| Program | Title/Description | Dates | Days/Times | Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ceramics | One on One 12 weeks: Explore design concepts and principles of shape and form through individual meetings and group critiques. The class will cover several forms of clay construction and surface techniques, and will include the study of other visual artists. A discussion of progress, content, and process will further strengthen student work. Course will include guest artist. Enrollment per instructor approval. Instructor: Shawn Panepinto Location: Ceramics Studio | Feb. 1 - Apr. 18 | Wed. 6:30 - 9:30 pm | Intermediate - Advanced |
| Ceramics | Basics and Challenges 12 weeks: Demonstrations, individual critiques, and lots of hands-on time will engage students in learning the basics of wheel throwing, hand building, and surface decoration. Creative approaches to altered and combined elements will provide challenges for more experienced students. Instructor: Denny McLaughlin Location: Ceramics Studio | Feb. 2 - Apr. 19 | Thurs. 6:30 - 9:30 pm | Beginning - Intermediate |
| Ceramics | Exploring Clay 6 weeks: (Session 1) Students wanting to explore ceramics will find this relaxed and fun course appealing as an introduction to wheel throwing and hand building. Slips and glazes will be used at different stages to decorate the works Instructor: Zac Mickelson Location: Ceramics Studio | Feb. 3 - March 9 | Fri. 6:30 - 9:30 pm | Beginning - Advanced |
| Ceramics | Empty Bowls 8 weeks: Explore the bowl form both on and off the wheel. Basic throwing techniques and hand building skills will be covered, along with glazing preferences focusing on the bowl form. Students will make vessels for both personal use and the program’s upcoming fundraiser, “Empty Bowls,” an international grassroots effort to fight hunger. Instructor: Arlynn Nobel Location: Ceramics Studio | Feb. 7 – March 27 | Tues. 2:00 –5:00 pm | Beginning - Advanced |
| Ceramics | Designing Your Style 12 weeks: Focusing on surface treatments and form, students will work on identifying sources of inspiration in order to discover their own personal style of making vessels. Once a design aesthetic is resolved, students will work towards building a complete body of work that clearly executes their style and is identifiable. Instructor: Christian Tonsgard Location: Ceramics Studio | February 3 – April 20 | Fri. 10:00 am - 1:00 pm | Beginning - Intermediate |
| Ceramics | Soda Kiln Build Master Class (5 classes) Learn all about the Soda Kiln through this four-week master class. Students will explore the history of the Soda kiln, learn how to utilize glazes and slips for soda firings, and participate in the building of the studio’s new Soda Kiln, led by master kiln builder and potter Donovan Palmquist (beginning Feb. 12). This is a unique opportunity for those interested in kiln design and the intricacies of the Soda firing process. Enrollment limited to 12. Enrollment per instructor approval. Instructor: Crystal Ribich Location: Ceramics Studio | February 6 – March 2 | TBA | Advanced |
| Ceramics | Print on Clay 4 weeks: A variety of printing techniques will be explored as a means of personal expression. Techniques include mono-printing, silk screening, stenciling, creating water-slide decals, embossing, and relief printing from plaster slabs onto clay. Historic and contemporary examples will provide inspiration. LIMITED SPACE AVAILABLE Instructor: Kathy King Location: Ceramics Studio | Jan 30 – Feb. 20 | Mon. 2:00 - 5:00 pm | Beginning - Advanced |
| Ceramics | Basics and Challenges 12 weeks: Demonstrations, individual critiques, and lots of hands-on time will engage students in learning the basics of wheel throwing, hand building, and surface decoration. Creative approaches to altered and combined elements will provide challenges for more experienced students. Instructor: Wayne Fuerst Location: Ceramics Studio | Jan. 30 - Apr. 16 | Mon. 6:30 - 9:30 pm | Beginning - Intermediate |
| Ceramics | Mixed Media Sculpture 12 weeks: Using multiple materials provides for a very dynamic visual conversation. Students will work with concrete, paper pulp, plaster, and sculpting polymers. Additionally, strategies for successfully incorporating other media, such as glass, metal, wood, and fired ceramics, will be explored.(Class size limited to 12) Instructor: Jay Bordage Location: Ceramics Studio | Jan. 30 - Apr. 16 | Mon. 10:00 am - 1:00 pm | Beginning - Advanced |
| Ceramics | Independent Study 13 weeks open studio: Self-directed work for those who have previously enrolled in a class at the Ceramics Program and are capable of processing their own work; includes studio access and opportunities to participate in firing workshops. Participants are required to have passed the electric kiln test. Instructor: Location: Ceramics Studio | Jan. 30 – April 28 | Advanced | |
| Ceramics | Amphorae and the Figure 12 weeks: A multi-disciplinary collaboration with University of Rhode Island’s Inner Space Center's (http://isc.gso.uri.edu/) Amphorae research from the Black Sea Byzantine shipwreck discoveries, this class we will use the amphora vessel as a metaphor and point of departure for clay sculpture. Students will visit URI’s Graduate School of Oceanography where they will meet the Inner Space Team and get a first hand look at their research. The Amphora shape has long been associated with the human figure as it not only contains fluids, but makes figurative reference to the foot of the pot, the shoulder, the neck, etc. The class will use a wide variety of techniques including basic clay building techniques in collaboration with mixed media, film and projection. Instructor: Allison Newsome Location: Ceramics Studio | Jan. 31 - Apr. 17 | Tues. 6:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Beginning-Advanced |
| Ceramics | Basics and Challenges 12 weeks: Demonstrations, individual critiques, and lots of hands-on time will engage students in learning the basics of wheel throwing, hand building, and surface decoration. Creative approaches to altered and combined elements will provide challenges for more experienced students. Instructor: Stephanie Young Location: Ceramics Studio | Jan. 31 - Apr. 17 | Tues. 6:30 - 9:30 pm | Beginning - Intermediate |
| Ceramics | Luminescent 4 weeks: Artist in Residence and Japanese ceramist, Niisato Akio, will demonstrate his unique techniques and processes for creating his luminescent vessels. Students will learn how to throw thin and delicate porcelain forms while playing with surface techniques, such as Akio’s ‘glazed windows.’ LIMITED SPACE AVAILABLE Instructor: Akio Niisato Location: Ceramics Studio | March 15 – April 5 | Thurs. 2:00 – 5:00 pm | Beginning - Advanced |
| Ceramics | Exploring Clay 6 weeks: (Session 2) Students wanting to explore ceramics will find this relaxed and fun course appealing as an introduction to wheel throwing and hand building. Slips and glazes will be used at different stages to decorate the works. Instructor: Zac Mickelson Location: Ceramics Studio | March 23 - April 27 | Fri. 6:30 - 9:30 pm | Beginning - Advanced |
| Ceramics | Photographing Your Work 4 weeks: Using minimal equipment and a DIY approach, students will be shown how to achieve professional images of their work. A special emphasis on understanding cameras and computers will help break down technology barriers. To ensure individual attention, class size will be limited to 10. Instructor: Teresa Lattanzio Location: Ceramics Studio | March 7 - 28 | Wed. 1:30 - 4:30 pm | Intermediate – Advanced |
| Dance | Flexibility Training Use of techniques from modern dance, circus arts, and Pilates to lengthen the body and expand range of motion. No prior dance training required. Instructor: Marin Orlosky Randow Location: HDC 1 (60 Garden St.) | Sept. 10 - Nov. 12 | Sa 1:30-2:30pm | All levels |
| Dance | Modern Strengthening Use of modern dance techniques, including Graham and Horton-based modern, as a strengthening and stretching tool to tone and lengthen the body as a whole. No prior dance training required. Instructor: Jodi Allen Location: HDC 1 (60 Garden St.) | Sept. 10 - Nov. 12 | Sa 12:00-1:30pm | All levels |
| Dance | Advanced Ballet At least three years of intermediate or advanced ballet required. Instructor: Jill Johnson Location: HDC 1 (60 Garden St.) | Sept. 12 - Nov. 21 | M 4:00-5:30pm | Advanced |
| Dance | Beginning Ballet For beginners or experienced dancers who want to revisit the basics. Instructor: Margot Parsons Location: HDC 2 (60 Garden St.) | Sept. 12 - Nov. 21 | M/W 4:00-5:30pm | Beginner |
| Dance | Horton Technique Designed to familiarize and develop the dancer’s knowledge of the major rhythmic patterns and movement shapes found within the Horton vocabulary, including the use of the lateral, flat back and the pelvis press-flat back backbend. Major Fortifications are introduced and examined as part of the warm-up sequences. The course also explores the use of Horton technique as a base for more contemporary styles of movement. Instructor: Nailah Randall-Bellinger Location: HDC 1 (60 Garden St.) | Sept. 12 - Nov. 21 | M 5:30-7:00pm | Intermediate/Advanced |
| Dance | Modern Strengthening Use of modern dance techniques, including Graham and Horton-based modern, as a strengthening and stretching tool to tone and lengthen the body as a whole. No prior dance training required. Instructor: Jodi Allen Location: HDC 1 (60 Garden St.) | Sept. 13 - Nov. 15 | T 6:00-7:30pm | All levels |
| Dance | Beginning Ballet For beginners or experienced dancers who want to revisit the basics. CLASS IS FULL. WAIT LIST ONLY. Instructor: Catherine Ulissey Location: Director’s Studio (74 Mt. Auburn St.) | Sept. 13 - Nov. 17 | T/Th 4:30-6:00pm | Beginner |
| Dance | Intermediate Ballet At least two years of ballet required. CLASS IS FULL. WAIT LIST ONLY. Instructor: Catherine Ulissey Location: Director’s Studio (74 Mt. Auburn St.) | Sept. 13 - Nov. 17 | T/Th 6:15-7:45pm | Intermediate |
| Dance | Advanced Ballet At least three years of intermediate or advanced ballet required. CANCELED FOR FALL 2011 TERM Instructor: Tai Jimenez Location: HDC 1 (60 Garden St.) | Sept. 14 - Nov. 16 | W 12:30-2pm | Advanced |
| Dance | Beginning Contemporary For beginners or experienced dancers who want to revisit the basics. Instructor: Jodi Allen Location: HDC 2 (60 Garden St.) | Sept. 14 - Nov. 16 | W 5:00-6:30pm | Beginner |
| Dance | Horton Technique Designed to familiarize and develop the dancer’s knowledge of the major rhythmic patterns and movement shapes found within the Horton vocabulary, including the use of the lateral, flat back and the pelvis press-flat back backbend. Major Fortifications are introduced and examined as part of the warm-up sequences. The course also explores the use of Horton technique as a base for more contemporary styles of movement. Instructor: Nailah Randall-Bellinger Location: HDC 1 (60 Garden St.) | Sept. 14 - Nov. 16 | W 5:30-7:00 | Intermediate/Advanced |
| Dance | African Dance Explore the cultures of West Africa and the Caribbean through dance. Wyoma’s teaching style enhances coordination, body strength, stamina, rhythmic precision, and increases joy in movement. Instructor: Wyoma Location: HDC 1 (60 Garden St.) | Sept. 15 - Nov. 17 | Th 5:00-6:30pm | All levels |
| Dance | Hip-Hop Includes elements of latin, breakin’, reggae, etc. This is NOT street jazz, but true hip hop drawing from elements of swing, African, and American soul. Jazz sneakers and knee pads recommended. Instructor: Henry Kasdon Location: HDC 2 (60 Garden St.) | Sept. 9 - Nov. 18 | F 2:00-3:30pm | All levels |
| Dance | Int./Adv. Ballet At least three years of intermediate or advanced ballet required. Instructor: Tai Jimenez Location: HDC 1 (60 Garden St.) | Sept. 9 - Nov. 18 | F 4:00-5:30pm | Intermediate/Advanced |
| Dance | Int./Adv. Ballet and Pointe At least three years of intermediate or advanced ballet required. Instructor: Tai Jimenez Location: HDC 1 (60 Garden St.) | Sept. 9 - Nov. 18 | F 4:00-6:30pm | Intermediate/Advanced |
