Wednesdays 5:30pm-8:30pm and Saturdays 9am-1pm
The Summer Intensive Cohort begins with a goal setting orientation, in which students will reflect upon their intentions and expectations for the month. This will set a tone for what we work to achieve in our time together. Students will meet with faculty twice a week to explore subjects and topics pertaining to plasticity, composition, and color resonance, along with other areas of interest that they may wish to further engage with. Each activity and project builds upon previous discussion to facilitate retainment and synthesis of learned materials. They will also be working with a figure model periodically. During the cohort, students will have full time access to the studio facility and ongoing support from the faculty.
The cohort fellowship will provide students a unique community of like-minded individuals with a range of sensibilities, challenging them to develop abstract and critical thinking skills. Unlike conventional schooling experience, students are encouraged to be inquisitive, vulnerable, and honest in the process of risk-taking and engaging with the world.
Below is a testimony from a previous cohort artist:
“I’ve been a photographer for about twenty years now but I’ve always had an inkling that I would enjoy oil painting. Before leaving STL to pursue an MFA in photography, I took up the recommendation of a good friend and signed up for Jacob and Misa’s Summer Intensive Cohort to try my hand at putting oil on canvas. Not only did I find a new love and appreciation for charcoal and oil paint, the lessons from Misa and Jacob on composition, figure, structure, and color have really helped me gain a deeper understanding of the fundamentals of visual art in general. I’m already realizing changes in the way I view my photographic process. After years of thinking of photos in the same old way, it’s exciting thing to dabble in a new medium and see how the lessons learned can transform my ideas about something I thought I knew like the back of my hand. Who knows, maybe I should have been a painter all along?
The size and diversity of skills and backgrounds in the JPA Summer intensive cohort was nice to be a part of. Everyone was coming from different places in their creative journey, but it was great to know we all shared the common goal to learn and create. Despite it only being a month long cohort, I was sad once it ended because JPA creates such a nice sense of community within the cohorts. The curiosity and focus of the other members in my cohort was refreshing and, most importantly, everyone really wanted to be there. In my experience, I truly think this is one of the things that makes Jacob and Misa’s classes unique in comparison to academia or more formal schooling – these are not people trying to earn a grade or get a credit on a transcript… These are folks dedicated to growing their practice and seeking out the tutelage of JPA for themselves. It’s a completely different level, more akin to what one might experience pursuing an MFA, but for less money. To tack onto this, I feel you can come in as a complete novice or you can come in with years of experience just to brush up on some technique and gain some of their helpful guidance. Either way, if you take full advantage of what they offer, you will see growth as an artist.”
Wednesdays 5:30pm-8:30pm and Saturdays 9am-1pm
The Summer Intensive Cohort begins with a goal setting orientation, in which students will reflect upon their intentions and expectations for the month. This will set a tone for what we work to achieve in our time together. Students will meet with faculty twice a week to explore subjects and topics pertaining to plasticity, composition, and color resonance, along with other areas of interest that they may wish to further engage with. Each activity and project builds upon previous discussion to facilitate retainment and synthesis of learned materials. They will also be working with a figure model periodically. During the cohort, students will have full time access to the studio facility and ongoing support from the faculty.
The cohort fellowship will provide students a unique community of like-minded individuals with a range of sensibilities, challenging them to develop abstract and critical thinking skills. Unlike conventional schooling experience, students are encouraged to be inquisitive, vulnerable, and honest in the process of risk-taking and engaging with the world.
Below is a testimony from a previous cohort artist:
“I’ve been a photographer for about twenty years now but I’ve always had an inkling that I would enjoy oil painting. Before leaving STL to pursue an MFA in photography, I took up the recommendation of a good friend and signed up for Jacob and Misa’s Summer Intensive Cohort to try my hand at putting oil on canvas. Not only did I find a new love and appreciation for charcoal and oil paint, the lessons from Misa and Jacob on composition, figure, structure, and color have really helped me gain a deeper understanding of the fundamentals of visual art in general. I’m already realizing changes in the way I view my photographic process. After years of thinking of photos in the same old way, it’s exciting thing to dabble in a new medium and see how the lessons learned can transform my ideas about something I thought I knew like the back of my hand. Who knows, maybe I should have been a painter all along?
The size and diversity of skills and backgrounds in the JPA Summer intensive cohort was nice to be a part of. Everyone was coming from different places in their creative journey, but it was great to know we all shared the common goal to learn and create. Despite it only being a month long cohort, I was sad once it ended because JPA creates such a nice sense of community within the cohorts. The curiosity and focus of the other members in my cohort was refreshing and, most importantly, everyone really wanted to be there. In my experience, I truly think this is one of the things that makes Jacob and Misa’s classes unique in comparison to academia or more formal schooling – these are not people trying to earn a grade or get a credit on a transcript… These are folks dedicated to growing their practice and seeking out the tutelage of JPA for themselves. It’s a completely different level, more akin to what one might experience pursuing an MFA, but for less money. To tack onto this, I feel you can come in as a complete novice or you can come in with years of experience just to brush up on some technique and gain some of their helpful guidance. Either way, if you take full advantage of what they offer, you will see growth as an artist.”
