Wed February 21, 2018
Spring 2018 – Found Object Sculpture: Cabinets, Boxes + Tableaux
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FOUND OBJECT SCULPTURE: CABINETS, BOXES + TABLEAUXJoanne Easton8 sessions >> Wednesdays, February 21–April 117:30–10:30pm, Studio 105, $385No prerequisite.
Create sculptures and make arrangements using found objects that explore objects’ interrelationships. Discussion will emphasis inherent social being, object-hood, signs and signifiers, and other closely related topics to deepen our understanding of the subject. We will also explore the structure/container that the arrangements are placed within, and be introduced to artists that work in this way – utilizing cabinets, boxes, and tableaux vivants, or possibly larger spaces. We will be inspired by the work of David Ireland, Dahn Vo, Pierre Huyghe, Alicja Kwade, Katarina Fritsch, Jimmie Durham, Joseph Beuys, Joseph Cornell, Stephanie Syjuco, and Lindsey White and have class time to grow our own sculpture practice and complete assignments.
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Joanne Easton is an interdisciplinary artist living and working in Oakland, CA. She received her MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute and her MAAE from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Her MAAE thesis work focused on doubt and imagination in the Studio Critique. This research is on-going and a source of inspiration. She has been an Artist in Residence at the Vermont Studio Center and Kala Art Institute and exhibited her work in several Bay Area spaces including Jules Meaght Gallery, Gallery Route One and ProArts as well as in Chicago, Michigan and Ohio.jeaston.com
Image courtesy of the artist.
PLEASE NOTE: Public Education courses are held contingent on a minimum enrollment, which is determined up to 24 hours in advance of the class start date. Public Education Staff will contact you ONLY if there is a course cancellation or change.
FAQs
What is the refund policy?You can view the SFAI Public Education refund policy on the SFAI website here.
Refund requests must be made in writing to [email protected].
For courses that meet for ten sessions or more, a 100% refund minus a $20 processing fee is given if written notice is received at least five business days before the first class. After five business days before the first class, an 80% refund minus a $20 processing fee is given when written notice is received prior to the third class. No refund is given after the class has met three times. Please allow two to three weeks to receive your refund.
For courses that meet for six sessions or fewer, a 100% refund minus a $20 processing fee is given when written notice is received at least five business days before the first class. After five business days before the first class, an 80% refund minus a $20 processing fee is given when written notice is received prior to the second class. No refund is given after the class has met two times. Please allow two to three weeks to receive your refund.
What materials (if any) will I need to bring to class?Each course requires specific materials that we ask you bring to your first class session so you can get started making right away. Materials lists are available approximately two weeks prior to the course start date. Visit the SFAI website here, click on your course title, and then click on the blue "Materials List" link underneath the course dates. If you have any questions regarding materials, please contact Public Education Staff.What are my transport/parking options getting to San Francisco Art Institute?All classes meet at 800 Chestnut Street (unless otherwise noted), between Jones and Leavenworth. You can find directions to campus on the SFAI website.
SFAI is located in a residential neighborhood, and free two-hour parking is available on all of the streets immediately surrounding the school. The two-hour restriction cuts off at 9pm, so evening Public Education students do not need to move their car, unless you arrive prior to 7pm.SFAI is easily accessible via public transportation, with Muni bus lines #30 Stockton, and #47 Van Ness located within a few blocks of campus.I have a question that isn't on this list. Who can I contact?SFAI Public Education Staff are always happy to answer any questions you may have about the Public Education program, or our courses. We are in the office Monday–Friday from 9am to 5pm. Call us at: 415.749.4554 or e-mail: [email protected]
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Create sculptures and make arrangements using found objects that explore objects’ interrelationships. Discussion will emphasis inherent social being, object-hood, signs and signifiers, and other closely related topics to deepen our understanding of the subject. We will also explore the structure/container that the arrangements are placed within, and be introduced to artists that work in this way – utilizing cabinets, boxes, and tableaux vivants, or possibly larger spaces. We will be inspired by the work of David Ireland, Dahn Vo, Pierre Huyghe, Alicja Kwade, Katarina Fritsch, Jimmie Durham, Joseph Beuys, Joseph Cornell, Stephanie Syjuco, and Lindsey White and have class time to grow our own sculpture practice and complete assignments.
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Joanne Easton is an interdisciplinary artist living and working in Oakland, CA. She received her MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute and her MAAE from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Her MAAE thesis work focused on doubt and imagination in the Studio Critique. This research is on-going and a source of inspiration. She has been an Artist in Residence at the Vermont Studio Center and Kala Art Institute and exhibited her work in several Bay Area spaces including Jules Meaght Gallery, Gallery Route One and ProArts as well as in Chicago, Michigan and Ohio.jeaston.com
Image courtesy of the artist.
PLEASE NOTE: Public Education courses are held contingent on a minimum enrollment, which is determined up to 24 hours in advance of the class start date. Public Education Staff will contact you ONLY if there is a course cancellation or change.
FAQs
What is the refund policy?You can view the SFAI Public Education refund policy on the SFAI website here.
Refund requests must be made in writing to [email protected].
For courses that meet for ten sessions or more, a 100% refund minus a $20 processing fee is given if written notice is received at least five business days before the first class. After five business days before the first class, an 80% refund minus a $20 processing fee is given when written notice is received prior to the third class. No refund is given after the class has met three times. Please allow two to three weeks to receive your refund.
For courses that meet for six sessions or fewer, a 100% refund minus a $20 processing fee is given when written notice is received at least five business days before the first class. After five business days before the first class, an 80% refund minus a $20 processing fee is given when written notice is received prior to the second class. No refund is given after the class has met two times. Please allow two to three weeks to receive your refund.
What materials (if any) will I need to bring to class?Each course requires specific materials that we ask you bring to your first class session so you can get started making right away. Materials lists are available approximately two weeks prior to the course start date. Visit the SFAI website here, click on your course title, and then click on the blue "Materials List" link underneath the course dates. If you have any questions regarding materials, please contact Public Education Staff.What are my transport/parking options getting to San Francisco Art Institute?All classes meet at 800 Chestnut Street (unless otherwise noted), between Jones and Leavenworth. You can find directions to campus on the SFAI website.
SFAI is located in a residential neighborhood, and free two-hour parking is available on all of the streets immediately surrounding the school. The two-hour restriction cuts off at 9pm, so evening Public Education students do not need to move their car, unless you arrive prior to 7pm.SFAI is easily accessible via public transportation, with Muni bus lines #30 Stockton, and #47 Van Ness located within a few blocks of campus.I have a question that isn't on this list. Who can I contact?SFAI Public Education Staff are always happy to answer any questions you may have about the Public Education program, or our courses. We are in the office Monday–Friday from 9am to 5pm. Call us at: 415.749.4554 or e-mail: [email protected]
FOUND OBJECT SCULPTURE: CABINETS, BOXES + TABLEAUXJoanne Easton8 sessions >> Wednesdays, February 21–April 117:30–10:30pm, Studio 105, $385No prerequisite.
Create sculptures and make arrangements using found objects that explore objects’ interrelationships. Discussion will emphasis inherent social being, object-hood, signs and signifiers, and other closely related topics to deepen our understanding of the subject. We will also explore the structure/container that the arrangements are placed within, and be introduced to artists that work in this way – utilizing cabinets, boxes, and tableaux vivants, or possibly larger spaces. We will be inspired by the work of David Ireland, Dahn Vo, Pierre Huyghe, Alicja Kwade, Katarina Fritsch, Jimmie Durham, Joseph Beuys, Joseph Cornell, Stephanie Syjuco, and Lindsey White and have class time to grow our own sculpture practice and complete assignments.
____
Joanne Easton is an interdisciplinary artist living and working in Oakland, CA. She received her MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute and her MAAE from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Her MAAE thesis work focused on doubt and imagination in the Studio Critique. This research is on-going and a source of inspiration. She has been an Artist in Residence at the Vermont Studio Center and Kala Art Institute and exhibited her work in several Bay Area spaces including Jules Meaght Gallery, Gallery Route One and ProArts as well as in Chicago, Michigan and Ohio.jeaston.com
Image courtesy of the artist.
PLEASE NOTE: Public Education courses are held contingent on a minimum enrollment, which is determined up to 24 hours in advance of the class start date. Public Education Staff will contact you ONLY if there is a course cancellation or change.
FAQs
What is the refund policy?You can view the SFAI Public Education refund policy on the SFAI website here.
Refund requests must be made in writing to [email protected].
For courses that meet for ten sessions or more, a 100% refund minus a $20 processing fee is given if written notice is received at least five business days before the first class. After five business days before the first class, an 80% refund minus a $20 processing fee is given when written notice is received prior to the third class. No refund is given after the class has met three times. Please allow two to three weeks to receive your refund.
For courses that meet for six sessions or fewer, a 100% refund minus a $20 processing fee is given when written notice is received at least five business days before the first class. After five business days before the first class, an 80% refund minus a $20 processing fee is given when written notice is received prior to the second class. No refund is given after the class has met two times. Please allow two to three weeks to receive your refund.
What materials (if any) will I need to bring to class?Each course requires specific materials that we ask you bring to your first class session so you can get started making right away. Materials lists are available approximately two weeks prior to the course start date. Visit the SFAI website here, click on your course title, and then click on the blue "Materials List" link underneath the course dates. If you have any questions regarding materials, please contact Public Education Staff.What are my transport/parking options getting to San Francisco Art Institute?All classes meet at 800 Chestnut Street (unless otherwise noted), between Jones and Leavenworth. You can find directions to campus on the SFAI website.
SFAI is located in a residential neighborhood, and free two-hour parking is available on all of the streets immediately surrounding the school. The two-hour restriction cuts off at 9pm, so evening Public Education students do not need to move their car, unless you arrive prior to 7pm.SFAI is easily accessible via public transportation, with Muni bus lines #30 Stockton, and #47 Van Ness located within a few blocks of campus.I have a question that isn't on this list. Who can I contact?SFAI Public Education Staff are always happy to answer any questions you may have about the Public Education program, or our courses. We are in the office Monday–Friday from 9am to 5pm. Call us at: 415.749.4554 or e-mail: [email protected]
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Create sculptures and make arrangements using found objects that explore objects’ interrelationships. Discussion will emphasis inherent social being, object-hood, signs and signifiers, and other closely related topics to deepen our understanding of the subject. We will also explore the structure/container that the arrangements are placed within, and be introduced to artists that work in this way – utilizing cabinets, boxes, and tableaux vivants, or possibly larger spaces. We will be inspired by the work of David Ireland, Dahn Vo, Pierre Huyghe, Alicja Kwade, Katarina Fritsch, Jimmie Durham, Joseph Beuys, Joseph Cornell, Stephanie Syjuco, and Lindsey White and have class time to grow our own sculpture practice and complete assignments.
____
Joanne Easton is an interdisciplinary artist living and working in Oakland, CA. She received her MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute and her MAAE from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Her MAAE thesis work focused on doubt and imagination in the Studio Critique. This research is on-going and a source of inspiration. She has been an Artist in Residence at the Vermont Studio Center and Kala Art Institute and exhibited her work in several Bay Area spaces including Jules Meaght Gallery, Gallery Route One and ProArts as well as in Chicago, Michigan and Ohio.jeaston.com
Image courtesy of the artist.
PLEASE NOTE: Public Education courses are held contingent on a minimum enrollment, which is determined up to 24 hours in advance of the class start date. Public Education Staff will contact you ONLY if there is a course cancellation or change.
FAQs
What is the refund policy?You can view the SFAI Public Education refund policy on the SFAI website here.
Refund requests must be made in writing to [email protected].
For courses that meet for ten sessions or more, a 100% refund minus a $20 processing fee is given if written notice is received at least five business days before the first class. After five business days before the first class, an 80% refund minus a $20 processing fee is given when written notice is received prior to the third class. No refund is given after the class has met three times. Please allow two to three weeks to receive your refund.
For courses that meet for six sessions or fewer, a 100% refund minus a $20 processing fee is given when written notice is received at least five business days before the first class. After five business days before the first class, an 80% refund minus a $20 processing fee is given when written notice is received prior to the second class. No refund is given after the class has met two times. Please allow two to three weeks to receive your refund.
What materials (if any) will I need to bring to class?Each course requires specific materials that we ask you bring to your first class session so you can get started making right away. Materials lists are available approximately two weeks prior to the course start date. Visit the SFAI website here, click on your course title, and then click on the blue "Materials List" link underneath the course dates. If you have any questions regarding materials, please contact Public Education Staff.What are my transport/parking options getting to San Francisco Art Institute?All classes meet at 800 Chestnut Street (unless otherwise noted), between Jones and Leavenworth. You can find directions to campus on the SFAI website.
SFAI is located in a residential neighborhood, and free two-hour parking is available on all of the streets immediately surrounding the school. The two-hour restriction cuts off at 9pm, so evening Public Education students do not need to move their car, unless you arrive prior to 7pm.SFAI is easily accessible via public transportation, with Muni bus lines #30 Stockton, and #47 Van Ness located within a few blocks of campus.I have a question that isn't on this list. Who can I contact?SFAI Public Education Staff are always happy to answer any questions you may have about the Public Education program, or our courses. We are in the office Monday–Friday from 9am to 5pm. Call us at: 415.749.4554 or e-mail: [email protected]
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