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Ages 7-11. This spirit-rousing musical play chronicles the struggles and triumphs of pioneering African American baseball players.
Let your creativity flow as you slow stitch a fabric journal composed of your favorite embroidery stitches, embellishments, and fabric scraps. Build a repertoire of embroidery stitches combined with other textile-based elements to produce a finished, bound fabric book with a personalized cover by the end of the class.
Through classical texts and portrayals on vases and in marble, we can piece together the romantic entanglements of Greco-Roman deities such as Zeus and Leda, Eros and Psyche, and Apollo and Daphne. Despite their divine status, the gods of these myths grappled with feelings remarkedly human in nature, such as desire, jealousy, and the quest for revenge. Art historian Renee Gondek delves into Greco-Roman tales of love, lust, and woe as reflected in both ancient and contemporary artworks. (World Art History Certificate elective, 1/2 credit)
Silverpoint drawing uses a silver stylus on specially prepared paper to produce delicate lines. Initially silver-gray, the drawing tarnishes when exposed to air, resulting in the characteristic warm brown tone. Learn the history of silverpoint, the materials required, and the process for this technique used by artists like Leonardo da Vinci.
It's easy to be overwhelmed with all the choices that are available for lenses and filters. Learn about the various options so you can make a better-informed decision for your next purchase.
How did the name of a Continental Army general become a synonym for treason? Historian Richard Bell reconstructs the life and times of Benedict Arnold, the reasons he turned on his country, and the larger problems of betrayal and desertion that dogged George Washington’s army.
The period between 1300 and 1600 stands out as a tumultuous time in which artworks faced suppression marked by fierce, often religious-based debates over morality, beauty, and the role of art in society. Art historian Joseph Forte examines the motivations behind censorship and their consequences through figures ranging from Savonarola, who sparked the Bonfire of the Vanities, to painter Daniele da Volterra, whose coverup of male nudity in Michelangelo's Last Judgment earned him the nickname “The Pantsmaker.” (World Art History Certificate elective, 1/2 credit)
Learn how to create power and emotion in your drawings by manipulating line, shape, and value. These basic building-blocks of art can change the meaning, mood, and tone of your work.
