Exploring Contemporary Art Through New Media

February 2 and March 1, 2008

These new media workshops for teachers are designed to deepen understanding of ideas and processes in contemporary art through the experience of digital technology.  Each workshop begins with a gallery discussion of selected works in the  permanent collection.  In the ICA  Digital Studio, teachers then learn to use digital media to create original works exploring the ideas and techniques of the artists discussed.  No prior experience in new media is required, and each workshop may be taken separately.

Identity and Portraiture
Saturday, February 2, 10am – 4:30pm
Instructor:  Eric Gottesman

What does a work of art reveal about the human subject of the work?  How does an artist create or manipulate an object or an image to describe someone’s identity?  In this class, we will examine the link between portraiture and identity in relationship to the works of Rineke Djikstra, Cornelia Parker, Kelly Sherman, and Ambreen Butt.  Following our gallery discussion, you will use Photoshop to make a diptych portrait based on an object and a photograph that you will have selected to bring with you. 

Animating Objects and Ideas
Saturday, March 1, 10am – 4:30pm
Instructor:  Kevin Driscoll

How do artists animate a space, objects and ideas?  How do narratives emerge from pared down visual information, or new meanings from objects?  We will look in-depth at Cornelia Parker’s Hanging Fire, an evocative sculptural installation, and draw connections to two digital animation works in our Permanent Collection.  Drawing on ideas of animation and transformation, you will learn a few animation techniques to create your own piece in Flash Animation.

Workshop Fee:   $60 per workshop ($55 for ICA members).  Each workshop offers six PDPs.

Teacher New Media Workshop flyer (pdf)

To register, download the form from our web site, www.icaboston.org/programs/learn.
For more information call Ena Fox at 617-478-3130 or email efox@icaboston.org.

Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston
100 Northern Avenue
Boston, MA 02210

The ICA’s K-12 education programs include Teacher Programs, Group Tours, and The John Hancock Teen Education Program which includes: Artist Encounters, Wall Talk, Teen New Media Classes, Teen Arts Council and Teen Nights.

Teen programs are made possible by significant support from John Hancock Financial Services. 

Additional support of K-12 education programs is provided by the Boston Foundation for Architecture, The Boston Globe Foundation, The Clowes Fund, The Fuller Foundation, The JP Morgan Chase Foundation, the Ramsey McCluskey Family Foundation, the William E. Schrafft Charitable Trust, The Carl and Ruth Shapiro Family Foundation, the Surdna Foundation, and the Wallace Foundation.