PAPR 591 Drawing and Mixed Media Workshop for Teachers: Focus on the Figure
“This class was amazing. I created more work during this week-long figure session than I would normally create in a semester-long class. ”
–'08 Participant, Drawing
July 26-30, 2010
3 graduate credits
This course emphasizes the role of drawing and experimentation in developing a body of artwork that is inspired by the human form. Participants will begin their research with a warm up exercise specified on the accompanying blog.
Collage, assemblage, drawing on experimental grounds and painting on nontraditional surfaces often enrich this process and can function as a springboard for work created during and after the completion your course work.
This workshop will also consist of artist and media resources presented on-line and during field trips. Students should email me examples of their work or website or bring samples and/or slides of their artwork to the first class meeting, plan to be present every day and at all scheduled critiques and have daily internet access.
The blog Figuration in Contemporary Art is a content enriched outline of the
course syllabus.
Curriculum/Blog
http://figurationincontemporaryart.blogspot.com/
Instructor information
Amie Oliver received her B.A. from Mississippi State University in 1982, her M.F.A. from Bowling Green State University and post graduate work at Tyler School of Art and the State University of New York in Brockport. She has been teaching in higher education since 1986. Visit www.amieoliver.net for more information regarding her artwork.
What will you take home?
By the end of the week, you will have begun a body of work and will have new ideas and techniques for your own art classroom. You will be inspired by your fellow classmates, the studios and galleries you visit and better acquainted with the collections of area museums. Come be a part of the art scene in Richmond and go home refreshed and ready for new projects.
General information
The summer art workshop meets for a week of studio work, visits to museums, galleries and artists’ studios, and lecture-discussions. It includes an independent follow-up component (short paper or lesson plan) applying knowledge and skills learned during the summer to your instruction. Follow-up work may be completed anytime from the end of the workshop through October. Credit can be awarded when follow-up work is submitted.
Contact us
Amie Oliver
Phone: (804) 303-5495
E-mail: aoliver2@vcu.edu
Anna Jones
Phone: (804) 828-8831
E-mail: ajones47@vcu.edu