All levels. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced artist, this course will help you create clear images. You will do multiple drawing exercises to improve your skills and awaken your ability to translate what you see onto paper. You will practice using line, mass, form, value, perspective and composition. Photos will be provided…
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VMFA visual and performing arts programs are designed to stimulate greater community involvement in art education and to provide opportunities for individuals to work closely with noted professional artists. These artists have been selected for the merit of their work, their serious commitment to professional excellence, their teaching experience, and their communication skills. The wide variety of workshops allows the VMFA partner the flexibility to schedule programs that meet specific audience needs and satisfy different levels of skill and/or experience. See Booking Visual Arts Workshops and Performances for information about requesting a workshop or performance
Physical Theatre and Creation of Conscious Dance Theatre
Students practice meaningful storytelling through movement and character development, original spoken text, and exaggerated theatrical physicality. We explore authentic feelings and humor, experimenting with the most effective mediums to illustrate the content. This class is appropriate for both actors and dancers, those drawn to creating original performance, and anyone interested in self-discovery through expression. Longer…
Request ProgramSelf-Expression through Chinese Calligraphy Art
Chinese calligraphy as an art form is life fully experienced through the energy and motion of marks on paper, with time and rhythm in shifting space. The speed, acceleration and deceleration of the writer’s moves and turns give “spirit” to the characters by greatly influencing their final result. It requires the writer to have perfect…
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In this course, photographer Jaclyn Brown will show you how to capture decisive moments that communicate the energy of a particular place. The workshop will start by studying the masters of street photography, and then present various methods for approaching strangers for portraits, creating strong compositions, working with the light you have (as well as…
Request ProgramDeveloping a Photographic Portfolio
In this course, photographer Jaclyn Brown details the concepts and steps behind creating a well-crafted portfolio from a photographic perspective. The workshop begins with asking students about their individual goals for their portfolios. From there, the course gets into details such as defining the structure of your portfolio, looking at prime examples of successful portfolios…
Request ProgramDigital Photography Foundations
In this course, designed for students who have little previous experience with digital photography, instructor Jaclyn Brown will help students overcome their fear of using manual settings on a DSLR camera as well as help cell phone camera users to maximize potential quality. Students will be introduced to camera operations, very basic image editing, and…
Request ProgramArtistic Fashion Illustration
This workshop will demonstrate how to sketch and transform the stylish lady’s figure into a fantasyland. To start, students will learn the basics of fashion illustration and then compose the resulting illustrated model into a matching artistic and colorful world of pattern. Student will discover sources inspiration to be able to continue to work at…
Request ProgramFabric Pattern Designs
This workshop will start with designing one element for the textile design process. This graphic design can be made into a laminated pattern that can be manipulated and folded to create varying repeated patterns and angles to create beautiful overall textile designs. The possibilities are endless with this method of textile design- together we will…
Request ProgramA Creative Vision Transforms to an Elegant, Portable Sculpture – a Handbag!
Ms. Pinter will demonstrate where to get inspiration, how to sketch an idea, analyze the functionality, construct the sewing pattern, and use the visual artwork on the finished piece. Learn how to select colors and material for this every day necessary accessory, your wearable artwork: a handbag. For this process, I will give you directions…
Request ProgramSinging the Sights How do you sing a horse, or polka dots, or a sunset?
Voices communicate beyond words. Singing has a visual aspect. We’ll explore vocal tone and expression and use non-verbal aspects of singing to describe and convey elements of visual art such as color, texture, mood, and form. How does sound link to sights? We’ll draw what we hear and sing what we see.
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