Anderson Ranch Arts Center Workshop Catalogs 2000-2009 | Page 51

teens
July 20 - 24

THE TEENS’

program is scheduled by many of the
Ranch’s artistic staff and offered at locations throughout
the campus. We feature classes in photography, painting and drawing, and music video production.

Foundations Drawing Class for
Teens 
Elizabeth Pollard Jenny   

These classes are designed for teenagers between the
ages of 13 and 19 and are structured to stimulate the creative process in a supportive enviroment for young adults.

Teens, 1:00 - 4:30 pm
Tuition: $330  Studio Fee: $50
Code: K0814  Enrollment Limit 14
CONCEPT: In this course, the fundamentals of drawing will be
presented, as well as exercises for developing good observational skills and techniques. Rather than working from photos
or other imagery, students will study and draw real objects.
One class session will focus on portraits and drawing the
human figure and face. Another session will focus on drawing animals. Lighting and composition, along with formal elements like shape, tone and line will be considered. A range of
drawing media and supports (different kinds of paper, as well
as other surfaces) will be discussed.

TEENS’ PROGRAM SKILL LEVEL:
Open to All - Subject to specific age requirements, any
skill/knowledge level.

July 6 - 9

Music Video Production 
Jointly presented with Aspen Film

Joel Lee   
Ages 12 and up, Mon. - Thurs., 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Tuition: $480  Studio Fee: $100
Code: K0610  Enrollment Limit 10

June 29 - July 3

Handmade Cameras:pinhole
photography

Benjamin Wooten   
Teens, 1:30 - 5:30 pm
Tuition: $480  Studio Fee: $125
Code: P0513  Enrollment Limit 10
CONCEPT: Pinhole cameras are made from any light-tight container that houses an aperture and some form of light-sensitive material. This simple approach to photography happens
without benefit of lenses, and requires no manner of specialized accessories. Cameras can be made from shoe boxes,
coconuts…even a human mouth! This workshop teaches the
basics of pinhole photography through a series of daily, lowtech camera-making exercises. Using handmade cameras,
students will explore an immensely accessible and flexible
alternative photographic process. By workshop’s end, participants will have gained a sense of the pinhole’s relevance
in art and science, as well as the basics of pinhole camera
design and fabrication. Students will also learn wet darkroom
techniques, making contact prints and enlarging mediumformat negatives.
MEDIA & TECHNIQUES: Students will make their own cameras.
Darkroom skills include film-negative enlargement and papernegative contact printing.
ACTIVITIES:  Each day students will build and shoot from
scratch-built, kit-based and found-object-inspired cameras.
The class will also cover negative enlargement and contact
printing of paper negatives.
FACULTY:  Benjamin Wooten received his MFA in 2007 in
woodworking and furniture design from the University of
Wisconsin, Madison. He has taught photography with the
New Orleans Kid Camera Project and was a le