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Unlock your artistic voice through contemporary techniques
Create Without Limits: MIFA’s Mixed Media Program
Tuesday Through Saturday : 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
MIFA's Mixed Media Full Program
MIFA's Mixed Media Program is designed to help students explore a wide range of concepts in modern and contemporary art, offering them the tools to develop their unique artistic voices.
Technical Approach:
- Investigate diverse art-making technical applications challenging form and content.
- Combine traditional and new materials for individualized exploration.
- Develop formal and technical skills in relation to personal evolution.
- Introduce contemporary materials precedents as part of the comprehensive program.
Course Objectives:
- Explore "mixed media" through a wide range of materials for new forms of expression.
- Contextualize mixed media practices within a historical context through artist studies.
- Develop visual vocabularies and awareness through studio assignments.
- Build a cohesive visual language and formulate a body of work.
- Maintain a collection of references, drawings, and notes to explore material transformation.
- Present a cohesive body of work at the course conclusion.
Full Time:
- Completed in 4 Trimesters.
- 3 days a week (6 hours/day).
- Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday, 9:30 A.M. to 12:30 P.M. and 1:00 P.M. to 4:00 P.M.
- Tuition: Trimester $2,420.00, Monthly $825.00.
- Registration Fee: $110.00.
Half Time:
- 3 days a week (3 hours a day).
- Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday/Friday, 9:30 A.M. to 12:30 P.M. OR 1:00 P.M. to 4:00 P.M.
- Tuition: Trimester $1,650.00, Monthly $605.00.
- Registration Fee: $110.00.
Open Studio Program: Explore your artistic freedom
CLASS A:
- 1 day a week (6 hours/day) or 2 half days (3 hours a day).
- Tuesday to Friday, 9:30 A.M. to 12:30 P.M. and 1:00 P.M. to 4:00 P.M.
- Tuition: Registration Fee $55.00, Monthly $550.00.
CLASS B:
- 1 day a week (3 hours/day).
- Tuesday to Saturday, 9:30 A.M. to 12:30 P.M. and 1:00 P.M. to 4:00 P.M.
- Tuition: Registration Fee $35.00, Monthly $275.00 (4 classes).
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About The Instructor
Sonia Hidalgo is an American painter and draftswoman born in Maracaibo, Venezuela. Her work explores the emotional potential of symbolism, mysticism and spiritual beliefs and other areas of artistic thought. She received her B.F.A. in Fine Arts, mention in Education from the Universidad Católica Cecilio Acosta in Venezuela. She also has a
Sonia Hidalgo is an American painter and draftswoman born in Maracaibo, Venezuela. Her work explores the emotional potential of symbolism, mysticism and spiritual beliefs and other areas of artistic thought. She received her B.F.A. in Fine Arts, mention in Education from the Universidad Católica Cecilio Acosta in Venezuela. She also has a complete education that includes studying with master painters Abdon J. Romero, Daniel Gerhartz, Daniel Graves and Morgan Weistling in addition to her learning experiences studying in her travels to the best museums and galleries in the world. She currently lives and works in Miami, USA. Since moving here over two decades ago, she has concentrated in the field of fine art instruction and pursued a career as an artist. Her teaching and work experience includes Art Florida Academy (formerly Romero Hidalgo Artists' Studios) and since March 2020 at Miami International Fine Arts MIFA as director and instructor of the MIFA Mixed Media program.