The Center for Arts & Crafts

studentaffairs.psu.edu/hub/craftcenter

SPRING 2020 Schedule of

CREATE AT HOME - Vol. 2

SERVING PENN STATE STUDENTS, STAFF AND FACULTY

An outreach program of the Penn State Student Activities, Student Engagement Programs

University Park Campus

The Center for

Arts & Crafts

Juice, oil painting by Jesse McCreery

Drawing and Painting BFA and Art Education major at Penn State

CONTENTS

General Info- page 1

History- page 2

Stay Home Workshops- page 3

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GENERAL INFO

The Center for Arts and Crafts

Student Activities

Student Aairs

003 Ritenour Building

The Pennsylvania State University

Center Phone: (814) 863-0611

Registration Information: (814) 865-9278

Stephanie Gush, program manager

[email protected], (814) 863-0611

Mandi Gatto, administrative support assistant

[email protected], (814) 863-0611

Cover photo:

Juice, oil painting by Jesse McCreery

Classes are subsidized for Penn State students by your Student Initiated Fee and are oered

at reduced fees to those with a valid and current Penn State Student ID!

Class fees for Penn

State students may vary from semester to semester depending upon allocated funds.

•Classes and workshops are instructed by Penn State art and art education majors and local

professional artists.

•Classes and workshops are non-credit and held in the Ritenour Building or HUB-Robeson

Center. Adult classes are designed for Penn State college aged students and older, as well

as Penn State Faculty and Sta.

•Students may be responsible for purchasing some of their own materials. Some

materials will be provided. Thanks for keeping class fees low!

•The Center for Arts & Crafts (CFAC) program is a Penn State Student Activities program

operated by Penn State students; serving students and the Penn State community seven

days a week!

•Check out Creative Crafts! On Friday nights during the fall and spring semester you can

create a dierent craft each week! The program is held on the ground oor of the HUB-

Robeson Center from 8:00 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. A valid Penn State Student ID is required to

participate.

This publication is available in alternative media on request. Penn State is an equal opportunity, armative action em-

ployer, and is committed to providing employment opportunities to all qualied applicants without regard to race, color,

religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

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HISTORY

The Center for Arts and Crafts (CFAC) has a long history of providing an artistic outlet for

Penn State students, sta and faculty. It all began in the 1970s and was located on the third

oor of the Hetzel Union Building (HUB). Approximately 40 years later, the Center for

Arts and Crafts is now located in the lower level of the Ritenour Building and the Ceramics

Studio is located in the lower level of the HUB-Robeson Center.

At the Center for Arts and Crafts, learn new artistic skills or improve current skill levels;

design, create and appreciate arts, crafts and performance arts; and develop creative

thinking, creative expression, and problem solving. The CFAC provides a wide variety of

creative opportunities and oers relaxation and enjoyment through classes, workshops,

community outreach events and exhibits.

Arcimboldo Collage

Step 3: Cut out images of fruits, vegetables,

owers, and objects from a magazine.

Step 4: Arrange the images to ll in the neck

and body. Glue images in place. If you want,

you can paint the background of the face.

Step 5: Arrange the images to create your

eyes, nose, mouth, cheeks and hair.

Glue images in place.

Arcimboldo Collage

Giuseppe Arcimboldo (1526–1593)

was an Italian Mannerist painter

born in the northern Italian city of

Milan. He painted compositions of

vegetables, fruits, animals and other

objects and arranged them to

resemble human portraits.

Take a closer look; what do you see?

Be inspired by Arcimboldo as you

create your own portrait! Search for

more of his paintings online.

Materials needed:

• large piece of white paper

• glue stick or glue

• scissors

• magazines to cut up

• pencil

• paint brush

• dark paint (navy or black)

Step 1: Start by drawing an outline of

a head, neck, and shoulders on a large

piece of paper. Sketch lightly where your

eyes, nose, mouth, ears, will be.

Step 2: Paint background with dark paint.

Vertumnus, (1591)

CREATIVITY AT HOME

Join us for volume 2 of Create At Home! Learn about a few famous artists,

styles and various techniques for inspiration to create art at home! Because we

cannot all get together to share in art and creativity in person, here are activities

we designed keeping in mind those art materials you may already have on hand

or items you may be recycling. Go ahead and substitute any supplies based on

what you have. We are excited to see what you create so share your artwork

with us by emailing it to [email protected]. Let us know if you have any

questions.

Matisse Paper Sculpture

Henri Matisse (1869-1954) was a French

artist known for his use of bold color. He

was a painter, sculptor, and printmaker. He

is known for the Fauvism movement which

prioritizes color over realistic values.

In his later years, he moved to paper cut out

collages.

Create a vase sculpture inspired by his paper

cut out art!

Materials needed:

• colored paper (3-4 colors)

• scissors

• pencil

• balloon

• mod podge (or watered down white

glue)

• paint brush

• cup

Step 1: Draw a series of organic leaf

type shapes approximately 6” to 8” long,

and 3” to 4” wide in dierent colors.

Step 2: Cut out shapes. Make 3-4 leaves in each color.

Step 3: Blow up a balloon, put tied end

in the cup to hold it in place and coat

the balloon in mod podge or glue.

Step 4: Layer your cut outs over the

balloon and put a coat of glue or mod

podge over each cut out.

Step 5: Let dry overnight.

Step 6: Pop balloon. You may have to

peel some of the ends of your cut out

up so it does not collapse with the

balloon.

Picasso Portraits

Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) was a Spanish

artist known for his paintings, sculptures,

and printmaking and for pioneering the

Cubism movement. Cubism focuses on

simplifying more complex gures down

to their geometric forms.

Make a Picasso-inspired project that

you can do with whomever you

happened to be quarantined!

Materials needed:

• Paper

• Crayons/markers/pastels

• Scissors

Step 1: Draw a simple face outline on

a piece of 8.5” x 11” paper.

Step 2: Cut out small rectangles from other

paper. ey can be cut from dierent colors

if desired.

Step 3: Draw a facial feature on each piece:

two eyes, a nose, and mouth. ese can be

abstract or more realistic.

Step 4: Arrange them on your face to create

a fun, abstract portrait.

Try this activity with family/friends, by

having each person make a face, along with

the pieces, then trade them amongst each

other to create the craziest face!

La Gerbe, (1953)

Femme au Beret et

a la Robe Quadrillee, (1937)

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Cardboard Relief Flower Vase

Have leftover cardboard from packages being

sent to your house? Repurpose them to create

some fabulous art work!

Materials needed:

• cardboard pieces- 1 large at roughly

11” x 14” or bigger for background,

plus pieces for vase and ower shapes

• Scissors or box cutter

• Paint

• Paint brushes

• Glue

• Pencil

• Paper for templates

• Hole Punch

• Ribbon or cord for hanging

Step 1: Paint the 11” x 14” background any solid

color. The cardboard will bow slightly as it is

painted but it will atten as it dries. Place a book

on it after it is dry if it still needs to atten more.

It is recommended to mix in a bit of white with

your colors so it can act as a primer.

Step 2: Templates: Fold the paper in half to cut a

symmetrical shape for your vase and owers. Draw

half a vase, roughly 5” tall and cut out while still

folded to use as a template. Cut out ower shapes to

trace for a few raised owers. Use these templates to

trace and cut out the vase and owers on a piece of

scrap cardboard.

Step 3: Paint a base coat on the vase and add

designs as desired. Place your vase on the

background for placement and paint some

owers on the background. The owers can be

very simple shapes. Add in stems and leaves after

owers are painted.

Cardboard Relief Flower Vase

Step 4: Paint your cardboard cut out owers. These

can be at colors or you can mix in a bit of white

to add highlights and dimension. Once petal colors

are dry, paint the center using a series of dots to

give it texture- use orange on the bottom side for

shading.

Step 5: Once dry, glue the vase and cardboard

owers on top of the existing background owers.

Step 6: For textured leaves, cut cardboard into leaf

shapes and peel the top layer of paper o so the

corrugation shows.

Step 7: Punch holes at the top of the background

piece and string ribbon or cord through to hang.

Canvas Tape Painting

Be amazed by what you can make with paint

and tape! This painting creates geometric shapes

and uses negative space!

Materials needed:

• Paints- at least 3 dierent colors

• Paintbrush

• Canvas

• Painters or masking tape

• Cup for water

• Paper Towel

Step 1: Place tape lines on your canvas, going

in all dierent directions (if your tape is wide,

cut it in half, lengthwise for thinner strips).

Step 2: Now that your canvas is divided into

sections, paint each section a dierent color,

making sure to spread your colors out.

Step 3: Let dry for 15-20 minutes.

Step 4: Slowly peel the tape up o the canvas.

Step 5: If any paint got under the tape, you can go

over this with white paint to straighten up lines.