The Course

The Free Columbia Art Course Schedule 2011-2012

 

Overview

 

            The Free Columbia Art Course will take place throughout next year at Bright Wing Studio in Harlemville, NY and at the Columbia House in Philmont, NY.

            Blocks of time will be dedicated to certain themes and directions.  Classes taking place from 9:30am to 12:30pm on Tuesday through Friday will make up most of these blocks. Besides this there will be regular ongoing morning and afternoon courses each week which are listed below. During the year there will be evening courses on all Tuesdays and Thursdays at 7:30pm.There will be one Saturday class on Social Threefolding and 4 Saturday classes on Goethean Color Observation.

 

           

Tuesday through Friday Blocks 9:30 – 12:30

 

September 27 – October 20                 

General Color Course - Laura Summer                                  

                                                                           October 21 Field Trip

October 25 – 28                                           

1 week intensive with the students from the                                                                  

Christian Community  Seminary

(Weekly schedule will be different).

 

November 1 – 18                                           

Imagination                                                  

Nathaniel Williams (group 1)

Laura Summer (group 2)

 

                                                                           November 21 – 25 Thanksgiving Break

November 29 – December 15            

Imagination

Nathaniel Williams (group 2)

Laura Summer (group 1)

 

                                                                           December 16 Field Trip

                                                                           December 19 – January 6 Christmas Break

January 10 – February 17                           

Color Perspective - Nathaniel Williams

                                                                           February 10 Field Trip

                                                                           February 20 – 24 February Break

February 28 – March 16                                

Image Colors -  Laura Summer

 

March 19 – April 6                                    

Project

                                                                           April 9 – 13 Easter Break

April 17 – May 4                                             

Luster Colors – Laura Summer

                                                                           April 20 – Field Trip

May 8 – May 24                                           

Landscape – Laura Summer

                                                                           May 25  Field Trip

May 28-June 1                                                

Prepare for Exhibit

June 3                                                            

Graduation

 

 

 

Weekly Classes – Daytime

Tuesday and Thursday 8:30-9:15 morning study 

Tuesday afternoon 1:30-2:30 dark and light drawing – Laura Summer

Wednesday morning 8:30 eurythmy (starting November 2) – Karin Derremeaux

Wednesday afternoon 1:30 – 4 puppetry – Nathaniel Williams

Thursday afternoon 1:30 – 2:30 (after February) – student presentations

Friday 1:30 – 3:30 (through March 16) Color moods – Ella Manor Lapointe

Friday 3:30 – 4:30 (through March 16)cleaning

 

Friday 1:30-2:30 (after March 16) student presentations

Friday  2:30 – 5:30 (after March 16)  cleaning and work party

 

Weekly Classes – Tuesday and Thursday Evening 7:30 pm – 9pm

On Tuesday evenings we will study Aesthetic Philosophy with Nathaniel Williams except on the following dates, on these evenings guests will offer talks or facilitate conversations:

 

October 18  Fern Sloan and Ted Pugh "Today man is so estranged from his earth citizenship he no longer understands how to handle his soul spiritual being in relation to his body." Rudolf Steiner-Arts and Their Mission. Ted Pugh and Fern Sloan will discuss their 30 years of research into and application of this work.

            November 29 Craig Holdrege “Franz Marc: A Painter in Search of the Being of Animals”

            January 17 Steve Talbott “Introducing Owen Barfield” ( if you are not a full time student and would like to attend please contact Nathaniel)                                                                                                          

               February 14  Doug Sloan “Fundamentalism and Imagination”

            April 17 Michael Howard "Art and Spiritual Research"

            May 15 Patrick Stolfo “The Representative of Humanity by Rudolf Steiner”

On Thursday evenings throughout the year we will study “Theosophy” by Rudolf Steiner

Field Trips:

            October 21, December 16, February 10, April 20, May 25

Saturday Class: – Social Threefolding – Sarah Hearn

9am to 1pm on November 5   

Monday Class: Goethean scientific explorations of light, darkness and color.

Henrike Holdrege - 2 to 5:30pm on Nov 14, Nov 28, Dec 5, Dec 12 at The Nature Institute

 

 

                       

 Free Columbia Weekly Schedule

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
	8:30-9:15 Study	8:30-9:15 Eurythmy (starting Nov.2)	8:30-9:15 Study	8:30-9:15 Weekly Meeting
	9:30 – 12:30 Painting	9:30 – 12:30 Painting	9:30 – 12:30 Painting   11:30-1 (2nd week each month only). Dreaming Free Columbia	9:30 – 12:30 Painting
See below	1:30 – 2:30 Light and Dark Drawing	1:30- 4 Puppet Work	1:30-2:30  Student Presentations (beginning in March)	1:30-3:30 Color Moods(until March16) After March 16- Student Presentations 1:30-2:30
5:00 Potluck Supper and Singing				3:30 Cleaning Studio 2:30-5:30 after March 16 Cleaning and Work-Party
7:30 Thinking OutWord	7:30-9 Evening Courses		7:30-9 Theosophy

 

         Saturday 9am – 1pm   November 5, Social Threefolding with Sarah Hearn

         Mondays 2-5:30pm November 14, 28, December 5, 12 Goethean Scientific Explorations of Light, Darkness and Color with Henrike Holdrege at the Nature Institute.