Have you ever thought about it? What kind of helpers do you need in the "way of learning experience" to enter dream school? Now, here comes TA, who is an experienced educator, an excellent artist, a successful designer, and has the work background of a top school and successful student cases... Don't worry about asking too much. Such a versatile helper with multiple identities will find natural light for you. Tutorial Line for Studying Abroad will contract all the knowledge points you need for studying art!
Mary A.Johnson
She is an excellent artist. A series of works created with organic materials and digital images have opened up the diversity of pure art; As a successful designer, she has held solo exhibitions in Europe, the United States and China for several consecutive years, and her works have been included in published albums around the world; She is also an experienced educator. Now she is the head of the International Preparatory Department of the Central Academy of Fine Arts. She has taught in art colleges in the United States, Shanghai, Beijing and other places. She has rich experience in tutoring and education for studying abroad, helping many students to enter dream school.
In this passionate May, Mary A. Johnson will spend four consecutive days, eight hours a day, two major themes a day, online classes, videos workshop， Unlock a variety of course forms, from the way of visual thinking, color performance, professional skills to interview strategies, to help you learn from all aspects and promote the boundaries of your art research!
Mary A.Johnson
Education background:
MFA graduated from American State University in Art and Visual Studies in 2013
BA graduated from Gordon College in 2008, majoring in pure art and oil painting
hands-on background:
2015-2016 Art Direction of Renmin University of China Affiliated Middle School
2016 present Tutor of the International Preparatory Department of the Central Academy of Fine Arts
2018 – present Director of the Studio of the International Preparatory Department of the Central Academy of Fine Arts
At present, I am teaching at the Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA), and my main job at CAFA and the high school affiliated to Renmin University is to help Chinese students apply for their first year in overseas universities or transfer to the United States, Britain, Canada and Australia. I have rich experience in helping students with interviews, personal statement writing guidance, college application strategies, and the preparation and presentation of portfolios. I also have relevant work experience in American universities and teach at the University of Buffalo. Among them, many students from CAFA and RDFZ have been admitted to art and non art majors, including: School of Visual Arts, Columbia University, George Washington University, London University of the Arts Rhode Island School of Design , Chicago Academy of Arts RMIT、 The Maryland College of Creative Arts, the University of California, Davis and Parsons School of Design have won various scholarships.
PRAT 1：Beyond visual research
Mary's whole curriculum system is a gradual process. The first lesson of the first day starts from the early design thinking. Mary has a new research on the design thinking mode. The curriculum content is designed for students of natural light, so as to cultivate their ability to conduct early research and better present their design works.
Mary A. Johnson
This class will bring us an immersive course experience, teach us how to combine observation and design skills, improve the dimension of design, mobilize everyone's observation, and achieve personalized expression in works.
Mary A. Johnson
Time&Form:
2019-5-18
9：30-11:00
Filming
11:30-13:30
Online class
PRAT 2：Un-still life
The second lesson continues to study how to improve our observation to a new level. We all know that the secret of becoming a designer lies in our way of observation.
Mary A. Johnson's Still Life Works
This "non still life" course leads us to explore the laws of still life painting in history and contemporary art, and helps us summarize the observation skills, which are also the basic skills of artists and designers.
Mary A. Johnson's Still Life Works
Mary has always been good at presenting still life in different states. Mary will also teach her own experience in this tutoring course for studying abroad, and encourage students to use new skills to create unique contemporary still life paintings, which is also an aesthetic experiment of visual interest.
Time&Form:
2019-5-18
14：30-16:00
Online class
16:30-18:00
Filming
PRAT 1：The natural world
"Nature" is a huge theme. The exploration of nature in art is endless. Nature is around us, so it also provides us with rich materials.
Mary A. Johnson
Nature based works of art can take many forms and have many uses. In this lesson, Mary helped us divide various themes related to nature among many artistic works from her own creation experience.
We will learn how to find inspiration from nature and great artists and designers to enrich our skills and creative practice.
Time&Form:
2019-5-19
9：30-11:00
Filming
11:30-13:30
Online class
PRAT 2：Color theory
Color is a vital part of design works. But can we only choose colors based on personal preferences? How to solve the uncertainty of color matching? In this tutorial class for studying abroad, Mary will lead students to understand the color theory and science of painters in the Renaissance; Discuss different color systems, such as RGB, CMYK and standard painter's color wheel, and understand how color affects mood. In addition, it also includes how to choose pigments and color matching according to the works.
It helps us to summarize a set of color theories applicable to everyone, and let us control the results we want to achieve through our understanding and knowledge of the dimensions of color and its working principles.
Time&Form:
2019-5-19
14：30-16:00
Online class
16:30-18:00
Filming
PRAT 1： Interview Skills (Undergraduate)
Mary has been engaged in art education in many universities in the United States and China Art study interview Experience; As the director of the International Preparatory Department of the Central United States, he is directly responsible for the enrollment work, and will analyze the interview skills for students from the dual perspectives of the admissions officer and professor.
Student works by Mary A. Johnson
Mary will answer the questions and give the most professional teaching guidance to the students one by one through personal statement, interview simulation and portfolio review.
Time&Form:
2019-5-23
13：30-16:00
Filming
PRAT 2：Multiplicity of Vision
What do science fiction movies such as Harry Potter and Star Wars have in common with video games? What can we learn from film and drama in the creation of works? "New Baroque Style" refers to a trend of combining cultural life with art. Mary will lead us to understand new media art. How does this style develop? How can we learn from movies, literature and music to make works full of appeal?
This class will provide more reference directions for our creation, so as to strengthen the concept behind our design works and match the most suitable design combination for us.
Time&Form:
2019-5-23
16：30-18:00
Filming
19:00-21:00
Online class
PRAT 1： Interview Skills (Graduate)
Mary explains the differences between undergraduate and graduate interviews in two parts. This class is aimed at students applying for graduate students, and still passes three parts: personal statement, interview simulation, and portfolio review.
Student works by Mary A. Johnson
Mary will summarize the key points that the interviewer will investigate for the students at the graduate stage through her own experience. Mary will also tell us how to express our strength and potential to the interviewer and the reviewer according to the different stages of the application.
Time&Form:
2019-5-24
9：30-12:30
Filming
PRAT 2：Expanded Forms and Blurred Boundaries
With the rapid development of the technology era, the boundaries between design disciplines have become blurred, and how will this affect our professional choice and practice?
Student works by Mary A. Johnson
In this lesson, Mary returned to the macro perspective to help us understand the changes in the art discipline and interdisciplinary learning methods. The wider the boundaries of art, the more practical means we can use. Mary will also help us analyze how to use modern scientific and technological achievements to participate in our art practice, so as to maintain the advancement of our design works.
Time&Form:
2019-5-24
13：30-15:00
Filming
PRAT 1：Open Workshop
In addition to the interpretation of professional knowledge, Mary also attaches great importance to the application of theory in students' own creation. Therefore, in the final stage of the course, Mary also brought a workshop course that summarized all the topics.
Students will discuss their learning experience face to face with Mary and test their learning achievements through practice. Mary will also answer questions and solve questions for everyone in the process of tutoring for studying abroad to help students really understand.
Time&Form:
2019-5-26
15:00
workshop
Beijing Campus
Do you think we only prepared this gift in May? As a warm-up for Mary A. Johnson series courses, we also brought you another online interaction! When you have finished an interaction design work, how can you present your work in the work collection? How to make interviewers and reviewers interested in your work?
Mr. Wang, who graduated from the interaction design major of Central Saint Martin, will share specific methods with you!
Miss Wang
Central Saint Martin (CSM) Master of Interaction and Graphic Design
He is good at UI/UX design, branding and cross-border application of digital media. The main topic of graduate students is the study of psychology and the reaction of visual communication to emotion. Free interaction designer, once served L'Oreal Professional; Gieves and Hawkes; L'occitane; Miss Selfridges and other international famous fashion brands; Cooperated with UCL Master of Anthropology to design a social media operation guide for Holborn Community in London. After graduation, he was employed in the City of London and engaged in digital media operation; At the same time, it is committed to cultural exchanges between China and the UK. In 2015, it planned a guest project with the excellent Chinese enterprise Shuanghu Furniture, planned and led eight outstanding European graphic designers to visit Chinese enterprises and art schools, and conducted in-depth exchanges and cooperation with domestic young designers.
Time&Form:
2019-5-14
7：00pm
Online class
This May, natural light has brought you a wealth of tutoring lines for studying abroad, and contracted all the knowledge points you need for studying art! For more information about art schools and majors you want to study abroad, please come to Natural Light for free consultation.
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