Note: In light of the covid pandemic and the unpredictability of its evolution, the programs for 2021/22 may undergo format adaptations (to on-line or on-premise learning, or a mixture of both), Ar.Co’s priority being the on-premise format whenever possible and adequate. The schedules here announced therefore mention the format in which, except when impossible, the subject in question will be taught. Ar.Co will rigorously follow and implement all DGS guidelines, including the use of masks, distancing and hygiene.
FULL PROGRAM PAINTING 2021/2022
Heads of Department: Marcelo Costa
Standard three-year course aiming at the development of the technical and conceptual/authorial dimensions in painting. A diversified learning process leads to the widening of the participants’ cultural, technical, and artistic horizons. Practical and thematic exercises promote the development of the students’ observation and representation skills, while encouraging an experimental attitude regarding ways of making and the use of materials (oil and acrylic paints, gouache and watercolor, chalk and pastel, India ink, etc). Individualized modes of expression should translate the participants’ gradual familiarity with the main questions concerning contemporary artistic creation. Personalized attention is paid to each student’s progress, followed in a continuous manner by teachers and confirmed in formal evaluations with the head of department. In each of the three levels of the course, the main objective is to produce an abundant personal portfolio.
Options for further development: Individual Project, Advanced Course in Visual Arts or other.
Teachers: Alexandre Camarao, António Marques, Berta Ehrlich, Gonçalo Pena, João Catarino, João Miguéis, Madalena Parreira, Marcelo Costa, Nuno Martinho, Pedro Calhau, Pedro Tropa and guest teachers.
Fee 10 x 185€ + 150€ (Enrolment) + 4,50€ (Insurance) (for enrolments up to 15th september)
Admission No requirements. Informative interview.
Disciplines
Notes School year is divided in two semesters. Exceptionally, students may enter the year’s course in the second semester (through interview).
Fee 10 x 185€ + 150€ (Enrolment) + 4,50€ (Insurance) (for enrolments up to 15th september)
Admission
Painting Level 2 or recognition of equivalent training (through interview). Presentation of portfolio.
The possibility of entering the program at a later date in the school year will only be considered exceptionally and after a selective interview with the Heads of Department
Disciplines
Notes
Fee 10 x 180€ + 150€ (Enrolment) + 4,50€ (Insurance) (enrolments until 15th September)
Admission
Painting Level 2 or recognition of equivalent training (through interview). Presentation of portfolio.
The possibility of entering the program at a later date in the school year will only be considered exceptionally and after a selective interview with the Heads of Department.
Disciplines
Notes At the end of Painting 3 the Certificate for the Plan of Basic Studies in Painting is issued. Option of further development through application to Individual Project, Advanced Course in Visual Arts, or other.
Painting Workshop: Image and appearance
Date 4 to 25 Nov 2021
Price 100€ + 10€ (Insc) + 0,75€ (Seg)
Schedule Thursdays from 14h30 to 17h00
Type occasional
Program
On-premise classes.
Developing pictorial sensibility through practical exercises of an experimental nature. Taking into account the tradition of the fine arts, participants will discover different meanings of an image by exploring its “plasticity”.
Teachers
Price 175€ + 17,5€ (Insc) + 2,50€ (Seg)
Admission No requirements. By order of enrolment.
Schedule Mondays from 10h30 to 13h00
Type occasional
Program
On-premise classes.
Experimental development of small series of works departing from various typologies of image construction and of relations between images. As a reference background, some avant-garde movements from the beginning of the 20th-Century will provide inspiration.
Teachers
Night Course: Drawing and Painting 2.
Date 13 Oct to 8 Jul 2022
Price 10 x 120€ + 150€ (Enrolment) + 4,50€ (Insurance) (for enrolments up to 15th september)
Admission
Drawing and painting night course 1 or interview.
Note: In light of the covid pandemic and the unpredictability of its evolution, the programs for 2021/22 may undergo format adaptations (to on-line or on-premise learning, or a mixture of both), Ar.Co’s priority being the on-premise format whenever possible and adequate. The schedules here announced therefore mention the format in which, except when impossible, the subject in question will be taught. Ar.Co will rigorously follow and implement all DGS guidelines, including the use of masks, distancing and hygiene.
Type annual
Program
Drawing and Painting II
On-premise + on-line classes
19 Oct 2021 to 28 Jun 2022
Tuesdays 20h00-22h30 (on-premises) + Fridays 20h00-22h30 (2 monthly on-line classes, dates to be defined)
The Evening Course in Drawing and Painting 2 differs from the previous year in two fundamental aspects: a more specific orientation of the experimental dimension, promoting a growing individualization of the students’ work; a continuous studio practice, complementing the classroom sessions. In order to add consistency to the training, participants are encouraged to take one or several of the following workshops: Evening Drawing Workshop: The stain; Evening Drawing Workshop: The image and its structure. As was the case in the previous year, evaluation of the student’s progress is at once continuous (the responsibility of teachers) and formally confirmed several times a year in the presence of the head of department. All throughout the year, participants are expected to build an individual, abundant and consistent portfolio.
Lab II
On-line + on-premise classes
21 Out 2021 to 9 Jun 2022 (every other week)
Thursdays 20h00-22h00 (on-line) or 15h00-17h00 (on-premise)
Relevant themes within the context of the school experience will be discussed. Topically, practical exercises are proposed. The program also includes contributions by guest artists and theoreticians, guided tours and other activities, important for the development of a personal aesthetics and of an individualized style. Some sessions will be intimately related to, and articulated with, the program of Drawing and Painting II.
Workshop: Stories of sculpture and objects
(on-line, except for the last 3 sessions in Ar.Co - Xabregas)
2 Mar to 29 Jun 2022
Wednesdays 18h00-20h00 (online, except 15, 22 e 29 Junho - on-premise)
2 simple, operative themes, related to three-dimensional forms in art, will be approached from a theoretical point of view. Each one of these themes will be developed by two different teachers, in 2 sets of 3 drawing sessions. At the end of the workshop the teachers involved in the workshop will comment on a selection of works.
Artistic Residency
(on-premise)
4 a 8 Jul 2022
Location: to be announced
Horário: Monday to Friday 10h00 às 17h00
This residency aims at the development of each student’s individual work, at the end of the school year and in a close relationship with the working place. The program will end with a public exhibition of the results obtained.
Teachers
Night Course: Drawing and Painting 3.
Date 13 Oct to 29 Jun 2022
Price 10 x 120€ + 150€ (Enrolment) + 4,50€ (Insurance) (for enrolments up to 15th september)
Admission
Drawing and painting night course 2 or interview.
Note: In light of the covid pandemic and the unpredictability of its evolution, the programs for 2021/22 may undergo format adaptations (to on-line or on-premise learning, or a mixture of both), Ar.Co’s priority being the on-premise format whenever possible and adequate. The schedules here announced therefore mention the format in which, except when impossible, the subject in question will be taught. Ar.Co will rigorously follow and implement all DGS guidelines, including the use of masks, distancing and hygiene.
Type annual
Program
Evening Course in Drawing and Painting III
On-premise + on-line classes.
14 Oct 2021 to 23 Jun 2022
Thursdays 20h00-22h30 (on-premise) Fridays 20h00-22h00 (on-line )
Orientation of the students’ work is highly individualized, approaching the model of tutorials. Thursday classes are more dedicated to this type of orientation, promoting an informed and up to date attitude. Wednesday and Friday classes have a more theoretical character, aiming to stimulate and contextualize the individual work of each student.
Lab III (Drawing/Painting)
On-line + on-premise classes.
13 Oct 2021 to 06 Jun 2022 (every other week
Mondays 20h00-22h00 (on-line) or 15h00-17h00 (on-premise)
Relevant themes within the context of the school experience will be discussed. Topically, practical exercises are proposed. The program also includes contributions by guest artists and theoreticians, guided tours and other activities, important for the development of a personal aesthetics and of an individualized style. Some sessions will be intimately related to, and articulated with, the program of Drawing and Painting III.
Workshop: Stories of sculpture and objects
(on-line, except for the last 3 sessions in Ar.Co - Xabregas)
2 Mar to 29 Jun 2022
Wednesdays 18h00-20h00 (online, except 15, 22 e 29 Junho - on-premise)
2 simple, operative themes, related to three-dimensional forms in art, will be approached from a theoretical point of view. Each one of these themes will be developed by two different teachers, in 2 sets of 3 drawing sessions. At the end of the workshop the teachers involved in the workshop will comment on a selection of works.
Photography, Drawing and Cinema Workshop: Field trip
(on-premise)
8 to 10 Jul 2022 (a cofnrimar)
Location: Serra da Estrela
Fridays to Sunday 11h - 13h / 14h- 16h
Focusing on the landscape as the main element, participants are encouraged to develop highly individualized work in an intensive regime.
The Evening Course promotes the development of technical and artistic skills in the areas of Painting/Drawing. Further development options: Level 3 of the Standard Course in Painting or Drawing, Advanced Course in the Visual Arts, Individual Project or other.
Notes
Teachers
Night Course: Painting and Drawing 1
Date 13 Oct to 8 Jul 2022
Price 10 x 130€ + 120€ (Insc) + 4,50€ (Seg)
Admission
Level 1: No requirements. By order of enrolment.
Note: In light of the covid pandemic and the unpredictability of its evolution, the programs for 2021/22 may undergo format adaptations (to on-line or on-premise learning, or a mixture of both), Ar.Co’s priority being the on-premise format whenever possible and adequate. The schedules here announced therefore mention the format in which, except when impossible, the subject in question will be taught. Ar.Co will rigorously follow and implement all DGS guidelines, including the use of masks, distancing and hygiene.
Type annual
Program
Drawing and Painting I
On-premise.
14 Out 2021 a 28 Jun 2022
Tuesdsays and Thursdays 20h00-22h30
The Evening Course in Drawing/Painting follows the general pedagogical orientations of the standard daytime course, providing a more diversified training and a quicker widening of the students’ cultural, aesthetic and technical horizons. Teachers will likewise attend to the students’ progress in a personalized and differentiated way. Within this context, practical and thematic exercises help promote the students’ capacities for observation and representation as well as the development of their expressive skills. Emphasis on experimentation in what regards both working modes and materials (oil paint, India ink, gouache, charcoal, oil pastel, graphite, etc.) ensure that students will gradually acquire an awareness of the more relevant questions regarding contemporary artistic production. Progress is closely followed by teachers and confirmed in formal evaluations with the presence of the head of department. For each level of the Course, the main objective is the constitution of a portfolio that is both abundant and as personal as possible.
The Evening Course promotes the development of technical and artistic skills in the areas of Painting/Drawing. Further development options: Level 3 of the Standard Course in Painting or Drawing, Advanced Course in the Visual Arts, Individual Project or other.
Live Model Drawing I
On-premise classes.
18 Out 2021 a 10 Jan 2022
Mondays 20h00-22h00
Live Model Drawing is the situation of observation drawing par excellence, where the study of the human body (in motion, at rest, posing, etc.) and the experimentation with different techniques, scale, lighting and modes of composition promote an understanding of the mechanisms of attention and of the gaze that lie at the very core of the drawing gesture.
Lab I (drawing/painting)
on-line + on-premise classes.
20 Out a 27 Mai 2022 (every other week)
Wednesdays 20h -22h (on-line) or 15h - 17h (on-premise)
Observations: sessions take place in several different locations.
Relevant themes within the context of the school experience will be discussed. Topically, practical exercises are proposed. The program also includes contributions by guest artists and theoreticians, guided tours and other activities, important for the development of a personal aesthetics and of an individualized style. Some sessions will be intimately related to, and articulated with, the program of Drawing and Painting I.
Live Model in Drawing 2
7 Mar to 16 May 2021
Local: Ar.Co – Xabregas
Horário: Mondays 20h00-22h00
(on-premise)
Live Model is the situation par excellence of observation drawing, where the study of the human body (in motion, at rest, posing, etc.) and the experimentation with different techniques, with scale, lighting and modes of composition promote an understanding of the mechanisms of attention and of the gaze that lie at the very core of the drawing gesture.
Artistic Residency
4 to 8 Jul 2022
Location: to be annonunced
Horário: Monday to Friday 10h00 às 17h00
(on-premise)
This residency aims at the development of each student’s individual work, at the end of the school year and in a close relationship with the working place. The program will end with a public exhibition of the results obtained.
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