Name: composition and critique (may-july)
Start: 2026-05-05T15:30:00.000Z
End: 2026-07-14T17:30:00.000Z
Location: Powerhouse Arts

composition and critique (may-july)

Available Spots

6 sessions

May 5

Jul 14

11:30 am

1:30 pm

Description

Led by Nandini Chirimar, this discussion-based class will focus on composition principles and critique of both in-progress and completed work. Nandini will address how to integrate parts of an artwork into a unified whole, achieve balance of elements, and conceptualize and create cohesive series. She will guide students with their ongoing projects and answer any technical questions within her areas of expertise, which include: Japanese papers, layering, gluing, etching, drawing, watercolor, and woodblock printing. Active class discussion will be supplemented between sessions through an online Slack forum where Nandini will give consistent feedback to encourage maximum progress. Nandini will provide the class link to all registrants.

Current MGC Members will receive a 25% discount toward registration. Please contact the studio for more information.

Class will meet online 11:30am–1:30pm:
May 5, 19
June 2, 16, 30
July 14

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Instructor

Nandini Chirimar

Nandini Bagla Chirimar grew up in Jaipur, India, and studied art at the College of Art, New Delhi, Cornell University (BFA) and Maryland Institute College of Art (MFA). She learned printmaking from Arun Bose and Vijay Kumar, and spent four years in Tokyo studying Japanese woodblock printing.Nandini is a recipient of the Joan Mitchell Painters and Sculptors Grant and Wave Hill Winter Workspace Program, and has exhibited at Twelve Gates Arts, Philadelphia; Queens Museum of Art, New York; Gallery Espace, New Delhi; Ganges Gallery, Kolkata; CWAJ Print Shows, Tokyo. She works extensively with drawing, printmaking and mixed media techniques, and her work is part of many collections including the Philadelphia Museum of Art, US Department of State and RPG Group. Nandini lives in New York City, and teaches at the Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop and Manhattan Graphics Center. If MGC cancels the class we issue a full refund or studio credit.

Contact Details

Powerhouse Arts, 3rd Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, USA
718.522.1400
info@powerhousearts.org

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