A wide variety of materials and creative tools are available at The Studio for the artists. The teacher/facilitators assist in locating and setting up the materials needed for projects initiated by the artists. They help artists solve creative problems that may arise during the course of a project.
Teacher/facilitators at The Studio routinely
demonstrate new mediums and techniques. They introduce and co-ordinate group projects
periodicallly. There are several different spaces, each geared towards different artforms that happen at The Studio.
The 2D Studio
This studio space is where Studio artists work on two dimensional work: watercolor and acrylic painting, watercolor marker, colored pencil and ink drawing.
The 3D Studio
This studio is where three dimensional art work is created. Mosaics and sculptures in a variety of mediums are made here. There are also two kilns for ceramics. This is also where the Figure Sculpture class is held.
Performing Arts/Digital Media Room
This is where the Drama class rehearses. It is also one of the places the Video Workshop shoots scenes for video projects. Various computer related projects are also worked on here.
Figure Sculpture Class
Studio artists interpret the poses of clothed models in clay or other materials and increase their knowledge of the human form. At times the class works on projects related to figures but out of their own imaginations. Two kilns and a large stock of glazes bring projects to completion.
Besides figure studies, a group bas-relief and puppets are examples of figure related projects that have come out of Figure Sculpture sessions.
Figure Drawing Class
The figure drawing class provides Studio artists with the opportunity to draw from clothed figure models. Working both in The Studio and out at various locations in Eureka, artists practice their figure drawing and portraiture skills. Using a wide variety of mediums and styles these studies sometimes become the basis for more evolved works.
Out of the core artists participating in the figure drawing class has evolved a group self-titled The Sketch Club. Five artists have been using their portrait drawing skills to make money working a portrait booth at local art fairs. The public’s response to the booth has been very favorable.
Video Workshop
The Video Workshop is a video production class/media access program at The Studio which allows the artists to join with the program in whatever manner best suits their interests and abilities. This ranges from being a producer who comes up with the idea and finds others to do the rest, to those who try their hand at all aspects of video production. Artists who just wish to observe are welcome, as this is also a form of participation, and sometimes leads to further involvement.
This workshop leads to projects which embrace almost all the arts, from set building, to painting, to acting and more.
Everyone starts by doing exercises that give them practice using a camera, developing sequental narratives and using editing processes.
The video workshop has also been utilized by The Studio's parent company HCAR to make public service announcements and short documentaries.
Drama Class
Studio artists who are interested in developing and increasing their performance skills participate in loosely structured process that accommodates their strengths and weaknesses.
Since writing a script or memorizing lines may bedifficult for many of the Studio artists, the actors instead spend a period developing their own characters through guided play. Utilizing costumes, props, masks and that most important creative tool, their imaginations, the actors improvise an evolving story line over several months. They may also produce artwork responding to the chosen theme of the piece they are working on. This artwork may or may not be used in the actual performance.
Everyone who wants to be in the performance is guaranteed a place in the final production.
In some cases the video workshop and the Drama class collaborate on projects. "The Wedding Disaster Album," a short video improvised by the drama class, is an example of this.
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