Students with artist and educator Sol Aramendi, visited Local Project in Long Island City and learned more about Social Practices. During this class, 5 artists presented their social art work based in NYC, and after that, the students had the … Continue reading Social Practice 101. Week 3
This week participants worked with the film camera, getting comfortable with the focus, auto and manual exposure and other controls. They worked also on their storyboards and ideas. They walked around the park looking for locations and possible frame shots. Participants … Continue reading Super 8mm Film Workshop. Week 4
We started off the class with a group exercise in the park this morning, It’s an activity that I borrowed from Jose Duarte‘s data viz workshops. I asked the students to draw a a few large circles (ie, bubbles) with … Continue reading SELF PORTRAIT SERIES; WEEK 2
This week we visited the Museum of Moving Image to have a glimpse of what is behind the screen. Actually, Behind the screen, is the title of the exhibition that Chloe walked us in. We got to know more about the history of … Continue reading Super 8mm Film Workshop. Week 3
During the second class of this workshop, the students with artist and educator Sol Aramendi had the possibility to learn more about artist Tattfoo and his work in his studio located in Staten Island. It was a wonderful and very … Continue reading Social Practice 101. Week 2
Social Practice 101 with Sol Aramendi at the Queens Museum ! Come and learn about Art and Community engagement ! (Program in Spanish) Saturdays, July 18 to August 29 4:00-6:00pm Through this 6-week long workshop the participants will learn about the basic … Continue reading Arte y Comunidad / Social Practice 101
Today class students worked on applying layers of colors in order to create gradients and shade effects. They were working on three basic designs, a flower, a cat and a leave. They also saw how to mix the watercolors to … Continue reading Korean Folk Arts Class
Using wevideo students worked on their own stories, editing pictures, working on the timeline and adding their narration and sound elements to their project. They have been working hard before the final presentation and graduation.
Participants started learning about patterns, conventions and symbols involved in the making of mandalas. They practice making their designs. After moving from the Queens Library to the Queens Museum, in this class they worked colaborativly making a mandala using the tools … Continue reading Sand Mandala Class: The Process
