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COURSES APRIL MAY 2015

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1. WORDLESS BOOKS IN THE CLASSROOM

Course by Emma Bosch [+ INFO]

2. HOME MADE SILK SCREEN PRINTING
Course by Marcel·lí Gutiérrez [+ INFO]





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Course by Emma Bosch

DATES AND PLACE

16 hours. 4 sessions of 4hours.
Saturday 11th and 25th April and 9th and 23rd May 2015.
10 am to 2 pm

The course will be held at ACVic. Centre d’Arts Contemporànies [Sant Francesc, 1 Vic]

FEE
€ 45 (€ 36 for Amics d’ACVic and members of H. Associació per a les Arts Contemporànies)

There will be a certificate of attendance issued by the University of Vic - Central University of Catalonia.

The registration period will end on 8th April 2015. Limited places, reservations on a “first come, first served” basis. Enrolment will be confirmed once payment has been received. The course will be cancelled if a minimum target number of participants has not been reached when registration ends.

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INTRODUCTION

There are many types of wordless books : those with images but which tell no stories; play-books which promote interaction with the reader, inviting her to find people or objects, to draw, to perceive shapes and colours, to combine images, to write, etc.; and albums and comic books which reveal a narrative.
The course will focus on wordless albums, books which tell, essentially through images, either fictional or documentary stories. In these sessions, different kinds of stories will be taught; versions, endless stories, zooms, metamorphosis, choral albums, etc. Examples of each type will be read and analysed (easily adapted to work with children and teenagers) to help us understand how these graphic stories work.
The course was created at the Barceloneta- La Fraternitat Library, attended by children from P5 and 2nd year primary. The sessions have been also conducted with children in 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th years primary at the CEIP Orlandai; with 1st ESO (first year secondary) pupils; with young pupils of Middle Level Training course; at the Summer School Rosa Sensat; and at the Màster Oficial Educació Interdisciplinària de les Arts from the University of Barcelona.

OBJECTIVES
- Understanding different narrative types in wordless albums.
- Learning to interpret sequential images.
- Becoming familiar with the elements of visual language and its syntax.
- Encouraging the use of wordless books to promote reading and creating visual narratives.

COURSE CONTENTS
Session 1:
TYPES OF WORDLESS BOOKS
Understanding different wordless books, those which carry a narrative (albums and comics) and those which do not (as well as play-books).
RED RIDING HOOD [Versions]
Reading different books which tell the story of Little Red Riding Hood, in order to analyse various wordless versions. Can these albums be understood, just by reading the images?

Session 2:
ENDLESS STORIES [circular narrative]
Working with wordless albums which display a circular structure, in order to analyse the connections between illustrations. How can a reader place images in order in books she has never seen before? Movements in and out [zoom] Review of wordless albums based upon zooms. What strategies do the authors use to surprise us?

Session 3:
TRANSFORMING SHAPES [metamorphosis]
The protagonist is a shape, and its metamorphosis constitutes the action. How many pictures are needed to understand a transformation?
CHORAL ALBUM [parallel narratives]
Multiple stories, presented simultaneously . How many characters are in these books?

Session 4:
CITIES BORN [the passage of time]
The transformation of a space through time. How many years have passed?

Closing Course:
A presentation of work by children (P5 until 6th grade), teenagers and adults. What conclusions can we draw?

METHODOLOGY
The methodology is based upon the active participation of the attendees.
- Shared reading of a selection of albums which represent different types of narrative.
- Activities which reinforce the content of the session (sorting images, searching, creating images and narrative sequences, etc.)..
- Viewing and commenting on work done by children (P5 until 6th grade), youth and adults.

WHO IS IT AIMED AT?
Teachers in Early Childhood Education, Primary and Secondary schools. Open to anyone interested in art and education.

TEACHER
Emma Bosch, Departament de Didàctica de l'Educació Visual i Plàstica from the Facultat de Formació del Professorat at the Universitat de Barcelona.

More info:
ACVic Centre d’Arts Contemporànies
Open Tuesday to Friday, 10 am – 1 pm, and from 5 pm – 8 pm
Saturdays from 11 am – 2 pm, and from 5 pm – 8 pm
Telephone: + 34 938 853 704 - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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TALLER DE serigrafia2. HOME MADE SILK SCREEN PRINTING
Course by Marcel·lí Gutiérrez

 

DATES AND PLACE
5 2-hour sessions
Wednesday 15th, 22nd, and 29th April, and 6th and 13th May 2015
From 7 pm until 9 pm.

The course will take place at ACVic. Centre d’Arts Contemporànies [Sant Francesc, 1. 08500 Vic]

FEE
55 € (44 € for Amics d’ACVic and members of H. Associació per a les Arts Contemporànies)

The registration period will end on 8th April 2015. Limited places, reservations on a “first come, first served” basis. Enrolment will be confirmed once payment has been received. The course will be cancelled if a minimum target number of participants has not been reached when registration ends.

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INTRODUCTION
A silk-screen printing workshop. The course will examine various options for and methods of constructing a home silk-screen printing workshop. Silk-screen printing is a technique for printing on all kinds of materials; textiles, paper, plastic, wood, etc.. This course will concentrate mainly on printing upon paper, but the same technique may also be used on other materials.

COURSE CONTENTS
The course will consist of 5 sessions:

1. Introduction to the world of silk-screen printing, and its historic context
2. Making your own screens
3. Designing and preparing photoliths
4. Exposing the screens
5. Printing the originals

WHO IS IT AIMED AT?
Anyone with an interest in the world of silk-screen printing, students of art, design, creatives, artists or tutors, teachers and lecturers who may wish an introduction to the techniques, to apply them in their work.

TEACHER
Marcel·lí Gutiérrez, artist and designer. She works as a freelance, collaborating with various businesses in the graphics sector. She has worked with businesses such as Eumogràfic, Bisgràfic and Summa. She was awarded “La Incubadora del FAD” grant for 2007.

More info:
ACVic Centre d’Arts Contemporànies
Open Tuesday to Friday, 10 am – 1 pm, and from 5 pm – 8 pm
Saturdays from 11 am – 2 pm, and from 5 pm – 8 pm
Telephone: + 34 938 853 704 - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.



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