Teaching

Why do I teach art?

Making art has opened my life to wonderful opportunities. One of them is teaching art. When I'm not in the studio (or painting outdoors), I'm spreading the good news about making art and helping educators, students, and schools integrate art with their curriculum. I think that my passion for art comes from the fact making art helps us to create/design our life. You get to come up with ideas, compositions, masterpieces, and sometimes not-so-masterpieces. Thats ok, it's just like life!

I have been teaching art making for over 12 years all across the Chicagoland area. Sometimes teaching takes me on the road to places like Columbus Junction in rural Iowa, Michigan State University, and the high desert of Abiquiu/Ghost Ranch in New Mexico. I like to teach art hands on, meaning we learn and make art at the same time. It's like when musicians come together and jam. There's lots of experimenting and opportunities to express ourselves and our ideas. I think drawing is very important, so there's lots of drawing in my classes. I teach by example, so let's make art!

-Guillermo Delgado

Class Schedule

December, 2004 - January, 2005

Winter Art Classes in Chicago by Guillermo Delgado at

Clinard Sculpture Studio*
The Cermak Center
629 W. Cermak, Suite 408
Chicago, Illinois 60616

*Sculpture classes by artist Susan Clinard information available at www.clinard.org

Inspired by the Human Form: Working in Mixed Media

Tuesdays, Jan. 11th-March 1st (8 sessions),
6:30pm to 9:30pm
course fee-$270.00, *art materials not included.

Explore mixed media using watercolor, ink, pastel, and collage to create art inspired by the nude. Students will work from a nude model and learn to draw more confidently and to take more creative risks. The course will include slide presentations and discussions on a variety of artists (including the instructor) who have worked from the human form. All artistic levels are welcome.

Painting Family Stories: Retablo Style

Saturdays, Jan. 15th-March 5th (8 sessions),
1:30pm to 4:00pm
course fee- $225.00, *art materials not included.

Guillermo teaches this class at Ghost Ranch, New Mexico every summer; now you can take this course in Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood. In this course students will explore the history and art of the Mexican Retablo. Students will draw inspiration from this folk-art tradition and create retablo-style paintings based on family stories. Retablos will be painted on metal panels and incorporate a short written story into the art. This is a great opportunity for adult family members and friends to take a class together. All artistic levels are welcome.

*Please contact instructor for art materials list/more information by phone or email: