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Maxine Leu has teaching experience in art classes, workshops, professional printmaking and sculpture studios, with 5 ages up, primary students, teen interns, college students (non-major and major in art), adults, artists, patients, and continuing education since 2015. Including at Unison Arts, The State University of New York at Purchase, The State University of New York at New Paltz, Mount Saint Mary College, The D.R.A.W. Kingston, The Cornell Creative Arts Center, The Mid-Hudson Chinese Language Center, The Creative Center at University Settlement, and Tainan Municipal Dagang Elementary School.
Q: What art classes do you teach in educational institutions?
A: I teach intro studio art and art foundation courses. Intro studio is to give the non-art major students an introduction to a variety of art-making and basic drawing. Foundation art courses are mainly designed for the first-year art students to lay the practical skills to move forward into advanced courses. Students are introduced to 2D, 3D art, installation art, public art, and environmental art through skills in design drawing, woodworking, metal fabrication, clay sculpting, casting and mold making, laser cutting, 3D printing, photo documenting, and video editing.
(* CV and student work examples, lessons plan and teaching philosophy available upon request.)
Q: Do you also teach art classes or workshops for community?
A: Yes, I enjoy working with non-profit organizations, art centers, and education programs. I love to make my mission to understand the people's needs and then design attentive, friendly, and specific techniques-focused workshops for the community. I have been promoting workshops, 4-6 section long in-person classes and online classes. You can find my current workshops at "Event Sign-Up." Contact for a cooperation>>
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Painting and Drawing: still life, portrait & human anatomy, landscape, life drawing, and Chinese brush painting. Focusing on dry and wet mediums in pencil, charcoal, pastel, ink, watercolor, acrylic, and oil paint.
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Sculpture: figure modeling, clay sculpting, blocks carving, casting and mold making.
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Printmaking: Relief, Intaglio, Lithographic, and Silkscreen.
