Life at RDC

Series: Summer School of the Arts

June – August 2010
Ages 18 and Up

Take a week for yourself at RDC this summer and rediscover the artist within!
Join artists and instructors from all over the world in the College’s brand new art facilities for sculpture, ceramics and painting studios – we’ve more than doubled our existing space and can’t wait for you to see it. Release the inspiration from your soul!

If you are only available at certain times, please see "Series at a Glance" for a detailed weekly schedule.

Classes available for all skill levels.

A Taste of Series

A Taste of Ceramics
A Taste of Drawing
A Taste of Painting
A Taste of Printmaking
A Taste of Puppetry
A Taste of Sculpture
 

Ceramics & Mosaics

Black and Blue All Over
Build Your Own Wood-Fired Pizza Oven
Conquering the Challenge of Making Sets
Functional Altered Vessels
Glazes and Glazing for Cone 6
Great Ideas: Easy Exciting Clay Sculpting for Teachers and Handbuilders Alike
Imaginary Creatures and Other Fantasies
Introduction to Fine Art Mosaics
Sum of its Parts
Thrilling Throwing
Tricky Teapots and Teaware
Woodfiring Techniques and Surface Exploration
 

Fibre Arts

Felt in Forms (Advanced)
Felt in Forms (Beginner)
Felting Form and Fashion
Fingerweaving: Untangled
Shibori: The Art of Resist Dyeing
 

Flameworking

Bead Camp
Boro for Beginners
Colourful Stringer Revolution: Advanced Beadmaking Techniques
Flameworking for Electroforming
Off-Axis: An Exploration of Asymmetry and Texture
Painting with Glass
Rock the Torch: Flameworking for Beginners
Wanna Be A Better Beader?
 

Glassblowing & Fusing

Advanced Glassblowing for Beginners
Alternative Processes: Going Beyond the Vessel in Glass
Cooking with Gas
Deconstructing the Masters
Double Trouble
Elements of Scale: Attaining Size Through Intelligence
Glass X-travaganza
Ready, Set, Blow!
Tart It Up: Embellishments, Inclusions and Accountrements for Fused Glass
The Minds Eye: Sculpting in Glass
The Quickest Way from A to B
 

Jewellery

Creative Jewellery Making
Creative Metalsmithing
Fine Silver Clay (PMC): The Basics and Beyond
Introduction to Jewellery Making
Low Tech Jewellery Casting
 

Mixed Media & Book Arts

Batik on Paper
Decorative Papers for Boxes and Books
Developing Your Personal Vocabulary Through Collage
Introduction to Mixed Media Painting
Puppet Exploration
Teaching Curriculum Through the Visual Arts
The Art of Dollmaking
The Painted Book
 

Painting, Drawing & Printmaking

A Week with the Figure
Cohesive Colour
Contemporary Chinese Brush Painting
Figure Painting
Foundations of Drawing
Getting to Know Faces and Figures in Watermedia
Gimme Some Space!
Impressionistic Realism in Oils - Cityscapes
Impressionistic Realism in Oils: Intro
Impressionistic Realism in Oils: Painting the Figure
Love, Strength & Soul in Portraiture
Luscious Pastels
Only the Shadow Knows: Exploring Shadows and Light in Paint
Pastel and Pencil Crayon Workshop
Printmaking: What is it?
Pushing the Boundaries of Expression in Watercolour
Relief Printmaking: The Bold and the Beautiful
Rough 'n Reddy: The Texture and Gesture of Colour in Oil Painting
The Illuminated Watercolour
The Versatility of Watercolour
Warhol Wild: Applied Colour Theory
 

Photography

Creative Control
Mixed Media Autobiographical Photos, Photography and Collage
Saying it with Style: Creating Compelling Photographs (Advanced)
Saying It With Style: Creating Compelling Photographs (Beginner)
 

Series Boxed Lunch

Series Boxed Lunch (August 2-6)
Series Boxed Lunch (August 9-13)
Series Boxed Lunch (July 12-16)
Series Boxed Lunch (July 19-23)
Series Boxed Lunch (July 26-30)
Series Boxed Lunch (July 5-9)
Series Boxed Lunch (June 14-18)
Series Boxed Lunch (June 21-25)
Series Boxed Lunch (June 7-11)
Series Boxed Lunch (June 8-July 2)
 

Woodworking, Metalworking & Sculpture

Bronze Casting: The Lost Wax Method
Faces in Metal
Figurative Sculpture: Real Life to Inspire Art
Handcrafting Fine Furniture
The Clay Portrait (Bust)
Welding for Artists