Art Studio was established by the Fine Arts Club in the spring of 2007 to provide METU NCC Students with the opportunity to express their creativity and skills, and contribute to their social development.
Art Studio allows participants to express themselves through art by using all kinds of visual materials in a workshop environment. They can develop their creativity, thinking with new and different materials to visualize their thoughts. You will be away from your anxieties, prejudices, and problems. Besides, you will have the chance to express your thoughts through colors, and with clay say, “I’m here”.
Art, for a more beautiful world....
What kinds of activities are organized at Art Studio?
- Regular studies with an instructor every week at the stated day and time.
- Various workshops with artists from different disciplines.
- Outdoor art activities during the spring term.
- Elective art courses (ART 211 Introduction to basic design in art - ART 232 Introduction to clay sculpture)
- Studio studies for staff and public.
- Art activities for children during METU NCC Summer Camp.
What is aimed by the Art Studio activities?
- To learn visual perception
- To develop creativity
- To make art understandable and shared
- To gain the ability of expressing yourself with different techniques
- To be able to see correctly and be aware of the details through art education
- To develop aesthetic awareness
- To contribute the development of self confidence while creating
- To have practical experience in art
What kinds of activities are done in Art Studio?
- Two dimensional working areas, drawing (by pencil, pastel, water colors, goaj painting, acrylic, etc.) pictures and collage.
- Relief Work (Wall relief work(bas relief))
- Three dimensional works: Solid working areas; free molding works (Clay), sculpture, ceramic
- Learning different firing and glazing techniques (raku, paper oven, biscuit firing)
- Authentic Press, Serigraphy Press, (On t-shirt, ceramic, cardboard
- Graffiti (wall painting)
- Marbling Works
- Theoretical art classes
- Films of different periods and development of art and artists
Instructor of Art Studio
SERHAT SELIŞIK
He was born in 1975 in Nicosia. He graduated from Hacettepe University faculty of Fine Arts, department of Sculpture in 2000 completed his master’s degree at the same university, faculty and department. He worked as an assistant in this department during his master’s education. He returned to Cyprus in 2004 and has been working at Eastern Mediterranean University as a part time lecturer in the departments of Archeology, History of Art, and Interior Design. He established the Art Studio at METU NCC in 2007 and he has been arranging many activities and applied art classes. He has participated in/organized numerous joint and personal exhibitions and partici
pated in museum work since 1995. He is the organizer of the annual Sand Sculpture Festival in Cyp
rus.
