Art of the Unexpected with Sharon McKeeman || May 2017

LEARNING FROM REVOLUTIONARY ARTWORK, AND EMBRACING THE UNEXPECTED TO CREATE IMAGES WITH IMPACT
With SHARON MCKEEMAN
May 1st – May 26th, 2017
Registration now open

Art shocks us, jolting us back to life. True art is unexpected. Groundbreaking art isn’t a chronicle of popularity, rather it shows us what is important. True artists aren’t just trendsetters or skilled artisans creating work geared for likes and sales, instead they awaken the world. Photographers today often struggle to go beyond the expectations of the industry. How do you allow your own work to surprise you so that it can in turn wake others and truly make an impact? The answer lies in studying the pioneering artists who have gone against the status-quo and breathed new life into the images they created.

In The Art of the Unexpected, students will learn from the rule breakers, the rebels, the ones who never thought to follow the crowd; the ones who sang a different song and the revolutionary artwork they created. Each week, this class focuses on a set of revolutionary paintings, exploring the artists who made them and the WHY and HOW behind their creation. As you study the masterpieces that broke artistic conventions and changed the world, you will learn how to think differently from the rest of the crowd, and you will practice adventurous photographic techniques based on how these experimental artworks were created, enabling you to create unexpected art that will have a lasting impact.

This class is for students who want to take the next step toward creating images that will have lasting impact in an oversaturated industry. If you feel stuck in a rut or you just want to expand your horizons – The Art of the Unexpected is for you. If you want your photographs to be meaningful and creative, then studying the artists who have created the most groundbreaking artwork in history will help you apply those same ideas and techniques to your own work. If you want the images you create to stand out from the crowd, this class will give ideas and unusual techniques for thinking outside the box in order to create powerful, creative, meaningful photos.

To read more about what you will be learning in this course, just head on over to Art of the Unexpected workshop page.