ONLINE: Art & Life During COVID

This ONLINE 6 week course is experimental. Its nature is not instructional, but rather inspired by our individual approaches. We will look into our artmaking during pandemic times: what does it mean to us, what is it giving us and what do we give to it right now?  We will explore where we individually “come from” and where we want to “go to”, creating room to contemplate on memory-work and artist legacies. 

During class immediate sketching, doodling and writing, painting or collage is encouraged. It can include portraying each other, views out of our windows, interior views as well as sketching during a movie (screened online).

There will be a focus on community building, creating a relaxed, supportive atmosphere and playfulness. At the end of each class, we will look at our works in an informal and supportive atmosphere. 

Life during COVID might reflect in the outcomes as it does in the concept of the course.

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Summer 2021: 6 wks: Tuition: $275.00

TSA will deliver this course using ZOOM. Prior to the course session, you will receive an invitation for the session(s) via email. You'll need a laptop, desktop or tablet, internet connection with good bandwidth and headset (either wired or wireless). We recommend that you set up a free ZOOM account and be familiar with ZOOM prior to the class beginning.  Here is a link to help you get started: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/categories/200101697

Notes: Iris Häussler is known internationally for her unsettling, immersive narrative installations that she creates for her fictitious characters and sets in place in collaboration with museums, art institutions and galleries. Her wax-works and her ongoing practice of sketching define her more intimate studio practice. Iris Häussler studied at the Academy of fine Arts in Munich, Germany, and has lived and worked in Toronto since 2001. The artist has received awards and grants including the Karl-Hofer Prize (Berlin), the Kunstfonds Fellowship (Bonn), the Toronto Arts Council, the Ontario Arts Council and the Canada Council for the Arts.  She is represented by Daniel Faria Gallery, Toronto.