2007 Annual Report Mendel Art Gallery

Public and Professional Programs
Art Studio Classes
Art Studio Classes link current gallery exhibitions to
studio production. Offered to ages four
through adult, these programs motivate,
demonstrate, and provide avenues for
students to explore personal interests.
Moving away from a more traditional
“how to” approach to art instruction,
Art Studio Programs more accurately
reflect the way professional artists
work in their studios. We have been
articulating this unique approach in our
advertising. Instructors are working
artists who model their studio practices,
working along side the group on their
own projects; they guide students
to understand how to prepare and
organise their own workspace, self-motivate, discipline
themselves to accomplish goals, and to appreciate the
creative act in progress. Whenever possible, instructors
are artists currently exhibiting at the
Mendel.
In 2007 we offered a much wider
selection of times and formats including
evening/after school/weekends. We
continued to partner with Youth Media
Workshop to offer digital filmmaking
and sound studios. We also continued
the “art star” concept this year, which
seems to appeal to children and youth.
Adult studios offered “art quickie”
weekends, but of all the painting studios
offered, we only had sufficient enrolment
to run one.
Art Star Studios Winter 2007 Spring 2007 Summer 2007 Fall 2007
Period Jan–Apr Apr–Jun Jul–Aug Sep–Dec
Studios Offered 9 9 14 9
Studios Delivered 2 2 8 2
Studios Cancelled 7 7 6 7
Instructors 2 2 8* 2
Instructional Hours 26.25 25.75 113.25 26
Participants 15 children 8 children 76 children/teens 16 children
Total number of participants in 2007: 126
Total number of studios running in 2007: 14
*2 instructors were from Youth Media Workshop
(6–9 weeks) (9 weeks) (6–8 weeks)
4 adults (1 weekend) 7 adults
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