Fine Art Academy
Focus on your art skills at the SCC Fine Arts Academy.
We look forward to seeing you in the fall!
Participate in college-level, hands-on workshops taught by local artists and SCC instructors.
Decide which two workshops you want to go to.
Session 1: 10:15 am
Lunch: 11:30 am
Session 2: 12:15 pm
Art Academy
The Way of the Willow
John Bybee
Art Instructor
Explore the fun of experimental drawing with charcoal made from flint creek willow
trees. In this session we will journey together and experience drawing as a discovery/exploratory
activity. We will experiment with different techniques and ways to approach drawing
with willow.
Exquisite Corpse
Tim Van Ginkel
Art Instructor
Artists have combined humans and animals into mythical creatures for centuries. The Assyrians had their winged lions, the Egyptians their Anubis, and the Greeks the centaur. In the 20th century the surrealist artists often combined various objects and animals into artworks that expressed dream-like imagery. In the surrealist tradition we will make our own creature using the "exquisite corpse" technique of collaborative drawing.
Music Academy
Daniel Pappas
Music Instructor
Blues Workshop
Learn all about the origins and purpose of the blues, then workshop your own blues
composition. We'll work on lyrics and melody, then perform each blues composition
with the help of our virtual rhythm section.
Time permitting, you may also have a chance to learn some basic blues improvisation
techniques.
Bossa Nova Workshop
Learn Brazil's most iconic musical export, the Bossa Nova. We'll explore the different
elements that go into this Latin rhythm with the help of hand percussion instruments.
We'll examine each layer, one rhythm instrument at a time, and then put it all together
as a group. We'll use our virtual rhythm section to make some great music.
Some of the basic improvisation techniques learned in the first workshop will be revisited.
No prior music experience is necessary to participate in either of these workshops!
Contact us
Kyle Adams
kadams@scciowa.edu
(319) 208-5017