Painting Classes at UC Berkeley Extension

APPROACHES TO ABSTRACTION IN PAINTING Below is a detail Mysterious Lanscapes, from my Curiosity Series based on "Curiosity," the name of the Mars rover. View this email in your browser

I am looking forward to teaching Approaches to Abstraction in Painting at UCBX starting September 22 through December 15 on Thursdays from 6:30 to 9:30 at UCBX at 160 Spear Street San Francisco My classes are designed to take your painting to  the next level by asking you to consider what it means to be an artist. Organized like a laboratory, they encourage an exploration of art practices and art making specific to artistic maturation. You will explore a variety of approaches to painting, hone your technical painting skills, and look closer at contemporary painting practices. You will increase your familiarity with art history and concepts of contemporary art specific to painting through in-class lectures, local museum and gallery visits and image presentations.   My goal is to aid you to make painting a valuable part of your life that leads to personal expression as well as a foundation to build upon in your future artistic/academic pursuits. Approaches to Abstraction in Painting ART X412.1 Course Description Understand the many options possible for making an abstract painting. Explore a variety of approaches, such as improvisational abstraction, geometric abstraction, process-based painting and abstraction based on mark making. The instructor offers demonstrations of painting techniques and image-illustrated lectures on the history of abstract painting and its current trends. Group discussions and critiques help familiarize you with the vocabulary and concepts involved in analyzing and evaluating abstraction. Applies Toward the Following Certificate(s) and Program(s) Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Visual Arts Prerequisites Painting Fundamentals ART X410 or consent of the instructor Sections ART X412.1 - 004 Approaches to Abstraction in Painting 2015-2016 - Fall 2015 Instructors: Francesca Pastine Date/Time: Thu 6:30PM - 9:30PM 22 Sep 2015 to 15 Dec 2015 Building: San Francisco Campus Room: Classroom 705 Location: San Francisco Delivery Options: Classroom Number of Meetings: 12 Instructional Hours: 36.0 Available for Credit: 2 semester units Course Fee(s): Fee credit (2 units) $455.00 Francesca Pastine, M.F.A., is a visual artist, curator and art educator who has taught at California College of the Arts, San Francisco Art Institute, City College of San Francisco and Dominican University. She was the recipient of a Pollock Krasner Grant in 2009, a Kala Fellowship in 2011, and the Eureka Fellowship from the The Fleishhacker Foundation in 2014 . Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, and is represented by Eleanor Harwood Gallery in San Francisco.