D2: Drawing: Hands, Head, And Faces: The Human Body, Adult

Three-Week Session: Mondays, July 9, July 16, and July 23 Course Description: Focus on hands, head, faces and the human body. Working exclusively in the galleries, be inspired by different time periods, cultures and interpretations of the human form, from Ancient times to the present. Draw from observation, improve skill, learn new drawing techniques, and develop your own drawings of the human form. Instructor: Carmella Yager Carmella Yager decided to become an artist when she was eight years old… Show more after drawing with her grandmother. She attended the Philadelphia College of Art summer program as a teen, the School of Visual Arts, New York City, and graduated from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, with a Fifth Year Award. Having earned her BFA from Tufts University, Yager has travelled on scholarship to France and had three of her oil paintings exhibited at the MFA ('80s). Her paintings are among private and public collections both in the US and Europe, and she exhibits regularly on the east coast. Yager additionally created two large murals commissioned by Mass. General Hospital ('90s), one of which is twenty-five feet long. The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, offers studio art classes and workshops taught by experienced educators who are also professional artists. Students are invited to question, explore, experiment, and solve problems as they create and interact with art. The Museum's collections provide an unparalleled opportunity to study the processes of artists past and present from a variety of cultural perspectives. Class sizes are limited to ensure that students of all levels benefit from these experiences. For more information, e-mail artclasses@mfa.org or call 617-369-3295.
Occurs every week until July 23. 10:5 am - 3:15 pm Sharf Visitor Center
Admission $180MFA members$216NonmembersCourse Ticket Required for Admission

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