Analog Photography – Bruce Cole, Professor of Photography

Capacity: 10

This workshop encourages students to develop their personal photographic vision and explores the fundamental techniques of photography through hands-on operation of a manual camera. Participants will learn about developing film and making prints in the darkroom, and discover why these skills are still important in today’s digital photography world.

Digital Animation – Chloe Wack, Professor of Animation

Capacity: 16

Students will use digital software and drawing tablets to create frame-by-frame animated gifs. Students will learn foundational animation skills such as the 12 Principles of Animation, tweening, and how to export their frames into a gif.

Drypoint Intaglio Printmaking – Koichi Yamamoto, Professor of Printmaking

Capacity: 15

Turn your drawings into original prints. In this hands-on Drypoint Intaglio class, you’ll learn how to scratch and draw directly onto a Lexan plastic plate, apply ink, and use a printing press to create rich, expressive images on paper.

No previous printmaking experience is necessary—just bring your own line cross hatching drawing 9 x 12 inches. You’ll explore line, texture, and experimentation while discovering a printmaking technique used by artists for centuries.

2D Puppet Animation – Nyssa Collins, MFA Time-Based Art Alum

Capacity: 12

Learn how fun and simple it is to bring your drawings to life through the magic of animation! We will learn the basics of making jointed paper puppets, and then animate them with stop motion photography. Skills that students learn in this introductory class can also be used to create shadow puppets, stop-motion films using clay or objects, and longer films with basic equipment at home.

Papermaking –  J. Leigh Garcia, Professor of Printmaking

Capacity: 12

Learn to make handmade paper with materials and equipment you may already have at home! This workshop will cover European sheet formation as well as pulp painting and stenciling to create colorful images.

Color Theory Master Copies – Richard Mabula, Graduate Student in Painting and Drawing

Capacity: 15

In this workshop, students will be introduced to color mixing using the Munsell Color System. We will focus on the three main properties of color; hue (the basic color), value (lightness or darkness), and chroma (the intensity or purity of the color). By the end of this workshop, students will be able to effectively and efficiently mix any color they wish to mix. We will complete the workshop by completing one or two small alla prima oil painting color studies based on well known master paintings.

Liquid into Solid: Mold Making & Casting Aluminum – Jason S. Brown, Professor in Sculpture

Capacity: 12

Students will create original designs and relief patterns for casting aluminum into sand molds. Working together in teams, students will mix sand in the morning and learn technical aspects of mold making. Instructors will lead the metal casting of hot aluminum in the foundry in the afternoon.

Clay World – Rachel Sevier Dallery, Lecturer in Ceramics

Capacity: 12

Come explore the squishy, gritty, complex world of clay! Students will make their own figurative ceramic sculpture and use the pottery wheel to make their own pot. Whether you’re a total beginner or a seasoned artist, this class is a fun opportunity to engage with an art form that has fascinated artists throughout human history.

Scholars, Curators, Museum Professionals, and Beauford Delaney: Art History at UTK – Mary Campbell, Professor in Art History

Capacity: 12

This workshop will introduce students to the School of Art’s art history area and its offering through the lens of the Knoxville-born painter Beauford Delaney (1901-1979). Following Delaney on his artistic journeys from Knoxville to Boston and onto New York and Paris, Dr. Mary Campbell will show participants how an art history major or minor at UTK prepares Vols to become art historians, curators, and museums professionals. As a lawyer as well as a scholar, Dr. Campbell will also explain why art history is one of the best majors for students interested in going to law school.

Let’s Glow! Lantern Puppet Creation – Laiken Whittredge, Cattywampus Puppet Council

Capacity: 12

In this workshop, you will learn the basics of structure building and light rigging for your own medium-sized lantern puppet! Using natural round reed, students will sculpt sturdy structural frames, skin them using wet-strength tissue paper, and decorate them to bring them to life. Every puppet will be outfitted with internal battery-operated LED fairy lights, making them glow from within. Students are encouraged to collaborate or work independently to create a medium-sized puppet that they can perform in the Cattywampus Winter Solstice Parade in December, if they wish!