cambridge school of art summer school 2011 brochure

Create It.Anglia Ruskin University Cambridge School of Art

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Summer School 2011

www.anglia.ac.uk/csasummerschool

Cambridge School of Art

We are an academic community of art, design and media artists focused on developing professional practice through studio and gallery-based experimentation.

For our new Summer School programme we have teamed up with colleagues in our Music and Performing Arts and English and Media departments to offer a wide range of creative practice courses.

All courses are taught by practioners and experienced lecturers who will be able to support you whatever your level of experience to ensure that you gain the maximum benefit from your time with us. Run over a two week period in July/August, the Summer School is delivered within our excellent studio spaces. You will be able to test your abilities and learn new skills and different creative approaches.

Our Summer School Programme provides a variety of courses for all levels of experience in a variety of disciplines. All are designed to provide creative stimulation and development and help you have a truly enjoyable summer with us here in Cambridge.

PLEASE REFER TO OUR SEPERATE BOOKLET FOR BOOKING AND TUTOR INFORMATION.

List of Courses

Course title

Cambridge School of Art• Drawing on Location - Reportage

• Introduction to Illustrating Picturebooks for Children

• Introduction to Printmaking

• Introduction to Relief Printing

• Introduction to Screen Printing

• Letterpress Printing

• Portfolio Development

English and Media• Edit Your Heart Out - Getting Writing Right on Screen

and on the Page

• Introduction to Creating Apps

• Introduction to Radio

• Introduction to Web Design

• Introduction to Writing the Short Film

Music and Performing Arts• Introduction to Pro Tools

• Pro Tools Production Essentials

• Practical Sound for Video

Drawing on Location - Reportage Duration_____________________5 daysDates____________________________________25 - 29 July

‘Reportage has to have flesh, bones and above all, life in it. One is not illustrating, but pushing one’s nose into life.’ Ronald Searle, 1977

Cambridge School of Art has a long and proud history of encouraging Illustration students to go out and draw from life as often as possible. Students are urged to always carry a sketchbook with them so that they can capture the everyday as well as the extraordinary through drawing. This course is an introduction to reportage through a week of intensive location drawing in and around Cambridge. Cambridge School of Art is ideally placed to give easy access to both thriving local community areas and the historic town centre. The group will look at capturing aspects of life in Cambridge and, by the end of the week, aim to have built a record of how people in and around Cambridge live and behave in their differing environments.

With both one-to-one feedback and group critiques of work undertaken, you will be encouraged to explore your own interests and ideas on paper so that you can begin to develop your own response to what you see with confidence.

Prior experience required: No qualifications are necessary, but previous experience would be valuable.

Tutor___________________Hannah WebbTime____________________10.30am – 5pm

Tutors_s_________________Pam Smy and Paula MetcalfTime____________________ 10.30am – 5pm

Introduction to Illustrating Picturebooks for Children Duration___________________5 daysDates_____________________ 25 - 29 July & 1 - 5 Aug

This is a short introduction to developing a picturebook for children. Through working closely with the course tutor, we will look at visual storytelling, pacing and the relationship between text and image in picture books. Using examples of background and finished work by Cambridge School of Art illustration students, graduates and published illustrators both from the UK and abroad, students will be able to see how a picturebook evolves from the initial conception and the development of ideas, through to study sheets, character development, roughs and into dummy books. By the end of one week you will have produced a dummy book of your own story with some pieces of finished artwork. This is a relaxed and friendly environment in which to experiment with ideas and materials and to explore aspects of the picturebook with support from both staff and other students in the beautiful Illustration studios in the Ruskin building.

Prior experience required: No qualifications are necessary but previous drawing experience would be valuable.

Introduction to Printmaking Duration_____________________5 daysDates____________________________________25 - 29 July

Introduction to Printmaking is designed for creative practitioners who wish to extend their creative practice through printmaking. The course provides an opportunity to explore a range of creative processes including monoprint, carburundum and drypoint. Each process will be taught through practical workshops and technical demonstrations under the guidance of a professional tutor. The sessions aim at developing creative ambition and confidence through direct experience of all three processes and in combination. The sessions take place in the superb workshop facilities offered by Cambridge School of Art.

Prior experience required: The course is aimed at the experienced and beginners alike.

Tutor____________________Nick DevisonTime____________________10.30am – 5pm

Introduction to Relief Printing Duration_____________________5 daysDates____________________________________1 - 5 August

The course will explore the creative possibilities of relief printing. You will work with lino, wood, cutting tools, paper stencils and print with wooden spoons, an etching press and one of the four hand presses; all housed within the world class Printmaking workshop of Cambridge School of Art.

The aim of the course is to create a body of experimental work leading to finished prints while experiencing the versatility of this process.


Tutor____________________John WilliamsTime____________________10.30am – 5pm

Introduction toScreen Printing Duration_____________________5 daysDates____________________________________25 - 29 July

The course will introduce you to the extensive image making possibilities of screen printing and enable you to explore autographic and photographic imagery using water based inks.

You will expose images on to screens and create a body of experimental and finished prints using one of the six screen printing tables housed within the world class Printmaking workshop of Cambridge School of Art.


Tutor____________________John WilliamsTime____________________10.30am – 5pm

Letterpress Printing Duration_____________________5 daysDates____________________________________25 - 29 July

Printing by hand from wood and metal type is undergoing a dramatic revival of interest in Europe and the UK. This short course provides the opportunity to set, proof and print to your own designs using type from Cambridge School of Art’s extensive store of classic and decorative fonts. These may be used to make unique editioned typographic artworks, to print a favourite text or simply to celebrate the abstract form of letters.

The course will begin with a short illustrated talk showing the work of a wide range of contemporary letterpress artists. This will be followed by an introduction to the basic principles of hand-setting type, before proofing on the ‘stone’ and printing on one of the workshop’s hand-presses.


Tutor____________________Will HillTime____________________10.30am – 5pm

Portfolio Development Duration_____________________5 daysDates__________________________________1- 5 Aug

An intensive, exciting and challenging one week course specifically aimed at those making applications to Further or Higher Education Courses.

Drawing on staff teaching experience at a range of national institutions and levels this course is designed to provide guidance, strategies and innovative projects forming the basis of a broad, design-based portfolio. You will undertake studio/practice-based projects and staff will discuss what they look for in successful portfolios and why. Areas covered will include experimental drawing, concepts and visual development, experimental and hand-drawn type, the role of the sketchbook and the establishment of a personal visual language. The work produced will be discussed during a series of informal group critiques which not only allows the opportunity for vital feedback, but more importantly enables reflction on the work produced by the group as a whole.

Prior experience required: Whilst this is a broad-based course open to all levels of experience, it may be of particular interest to students making applications to Foundation courses, applying for direct entry to degree level studies, and mature students entering Higher Education.

Tutor____________________Chris DraperTime____________________10.30am – 5pm

Edit Your Heart Out Getting Writing Right onScreen and on the Page Duration_____________________2 daysDates____________________________________25 - 27 July

This short course is an introduction to book editing and publishing, tasks with which any (would-be) editor and writer needs to be familiar in order to succeed in a highly competitive industry.

Published author and industry expert James Woodall shares his insider knowledge of the operations of a publishing house, and will introduce the publishing process from book creation to commissioning and publication.

This practical and hands-on course also covers line- and copy-editing, including pre-digital copy mark-up.

A central quest of the course sets you to work on a particularly tricky bit of text for editing and in many cases this will be your own. Your efforts will be partially workshopped in class, with an aim to achieve, by the course’s end, an exemplary piece of copy.

Prior experience required: No prior experience or qualifications are needed.

Tutor____________________James WoodallTime____________________10.30am – 5pm

Introduction to Creating AppsDuration_____________________5 daysDates__________________________________25 - 29 July

This course will study various methods that allow you to create applications and publish e-Books for Apple mobile platforms. Study will be made of a wide range of software and coding methods together with an analysis of some of the pros and cons that accompany producing for this popular marketplace.

Software used will include:Adobe InDesign (CS5)Adobe Flash Catalyst (CS5)Adobe Dreamweaver (CS5)Coding methods include:HTML 5CSS

Introductory instruction will be given in the use of Adobe software. Study will also cover coding methods that enable multi-media content to be included in the content. You will be given the opportunity to to upload your results to an Apple iPad so as to test and evaluate your work. Prior experience required: Assumes no prior knowledge.

Tutor____________________Ian BennettTime____________________10.30am – 5pm

Introduction to Creating Apps Duration_____________________5 daysDates____________________________________?????

This course will study various methods that allow you to create applications and publish e-Books for Apple mobile platforms such as the iPhone and iPad. Study will be made of a wide range of software and coding methods that enable this together with an analysis of some of the pros and cons that accompany producing for this popular marketplace.

Software used will include:Adobe InDesign (CS5)Adobe Flash Catalyst (CS5)Adobe Dreamweaver (CS5)Coding methods include:HTML 5CSSIntroductory instruction will be given in the use of Adobe software so as to enable you to produce different types of “app” and eBook. Study will also cover coding methods that enable multi-media content. You will be given the opportunity to upload your results to an Apple iPad so as to test and evaluate your work.

Prior experience required:The course is aimed at those who are unfamiliar with these methods of working and so will assume little or no prior knowledge of the subject.


Introductionto Radio Duration___________________3 daysDates___________________________________27 - 29 July

This practical, three-day course, led by experts with several years’ experience in local, national and digital radio, enables you to gain unique insight into an increasingly fast-paced and evolving industry.

The course looks at what goes on behind the scenes in contemporary broadcasting institutions and the radio station: knowledge which is essential to those considering a career in the industry.

All aspects and stages of radio production are addressed from journalistic research and writing skills to technical aspects of recording, editing and presenting. You will be able to put your skills into practice through producing your own recorded radio report using industry standard audio recorders and digital edit software.


Tutors_______________Joanna Pinnock and Sara VareyTime____________________10.30am – 5pm

Introductionto Radio Duration_____________________5 daysDates____________________________________2nd – 6th August

Writing for Images is a practical and enjoyable writing workshop designed to help discover or rediscover the excitement of creating with words.

During the week, you will be sketching with words, making, shaping and sculpting with words, combining words with images, and finding the countless hidden stories to be discovered in images and artifacts. Workshop activities will include creating portraits, exploring spaces and places, experimenting with cut-ups, altered texts and found pieces, telling tales backwards, and viewing life from alien perspectives.

Writing for Images is based on a very successful module which has been running at Anglia Ruskin for many years, and provides great taster sessions not only for some of the non-studio modules available to students at Cambridge School of Art, but also to the many other writing based courses offered by Anglia Ruskin University.


Tutor____________________Mick GowarTime____________________10.30am – 5pm

Introduction to Web Design Duration_____________________5 daysDates____________________________________1-5 August

This course approaches the subject of web design primarily from the standpoint of utilizing software tools that exist in the marketplace so that the designer is able to concentrate more fully on the aesthetics and visual appeal of the application.

Necessity will dictate that attention is paid to such aspects as html and cascading stylesheet coding in order to properly explore the subject and obtain the most from design proposals, however full use will be made of software that assists in the generation of such content.

Software used will include:Adobe DreamweaverAdobe PhotoshopAdobe Flash CatalystAdobe InDesign.

Prior experience required: Some pre-existing knowledge of the subject will be assumed but there will be provision for those with no experience of this type of work.


Introduction to Writing the Short Film Duration_____________________5 daysDates____________________________________25 - 29 July

If you have a wonderful idea for a short film, but don’t quite know how to go about getting it down in screenplay form, then this is the course for you.

Delivered over a week, this course is designed to help budding screenwriters explore storytelling instincts and the craft of screenwriting and offers the opportunity to develop and write a commercial ten minute film. Through seminars, workshops, screenings and tutorials in a relaxed and friendly environment, you will have the opportunity to develop an original screenplay from premise to a first draft script. The course will cover all aspects of the screenwriting process from generating and developing ideas to research, characterisation, theme, genre, dialogue and how to sell your work. You will learn core skills of screenwriting including a working knowledge of screenwriting formats and conventions, and will receive guidance in how to evaluate your work in a commercial context.


Tutor____________________Judy Forshaw and Rick HarveyTime____________________10.30am – 5pm

Introduction to Pro Tools Duration_____________________2 days

Dates___________________________________ 25 & 26 July

This two day course will take you on a hands-on round trip of the basic features of this industry-standard digital audio workstation, as used in the world’s top recording studios.

The topics you will cover include:

• Getting to know Pro Tools• The Pro Tools interface• Creating a session• Making an audio recording• Making a MIDI recording• Importing media• Selecting, navigating and editing• Basic mixing• Finishing the session


Tutor____________________Mike WatkinsonTime____________________10.30am – 5pm

Pro ToolsProduction Essentials Duration_____________________2 daysDates____________________________________27 & 28 July

This two day course builds on the knowledge and skills learnt in ‘Introduction to Pro Tools’, and will introduce you to the tools that have made Pro Tools the leading music production software.

The topics you will cover include:

• Configuring and controlling Pro Tools• Managing session data and file management techniques• Working with virtual instruments• Using Elastic Audio• Advanced Recording techniques• Editing MIDI and Audio• Automation• Signal Flow, submasters and groups• Advanced mixing techniques

Prior experience required: Prior use or knowledge of Pro Tools is required. Ideal for those who have done Introduction to Pro Tools.

Tutor____________________Mike Watkinson Time____________________10.30am – 5pm

Practical Sound for Video Duration_____________________3 daysDates__________________________________ 25 - 27 July

A hands-on introduction to synchronising sound to video using Apple’s Logic Studio.

This course offers a two day workshop introducing the Logic Studio environment for newcomers to audio sequencing or those who have some experience with audio sequencers but have not worked with film.

The course will explore the Logic Studio interface, basic video concepts that are important for sound, sound effects editing, sound effects libraries, making sampler instruments for performing sound effects and musical resources.

You will work on selected film clips and learn by designing sound during the session.


Tutor____________________Dr Julio d’Escrivan Time____________________10.30am – 5pm

cambridge school of art summer school 2011 brochure

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