Down + Dirty

Ticket and Event Details

CHECK-IN
from 5 to 5:40 p.m.

Check in, grab a drink and appetizers, and receive any needed course materials or instructions before classes!

10 minute “travel time” to class or demo location

CLASSES
from 5:50 to 7:20 p.m.

Scroll down for detailed class descriptions.

  • 3D Scanning and World Building

    • Instructor: JLS Gangwisch (Assistant Professor, 4D Foundation)

  • Wheel Throwing

    • Instructor: Matt Towers (Professor, Ceramics)

  • Pencil Portraiture

    • Instructor: Jeremiah Patterson (Professor, Foundation)

  • Design

    • Instructor: Andy Wollner (Associate Professor, Visual Communication Design)

  • Exhibition tour of Pathways HAS Faculty Show

    • Led by: Dr. Carrie Cushman (Edith Dale Monson Gallery Director and Curator)

  • The Wonder of Watercolor

    • Instructor: Carol Schwartz (Assistant Professor, Illustration)

  • Painting

    • Instructor: Brandon Brownlee (Visiting Assistant Professor, Painting and Drawing)

  • Drawing with Light

    • Instructor: Ellen Carey (Associate Professor, Photography)

  • Monotype Magic

    • Instructor: Kasey Ramirez (Assistant Professor, Printmaking)

10 minute “travel time” to dinner location

DINNER
from 7:30 to 9 p.m.

We are working with the talented team of chefs with Aramark to prepare menu for a buffet dinner. Please indicate any allergy information or dietary restrictions when purchasing your ticket or contact haseinc@hartford.edu.

Patron Tickets

Please note: ONLY VIP patrons/sponsors will be registered for their first choice of classes. Otherwise, registrants will rank 1st-, 2nd-, and 3rd-choices of class and will be placed according to availability. Your class assignment will be emailed 48 hours before the event.

Messy VIP Patron Ticket - $200

  • 1 ticket ($75 FMV)

  • Priority class choice (guaranteed 1st choice of classes) *

  • Name in event program and digital screen in HAS Lobby

($125 tax-deductible)

Dirty Patron Ticket - $125

  • 1 ticket ($75 FMV)

($50 tax-deductible)

Newly Dirty Alumni Ticket - $75

  • 1 ticket ($75 FMV)

  • This ticket is intended for University of Hartford alumni who consider themselves young professionals and entrepreneurs.

(Not tax-deductible)

THANK YOU TO OUR

EVENT SPONSORS

Filthy VIP Sponsor
Cynthia and Martin Cooper

SMUDGED Sponsors
ARTfx
Jerry’s Artarama West Hartford

MUDDY Sponsors
Tom Bradley
Stephan and Francine Christiansen
Danuta and David Gordon


Additional sponsorship opportunities are available.

See below for details or contact our Board Manager
to learn more at Lusteg@hartford.edu or 860.768.5281

Sponsorship Opportunities

Filthy VIP Sponsor - $1,500
($900 tax-deductible)

  • 8 tickets ($600 FMV)

  • Priority class choice (guaranteed 1st choice of classes)*

  • Recognition in event materials; pre-event communications to attendees, event program, digital screen in HAS Lobby

  • Recognition in event promotions: social media, HASE, Inc. website (w/ hyperlink), HAS digital newsletter

Smudged Sponsor - $1,000
($700 tax-deductible)

  • 4 tickets ($300 FMV)

  • Recognition in event materials; pre-event communications to attendees, event program, digital screen in HAS Lobby

  • Recognition in event promotions: social media, HASE, Inc. website (w/ hyperlink), HAS digital newsletter

Muddy Sponsor - $500
($350 tax-deductible)

  • 2 tickets ($150 FMV)

  • Recognition in event program, digital screen in HAS Lobby

  • Recognition in event promotions: social media, HASE, Inc. website (w/ hyperlink), HAS digital newsletter

Detailed Class Descriptions

3D Scanning & WorldBuilding
with JLS Gangwisch, Assistant Professor of 4D Foundations

Place yourself in a digital world!  Attendees of this workshop will use a 3D scanner to capture a self-portrait, place that self-portrait in a digital world of their own making, and use a virtual camera to create a 2D print.  Attendees will take home their original print, digital files of their 3D-scan, and a USB drive with the open-source software used to create their digital environment.

Pencil Portraiture (Drawing)
with Jeremiah Patterson, Professor of Foundation

In this workshop participants will concentrate on the fundamentals of portraits, working with a live model to learn basic pencil drawing strategies and techniques.

Impressionistic Portraits (Painting)
with Brandon Brownlee, Visiting Assistant Professor of Painting and Drawing

In this class participants will be introduced to color theory and the use of color vibration and harmonies to create impressionistic self-portraits.

Wheel Throwing (Ceramics)
with Matt Towers, Professor of Ceramics

Find your center and learn the basics of the pottery wheel: attendees will throw and underglaze their own stoneware vessel.

Design
with Andy Wollner, Associate Professor of Visual Communication Design

Detailed class description forthcoming.

Drawing with Light (Photography)
with Ellen Carey, Associate Professor of Photography

Become the camera and create black and white photograms. Participants will explore a brief history of photography through books and photogram examples, before going into the darkroom to create their own camera-less photographs.

Exhibition Tour of Pathways Faculty Show
with Dr. Carrie Cushman, Edith Dale Monson Gallery Director & Curator

Detailed class description forthcoming.

The Wonder of Watercolor (Illustration)
with Carol Schwartz, Assistant Professor of Illustration

Paint a fall inspired collection of pumpkins, gourds and leaves as you discover some basic techniques to add to your watercolor painting skillset.

Monotype Magic (Printmaking)
with Kasey Ramirez, Assistant Professor of Printmaking

Come to the printshop and play with layering colors, marks, and textures in this improvisational printmaking process. Participants will create one-of-a-kind prints using translucent inks, stencils, additive and subtractive methods on the user-friendly Vandercook press.