180. A. Intro to Digital Arts+w/ Kim Thore
Class - Digital Art | Available
Step into the vibrant world of digital collage in this exciting project-based workshop designed for beginning to intermediate students eager to explore contemporary digital art techniques. Through instructor demonstrations, creative discussion, and hands-on experimentation, students will deconstruct original works by artist Kim Thoré to better understand layering, texture, composition, abstraction, and visual storytelling in the digital space.
This workshop also introduces students to the evolving role of artificial intelligence in creative practice, exploring how artists can thoughtfully, ethically, and responsibly incorporate A.I.-powered tools into their workflow as creative collaborators rather than replacements for artistic vision. Students will learn how emerging technologies can spark inspiration, generate textures and concepts, and expand creative possibilities while still maintaining authenticity and personal artistic voice.
Absorbing aspects of Kim’s flexible and intuitive artistic process, students will discover that digital collage has virtually no boundaries—it can blend photography, painting, illustration, typography, mixed media, and experimental effects into entirely original artwork. Using programs such as PicMonkey, LunaPic, Prisma, NightCafe, GoArt, and select Procreate tools, students will explore a wide range of techniques while creating their own finished digital collage piece to share online or print at home.
Students are encouraged to bring personal photographs as inspiration and source material for their artwork. Both classes will be held in person at Sawtooth School.
Ages: 16–Adult
Kim Thore
Kim Thore is a writer, artist and cultural commentator ...she began studying drawing at the age of 8 and continued through college culminating in a portfolio of mixed media and sculpture. She is proud that she also studied photography and painting at Sawtooth when she was a teenager.
She began using digital collage as her primary medium in 2014 launching a new website www.kimtasticart.com in 2017 and also a line of clothing and home decor featuring her art .
Using multiple layers, programs and design techniques her pieces explore glamour, fashion, and other chimera. She has exhibited locally in W-S, Raleigh and Miami and her work is in collections in Europe and the United States.
She has also built her own Marketing Firm, FRESH Productions that focused on marketing for artists and creatives and ran it for 10 years here in the Triad. She is currently freelances as a marketer and public relations director for several local businesses.