1-7950 | Film Making - Southwest School of Art

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1-7950 | Film Making: Study of Conflict &
Story Development
Shannon O’ Dowd
Students will explore the creation of a simple story rooted in conflict and
dramatic tension relying on an engaging story and characters, which the
students will develop from script to film to screen.
Tuition: $280 (Members: $265) | 2-week class
1-7865 | Intro to Ceramics: Handbuilding
Blake Kennedy
intensive studio
Students will discover working with clay and learn handbuilding
fundamentals to explore the effects and limits of clay. Create a variety of
ceramic projects that are sculptural, architectural, or functional; add texture,
color, and pattern with slip, underglaze, and glaze to complement the form.
6-7031 | Metal Studio: Lidded Box
Jean Kolovson
In this class students will create and construct a copper box using
traditional metalsmithing techniques. Students will explore an array of
textures using hammer marks, stamping tools, and roll printing, as well as
a variety of color applications to create a one-of-a-kind decorative lid. 4-7282 | Oil Painting From Life
Joseph Bushman
Jun 6 – Aug 12, 2016
Studio oil painting using a live model as subject is the focus of this class.
By focusing on composition, color, and techniques, students will complete
multiple portraits.
3-7992 | Advanced Drawing Techniques
Joseph Bushman
This class will be an extensive study of composition, sketching, and various
rendering techniques. Students will be introduced to different papers and
various gradients of pencils while they work from still-lives and other objects.
7-7937 | The Artist’s Journal
Victoria Montalto
teen intensive schedule at-a-glance
morning classes
9:00am–12:00pm
Jun 6 – 10
1-7105 | Painting Landscapes
1-7950 | Film Making (2-weeks)
Jun 13 – 17
2-7086 | Perspective Drawing
afternoon classes
1:00–4:00pm
1-7865 | Intro to Ceramics
Handbuilding
2-7982 | Studio Oil Painting
(2-weeks)
Jun 20 – 24
3-7992 | Advanced Drawing
3-7073 | Selfies in the Round
Jun 27 – Jul 1
4-7282 | Oil Painting from Life
Jul 11– 15
5-7911 | Drawing & Design
5-7993 | Community Mural
Project (2-weeks)
Jul 18 – 22
6-7086 | Caricature Illustration
Jul 25 – 29
7-7937 | The Artist’s Journal
7-7989 | Figure Drawing
Aug 1 – 5
8-7936 | Fanzine Studio
8-7041 | Paper Animations
8-7051 | Black & White Photography
Melanie Rush Davis
Ready to explore various photographic principles and methods? Learn about
focusing and light settings, and discover the process of darkroom printing
in classic black and white. Note: Students should bring their own 35mm
film camera if possible.
Tuition: $280 (Members: $265) | 2-week class
6-7086 | Caricature Illustration
Jeremiah Teutsch
Learn about the history of western political illustration, influences, ideas,
and artists in the field. Artists will learn several different styles of caricature
through painting, cross-hatching, drawing, scribble, and clayboard. Ideal for
those interested in illustration and political cartoons.
7-7012 | Ceramics: Creatures for the Wall
4-7095 | Slaptags & Stencils
5-7083 | Printmaking:
Techniques in Etching
6-7031 | Metal Studio:
Lidded Box
7-7016 | Ceramics:
Wall Creature
8-7051 | Black & White
Photography (2-weeks)
Aug 8 – 12
9-7052 | Photo Manipulations
9-7021 | Tapestry Weaving
class tuition
How are artist’s journals different? In this class students will start with a
blank journal and learn how to prep journal pages with watercolor, ink, and
specialty papers in order to add sketches, stenciling, personal imagery, and
ideas for projects.
$150 (Members: $135) per week, per class Tuition includes materials.
Note: Tuition for a 2-week class, special classes, and for classes with special
materials fees, is different and listed separately by the class.
1-7105 | Painting Landscapes
Joseph Bushman
The focus of this class will be to teach students to see, compose, and
paint on location the subject they choose. They will be encouraged to learn
about the process of sketching to develop painting composition.
8-7041 | Paper Animations
Melanie Rush Davis
Thaumatope, Zoetropes, and flip books are devices to make still images
move—the origin of modern motion pictures. Learn about the optical effect
that makes individual images appear as a moving picture.
2-7086 | Perspective Drawing
Joseph Bushman This class will strengthen skills in perspective drawing with focus on interior
spaces in order to learn various rendering techniques. Through sketching,
students will learn about scale, perspective, and drawing fundamentals
while working with a variety of drawing materials.
Melanie Rush Davis
Alter and re-think photographs and the photographic medium as a whole.
Capture images using non-darkroom, digital, and other techniques. Create
photocopy transfers, draw over the images, layer photos through collage, or
combine techniques in signature style. Note: Students must bring their own
camera to class.
5-7083 | Printmaking: Techniques in Etching
Nicole Geary
5-7993 | Community Mural Project
3-7073 | Selfies in the Round
Raquel Zawrotny & Sam Velasquez
Unleash your creative potential for the good of community in this 2-week long
class. Students will work with a community partner and local muralists to plan
design and paint a mural to be installed off site at the partnering organization.
Tuition: $280 (Members: $265) | 2-week class
5-7911 | Drawing & Design
Jessica DeCuir
Unlock creative energy and explore fundamental design and drawing concepts—
line, shape, texture, space, and value—in black and white, color, and mixed
media. Create dynamic abstract designs and other interesting projects.
8-7936 | Fanzine Fun
Lisette Chavez
Learn the history of zines and their impact on today’s DIY culture.
Experiment with various materials, cut, paste, foil stamp, draw, and use
paper-folding techniques. Each student will create and complete various
zines and experiment with DIY button making.
7-7889 | Figure Drawing
Abraham Vasquez
Strengthen observational skills while exploring light, form, space, and
composition. Work from self-observation and with a live model in the
studio. Experiment with a variety of drawing materials, and develop
personal expression.
Joseph Bushman is a fine arts graduate of DuCret School of the Arts and studied painting
at the Art Students League, New York City. He has exhibited in juried shows nationally and his
work can be found in private collections. Landscapes, seascapes and animal portraits are the
focus of his work. In addition to his oil paintings he has professionally worked in all aspects
of interior design.
Lisette Chavez holds a MFA from the University of Arizona and an MA from Texas A&M
University–Corpus Christi. Her work has been exhibited throughout the United States, and
internationally in Australia, Germany, Nicaragua, Argentina, Estonia and Mexico.
Melanie Rush Davis earned a BFA and an MFA in Photography from the University of Texas
at San Antonio. She also teaches in SSA’s Mobile Art Program, and received the SSA 2009
Award for Teaching.
Jessica DeCuir has an MFA from the University of Texas at San Antonio and BFA Webster
University, St. Louis. Since 2000, she has taught art at San Antonio College, where she
received the Award of Excellence for Teaching with Technology in 2012.
Casey Galloway received a BFA in Fibers from the University of North Texas in Denton.
A 2007 Kuhlman Foundation scholarship allowed her to travel and research Scandinavian
weaving. She is an installation artist as well as a traditional weaver.
Nicole Geary earned an MFA in Printmaking from the University of South Dakota and a BFA
from the University of Florida. She has exhibited in juried shows nationally and her prints are
included in several national collections and international.
Blake Kennedy is a ceramic artist who makes wheel thrown and altered functional forms. He
received a BFA from Appalachian State University with concentrations in Ceramics and Sculpture.
He is currently the Ceramic Studio Technician at Southwest School of Art.
Jean Kolovson is a metalsmith and educator. She has worked with teens for the last
decade in a variety of informal education settings. Jean enjoys introducing students to a
variety of traditional metals techniques including fabrication, chasing and repouseé, and
surface decoration.
victoria montalto received a BA from the University of the Incarnate Word. Former Director
of Visual Art for Say Sí, Montalto has worked as an artist-in-residence in Harlandale ISD and with
SSA’s Mobile Arts Program.
raMON muñoz earned his BFA from UTSA with a focus in painting. He began teaching with
the Mobile Arts Program in the spring of 2011 and is currently the project manager for the Kids
Initiating Design Solutions (KIDS) Program in which students learn about art and design by
way of the built environment.
Shannon O’Dowd is a certified Drama and Film teacher with a BA in Drama from Our
Lady of the Lake University. He likes to use his imagination and real cameras and thus often
volunteers to help young film-makers. He has always taken great joy in the creative process.
kimberley Rumfelt received her BFA from Texas Tech University and her MFA in Studio Art
from East Carolina University. In 2008 she was a Studio Assistant at Watershed Center for the
Ceramic Arts in Maine.
Regina Sanders, SSA’s Young Artist Programs Assistant Director holds Associate Degrees in
Fine Arts and Illustration/Fashion from the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York.
Jeremiah Teutsch holds a BFA from Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design. He currently
works at the McNay Art Museum and is a political illustrator for the Current and Local
Community News. He also works as a visual artist, musician, sketch comedy actor, scientist,
and inventor when time permits.
Samuel Velasquez holds a BFA from the University of Texas at San Antonio. He has also
been invited to participate in numerous group exhibitions including at Blue Star Contemporary
Art Museum and, most recently, at Texas A&M University–San Antonio’s Educational and
Cultural Arts Center.
Raquel Zawrotny holds a BFA from the University of Texas at San Antonio with a focus in Painting
and Drawing. She is a working artist who has been involved in numerous local arts organizations
including, Blue Star and R Space. She is also co-founder of Somniatis, a local art collective.
9-7052 | Photo Manipulations
Kimberly Rumfelt
Imagine hanging a towel from an alligator head or draping your necklaces
from the fingers of a raccoon! Explore handbuilding clay techniques (solid
and slab) to make ceramic wall hooks in the form of animals with focus on
surface texture, and then add color applications with underglazes and glazes.
teen intensive faculty
Students will learn to etch copper plates like Rembrandt and Goya to make
striking print images. Metal print-plates are manipulated with etched line
drawings, aquatinted for shading, or covered with soft-ground for cool
textures. Once etched, the plates are inked and ready for the press.
Lisette Chavez
Inspired by puppets of Wayne White from the television show, Pee-Wee’s
Playhouse, this class will explore three-dimensional portraiture. By using
a combination of selfies and other drawn sketches, students will cut and
paste cardboard to create 2-foot tall caricatures.
4-7095 | Slaptags & Stencils: Graffiti Culture
Ramon Muñoz
Emphasizing the positive influence of street art on urban design, students
will explore the urban landscape and be introduced to works from artists
such as Keith Haring, Shepard Fairey, and Swoon as they create stickers
and stencil graphics as a means of personal expression.
2-7982 | Studio Oil Painting Joseph Bushman
This class will focus on the process of expressive oil painting techniques
from sketching to the finished piece. Composition, observation, and color
theory will be focused on throughout this class.
Tuition: $280 (Members: $265) | 2-week class
9-7021 | Tapestry Weaving
Regina Sanders & Casey Galloway
Weave on a tapestry loom in SSA’s fibers studios, using methods that are
thousands of years old. Learn to warp a loom and use a variety of colorful
weft yarns and weave a tapestry from an original drafted design.
paper + book arts
ceramics painting
drawing photography
printmaking weaving
film making metals
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