A wide shot of a ceramics studio, featuring students working with pottery wheels and other tools.
A headshot of Continuing Studies instructor Jenny Halpern.

Jenny Halpern

Continuing Studies Instructor

Bio

Jenny Halpern (she/her) is an artist living and working in Chicago. She graduated with an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2023.

Personal Statement

In my painting practice, I delve into the liminal spaces of existence, where bodily fluids, domesticity, and the reference of the site of the body become significant elements. This is where the borderline between reality and imagination dissolves, and my work reflects holding, daydreaming, and tangling moments from a linear sense of time.

Exhibitions

Art Institute of Chicago, JULIUS CAESAR, Color Club, Hyde Park Art Center, Woman Made Gallery, CNL Projects, Stasia's Gallery, Yes Project Space

Courses

Title Department Catalog Term

Description

Learn the skills you need to format layout projects in InDesign. Explore the principal elements of the software including paragraph and character styles, object styles, layers, and master pages, as well as how to import graphics. Develop strategies for solving design problems, a design vocabulary, and an understanding of the key role InDesign can play in creating professional work. Students should have basic computer skills before signing up for this course, experience with Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop is recommended.

Class Number

1061

Credits

1

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

1884

Credits

3