Mr. Karl Pilato is going to teach a drawing class for beginners at Taiwanese American Community Center. Various approaches to drawing including gesture drawing, contour drawing, and emphasis on tone, shape, volume, and texture will be covered. Please bring a 14 x 17 newsprint pad and conté crayon, charcoal, or soft graphite pencil to the first class. One full course consists of 10 classes. The fee for each class is $5. Those who have donated more than $250 annually will be charged $3 per class.
Karl Pilato received his MFA in painting from the Massachusetts College of Art and his BFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art. He has taught painting and drawing at both institutions.
His artwork has been exhibited in galleries across the country including a recent solo exhibition at Bryant Street Gallery in Palo Alto, CA and a group exhibition at Kathryn Markel Fine Art in New York City. His work is in the collection of the Portland Art Museum, the Joffrey Ballet, and in corporate and private collections.
After six years in Brooklyn, NY he now lives in La Jolla where his wife, Yvonne Wu, is a doctoral student at UCSD in music composition. |
