| CAREER COACHING | VISUAL MEDIA COURSES | STUDIO COURSES | LECTURES ART FORUM | REEL STORIES | ART CAMP | SUMMER FILM INSTITUTE |
AVA’s Director of Programs offers free consultation for any AVA member who is a beginning or emerging artist. This free service covers information regarding basic tips on how to write a resume, artist’s statement, basic portfolio presentation, as well as assistance with finding the right exhibition opportunities that best fit your work. In addition to this free one-on-one service, AVA offers an on-going series of affordable workshops designed to assist artists develop the necessary skills needed to navigate their way in the business world of being a successful artist. Workshop topics include in-depth discussions and analysis on: framing work, installation, shipping work, artist statements, grant writing, slide documentation, along with several other related topics.
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All courses are taught in the AVA Digital Media Lab and run for four (4) weeks, unless otherwise noted.
Photoshop II
Instructor: Alex Zuccarelli
This course continues where Photoshop I left off, focusing on the greater use of layers to make image adjustments, composite photographs, and create photo collages. Class exercises will expand on contrast and tonal controls, color correction, and selection refinement, and cover the best techniques for burning and dodging, blurring and sharpening, and preparing images for printing. Students will additional time to apply learned skills to creative assignments.
Tuesdays, July 7-28/ 6:00-8:00pm
$125 AVA Members/ $200 non-members
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Beginning Video Making
Instructor: Neely Hyde, MFA
In this 5-week class, participants will learn how to use a Mini-DV camera, transfer digital video footage to a computer, edit that footage in a timeline using Final Cut Pro, and create a project DVD. Composition, timing, lighting, editing and sound are just a few of the concepts that will be covered. This class is ideal for the beginning or intermediate filmmaker.
Thursdays, July 2-30/ 6:00-8:00pm
$145 AVA Members/ $225 non-members
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C2C: From Camera to Computer/ Documentation Methods for Artists
Instructor: Chris Oughtred, Owner, Northlight Digital Imaging
This class is specifically designed for artists who want to learn how to masterfully document their own 2D and 3D artwork, using AVA’s photo studio and equipment. Participants will be taught how to properly light their work, photograph it, and process the resulting digital images with Photoshop, avoiding glare, image distortion, and undesirable color casts for the best possible result.
Tuesdays, August 4-25/ 6-8pm
$125 AVA Members/ $200 non-members
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Introduction to Flash
Instructor: Alex Zuccarelli
This course will explore the most basic level in the intricate realm of Flash, an animation-based application that can be utilized for everything from vector graphic cartooning to web design. Topics to be covered will include understanding and working with layers, frames, and timelines; planning a flash movie; drawing, transforming, and tweening symbols; working with text; incorporating audio; and simple actionscript. Though no prior Flash experience is necessary, students should be confident computer-users.
Thursdays, August 6-27/ 6:00-8:00pm
$125 AVA Members/ $200 non-members
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MUSE
THE MUSE LECTURE SERIES is geared towards artists and students, along with the general public who have a strong interest in the arts. This particular series focuses on professional artists and critics who are dealing with contemporary ideas and trends in art. Participating lecturers are both regional and national and offer various perspectives that are not always available to our membership or the general public. The lectures are free and open to the public. Past visiting artists include: Chakia Booker, Kojo Griffin, Hamlet Dobbins, and Bill Thelen.
ARTSPEAK
ART SPEAK is designed to promote on-going dialogue regarding the current state of contemporary art and visual culture. Regional artists and arts professionals explore the notion of relevance, irreverence and opulence and how such concepts pertain to contemporary art.
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REEL STORIES DOCUMENTARY PROJECT
The Reel Stories Documentary Film Project allows high school students to explore and develop their own group documentary film. With the assistance of artists-in-residence, students spend three weeks viewing and discussing a series of documentary films that span community, environmental and political issues. Students are then exposed to research methodologies used to create documentary films, such as interviewing, recording, and data collecting. For the remaining 15 weeks, students choose a project topic, conduct the appropriate research, begin film production, construct a film narrative, and assist with editing the final product. This project is designed to give the participating students a voice and a vision to share with the public and a chance to tell their story.
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AVA Summer Art Camp begins in June and ends the last week of July. Drawing, painting, sculpture, collage, book-making and filmmaking are just a few of the exciting art activities that children are exposed to during art camp. Each week features in-depth instruction led by professional arts instructors in a variety of 2-D and 3-D art media. The weekly focus is based around a particular theme developed by each instructor. A range of age-appropriate classes (ages 4-5, 6-7, 8-9 and 10-11) are offered. To register, call Mark Bradley-Shoup at 423.265.4282 ext. 104.
SUMMER FILM INSTITUTE AT BAYLOR
Presented by AVA and Baylor School, the Summer Film Institute gives children (ages 9 to 14) the opportunity to become a director, set designer, writer, or artist. Various professionally-instructed sessions focus on 2D and 3D animation and film production with all equipment, art supplies, digital cameras, and computer technology provided by Baylor School and AVA. Film Institute typically runs for 3 weeks in June.
Check out the animations produced by this year's participants!
SUBMIT YOUR SUGGESTIONS
For more information about education programs, contact director of programs Mark Bradley-Shoup at mshoup@avarts.org.
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