation cycles, sound effects and navigation to give your stories more punch and pizzazz, not to mention broader visibility. This class will combine lectures with hands-on work in Flash. A working knowledge of Flash basics is required.

INSTRUCTOR
Lenni Armstrong is President and Founder of informmotion, a multimedia studio specializing in conveying complex information through animation, and interactivity. Lenni has over twenty years of experience as a professional multimedia designer, illustrator and animator, and has been teaching Flash for five years in both corporate and academic settings. She holds a BS from Simmons College and has a laboratory research background in the biomedical sciences. Her clients include The Museum of Science, The Boston Children’s Museum, ExploreLearning, the Jason/National Geographic and TERC.
Lenni and children’s book writer, Pat Sherman, are currently collaborating on a graphic novel about global climate change. Pat Sherman will be co-teaching the Web Comics class.

DESCRIPTION
This workshop will follow the development of a documentary film currently in final cut stages that will be internationally released and is scheduled for public television release this fall. Highlighting several sequences, the class will look at these sequences in various stages of completion and discuss the decisions that affected its progression. This includes decisions on interview bite choices, archival and b-roll choices, as well as music and motion/title graphic choices. The class will also offer the opportunity for students to bring their own media, or shoot some basic interview material to work on specific editing issues using Final Cut Pro. Basic Working knowledge of Final Cut Pro is necessary.

INSTRUCTOR
Tim Raycroft is a video editor for Northern Light Productions, Boston, MA. He has a BA from Denison University and an MFA in Film from Syracuse University. His projects include offline and online editing for broadcast programs, museum films and documentaries. His technical skills include Avid Media Composer and Express and Adobe After Effects.

DESCRIPTION
This class is an introduction to basic tapestry weaving techniques. Students construct portable frame looms and weave tapestry samplers experimenting with techniques such as slits, stripes, interlock, dovertail, color and composition. Advanced students expand technical skills exploring complex geometric and pictorial designs, using tonal shading. Beginners welcome!

INSTRUCTOR
Theresa-India Young is a fiber artist specializing in ethnic weaving and antique rug restoration. She holds a BS in Art Education/African Studies from SUNY New Paltz, NY and a Certificate of Mastery from the Program-In-Artisanry inTextiles at Boston University. She has also studied in Ghana and at the Parsons School of Design. Ms. Young is an art instructor and education consultant at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, The Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard University. She is also adjunct professor at Lesley University in the Creative Arts in Learning Program. She was featured in Old House Journal/Restoration Magazine and at the Lowell Folk Arts Festival. She is a member of the New England Rug Society and associate member of The American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (AIC),

DESCRIPTION
Rich and expressive, monotype joins the graphic qualities of printmaking with the spontaneity of painting. In this workshop students will learn the basics of chine colle, pronto plate, collagraph and viscosity printing as well as other processes. This hands-on workshop explores the sequential possibilities of monotype to develop your images conceptually and formally. Image-making methods, ink handling, print tools, paper handling, single-and multi-pass printing procedures, hand coloring and the development of "ghost" imagery through successive printing states will be developed. Individual and group critiques as needed. All levels welcome.

INSTRUCTOR
David Bligh, artist/printmaker, has exhibited at the Cambridge Art Association, MassArt, Concord Art Association, South Shore Art Center, Syracuse University, Brandeis University, Lancaster Museum of Art, PA and Clark University. He holds a BA from Drew University and MFA from MassArt and studied printmaking at the Brandeis Post Bac Fine Arts Program.

DESCRIPTION
This two-day workshop emphasizes the practice of landscape painting within a continuum from realism to abstraction. After an introductory group meeting, students paint on their own in watercolor or oil at any of the many beautiful sites in the Cape Neddick-York area of Southern Maine. A lively group critique at the end of each day thoroughly examines every painting. Participants should bring a folding chair and/or easel along with art supplies. Obtain directions and information about reasonable off-season rates from Continuing Education. Contact the instructor for clarification and advice. Students wishing to obtain credit may use the hours of this workshop toward an independent study arranged with the instructor. Class begins at 10:30am on Saturday.

INSTRUCTOR
Jeremy Foss is Professor Emeritus of Painting and Drawing at MassArt, where he taught painting majors along with electives in drawing and landscape painting. He holds a BA from Middlebury College and a CFA from the Ruskin School of Art at Oxford University. Exhibitions of his work include one-person shows at Tibor DeNagy , NY, and Victoria Munroe in Boston. Group exhibitions include "Landscape as Metaphor" at the Fitchburg Art Museum; "Landscape Today," Molly Barnes Gallery; NY; "Landscape from Memory, Imagination or Reality," Ruth Siegel Gallery, NY, and "In the Spirit of Landscape, " Nielsen Gallery, Boston.

DESCRIPTION
This class will allow you to take control over your photographs by teaching the basics of the digital camera. We will explore effective techniques for taking better pictures with the most automated of digital cameras to the latest digital SLRs. In addition we will look at options for editing images ranging from Adobe Photoshop to I-Photo. You will gain an understanding of resolution, basic retouching techniques, a familiarity with file handling, and a greater appreciation for the aesthetics of your photography. (Taught on Mac computers)

INSTRUCTOR
Adam Lampton is a Boston-based photographer and part-time faculty member at Emerson College in Boston. He exhibits his work nationally, and recently he curated a traveling exhibition entitled "Nothing to be Done." His work has been in publications including Art in America, Maisonneuve Magazine, and Polar Inertia Journal. He received a William J. Fulbright Fellowship in 2006-2007 to live and work in Macau, SAR, China and a finalist for a 2007 Massachusetts Cultural Council Artist Grant. He received an MFA in Photography from MassArt, and a BA in English from Colorado College. adamlampton.com

DESCRIPTION
Learn to make beautiful palladium prints with an extraordinarily long tonal range in this 2-day workshop. Palladium printing produces beautiful dark brown prints with a velvety surface texture due to the way that the metals are absorbed by the paper support. This process, along with platinum, produces the most stable metal-based prints available. The first day we will make enlarged negatives from imagery from multiple sources. We can start with 35mm – large format negatives, prints or anything you can think of. We will make both digital negatives and enlarged negatives on film in the darkroom, learning what the best negatives for palladium printing should be and how to make them. We will print on the second day. We will hand-coat our paper, adjusting for contrast and density and learn how to get the best prints by focusing on fine-tuning the process. This class is for photographers at any level, however some darkroom experience is preferred.

INSTRUCTOR
Lana Z Caplan is a photographer, filmmaker and installation artist who received her MFA from MassArt and BA from Boston University. She currently teaches at MassArt and the Walnut Hill School. Recent exhibitions and screenings include: John Stevenson Gallery, NY, Gallery NAGA, Gallery Kayafas ), Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City, The Danforth Museum, and The Photographic Resource Center. She is represented by Gallery NAGA in Boston. LanaZCaplan.com.

SPECIAL SCHEDULE
Th, 6:30-8:30p, Jun12, 19 & Sat & Su, Jun 14 & 15 on location at Deer Island and Harbor Islands

DESCRIPTION
This workshop will explore landscape photography as a vehicle for considering the environment. Climate change, energy consumption, and a global population explosion are just a few of the major challenges bearing pressure upon the planet. With environmental concerns increasingly dominating scientific, political and cultural discussion, there has never been a more apt time for artists to interpret such issues in innovative ways. The course will include a brief classroom session along with shoots on the Harbor Islands over one weekend with a follow-up session for review and critique. Students may shoot in the format of their choice but must have prints available for the review session.

INSTRUCTOR
Eirik Johnson is an acclaimed photographer whose work has been exhibited at the Museum of Contemporary Photography in Chicago, the George Eastman House in Rochester, and the Aperture Foundation in New York among other museums and galleries. His work is in permanent collections which include the Museum of Contemporary Photography, the National Fulbright Foundation and the Joseph and Elaine Monsen Collection. He has received several awards including the Santa Fe Prize in 2005 and a Fulbright Grant to Peru in 1999-2000. His first monograph, BORDERLANDS, was published by Twin Palm Publishers in 2005 and featured in Dwell Magazine in May, 2007. Johnson is represented by Yossi Milo Gallery in New York and Rena Bransten Gallery in San Francisco. He is Assistant Professor of Photography at MassArt.

SPECIAL SCHEDULE
May 30-Jun 1, F, 6-9p, Sa/Su, 9-6p

DESCRIPTION
In this workshop, we use bark fibers from Japan, China, and Southeast Asia to explore techniques of hand papermaking and to produce thin yet strong papers suitable for creating illuminated structures. After soaking and cooking the fiber, we hand beat the fiber and begin to pull sheets. In the second session, we will fabricate lampshade structures and other illuminated objects with our handmade papers, making the most of their translucent qualities.

INSTRUCTOR
Deborah Klotz is a sculptor who holds a BA from Brandeis University and a BFA and MFA from MassArt. She teaches both undergraduate and graduate courses in fibers and sculpture at MassArt, Maine College of Art , and Southern Maine Community College in Portland. She has exhibited at the DeCordova Museum, the Fuller Museum, Maine Coast Artists and recently at the Kiznick Gallery, Brandeis University. Her silkscreen work has been published in Hausfrau Magazine.

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This two-day workshop is an introduction to indigenous pattern weaving from ancient american cultures. Stuents work on traditional style backstrap looms, creating colorful geometric designs and stylized plant, animal and human figure motifs. On Saturday, artisans from A Thread of Hope, Guatemalan Fair Trade Co-Op, will demonstrate traditional back strap weaving techniques and display handwoven accessories, clothing, and textiles for sale. Students receive backstrap looms and multicolor yarns (included in the course fee). Professional Development Points available for educators. Beginners welcome. Limited to 10 students.

INSTRUCTOR
Theresa-India Young is a fiber artist specializing in ethnic weaving and antique rug restoration. She holds a BS in Art Education/African Studies from SUNY New Paltz, NY and a Certificate of Mastery from the Program-In-Artisanry inTextiles at Boston University. She has also studied in Ghana and at the Parsons School of Design. Ms. Young is an art instructor and education consultant at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, The Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard University. She is also adjunct professor at Lesley University in the Creative Arts in Learning Program. She was featured in Old House Journal/Restoration Magazine and at the Lowell Folk Arts Festival. She is a member of the New England Rug Society and associate member of The American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (AIC),

DESCRIPTION
Transform gravel into bling. Learn to cut, shape and polish ordinary rocks into wearable art. This class will provide you with the skills necessary to shape and carve natural stones and minerals into cabochons and custom forms that can be set in jewelry. Safety, stone selection and basic equipment use will be covered.

INSTRUCTOR
Peter Evonuk is a farm boy, door-to-door vacuum cleaner salesman, appliance delivery dude, construction worker, roofer, metalsmith, sculptor, art instructor, and social satirist from the island of Maui. Peter received his BFA in Sculpture/Metalsmithing and Jewelry from the University of Oregon (2001) and his MFA in Metalsmithing from the Cranbrook Academy of Art (2005) and presently manages the metalsmithing studio at MassArt.

DESCRIPTION
Transform gravel into bling. Learn to cut, shape and polish ordinary rocks into wearable art. This class will provide you with the skills necessary to shape and carve natural stones and minerals into cabochons and custom forms that can be set in jewelry. Safety, stone selection and basic equipment use will be covered.

INSTRUCTOR
Peter Evonuk is a farm boy, door-to-door vacuum cleaner salesman, appliance delivery dude, construction worker, roofer, metalsmith, sculptor, art instructor, and social satirist from the island of Maui. Peter received his BFA in Sculpture/Metalsmithing and Jewelry from the University of Oregon (2001) and his MFA in Metalsmithing from the Cranbrook Academy of Art (2005) and presently manages the metalsmithing studio at MassArt.