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Cynthia Maris Dantzic Reconstructs the Albers Colors Course - Feb 20 - 23


Nationally recognized artist/author Cynthia Maris Dantzic, Professor of Art at Long Island University's Brooklyn Campus, was a student of Josef Albers, the founding father of modern American art at Yale University.  She has been teaching his classic color studies since the late 1950s.   Dantzic will conduct a 4-day intensive hands-on workshop at IPFW from Feb. 20-23, 2009 offered through IPFW Continuing Studies.

The course will introduce Albers'  basic interactive sequence of studies, from the simple "1=2 ", in which two samples of physically the same color appear as quite different colors, to the creation of the look of transparency with opaque colors,  the surprising after-image, and one and the same color appearing in differing contexts as vibrating with electricity or disappearing into its neighboring color.  In all, over fifteen color studies will be completed, comprising a complete semester's worth of investigation in four days.  Selected student work will be featured in Ms. Dantzic's forthcoming book.

This course will be of great value to art students, professional artists and teachers, to art historians and collectors,  graphic designers, fashion designers, illustrators, and to anyone interested in  or working with visual perception.

To register for this Continuing Studies course, go to:
https://learn.ipfw.edu/CourseStatus.awp?~~09SPER372

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