HamptonArts Chicago

08/23/2017

NEW FALL COURSE:

INTRO TO PHOTOGRAPHY

SUGGESTED AGE: 4th – 8th Grade
FREQUENCY: 12 sessions / Wednesdays / 3:30pm - 4:30pm
DURATION: Starts Sept 20th / Ends Dec 13th
LOCATION: Daystar Center / 1550 S. State St.

4 OF 7 SEATS OPEN!
ENROLL now through Sept 19th
To register or to ask questions, contact Mr. Hampton at
[email protected]

Photography forever changed art making. With a single press of a button, and some knowledge of chemistry, one could capture a perfectly realistic image. Fast forward to modern day, our smart phones, digital cameras, and editing programs do a lot of work for us. That doesn’t mean that it takes any less creativity and dedication to create stunning and meaningful photographs. Artists are always pushing the limits of any and all new art forms that come their way, and so new possibilities always remain.

Intro to Photography students will be introduced to the basics, such as composition, lighting, timing, focal point, color use, black and white balance, etc. and how to apply those to an expressive and fun process of creating their own photography while expanding the their perception of what photography can be. Students will complete a portfolio of digital photographs representing the various skills and concepts learned throughout the course.

MATERIAL REQUIREMENTS:
One Digital Camera

- An iPhone or equivalent Android cellphone camera, a “point and shoot” camera, or even a fancy DSLR will work.
- Minimum of 5 mega pixels (i.e. iPhone 4 and up)
- needs to be capable of importing images to a desktop (i.e. through a usb cord or memory card)
- must be available for students' use outside of class with at least 500mb of storage.

MATERIALS INCLUDED:

- One USB drive for in and out of class use
- High quality printed images of selected student work
- Any app, online storage, or subscriptions that may be used in class

05/09/2017

A friend and fashion design student at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago contacted me, asking if any of my fashion design students would be interested in wearing some of her looks and having a photo shoot in the Chinatown Square. It was a wonderful learning opportunity and each student was able to participate either by dressing up or helping with the photo taking process.
Special thanks to Jeneane, the designer, and Xu, the photographer!!!

05/09/2017

Snow and I had the privilege of meeting with Ms. Zhu, an art education Phd student, and Ms. Shen, a Masters student, both from Capital Normal University in Beijing (the 2nd ranked teacher universities in China). They are leaders in a Chinese art education organization and were visiting the U.S. to do research on art education. Through a friend, they heard about HamptonArts and were interested in learning about our approach to art education and collaborating. We could have talked for hours.

05/09/2017

Check out our updated course sample video:

- created at http://animoto.com

02/02/2017

Good news for Chicago High School art students. Check it out:

01/26/2017

New Spring Courses Open For Registration!
See new posts on the HamptonArts Chicago page!

Join an existing course or create your own. Contact HamptonArts today at [email protected]

Learn more at @
HamptonArtsChicago.com

01/26/2017

Intro to Digital Illustration * Open For Enrollment

Suggested Age: 6th – 9th Grade
Frequency: 15 sessions / Fridays 4:35pm - 5:35pm
Starts Feb 3rd / Ends May 19th
Location: Daystar Center / 1550 S. State St.

5 of 6 seats open!

While traditional materials like paint and pencil never die, the digital age has brought extraordinary new tools and forms of expression. The course introduces digital illustration by taking students’ experiences with traditional mediums and applying them to digital creative processes, with a focus on character and environment design. Students will be using the stellar award winning iPad application, Procreate (included in tuition).

Requirements:
iPad / iOS 10.0 or later
A standard stylus*
*a pressure sensitive stylus is recommended but not absolutely necessary

To register or for questions, please contact Mr. Hampton at [email protected]

01/26/2017

Watercolor Fashion Design * Open For Enrollment

Suggested Age: 5th – 9th Grade
Frequency: 18 sessions / Weds 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Starts Feb 1st / Ends June 7th
Location: Daystar Center / 1550 S. State St.

3 of 6 seats open!

Watercolor has been the go to medium for fashion designers. It's unique expressive qualities capture the impressions, yet it's unpredictability opens doors for inspiration. For students who have some experience with watercolor and an interest in fashion design, this course will expand and apply skills to develop inspired fashion collections.

To register or for questions, please contact Mr. Hampton at [email protected]

01/07/2017

Spring Registration Now Open!

Contact HamptonArts to schedule a course!

HamptonArtsChicago.com
[email protected]

HamptonArts, focuses on developing educational experiences that extend beyond the classroom. With each course, students have access to their course page, providing reference points they can use for as long as they wish. Each consecutive course builds from the experience of the last, where students develop an awareness of their creative goals and processes.

Courses will be scheduled on a first come first serve basis!

01/07/2017

Snow Yunxue Fu (aka Mrs. Hampton) will be playing a more visible role in HamptonArts with the expansion of Portfolio Review and Studio Art Practice. Through our collaboration, HamptonArts will be advertising its Portfolio Review services to High Schools in the Chicago area!

Snow is an accomplished New Media and Experimental Animation artist who has specific training in admissions portfolio review. Learn more about her work and experience at on the Instructors page:

HamptonArtsChicago.com/instructors

01/07/2017

Intro to Watercolor 2

This course had one goal: experience through experimentation. The best way to master watercolor is to experiment and use the results in your work. Building the students repertoire, they experimented with watercolor additives, such as salt, dish soap, alcohol, and powdered laundry detergent, to name a few.
The final hurrah was using latex fixative, to create resists and depth in their work.

01/07/2017

Illustrative Character Design (ICD) & Cartoon Studio

ICD and Cartoon Studio shared similar focuses. Cartoon Studio was kind of an ICD Lite, focused more towards a younger age group. Both courses ended creating a similar final project. Their goal was to use the illustrative processes and techniques they learned throughout the semester. You can see the students using their light boards to work through the process of Sketching, Inking, and Coloring (they learned a lot more than that).