I am posting this for the Philadelphia Art Alliance. Please direct any questions to Julie Cardillo
****BRAND NEW PAA SUMMER ART WORKSHOPS******** The Philadelphia Art Alliance is proud to announce a new program �Julie�s July Art Jam�. Julie Cardillo has received her MFA from the University of Pennsylvania and served on the faculty at Upenn, Drexel and Montgomery County Community College. She will be instructing exciting new workshops for the month of July at the Philadelphia Art Alliance. Workshops will be run per week, MTWTH during the month of July. Each week will be a different motif. From 9-11am they will be structured for ages 10-12. From 12:00 to 2:00 will be a FREE OPEN STUDIOS with a project related to the weekly topic. She will be there to guide and support interested students while answering art related questions. During 3:00-5:00pm the workshop will be geared towards an older art audience ages will be 13 and up. Bring the whole family! CHECK IT OUT!!! July 7th-10th = THE ENVIRONMENT My Green Garden 9:00-11:00am Can nature and the city of Philadelphia exist peacefully together? It sure can, and it�s up to you to design it! We will take short field trips and paint pictures of local areas where there is plenty of green in city. Each day we will create and bring home a new painting inspired by historical movements such as the Renaissance, Impressionists, Fauvists and Magic Realists. Cost=$120 +$15 materials fee Open Studio 11:00am-1:00pm >From Pastoral Sites to Cityscapes 3:00-5:00pm We will trace different modes of landscape painting throughout history, emphasizing the relationship between man and nature. We will cover basic painting techniques and create works inspired by the great masters. Each day we will create a new project. We will also take local field trips. Cost=$120+$15 materials fee July 14th-17th = PEOPLE Crazy Characters 9:00-11:00am What can we tell about a person from their portrait? How do we arrive at these conclusions? Portraits give us insight into people�s character. As a group we will analyze famous portraits from such artists as Van Gogh and Alice Neel. We will create our own portraits and learn basic proportions and drawing skills. Each day we will begin and take home new project, including creating our own characters and caricatures! Cost=$120+$15 materials fee Open Studio 11:00-1:00pm Narrative and the Art of Portraiture 3:00-5:00pm The art of portraiture poses many questions. As a group we will reference and discuss artists such as Rembrandt, Van Gogh, Manet and contemporary artists such as Alice Neel and Susanna Coffey. We will touch upon ideas such as perceived image and projected image. We will create our own portraits and learn basic proportions, drawing and painting skills. Each day we will take home a new project! The workshop will culminate in a project that asks you to create a portrait with no human image. Cost=$120+$15 materials fee July 21st-24th = LANGUAGE Playful Poets 9:00-11:00am We will learn about different poets, beginning with William Blake. As a group we will play with sounds, rhythm and rhyme. We will create our own poetry and illustrations to accompany them. Each day we will take home a new project. Cost=$120+$15 materials fee Open Studios 11:00-1:00pm Text and Image 3:00-5:00pm We will discuss elements of visual and written language. Logograms, Ideograms and Phonograms will be covered. Students will work with different mediums that reflect the concepts we discuss. Each day we will take home a new project. The workshop will culminate in a project that asks you to transform text into images. Cost=$120+$15 materials fee July 28th-31st = CULTURE We�re in the World 9:00-11:00am Creativity plays an important role in all cultures. In our minds, we will travel to places such as Africa, to create masks, Ancient Egypt, to decipher hieroglyphs and invent our own symbolic language, and Australia, where the Aborigines will help us express our dreams. Cost=$100+$35 materials fee Open Studios 11:00-1:00pm The Art of Indigenous People 3:00-5:00pm Artistic expression comes is many forms and for many purposes. Each day we will create and new project. We will discuss the history of African mask making and religion, while creating our own masks. In addition we will explore the Greeks, decorative arts and mosaic. Cost-$100+$35 material fee ENROLL IN ALL 4 AND RECEIVE 10%OFF! PAA MEMBERS CALL NOW FOR ADDITIONAL DISCOUNTS!! REGISTER BY PHONE TODAY (215) 545-4302 PAA is located at: 251 South 18th St. Philadelphia PA 19103 -- Ann Kreidle Planning Coordinator Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander University of Pennsylvania Partnership School 4209 Spruce Street Philadelphia, PA 19104 215-823-5463 215-382-2031 fax [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see <http://www.purple.com/list.html>.
