Summer Session
The Summer Session offers a unique opportunity for interested artists who are not enrolled in any of the full-time programs to experience the intensity and rigor of the School's perspective in a condensed manner.
The Session is comprised of both two-week Marathons and longer atelier classes that focus on specific concentrations in either painting or sculpture. Students may opt to take the five-week atelier on its own, or the full seven-week path that includes both the Marathon and the atelier. All classes run Monday through Friday, 9am to 6pm unless otherwise noted.
Application deadline for marathons: May 21st, 2012
Drawing Marathon: Graham Nickson and Guest, June 4-15, 2012
Intellectually rigorous, physically challenging, and surprising in its stratagem for discoveries, this marathon gives the student a real understanding of the language and importance of drawing, today and in the past. The quest for form, space, and scale is a strong element. The role of drawing in painting is also explored. It is a very ambitious program pushing personal vision to an extreme. $1625.
Drawing Marathon: Joseph Santore with Linda Darling, June 4-15, 2012
Students will be asked to put aside all preconceived ideas about drawing and to discard any technical solutions that they have acquired in the past. We will be working from perception and by looking hard try to uncover the structural bones of the subject matter. We will explore different ways of making form and space by utilizing light, space, and air, while addressing problems of scale and investigating the potential power and pressure of how marks move across the picture plane. They will experience a wide range of mark-making possibilities by using different materials (charcoal, pencils, cut paper, black and white acrylic paint, etc.) to create harmony that resonates throughout the composition. Great drawings of the past are looked at and discussed, and the importance of drawing through the ages considered. $1625.
Sculpture Marathon: Bruce Gagnier, June 4-15, 2012
The technique of modeling small sketches in clay from perception is taught eight hours a day, in two sessions from the live model. The sessions are four hours long. A work is kept at the end of each session for firing in the kiln. The elements of the clay sketch as seen in classic examples from the past are learned in relation to spontaneity as well as vision. The form of the human is discussed in response to the experience of the human figure in various poses. Slides and visits to the Metropolitan Museum of Art will help students relate their studies to the tactile language in clay as seen in the masters. $1625. Additional materials fee: $150.
Arbor Vitae, Painting Marathon: Graham Nickson and Guest, June 18 - 29, 2012
In this marathon, students will have the rare opportunity to work perceptually in the quiet splendor of Old Westbury Gardens, Long Island. Intense color research methods bring students into new territory in terms of their palette and their ability to understand and apply the use of metaphor within their own work. Various strategies will be utilized to explore aspects of visual language: imagery, composition, scale, form, value, and hue. Students engage in multiple daily critiques in order to enhance their ability to read paintings and to help track their progression. $2075. Additional Activities Fee: $250.
Governor's Island: Elisa Jensen and Guests, July 2 - 20, 2012
Working in oil paint, students will paint views of New York City and New York Harbor from Governors Island. A series of small-scale works will be done to explore the possibilities of the motif as a preparation for two larger works. Work is examined as a group during on-site critiques. The Island, located in the middle of the harbor, provides a private, park-like setting with interesting architecture and unique views of the majestic New York City skyline, bridges, harbor, and the industrial Brooklyn waterfront. $1950.
Figure Painting Atelier: Joseph Santore with Linda Darling, June 18 - July 20
The possibility of achieving a monumental composition by studying ordinary objects is one of the ultimate goals of the class, scale being of great concern. The language and complexity of color and color relationships is discussed. The physical aspect of paint, the "touch" or brushstroke, and the relevance of figure painting in contemporary art are major considerations. What is the role of young artists as they grapple with the same issues that have obsessed figure painters over the centuries? The cost of this atelier is $3350. If taken as the Figure Painting Path with the two week Drawing Marathon, the cost for the 7 Week Session is $4200.
Figure Sculpture Atelier: Leonid Lerman and guests, June 18 - July 20
What is sculpture? Is human body a sculpture? Does sculpture have structure? Is structure sculptural? Can we see structure? Does geometry help? Do we need anatomy?
These and other questions are being addressed during this 5-weeks workshop focused on furthering the understanding of ''sculptural idea'', using human forms with its sense of unity and connections of various parts, their spatial arrangement, balance, proportions, weight relations and tensions. Based on traditional methods this course will address issues of: Composition and movement; proportion and scale; weight and balance; structure and symmetry; rhythms and connections; tone, line and perspective. Using conceptual geometric maquettes, the students will study structure, or, in other words - the architecture of the human body in search of unity and connections of all parts of the body, their interrelations, tensions and rhythms. The purpose of this course is to help students understand the structure of the human figure through direct observation and conversion of perceptual information into the "language of sculpture". Drawing will be an important exercise in comprehending and presenting the human form in space. This course is beneficial for all levels - from the beginners to advanced. The cost of this atelier is $3350. If taken as the Figure Sculpting Path with the two week Sculpture Marathon, the cost for the 7 Week Session is $4200.
Independent Atelier for Painters & Sculptors, JUNE 18 - JULY 20
Artists will be given a space within (one of the Studio School's beautiful) shared Ateliers to make work independently. This is an ideal opportunity for those with an established studio practice to work for five weeks in Manhattan among other like-minded serious students. Participants will be given the opportunity to sign up for critiques three times per week. Guest Visiting Artists will include: John Newman, Eve Aschheim and others. This course is limited to six artists and open to both sculptors and painters. Cost: $2500
Please note: Watch this space for additional classes. Courses are subject to change and cancellation depending upon enrollment.
For more information on the Summer Session, please contact Admissions via email or by calling 212-673-6466.