Drawing: Eye and Idea
Level: Open to students entering grades 11 or 12 or freshman year of college in fall 2010.
Session: I, June 29-July 17, 2010
Days & Time: Monday-Friday, 10:00 AM-12:00 PM and 2:30-4:30 PM
Instructor(s): Hilary Harnischfeger
Related Courses: Students interested in this course might also be interested in Painting: The Painted Image or Photography: The Camera Craft, both offered in Session II.
"There was a lot of freedom for exploring our own interests while learning about a wide range of drawing styles."
–Kate Fisch, 2009
Course Description
Studio arts courses are offered by the Summer Program for High School Students in conjunction with Columbia 's School of the Arts. The drawing and painting courses are taught by instructors from the School of the Arts and are overseen by Professor Gregory Amenoff, Eve and Herman Gelman Chair of Visual Arts at Columbia 's School of the Arts.
Students explore the various ways we look at the world around us and record what we see. The instructor emphasizes drawing directly from observation; however, students are also encouraged to experiment and play with the materials to find their own creative approach to visual problem solving. Visits to museum collections of drawings serve as inspirational springboards to enhance learning. Students work with pencil, charcoal, and ink both in the classroom and outside in the local urban landscape. All materials are supplied.
On the last Friday of the course, the Visual Arts faculty mounts an exhibition of entries from participants in the painting, drawing, printmaking, and photography classes. The exhibition is held in the Neiman Center Gallery in the Columbia University School of the Arts. Faculty and students host an exhibition opening party to which family members, other participants in the High School Program, and the general public is invited.
Instructor(s)
Faculty
Hilary Harnischfeger
Hilary Harnischfeger received a B.F.A. from the University of Houston and an M.F.A. from Columbia University. She has been included in many group shows, including “Pertaining to Painting” at the Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, “You are Not Here” at the Ballroom, Marfa, Texas, “Hunch & Flail” at Artists Space, New York, and “Jesuvian Process” at the Elizabeth Dee Gallery, New York, as well as solo shows in New York at Never Work Gallery and in Houston at the Moody Gallery. She is represented by the Rachel Uffner Gallery in New York, where she’ll have a solo show in May 2009. Her work will be included in the upcoming shows “The Power of Paper” at the Saatchi Gallery in London and “Stubborn Materials II” at Grimm Fine Arts in Amsterdam. Her work has been reviewed in The New York Times, Time Out New York, New York Magazine, The New Yorker, Art News, The Houston Press, and The Houston Chronicle.
Specific course information, such as hours and instructors, are subject to change at the discretion of the University.
