Studio Art
21 courses found
An introductory course, divided into three segments. In Drawing, students will learn observational drawing and how visual thinking connects with the hand. The Conceptual segment will exercise creative problem-solving skills and teach students to engage in critical discourse. The Digital segment teaches basic technical skills and digital tools including still and moving image and sound.
Focuses on gaining a working understanding of photographic processes and practice. Class assignments help students understand the visual language of photography using 35mm black and white film and printing their own photographs in the darkroom. In addition, lectures explore examples from the historical and contemporary worlds of fine art photography. Cameras are provided.
An art class that introduces the creative use of digital tools within the fine art context. Students will both learn processes and history of experimental art and practice the use of the computer as a tool for personal expression.
The course introduces experimental 16mm film production as a practice of visual art. These courses include technical, historical, and theoretical issues that apply to cinematography and its relationship to the traditional visual arts.
A continued introductory study of the materials and techniques of drawing. Provides training in the coordination of hand and eye and encourages development of visual analysis. Emphasizes understanding form, space, light and composition.
Introduction to intaglio printmaking and monotype techniques, including hard and soft ground etch, aquatint, and drypoint.
Introduction to Lithography (planographic), and woodcut and other relief printmaking processes.
Introduction to basic water painting techniques and materials (including acrylic, gouache, and water color), emphasizing perception and color. Assignments are designed to assist the student in understanding the creative process and interpreting the environment through a variety of subject matter expressed in painted images. Encourages individual stylistic development.
Introduction to Oil-based painting.
This course introduces ceramics through hand-building, mold-making, glazing and surface techniques, emphasizing clay's cultural, historical, and contemporary roles. Students explore functional forms, sculpture, and installation, pushing the medium beyond tradition. Projects, critiques, and discussions build technical skills and conceptual understanding. No experience required.
This course expands technical possibilities available to students by introducing medium and large format cameras. Working in black & white, students learn advanced techniques with film and darkroom printing. Further explorations into historical and contemporary art issues via presentations, visiting artists, and readings. Students create a final portfolio culled from class assignments. Cameras are provided. Prereq: ARTS 2110
An intermediate art class that covers moving image and digital work as broadly defined. Students will focus on video and sound editing as well as installation. Prerequisites: ARTS 2220 and 2222.
This course continues the practice of 16mm experimental film production with an increased emphasis on audio and digital video motion picture making. Student will complete assignments based on genres of experimental film making such as expressionism, naturalism, and realism. Prerequisite: ARTS 2370 and ARTS 2372.
Includes relief printing, advanced lithography techniques, including color lithography, color etching, monotypes, and further development of black and white imagery. Printmaking professors and course content vary from semester to semester. Prerequisite: ARTS 2670 and ARTS 2672.
Exploration of contemporary painting materials, techniques, and concepts, as well as a continuation of basic oil painting processes. Assignments are designed to assist the student in developing their perceptions and imagination and translating them into painted images. Direction is given to the formation of personal original painting styles. Prerequisite: ARTS 2710, 2712.
Explores advanced-level photographic techniques and concepts. Prerequisite: ARTS 3110 and ARTS 2112
A project-based art class that allows advanced students the time to develop independent ideas in cooperation with the professor while participating in a class community. Prerequisite: ARTS 3220 or 3222
Course continues the practice of 16mm film or digital video experimental production with an emphasis on a completed piece for public screenings or exhibitions. Prerequisite: ARTS 3370 or ARTS 3372.
Intensive independent work using either digital media, filmmaking, painting, photography, printmaking, or sculpture as the primary medium, culminating in a coherent body of work under direction of a faculty member. Prerequisite: Admission to the Advanced Major or Distinguished Major Program.
Designed for students who have completed two or more semesters of study of a specific printmaking technique (woodcut, etching, or lithography) and wish to continue their exploration of that technique. Prerequisite: ARTS 3670 or 3672.
The capstone of a three year study in painting. Continues the investigation of oil painting as an expressive medium and stresses the development of students' ability to conceive and execute a series of thematically related paintings over the course of the semester. Painting professors and course content vary from semester to semester. Prerequisite: ARTS 3710 or 3712.