Studio Arts Program
Academic Year 2024-25
New classes and practical workshops are introduced to the Studio Arts Program every 6-weeks.
These are the classes offered for the upcoming year:
9 SEPT – 16 OCT 2024
BLOCK 1:
21 OCT – 28 NOV 2024
BLOCK 2:
13 JAN – 19 FEB 2025
BLOCK 3:
24 FEB – 2 APR 2025
BLOCK 4:
22 APR – 29 MAY 2025
BLOCK 5:
Class descriptions
PRACTICAL WORKSHOPS (optional)
- Painting: Hello Painting (Michael Lawton), Figurative painting (Alba Romera), Painting in Series (Michael Lawton), Narrative painting (Alba Romera) and What not to paint (Michael Lawton)
- Drawing: Life Drawing (Alba Romera), Big Abstract drawings (Michael Lawton), Life Drawing (Alba Romera), Drawing with fabric (Irina Russell) and a third session of Life Drawing (Alba Romera)
- 3D: Working with Clay (Oriol Texidor), Moulds & Casting Techniques (Oriol Texidor), Constructing with wood (Oriol Texidor), Metal Work (Oriol Texidor) and Land Art (Oriol Texidor)
- Digital: Digital photography (Marc Larre), Video Editing (Agustin Ortiz Herrera), Stop Motion (Marc Larre), Video (Agustin Ortiz Herrera) and Photography Assignment (Arash Fayez)
- Extra Techniques: Printmaking (Oriol Texidor), Writing (Michael Lawton), Hybrid Approaches (Agnes Essonti), Sound (Laura Llaneli) and Screen Printing (Oriol Texidor)
YEAR 1
- Art History remixed: This is Gabriel Vigilio Luciani’s idea of an Art History remixed, a decolonized, feminist, queer “Art History”
YEARS 2-3
- WRKSHP: Artist’s Book (Anna Pahissa), Performance (Laura Llaneli), Lo-Fi Video Editing (Agustin Ortiz Herrera), Map Making (Arash Fayez) and Four paintings & a Virginal (Michael Lawton)
- Critical Theory: The use of semiotics for understanding visual art (Rubén Verdú), Queer Theory (Helen Torres), Decolonial Theory (Lucia Piedra), Donna Harraway (Helen Torres) and Optopia (Rubén Verdú)
- Artist’s Lab: The Art Ecosystem (Cory John Scozzari), Studio Visits (Laura Llaneli), Career & Presentation (Laura Llaneli), Make MACBA yours (Laura Llaneli) and Collaborative Practices (Angela Palacios)
- Theory / Seminar: Walking as an Aesthetic Practice (Helen Torres), Planetary Poetics (Dennis Dizon), Kinship in Feminist Science Fiction (Helen Torres), The politics of listening (Carolina Jimenez) and Mushrooms as Companion Species (Helen Torres)
Obligatory ECTS credits per year
Typically, students planning to pursue further education in Studio Arts need to earn ECTS credits to validate their courses.
The following tables demonstrate the annual ECTS credit requirements for the Metàfora Studio Arts Program.
* Metàfora is an independent institution and does not hold university accreditation. However, we enable credit convalidation by other institutions by aligning our credits with the ECTS (European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System). 1 ECTS credit is equivalent to 25 hours of combined classroom hours and homework.
