Current Courses

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Portfolio Preparation, Online Workshop

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10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Saturday
colorful blocks of color created in illustrator create a playful visual field

Digital Design: Adobe Illustrator

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6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Monday, Wednesday
two women talk about how to best display artwork

Lighting Fundamentals

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6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Monday
a young man animates a bouncing ball

Motion Graphics: Video

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6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Monday
Lisa Kucharski four panel drawing of her cats

Online, Drawn from Life: Illustrating the Personal Narrative

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asynchronous
a rendering of a bathroom with a woman standing is reminiscent of an edward hopper painting

Online, Introduction to Interior Design

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

Frame Loom Weaving

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6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Tuesday
Briana Melero's awesome multi-media piece of artwork

Online, Jumpstart Your Studio Practice

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6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Tuesday, Thursday
David Aitchison's lovely drawing from his view in a chicago park

Sketching Chicago: Capturing the Urban Cityscape

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6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Tuesday, Thursday
Mollie Greenberg's portrait of a man in green

From Drawing to Painting

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6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Wednesday
a rendering of a bathroom with a woman standing is reminiscent of an edward hopper painting

Introduction to Interior Design

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

Design Matters

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6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Thursday
Alexa Suydam's really nice artwork of a figure with her head in her hand

Exploring Poetic Form

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6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Thursday
Jenny Bremer's beautiful sketchbook pages showing her studies of fabric and how it drapes

Online, Artist's Diary and Journal: The Mindful Art Practice and Personal Growth

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6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Thursday
a mother and daughter admire a willem de kooning piece in the art institute of chicago

Inspired by the Exhibition: Willem de Koonig

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2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Saturday
Finn Fielding's lively pastel drawing of a nude figure

Figure Drawing Studio: Multi-level

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2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Sunday
a student learns to draw with charcoal

Introduction to Drawing

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10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Sunday
A really interesting painting of a museum interior

Introduction to Oil Painting

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10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Sunday
a student explains concepts of graphic design in front of an apple computer.

Online, Introduction to Graphic Design

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10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Sunday
Ann Snyder's incredibly lovely landscape painting

Online, Professional Practices: Grants, Galleries, Graduate School

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10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Sunday
an ink study of rodney dangerfield

Painting from Photographs

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2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Sunday
Diane Boyle paints outside in Chicago

Plein Air Painting

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10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Sunday
a young person stands in front of an outdoor sculpture fountain looking fierce

Urban Photography

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2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Sunday
a series of glass bottles celestial elements

Digital Design: Adobe Photoshop

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6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Monday, Wednesday
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, Wednesday
a teacher uses his hands to explain rendering techniques to his student

Introduction to Drawing

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6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Monday, Wednesday
a color theory project that looks like a magic eye picture

Online, Color Theory for Designers

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6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Monday, Wednesday
Megan Creamer's detailed studies of embellishments

Sewing Techniques: Fundamentals

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6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Monday, Wednesday
Brianna Schucart's incredible portrait of a holy pigeon being rained on by french fries

Contemporary Watercolor

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9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Saturday
a group of students get up close and personal with an old painting

Studying Art History at the AIC: An Overview

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2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Saturday
a color theory project that looks like a magic eye picture

Intensive, Color Theory for Designers

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9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Monday - Friday
Adam Fong's really captivating figure drawing

Intensive, Essential Anatomy for Life Drawing

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9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Monday - Friday
a young woman holds up her awesome painting of a face

Intensive, Experimental Drawing and Painting: Exploring Contemporary Practice

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9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Monday - Friday
Rhonda Bessert's striking portrait in monoprint

Intensive, Exploring Monoprint

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9:00 AM - 4:00 PM * 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Monday - Friday
ladies line up showing off their garments

Intensive, Sewing Techniques: Fundamentals

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9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Monday - Friday
Julie Howard displays an inspo page from a student's sketchbook

Intensive, Contemporary Fashion

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9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Monday - Friday
a cafe painted at night

Intensive, Explorations in Acrylic Painting

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9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Monday - Friday
Audrey Bartnicki's interesting portrait of a man

Intensive, Figure Painting Studio: Multi-Level

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9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Monday - Friday
Browen Butler's sweet painting of a man and his cat

Intensive, Painting and Drawing

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9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Monday - Friday