Reed Fine Arts.
2014 - 2016
The Reed Fine Arts program at the Millard Sheets Art Center provided free, advanced art courses in drawing and painting to high school students who demonstrated a willingness to commit to a three semester course of study. Through a combination of weekly instruction, guided practice, field trips, figure drawing and visits from art college representatives, my students were prepared for art study at the collegiate level. Reed Fine Arts students learned what they needed to create portfolios ready for art school admission while developing their skills in a positive environment.
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RFA 2015 - 2016.
In the studio, October 2, 2015.
In the gallery studio, October 9, 2015.
In the studio, December 4, 2015.
From the brochure…
Our students work within the Millard Sheets Art Center at Fairplex, a Works Progress Administration building erected in 1936. The art center has always valued the joy the arts bring to our lives and in the past has exhibited works by the great artists of past generations such as Henri Matisse, Auguste Rodin, and Vincent Van Gogh, to name only a few, and will continue in this tradition by nurturing the talent and beauty created by artists of this generation and the next.
The Reed Fine Arts program offers students the opportunity to join the program as a cohort, working together as they advance through each stage of the curriculum. Our students participate at no cost and are provided all of the supplies necessary to accomplish the program goals. As such, it is necessary to select those students that best demonstrate the qualities and skills it will require to commit and successfully complete the yearlong program. Students are asked to submit an application and supporting materials to be considered for one of the twenty positions. Students may also be asked to participate in an interview if further consideration is required.
Students who are selected to participate will work beginning in the summer and continue through an additional two semesters in the fall and spring. Completion of the program will culminate in an exhibition and certificate of completion. When students successfully complete the program they will have participated in more than 130 hours of classroom instruction and open studio time, explored museums in and around the Southern California region, hung their artwork on the same walls as Monet and Degas, learned from professionals in the art world, and discovered new career pathways in the arts.
Our students work within the Millard Sheets Art Center at Fairplex, a Works Progress Administration building erected in 1936. The art center has always valued the joy the arts bring to our lives and in the past has exhibited works by the great artists of past generations such as Henri Matisse, Auguste Rodin, and Vincent Van Gogh, to name only a few, and will continue in this tradition by nurturing the talent and beauty created by artists of this generation and the next.
The Reed Fine Arts program offers students the opportunity to join the program as a cohort, working together as they advance through each stage of the curriculum. Our students participate at no cost and are provided all of the supplies necessary to accomplish the program goals. As such, it is necessary to select those students that best demonstrate the qualities and skills it will require to commit and successfully complete the yearlong program. Students are asked to submit an application and supporting materials to be considered for one of the twenty positions. Students may also be asked to participate in an interview if further consideration is required.
Students who are selected to participate will work beginning in the summer and continue through an additional two semesters in the fall and spring. Completion of the program will culminate in an exhibition and certificate of completion. When students successfully complete the program they will have participated in more than 130 hours of classroom instruction and open studio time, explored museums in and around the Southern California region, hung their artwork on the same walls as Monet and Degas, learned from professionals in the art world, and discovered new career pathways in the arts.
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FIRST CLASS: RFA 2014 - 2015.
A day in the studio. RFA students working in the style of Claude Monet.