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FALL 2008 - The Museum School at PAAM
September 22 - December 12, 2008

This Fall, the Museum School at PAAM will offer accredited courses in painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, and design, taught by a faculty of practicing artists from the Outer Cape. Courses concentrate on intensive, individual portfolio development, and the exploration of media and creative processes. Each class is limited in size to maintain the intimacy of a workshop eviroment and offer valuable one-on-one contact with instructors. Accredited courses can be applied towards an Associates or Bachelor of Arts degree.

Since 1927 the Provincetown Art Association and Museum has participated in the Outer Cape’s long tradition of offering instruction and studio art classes to our community. For the past 8 years, the Museum School at PAAM has partnered with Cape Cod Community College, to provide accredited courses to high school and college students, adults, and working professionals. This year PAAM will also offer noncredit workshops. Information is listed below.

Why study at PAAM? Our Courses Offer:
• Opportunities to work one on one with local, professional artists in the media of their expertise.
• Access to PAAM’s 2000+ collection, spanning over a century of American Art.
• A unique community of student-artists ranging in age from 17-70+ years old.
• Beginning artists are provided with an environment to create strong portfolios; this has allowed recent PAAM Museum School students to transfer to schools such as the Maine College of Art in Portland and Mass Art in Boston.
• State of the art climate-controlled studio classrooms with natural lighting and ventilation
• Student-centered exhibitions at PAAM.
• Value and affordability
How to Register:

All Accredited classes must be registered for through Cape Cod Community College, at 508-375-4012, Toll Free 1-877-846-3672 or on line at www.capecod.mass.edu. Semester-long classes may be taken for credit or audited. Tuition for a three credit or audited course is $366 ($122 per credit). Classes listed below are scheduled to run for both Fall and Spring Semesters, unless otherwise noted. All classes will take place at the Museum School at PAAM, 460 Commercial Street, Provincetown.

Noncredit workshops must be registered for at PAAM. If you have any questions or would like to register for a fall workshop, please contact Lynn Stanley, Curator of Education, at 508 487 1750 X13 or email lstanley@paam.org.


Ongoing: Life Drawing at PAAM
Life Drawing sessions (without instruction) are offered year-round Tuesday
and Friday, 9:30-11:30AM.

 
below listed course titles link
to faculty biography pages:

Accredited Fall 2008 Course List :
ART 100-95
DRAWING I
Thursday,1:00-5:00
Instructor: Anne Flash
 A rudimentary class exploring the visual language of line, tone, form, structure, and composition. Subject matter and questions of meaning will be discussed. Media will include pencil, charcoal, ink washes, and collage. Prerequisite: None / 3 credits.
ART 103-95
PAINTING I
Tuesday 12:30-4:30
Instructor: Meg Shields

The class is about painting in oil. Though it is designed for those who have very little painting experience, it will be useful to any student interested in the study of the depiction of space through color and value. Working from both still life set ups and from the model, students will be introduced to color theory and the importance of tonal value in visual experience. We will consider the question: what makes a painting alive? Instruction in the use of various painting materials will be available in the case of individual questions about these. The intention of the class is to provide students with expressive tools which they can then use to amplify their own ideas. Prerequisite: None / 3 credits.
ART 103-96
PAINTING I
Monday 9:30-1:45
Instructor: Franny Golden		 Introductory course in painting, exploring a variety of approaches and painting media. A series of landscape, still life, and personal imagery paintings will be investigated as both descriptive and imaginative forms of creative expression. (4 studio hours plus 2 additional hours arranged) Prerequisite: None / 3 credits.
ART 103-97
PAINTING I
Friday 9:30-1:30
Instructor: Doug Ritter

This painting course will provide the opportunity for students to gain strengths in both painting and drawing. As drawing is contained within the processes of painting, this interrelationship will be at the forefront of our investigations. Color, with it's potential for great description and expression, will be a focus as we move through objective and subjective approaches. Materials, processes, and techniques will be presented in a way to help students develop an approach that facilitates both observation and expression. Prerequisite: None / 3 credits.
ART 107-95
LIFE DRAWING
Wednesday 10:00-2:00
Instructor: Kathryn Smith
Through the use of traditional and contemporary drawing media and methods, students will explore gesture, modeling, anatomy, tonality, form, composition, and other aspects of figurative study from the model. Prerequisite: None / 3 credits; may be repeated once for credit.
ART 126-95
HISTORY OF ART II
Monday 2:00-4:30
Instructor: Franny Golden		 This course provides an interdisciplinary approach to the art of the western world from the Proto-Renaissance to the Age of Romanticism. Slide-illustrated lectures will deal with such topics as general aesthetic trends, the life and work of key artists, ideas guiding their creations, as well as important methods, materials and techniques they employed. Prerequisite: None / 3 credits.
ART 135-95
ART 235-95
TEXTILE/FIBER ARTS
I AND II
Thursday 9:30-1:30
Instructor: Nathalie Ferrier		 Learn three-dimensional surface design on fabric including silk-screening, dying, batik, marbling and painting on fabric. Construct wearable art garments from traditional garment patterns to draping and designing your own clothing. Add embellishments to ordinary clothing. Build your portfolio with photos of your work. Work as a group collaborating and continue to develop as a fiber artist professionally. (4 class hours) Prerequisite: ART135 / 3 credits.
ART 200-95
DRAWING II
Thursday, 1:00-5:00
Instructor: Anne Flash

A continuation of Drawing l, with more emphasis on point of view and individual
expression. The second half of the semester will be devoted to self-designed projects,
culminating in a final exhibition. Prerequisite: Drawing 1 or permission of instructor
ART 200-96
DRAWING II
Monday 9:30-1:30
Instructor: Doug Ritter		 Students will work with a variety of drawing media. As line in drawing is revelatory of the purpose and energy that creates them, there will be a focus in the athletics of drawing. Posture, markmaking, and gesture will be explored along with the relationship between the intuitive and rational aspects of drawing and seeing. Prerequisite: Drawing 1 or permission of instructor.
ART 209-95
PRINTMAKING TECHNIQUES: Investigating Monotype
Wednesday, 9:30-1:30
Instructor: Vicky Tomayko		 Monotype introduces methods for creating one-of-a-kind prints. The course uses both oil and water-based inks in a non-toxic print shop (vegetable oil and water clean-up). A variety of techniques and approaches will include painting, transfer methods, stencils, collage, dry point, watercolor, and inking procedures. Prerequisite: None / 3 credits.
ART 228-95
ADVANCED PAINTING
Monday 9:30-1:45
Instructor: Franny Golden		 This course will provide the opportunity for personal interpretation of subject matter with an investigation of a variety of technical approaches leading to the development of a personal style of expression. Prerequisite: ART103 / 3 credits; may be repeated once for credit; 6 credit maximum.
ART 228-96
ADVANCED PAINTING
Friday 9:30-1:30
Instructor: Doug Ritter		 This course will concentrate on the development of the students understanding of processes and approaches to the discipline of painting. General issues of painting, and material and procedural strategies will be a focus of concentration. These issues will be investigated through a series of assignments- some given, and some self guided. The curriculum will continue the general development of a student's expertise—technically, formally, conceptually, and professionally—in the field of painting. Prerequisite: ART103 or permission of instructor/ 3 credits; may be repeated once for credit; 6 credit maximum.
ART 250-95
ADVANCED PROJECTS:
DRAWING
Monday 9:30-1:30
Instructor: Doug Ritter		 Students will work with close observation and staged processes to achieve a high level of representation in both black and white and colored drawing media on a variety of surfaces. A special emphasis will be on the underlying principles of form comprehension, proportion, perspective and schema that inform a clarity of vision. We will explore a variety of subjects and scale and draw from both direct observation and photographic sources. Still-life, landscape, portraiture and botanical subjects will inform an investigation of an array of textures and surfaces. Sharpen up, slow down, and open up your vision to the spectacular close at hand. Prerequisite: Drawing 1 or permission of instructor

ADVANCED PROJECTS:
Printmaking Workshop
ART 250-96
Wednesday, 9:30-1:30
Instructor: Vicky Tomayko

 Workshop environment, with individual critiquing and instruction, for the student working in monotype methods. Students will be encouraged to develop a body of work through experimentation and the exploration of ideas. Pre-requisite: Printmaking techniques or permission of instructor.
ADVANCED PROJECTS:
Mixed Media
ART 250-97
Monday 10:00-2:00
Instructor: Vicky Tomayko		 A course designed to allow the individual to explore the possibilities for combining materials and methods in a way that integrates idea and visual vocabulary. Specific assignments encourage the artist to make a body of work in an approach uniquely suited to their strengths. The student can try everything or focus on a specific project of their choosing. The class meets in the print studio with access to 3 presses and could include, but is not limited to the use of ink (printmaking), paint, drawing materials, collage, fabric, self hardening clay, vinyl and book making. A sketchbook or journal as a diary for ideas is the only universal requirement. Prerequisite: None / 3 credits.
 
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