Dates: Saturday, March 6th and 13th, 12-1:30pm EST on Zoom

This two-part course will introduce students to transitory and print-media based approaches to street art. We will begin with a survey of printmaking-based ephemeral street art and public art campaigns and then discuss specific techniques and ethics regarding expression through street art. With this new knowledge as inspiration, the class will go out into their own neighborhoods to look at and photograph street art. In the second class, students will be encouraged to share with the class what they found – and will also learn how to make wheat paste.

Supplies:

Camera (phone camera is fine)

Wheat Paste Materials:

Water

Flour (1/2 cup)

flat paint brush 1” to 3” (any inexpensive flat brush will do)

Bucket/mixing bowl

NO SUPPLIES WILL BE PROVIDED WITH PURCHASE – Equipment and materials to be provided by the student.

Instructor Bio: Tressa Jones is an artist and printmaker currently based in Pittsburgh, PA. She received her BS in Exercise Science from the University of Massachusetts, completed Post-Baccalaureate studies in Printmaking at New Mexico Highlands University, and earned an MFA in Studio Art from the University of Montana. She is currently an Adjunct Professor of Design at LaRoche University, manages the Printmaking Studios at the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts & Media, and is raising an awesome toddler.