Summertime Stories: Digital Photography & Printmaking
Summertime Stories: Telling Stories through Digital Photography & Printmaking
We are excited to offer a collaboration between Pace University and the International Center of Photography. During this 2-week course, students will learn from Pace faculty and professionals in the areas of digital photography and printmaking.
In week 1, students will visit ICP studio where they will be introduced to basic principles of digital imagemaking, from composition to exploring the effects of light. Through photographic assignments, whether venturing throughout NYC or staying closer to home, students expand their understanding of the technical and aesthetic possibilities of digital capture and output on the subject matter of their choice. Through writing exercises, different techniques will be presented for using words with images. Critiques led by faculty and guest artists will foster confidence in storytelling, as students discuss their work and reflect upon their progress.
During the second week, students will visit Pace's studio where classes will focus on material explorations, as most college portfolio requirements ask students to submit work showcasing a variety of processes and mediums. This week will be dedicated to mixed media with a special emphasis on printmaking - an exciting artistic discipline.
By the end of the course, students will have developed a series of images with accompanying text that tell their summertime stories. On the last day of the program, parents are invited to a final showcase where students will display their finished pieces.
Instructors
Pace Instructor: Jennifer Schwarting
Jennifer Schwarting is a Brooklyn-based artist working in painting and mixed media. She received her BFA from Cornell University and her MFA from the California Institute of the Arts. Schwarting teaches courses in Painting, Drawing, Mixed Media and Printmaking. She was granted a Pace University Teaching Excellence Award in 2016.
ICP Instructor: Néstor Pérez-Molière
Néstor Pérez-Molière was born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and currently resides in The Bronx, New York. His art entails a process of self-discovery; a series of confessionals revealing private conflicts; hoping towards catharsis. Through this cathartic process he hopes to connect with the viewer’s struggles and depathologize negative feelings so that they can be seen as a source for political action rather than its antithesis. Néstor exposes mental health issues like depression, dysmorphia, food addictions, and loneliness: describing their mechanisms, scrutinizing their origins, and illuminating the impossibility of fixing them. His practice mainly takes place in the realm of photography but has also incorporated performance, drawing, video, installation, and intaglio techniques into his works.