MCP Class Schedule
Continuing This Month
Jila Nikpay
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Course #2009 + Poetry of Light:
An Intuitive Approach
October 1 to November 12, 2007
Mondays, 6 - 8:30 p.m. (7 sessions)
Instructor: Jila Nikpay
Fee: $238.50 MCP members, $265 non-members
Deadline to Enroll: September 24
Class Limit: 12
Location: MCP multi-purpose room and gallery
To sign-up contact Jes Schrom, Gallery and Education Coordinator, at jes@mncp.org or call her at 612.824.5500
Course Description
Lighting is a powerful tool to transform the ordinary into extraordinary and is an essential ingredient of a photographer's personal style.
This course focuses on helping students discover their own unique sensibility in seeing the world and translating it into the photographic process. Participants will explore the profound impact of light on our psyche, by looking at the relationship between the quality of light and our thoughts and emotions. Students will also learn the traditional and unusual lighting tools for creative control of the light source.
Participants will keep a visual diary of their daily observations as a way of strengthening their "intuitive vision." The class incorporates lighting demos, inspirational materials, and class critiques to help the student gain competency in using lighting tools as well as starting them on a path that will set them apart from the crowd.
Requirements
Participants are expected to bring their own camera and have a rudimentary knowledge of its controls. The camera should have manual exposure control and a light meter (an external light meter is preferred to in-camera). Digital or 35mm film cameras are acceptable.
Participants will be expected to produce their own prints for review, through a digital service bureau, MCP's Digital Lab, or through access to MCP's Darkroom. Students enrolled in this class receive a discount on Darkroom and Digital Lab fees for the duration of the class, for class related work only.
Instructor
Jila Nikpay is a filmmaker and photographer. Central to her work is the theme of identity. The characters in her staged photography and lyrical films are archetypal and her work is deeply connected to the traditions of Persian poetry and Islamic mysticism. A recipient of numerous awards from the Minnesota State Arts Board as well as the Jerome and McKnight foundations, she has exhibited at the Walker Art Center, Tehran contemporary Museum, and other venues nationally and internationally. When Nikpay is not working on films or photo projects, she teaches the expressive art of lighting as well as portraiture, and is a consultant to aspiring photographers and filmmakers through Independent Film Project (IFP). She recently published her first book of portraits and poetry as part of her Heroines Project. Her latest film, Rhythm of Tides, premiered at the Walker Art Center and Arizona Film Festival this year. Nikpay's upcoming film is titled, in waiting, for which she was awarded a 2007 Jerome Foundation Media Grant.
web links
www.jilanikpay.com
www.heroinesproject.com
+Lighting equipment generously donated by Cinequipt
www.cinequipt.com
