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Current Courses

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Portfolio Preparation, Online Workshop

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10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Saturday
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Color Theory, Intensive

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6:00 PM - 9:00 PM * 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM * 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Friday, Saturday, Sunday
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Color Theory, Online Intensive

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6:00 PM - 9:00 PM * 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM * 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Friday, Saturday, Sunday
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Explorations in Acrylic Painting, Intensive

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6:00 PM - 9:00 PM * 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM * 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Friday, Saturday, Sunday
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Introduction to Drawing, Intensive

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6:00 PM - 9:00 PM * 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM * 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Friday, Saturday, Sunday
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Introduction to Graphic Design, Intensive

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6:00 PM - 9:00 PM * 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM * 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Friday, Saturday, Sunday
a girl pins a black satin gown on a dress form

Sewing Techniques: Fundamentals, Intensive

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6:00 PM - 9:00 PM * 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM * 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Friday, Saturday, Sunday
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SketchUp for Interiors, Online Intensive

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6:00 PM - 9:00 PM * 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM * 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Friday, Saturday, Sunday
the art institute of chicago museum in the spring time with yellow leaves blooming in the sculpture garden

Art Survey at the Art Institute of Chicago: American Art

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2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Saturday
colorful blocks of color created in illustrator create a playful visual field

Digital Design: Adobe Illustrator

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1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Saturday
a series of glass bottles celestial elements

Digital Design: Adobe Photoshop

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9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Saturday
an intricately embellished bodice colorful with ribbons

Patternmaking and Construction: Above the Waist

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1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Saturday
a beautiful sampling of different kind of stitches student's learn in sewing fundamentals at the school of the art institute of chicago

Sewing Techniques: Fundamentals

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9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Saturday
santa in flip flops runs while reindeer look on. Someone is holding a bottle in the foreground. black and white.

The Artist and the Sketchbook, Online

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9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Saturday
a sculptural installation, architectural elements draped in earth tone fabrics, evocative of a deconstructed home, dare I say, apocalyptic?

Who Pays for All of This?: Art Collecting and Patronage for the Past, Present, and Future

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11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Saturday
hands draw rudimentary shapes in charcoal

Introduction to Drawing

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2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Sunday
a teacher at the school of the art institute speaks with his hands as he instructs a student in the fundamentals of drawing

Introduction to Drawing

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10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Sunday
a complimentary colored painting of purples and yellows of a suburban office building

Introduction to Oil Painting

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2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Sunday
a woman thoughtfully applies watercolor paint to bristol paper at the school of the art institute of chicago

Introduction to Watercolor Painting

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10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Sunday
a teacher demonstrates to students how to assemble a chapbook

Artists' Books and Zines

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6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Monday
an interior rendering of a cafe

Digital Drawing: Interior Design

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6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Monday
four people draw from a still life with charcoal on bristol at the school of the art institute of chicago

Drawing Studio: Multi-level

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6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Monday
a kooky lady with pink hair feeds her fabric through a sewing machine at the school of the art institute of chicago

Fashion Medium: Embroidery, Embellishments, and Sewn Elements, Online

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6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Monday
a person plays air guitar on a broom in front of his police and david bowie records

Introduction to Digital Photography

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6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Monday
a student explains concepts of graphic design in front of an apple computer.

Introduction to Graphic Design

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6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Monday
a triptych of arrangements of eucalyptus leaves in different spiral configurations

Introduction to Graphic Design, Online

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6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Monday
a soft nighttime painting of a cafe, very romantic looking

Narratives in Acrylic Painting, Online

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6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Monday
a black and white graphic comic that plays with panels composition to tell a story

Children's Book Illustration

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6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Tuesday
a woman holds a charming handmade book that is colored in soft orange tones

Digital Design: Adobe InDesign, Online

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6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Tuesday
a piece inspired by lichtenstein's pop art shows a woman saying, "ask your father" primarily blue and yellows with red dotted in

Digital Drawing and Illustration

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6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Tuesday
a detail and a wide view of a futuristic fashion illustration for someone who wants to look fierce while battling the robots in space

Fashion Illustration

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6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Tuesday
a hand woven pattern of fabric still attached to its loom

Introduction to Frame Loom Weaving

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6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Tuesday
an architectural rendering of a bathroom with a woman looking on, reminiscent of Edward Hopper paintings

Introduction to Interior Design, Online

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6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Tuesday
repeating images of in various gradients are patterned together in a way that is reminiscent to the magic eye books from the 90s

Color Theory

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6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Wednesday
black and white graphic comic with four panels arched at the top like you are looking through a window at a woman in various stages through time

Comics and Graphic Novels

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6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Wednesday
a black and white screenprint of a plant silouetted against a window

Expanded Printmaking

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6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Wednesday
a rendering of a mid-century modern kitchen

Interior Design Studio: Kitchen and Baths, Online

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6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Wednesday
a black and white spotted cow looks directly at the painter with a pasture in the background

Painting Studio: Multi-level

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6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Wednesday
an auburn haired girl sits against a cupboard looking down at something

Painting: Color and Light

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6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Wednesday
a portrait of a black man on brown paper drawn with charcoal and conte crayon

Portrait Drawing

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6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Wednesday
a woman shares her graphic designs with her instructor for feedback at the school of the art institute of chicago

Creating Visual Language: Designing Symbols, Icons, Logos, and Infographics, Online

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6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Thursday
an architecturally styled drawing that is fantastical in its precision

Design Matters, Online

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6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Thursday
a rendering of a residential yard in malibu with a view of the ocean and a pool

Introduction to Interior Design

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6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Thursday
a fashion illustration of a woman wearing a long red skirt in various positions

Sewing Techniques: Below the Belt

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6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Thursday
a star accordion book bound with red thread, a person moving inside the pages

The Art of Creative Writing: Short Forms of Fiction and Poetry

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6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Thursday
aerial view of a spiraling grand staircase in the art institute of chicago looking down at people looking at seemingly rocks

Art Survey at the Art Institute of Chicago: Ancient to PreModern

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12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Friday
two women discuss their work to get to the heart of what the artist is trying to say in their curated portfolio at the school of the art institute of chicago

Portfolio Preparation, Online Workshop

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10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Saturday
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