Academy of the South Side

This Idea did not make it to the Top 20. However, it was awarded a Sprout Fund Seed Award.

Idea Overview

Start a painters' resource in Pittsburgh by teaching classes, holding workshops, and importing cutting edge artists from other regions to give demonstrations and improve arts education.

Idea Round Up Concept Sheet

Who worked on idea?

Dan Vogel, Tim Meehan, Shervin Iranshahr

What is the idea?

To start a painters' resource in Pgh by teaching classes, holding workshops, and importing cutting edge artists from other regions to give demonstrations and improve arts education

How would idea work?

• Start by giving painting classes for portraiture, figures, and utility drawing
• Import Sean Cheetham from LA and hold open model sessions and demonstrations to introduce program and for PR
• Teach palette systems, brush techniques, drawing methods, rendering practices, etc

Pluses:

• Help high school students prepare portfolios to enter prestigious art schools
• College students can take as supplemental education and eventually gain credit
• Young adults and hobbyists can take classes ala carte or as a comprehensive tract

Concerns:

• Sufficient interest and funding
• Accreditation issues
• Spreading to different disciplines

Community opportunities:

Mostly ages 16-35, but will create a larger awareness of Pgh as an arts education hotbed