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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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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
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
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 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 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 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
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 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 looks lovingly at Chagall's stained glass piece America Windows

Highlights of the AIC: Shades of Blue

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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

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