Printmaking: Rembrandt to Warhol
Level: Open to students entering grades 11 or 12 or freshman year of college in fall 2010.
Session: II, July 20-August 6, 2010
Days & Time: Monday-Friday, 10:00 AM-12:00 PM and 2:30-4:30 PM
Instructor(s): Jomar Statkun
Related Courses: Students interested in this course might also be interested in Critical Focus on the Visual Arts, offered in Session I.
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 printmaking courses are taught by instructors from the School of the Arts and are overseen by Tomas Vu-Daniel, LeRoy Neiman Professor of Visual Arts and Director of Printmaking at Columbia 's School of the Arts.
Students create a variety of prints using the techniques of etching and silkscreen. From the rich etching tradition of Rembrandt to the iconic pop screen-printing of Warhol, students are exposed to a long tradition and study original prints at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, and Museum of Modern Art. Students complete the course with a folio of editioned prints, printed using professional methods on archival paper. Drawing experience helpful but not required. 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
Jomar Statkun
Jomar Statkun received his M.F.A. from Boston University, where he was awarded the Jack Kramer Award and the Esther B. and Albert S. Kahn Award. His work is shown nationally and internationally and is featured in various private collections. His most recent show, Lost in your Eyes, is a traveling group exhibition with Paul Pfeiffer, Manuel Ocampo, and David Medalla. Statkun teaches printmaking and drawing at Columbia University, where he is also the Director of the Neiman Center Gallery.
Specific course information, such as hours and instructors, are subject to change at the discretion of the University.
