Introduction to Painting: Adventures in Color and Light
Level: Open to students entering grade 9 or 10 in fall 2010.
Session: I, June 28-July 16, 2010
Days & Time: Monday-Friday, 10:00 AM-12:00 PM and 2:30-4:30 PM
Instructor: Miguel Cardenas
Related Courses: Students interested in this course might also be interested in Understanding the Arts: Art History and Architecture, offered in Session II.
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.
This class introduces students to the basic approaches to painting. The instructor demonstrates techniques with various kinds of paint, brushes, and surfaces. Students spend time both in the studio creating their own work and on field trips to museums and galleries in New York City. 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
Miguel Cardenas
Miguel Cardenas grew up in Colombia and France. He holds an undergraduate degree in painting from the Rhode Island School of Design, where he participating in the European Honors program in Rome, and a master’s degree in visual arts from Columbia, where he received the Agnes Martin award for excellence in painting. In addition to being a painter, he has worked as a political cartoonist, gallery director, curator, art advisor, and set designer. He has taught several art classes at Columbia and is currently a visiting critic for the undergraduate visual art majors. Miguel has exhibited in Latin America, Europe, and the United States, and his work is in the permanent collection of the Banco de la República museum in Bogotá.
Specific course information, such as hours and instructors, are subject to change at the discretion of the University.
