Guggenheim Museum
High School Programs at the Guggenheim

DIGITAL WORKSHOP: DRAWING WITH ILLUSTRATOR
Spring 2009

Program Description
The Guggenheim Museum's spring exhibit, The Third Mind: American Artists Contemplate Asia, 1860–1989, explores ways in which Asian art and philosophy have influenced American artists over the past 150 years. Students in the digital drawing workshop visit the galleries together and discuss ideas raised by the exhibit. They then experiment with these ideas by creating their own digital art with Adobe Illustrator CS3. Final Illustrator pieces will be graphic images, primarily employing flat-color shapes combined to create both abstract and representational illustrations. Students must apply.

 


Program Dates
Class dates: Mondays, Feb 23, Mar 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, Apr 6, 20, and 27
Class times: 4–6 pm
Final presentation: Monday, May 4, 6–8 pm

Program Cost
$100 per student includes instruction and materials.
Tuition assistance is available.

Application
Application deadline is Friday, Feb 6, 2009. Download the application.

DIGITAL WORKSHOP: PHOTOGRAPHY
Spring 2009

Program Description
Teen photographers explore the Guggenheim's exhibit The Third Mind: American Artists Contemplate Asia, 1860–1989, discussing ways in which Asian philosophies have influenced American artists working in a variety of media, including painting,  printmaking, drawing, and photography. Students then experiment with interpreting those same philosophies through their own photography, shooting digitally and adjusting their images using Adobe Photoshop CS3. Students also explore various compositional possibilities by creating digital collages in Photoshop. Students must apply.

 


Program Dates
Class dates: Tuesdays, Feb 24, Mar 3, 10, 17, 24, 31, Apr 7, 21, and 28
Class times: 4–6 pm
Final presentation: Tuesday, May 5, 6–8 pm

Program Cost
$100 per student includes instruction and materials.
Tuition assistance is available.

Application
Application deadline is Friday, Feb 6, 2009. Download the application.

DIGITAL WORKSHOP: EXPLORING ARCHITECTURE
Summer 2009

Program Description
This summer, the Guggenheim Museum will host a retrospective exhibition focusing on the work of Frank Lloyd Wright, the best-known American architect of the 20th century and designer of the Guggenheim's own landmark building. Participants in this intensive summer program investigate Wright' s architectural theories and practices with regular visits to the museum galleries. Students design their own buildings through a process of brainstorming ideas, drawing, and model-making. Every student will create a final physical model (made of foamcore) and a digital model (built with Google SketchUp, a 3-D computer modeling application). This workshop is open to incoming tenth-, eleventh-, and twelfth-grade students. Students must apply.
 

 

 


Program Dates
Class dates: Mondays–Thursdays, July 6–30 (16 sessions in total)
Class times:
10:30 am–1 pm
Final presentation: Thursday, July 30, 6–8 pm

Program Cost
$100 per student includes instruction and materials.
Tuition assistance is available.

Application
Application deadline is Friday, April 3, 2009. Download the application.

Past Programs for High School Students at the Guggenheim Museum

Participants in the Guggenheim's high school workshops conceive and produce original digital artworks. The websites listed here present student work from many of the past workshops. Click on a workshop title to see what the students have created.
 

Summer 2008
Digital Workshop:
Sounding Off

Spring 2008
Digital Workshops:
Music and Photography

Fall 2007
Digital Photography Workshop

Summer 2007
Digital Workshop:
Taking Shape

Spring 2007
Digital Photography:
Fact or Fiction

 

Spring 2006
Drawing in Space

Fall 2005
Color is the Keyboard

Spring 2005
On Site/In Situ

Fall 2004
Keith Haring:
New Wave Aztec

Fall 2003
Animating Pop

Fall 2002
More than Meets the Eye

student work Guggenheim high school programs
 

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