Continuing Education at PAFA

Wednesdays, 8:30 - 11:20 a.m. (includes option to add afternoons, 1 - 3:50 p.m., for full-day attendance -- see description)
Instructor: Doug Martenson
Fifteen-Week Open Academy (BFA) Course (45 - 90 Hours)
Credit: Non-Credit or 1.5/3.0 Undergraduate Credits (See Below) 

Note: No class meeting on November 27.

PAFA’s Open Academy provides the opportunity for Continuing Education (CE) and non-matriculated students to enroll in select BFA courses for credit or non-credit.  Open Academy students enrolled in PAFA’s renowned studio arts courses learn technical skills, creative expression, and critical thinking from master artist-teachers while working amongst dedicated full-time students in PAFA's classrooms.

This course will address landscape en plein air as well as indoors. Varied outdoor locations such as Fairmount Park, the Philadelphia waterfront and the city itself will be the subject of painting projects. Observation of nature and capturing the visual qualities of nature in landscape will be a focus, while at the same time exploring the visual qualities of landscape and its personal and poetic possibilities. Included will be discussions of historic and contemporary landscape painting, reference material, studio landscape painting, methods and materials and the formation of visual language and critical thinking skills. Individual and group critiques will be a regular part of the class. Limited van transportation available for full-day only (please call prior to registration to ensure availabilty if requiring this option).

Optional: This course is available for half-day for 1.5 undergraduate credits for $1,400. For the option of full-day (morning, 8:30 - 11:20 a.m. and afternoon, 1 - 3:50 p.m.), this course is available for $2,300 non-credit or $2,800 for 3.0 undergraduate credits. Select length and credit choice with tuition adjustment during checkout. 

Image: Doug Martenson, Pines in a Field, oil on linen, 32 x 52 in.

Register by: August 26
Materials List
Open Academy Policy Guide, including withdrawal/refund policies