The purpose of RMCAD’s High School Art Connection is to provide high school students in the Denver metro area an opportunity to learn about the variety of college majors in art and design. With fun, creative, hands-on activities led by RMCAD faculty members and continuing education instructors, students get a chance to explore their areas of interest in art and design, build their skills and interact with other students who share their interests.
While these programs are free, registration is required. Sign up for as many sessions as you like. You will be asked to pay a small supply fee when you register to cover the cost of materials provided in the workshop. A confirmation letter reminding you of start date, time and location will be mailed to you upon registration. Please plan to arrive at least 10 minutes in advance of the start of each session. You may park in the visitor parking on the north side of the Texas Building or in the faculty/staff lot along the main drive. All materials are provided.
Information about fall workshops will be online soon. If you have questions in the meantime, please contact Eliza Matheson, Senior Regional Outreach Representative, at ematheson@rmcad.edu.
Here are some examples of past workshops offered:
Children’s Book Illustration CE208
Children’s Book Illustration CE208
Supply fee: $10
Activity led by Paul Yalowitz, Illustration faculty.
Learn about publisher expectations and how to successfully complete a professional children’s book project. Working with a manuscript, you will learn how to break up text, design children’s book characters and their environments and how to create a book dummy.
Sequential Comics Illustration CE209
Sequential Comics Illustration CE209
Supply fee: $10
Activity led by Jon Holdredge, Marvel and DC comic illustrator and Continuing Education instructor.
Using a basic story plan, students will take a character that they have developed and learn clear storytelling and compose preliminary layouts.
Life Drawing CE210
Life Drawing CE210
Supply fee: $10
Activities led by Teddy Schmedeke Lee, Foundation Studies faculty. Need to beef up your life drawing skills for your portfolio? Spend the next two hours drawing from a live model and get some practical hands-on tips in drawing the human figure.
Drawing Japanese Anime CE211
Drawing Japanese Anime CE211
Supply fee: $10
Activity led by John Varvir, RMCAD Alumni and Continuing Education instructor.
Love Japanese anime and dream of being the next great anime animator? Learn about the specific drawing styles and approaches to Japanese contemporary cartoon and animation and take your first steps toward your animation dream!
Traditional Animation CE212
Traditional Animation CE212
Supply fee: $10
Activity led by John Varvir, RMCAD Alumni and Continuing Education instructor.
Develop your basic drawing skills and learn how to draw traditional animation. Using state-of-the-art animation equipment students will be introduced to the world of animation.
3-D Computer Animation CE213
3-D Computer Animation CE213
Supply fee: $10
Activity led by Stuart Compton, Animation faculty and Continuing Education instructor.
Learn about 3-D computer animation using Maya, the most widely used 3D software in the animation industry. Using state-of-the-art 3-D workstations, students will explore model making, surfacing with color, and key-framing animation.
Game Art CE220
Game Art CE220
Supply fee: $10
Activity led by Stuart Compton, Animation faculty and Continuing Education instructor.
Love to play video games? Wonder if it is possible to make a living working in the game industry. Explore the professional techniques used by game art animators to bring 3-D modeling into interactive environments.
Art Education CE216
Art Education CE216
Supply fee: $10
Led by Sarah Shay, Art Education and Continuing Education instructor.Participating in hands-on activities, learn what it takes to be an art teacher, examine the visual language of art and how as an art teacher you can inspire young learners in their exploration of art and the creative process.
Elements & Principles of Interior Design CE215
Elements & Principles of Interior Design CE215
Supply fee: $10
Activity led by Cynthia Peacock, Interior Design faculty
Come explore the impact of COLOR in interior design! This workshop includes a short introductory lecture, a visit to the ‘light box’ to see how light affects color rendition and a hands-on exercise in which you will demonstrate the visual effects of the color wheel and color schemes in an interior space.
Graphic Design CE214
Graphic Design CE214
Supply fee: $10
Learn how graphic designers analyze and solve complex visual communication problems. Working in teams, you will brainstorm ideas and solve communication problems for products and services using the elements and principles of graphic design.
