The New Art Workshop Program

 

About Art Workshop:

Since 1993, Immaculate Conception’s Art Workshop program has help students discover and develop their drawing and painting skills. Originally a lunchtime activity, AW expanded into a more intense after-school program in 1999.  Paintings and art projects from the program are visible in our school lobby, throughout the school building, in the park outside the building. In 2006, the Art Workshop Program was recognized by Today’s Catholic Teacher magazine with the Innovations in Education Award for the paintings “Images of Mary” and “Christ Our Lord.”

 

What is new about the program:

This year, AW will be held in a workshop format, offering various courses in the fall, winter and spring. Classes will be held in the school cafeteria on Saturday mornings, over a period of five weeks. The first four weeks are instructional time, with the fifth week reserved for the completion/mounting of projects.

 

The Material Fee covers the cost of all tools and materials the students will be using in class. The only necessary item is a large tote bag or portfolio to transport work and supplies.

 

 This year AW will be open to younger artists, ages 9 and up. You do not have to be an Immaculate Conception student to participate in Art Workshop classes. All new students are asked to register for the Beginning Drawing I class.  Other course offerings will require some experience, as AW artists build their art skills as well as their artistic knowledge in the form of vocabulary and critiquing skills.

 

Tentative Schedule for AW Programs:

Fall I: October 3, 10, 17, 24, 31

Fall II: Nov 7, 14, 21, Dec 5, 12

 

Winter I: Jan 9, 16, 23, 30, Feb 6

Winter II: Feb 13, 20, 27, Mar 6, 13

 

Spring I: Mar 20, 27, Apr 10, 17, 24

Spring II: May 1, 8, 15, 22

Shows: January 31st (All School Open House) and May 26 (Fine Arts Festival)

All students who have particpated in the program will be asked to show their work.

 

Information will be posted on my Teacher Web site as soon as classes are scheduled. Fall session 1 courses are listed below. Registration dates will be specified.

Class size is limited to 15 students.

Classes will be held in the Immaculate Conception Cafeteria.

Class period 1: 9:00-10:15

Class period 2: 10:30-11:45

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Art Workshop

Winter I Classes

Winter I classes start on Saturday, January 9th!

 

Beginning Drawing (all levels, “first year” students)

Time: 9:00-10:15

Fee: $65 (includes all materials)

Dates: Jan 9, 16, 23, 30, Feb 6

Show: Jan 31, All School Open House

 

The Beginning Drawing student will experience instruction based on his/her experience level.

·      Students who have not taken previous AW will learn the basics in line, composition, and value through the use of still life and master works of art. They will be exposed to different drawing pencils and different approaches to drawing. In this class, students will also learn the Group Critiquing process, which helps students analyze their work and the work of other artists.

 

·      Students who have attended either the “Art in the Summer” program or the Beginning Drawing I class will expand their knowledge of line, composition, and values in this class. They will use expand their use of art tools and experience charcoal and pen and ink in this class.

 

·      Students will be introduced to the application of color in this course. They will learn to see the values and intensity through the use of colored pencils. The students will also learn about paper choice and how it affects the final work of art.

 

Advanced Art Class: Portraiture I

Time: 10:30-11:45

Fee: $65 (includes all materials used)

Dates: Jan 9, 16, 23, 30, Feb 6

Show: January 31^st (Open House display)

 (Note: These classes are for students who have completed a year of beginning classes in the AW program. Students entering the Advanced classes should have knowledge of line, composition, value, space, and critiquing terminology. They will have also had some experience in working in color.)

 

Students will begin their study of how to draw the human face in this class. Artists will be using a variety of materials and paper choices. Through instruction and drawing exercises, they will learn about the proper placement of features and the difference angles of the head. For a final project, they will be working on a self-portait in a medium of their choice.

Please register your student by Friday, December 19th, so that supplies can be ordered. Class size is limited to fifteen students per class period.

 

***Please note that the Saturday, January 30^th class will be held in the art room due to preparations for the Open House on Jan

Registration Form can be downloaded from the Program Information link or be completed through the On-Line registration link on this website.