Kansas City Art Institute announces summer 2008 graduate level courses for art educators

 

Procedures:

 

  • Tuition for each of the following classes is $230 for two graduate hours. Tuition for a teacher who wants to audit a class is $200. Priority is given to those who want to take these classes for credit.
  • Advance enrollment and payment is required.
  • ENROLLMENT DEADLINE: one week before the class is to start.
  • To enroll, please contact Ruth Kartman by calling 816-802-3505, or e-mailing her at rkartman@kcai.edu with your MasterCard, American Express, Discover or Visa number. 
  • For those who take classes for credit, additional work after each class is required and due to the instructor three weeks after each course ends.
  • Transcripts can be ordered through the KCAI registrar’s office for a $5.00 processing fee per transcript.
  • Please be advised that these courses are non-cumulative and will not transfer into a master’s degree program. Their intent and purpose is to provide professional development for area art educators.

 

Curriculum

 

Portraiture
While students love self-portraits, most feel frustrated with their ability to accurately create them - without the aid of a photograph. This intensive course will teach not only the fundamentals enabling students to be able to draw themselves from a mirror, but will also give them confidence in their ability to be successful. Ultimately, this self-confidence will empower them in their art making in the future. All materials will be supplied with the exception of a mirror (at least 8x10), a portable light and extension cord.

Date: June 13, 14 and 15   
Time: Friday, June 13; 5:30-9:30 p.m. and
Saturday and Sunday, June 14 and 15; 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Location: TBA
Instructor: Pat Nemchock
Materials Fee: $10

 

Creating a Successful Portfolio
An intensive weekend course on innovative techniques and problem solving skills will be the focus of this class for all levels of portfolio development, especially IB and AP. We will investigate resources, materials and practices that elevate higher levels of success and competence. Learn how creative corporate teams come up with ideas, so necessary for a student’s successful portfolio.

Bring along your favorite drawing/painting supplies (chalk, pastels, watercolor, pencils, grease pencils all work well).

Date:  July 11, 12 and 13
Time:  Friday, July 11; 5:30-9:30 p.m. and
Saturday and Sunday, July 12 and 13; 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Location:  TBA
Instructor: Harriet Bigham

 

Projected Identities: A Contemporary Art Education Workshop
This is an interdisciplinary course for art educators who wish to explore ways of bringing together traditional art-making processes of drawing and painting with emerging medias of digital and projected imagery. In “Projected Identities,” learners fuse hand art-making processes with digital image manipulations and projected imagery in a series of exploratory artistic self-examinations. The purpose of this approach is to embed layers of autobiographical meaning and image by joining written reflections into a visual manifestation of personal memory and identity.

Students will need to bring a digital camera, camera card for their camera, a USB card reader for their card and a 1MB flash drive on which to save their information. A tripod is also recommended. Also bring along your favorite drawing/painting supplies (chalk, pastels, watercolor, pencils, grease pencils all work well).

Date: July 28 - August 1
Time: Monday - Friday, 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Location: KCAI, Irving Bldg., Room 111
Instructor: Mark Anderson

 

Instructor Bios

 

Mark Anderson is a multidisciplinary art maker and visual art educator. He encourages personal development of visual literacy in learners through a combined exploration of design, photography, traditional two- and three-dimensional hand art processes, and digital art making medias. Anderson is Fine Arts Department Chair at Oak Park High School in Kansas City, Missouri, where he teaches Art Foundations, Visual Art Photography, Visual Design, and AP Studio Art. Anderson is Missouri's 2008 MAEA Secondary Art Educator of the Year.

Harriet Bigham is a recipient of the Kansas City Star’s Excellence in Teaching Award. Her Sumner Academy students consistently received awards in national and regional competitions and Harriet was regarded as an outstanding mentor in the IB program.Under her direction, students produced a book of architectural renderings that was sold at the Nelson Atkins Museum of Art. Currently retired, Harriet continues to travel to workshops and symposiums, learning new ideas. She is committed to developing capabilities of students and believes that the visual arts offer a unique way to help students maximize their full potential.

Pat Nemchock is a Master Teacher who has mentored hundreds of the nation’s most outstanding high school art students to receive regional and national recognition. Her reputation as a leader in her field is recognized nationally and in her own state. Her approach to teaching drawing and painting and curricular innovation is unique and effective. She especially likes to teach art teachers because they impact the life of so many young artists.