Dates: 10 classes from February 6th through April 9th

Time: Tuesdays from 6:30 - 9:30 pm

Location: 69 Lewis Ave, Ground Floor, Brooklyn 11206

Tuition: Sliding scale from $150 - $1,200 (more information below)

Max Number of Students: 10

Interested in participating?

Because there are a limited number of seats, please fill out the application below by January 17th. You will receive a notification of acceptance by January 30th.

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About

Course Description

The materials of painting include both the physical medium (paint, surface, and ground) and the history of painting as a concept throughout time. This course aims to develop both the technical hand skills needed to manipulate the medium and a working knowledge of the rich tradition of painting to give painters and lovers of painting the foundation to make, criticize, and appreciate historical and contemporary artworks.

The progression of this course is organized around a Western historical narrative of art. This is by no means the correct or the only place to start, but I begin teaching here because knowing this narrative makes the contemporary art environment intelligible and gives us the tools to take a critical attitude toward it, should we so choose. That being said, the goal of this course is to create a community to discuss both the practical and theoretical aspects of art, so alternative definitions, functions, and narratives of art are welcome!

No prior painting experience is required–––only a love of painting and a desire to engage in rigorous but playful practice and discussion.

Course Elements

Lectures covering theoretical and historical information

Practice in the form of exercises and projects that develop hand skills

Critiques that analyze and provide positive feedback on the projects completed in class

Encouraged Independent Practice that reinforces techniques and concepts learned in class

Optional Field Trips to museums or galleries

Optional Readings if you want to go deeper in any area

Tuition

Tuition is a sliding scale of anywhere from $150 - $1,200:

$150 is scholarship-level tuition for those who can’t afford higher tuition. It covers the cost of rental space and instruction.
$600 is the standard hourly rate for art classes in NYC (~$20), which means that the teacher gets paid for time spent preparing lectures, setting up, teaching, and cleaning up.
$1,200 is supporter-level tuition, which supports the wider community university project, making it possible to expand class offerings, rent more classroom space, host residency programs, and more.

Note: Paying tuition is a commitment to attending the entire course. There will be no tuition refunds after the start of the course.

Syllabus

Date	Lecture Topic	Practice	Independent Practice (encouraged but optional)	Readings (optional)
Feb 6	Introduction: Course philosophy, material info, elements of art	Value scales Value as composition and means of describing 3Ds	Black and White Sketches	After the End of Art (Chapter 1), Arthur Danto
Feb 13	Before Art and its Beginning: Egyptian, Byzantine “Art” and the Renaissance	Black and White Still Life Painting	Work on B+W Still Life	Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors & Architects, Vasari
Feb 20	N/A	Black and White Still Life Painting (con’t) & Critique	Rework or finish B+W Still Life, if desired
Feb 27	Color: In Theory and In Practice	Color Charts	Exercises from Alber’s The Interaction of Color	The Interaction of Color, Josef Albers
Mar 5	Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, and Modernism	Painting alla prima (all at once) in color	Alla prima painting from life	Art, Clive Bell
Mar 12	Cubism	All-Over Composition Drawing		The Algerian Women and Picasso at Large, Leo Steinberg
Mar 19	Abstraction, Art as Art	All-Over Composition Color Painting	Work on Color Painting	Toward a Newer Laocoön, Clement Greenberg;
Mar 26	N/A	All-Over Composition Color Painting (con’t) & Critique	Brainstorm/gather materials for self-directed project	Art and Objecthood, Michael Fried
Apr 2	Surrealism, Dada, Readymades, and the End of Art	Self-Directed Project	Work on Self-Directed Project	Thierry de Duve
Apr 9	N/A	Final Exhibition and Potluck

About the Instructor

Anna Gregor is a painter and art educator working in New York City. She received her BFA from Parsons School of Design in 2019 and is currently a candidate in Hunter College's MFA program in painting. Gregor's paintings have been shown at Unit London, St. Joseph’s University, Tomato Mouse, and SPRING/BREAK Art Show, among others. Her work can be seen at www.atgregor.com.