Drawing on the Collection with Dahn Hiuni

We start with a one-hour animated conversation in front of a key artwork in the museum’s galleries. Students discuss artist biography, subjects and themes, form and technique, and historical context. This is followed by a 2.5-hour studio session, inspired by (but not copying) the artwork. Two of the five studio sessions are plein-air excursions to sites around Provincetown. Mediums include drawing, painting and collage, reflecting the collection. The art works are chosen carefully, with diversity of artist, media and subject matter in mind.

Dahn Hiuni is a New York-based multidisciplinary artist. His work spans the fields of visual art, graphic design, film and video, performance art, and theater. Hiuni’s work has been presented at such New York venues as P.S. 122, Franklin Furnace, Mixed Greens, Artists Space, Metro Pictures, Cooper Union and Thread Waxing Space. Other exhibition and performance venues include The Walker Art Center, The Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art, Cleveland Performance Art Festival, Delaware Center for Contemporary Art, the Art Gallery of Ontario and the Lancaster Museum of Art. He has taught at Pratt Institute School of Visual Arts, Fashion Institute of Technology, Hofstra University, and Bucknell University, and has worked as an educator at The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Modern Art. Hiuni holds an MFA in art and an interdisciplinary PhD (Art Education/Art History/Performance Studies), both from Penn State. He is adjunct professor of art at the State University of New York/Empire State College. Hiuni holds an MFA in art and an interdisciplinary PhD (Art Education/Art History/Performance Studies), both from Pennsylvania State University. He is adjunct professor of art and art education at School of Visual Arts in New York. www.dahnhiuni.com