Show the Art You Make
Classes in Collaboration with UFORGE Gallery
UFORGE Gallery cultivates a creative, inclusive arts community with assignment-based, non-juried exhibitions and events. We are proud to collaborate on this new workshop series.
Each workshop in the series ties to an exhibition theme. Take a UFORGE workshop, and the art you make will be in the matching show, with a gallery reception, even possible reviews and sales.
The workshops take place at UFORGE Gallery, 767 Centre St, Jamaica Plain, just around the corner from the Eliot School. Download directions (pdf).
Register in advance through the Eliot School.
Download the catalog page (pdf)
Link to UFORGE Gallery for more context.
Exhibition
JP to Me: Unseen | April 2012
Workshop
Documenting American Communities: Space & Place
Immerse yourself in the theory and practice of documentary photography. Choose a community (broadly defined) and begin a documentary photographic study of it. Examine and discuss a number of classic and contemporary documentary works, while emphasizing your own. Bring your own camera (any kind) and be prepared to make prints outside of class. Limit 8 students
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Instructor: Chris Fowler
Course Code: AW777
Section 1W: 4 Tuesdays, 7–9pm, Feb 21–Mar 13, 2012
$170
plus $35 gallery fee payable in class
Exhibition
Manipulation | June 2012
Workshop
Mixed Media Manipulations
Start by looking at ways that artists have manipulated master works to create their own art. Using Vik Muñiz’s peanut butter and jelly Mona Lisa or garbage dump portrait of Venus as inspiration, seek out unexpected materials with which to recreate a masterpiece. Final projects may be 2–D, sculpture or photographic. Limit 8 students
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Instructor: Maggie Carberry
Course Code: AW778
Section 1S: 4 Tuesdays, 7–9pm, May 1–22, 2012
$140
plus $35 gallery fee payable in class
Exhibition
Spectrum | July 2012
Workshop
Painting the Subconscious
Explore a process in which you tap into your creative subconscious. Guided by demonstrations, prepare and complete two paintings, with a 30–minute group discussion at the end of the course. Limit 8 students
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Instructor: Brian Crete
Course Code: AW779
Section 1S: 4 Wednesdays, 7–9:30pm, May 30–June 20, 2012
$170
plus $35 gallery fee payable in class
Exhibition
Stories | August 2012
Workshop
Assemblages with Found Objects
Prepare to make an assemblage that tells a story with found objects. Look at work by Joseph Cornell, instructor Amy Hitchcock and other contemporary assemblage artists. Discuss how to construct narrative with found objects. Then learn techniques for making your assemblage: how to choose the perfect box, where to find supplies, gluing techniques, and more. You have two options: Section 2M is a brief talk and demonstration; you will leave ready to make your assemblage at home. In Section 3M, you will complete your assemblage over four days. Limit 6 students
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Instructor: Amy Hitchcock
Course Code: AW516
Section 2M: Tuesday, June 19, 7–8:30pm
$50
plus $35 optional gallery fee payable in class
Section 3M: 4 Saturdays, 9:30–11:30am, June 23–July 14, 2012
$140
plus $35 gallery fee payable in class