Studio Art Courses
Please note: The course descriptions displayed here are current as of Tuesday, February 7th 2012, but the official Course Catalog should be used for all official planning.
ART 100
Introduction to Studio Art
An introduction to studio art and the fundamental principles of design. Projects, lectures, readings, class discussions, and critiques examine elements of two-dimensional, three-dimensional and time-based design. Historic and contemporary approaches are considered as well as the evolution of technology and the continuum of visual expression. Emphasis is placed on developing the practical and critical thinking skills required in art-making. Units: 6.
ART 110
Introduction to Drawing
An introduction to drawing, emphasizing the development of the observational and critical thinking skills important to art-making. Class work is based on exercises that strengthen visual research capabilities, drawing abilities, and mark-making techniques with a variety of tools. Assigned projects address fundamental technical and conceptual problems suggested by historical and contemporary artistic practice. Lectures, readings, discussions, guest speakers, field trips, and critiques explore elements of concept and design pertinent to drawing as a medium. Units: 6.
ART 191
Directed Study in Studio Art
Directed study follows a syllabus set primarily by the instructor to meet the needs or interests of an individual student or small group of students. The main goal of directed study is knowledge or skill acquisition, not research or creative work. Units: Variable.
Prerequisite: Counter Registration Required.
ART 195
Internship in Studio Art
The internship will provide an experience-based learning opportunity to enrich the student's artistic process and growth. It will encourage innovation and resourcefulness while facilitating an entrepreneurial and informed approach to future creative pursuits. Students should expect to gain "real world" experience and professional connections as well as skills and insights they can apply directly to their creative projects in the classroom and beyond. Students will work on an individual basis with a faculty supervisor, internship site supervisor, and the Career Center to design, implement and evaluate their academic experience. Units: Variable.
Prerequisite: Counter Registration Required.
ART 200
Painting
An introduction to painting as a means of visual expression. Topics include technical and formal principles of painting with an emphasis on conceptual development. Water-based mediums are used to explore color theory, color mixing, brushwork and styling, image surface, composition, and visual communication. Mixed media and experimentation of materials is encouraged to expand beyond traditional painting practices. Units: 6.
Prerequisite: ART 100 or 110
ART 210
Drawing
Exploration of drawing as a contemporary art medium. Emphasis on self-expression and conceptual development. Students will be encouraged to concentrate on the more complex personal and creative aspects of mark-making and pursue a cohesive body of work. Incorporation of mixed media and experimental elements is encouraged for those students who wish to expand the boundaries of traditional drawing media and processes. Units: 6.
Prerequisite: ART 100 or ART 110
ART 220
Printmaking
An introduction to printmaking including two or more of the following techniques: relief, silk screen, papermaking and bookbinding. There is an emphasis on conceptual development with practical application of both traditional and contemporary practices in printmaking. Single and multiple color printing techniques, formal issues, as well as printmaking as a form of visual expression are explored in detail. Units: 6.
Prerequisite: ART 100 or ART 110
ART 225 Topic for Fall 2010: Paper and Book
Special Topics in Printmaking
This course provides an introduction to specific peripheral processes of printmaking like papermaking, book arts, letterpress printing, font creation, and other design applications. The focus is on research and studio practice in regards to printmaking as an art form with special emphasis on craft adn conceptual development. Traditional and contemporary practices in each medium are explored in detail.
This course provides an introduction to papermaking and bookmaking as an art form with special emphasis on craft and conceptual development. Traditional and contemporary practices in each medium are explored in detail. A variety of structures and processes are used with each project and structure to develop a unique narrative. Technical application, formal elements, and function play an important role in evaluating paper and book making as a form of visual expression.
Prerequisite: ART 100 or ART 110
ART 230
Photography
An introduction to traditional black-and-white film photography. 35mm, medium-format, and view camera techniques are covered, along with darkroom instruction on processing film and making silver gelatin prints. Historic and contemporary ideas about photography as a medium are examined in readings, lectures, visiting artist presentations, critiques, demonstrations, and assigned projects. Units: 6.
Prerequisite: ART 100 or 110
ART 240
Digital Processes
An introduction to the digital medium focusing on its capacity to convey artistic concepts through the interactive and multimedia capabilities of the Mac computer. Digital photography, inkjet printing, video, and web-based projects are covered. The evolution of technology, new media theory, contemporary art discourse, and visual culture are explored through lectures, readings, discussions, and assignments. Units: 6.
Also listed as Film Studies 240
Prerequisite: ART 100 or ART 110
ART 245
InterArts: New Media Projects
The digital medium will be used to explore the relationship between art and knowledge. Lectures, discussions, readings and critiques will investigate contemporary art practices and interdisciplinarity. Conceptual-development, planning and production will be covered as students work individually or collaboratively on video, performance, installation and web projects. Units: 6.
Also listed as Film Studies 245
Prerequisite: ART 100 or ART 110, or consent of instructor
ART 250
Ceramics
An introduction to the basic working methods of ceramics, including hand-building, mold-making, and wheel-throwing. Emphasis will be placed on conceptual development, sensitivity to three-dimensional form, and technical skills of surface and glazing. Slide lectures, readings, and individual research treat historical and contemporary approaches to expressive work in the ceramic medium. Units: 6.
Prerequisite: ART 100 or 110
ART 256 Topic for Spring 2012: Western Craft and Design
Special Topics in Ceramics
This course is a combination of research and studio practice. Through slide lectures, readings and discussions the class will survey the history of ceramics with the goal of informing the studio work for the course. Students will engage in independent research to develop ideas and critical thinking as well as building on a variety of ceramic skills to create a personal body of work.
This course provides students with the opportunity to learn about ceramics as a material within the context of the history of modern and contemporary design in Europe and the United States. The course will explore the Arts and Crafts movement, the Bauhaus, the Studio Crafts movement and Contemporary Design influence on the Crafts. Students will learn how these movements relate to object making, historical events and other related disciplines.
Prerequisite: ART 100 or ART 110, or consent of instructor
ART 270
Sculpture
An introduction to the concepts and processes of sculpture, including work in casting, carving, woodworking, assemblage, and mold-making. Discussions will focus on contemporary sculpture and technical/conceptual development. Units: 6.
Prerequisite: ART 100 or 110
ART 300
Intermediate Painting
A continuation of ART 200, exploring more complex principles of visual expression. Emphasis on oil-based painting techniques, historic and contemporary practices, pictorial structure, formal and theoretical interactions with a strong focus on conceptual development. Units: 6.
Prerequisite: ART 200
ART 320
Intermediate Printmaking
A continuation of ART 220, exploring traditional and contemporary techniques in printmaking, with an emphasis on color and combination printing specific to the aesthetic characteristics of each process. Two or more of the following techniques are used to enhance the conceptual and visual narrative inherent to this graphic medium, including intaglio, lithography, letterpress, and alternative processes. Units: 6.
Prerequisite: ART 220
ART 330
Intermediate Photography
A continuation of ART 230 with an emphasis on the use of the pinhole and 4x5 view camera and expanded darkroom instruction covering early photographic printing processes, including cyanotype and silver gelatin. Lectures, readings, discussions, and projects focus around contemporary issues, technical progress, and conceptual exploration. Historic ideas and contemporary issues related to visual culture, photography, and photographic methods are examined. Units: 6.
Prerequisite: ART 230
ART 340
Intermediate Digital Processes
A continuation of Art 240 or 245 with an emphasis on the production of individual projects through the use of digital tools. The Mac computer and software are used as an extension of existing art forms such as photography, filmmaking, and book publishing. Lectures, readings, discussions, and assignments focus around the exploration of new media theory and contemporary art issues. Units: 6.
Also listed as Film Studies 340
Prerequisite: ART 240 or ART 245
ART 350
Intermediate Ceramics
A continuation of hand-building techniques, wheel-throwing, and mold-making with additional research into glaze formulation and alternative firing methods. Emphasis will be placed on development of content and a personal vocabulary. An expanded survey, artist research, and critical readings will examine ceramics as a form of contemporary visual expression. Units: 6.
Prerequisite: ART 250 or ART 255
ART 370
Intermediate Sculpture
A continuation of the concepts and techniques introduced in ART 270, with emphasis on students' development of a personal visual language. Materials and processes covered include: mold-making, casting, metal fabrication, plastics, woodworking, and mixed media. Areas of examination include site-specific art, public sculpture, multiples and installation. Units: 6.
Prerequisite: ART 270
ART 390
Tutorial in Studio Art
Offered for intermediate and advanced study in studio art. Apply to the instructor at least one term in advance with written proposal and a preliminary bibliography. Units: Variable.
Prerequisite: Counter Registration Required.
ART 391
Directed Study in Studio Art
Directed study follows a syllabus set primarily by the instructor to meet the needs or interests of an individual student or small group of students. The main goal of directed study is knowledge or skill acquisition, not research or creative work. Units: Variable.
Prerequisite: Counter Registration Required.
ART 395
Internship in Studio Art
The internship will provide an experience-based learning opportunity to enrich the student's artistic process and growth. It will encourage innovation and resourcefulness while facilitating an entrepreneurial and informed approach to future creative pursuits. Students should expect to gain "real world" experience and professional connections as well as skills and insights they can apply directly to their creative projects in the classroom and beyond. Students will work on an individual basis with a faculty supervisor, internship site supervisor, and the Career Center to design, implement and evaluate their academic experience. Units: Variable.
Prerequisite: Counter Registration Required.
ART 399
Independent Study in Studio Art
Advanced creative research for students preparing for the senior exhibition or doing honors projects. Units: Variable.
Prerequisite: Counter Registration Required.
ART 500
Advanced Painting
A continuation of ART 300. Advanced research into the technical, formal, conceptual, and theoretical approach to painting as an expressive art form. The emphasis is for each student to produce a self-designed project that focuses on creating a cohesive body of work. Units: 6.
Prerequisite: ART 300 and consent of instructor
ART 501
Junior Studio Art Practicum
The primary purpose of this course is to assist in the research, planning, design, and preparatory development of junior level studio art majors as they begin the process of conceptualizing and creating a mature body of work for the senior exhibition and/or honors projects. This course will be taught as a seminar with studio component. Units: 6.
Prerequisite: Any 500-level studio art course or consent of instructor
ART 520
Advanced Printmaking
A continuation of ART 320, exploring advanced research into combination printmaking techniques, with exploration of formal, theoretical, and technical issues related to printmaking as an expressive art form. Alternative and experimental processes are used to further develop the conceptual and visual narrative. The emphasis is for each student to produce a self-designed project that focuses on creating a cohesive body of work. Units: 6.
Prerequisite: ART 320 and consent of instructor
ART 530
Advanced Photography
A continuation of Art 330. Advanced work in traditional film photography techniques and contemporary art theory. Discussions, readings and projects focus around art issues and conceptual exploration. Project planning and implementation are emphasized as students work toward producing a self-designed project with a developed artist statement. Units: 6.
Prerequisite: ART 330 and consent of instructor
ART 540
Advanced Digital Processes
A continuation of Art 340. Advanced work in digital techniques and contemporary art theory. Discussions, readings and projects focus around art issues and conceptual exploration. Project planning and implementation are emphasized as students work toward producing a self-designed project with a developed artist statement. Units: 6.
Also listed as Film Studies 540
Prerequisite: ART 340 and consent of instructor
ART 550
Advanced Ceramics
A continuation of Art 350. Students conduct individual work on a topic related to contemporary ceramic practice, while expanding technical skills and addressing issues in current ceramic criticism. Project planning and implementation are emphasized to develop a cohesive body of work. Units: 6.
Prerequisite: ART 350 and consent of instructor
ART 570
Advanced Sculpture
A more refined continuation of the ideas, issues and skills addressed in ART 370. Individualized project planning and implementation are emphasized as students develop a unique and consistent body of work. Units: 6.
Prerequisite: ART 370 and consent of instructor
ART 585
Art in the Elementary and Secondary Schools
Art class observations, studio practice in both two- and three-dimensional disciplines, studio demonstrations/lectures, and selected readings and discussions relative to the visual expression of the elementary, junior, and senior high school student. Units: 6.
Also listed as Education 585
Prerequisite: Four studio art courses, EDUC 180 and 340, and two art history courses
ART 590
Tutorial in Studio Art
Offered for intermediate and advanced study in studio art. Apply to the instructor at least one term in advance with written proposal and a preliminary bibliography. Units: Variable.
Prerequisite: Counter Registration Required.
ART 591
Directed Study in Studio Art
Directed study follows a syllabus set primarily by the instructor to meet the needs or interests of an individual student or small group of students. The main goal of directed study is knowledge or skill acquisition, not research or creative work. Units: Variable.
Prerequisite: Counter Registration Required.
ART 595
Internship in Studio Art
The internship will provide an experience-based learning opportunity to enrich the student's artistic process and growth. It will encourage innovation and resourcefulness while facilitating an entrepreneurial and informed approach to future creative pursuits. Students should expect to gain "real world" experience and professional connections as well as skills and insights they can apply directly to their creative projects in the classroom and beyond. Students will work on an individual basis with a faculty supervisor, internship site supervisor, and the Career Center to design, implement and evaluate their academic experience. Units: Variable.
Prerequisite: Counter Registration Required.
ART 599
Independent Study in Studio Art
Advanced creative research for students preparing for the senior exhibition or doing honors projects. Units: Variable.
Prerequisite: Counter Registration Required.
ART 600
Studio Art Senior Seminar
Intended to serve as a capstone experience for students in studio art, this course is designed to complement and work in conjunction with the student’s preparations for the Senior Exhibition. It will cover the practical concerns relevant to working as a professional artist along with current issues pertinent to the contemporary art world. Units: 6.
Prerequisite: Senior standing and declared major in Studio Art or consent of the instructor
ART 601
Senior Studio Art Practicum
The primary purpose of this course is to galvanize and standardize the studio art majors' preparations for the senior exhibition departmental requirement. By immersing the student in creating and exhibiting an advanced body of work with greater faculty oversight coupled with more formalized peer input, we expect to strengthen students' synthesizing of information, ideas, and conceptual concerns accumulated over the course of their studio art education. Secondary concerns are reflection, assessment and documentation of work produced.
This course will be taught as a seminar with a studio component. Units: 6.
Prerequisite: ART 600
ART 690
Tutorial in Studio Art
Offered for intermediate and advanced study in studio art. Apply to the instructor at least one term in advance with written proposal and a preliminary bibliography. Units: Variable.
Prerequisite: Counter Registration Required.
ART 691
Directed Study in Studio Art
Directed study follows a syllabus set primarily by the instructor to meet the needs or interests of an individual student or small group of students. The main goal of directed study is knowledge or skill acquisition, not research or creative work. Units: Variable.
Prerequisite: Counter Registration Required.
ART 695
Internship in Studio Art
The internship will provide an experience-based learning opportunity to enrich the student's artistic process and growth. It will encourage innovation and resourcefulness while facilitating an entrepreneurial and informed approach to future creative pursuits. Students should expect to gain "real world" experience and professional connections as well as skills and insights they can apply directly to their creative projects in the classroom and beyond. Students will work on an individual basis with a faculty supervisor, internship site supervisor, and the Career Center to design, implement and evaluate their academic experience. Units: Variable.
Prerequisite: Counter Registration Required.
ART 699
Independent Study in Studio Art
Advanced creative research for students preparing for the senior exhibition or doing honors projects. Units: Variable.
Prerequisite: Counter Registration Required.
