Encaustic (beeswax) Painting, Collage and 3-D Experimentation Workshop
Visual Research: Encaustic Painting
Course Number R 511
3 graduate credits
June 11-June 27
Monday through Thursday 9:00-4:00, Friday 9:00-12:00

Encaustic Painting Workshop
Encaustic painting is working with melted beeswax and pigments to make highly textured or silky smooth paintings. The process has been considered the oldest method of painting in history. We will discover how the ancients used the medium as well as contemporary artists. Our own exploration will begin by utilizing technology with photographs of our loved ones, photo copies, and bits of ephemera, buttons, keys, old jewelry, watch parts, letters, etc. to collage a memory portrait. We will use beeswax as a glue to combine the collage together. From there we will explore painting with pigmented beeswax and oil sticks to make abstract and naturalistic works of art. Lastly, we will experiment with boxes and plaster forms and work to integrate encaustic into and onto them. Just the smell and the process of melting wax and using it in one’s artwork seem magical.

Carolyn Springer’s encaustic paintings have been exhibited nationally and internationally since 1990 at sites rang¬ing from Sushi Performance and Visual Art Gallery in San Diego, Yokohama, Japan’s Citizen’s Gallery, and Tijuana’s Cultural Center. She has won numerous awards including a Creative Renewal Fellowship award to explore art and design in Japan. Her works are in many private and public collections.

Prerequisites: The Encaustic Painting workshop is open to anyone. Knowledge and basic experience with other types of painting materials will enable the student to get the most from this course. If you have questions, please contact the program coordinator Anita Giddings, at agidding@iupui.edu or 317-278-9492.

What's your perspective? Pushing the Envelope and Drawing it
Visual Research: Perspective Drawing
Course Number R 511
3 graduate credits
July 16 – July 31
Monday through Thursday 9:00-4:00, Friday 9:00-12:00

Whether you are working with conventional materials such as pencils and paints, or contemporary digital media, a knowledge and understanding of perspective drawing remains an essential tool to help you enhance your drawing technique. Originally developed in the 15th century, linear perspective is fascinating as well as challenging. In this class you will push the envelope in perspective. Using one, two, or three point perspective as a base, we will explore, through the medium of choice, these concepts as they relate to us. Participants will have the opportunity to work indoors and outdoors and really stretch perspective!

Ken Schnepp is an artist and educator currently working at Brownsburg High School. Ken studied art at Indiana State University and recently completed a Masters of Education degree with an emphasis in Public School Administration. Ken started his teaching career at Plainfield High School primarily teaching Drawing and Painting. Presently, Ken is teaching Drawing and Painting at Brownsburg High School. Most recently, Ken was asked to complete three paintings for a non-for-profit organization called ActiveWater, which raises money and awareness for clean drinking water supplies in Africa. Ken taught the Drawing to Painting for the Herron Summer workshops in 2010.

Prerequisites: The Perspective Drawing workshop is open to anyone. Knowledge and basic experience with other types of drawing will enable the student to get the most from this course. If you have questions, please contact the program coordinator Anita Giddings, at agidding@iupui.edu or 317-278-9492.

Calligraphy
Visual Research: Calligraphy
Course Number R 511
3 graduate credits
7/16-7/31
Monday through Friday 9:00-4:00

Calligraphy Workshop
Introduction to the fundamentals and factual material of artistic calligraphy. From the hieroglyphic writing system of ancient Egypt to the innovative hand lettering of today, emphasis will be upon exploring the historical development of the alphabet styles in the Western world – all the while fostering individual creativity through calligraphy, the art of beautiful handwritten letterforms. The study of the historical decorative elements used with different lettering styles – such as Celtic knotwork design coupled with the Uncial alphabet – to embellish works of art will be an important consideration.

Earl Snellenberger is the author and illustrator of nine published books for children that contain his paper engineering creations. An enthusiastic and knowledgeable instructor, he has taught the art of pop-ups and movable books to students ranging from elementary school level through university graduate level. Earl Snellenberger's honors include the Walcott Award for study and travel in Europe, a Lilly Grant, a Canadian Arts Council Grant, and the INDIA Grant to explore art and culture in India. The recipient of numerous awards in competitive exhibitions, he was recognized for his contributions to the development of the visual arts in his native state with a solo show at the Indiana State Museum.

Prerequisites: The Calligraphy workshop is open to anyone. Knowledge and basic experience with other types of art materials will enable the student to get the most from this course. If you have questions, please contact the program coordinator Anita Giddings, at agidding@iupui.edu or 317-278-9492.

All Herron workshops are graded with letter grades. Herron offers other summer classes in a standard format, many are open to all students. We also offering these additional short format courses.
Prinstallation May 9 – June 20
Feltmaking (1 credit) May 29 – June 1
Comics and graphic novels June 11-June 25
Portrait and Landscape June 18 – July 3
Furniture design June 25 – July 13
Leather bound books June 29-July 11
Watercolor July 9 – July 25

Workshop Registration Deadline is May 14th, 2010. Please contact us if you have trouble with this deadline.

Cost of the program and details:
Estimated total is $1,117.33 (Tuition and university fees are dependent on the enrollee’s status with IUPUI and may vary.)
$50 application fee to IUPUI (if you have never been an IUPUI student).
Please contact agidding@iupui.edu for details.

Class instruction will be one-on-one with group discussions. Participants will work individually with faculty guidance. This intensive learning experience provides a special opportunity to explore and develop ideas.

Registration Instructions:
All participants must apply to IUPUI. The application deadline for IUPUI is March 15th, 2012.
After you apply, you may register for the workshops beginning on April 2nd.

If you are not currently an active student at IUPUI, but have taken a class in the past year, call (317) 274-1519 for term activation and a registration appointment.

If you are currently taking a class at IUPUI, you will receive an appointment notice via email by the second week of March to register. If you are not sure of your status, call (317) 274-6801 for verification.

If you are not currently a student, you can obtain information and application materials via the Internet at http://education.iupui.edu/opd/licenserenewal/licenserenewal.aspx or by contacting Sarah Zahl at sabrande@iupui.edu or (317) 278-5739. IUPUI Admission deadline is March 15th. Admission to take courses for license renewal is a simple process. You will need to complete a brief information form and pay a one-time application fee of $50.

Once you have established your admission status, call (317) 274-1519 to be term activated and a registration appointment.

If you are not a teacher or do not need a license renewal, you may apply as a non-degree seeking undergraduate student. For more info and completing an application online go to…
http://enroll.iupui.edu/admissions/undergraduate/non-degree/other_intere...

If you have any questions about the workshops or registration procedures, please contact Anita Giddings at Herron School of Art and Design (agidding@iupui.edu) or 317-278-9492 for more information.