I've been approved by my work to receive funding for art courses!!

UC Berkeley, the place where I work, is giving me $790 dollars to take art classes this semester.

That's $490 for the class fees and $300 for art materials. $300! I get to have $300 worth of free art supplies! WOOHOO!

oh and uhm i'm getting an education too... Hopefully, after taking these classes, I will be a better artist.

Here are the classes:
Art Smart: Breaking into the Art World
SF 1044
Instructor: Dee Hibbert-Jones
Sat., March 20, 27, & April 3, 10 AM–4 PM
$160. Noncredit. Prerequisite: none.

In this course participants will learn how to package and present their work for exhibitions and work on applications to get art residencies and grants. The course covers the basics, from preparing a packet of materials and presenting one's resume in the best possible light, to writing a statement and applying for grants and exhibitions. Participants will be given the opportunity to show their work in class and get firsthand feedback and suggestions for marketing their work. Students will leave with contact names and numbers to kick start their careers and an understanding of the art market that suits their particular work. This course offers a range of tips and guidelines for being art smart and helps develop a community in which to see and promote your work. Bring to first class: paper, pen, and one to three slides or photos of your work.


Painting Studio: Materials, Process, and Content
OAK 2059
Instructor: Jamie Brunson
Mon., January 26–March 29, 6:45–9:45 PM
$300. Noncredit. Prerequisite: at least one painting class or some familiarity with oils or acrylics.

This course will focus on two major issues in painting: building technique and developing content. Weekly demonstrations of materials and processes will help students build a vocabulary of techniques. Through slides, illustrations, and discussion, the class will examine how other artists have used specific painterly techniques to define or support the content and imagery of their work. Topics covered will include canvas, panel, and polyester supports; color temperature; limited palettes; direct (alla prima) and indirect painting methods; glazing, scumbling, and impasto; properties of alkyd, acrylic, and traditional oil mediums; cold-wax formulas; silkscreening, stenciling, and rollers; projection, scaling, and other transfer techniques. Bring to first class: oil or acrylic paints (a minimum palette of titanium white, mars black, cadmium yellow, cadmium red medium, and ultramarine blue to start, other colors if you have them); brushes; oil painters should bring odorless mineral spirits, Liquin or Galkyd and linseed oil; acrylic painters should bring acrylic gloss or matte medium; rags, jars, disposable palette; primed canvas or panels.