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Introduction to Interior Design (A)

June 18, 2019

Explore key concepts of interior design: continuity, scale, proportion, balance, color and light. We’ll use slide presentations and class discussions to prepare you to investigate and analyze the interiors of your choice.

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Build Your Own Website – NEW!

April 29, 2019

Learn the basic skills to build your own website using WordPress. This course will cover web hosting concepts and principles including managing your own domain, file transfer protocol (FTP), mySQL and more. Explore the foundations of the most popular content management system on earth, WordPress, including basic tools such as posts, pages, the appearance panel, […]

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Break the Rules of Your Medium – NEW!

April 08, 2019

Stuck in a rut? Trying to find a new groove? Through a series of discussion and class-guided creative assignments, we’ll take a critical look at the framework of rules that we as artists create and follow in our work. This class is open to artists working in any medium. Expect to complete creative exercises outside […]

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Digital Hand-Drawn Lettering

April 08, 2019

Think outside the font and create your own custom lettering designs by hand. We’ll explore hand lettering from the sketching phase to a polished, finished piece. We’ll be using both traditional and digital tools to explore the basics of lettering. Students will leave the class with a few finished lettering projects, knowledge of lettering and […]

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Illustrating on Your iPad – NEW!

April 08, 2019

Use your iPad to expand your digital art skill set! We’ll use the Procreate app to create digital drawings and illustrations. You’ll leave class with all the skills you need to create finished digital pieces for print or web.

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Animating GIFs

April 08, 2019

Learn how to create animations in Adobe Photoshop. We’ll create several GIFs (short repeating animations) to share with friends and family using a drawing tablet.

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Intermediate InDesign for Professionals

April 08, 2019

Want to use Adobe InDesign to produce better business documents? In this class, you’ll learn to create great page layouts. We’ll focus on applying character and paragraph styles, flowing text into documents, creating linking styles and using scripts to streamline workflow.

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Introduction to 3-D Modeling

April 08, 2019

Create virtually anything you can imagine using a program called Rhino3D. Revolutionize your artwork by rapidly and cost-effectively prototyping new ideas, and learn how to use these skills for virtual reality, website building and more.

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Digital Drawing and Painting

April 02, 2019

Learn the fundamentals of digital painting, a 21st century art medium. We’ll use Adobe Photoshop and a Wacom tablet to create both figurative and still life works in a medium that incorporates classic disciplines with new age techniques.

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Adobe InDesign Basics for Professionals

April 02, 2019

Do you want to improve the quality and consistency of your organization’s communications materials? Learn to create print or digital documents in Adobe InDesign. We’ll cover importing and formatting text, placing and editing images, as well as working with typography and logos. You’ll learn to pull all of those elements together to create an attractive […]

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Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator + InDesign for Beginners

April 02, 2019

Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign are the three most popular programs within the Adobe Creative Suite. When used together, they allow you to create and manage visual content with amazing results. Create a booklet or brochure using all three programs. You’ll edit your photographs in Photoshop, design graphic elements in Illustrator, then lay out the final […]

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Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator + InDesign for Beginners

April 02, 2019

Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign are the three most popular programs within the Adobe Creative Suite. When used together, they allow you to create and manage visual content with amazing results. Create a booklet or brochure using all three programs. You’ll edit your photographs in Photoshop, design graphic elements in Illustrator, then lay out the final […]

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Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator + InDesign for Beginners

April 02, 2019

Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign are the three most popular programs within the Adobe Creative Suite. When used together, they allow you to create and manage visual content with amazing results. Create a booklet or brochure using all three programs. You’ll edit your photographs in Photoshop, design graphic elements in Illustrator, then lay out the final […]

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Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator + InDesign for Beginners

April 02, 2019

Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign are the three most popular programs within the Adobe Creative Suite. When used together, they allow you to create and manage visual content with amazing results. Create a booklet or brochure using all three programs. You’ll edit your photographs in Photoshop, design graphic elements in Illustrator, then lay out the final […]

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Introduction to Graphic Design

April 02, 2019

Learn to combine images, words and visual elements together to communicate an idea. You’ll get hands-on opportunities to learn the basic ideas of graphic design. We’ll also explore form and color, typography, page layout, use of images, as well as applying design at different scales and on various platforms. Learn to make basic designs that can […]

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Introduction to Interior Design

April 02, 2019

Explore key concepts of interior design: continuity, scale, proportion, balance, color and light. We’ll use slide presentations and class discussions to prepare you to investigate and analyze the interiors of your choice.

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Creating a Graphic Novel (Ages 13–14)

January 28, 2019

Explore the techniques and planning that go into creating a multi-chapter comic book. We’ll discover what makes a good story and how to best tell that story with drawings. Topics include comic history, drawing techniques and visual communication.

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Creating a Graphic Novel (Ages 13–14)

January 28, 2019

Explore the techniques and planning that go into creating a multi-chapter comic book. We’ll discover what makes a good story and how to best tell that story with drawings. Topics include comic history, drawing techniques and visual communication.

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Creating a Graphic Novel (Ages 11–12)

January 28, 2019

Explore the techniques and planning that go into creating a multi-chapter comic book. We’ll discover what makes a good story and how to best tell that story with drawings. Topics include comic history, drawing techniques and visual communication.

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Digital Fan Art (Ages 9–10)

January 28, 2019

Redesign characters from your favorite movies, books and video games. We’ll cover the basics of Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator. You’ll begin to understand character representation, technical drawing skills and the importance of digital media as an art form. No previous experience necessary.

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Digital Pattern Design for Printing (Ages 13–14)

January 28, 2019

Combine traditional drawing techniques with Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator to create your own print-on-demand fabric. You’ll upload your graphics to a Spoonflower account that allows family, friends, and customers to purchase custom fabric, designed by you!

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Digital Pattern Design for Printing (Ages 9–10)

January 28, 2019

Combine traditional drawing techniques with Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator to create your own print-on-demand fabric. You’ll upload your graphics to a Spoonflower account that allows family, friends, and customers to purchase custom fabric, designed by you!

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Paper Arts + Bookmaking (Ages 7–8)

January 28, 2019

Explore a variety of ways to transform an ordinary piece of paper into something extraordinary. You’ll learn techniques like folding, cutting, layering and sewing to make your very own paper toys, pop-up cards, mini books and more.

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Zine Making (Ages 9–10)

January 28, 2019

Make your voice heard and share your ideas with the world, by self-publishing your very own zine (pronounced ZEEN, as in ‘magaZINE’). In this workshop, you’ll build your own zines from the inside out—using a variety of mixed-media, collage and written materials. At the end of class, we’ll make copies you can distribute to whoever […]

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Zine Making (Ages 13–14)

January 28, 2019

Make your voice heard and share your ideas with the world, by self-publishing your very own zine (pronounced ZEEN, as in ‘magaZINE’). In this workshop, you’ll build your own zines from the inside out—using a variety of mixed-media, collage and written materials. At the end of class, we’ll make copies you can distribute to whoever […]

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