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14.2.08
EDWARD BOWEN – FINE ART AND DESIGN
ARTIST CONSULTANT
THE STUDIO ANNEXE
25 SYDENHAM AVENUE
ST. ANN’S
PORT OF SPAIN
868 621 3970
868 735 3750
EMAIL: ezkb@tstt.net.tt
WEBSITE: http://www.bowenartdesign.com
FINE ART MENTORING PROGRAMME - 2008:
- This program has evolved over twenty years of teaching and mentoring local, younger, fine artists and designers. The format places direct emphasis on intended artistic goals, continuous assessment of individual project work and schedules, sustained critical dialogue, and the examination of personal processes and contextual references essential to build portfolio. For each student this process is different, requiring different emphases and concentrations of attention, in areas of skill, drawing, painting, art history, disciplined applications and investigations, as well as establishing access to contemporary information relevant to their desired artistic goals and intentions.
- The program is conducted over a period of one year; the student works out of their own studios and in direct collaboration with this established studio space; communication is at regular meetings to assess working processes and results, but also utilizing email as a continuous interface, and the internet as immediate library and multiple research platforms. A heavy emphasis is placed on the gradual improvement of the student’s drawing abilities and the sustained development of this primary area, critical to wider and more ambitious projections.
- The program bears continuous emphasis and critical reference to, a broad appreciation of local artists’ practices, careers, methodologies and portfolios, but also with continuous reference to international and global histories of artistic practice. This helps the student to “locate” individual processes and ambitions with more specific intention and resolve.
This program bears no certificate of graduation; the resulting portfolio creates the intended result and platform for further artistic engagement at a more sophisticated level of awareness and practice. This approach has been used successfully by many private students to gain access to art school educational opportunities here and abroad, as well as to significantly improve and develop the contexts of individual studio and career practices. The cost is TT$15,000 per student, not inclusive of materials.
EDWARD BOWEN