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Color Workout: Exercises in Color Theory and Practice (In-Person)
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Color Workout: Exercises in Color Theory and Practice (In-Person)

$425

with Alicia Mino

Tuesdays, 12:30 – 3:30 p.m.

How do we see and perceive color? How does color function in, and strengthen, composition? Learn about the principles of color and its terminology, including descriptions such as primary, secondary, and tertiary colors, and concepts such as temperature, chroma and hue, in this creative and fun class. Instruction will utilize collage and mixed-media techniques to explore the physical and psychological properties of color, with a goal of enabling students to recognize, understand, and apply color to any type of artistic media. 

Optional: This course is available for 1.0 undergraduate credit for $575. Select credit option when registering.

Please note:  All students enrolling in on-campus courses must submit proof of full COVID-19 vaccination and at least one additional booster upon registration. Registrations lacking vaccine documentation or approved medical exemption one week after submission are subject to withdrawal. Requests for medical or religious exemptions must be approved by PAFA’s head of security. Withdrawals for noncompliance will result in fees. See CE Policy Guide for complete COVID safety requirements and policies. 

Image: Alicia Mino 

Register by: January 13 

Materials List 

CE Policy Guide Winter/Spring 2023 

CE Proof of Vaccination/Booster Form - SUBMISSION REQUIRED AT TIME OF REGISTRATION 

Assemblage Art (Online)

$250

with Colleen O'Donnell

Calendar Current session started Mar 14, 2023 at 1 pm, runs for 6 weeks

Tuesdays, 1 - 3 p.m. 

From the reclusive Joseph Cornell’s fantastical sculptures to Betye Saar’s complex revisioning of racist tropes, assemblage as a means of artistic expression could not be better suited for the present moment, after years of social-distancing and tension. Assemblage intrinsically engages the unconscious while drawing on elements of design, whimsy, and chance to reflect a point of view and a moment in time. In this class, learn to transform everyday items, found objects, elements of nature, or memorabilia into three-dimensional sculpture and collage. Be guided through a different topic each week, delving into your own responses and ideas to create dramatic, humorous, emotional, and satirical works of art.  

Learning Objectives:  

  • Make something that has value and is relevant to our experiences in this challenging time  
  • Supportive feedback of your work in a group of fellow artists  
  • Experience the process of art making in 3 dimensions, working intuitively or with pre-planned drawings  
  • Be introduced to the historical and contemporary innovators of assemblage art  

Image: Peggy O'Donnell, Majestic Labor, clay, wood, wire, objects, 28" x 25" x 9" 

Register by:  March 14 

Materials List 

CE Policy Guide Winter/Spring 2023 

Zoom Technical Requirements 

Invention and Figuration: Figure Drawing and Sculpture (In-Person)
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Invention and Figuration: Figure Drawing and Sculpture (In-Person)

$320

with Steve Nocella

Calendar Current session started Mar 18, 2023 at 12:30 pm, runs for 6 weeks

Saturdays, 12:30 – 3:30 p.m.

The combination of sculpture and drawing are ideal for understanding and capturing the gesture of the human figure.  Investigate movement, rhythm, and form through studies in wet and dry drawing media, as well as in clay. Allow your two- and three-dimensional translations of the human body to inform each other, or be inspired to allow sculpture and drawing to overlap or combine. All levels welcome. Tuition includes a $25 models fee.

Please note:  All students enrolling in on-campus courses must submit proof of full COVID-19 vaccination and at least one additional booster upon registration. Registrations lacking vaccine documentation or approved medical exemption one week after submission are subject to withdrawal. Requests for medical or religious exemptions must be approved by PAFA’s head of security. Withdrawals for noncompliance will result in fees. See CE Policy Guide for complete COVID safety requirements and policies. 

Image:  Chaim Gross, Sketch for Sculpture, 1980, Pen and ink, graphite and sepia wash on off-white wove paper, 12 1/2 x 17 13/16 in. Courtesy of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Gift of the artist, 1985.59 

Register by: March 16 

Materials List 

CE Policy Guide Winter/Spring 2023 

CE Proof of Vaccination/Booster Form - SUBMISSION REQUIRED AT TIME OF REGISTRATION





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