ONLINE COURSES
Art, philosophy & politics
Art Programme (AP) online courses are designed to discuss contemporary issues as they intersect with art, film and curatorial practices. Our interest is in divining new ways of thinking and making and bringing these into the course design. The courses will cover different media, including cinema and other screen-based mediums, painting, installation and sculptural practices.
AP course designers and teachers have extensive experience in designing and delivering university level courses in art schools and university theory departments.
Antoine Vollon, Mound of Butter, 1875–85, oil on canvas, 50.2 x 61cm. National Gallery of Art, Washington DC.
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Forthcoming—Drawing
Art Programme is currently running a series on drawing.
3 online sessions, followed by 3 studio pracs held in Katie Lee’s studio in Coburg (Melbourne). Long distant participants will be able to join online.
- Contemporary and historical examples
- Artists and non-art practices (astronomy, anatomy, cartography)
- A theoretical reading each week for discussion.
The total cost is $195 for the 6 sessions or $40 for single sessions.
Please contact me if you are under financial stress, so we can negotiate an accessible rate for you.
Online Sessions (recorded)
Tuesday eves @ 6pm x 2.5 hours
1. March 19 / marking the vicissitudes of trauma
2. March 26 / anatomy, astronomy, cartography
3. April 2 / immediacy soul expression
NB: There will be a 2-week break between the online and in person sessions.
Studio Pracs in person or online for distant participants.
Tuesday eves @ 6pm x 3 hours
Dawing related conceptual questions will be the focus of the studio pracs, with time allocated for group feedback.
1. April 16
2. April 23
3. April 30
Katie will open with the question, what is it to draw from imagination or memory, rather than from a model in the studio or directly from an object in the world, an idea she is currently developing in her own writing? Also, there will be an opportunity for participants to bring their own conceptual problems to the studio.
Suggested content:
Muhammad al-Idrisi [1100–1165]
Antoine Artuad [1896–1948]
Angela Brennan
Vija Celmins
Françoise Gilot [1921–2023]
Susan Kahurangi
Lucas van Leyden [c1494–1533]
Percival Lowell [1855–1916]
Stéphane Mandelbaum [1961–1986]
Matrakçı Nasuh [1480–1564]
Shady El-Noshokaty
Jans Wellens de Cock [1490–1527]
ENDORSEMENTS
“Thank you for organising all these eye-opening and thought-provoking presentations.”
— Ellen Ferrier (Artist)
“Incursions, plants, art practices, added a depth and richness to the educational offering for Bundanon’s Siteworks (2022/23).”
— Sophie O’Brien (Curator)
“I found Contemporary Sculptural Practice really interesting and valuable hearing directly from all of the participating artists and the group discussions.”
— Isabella Loudon (Artist)
“Such a wonderful group of artists in Contemporary Sculpture. Each artist was so generous in the sharing of their practice and Jan’s expertise as a facilitator and knowledge of art theory and history, guided the conversations with great consideration, rigour, humour and openness.”
— Katie Stackhouse (Artist)
— Ellen Ferrier (Artist)
“Incursions, plants, art practices, added a depth and richness to the educational offering for Bundanon’s Siteworks (2022/23).”
— Sophie O’Brien (Curator)
“I found Contemporary Sculptural Practice really interesting and valuable hearing directly from all of the participating artists and the group discussions.”
— Isabella Loudon (Artist)
“Such a wonderful group of artists in Contemporary Sculpture. Each artist was so generous in the sharing of their practice and Jan’s expertise as a facilitator and knowledge of art theory and history, guided the conversations with great consideration, rigour, humour and openness.”
— Katie Stackhouse (Artist)
“On Painting, Philip Guston’s Studio was the highlight of my month and has enriched my own painting practice.”
— Eleanor Louise Butt (Artist)
“Just to say how much I enjoyed the sculpture course ... It was really valuable, and made me consider /reconsider many ideas and notions beyond my usual ruminations ... Great selection of artists and working methodologies.’
— Chris de Rosa (Artist)
— Eleanor Louise Butt (Artist)
“Just to say how much I enjoyed the sculpture course ... It was really valuable, and made me consider /reconsider many ideas and notions beyond my usual ruminations ... Great selection of artists and working methodologies.’
— Chris de Rosa (Artist)
PAST COURSES
Art + Political Economy Sept/Oct 2023
A 6-week online course facilitated by artist and economist, Dr Azza Zein, and art writer, Dr Jan Bryant, whose work focuses on political aesthetics.
Wk 1. Political Economy / Time and Moods
Wk 2. Enclosure and Loss / Planetary Commoning
Wk 3. Circulating Bodies, Debt and Exchange Value
Wk 4. Racial Capitalism, Colonialism and Exhaustion
Wk 5. Resistances and Porous Spaces
Wk 6. Bureaucratic Capitalism and Precarious Labour
(with guest Madeleine-Thornton Smith).
Art + Political Economy engages with the work of artists, filmmakers, writers and philosophers who respond to the political and economic conditions of modernity.
Over the 6 weeks, we will select a central quote from one or two readings as the basis for discussion. We understand that people's time is limited, so it allows for as much reading as each participant can deal with, but with a large archive of writings to take away.July–August 2023
Art+Poetry
July 2023
Art + Poetry was a five week online course run by artist and writer, Mel Deerson.
Each week focused on a different pairing of artwork and poetry, and included simple prompts for low-pressure, in-class writing exercises.
Contemporary
Sculptural Practices
April–May 2023
Art Programme ran a 6-week course on contemporary sculptural practice (considered in its expanded form to include not only objects but installations, texts, films, paintings, etc.). Guests :
- Susan Jacobs
- Dan Arps
- Nabilah Norden
- Elizabeth Presa
- Emily Floyd
- Nicholas Mangan
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February 2023
Incursions, plants, art practices
Using fiction, poetry, films, and artworks as the bases for discussion, we will investigate some theoretical concepts sparked by Bundanon’s Siteworks 2022, such as:
- humans’ relationships with plants;
- capitalism and drugs;
- colonialism and decolonising strategies;
- climate change and art;
- critique of historical earthworks;
- philosophical and political themes around life/nature/capitalism.
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Breaking in. Broaching.
Nov 2022
Breaking in. Broaching. is a spatially themed studio-prac devised for graduate (or equivalent) artists to explore ways of thinking about space via the catalysts of fiction, poetry, philosophy and music.
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Post-Conceptual Painting
August–September 2022
A discussion on contemporary painting, featured a different guest artist each week:
- Angela Brennan
- Emmanuel Rodriguez Chavez
- Fu-on Chung
- Sarah Hillary
- Julie Irving
- Clare Longely
- Helen Johnson
- Patrick Lundberg
- Mathilde Rossier
- Sam Rountree Williams
- Kate Smith
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Bodies Without Organs
August 2022
Body Without Organs was a five-part course led by Ruth Höflich with guest presentations by New York-based artist H.A Halpert, the collaborative duo, Mel Deerson & Briony Galligan, and artist/filmmaker Allison Gibbs.
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On Painting Philip Guston’s Studio
May 2022
On Painting was a collaboration between AP and The Melbourne School of Contemporary Art.
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Art Programme operates on the unceded lands of the Wurundjeri of the Kulin Alliance and acknowledges and pays respect to their Elders past and present.
We offer our ongoing support for the Victorian State Government's Treaty process and for Yarra City’s working group who is implementing the Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) for the Council.