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George Liebert

Associate Professor, Adjunct

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Bio

Adjunct Associate Professor, Painting and Drawing; First Year Program; Printmedia (1987); Faculty, Continuing Studies (2006). MFA, BFA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Studied: Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. Exhibitions: Estudiotres, Chicago; Beacon Street Gallery, Chicago; others. Awards: Tiffany Foundation Grant; School of the Art Institute Faculty Enrichment Grant. Formerly: Resident Director, Ox-Bow Summer School of Art and Artists' Residency (1987-2003).

 

Courses

Title Department Catalog Term

Description

This course explores the materials and methods used in watercolor painting. Included are dry and wet paper techniques, resist processes, and experimental techniques.

Class Number

1585

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

1591

Credits

3

Description

This drawing studio serves as a broad introduction to historical and contemporary drawing practices. This course presents drawing as an organizer of thought, experience, and image.

Students will investigate a full range of drawing materials and supports. Lectures and exercises introduce various concepts of drawing, possibly including illusionistic form and space, gesture and expressive mark-making, or collage and found imagery, depending on the instructor?s emphasis.

Designed to accommodate many skill levels, students can explore various creative strategies through technical drawing exercises, material explorations, and individual projects. Structured classroom critiques will bring drawing concepts into personal student work.

Class Number

1952

Credits

3