INTRODUCTION TO PHOTOSHOP
Type:
Workshop
Dates:
Sat Jun 01, 2013 10:00
- Sat Jun 08, 2013
Location:
Berkeley, CA ,
Description:
This intensive workshop introduces participants to the amazing array of possibilities provided by Adobe's image-editing program, Photoshop. Participants in this useful workshop will learn how to navigate Photoshop's interface and become familiar with its wide array of tools and techniques. The class will also focus on how to make skillful selections and adjust contrast and color. Learn the art of retouching, masking, resolution issues, and how to use layers for collage and photo-composition. Suitable for ...
Process Screenprint
Type:
Workshop
Dates:
Sat Jun 01, 2013 10:00
- Sat Jun 22, 2013
Location:
Berkeley, CA ,
Description:
Unlike working with line-based imagery and flat shapes, this workshop will focus strictly on halftone screens and process color printing. This technique is primarily used in the offset industry, but translates to the medium of fine art Screenprinting. For high volume full-color editions this method can be more economical than other mediums, plus it has a unique aesthetic of it’s own. Students will learn how to properly prepare film work in Photoshop including splitting channels, ...
Introduction to Photoshop
Type:
Workshop
Dates:
Sat Jun 01, 2013 10:00
- Sat Jun 08, 2013
Location:
Berkeley,
California
United States of America
United States of America
Description:
This intensive workshop introduces participants to the amazing array of possibilities provided by Adobe's image-editing program, Photoshop. Participants in this useful workshop will learn how to navigate Photoshop's interface and become familiar with its wide array of tools and techniques. The class will also focus on how to make skillful selections and adjust contrast and color. Learn the art of retouching, masking, resolution issues, and how to use layers for collage and photo-composition. Suitable for ...
Process Screenprint
Type:
Workshop
Dates:
Sat Jun 01, 2013 10:00
- Sat Jun 22, 2013
Location:
Berkeley, CA ,
California
United States of America
United States of America
Description:
Unlike working with line-based imagery and flat shapes, this workshop will focus strictly on halftone screens and process color printing. This technique is primarily used in the offset industry, but translates to the medium of fine art Screenprinting. For high volume full-color editions this method can be more economical than other mediums, plus it has a unique aesthetic of it’s own. Students will learn how to properly prepare film work in Photoshop including splitting channels, ...
“In Conversation” and Performance Event: Danny McCarthy, and Anthony Kelly and David Stalling (Farpoint Recordings)
Type:
Talk/Lecture
Dates:
Sat Jun 01, 2013 14:00
- Sat Jun 01, 2013
Location:
LONDON,
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Description:
Danny McCarthy The Memory Room The Memory Room is a project by the Cork-based multimedia artist Danny McCarthy, whose pioneering art practice explores a combination of visual and auditory experiences. This new work consists of an ongoing series of installations in conjunction with a new book and CD published by the Irish sound art label, Farpoint Recordings. The project is curated by Anthony Kelly. Events: Opening: Publication Launch and Performance Event: WEDNESDAY 22 May 2013 ...
Facts and Fictions
Type:
Exhibition
Dates:
Sat Jun 01, 2013 18:00
- Sat Jun 08, 2013
Location:
Brooklyn,
New York
United States of America
United States of America
Description:
FACTS AND FICTIONS Curated by Ani Katz and Sara Winston Featuring Vika Adutova, Michael Borowski, Andrew Russel Coates, Marianne Dages, Barbara Diener, Gregg Evans, Adam Forrester, Joe Gutowski, Lauren Hermele, Julie Renée Jones, Ceci Cole Mcinturff, Jordan Rathus, David Rodriguez, Bailey Scieszka, and Yi Yunyi. At the Invisible Dog Art Center, 51 Bergen St Brooklyn And the Recession Art Gallery, 47 Bergen St Brooklyn Opening June 1, 6-10 pm On View Thru June 8 Recession ...
Art Engaging Gangs
Type:
Exhibition
Dates:
Thu Jun 06, 2013 18:00
- Sat Jul 27, 2013
Location:
New York,
New York
United States of America
United States of America
Description:
Curated by Holly Crawford Participating Artists: Erik Bergrin, Mark Dillon, Jasmine Johnson, Nadin Ospina, Joseph Rodriguez, Paula Roush, Maayke Schurer, Robert Taub, Zefrey Throwell A group exhibition of artists who have engaged with gangs in different ways. This art is the flip side of Norman Rockwell’s middle-class American paintings of Thanksgiving gatherings or getting immunized, a shot, from the doctor to protect you from unseen danger. This is a different kind of danger: the danger ...
Night School: COLOR CHART
Type:
Workshop
Dates:
Mon Jun 10, 2013 18:30
- Wed Jun 12, 2013
Location:
Berkeley, CA ,
Description:
Color has historically been used as a descriptive, evocative and phenomenological element in visual art. A parallel history exists of color as an industrial product, used to predict fashion and decor trends or to effect phycological states. Industrial printing processes and digital technologies codify and granulate color into a standardized vocabulary. This class will examine color as a readymade. Through lectures, exercises and short projects we will look at artists who appropriate color and develop ...
Night School: Color Chart
Type:
Workshop
Dates:
Mon Jun 10, 2013 18:30
- Wed Jun 12, 2013
Location:
Berkeley, CA ,
California
United States of America
United States of America
Description:
Color has historically been used as a descriptive, evocative and phenomenological element in visual art. A parallel history exists of color as an industrial product, used to predict fashion and decor trends or to effect phycological states. Industrial printing processes and digital technologies codify and granulate color into a standardized vocabulary. This class will examine color as a readymade. Through lectures, exercises and short projects we will look at artists who appropriate color and develop ...
CYANOTYPE: Photogenic Drawing
Type:
Workshop
Dates:
Sat Jun 15, 2013 10:00
- Sat Jun 15, 2013
Location:
Berkeley, CA ,
Description:
Sunprints with cyanotypes are one of the earliest experiences in photography, and Cyanotype photograms often exude the simple elegance of these early endeavors. This one-day workshop will cover all of the basics of how to create a cyanotype, and how to work with photograms and creating images with blocking techniques. No prior experience required. Enrollment limited to 10 students. Mary K. Shisler has taught at Ohlone SF Photo Center and Kala Art Institute. Her work ...
Cyanaotype: Photogenic Drawing
Type:
Workshop
Dates:
Sat Jun 15, 2013 10:00
- Sat Jun 15, 2013
Location:
Berkeley, CA ,
California
United States of America
United States of America
Description:
Sunprints with cyanotypes are one of the earliest experiences in photography, and Cyanotype photograms often exude the simple elegance of these early endeavors. This one-day workshop will cover all of the basics of how to create a cyanotype, and how to work with photograms and creating images with blocking techniques. No prior experience required. Enrollment limited to 10 students. Mary K. Shisler has taught at Ohlone SF Photo Center and Kala Art Institute. Her work ...
LUMEN Festival
Type:
Festival
Dates:
Sat Jun 15, 2013 18:00
- Sun Jun 16, 2013
Location:
New York,
New York
United States of America
United States of America
Description:
WHAT: LUMEN FESTIVAL, presented by Staten Island Arts (formerly The Council on the Arts and Humanities for Staten Island, COAHSI) LUMEN is a video and performance art festival featuring over 50 artists, curated by David C. Terry and Esther Neff and presented by Staten Island Arts in partnership with NYC Parks & Recreation. Making use of Staten Island’s under-utilized waterfront, LUMEN will be held at Lyons Pool, a publicly-owned NYC Department of Parks and Recreation ...
Etching 3: Combining Techniques
Type:
Workshop
Dates:
Sun Jun 16, 2013 10:00
- Sun Jun 30, 2013
Location:
Berkeley, CA ,
Description:
This class is part three of an intensive series of etching classes with artist Kazuko Watanabe that will provide extensive instruction in etching techniques. The third class, Etching 3, will build on instruction presented in Etching 1 & 2, and introduce photo etching. Participants will learn multiple intaglio techniques, combination techniques, as well as chine colle. Kazuko Watanabe has worked in print media for over twenty years. She has researched and developed three-dimensional prints, print ...
Advanced Letterpress Typesetting
Type:
Workshop
Dates:
Sat Jun 22, 2013 10:00
- Sat Jun 29, 2013
Location:
Berkeley, CA ,
Description:
Expand your typesetting skills with more complex type-layouts, the subtleties of line- and word-spacing, and a solid understanding of measuring and registration for multiple color printing. Students will learn how to plan text and layout for their own 2-color print, as well as gain more technical knowledge of press operation, ink mixing, advanced typesetting, and edition printing. Nif Hodgson is a San Francisco artist working in traditional and contemporary printmaking and letterpress techniques. She has ...
Collage
Type:
Workshop
Dates:
Sat Jun 29, 2013 10:00
- Sat Jun 29, 2013
Location:
Berkeley, CA ,
Description:
This workshop will cover a variety of college techniques including collage substrates, adhesives, paper types, and the compositional elements that will help your artwork to be visually interesting. This is a great introductory art class, and can be a way to generate new ideas for future artworks of various media. Bring your favorite ephemera that you’ve been saving forever, and get ready to experiment. Kim Snyder is a photographer based in San Francisco. She focuses ...
Experimental Drawing
Type:
Workshop
Dates:
Sat Jul 13, 2013 10:00
- Sat Jul 27, 2013
Location:
Berkeley, CA ,
California
United States of America
United States of America
Description:
Experiment on paper! Designed to push the boundaries of traditional drawing, this class intends to open new creative paths for the students’ personal aesthetic and drawing language. Students will work with a variety of conventional media, such as charcoal and graphtie, and also experiment with unconventional materials—such as vellum, cold wax and natural pigments. This class will be a laboratory for students to learn about new materials and complete multiple drawings. Theodora Varnay Jones received ...
Introduction to Digital SLR Photography
Type:
Workshop
Dates:
Sat Jul 13, 2013 13:00
- Sat Jul 20, 2013
Location:
Berkeley, CA ,
California
United States of America
United States of America
Description:
Make the most of your camera! The modern Digital Single Lens Reflex (DSLR) camera is a powerful creative tool. This two-day workshop offers an in-depth study of all of the tools your camera provides for taking exceptional photographs. Time in class will be devoted to technical instruction as well as tips for shooting great pictures. Jon Zax owns and operates Lotuscolor, one of the Bay Area's premier digital imaging studios. An early advocate of digital ...
Wood Engraving
Type:
Workshop
Dates:
Tue Aug 13, 2013 10:00
- Sun Jul 14, 2013
Location:
Berkeley, CA ,
California
United States of America
United States of America
Description:
Learn the art of wood engraving, an extremely accessible process that you can complete at your home studio. A refined form of block printing, wood engraving offers a full range of tonality and exquisite control over mark-making. During this two-day workshop you learn about materials and techniques, and explore your own creative response by producing a limited edition of prints. Richard Wagener received his MFA in painting from Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. ...