Classes

This workshop explores the fundamentals of drawing and expands traditional skills through varied studio practices. Participants investigate the intersection between drawing and collage, incorporating diverse media to create and convey ideas. The materials available to participants to express themselves include paper, ink, graphite, print media, image fragments, and found objects. Artworks will emphasize the development of new skills and construction methods. Participants in this workshop will not only benefit from an opportunity to hone their interests as artists but appreciate the opportunity to engage in an evolving visual dialogue steeped in a rich history.

This studio class in printmaking will explore various techniques, including relief, lithography, drypoint, and letterpress. Participants will develop imagery from a variety of prompts and themes common to contemporary art. We will also spend time examining contemporary and traditional prints for additional guidance. We will engage in individual and group critiques throughout the class to stimulate discussion about our works.

Students will immerse themselves in studio work and gain insight and experience in painting & mixed media. Foundational techniques that focus on observational skills will be covered- from painting from life and shorter gestural exercises. Students will then transition into a more experimental studio practice with various mixed-media applications as they build upon established skills to create their artistic voice. Teaching methods in this class include in-class exercises, guided practice with new techniques and materials, group activities, independent work based on students’ choices, class discussions, and critiques. Students will explore how traditional and contemporary artists have used painting and mixed media in their artwork.

This studio course will provide the students with a basic working knowledge of the digital camera, focusing on basic aesthetic principles such as photo shooting, photo editing, and photography compositions. Students will learn photo shooting techniques (aperture, shutter speed, ISO, White Balance, exposure, and focus) and photo editing techniques (exposure, contrast, highlight/shadows, colors, size, and proportion) using editing programs (Lightroom and Photoshop) and photography compositions. Students will analyze and apply the conceptual, technical, and aesthetic elements through creating photographs. Students will also develop an individual project for critique and exhibition. A digital camera is required.

animate (v.) – from anima “life, breath.” During the Introduction to Animation workshop, we will experiment with multiple forms of practice to bring our ideas to life. Students will utilize both traditional analog methods and digital tools to craft animated work, emphasizing the principles of animation.

Students will learn a variety of drawing techniques by looking at objects in a still life and outdoor spaces to understand observational drawing, or the long look’ approach to a drawing, and to be creative in a drawing composition. All while gaining experience with various drawing media, including graphite pencils, charcoal, brush and ink, fine-point pens, markers, Sharpie, color pencils, and more. Students will gain an understanding of how to build a drawing composition through the art elements of contour line, gesture, and mark-making drawings, while incorporating the values of light and dark spaces, pattern, and texture. Using compositional studies to better understand shape, form, pattern, movement, rhythm, depth in value, and drawing in color.

Campers will get a taste of an undergraduate 3-D Design class, using cardboard, recycled paper, found objects, and other common post-consumer materials to transform two-dimensional ideas like drawings and collages into three-dimensional objects like sculptures and assemblage.  We will explore the Elements of Art, such as line, form and space; the Principles of Design, like rhythm, unity, and variety; and specific sculptural topics like joinery, adhesion, relief, and navigating gravity. Throughout the week, the class members will expand design strategies and hone sculpture-making skills by inventing and building objects to create an immersive installation that centers what our future might look like.  By Friday afternoon, we’ll have collectively built a new world that reflects our individual and group dreams for what buildings and spaces might look like in the years ahead.

This course will introduce the students to the fundamentals of digital graphic design. The primary objective of this course is to show the artist or designer can enhance creativity, graphic design, and technical skills in various design projects. Students will understand and think critically about visual design principles and software applications such as Photoshop and Illustrator. Students will produce creative and innovative design projects that synthesize information regarding digital technology. Students will develop proficiency in software and tools associated with graphic design, digital imaging, and vector graphics. Students will design, construct and present a final design project for critique and exhibition.

From the moment the first painting appeared on a cave wall over 30,000 years ago, humans have been telling stories using visual art. But why do we do it, and how do the best storytellers do it so well? In the storytelling in animation workshop, we will explore the answers to the questions as we walk through the research, develop ideas, and transfer the stories onto the screen. We’ll begin with concept art and character design, then write a short script, draw out our storyboards, and finally finish with a story pitch to bring them to life.

Students will explore the five key elements of filmmaking—Narrative, Cinematography, Sound Design, Mise-en-scene, and Editing—as well as the stages of production: pre-production, production, and post-production. They will then produce a micro short film for the closing show.

1. Option one: The SADI staff will supervise student artists during open studio sessions and assist them with their independent projects.   
2. Option two: The preservice art teachers at UNCG will create and present engaging art lessons to the campers each evening to foster creativity.