2008 Woodie Awards
Drawing class showcases work
Chris Lee/Online Reporter
Issue date: 12/7/07 Section: Arts and Entertainment
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Nudes, pizza and soft-spoken conversation.
That was the scene Tuesday night at the Burl Ives Art Studio as Professor Jenny Chi's advanced life drawing class showcased their work.
The event, named "From the Studio," functioned as a final project for the class.
"This was my way of challenging them," Chi said. "Not only did they have to make their work presentable to me, but also to the public. That is not easy to do."
The students had to prepare three projects for their final, but only one, because of space constraints, would be hung on the wall in the Art Studio.
Sixteen pieces of art were on display, along with a laptop computer displaying the remaining pieces from the artists. The art ranged from conceptual to pure figure drawing.
"Sometimes, the assignment was based on a narrative or a concept I would give the student to work with or it we would just focus on the figure," Chi said.
"I think this is all excellent work, but I'm not an artist," said Dennis Malak, Functions Coordinator of the Tarble Arts Center. "I'm just a casual viewer, but I'm happy to support student artists."
While Malak was there as a casual viewer, sprinkled throughout the audience, which strolled in and out from 6 to 8 p.m., were the student artists themselves.
One such student was Steve Mancione, a 2-D design major.
"I'm just here to make conversation and answer any questions people might have," Mancione said. "I really like most of what's here, but I especially like the more narrative-based pieces."
While most of the art on display was from students like Mancione, who is enrolled in the advanced life drawing class, at least four artists who had something on display were not.
Independent studies are frequent in the class because life drawing requires sometimes hard-to-acquire models.
"It is actually cheaper for (independent study students) to attend my class, otherwise they would have to hire and pay a model, and that can get expensive," Chi said.
While the audience was mostly comprised of students, some had already graduated. Such was the case as Joe Hall-ingram, who received his graduate degree in art and was enrolled in Chi's class over four years ago.
"I think this is great, and I actually recognize a few of the artists," said Hallingram. "This gives them a chance to see what it's like outside of the classroom."
Advanced life drawing is an upper level drawing class where students study the human figure and draw nude models. The focus of the advanced class, as opposed to the lower-level life drawing class, is the focus on composition and completeness, rather than correct proportions.
"At this level you have students who have maybe repeated the class three or four times, so they are really focusing on technique and creating art, rather than just figure drawings," Chi said.
That was the scene Tuesday night at the Burl Ives Art Studio as Professor Jenny Chi's advanced life drawing class showcased their work.
The event, named "From the Studio," functioned as a final project for the class.
"This was my way of challenging them," Chi said. "Not only did they have to make their work presentable to me, but also to the public. That is not easy to do."
The students had to prepare three projects for their final, but only one, because of space constraints, would be hung on the wall in the Art Studio.
Sixteen pieces of art were on display, along with a laptop computer displaying the remaining pieces from the artists. The art ranged from conceptual to pure figure drawing.
"Sometimes, the assignment was based on a narrative or a concept I would give the student to work with or it we would just focus on the figure," Chi said.
"I think this is all excellent work, but I'm not an artist," said Dennis Malak, Functions Coordinator of the Tarble Arts Center. "I'm just a casual viewer, but I'm happy to support student artists."
While Malak was there as a casual viewer, sprinkled throughout the audience, which strolled in and out from 6 to 8 p.m., were the student artists themselves.
One such student was Steve Mancione, a 2-D design major.
"I'm just here to make conversation and answer any questions people might have," Mancione said. "I really like most of what's here, but I especially like the more narrative-based pieces."
While most of the art on display was from students like Mancione, who is enrolled in the advanced life drawing class, at least four artists who had something on display were not.
Independent studies are frequent in the class because life drawing requires sometimes hard-to-acquire models.
"It is actually cheaper for (independent study students) to attend my class, otherwise they would have to hire and pay a model, and that can get expensive," Chi said.
While the audience was mostly comprised of students, some had already graduated. Such was the case as Joe Hall-ingram, who received his graduate degree in art and was enrolled in Chi's class over four years ago.
"I think this is great, and I actually recognize a few of the artists," said Hallingram. "This gives them a chance to see what it's like outside of the classroom."
Advanced life drawing is an upper level drawing class where students study the human figure and draw nude models. The focus of the advanced class, as opposed to the lower-level life drawing class, is the focus on composition and completeness, rather than correct proportions.
"At this level you have students who have maybe repeated the class three or four times, so they are really focusing on technique and creating art, rather than just figure drawings," Chi said.
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