Get creative this spring
COLLEGE OFFERS A PLETHORA OF ART CLASSES TO TAKE NEXT TERM
photos by Merari Calderon Ruiz
Above: Junko lijima (left) helps student Connie Hanthaley in jewelry making class.
Below: Zakariyyaa Elliott works hard in his 2D design class on March 9.
“ We draw
andpaintand
workandtalk
andlaugh.
Working on art
and working
on skills and
discipline.
Ultimately
fulfilling.”
- D a v id
Andersen
W Clackamas Print MARCH 15,2017 theclackamasprint.com
BY MARJORIE GUTTERY
A common misconception about art classes is that they are easy and
don’t take much effort. In reality, art classes can be challenging,
but extremely rewarding. Taking an art class can build a positive
outlook towards one’ s own creative output.
Clackamas Com m unity College has a wide variety o f art classes
that will be offered spring term.
Charles Siegfried will be teaching Color Theory and Art Appreciation,
ART 103 and 116. Siegfried’ s students will be working with color in
the spring and will also be learning relief printm aking, painting
and mixing colors to create a transparency illusion.
“ A very important component of my class is the opportunity for
m y students to have a creative license to push the story o f subject
matter o f their artwork,” Said Siegfried.
The artwork from Siegfried’ s students will be displayed on the
wall in the Art Center throughout the term for anyone to stop by
and enjoy.
Drawing for comics is a class taught by David Andersen and it’ s
only available during the spring. It’s a popular class that fills quickly,
has guest comic book artists and focuses on mostly figure drawing
and the human form.
Andersen w ill also be the instructor for G allery D esign and
M anagem ent, Art 197. In this class, students learn how to run a
gallery, install art, promote and strike, or take apart the set to a
show. The students will take everything they learned and use those
skills to run the art show in May.
< The student run art show will display students’ artwork at the
Alexander Gallery May 16 until June 8. Anyone who wishes to submit
a piece for the show can do so on April 26-28 from noon to 2 p.m .
Submissions cost $2 each and must be from the last year, including
spring term of 2016.
The awards reception will be held May 16 from noon to 1:30 p .m .
Outside, judges will attend and decide who the winners are. Prizes
include scholarships and grants.
“ Sometimes people take art classes thinking they will be low-key,
easy, laid back [but] they are not restful,” said Andersen. “ We draw
and paint and work and talk and laugh. Working on art and w o rk in g
on skills and discipline. Ultim ately fu lfillin g.”
Thomas Wasson, digital media arts instructor, is excited for spring
term because he is including new technologies into his animation
and motion graphics courses, D M C 107 and 108, such as a motion
capture system and an oculus rift.
“ I’m pretty excited to see what the students come up with, and
expect they w ill get a lot from their 3D characters and develop
some fascinating environments as well as devising new ways to tell
stories and allow others to experience them as w ell,” saicj Wasson.
“ Pretty fun stuff!” ,
Spring term is W asson’ s favorite term because he usually gets
great work from students and there is plenty of energy.
April 3 will be the last day students Can sign up for classes for
spring term without an instructor’ s signature;