Youth & Adult Art Programs
Self Help Graphics provides children and adult art programs lead by
local artist and community members. Classes are added as they are available.
To view an archive of past classes, Spring '07, Summer '07.
| Instructor: Jose Lozano Ages: All Ages. Price: $100 for 10 week series ($10/class) paid advance registration required ($15 per class at the door). Days: (Every Tuesdays) - July 17, 2007 - September 18, 2007 Time: 7 p.m. - 9 p.m. This course builds upon drawing skills for all levels using pen and ink drawing techniques. The classes will cover; the essential skills used by illustrators, cartoonists and visual artists to create simple drawings that encompass interest with the use of a limited color palette. Students will learn to create whimsical thematic drawings and sketches using the light and dark values of ink and paper. Instructor will recommend reading material, art materials used in creating a professional product and give individual guidance and art critique. Materials list will be provided upon registration. Please click here for class registration form. Jose Lozano's work is reminiscent of cartoonist R. Crumb's infamous underground comix. He pays homage to the everyman and woman in his multi-level and subtly political work. A longtime resident of Los Angeles, Lozano was born and raised in Juarez, Mexico. This cross-cultural synergy of the border experience infuses his work with a dramatic charm and a flair for magical depiction of a myriad of characters that are many times only slightly different one from the other. ?ose Lozano has a Masters of Fine Arts Degree from Cal State Fullerton. He received the California Arts Council Grant for Drawing and Painting Award in 1996 and was awarded 1st Place in the 1989 Laguna Art Festival in the City of Newport. |
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| Instructor: Miguel Angel Reyes Ages: All Ages Price: $150 for 10 week series ($15/class) paid advance registration required ($20 per class at the door). Days: (Wednesdays) - July 18, 2007 - September 19, 2007 Time: 7 p.m. - 9 p.m. This course builds upon anatomy and drawing skills for all levels. The emphasis of this course will be to expand the basic figure through the use of traditional drawing techniques. Students will learn the technical skills needed to create dramatic value and staged composition through the use of live model, draping of fabric (costumes) and a variety of drawing materials. Poses in these sessions will be long and short. Instructor will recommend reading material on art theory, discuss art materials as they relate to creating a professional product and give individual guidance and art critique. Each class begins with the introduction of a new tool followed by safety demonstrations. Our methodology encourages children to examine the relationship between process and form, between technique and creativity. Alternate Routes teaches children that all these variables can exist simultaneously. Materials list will be provided upon registration. Please click here for class registration form. | 
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Miguel Angel Reyes is a Los Angeles-based portrait and figurative painter, muralist, printmaker and illustrator who, incorporates expressionist brushwork and classical tradition in his portrayals. Born in Colima, Mexico in 1964, 10-year-old Reyes immigrated to the US with his family and grew up in Southern California. He graduated from Otis Art Institute/Parsons School of Design in Los Angeles with a BFA in illustration. In addition Reyes' study of dance and photography is apparent in the movement and anatomy of his visual art. Since 1989, Reyes has had 15 solo exhibits and has been featured in hundreds of group shows throughout the US, as well as in Mexico, Europe and Asia. His prints hang in major museums and in private collections. In 2002, he produced charcoal illustrations for the CD covers and posters of the Savoy Jazz "Timeless" series. In 2003, he produced silkscreen prints for the L.A. Country Office of AIDS Living Responsibility Campaign. An accomplished muralist, in 1995 Reyes completed one of the largest mural projects in Los Angeles, the 750 foot Amistades (Friendships) at the corner of Hollywood Boulevard and Argyle. Reyes has contributed both artwork and his talents as a curator to a wide variety of causes including Project Angel Food, Self-Help Graphics, and CARECEN (Central American Refugee Center).
| Instructor: TBA Ages: All Ages FIGURE DRAWING LESSON Price: $150 for 10 week series ($15/class) paid advance registration required ($20 per class at the door). Days: (Thursdays) - July 19, 2007 - September 20, 2007 Time: 6 p.m. - 7 p.m. LIFE DRAWING STUDIO Price: $100 for 10 week series ($10/class) paid advance registration required ($15 per class at the door). Days: (Thursdays) - July 19, 2007 - September 20, 2007 Time: 6 p.m. - 7 p.m. Life drawing open studio (no instructor) has always been the cornerstone of artistic training. The figure presents many technical problems - form, structure, foreshortening, etc. that can be a challenge to the beginning and advance artist. When you attend a life drawing class, you are participating in a centuries-old artistic tradition. This year Self Help Graphics & Art’s will have a structured pre-class to its Life Drawing Open Studio group. There will be a separate fee for those artists wishing to meet for a Figure Drawing Lesson on anatomy, illustration and drawing with a skilled artist. You are not required to take both the studio group and the drawing lesson, but are welcome to join one or both—its up to you!Materials list will be provided upon registration. Please click here for class registration form. |
Instructor: Raul Paulino Baltazar
Ages: All Ages.
Price: $100 for 10 week series
Days: (Every Friday) - July 20, 2007 - September 21, 2007
Time: 7 p.m. - 9 p.m.
This course builds upon overhauling and creating a fine art portfolio. We will create a Curriculum Vitae, shoot slides, scan images, and create and artist archive and network. Artists will begin to investigate and develop their artistic goals, fine art practice and how to best achieve their artistic vision. Artists will develop artist statements and focus on how to most effectively communicate to their audience. Class presentations, Power point presentations and critiques will also be part of the class curriculum. Artists are encouraged to build a network, a mailing list, barter and to create a My Space account. Most importantly artists will gain the skills and techniques toward best establishing their unique vision in creating community via the arts. Artists are expected to do an introductory presentation on the first day of class.
Format: Class will meet Fridays, once a week from 7pm to 9:00pm Students can attend as early as 6:00pm for potluck mixers Classes start promptly at 7pm
Materials list will be provided upon registration. Please click here for class registration form.
Raul Paulino Baltazar is a multi media Los Angeles based artist who has exhibited in a variety of underground, community, gallery and museum spaces. His concentration is on "at risk youth" and community activism and has taught many public art workshops locally and internationally. He is currently attending Otis and the recipient of various Cultural affairs grants and Los Angeles City and County public service awards.
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