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MJ Lounsberry

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Education: BFA, 2017, School of the Art Institute of Chicago; MFA, 2023, SAIC; Exhibitions: 2023, Women on the Verge, Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago; 2021, Baby Blue Gallery, Chicago; Awards: SAIC Leon W Guggenheim Scholarship 2021-2023.

Courses

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Description

Painting Practice is an introductory painting course offering. The curriculum addresses basic skills as related to a painting studio practice. Topics and curricular goals include material, facility and technique, space and color, as well as concept. This course is a prerequisite for all Multi-level Painting, Figure Painting and Advanced Painting Studio classes.

Class Number

1844

Credits

3

Description

Students draw from the model as a means of understanding form, shape, and line using a variety of media. The course emphasizes shorter poses as training in immediate response to gesture and form. This course serves as a requirement and preparation for topic-based Figure Drawing B classes.

Class Number

1772

Credits

3

Description

Students draw from the model as a means of understanding form, shape, and line using a variety of media. The course emphasizes shorter poses as training in immediate response to gesture and form. This course serves as a requirement and preparation for topic-based Figure Drawing B classes.

Class Number

1605

Credits

3