Wed June 6, 2018
Summer 2018 – The Mind and Body in Space
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at San Francisco Art Institute (SFAI) - closed
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THE MIND AND BODY IN SPACEAmy M. Ho6 sessions >> Wednesdays, June 6–July 186:30–9:30pm, McMillan Conference Room, $295No prerequisite.
This course will focus on art that examines our physical and mental relationships to architecture and the environment. Students will be introduced to the light and space movement, land art, and contemporary artists who deal directly with architecture, space and experience. Weekly readings combined with brief lectures will serve as the basis for class discussion and provide inspiration for your personal projects. Readings will include writings from the fields of art, architecture, and philosophy and will cover both the impact of experiential art in the art community as well as the influences that lie behind the work. The course will also include two off-campus field trips.
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Amy M. Ho builds video and spatial installations that bring attention to our existence as both physical and psychological beings. She is currently working on a body of work in collaboration with inmates from San Quentin State Prison. Amy completed her undergraduate degree in Art Practice at UC Berkeley and her MFA at Mills College. In 2017, she was selected as a KQED Woman to Watch. Amy received a Zellerbach Family Foundation Community Arts Grant in 2016, a San Francisco Arts Commission Individual Artists Grant in 2013 and was included in Yerba Buena Center for the Arts' Bay Area Now 7 in 2014. Amy was a 2013 fellowship artist at the Kala Art Institute and has had shows at the San Jose Institute for Contemporary Art, Royal NoneSuch Gallery in Oakland and at the Walter and McBean Galleries at SFAI in San Francisco. She is currently the studio director at Real Time and Space, an art instructor at San Quentin State Prison and a public education instructor at San Francisco Art Institute. Amy is represented by Chandra Cerrito Contemporary.
amymho.com/
PLEASE NOTE: Public Education courses are held contingent on a minimum enrollment, which is determined two business days prior to a class start date. Public Education Staff will contact you ONLY if there is a course cancellation or change.
FAQs
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, unless otherwise noted, meet at 800 Chestnut Street, 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 9 pm, so evening Public Education students do not need to move their car, unless you arrive prior to 7 pm.SFAI is easily accessible via public transportation, with Muni bus lines #30 Stockton, #45 Union, and #47 Van Ness located within a few blocks of campus.Where can I contact the organizer with any questions?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 9 am to 5 pm. Call us at: 415.749.4554 or e-mail: [email protected]
What is the refund policy?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.
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This course will focus on art that examines our physical and mental relationships to architecture and the environment. Students will be introduced to the light and space movement, land art, and contemporary artists who deal directly with architecture, space and experience. Weekly readings combined with brief lectures will serve as the basis for class discussion and provide inspiration for your personal projects. Readings will include writings from the fields of art, architecture, and philosophy and will cover both the impact of experiential art in the art community as well as the influences that lie behind the work. The course will also include two off-campus field trips.
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Amy M. Ho builds video and spatial installations that bring attention to our existence as both physical and psychological beings. She is currently working on a body of work in collaboration with inmates from San Quentin State Prison. Amy completed her undergraduate degree in Art Practice at UC Berkeley and her MFA at Mills College. In 2017, she was selected as a KQED Woman to Watch. Amy received a Zellerbach Family Foundation Community Arts Grant in 2016, a San Francisco Arts Commission Individual Artists Grant in 2013 and was included in Yerba Buena Center for the Arts' Bay Area Now 7 in 2014. Amy was a 2013 fellowship artist at the Kala Art Institute and has had shows at the San Jose Institute for Contemporary Art, Royal NoneSuch Gallery in Oakland and at the Walter and McBean Galleries at SFAI in San Francisco. She is currently the studio director at Real Time and Space, an art instructor at San Quentin State Prison and a public education instructor at San Francisco Art Institute. Amy is represented by Chandra Cerrito Contemporary.
amymho.com/
PLEASE NOTE: Public Education courses are held contingent on a minimum enrollment, which is determined two business days prior to a class start date. Public Education Staff will contact you ONLY if there is a course cancellation or change.
FAQs
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, unless otherwise noted, meet at 800 Chestnut Street, 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 9 pm, so evening Public Education students do not need to move their car, unless you arrive prior to 7 pm.SFAI is easily accessible via public transportation, with Muni bus lines #30 Stockton, #45 Union, and #47 Van Ness located within a few blocks of campus.Where can I contact the organizer with any questions?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 9 am to 5 pm. Call us at: 415.749.4554 or e-mail: [email protected]
What is the refund policy?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.
THE MIND AND BODY IN SPACEAmy M. Ho6 sessions >> Wednesdays, June 6–July 186:30–9:30pm, McMillan Conference Room, $295No prerequisite.
This course will focus on art that examines our physical and mental relationships to architecture and the environment. Students will be introduced to the light and space movement, land art, and contemporary artists who deal directly with architecture, space and experience. Weekly readings combined with brief lectures will serve as the basis for class discussion and provide inspiration for your personal projects. Readings will include writings from the fields of art, architecture, and philosophy and will cover both the impact of experiential art in the art community as well as the influences that lie behind the work. The course will also include two off-campus field trips.
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Amy M. Ho builds video and spatial installations that bring attention to our existence as both physical and psychological beings. She is currently working on a body of work in collaboration with inmates from San Quentin State Prison. Amy completed her undergraduate degree in Art Practice at UC Berkeley and her MFA at Mills College. In 2017, she was selected as a KQED Woman to Watch. Amy received a Zellerbach Family Foundation Community Arts Grant in 2016, a San Francisco Arts Commission Individual Artists Grant in 2013 and was included in Yerba Buena Center for the Arts' Bay Area Now 7 in 2014. Amy was a 2013 fellowship artist at the Kala Art Institute and has had shows at the San Jose Institute for Contemporary Art, Royal NoneSuch Gallery in Oakland and at the Walter and McBean Galleries at SFAI in San Francisco. She is currently the studio director at Real Time and Space, an art instructor at San Quentin State Prison and a public education instructor at San Francisco Art Institute. Amy is represented by Chandra Cerrito Contemporary.
amymho.com/
PLEASE NOTE: Public Education courses are held contingent on a minimum enrollment, which is determined two business days prior to a class start date. Public Education Staff will contact you ONLY if there is a course cancellation or change.
FAQs
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, unless otherwise noted, meet at 800 Chestnut Street, 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 9 pm, so evening Public Education students do not need to move their car, unless you arrive prior to 7 pm.SFAI is easily accessible via public transportation, with Muni bus lines #30 Stockton, #45 Union, and #47 Van Ness located within a few blocks of campus.Where can I contact the organizer with any questions?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 9 am to 5 pm. Call us at: 415.749.4554 or e-mail: [email protected]
What is the refund policy?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.
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This course will focus on art that examines our physical and mental relationships to architecture and the environment. Students will be introduced to the light and space movement, land art, and contemporary artists who deal directly with architecture, space and experience. Weekly readings combined with brief lectures will serve as the basis for class discussion and provide inspiration for your personal projects. Readings will include writings from the fields of art, architecture, and philosophy and will cover both the impact of experiential art in the art community as well as the influences that lie behind the work. The course will also include two off-campus field trips.
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Amy M. Ho builds video and spatial installations that bring attention to our existence as both physical and psychological beings. She is currently working on a body of work in collaboration with inmates from San Quentin State Prison. Amy completed her undergraduate degree in Art Practice at UC Berkeley and her MFA at Mills College. In 2017, she was selected as a KQED Woman to Watch. Amy received a Zellerbach Family Foundation Community Arts Grant in 2016, a San Francisco Arts Commission Individual Artists Grant in 2013 and was included in Yerba Buena Center for the Arts' Bay Area Now 7 in 2014. Amy was a 2013 fellowship artist at the Kala Art Institute and has had shows at the San Jose Institute for Contemporary Art, Royal NoneSuch Gallery in Oakland and at the Walter and McBean Galleries at SFAI in San Francisco. She is currently the studio director at Real Time and Space, an art instructor at San Quentin State Prison and a public education instructor at San Francisco Art Institute. Amy is represented by Chandra Cerrito Contemporary.
amymho.com/
PLEASE NOTE: Public Education courses are held contingent on a minimum enrollment, which is determined two business days prior to a class start date. Public Education Staff will contact you ONLY if there is a course cancellation or change.
FAQs
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, unless otherwise noted, meet at 800 Chestnut Street, 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 9 pm, so evening Public Education students do not need to move their car, unless you arrive prior to 7 pm.SFAI is easily accessible via public transportation, with Muni bus lines #30 Stockton, #45 Union, and #47 Van Ness located within a few blocks of campus.Where can I contact the organizer with any questions?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 9 am to 5 pm. Call us at: 415.749.4554 or e-mail: [email protected]
What is the refund policy?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.
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