ART AND DESIGN FOR TEENS AND ADULTS SPRING CLASSES FEB APR

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1 ART AND DESIGN FOR TEENS AND ADULTS SPRING CLASSES FEB APR 2016

2 ART AND DESIGN FOR TEENS AND ADULTS SPRING CLASSES FEB APR 2016

3 ART AND DESIGN FOR YOU ART AND DESIGN FOR EVERYONE

4 CE INSTRUCTOR: Melodee Strong 06 CE STUDENT: Betsey Hodson MCAD IS A CREATIVE ENVIRONMENT... IT S A NURTURING, SUPPORTIVE, AND PROFESSIONAL PLACE. EVERYONE HAS A UNIQUE VOICE TO SHARE, SO FOLLOW IT, FIND IT, AND MAKE IT YOURS! What do you find rewarding about teaching adult Continuing Education students? I really enjoy making new connections with the community. I like teaching to all ages and abilities. I like having a wide range of people to teach to and the MCAD Continuing Education department provides that. I can teach youth all the way up to retirement age. It s really awesome connecting with all kinds of people, especially through their art. What is your favorite moment or experience while teaching? When I witness a student in their aha moment! That is really cool to see when they get it, or they start to see how they are developing in their skill or craft, and it starts to come together. I love connecting with parents when I am teaching youth and teens. Seeing their pride and watching them encourage and support their young artist in their home is always a great thing. What is the learning environment like at MCAD? Awesome! I am fortunate to be an alumni of the college too. I have experienced the campus full circle. MCAD is a wonderful place for learning and exploration. It s a creative environment with space and resources available to you almost 24/7. It s a nurturing, supportive, and professional place. If you could condense your experience and knowledge into one tip for aspiring illustrators, what would it be? Do your thing! I see so many artists try to be something they aren t in their work. Sure, mimicking an artist you admire at first is a good place to start in your journey to self-discovery, but eventually you need to break away and do your thing! I think artists, especially illustrators, think, I am never going to find a job doing what I like or what I do. But trends change so much that at some point what you do is popular. Just have a backup plan or something else you can do in the meantime or during slow times. A lot of the successful artists out there are doing great because they hustle. They are always working on something, even if it s personal. They are networking, making connections, traveling, observing, studying, doing whatever it takes to have an edge or to stay relevant. Bottom line through all that do what you love! What is your day job? I have a multi-part day job! Right now I am part-time web designer/part-time freelance illustrator/part-time stay-athome mom. I love the mix of getting to be home a little with the kids, while still having time for some freelance work, and of course the always steady day job. I d love to be full-time freelance, but for now I m happily enjoying the process! What is the most rewarding aspect of taking classes at MCAD? Classes at MCAD are so fun and rewarding, it s honestly hard to pick one, but I d say the most rewarding part is the instructors they are so down-to-earth, have real life experience and feedback, and are very approachable. I think there is a misconception that art school can be intimidating and scary I know I thought that but everyone at MCAD Continuing Education has been so great and gracious with their advice. What would you tell a friend about your experiences in your MCAD classes? I would tell my friends that it s a wonderful way to explore new topics or further your knowledge in an interest area. That it doesn t matter what skill level you are at you can find something that will help you grow and continue learning! What is your favorite technique/medium/subject? Can I say all the techniques/ mediums!? Honestly, every time I learn more about something, I m convinced it s my new jam I just finished Strong s watercolor class and I m so into it. But I love the variety, and since I learned graphic design/digitally first, I love combining elements from traditional and digital art. What is one piece of advice you would give to a friend who is just learning to draw, paint, or sculpt? The one piece of advice I would give is not to be afraid. Like I said, I think art school can feel intimidating, and it doesn t have to be. I took a great class a year or so ago on pattern design, and our teacher Lindsay Nohl emphasized that there was space for everyone we just had to find our audience. That really stuck with me and helped give me a lot of confidence in my work. Everyone has a unique voice to share, so follow it, find it, and make it yours!

5 THIS CLASS OPENED UP MY MIND IN THE WAY IT NEEDED TO BE OPENED. THE FEELING HAS CARRIED THROUGH TO HOW I WILL APPROACH CREATING NEW WORK FROM NOW ON. CE STUDENT

6 WHAT AN EXCELLENT INSTRUCTOR! HER ABILITY TO OFFER KIND, USEFUL, AND INSIGHTFUL CRITIQUES TO STUDENTS AT ANY LEVEL WAS COMPLETELY IMPRESSIVE. CE STUDENT T= TUITION F=FEES Visit mcad.edu/ce for full course descriptions and details. DESIGN AND DIGITAL MEDIA Adobe Photoshop Lightroom: Essential Skills Saturday and Sunday, Mar :00 a.m. 4:00 p.m. T: $240 F: $20 Ages 18+ Adobe Photoshop Lightroom is one of the best tools available to manage, adjust, and print large volumes of digital photographs. Learn the essentials of Lightroom in this two-day workshop. Conceptual Cartography Wednesdays, Mar 2 30 T: $195 F: $25 Ages 16+ Discover the ways in which mapping extends beyond geography and use it as a method for visualizing and organizing information. Creating Documents with Adobe InDesign Saturday and Sunday, Feb :00 a.m. 4:00 p.m. T: $240 F: $25 Ages 16+ Learn how to create simple one-, two-, or four-color documents using Adobe InDesign in one weekend. Design Thinking Crash Course Mondays, Mar 7 21 T: $117 F: $16 Ages 18+ Learn how to communicate your ideas using words, sketches, and prototypes, and find innovative solutions to real issues facing communities. Getting Started with Adobe Photoshop Saturday and Sunday, Feb :00 a.m. 4:00 p.m. T: $240 F: $25 Ages 16+ If you use a digital camera, this is the perfect opportunity to learn how to improve and manipulate your photographs after they are taken. Graphic Design Essentials with Adobe Creative Cloud Online, Feb 22 May 10 T: $780 Ages 16+ Learn the basics of graphic design using Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator. No previous design experience necessary. Illustrated Typography Thursdays, Feb 11 Mar 3 T: $156 Ages 16+ This course will challenge you to develop your own illustrated letterforms, phrases, and fonts through a series of studio demonstrations and hands-on in-class exercises. Introduction to Graphic Design Tuesdays, Feb 9 Apr 12 T: $390 F: $40 Ages 16+ Create a visual identity while learning the components of graphic design including form, color, and typography. Introduction to Infographics: Designing to Tell Stories Online, Apr 4 May 10 T: $390 Ages 16+ Learn best practices and correct techniques to create visuals that communicate data and statistics in an engaging way. Introduction to Product Design Tuesdays, Feb 23 Apr 12 (no class on March 15) T: $273 F: $25 Ages 16+ This class will highlight methods for designing and illustrating for specific audiences, products, and lifestyles through real-world practices of product designers. Introduction to Web Design Thursdays, Feb 11 Apr 14 T: $390 F: $40 Ages 16+ In this class, you will learn basic web design principles with the objective of building a wellperforming site using online tools and resources. FINE ARTS Beginning Observational Drawing Mondays, Feb 8 Apr 11 T: $390 Ages 18+ Drawing is a skill that anyone can learn! This class will help you build a strong foundation in training the hand and eye, while introducing techniques and materials associated with drawing, opening up a world of possibilities in art making. Beginning Painting Mondays, Feb 8 Apr 11 T: $390 F: $5 Ages 16+ Spend time in MCAD s expansive, light-filled painting studio as you learn the foundational techniques of oil painting. Building Contemporary Furniture in Wood Saturdays, Feb 13 Apr 16 9:00 a.m. 12:00 p.m. T: $390 F: $50 Ages 18+ Design and build your own piece of original furniture using MCAD s wood shop! Calligraphy Tuesdays, Feb 23 Mar 8 T: $117 F: $15 Ages 16+ If you are interested in modern calligraphy, hand-lettering, or typography in general, this class will introduce you to the basics: writing posture, ink control, and letterform structure. Drawing from the Collection Tuesdays, Feb 9 Mar 15 T: $234 F: $10 Ages 18+ Drawing from a collection is a great way to refine how you see. You will use drawing as a way to explore, learn from, and inspire your practice. Figure Drawing Thursdays, Feb 11 Apr 14 T: $390 F: $5 Ages 18+ In this class, you will learn to draw the human figure with accuracy, sensitivity, and expression. Figure Painting Wednesdays, Feb 10 Apr 13 T: $390 F: $5 Ages 18+ Discover the fundamental tools necessary to render in oil paint the challenging, yet infinitely rewarding subject of the human figure. Intaglio Etching Saturdays, Feb 13 Mar 19 T: $234 F: $68 Ages 18+ Learn the basics of intaglio etching and explore the wealth of possibilities in this rich printmaking medium.

7 Introduction to Soft Sculpture Saturdays, Feb 27 Apr 16 T: $312 F: $30 Ages 18+ This course introduces soft sculpture and the metaphoric power and possibilities it offers for contemporary artistic expression. Developing your creative voice, you will reimagine a hard object through soft materials, working towards a largescale final project. Japanese Papermaking Saturdays, Feb 20 Mar 12 T: $156 F: $40 Ages 16+ This is a start-to-finish primer on the art of Japanese papermaking. Thin, translucent, yet strong sheets can be made with very simple materials and tools. Monotypes Saturdays, Mar 26 Apr 2 T: $78 F: $53 Ages 18+ Making monotypes is work that s so engaging it feels like play. Learn how to combine printmaking processes with the spontaneity of collage, painting, and drawing to create surprisingly vivid and inventive imagery. Open Edition: Printmaking Seminar Thursdays, Feb 11 Apr 14 T: $390 F: $98 Ages 18+ Open Edition offers intermediate and advanced printmakers the chance to work in an open and collaborative learning community, while using some of the best printmaking facilities in the Midwest. Open Studio Painting Tuesdays, Feb 9 Apr 12 T: $390 F: $5 Ages 18+ This class offers the opportunity to pursue a self-directed painting project under the guidance of an experienced painting instructor! Watercolor Blast Wednesdays, Feb 10 Mar 30 T: $312 F: $10 Ages 16+ Learn traditional and nontraditional approaches to watercolor painting a vibrant, delicate, and luminous medium. ILLUSTRATION AND COMIC ART Children s Book Illustration Tuesdays, Feb 9 Mar 29 T: $312 Ages 16+ This fast-paced class allows you to explore working on a children s book, from character sketches to storyboards and final art. Comics Crash Course Online, Feb 22 Apr 1 T: $390 Ages 16+ Learn the fundamental skills necessary for crafting and producing comics, including craft and production, drawing, 2D art principles, and more. Comic Book Writing Mondays, Feb 22 Mar 21 T: $195 Ages 16+ Learn the basics of comic book story structure, character motivation, script formatting, submissions, self-publishing, and self-marketing. Introduction to Illustration Wednesdays, Feb 10 Mar 16 T: $234 Ages 18+ This dynamic class will introduce you to conceptual approaches to image making and illustration materials and techniques, as well as discuss practices relating to the business of illustration. Introduction to Fashion Illustration Thursdays, Feb 11 Mar 17 T: $234 F: $5 Ages 16+ Begin to learn and understand ways of rendering fashion through the study of various methods of drawing and painting, including drawing from the live model. PHOTOGRAPHY AND FILMMAKING Camera Trapping: Snapshots of Nature Saturdays, Mar 19 Apr 16 T: $195 F: $105 Ages 18+ This fun and unusual class provides you the unique opportunity to learn how to capture images of animals using remote sensing technology. Portrait Photography: Insight and Natural Light Thursdays, Feb 11 Mar 31 T: $312 Ages 18+ Used by contemporary artists as a means to explore identity, the photographic portrait has moved away from its commercial roots. This class allows you to explore the world of contemporary portrait photography. Studio Lighting Tuesdays, Feb 9 Mar 29 T: $312 F: $8 Ages 18+ Explore the wonderful world of studio lighting techniques for portrait, product, and still life photography. Tintype Photography Workshop Saturdays, Apr :00 a.m. 4:00 p.m. T: $130 F: $75 Ages 16+ Learn the tintype process and create, varnish, and finish your own photographs in this handson workshop. Van Dyke Printing Saturdays, Mar 26 Apr 2 T: $78 F: $30 Ages 18+ Learn the historic Van Dyke printing process during this short, hands-on workshop. CREATIVITY AND THE HUMANITIES Advancing and Promoting Your Art Practice Saturdays, Apr 2 9 T: $78 Ages 18+ This class is designed to offer a comprehensive introduction to research and strategic planning techniques for artists, with the end goal of advancing their careers and promoting their work. Grant Writing for Artists Online, Mar 21 Apr 22 T: $275 Ages 18+ This class will guide artists in building and compiling their professional materials for applying to grants and other arts-related funding and exhibition opportunities. Learn the ins and outs of researching for, and successfully applying to, a variety of opportunities. How To Talk About Art Thursday, Mar 10 6:00 9:00 p.m. T: $25 Ages 18+ This one-day workshop will serve as an introduction to art vocabulary and provide entry points for both understanding and talking about it. The class will include a trip to Mia, giving you the opportunity to look at art and practice talking about it. SPRING CLASSES FOR TEENS Introduction to Painting for Young Teens Saturdays, Feb 20 Mar 19 1:00 4:00 p.m. T: $195 Ages In this class, teens will learn foundation-level painting skills and develop technically while experimenting, thinking critically, and having fun! Beginning Screenprinting For Young Teens Sunday, Mar 13 1:00 4:00 p.m. T: $39 F: $6 Ages Learn the basics of screenprinting in this workshop and leave with your own unique T shirt! Spring Online Classes mcad.edu/online Professional and Graduate Programs Apply now for professional programs for working adults, including an online degree program for a Master of Arts in Sustainable Design, and Post- Baccalaureate Certificates in Graphic Design and Interactive Design and Marketing. mcad.edu/academic-programs

8 CONTINUING EDUCATION Continuing Education at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design offers top-notch, relevant, and engaging art and design programming for kids, teens, and adults taught by professional working artists. Throughout the year, evening, weekend, and online options for teens and adults deliver flexible opportunities designed for both beginner and advanced learners. Seeking career development? Personal enrichment? MCAD Continuing Education has classes for you.

9 I WAS A LITTLE INTIMIDATED AT FIRST, BUT THE CLASS AND INSTRUCTOR WERE SO WELCOMING TO ALL SKILL LEVELS. CE STUDENT

10 MCAD Continuing Education 2501 Stevens Avenue Minneapolis, MN E: P: F: mcad.edu/ce Monday Friday 8:30 a.m. 4:30 p.m. Recognized nationally and internationally for its innovative and interdisciplinary approaches to visual arts education, the Minneapolis College of Art and Design is home to more than 700 students and offers professional certificates, Bachelor of Fine Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees, and graduate degrees SPRING DATES Jan 4 Registration Opens Jan 22 $25 Early-Bird Discount Ends* Jan 19 Online Semester Begins Feb 8 Campus-Based Semester Begins Feb Apr New Classes Starting Throughout HOW TO REGISTER mcad.edu/ce MCAD Morrison Building M.105 SOCIAL MEDIA MCAD Continuing Education MCADContinue SPECIAL OFFERS Early-Bird: Save $25 Jan 4 22* Multiple Class: Save $25 Off Each Additional Class* Download the At-A-Glance Schedule at mcad.edu/ce Gift Certificates Available mcadcontinuinged *Restrictions apply.

11 MINNEAPOLIS COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN CONTINUING EDUCATION 2501 STEVENS AVENUE MINNEAPOLIS, MN MCAD.EDU/CE Non Profit Org. U.S. Postage PAID Minneapolis College of Art and Design