All Summer Arts courses take place on the Fresno State campus except for Drawing and Painting in Florence, which will take place in Florence, Italy.
Drawing and Painting in Florence
June 13 to July 3, 2010
Coordinated by Domenic Cretara, domnbetty@aol.com
Students will travel to Florence, Italy, and work with Italian artists as they study figurative and landscape painting in both the Renaissance and modern Italian styles.instructors.
Telling Stories with Multimedia and Publishing Your Photo Book
June 27 to July 10, 2010
Coordinated by Mark Larson, mark.larson@humboldt.edu
In this workshop, students will develop their photographic skills, and put those skills to use creating multimedia photo books.
Clay as a Medium for Sculpture
June 27 to July 10, 2010
Coordinated by Patsy Cox, patsy.cox@csun.edu
This course will cover various processes/methods of working with clay and molds. The emphasis will be on the experience, on ideas and concepts not necessarily on object making.
Building Reactive Sculpture: Spaces & Objects, Sound & Movement
July 11 to July 24, 2010
Coordinated by Sheri Simons, ssimons@csuchico.edu
This course will guide students through skills that will electrically and/or mechanically activate sculptures and their environment. Three areas of ‘responsive’ art will be explored: kinetic/aural, electronic control, and sensory/reactive.
Toy Design: Concept to Product
July 11 to July 24, 2010
Coordinated by Rick Vertolli, rvertolli@csuchico.edu
This class will emulate the design and prototype manufacturing process of the toy industry. Professionals in the field will teach students the workflow from design to constructing a working prototype.
Urban Bush Women: Movin’ it to the Next Level
June 27 to July 10, 2010
Coordinated by Gayle Fekete, gmfekete@csupomona.edu
This will be an expansive workshop that leans to the philosophy of training the whole and emotional dancer. Students will learn Urban Bush Women techniques and company repertory and explore contemporary themes and issues, facilitated by group process.
Diavolo: Redefining Dance
July 11 to July 24, 2010
Coordinated by Lorelei Bayne, baynel@saclink.csus.edu
Diavolo’s dance and athleticism embraces the epicenter between risk, and its partner, trust. Through a process of communication exercises, trust games, partnering, and movement combinations, Diavolo will challenge individuals’ perceptions of risk, empower students’ minds and bodies, and emphasize the values of cooperation, physicality, and artistry.
Writing the Memoir: Transforming Truth into Art
June 27 to July 10, 2010
Coordinated by Doug Rice, drice@csus.edu
Through a variety of process-oriented exercises completed in class and at home, writers will identify a memory-driven writing project, experiment with different forms of voice and style, shape memory and experience into narrative, and practice the art of revision.
Writing Hybrid Narratives
July 11 to July 24, 2010
Coordinated by Doug Rice, drice@csus.edu
This course will focus on breaking boundaries. It will be a playful course filled with disobedient madness of the sort that refuses to be named and contained. Writing that never stops. Writing that cannot in anyway be controlled. Not even by the page.
Ensemble Intensive with Steppenwolf Classes West
June 27 to July 24, 2010
Coordinated by John Mayer, playgoing@aol.com
Explore character study, improvisation, ensemble-oriented play development, and Viewpoints with Steppenwolf Classes West and Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theatre Company.
Sword and Forcery: Armed and Unarmed Stage Violence
June 27 to July 10, 2010
Coordinated by Tom Provenzano, tompro@csusb.edu
An exciting two week intensive workshop offering training in unarmed combat and rapier/dagger work for the stage and film.
Solo Performance: Writing, Performing, and Touring a Solo Show
July 11 to July 24, 2010
Coordinated by Kimberly Dark, Kimberly@kimberlydark.com
Solo Performance Art has a variety of expressions and this course will focus on that which involves text, movement and prop-based performance art, and the specifics of touring and marketing a show as well
Auditioning for the Broadway Musical with Paul Gemignani
June 27 to July 10, 2010
Coordinated by Hillary Hight Daw, hhight@gmail.com
Lifetime Achievement Tony Award-winning conductor and musical director Paul Gemignani (Into the Woods, Sweeney Todd, Follies) will guide performers as they prepare material for audition. Participants will also attend vocal and acting masterclasses by visiting instructors.
String and Piano Intensive
July 11 to July 24, 2010
Coordinated by Thomas Loewenheim, tloewenheim@csufresno.edu
The intense two-week Summer Arts String Seminar will give students a unique opportunity to work on a daily basis on both their individual skills in private lessons as well as their orchestral skills through the string orchestra.
Animation: Making a Hand-Drawn Animated Commercial
June 27 to July 10, 2010
Coordinated by Aubry Mintz, amintz@csulb.edu
Students will learn to write, develop, design and animate a 30 second film or commercial and will learn how to collaborate with a creative and production crew, direct voice actors, keep to a production schedule meeting tight deadlines and make controlled creative decisions.
Earn 3 to 6 units of transferrable undergraduate or graduate college credit!
Over 80% of our students receive scholarship assistance!
California residents can take one or two Summer Arts classes for the same tuition dollars!
More Information?
Phone: 559-241-6090
Drawing and Painting in Florence
June 13 to July 3, 2010
Coordinated by Domenic Cretara, domnbetty@aol.com
Students will travel to Florence, Italy, and work with Italian artists as they study figurative and landscape painting in both the Renaissance and modern Italian styles.instructors.
Telling Stories with Multimedia and Publishing Your Photo Book
June 27 to July 10, 2010
Coordinated by Mark Larson, mark.larson@humboldt.edu
In this workshop, students will develop their photographic skills, and put those skills to use creating multimedia photo books.
Clay as a Medium for Sculpture
June 27 to July 10, 2010
Coordinated by Patsy Cox, patsy.cox@csun.edu
This course will cover various processes/methods of working with clay and molds. The emphasis will be on the experience, on ideas and concepts not necessarily on object making.
Building Reactive Sculpture: Spaces & Objects, Sound & Movement
July 11 to July 24, 2010
Coordinated by Sheri Simons, ssimons@csuchico.edu
This course will guide students through skills that will electrically and/or mechanically activate sculptures and their environment. Three areas of ‘responsive’ art will be explored: kinetic/aural, electronic control, and sensory/reactive.
Toy Design: Concept to Product
July 11 to July 24, 2010
Coordinated by Rick Vertolli, rvertolli@csuchico.edu
This class will emulate the design and prototype manufacturing process of the toy industry. Professionals in the field will teach students the workflow from design to constructing a working prototype.
Urban Bush Women: Movin’ it to the Next Level
June 27 to July 10, 2010
Coordinated by Gayle Fekete, gmfekete@csupomona.edu
This will be an expansive workshop that leans to the philosophy of training the whole and emotional dancer. Students will learn Urban Bush Women techniques and company repertory and explore contemporary themes and issues, facilitated by group process.
Diavolo: Redefining Dance
July 11 to July 24, 2010
Coordinated by Lorelei Bayne, baynel@saclink.csus.edu
Diavolo’s dance and athleticism embraces the epicenter between risk, and its partner, trust. Through a process of communication exercises, trust games, partnering, and movement combinations, Diavolo will challenge individuals’ perceptions of risk, empower students’ minds and bodies, and emphasize the values of cooperation, physicality, and artistry.
Writing the Memoir: Transforming Truth into Art
June 27 to July 10, 2010
Coordinated by Doug Rice, drice@csus.edu
Through a variety of process-oriented exercises completed in class and at home, writers will identify a memory-driven writing project, experiment with different forms of voice and style, shape memory and experience into narrative, and practice the art of revision.
Writing Hybrid Narratives
July 11 to July 24, 2010
Coordinated by Doug Rice, drice@csus.edu
This course will focus on breaking boundaries. It will be a playful course filled with disobedient madness of the sort that refuses to be named and contained. Writing that never stops. Writing that cannot in anyway be controlled. Not even by the page.
Ensemble Intensive with Steppenwolf Classes West
June 27 to July 24, 2010
Coordinated by John Mayer, playgoing@aol.com
Explore character study, improvisation, ensemble-oriented play development, and Viewpoints with Steppenwolf Classes West and Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theatre Company.
Sword and Forcery: Armed and Unarmed Stage Violence
June 27 to July 10, 2010
Coordinated by Tom Provenzano, tompro@csusb.edu
An exciting two week intensive workshop offering training in unarmed combat and rapier/dagger work for the stage and film.
Solo Performance: Writing, Performing, and Touring a Solo Show
July 11 to July 24, 2010
Coordinated by Kimberly Dark, Kimberly@kimberlydark.com
Solo Performance Art has a variety of expressions and this course will focus on that which involves text, movement and prop-based performance art, and the specifics of touring and marketing a show as well
Auditioning for the Broadway Musical with Paul Gemignani
June 27 to July 10, 2010
Coordinated by Hillary Hight Daw, hhight@gmail.com
Lifetime Achievement Tony Award-winning conductor and musical director Paul Gemignani (Into the Woods, Sweeney Todd, Follies) will guide performers as they prepare material for audition. Participants will also attend vocal and acting masterclasses by visiting instructors.
String and Piano Intensive
July 11 to July 24, 2010
Coordinated by Thomas Loewenheim, tloewenheim@csufresno.edu
The intense two-week Summer Arts String Seminar will give students a unique opportunity to work on a daily basis on both their individual skills in private lessons as well as their orchestral skills through the string orchestra.
Animation: Making a Hand-Drawn Animated Commercial
June 27 to July 10, 2010
Coordinated by Aubry Mintz, amintz@csulb.edu
Students will learn to write, develop, design and animate a 30 second film or commercial and will learn how to collaborate with a creative and production crew, direct voice actors, keep to a production schedule meeting tight deadlines and make controlled creative decisions.
Earn 3 to 6 units of transferrable undergraduate or graduate college credit!
Over 80% of our students receive scholarship assistance!
California residents can take one or two Summer Arts classes for the same tuition dollars!
More Information?
Phone: 559-241-6090