Fall 2008 Teaching Update:

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New! (As of 7/16/08):

At Otis College of Art, I will be teaching Life Drawing in their Foundation Department on Mondays, in Fall 2008.

New! (As of 5/2/08)

At Otis College of Art, I will be training to teach Life Drawing in their Foundation Department on Tuesdays, in Fall 2008.

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Note: I will NOT be teaching Life Drawing at Irvine Valley College in Fall 2008 due to a scheduling conflict. However the class will still be running and I hope to return to IVC in future semesters, as I tremendously enjoy teaching there.

From 8/25/2008 - 12/24/2008:
ART 85 - LIFE DRAWING I
MW 1:00 PM - 3:50 PM

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I will be teaching at the Brentwood Art Center in Fall 2008 - following are the class schedules. For more information, contact Brentwood Art Center or email me.

WEDNESDAYS
All Levels Painting Workshop (continuing month-to-month)

7-10pm, 9/17-12/17

FRIDAYS
Intro to Art-Making (short introductory courses on drawing and painting) - (4 weeks each)

2-5pm, 9/19 - 12/12

SATURDAYS
Beg/Int Figure Drawing (continuing month-to-month)

10am - 1pm, 9/20-12/20 - closed 11/29 for Thanksgiving Weekend

Beg/Int Figure Drawing (continuing month-to-month)

2-5pm, 9/20-12/20 -  closed 11/29 for Thanksgiving Weekend

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***Summer 2008 Teaching Update:

I will be teaching Life Drawing at Irvine Valley College. Register now to reserve a spot!

From 7/7/2008 - 8/15/2008:
ART 85 - LIFE DRAWING I
MTWTh 9:00AM - 12:55

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***COURSES ABOVE THIS POINT ARE CURRENT / FUTURE.

***COURSES BELOW THIS POINT ARE CLOSED / PAST:

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Other News:

July 2008: My article discussing the Open Figure Drawing Workshops that I run appeared in ImagineFX magazine. Check out the article here!

May 2008: At the end of this month, I will have been back in Los Angeles for one year. Woo!

May 2007: Moved back to Los Angeles, California to start teaching.

May 2007: Invited to exhibit digital paintings in the show “Sumus Vicinae”, an invitational group show of international artists to be held in Paris, France.

April 2006: Invited to write 2 cover related articles for ImagineFX magazine, leading digital arts publication.

March 2006: Invited to write cover related article for ImagineFX magazine, leading digital arts publication.

March 2006: Invited to join the BETA testing team for the popular digital sculpting software, ZBrush 3.0.

December 2006: MFA Thesis Show, Palimpsest, my exhibition of large format figurative digital paintings, ran in the George Mason University Fine Arts Building Fine Arts Gallery from Dec. 12 – Dec. 19. Please see www.rebeccakimmel.com for images and pictures from the show.

November 2006: Animations featured and published in the book, Live Movies: A Field Guide to New Media For The Performing Arts. Malone, Kirby and Gail Scott White, eds. Fairfax: Multimedia Performance Studio Press, 2006.

October 2006: Launched www.foundationalarts.com, a joint personal website / forum dedicated to the foundations of figurative art with friend Joel Carlo.

October 2006: Featured in ImagineFX Magazine’s “Artist Insight” section.

October 2006: Granted permission to write 2 articles about the Anatomy Forum for IT’S ART MAGAZINE for its upcoming edition.

August 2006: Interviewed for IT’S ART MAGAZINE for its upcoming edition.

August 2006: Mentioned in ImagineFX Magazine in article about Anatomy for Beginning Artists. The work I do for the Open Figure Drawing Workshops on the Anatomy Forum was mentioned by the article writer, who developed his digital art style through my free online Workshops.

July 2006: Featured in IT'S ART MAGAZINE #0005 - One Year Anniversary Edition
Work and bio presented in new online (French and English) magazine.

May 2006: Pixologic ZBrush (maker of digital sculpting software) agreed to sponsor one free student for my CGWorkshop.

May 2006: Featured on the website CGBrainchild
Work featured on new website dedicated to computer graphics and visual art.

December 2005: Received BOXX Sponsorship
For projects relating to the Anatomy Forum, I received as part of a BOXX Sponsorship a free BOXX Workstation at a value of over $3,000.

December 2005: My article on drawing, “Drawing Lessons: Opposing Curves (Nudity)” was published online by the CGSociety. It has enjoyed immense popularity and has been referenced on numerous international websites.