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LACMA offers classes to adults on weekends and on weekdays. Adults may also participate in intergenerational classes held for students from ages 5 to 105!
One-Day Art Workshop
Ghosts, Histories, and Hauntology
Engage in spirited discussions and create art for a collaborative art installation. In conjunction with Phantom Sightings: Art after the Chicano Movement—the largest exhibition of cutting-edge Chicano art ever presented at LACMA—explore and respond to the more experimental tendencies, provocative issues, and diverse works of this exhibition. Artist Xavier Cázares Cortéz, instigator of dilemass.blogspot.com, a blog dedicated to sparking provocative Phantom Sightings conversations, will guide the group's discussion and art-making process.
Sunday, August 24, 2008
11 am–3 pm CANCELED
Members $40, nonmembers $50. Enrollment is limited to 15 participants. Art materials are included in the tuition.
Weekend Classes
Iconic Reoccurrences in Art—Gallery Session
Artists have revisited and reinvented various motifs in art such as still life, portraits, and figurative work all throughout history. Explore these underlying themes that connect us to the past and the world around us while heightening your drawing skills in this in-gallery drawing class. With artist Shannon Green.
Five Saturdays: September 13, 20, 27, October 4, 18, 2008
11–1:30 pm
Members $145, nonmembers $155. Five-week session. Enrollment is limited to 20 participants. Art materials are included in the tuition.
Drawing—Gallery Session
The museum's permanent collection serves as the classroom where artist David Schoffman teaches how to look at art. Focused on the human form, the class is designed to make draftsmanship accessible to all.
Five Sundays: September 14, 21, 28, October 5, 19, 2008
11 am–1:30 pm
or 2–4:30 pm
Members $135, nonmembers $145. Five-week session. Enrollment is limited to 20 participants. Art materials are included in the tuition.
Drawing from Sculpture—Gallery Session
Students will use the museum's sculpture collection for study and as subject matter, increasing their ability to see and render a three dimensional object to a flat piece of paper.
Five Saturdays: November 1, 8, 15, 22, December 6, 2008
11 am–1:30 pm
Members $145, nonmembers $155. Five-week session. Enrollment is limited to 20 participants. Art materials are included in the tuition.
Drawing—Gallery Session
The museum's permanent collection serves as the classroom where artist David Schoffman teaches how to look at art. Focused on the human form, the class is designed to make draftsmanship accessible to all.
Five Sundays: November 2, 9, 16, 23, December 7, 2008
11 am–1:30 pm
or 2–4:30 pm
Members $145, nonmembers $155. Five-week session. Enrollment is limited to 20 participants. Art materials are included in the tuition.
Experimental Drawing—Studio Session
Be inspired by works from the modern and contemporary art collections to explore how artists experiment with line. Work with artist May Jong to find your own unique mark, gesture, and expression—while being open to unconventional methods of drawing using a variety of media, including graphite, ink, charcoal, and eraser.
Five Saturdays: July 26, August 2, 9, 16, 23, 2008 SOLD OUT
11–1:30 pm
Members $145, nonmembers $155. Five-week session. Enrollment is limited to 15 participants. Art materials are included in the tuition.
Water Soluble Oil Painting—Studio Session
This class is designed to introduce basic oil painting techniques and color theory without the use of solvents or harmful chemicals. Through color mixing exercises to learn about the palette, observations of the modern art collection, we will create sketches in oil and a final painting. With artist Shannon Green.
Five Saturdays: July 26, August 2, 9, 16, 23, 2008 SOLD OUT
2–5 pm
Members $150, nonmembers $160. Five-week session. Enrollment is limited to 15 participants. Art materials are included in the tuition.
Drawing—Gallery Session
The museum's permanent collection serves as the classroom where artist David Schoffman teaches how to look at art. Focused on the human form, the class is designed to make draftsmanship accessible to all.
Five Sundays: July 27, August 3, 10, 17, 24, 2008
11 am–1:30 pm SOLD OUT
or 2–4:30 pm
Members $135, nonmembers $145. Five-week session. Enrollment is limited to 20 participants. Art materials are included in the tuition.
Weekday Classes
Impressionistic Japanese Watercolor
Create paintings that capture the essence of this luminous and softly colored medium taught by Hisako Asano. Participants will learn Japanese brush-painting techniques and how to create three-dimensional images with a single stroke.
Five Fridays: September 19, 26, October 3, 10, 17, 2008
6:30–9 pm
Members $170, nonmembers $180. Five-week session. Enrollment is limited to 12 participants. Art materials are included in the tuition.
Silkscreen
Learn basic design elements, silkscreen techniques, and how to hand cut stencils with artist George Evans. Pull your own prints on paper and graphic T-shirts.
Five Fridays: August 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, 2008
6:30–9 pm SOLD OUT
Members $170, nonmembers $180. Five-week session. Enrollment is limited to 12 participants. Art materials are included in the tuition.
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