Open-enrollment Classes
Fall 2007
Free tuition
THIRTEEN WEEKS: 18 SEPTEMBER — 13 DECEMBER 2007
Please see the grid for class locations.
Tuesday
Art History [AO320] |
Ms. Kathryn McFadden
6:00 - 7:00 P.M.
This class has reached its maximum enrollment, but we are accepting names for a waiting list.
PLEASE NOTE: no art history lectures on 10/30 and 11/20
This series of lectures will cover Post-Impressionism, Turn-of-the-Century, Cubism, Futurism, Dada, Surrealism, Abstract Expressionism, Pop Art, Op Art, Minimalism, Conceptualism, and current innovations. Additionally, lectures will discuss art beyond the western world, including African, Indian, Oceanic, Native American, Mexican, Chinese, Japanese and Islamic arts, crafts and architecture.
Drawing I [AO322] |
Mr. David Berger
7:30 - 9:30 P.M.
This is the recommended class for all students coming to Fleisher without previous instruction or experience. Concepts covered include composition, design, tone, line, and perspective. Drawing I on Tuesday and Thursday nights have identical lessons each week.
Figure Drawing I [AO325] |
Mr. Douglas Randall
7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
This class has reached its maximum enrollment, but we are accepting names for a waiting list.
This class serves as a bridge from drawing classes to the figure classes. If you can write, you can draw. This class is designed as an introduction to the possibilities of figure drawing. It is really about learning to see.
Students will gain an understanding of basic proportions and anatomy of the human body as well as its movement and expressive potential. Emphasis will be on developing a personal approach to drawing the figure, moving from quick studies toward creating finished drawings. The duration of model poses may vary.
Figure Drawing II [AO326] |
Mr. James Dupree
7:30 - 9:30 P.M.
This class has reached its maximum enrollment, but we are accepting names for a waiting list.
For students with at least two terms of drawing classes and an interest in the figure and its treatment, this class concentrates on drawing from life and costumed poses that range from thirty seconds to twenty minutes.
Figure Painting I [AO324] |
Ms. Carolyn Pyfrom
7:00 - 9:30 P.M.
Only a few spaces remaining — register today!
As an introduction to the fundamentals of painting the figure, this class encourages careful and deliberate study of value and color in flesh painting. Students will explore the wide possibilities of a limited palette and develop skills for simplifying complex forms into two dimensions on canvas. Working from a model, students begin the class painting small color and value sketches in oil and advance to a larger, more finished project. Participants must have figure drawing and basic painting experience. Duration of model poses may vary.
Figure Painting II, III [AO321] |
Ms. A. M. Weaver
7:00 - 9:30 P.M.
This class has reached its maximum enrollment, but we are accepting names for a waiting list.
For the student with a basic understanding of drawing and painting, this class offers the opportunity to pursue an interest in figurative subjects. Emphasis is as much on design, color, and composition of painting as on rendering the subject matter. Poses last for up to eight nights.
Figure Sculpture I, II, III [AO327] |
Ms. Cathy Hopkins
7:00 - 9:30 P.M.
These classes are for students interested in figurative and abstract work in clay. Each class will have its own model schedule ranging from single night to multiple weeks at the end of the term (schedules will be posted in studio.) Students need to bring their own armatures, or buy them in Fleisher’s school store. A casting specialist is on site Tuesday and Thursday nights to assist students wishing to cast sculptures in plaster. $10 materials fee for clay.
Painting I [AO323] |
Ms. Laura Borneman
7:00 - 9:30 P.M.
This class has reached its maximum enrollment, but we are accepting names for a waiting list.
It is essential for students interested in this course to have drawing abilities. Using still-life subjects, this oil painting class stresses color, composition, and various technical approaches. First-time painters must be present for the first three classes. $5 prop fee.
Sculptural Forms I [AO328] |
Ms. Joni Woods
7:00 - 9:30 P.M.
This class has reached its maximum enrollment, but we are accepting names for a waiting list.
This class is designed for first-time sculpture students and others who would like a progressive, focused class. Students explore a range of three-dimensional working methods using a variety of materials, starting with simple studies of organic and geometric forms and culminating in basic figure and animal shapes in clay and plaster. Although students may enter the program at any time during the term, participants are encouraged to attend from the beginning to benefit from the cumulative curriculum. Students must purchase clay from Fleisher’s supply store.
Wednesday
Drawing II [AO332] |
Ms. Laura Borneman
7:30 - 9:30 P.M.
This class has reached its maximum enrollment, but we are accepting names for a waiting list.
Intermediate drawing study with an introduction to the figure.
Figure Drawing Studio [AO336] |
monitor
6:30 - 9:30 P.M.
This free-tuition studio class for Fleisher members only offers participants 3 hours of monitored figure drawing. Poses last twenty minutes.
Figure Painting II, III [AO333] |
Mr. Don Kaiser
7:00 - 9:30 P.M.
For the student with a basic understanding of drawing and painting, this class offers the opportunity to pursue an interest in figurative subjects. Emphasis is as much on design, color, and composition of painting as on rendering the subject matter. Poses last for up to eight nights.
Figure Sculpture I [AO338] |
Mr. Christopher Smith
7:00 - 9:30 P.M.
This class is for students seeking an introduction to figurative work in clay. Students need to bring their own armatures, or buy them in Fleisher’s school store. A casting specialist is on site Tuesday and Thursday nights to assist students wishing to cast sculptures in plaster. $10 materials fee for clay.
Painting III [AO334] |
Mr. Nathan Rutkowski
7:00 - 9:30 P.M.
For students seeking guidance and criticism to focus technical and creative skills, this intellectually challenging course emphasizes color, design, composition, and visual awareness. Students are welcome to join at any point in the term and should bring examples of their work for the first class.
Special Anatomy Lectures [AO330] |
Mr. Al Gury
6:30 - 8:00 P.M.
Painter Al Gury returns to Fleisher for three special anatomy lectures that include demonstrations of drawing and painting. [On these nights the regularly scheduled figure drawing sessions will begin a half-hour later.]
The Figure: Part 1 - 3 October 2007
This session provides an overview of the whole figure and its construction system, touching upon anatomy and figure drawing principles.
The Figure: Part 2 - 7 November 2007
This session picks up where the previous lecture left off, with discussions of particular anatomical structures and drawing techniques.
The Portrait - 5 December 2007
This lecture on color, portrait palettes, color mixing, and portrait structure includes a painting demonstration.
Watercolor III: Figure [AO335] |
Ms. Elissa Glassgold
7:30 - 9:30 P.M.
For the student with a fundamental knowledge of figure drawing and watercolor, this class introduces costumed and figure models and encourages methods appropriate for each student’s style and imagery.
Thursday
Dirty Pictures: A Survey of Art Censorship [AO340-C] |
Dr. Nancy Heller
6:00 - 7:00 P.M.
6 December 2007
In 1999, based on descriptions of a "Madonna and Child" painting decorated with lumps of elephant dung, New York's mayor threatened to evict the Brooklyn Museum of Art from its City-owned building. While that was an extreme case, as this lecture will show, there has been some sort of art censorship all over the world for as long as there has been art. We will examine paintings, sculptures, photographs, and buildings that have incited the wrath of powerful figures in recent years, indicating how these cases relate to, or differ from, historical ones.
This lecture series is sponsored with funds from the Pennsylvania Humanities Council
Drawing I [AO342] |
Mr. David Berger
7:30 - 9:30 P.M.
This is the recommended class for all students coming to Fleisher without previous instruction or experience. Concepts covered include composition, design, tone, line, and perspective. Drawing I on Tuesday and Thursday nights have identical lessons each week.
Drawing III [AO343] |
Ms. Nancy Sophy
7:30 - 9:30 P.M.
Concentrates on a variety of drawing materials including pastel, ink and charcoal. Still life and models will be used throughout the course.
Figure Drawing III [AO347] |
Mr. James Dupree
7:30 - 9:30 P.M.
This class is geared toward the student with an interest in an open studio atmosphere. Poses last twenty minutes.
Figure Sculpture I, II, III [AO348] |
Mr. James Victor
7:00 - 9:30 P.M.
These classes are for students interested in figurative and abstract work in clay. Each class will have its own model schedule ranging from single night to multiple weeks at the end of the term (schedules will be posted in studio.) Students need to bring their own armatures, or buy them in Fleisher’s school store. A casting specialist is on site Tuesday and Thursday nights to assist students wishing to cast sculptures in plaster. $10 materials fee for clay.
Mixed Materials Sculpture I, II [AO345] |
Ms. Joni Woods
7:00 - 9:30 P.M.
Only a few spaces remaining — register today!
Each week of this workshop will be devoted to learning how to use clay, plaster, wood, plastic, and sheet metal as mediums for sculpture, with each participant working toward a final project. Techniques of cutting, carving, and joinery will be covered as well as artistic issues of composition and content. Students will be given materials lists at first meeting and some materials will be available for purchase in the class. $15 materials/firing fee
Old Masters Who Were Mistresses: A Brief History of Women Artists [AO340-A] |
Dr. Nancy Heller
6:00 - 7:00 P.M.
11 October 2007
Everyone has heard of Georgia O'Keeffe and Frida Kahlo. But did you know that there have been successful, professional women artists throughout the western world since the time of the ancient Greeks? This lavishly illustrated talk will trace the rich and intriguing history of female artists, emphasizing the period between the 17th and the 20th centuries and exploring the reasons why so many of these women's names were (temporarily) lost.
This lecture series is sponsored with funds from the Pennsylvania Humanities Council
Still-Life and Figure Painting II, III [AO344] |
Mr. Matthew Greenway
7:00 - 9:30 P.M.
For those with knowledge of basic painting techniques, this class develops skills and expands imagery in figurative and still-life subjects.
Watercolor I [AO346] |
Ms. Lisa Volta
7:30 - 9:30 P.M.
The prospective student for this course should have a background in drawing and should be interested in color theory, design, and technical aspects of the watercolor medium. First time watercolorists must attend the first four classes.
Watercolor II: Still Life [AO341] |
Mr. Sherif Habashi
7:30 - 9:30 P.M.
This class is for students with a basic knowledge of watercolor technique who want to improve painting skills.
Why a Painting is Like a Pizza: A Guide to Understanding and Enjoying Modern Art [AO340-B] |
Dr. Nancy Heller
6:00 - 7:00 P.M.
15 November 2007
In the old days it was easy to recognize what was, and what was not "Art." But for more than a century avant-garde artists have been questioning the most basic elements of art. This lecture will examine the roots of radical modern and contemporary art, demonstrating how easily even the most outrageous-seeming objects can be analyzed, resulting in new, and sometimes surprising, sources of aesthetic pleasure.
This lecture series is sponsored with funds from the Pennsylvania Humanities Council
Saturday
Figure Drawing Studio [AO500] |
monitor
1:30 - 3:30 P.M.
Only a few spaces remaining — register today!
22 September through 15 December 2007
(no class 24 November)
This free-tuition studio class for Fleisher members only offers participants 2 hours of monitored figure drawing. The first hour will be devoted to 2-minute poses and the second hour to 5-minute poses. Model cards are required and can be purchased at the front desk or supply store on each class day.
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