‘Art & Design Experience’ Offers Immersive Workshops

Bryn Mawr, PA – February 26, 2020 – An immersive event for prospective students called the “Art & Design Experience” will offer hands-on workshops in all the Art & Design degree programs at Harcum College. It will be held on Saturday, April 4, from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at Harcum’s Art & Design Center, 270 S. Bryn Mawr Ave.

The event is open to anyone considering a degree program in an art or design field, who is age 16 years and up. Sessions will be taught by professional graphic artists and illustrators, fashion and interior designers, and photographers. The experience offers a chance to learn about new techniques, trends, and equipment.

Registrants can select one workshop experience from these majors: Art & Design, Fashion, Graphic Design, Interior Design, or Photography.

Art & Design: Sumi Ink Landscape Painting

Paint scenes from nature surrounding the Art & Design Center using Sumi ink (black ink painting) techniques including brush and pen, where the emphasis is placed on the beauty of each individual brush stroke.

Fashion Design & Merchandising: Shibori Workshop

Shibori is a traditional Japanese form of dyeing that revolves around different ways of binding and folding fabric to create different patterns, and is most commonly practiced with indigo dye. We will experiment with muslin, using stitching, tying and folding techniques to create a variety of markings, then will proceed to create a shibori scarf to take home.

Graphic Design: Stencils, Typography, and Button-Making

This will a series of mini-workshops using hand-cut stencils on sketchbooks, designing and making buttons and pins and experimenting with metal type and letterpress printing techniques. The stenciled sketch book will be yours to take with you.

Interior Design: Building a Terrarium

Interior Designers are always finding inspiration in nature and will host a Terrarium-Building workshop. These self-contained small scale ecosystems bring health, peace, inspiration and the joy of nature to the indoors. Attendees will create their own unique indoor container garden.

Photography: Fashion Photography Commercial Shoot

Learn specific photographic techniques for fashion photography, which demands that the clothing and/or accessories are showcased accurately while preserving the model’s special appeal/edge. You will use a five-step process: compose the subject, prepare equipment, prepare the product, adjust the camera, and edit the image.

The schedule for the Art & Design Experience is as follows:

8:30am to 9:00am - Check in (registration), light refreshments served

9:00am to 9:30am - Short Admissions Presentation

9:30am to 11:00am - Art Experience (workshop) with Program Director

9:30am to 11:00am - Parent Q and A with Admissions

11:00am to 11:30am - Instant Decision for Fall 2020 Art Majors

The fee for the Art & Design Experience is $10 and includes all the materials needed for selected projects, light refreshments, and a gift. Register is required online at harcum.edu/adexperience.