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New for Winter 2012

Americans in Paris: Nadia Boulanger and the American School of Musical Composition (CRN# 15110 EC)
While Gertrude Stein was creating excitement in the world of French visual art, another powerful woman, this time a French composer and teacher, was honing new American music through her Parisian studio. That extraordinary pedagogue was Nadia Boulanger, and her students led the burgeoning American school of music in the 20th century. We’ll see how her students were influenced by Boulanger’s aesthetic, and discuss how they then created a new, uniquely American sound in their work.
Lenore Alford, Doctor of Musical Arts, is the Music Director of St. John’s Episcopal Church in Ross. She studied organ and sacred music with Dr. Gerre Hancock, himself a student of Boulanger.

Drawing in Color and Mixed Media Drawing (CRN# 15140)
For beginners and experienced artists, this class combines the discipline of drawing with the experimental mixing of materials. Use a variety of media to create powerful and colorful images! It is also an excellent class for those who have never painted or drawn before!
Alison Hathaway is an accomplished artist and art teacher who emigrated to the Bay Area in 1997.

From Collage to Painting (CRN# 15062)
Discover the exciting possibilities of collage, a technique where different materials are assembled together to create a new work of art. Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced artist, this class will guide you through the technical and creative aspects of using collage.
Stephanie Jucker is an exhibiting painter who uses collage, mixed media and printing techniques in her paintings. With an MFA in painting she also has 20 years of teaching experience.

French Impressionism (CRN# 15158 EC)
For most of the 20th Century, Impressionism was described as an art of pure vision. The Impressionist artist, we were told, demonstrated more interest in the light and atmosphere surrounding the subject than the subject itself. The goal was to capture just that received on the retina of the eye at a certain "fleeting moment." Thus Impressionism stood as a complete contrast to the content-laden, Romantic or didactic art of the earlier part of the 19th Century. Today we are more interested in the political, social, and economic milieu in which the artists worked and in the subjects they chose to paint. It is this interest in the "whys" of Impressionism that will be our focus in this slide/lecture course.
Kerrin K. Meis

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Technical Contact: Cheryl Lynn Carlson, Program Specialist, Community Education, Lifelong Learning and International Education, 415.485.9311
Content Responsible: Dr. Jason Lau, Director, Community Education, Lifelong Learning and International Education, 415.485.9316