UCLA Extension: Understanding Color Harmonies Through Italy's Art & Architecture

UCLA Extension presents...

Understanding Color Harmonies Through Italy's Art and Architecture

Friday March 2, 7 PM - 9 PM
Saturday March 3, 10 AM - 5 PM
Sunday March 4, 10 AM -5 PM

Class Description

Artist and architectural colorist Betty Merken will guide you through a weekend workshop on color principles and harmonies based on her recent NIAUSI Fellowship to Italy, where she researched and documented the colors of the art and the architecture of over a dozen central Italian hill towns and coastal villages of the Italian Riviera. Using a multifaceted approach, Betty will teach you how to develop award-winning color harmonies that lend beauty and meaning to the built environment. Using examples from her recent 2-month Fellowship in Italy, Betty will discuss her step-by-step techniques for successful on-site color studies and methods for keeping a color journal filled with on-site color swatches and notations. She will also teach you how to develop your site studies into remarkably effective palettes for architecture and interior architecture.

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Instructor Bio

Betty Merken is an award winning artist, architectural colorist and educator who specializes in teaching design professionals to better understand and utilize the dynamics of color design. She has taught seminars and courses on Color and the Built Environment through the Architecture and Interior Design Department at UCLA Extension for several years, and she teaches color seminars and workshops in house to architectural firms nationally and through AIA Seattle, where she currently lives. Betty has recently completed two Fellowships in Italy, in which she researched and documented the colors of the art and the architecture of central Italian hill towns and Italian coastal villages. She is currently working on a book on Color and the Built Environment, and she leads art and architectural workshops to Italy with Seattle-based architect Betty Torrell, AIA. Learn more about their workshops on followusthroughtuscia.wordpress.com.

Please feel free to visit Betty Merken's website: bettymerkenstudios.com.

Last Updated: January 18, 2012