{"id":662,"date":"2020-11-09T17:38:32","date_gmt":"2020-11-09T17:38:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/admc.austincc.edu\/art\/?page_id=662"},"modified":"2023-04-19T18:17:52","modified_gmt":"2023-04-19T18:17:52","slug":"brian-johnson","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/admc.austincc.edu\/art\/faculty\/brian-johnson\/","title":{"rendered":"Brian Johnson"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Brian Johnson holds an MFA from The University of Texas at Austin (1997) and a BFA from the University of South Dakota (1994). He is a printmaker whose work has been included in over two hundred regional, national, and international exhibitions. His prints are held by several public and private collections. Brian was a Master Printer for the Serie Project, during which time, he collaborated with over forty artists and created several limited-edition screen prints. The Serie prints have been exhibited around the world and have been collected by museums and featured in publications. Brian lives and works in Austin, TX.
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Current Courses 2020-2021<\/strong><\/p>\n

ARTS 1316 Drawing I <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Adjunct Professor<\/h2>\n

Email:<\/strong> bjohnson@austincc.edu<\/a>
\nWebsite: <\/strong>bjohnsonstudio.com<\/a>
\nInstagram:<\/strong> @bdjohnsonstudio<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Brian Johnson holds an MFA from The University of Texas at Austin (1997) and a BFA from the University of South Dakota (1994). He is a printmaker whose work has been included in over two hundred regional, national, and international exhibitions. His prints are held by several public and private collections. Brian was a Master […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":410,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-662","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"layouts":[{"acf_fc_layout":"one_column","heading":"Faculty Spotlight","column_1":"

What is your favorite technique or topic to teach? Is there one lecture or selection that is the most fun for you to teach?<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n

I love the language of graphic arts because I grew up on comic books. I guess that\u2019s partially why I\u2019m a printmaker and enjoy sharing my love of prints and the process of making this type of art. I’m also a formalist, so teaching and talking about composition and color is in my wheelhouse. The communication of ideas and expression of emotion through art is something that I naturally gravitated to when I was a student. Seeing others explore ways of communicating by creating their own art is a gratifying experience to share.<\/span><\/p>\n

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What skills and abilities make a good teacher?<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n

I try to break down complex processes and formal compositional issues to make them easier to understand. I tend to be very organized and to build a course curriculum so that each step of an assignment builds on the last one. By carefully analyzing things myself, I hope to give students a good starting place or entry point into an artistic concept. What they may quickly learn, and I too am constantly reminded of, is that in visual art, you must use your eyes and never assume something is true or that one approach will produce an expected result.<\/span><\/p>\n

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What do you most hope students will take away from your class?<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n

An appreciation for making things with their hands and the satisfaction that it can bring. I hope students see that I have only helped them create a small crack into a much larger world of visual art and creative problem solving.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Name a place that you\u2019ve traveled to, but feel like you need to go back to because you didn\u2019t have enough time there.<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n

Paris. My wife and I only had two days there, but the memory of those two days, 11 years ago, still lingers freshly with me. Travel also inspires me to be less of a homebody, especially when I start to think of that experience. I become so consumed with the day to day, that I neglect planning these types of trips.<\/span><\/p>\n

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What do you like to do for fun?<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n

I enjoy playing sand volleyball with a couple of groups each week. This is my primary exercise and I’ve been doing it for 20 years. We play competitive, 2 on 2 or more, with the goal of getting better, but it’s also about playing with people I enjoy being around. The community in Austin is pretty great and I occasionally play in tournaments and leagues as well.<\/span><\/p>\n","background":"Color","background_color":"#FFFFFF","background_gradient":{"gradient_start":"","gradient_end":""},"background_image":false,"text_mode":"dark","id":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"one_column","heading":"SELECTED WORKS","column_1":"