Intuitive Art challenges us to unlearn what institutional aesthetics we’ve adopted and to focus on impulse and self exploration through the rejection of cliche classicism and insider influences. Exploring Intuitive Art and its raw styles & techniques is an effective tool for any visual artist to reach a deeper understanding and expression of personal identity and language. This introduction/intermediate level course will encourage deeper explorations of the self by investigating movements within the Intuitive genre: Folk Art, Outsider Art, Low Brow Art, Street Art, Children’s Art & Art Brut. Using the 5 W’s and H’s (Where, When, Who, What, Why & How) as a template to guide us towards a more impulsive visual sincerity.

Raw, urban surfaces will be introduced to paint, draw, etch on as well as sculptural activities ranging from mask making to dioramas - surfaces like plywood, burlap, board and found objects (some materials provided). This course will provide each student with a practical understanding of acrylic paint, brush handling, mark making as well as composition skills all while exploring identity, interpretive imagery, auto biographical narratives, visual language and stylized memoirs.

Note: There will be no class on October 14th due to the Thanksgiving Holiday.

Base Tuition: $396.00 + Material Fee: $35 = $431 Total
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