Lectures and Demos

Love books? Love art? Then join Diana O’Brien for a step-by-step tutorial on the children's book illustration and design process! She'll walk you through what it looks like to illustrate and design a children' book. She’ll discuss various formats for picture books, how to decide on format, begin thumbnail sketches and create a paper mockup of the actual book. She will also present a brief overview of the various work she’s done, including graphic design for corporations, murals in children's hospitals across the nation, and her experience as a freelancer. 

Originally recorded 08/24/23

Join artist and historian Randall DiGiuseppe as we explore the fascinating history, evolution and future of classical art's most essential and revealing practice: drawing from the live nude figure. We will examine figure drawings as far back as 17,000 BCE to the modern masters of the genre.

Presented by Carlos Morales, this talk will focus on the Mexican muralist and political activist David Alfaro Siqueiros' days in the United States, with particular attention to his time in New York City, where his 1936 Experimental Workshop participants included Harold Lehman and Jackson Pollock.

This continuation of Randall's previous lecture, Linear Perspective: A Renaissance Revolution in Art & Science, dives into three of the best known Renaissance artists: Leonardo da Vinci (The Last Supper), Michelangelo (The Sistine Chapel), and Raphael (The School of Athens).

Titanium, zinc, lead, flake, cremnitz and silver? All these pigments are white, but what makes them each different? Whether a beginner or advanced student of painting, many questions arise as you study the pigments (colors) of painting.

Painter and teacher, Eric Santoli will be your guide as we discuss the world of pigments from white through the rainbow to black.

Look, listen and learn of the various influences that created a body of work spanning approximately 50 years of Neill Slaughter’s art career. This artist has spent a considerable amount of time traveling throughout the world to teach, conduct research and create art, which often reflect the social conditions of his surroundings.