Marwen | Courses & Workshops

REGISTRATION FOR SUMMER 2021 IS NOW CLOSED

Summer Term courses at Marwen are currently in session!

Courses, which run July 12 - August 6, are virtual with opportunities to meet in person for one session.

Friday workshops will meet in person. SIGN UP HERE.

Download our Community Health & Safety Summer Term 2021 guidelines HERE.

Use an assortment of materials to express, reflect, and explore your identity, including race, gender, family, and environment.

Expressions of You: Exploring Identity through Clay, Block- Printing, & Tattoo Designs

Janani Nathan

Grade: 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

Tue, Thu

11 AM - 12:30 PM

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Students will explore STEAM-based processes combined with traditional art mediums, including digital drawing and painting, 3D printing, design, and animation.

Marwen’s Digital Makerspace: DIY Processes/Mixed Media

Allen Moore

Grade: 8, 9, 11, 10, 12

Tue, Thu

2 PM - 3:30 PM

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Summer 2021 Course Highlight

Come together with local gardens to dig up skills in photography, collaging, and gardening while strengthening your relationship to land and food.

Rooted in Photography: Collaging and Gardening (Marwen x Chicago Parks District)

Jose Chicle Corcoles

Grade: 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

Mon, Wed

2 PM - 3:30 PM

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In this sci-fi and fantasy inspired class, artists will design characters and build worlds. Our collaborative stories and personal characters will grow into drawings, sculptures, prints, and eventually a 3-D diorama.

Sci-fi and Fantasy: Character Design and World Building from Two Dimensions to Three Dimensions

Jasper Goodrich

Grade: 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

Tue, Thu

11 AM - 12:30 PM

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Explore the basics of visual storytelling, and experiment with wild and adventurous media, techniques, and genres to create our own comics and tell our own stories.

Dreaming Beyond the Box: Experimental Comics & Storytelling

River Kerstetter

Grade: 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

Mon, Wed

2 PM - 3:30 PM

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We’ll create our own personal posters to make up a personal gallery using a mix of different traditional techniques such as drawing, painting, and collage.

Off The Wall: Poster Making for the Spaces in Our Lives

Eason Bragg

Grade: 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

Mon, Wed

11 AM - 12:30 PM

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Learn about weeds and plants native to Chicago, paper making with flowers, making natural pigments from plants, and how to harvest and make drinks using plants and herbs. Course includes 2 field trips.

Seeing Color Through Plants

Abena Motaboli

Grade: 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

Mon, Wed

11 AM - 12:30 PM

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Create art experiments using words, free write from fun prompts, and construct self-portraits of our dreams and desires. Projects include a pamphlet stitch art book, collages, and ink drawings.

Visual Writing Lab Series

Regin Igloria; Katie Chung

Grade: 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

Fri

2 PM - 3 PM

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