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2011 WORKSHOPS, LECTURES AND CLASSES SCHEDULE

"Scherer & Ouporov: The Revival of Egg Tempera Painting & Twenty Years of Collaboration"
Jan 14, 2012
$20; Reservations required.

ABOUT

Egg tempera is renowned for its luminosity, making it an ideal medium for rendering the human face. Widely used in the Renaissance, egg tempera has had a revival in the contemporary art world and with such artists as Andrew Wyeth and the Magic Realists. Since meeting at the renowned Moscow Surikov State Academic Institute in 1989, Suzanne Scherer and Pavel Ouporov have worked together as a team in the production of their diverse art. The artists will discuss their unique history, collaboration, and the evolution of their work over the past two decades. Ranging from drawings, prints, photography, video, sculptural installations and most notably, richly detailed egg tempera paintings. The entire process, symbolism and history behind the iconic approach they use in egg tempera painting will be discussed. The couple will explore the conceptual grounds of language and communication, dreams, spirituality, and the interconnected nature of the world we inhabit. Raised on opposite sides of the Cold War divide, American Scherer & Russian-born Ouporov together embody the bridging of opposites that is a strong component of their art.

Suzanne Scherer and Pavel Ouporov are a collaborative team who met while studying at the renowned Moscow Surikov State Academy Art Institute—one of Russia's two institutions of higher arts education and part of the Russian Academy of Arts established in 1757 by Peter the Great. Scherer earned a BFA from Florida State University, an MFA from Brooklyn College, and received an International Research & Exchanges Board Award to be the first American visual artist accepted into the Russian Academy of Arts during the Soviet period. At the age of 11, Ouporov won admittance into the Moscow State Academy Art Lyceum, graduated at 18, and earned a Master of Fine Arts from the Moscow Surikov State Academy Art Institute.

Scherer & Ouporov have received national and international recognition for their collaborative works. Museum exhibitions include the Library of Congress and Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.; Museum of Contemporary Art, Goldman Warehouse and Bass Museum, Miami; Historical Museum of the City of Vienna; World Financial Center, NY; Institute of Contemporary Art, Moscow; Passage de Retz, Paris; Boston Center for the Arts; Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art and Design, Kansas City; and the Frye Art Museum, Seattle. Their works are in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Harvard University Fogg Art Museum, the Library of Congress, New York Public Library, NY, and The State Russian Museum in St. Petersburg, among others. They are one of ten international artists featured in Gustav Klimt: The Ronald S. Lauder and Serge Sabarsky Collections monograph that explores Klimt's influence among today's leading contemporary artists. Their work has been reviewed extensively in many publications such as Art In America, ArtNews, The New York Times, The New Yorker, and featured on PBS and Public Affairs Television. Awards include a NY Artist's Fellowship, Mid-Atlantic Visual Arts Grant and a South Florida Cultural Consortium Fellowship for Visual and Media Artists. A comprehensive hard cover publication, As Above, So Below: Recent Work by Scherer & Ouporov, was released in conjunction with their solo exhibition at the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art at Auburn University. The artists' paintings are represented by ACA Galleries in New York and Arden Gallery in Boston. Their original prints are represented by the Mezzanine Gallery of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

Event Location
The Four Arts King Library, 2nd Floor

This lecture includes admission to a demonstration of egg tempera at the Amrory Art Center on Friday, January 20, 2012 at 1:30 p.m.

Dear Friends & Students,

Session II begins this coming week, Monday, October 24th, at the Armory Art Center in West Palm Beach. In addition to our Egg Tempera class, we are now offering Figure Painting in Oil, Printmaking and Photoshop for Artists.

Here are the classes listed below. Enrollment is limited, so register now to reserve your place. We hope to see you in one or more of our classes!

You can register online or by contacting the Armory at 561-832-1776.

Let us know if you have any questions. We can be reached at 561-964-4654 or 954-793-0301

DRAWING & PAINTING
FIGURE PAINTING:A CONTEMPORARY APPROACH

This class focuses on painting the human figure in the classical atelier method—a system of knowledge practiced in the Renaissance, predominant in the 19th century, and in growing demand today. Working from the live model, this course teaches students a progressive form of representational figure painting based on careful observation and timeless techniques. Starting with a preliminary drawing, grisaille under painting (imprimatura), direct painting (alla prima), and glazing, students will learn how to create accomplished figure paintings. Proportion, value, spatial relationships, harmonic design principles, anatomy, and color theory will be emphasized. The use of drapery, props, lighting, and creating a visual narrative will also be explored.

P30.3b Wednesday 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM, October 26-December 14 - Ouporov/Scherer
Instructor: Suzanne Scherer
Tuition: $300.00
Figure Modeling Fee: $96.00
Term: Fall 2 2011
Register

DRAWING & PAINTING
THE PORTRAIT IN EGG TEMPERA PAINTING & GILDING

Egg tempera is renowned for its luminosity, making it an ideal medium for rendering the human face. Widely used in the Renaissance, egg tempera has had a revival in the contemporary art world and with such artists as Andrew Wyeth and the Magic Realists. In this workshop you will learn how to paint the human face and figure by working from a combination of direct observation of the live model, plaster casts, and from photographs based on your life studies. You will learn how to light and pose a model to create a strong photograph that you will develop into an egg tempera painting. We will cover all aspects of the medium from the preparation of genuine gesso wood panels to the mixing of paints from dry pigments and egg yolk, under painting, and egg/oil glazing. Anatomy, structure, proportion, and the rendering of the human form in space will be emphasized.

P30.3a Wednesday 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM, October 26-December 14 - Scherer/Ouporov
Instructor: Suzanne Scherer
Tuition: $300.00
Lab fee: $50.00
Term: Fall 2 2011
Register

PHOTOGRAPHY & PRINTMAKING
PHOTOSHOP FOR ALL ARTISTS

Welcome all! Photoshop is a very useful tool for all visual artists---painters, sculptors, photographers and artists of all kinds. This class will teach you how to use and apply Photoshop techniques to create and enhance your work and skills as an artist. The course will cover how to scan and transform images, plan your composition digitally, create maquettes, transfer to various surfaces, and how to edit and enhance existing artwork. In addition, you will learn how to professionally photograph your artwork for reproduction and presentation. There is something for everyone in this class. Classwork will include both computer lab and studio artwork time.

RA4.4a Thursday 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM, October 27-December 15 - Ouporov/Scherer
Instructor: Suzanne Scherer
Tuition: $265.00
Lab fee: $30.00
Term: Fall 2 2011
No class November 24
Register

PHOTOGRAPHY & PRINTMAKING
INTAGLIO PRINTMAKING

Welcome all! This course will appeal to all levels from beginners to advanced artists and printmakers. Learn the complete process of traditional intaglio printmaking methods that were used by old master such as Durer and Rembrandt and still flourish in the print world today: etching, engraving, dry point, aquatint, and the use of soft and hard grounds on copper plates. The class will teach you how to creatively combine multiple plates, techniques and surfaces as well as a variety of intaglio color printing processes.

RA2.1b Monday 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM, October 24-December 12 - Scherer/Ouporov
Instructor: Pavel Ouporov
Tuition: $300.00
Lab fee: $35.00
Term: Fall 2 2011
Register


3.29 THE PORTRAIT AND STILL LIFE IN EGG TEMPERA PAINTING AND GILDING beginning–advanced Suzanne scherer and Pavel Ouporov Students learn how to light and pose a model to create a strong photograph or life drawing that develops into an egg tempera painting. The class covers preparation of genuine gesso wood panels to the mixing of paints from dry pigments and egg yolk, underpaintings, glazing, gilding and oil glazes. Combining both Eastern and Western panel painting traditions, the class provides ongoing discussions, critiques and demonstrations. Methods ofstamping,toolingandincisingline, pattern and design into the gold leaf is also covered, as well as embellishments with gems. •MATERIAL FEE INCLUDES : SOLID POPLAR PANEL WITH 8–10 COATS OF GESSO, DRY GESSO, BURNISHING CLAY FOR GILDING, TWO SHEETS OF GOLD LEAF, STARTER KIT OF DRY PIGMENTS, ARTIST TRANSFER PAPER, WAX-FREE GRAPHITE, EGGS, VINEGAR AND DISTILLED WATER. • MATERIAL FEE PAID TO THE INSTRUCTOR ON THE FIRST DAY OF CLASS. 3.29 tuesDays 9:00 am – noon term 1 : 8 wks/ $295/Material Fee $50 term 2: 7 wks/ $275/Material Fee $50 term 3: 7 wks/ $275/Material Fee $50 term 4: 7 wks/ $275/Material Fee $50 term 5: 7 wks/ $275/Material Fee $50 term 5: 7 wks/ $275/Material Fee $50		3.30 ALL-MEDIA PAINTING: MATERIALS AND METHODS FROM HISTORIC TO CONTEMPORARY beginning–advanced Suzanne scherer and Pavel Ouporov Explore the vast range of historic to contemporary materials and methods of painting available today. Learn how to use oils, acrylics, casein, pastel, metal leaf, and mixed media when applied to a variety of surfaces. Understand diverse painting approaches: grisaille, underpainting (imprimatura), direct painting (alla prima), glazing, and impasto. Proportion, value, spatial relationships, design principles, and color theory are emphasized. 3.30 tuesDays 12:30 – 3:30 pm term1:8wks/$295 term 2 : 7 wks/ $275 term 3: 7 wks/ $275 term 4: 7 wks/ $275 term 5: 7 wks/ $275

3.29
THE PORTRAIT AND STILL LIFE IN EGG TEMPERA PAINTING AND GILDING

beginning–advanced Suzanne scherer and Pavel Ouporov

Students learn how to light and pose a model to create a strong photograph or life drawing that develops into an egg tempera painting. The class covers preparation of genuine gesso wood panels to the mixing of paints from dry pigments and egg yolk, underpaintings, glazing, gilding and oil glazes. Combining both Eastern and Western panel painting traditions, the class provides ongoing discussions, critiques and demonstrations. Methods ofstamping,toolingandincisingline, pattern and design into the gold leaf is also covered, as well as embellishments with gems.

•MATERIAL FEE INCLUDES : SOLID POPLAR PANEL WITH 8–10 COATS OF GESSO, DRY GESSO, BURNISHING CLAY FOR GILDING, TWO SHEETS OF GOLD LEAF, STARTER KIT OF DRY PIGMENTS, ARTIST TRANSFER PAPER, WAX-FREE GRAPHITE, EGGS, VINEGAR AND DISTILLED WATER.
• MATERIAL FEE PAID TO THE INSTRUCTOR ON THE FIRST DAY OF CLASS.

3.29 tuesDays 9:00 am – noon

term 1 : 8 wks/ $295/Material Fee $50

term 2: 7 wks/ $275/Material Fee $50

term 3: 7 wks/ $275/Material Fee $50

term 4: 7 wks/ $275/Material Fee $50

term 5: 7 wks/ $275/Material Fee $50

3.30
ALL-MEDIA PAINTING: MATERIALS AND METHODS FROM HISTORIC TO CONTEMPORARY

beginning–advanced Suzanne scherer and Pavel Ouporov

Explore the vast range of historic to contemporary materials and methods of painting available today. Learn how to use oils, acrylics, casein, pastel, metal leaf, and mixed media when applied
to a variety of surfaces. Understand diverse painting approaches: grisaille, underpainting (imprimatura), direct painting (alla prima), glazing, and impasto. Proportion, value, spatial relationships, design principles, and color theory are emphasized.
3.30 tuesDays 12:30 – 3:30 pm

term1:8wks/$295

term 2 : 7 wks/ $275

term 3: 7 wks/ $275

term 4: 7 wks/ $275

term 5: 7 wks/ $275


		EGG TEMPERA PAINTING AND GILDING WORKSHOP OPEN TO ALL LEVELS FROM BEGINNING TO ADVANCED Suzanne Scherer and Pavel Ouporov, two of the leading practitioners of this ancient technique, will conduct a five-day, comprehensive workshop. Students will have the unique opportunity to create an egg tempera painting of their own design on genuine gesso wood panels. All aspects ofthe medium will be covered from the mixing of paints from dry pigments and egg yolk, under painting, glazing,and water-gilding, to the embellishment of the gold leaf with designs, pattern and gems. Combining both Eastern icon and Western panel painting traditions, Scherer and Ouporov will provide in-depth, hands-on instruction and demonstrations.
JULY 25-29, 2011 Monday-Friday, 9:30-2:30 pm To register, contact: Suzanne Scherer 954-793-0301 or sspo@bellsouth Emmanuel Episcopal Church 42 Dearborn Street, Newport, RI 02840 www.emmanuelnewport.org		Tuition: $425.00 Non-parishioners $375.00 Parishioners Material fee: $25.00 (includes basic pigments and supplies) Advance registration and workshop and materials fee required.