Wednesday, Eight-week session, June 27 to August 22

Course Description: Working in the galleries and studio, focus on basic drawing elements—line, texture, shading, and composition—to learn and practice a variety of techniques while exploring different media including leads, kneaded erasers, conté crayons, and colored pencils.

Instructor: Ria Brodell

Ria Brodell is an artist based in Boston whose current body of work addresses issues of gender, sexuality and "butch" identity. Brodell attended the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and received a BFA from Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle ('02) and an MFA from the Museum School/Tufts University ('06). Brodell has had solo and group exhibitions throughout the US, including: Kopeikin Gallery, Los Angeles ('10); Judi Rotenberg, Boston ('09); Swarm Gallery, Oakland ('08); Cerasoli Gallery, Los Angeles ('08); Aqua Art, Miami ('08); DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA ('07); 808 Gallery, Boston ('06); Rhys Gallery, Boston ('06); and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston ('05). She received the Emerging Artist Award from the St. Botolph Club Foundation ('08), and her work has appeared in The Boston Globe, Beautiful Decay, New American Paintings, Art New England, Art Slant: San Francisco, Daily Serving, The Phoenix, and Boston Magazine.