Painting I

 

Professor: Laleh Khorramian  

 

Course Number: ART 101 LK

CRN Number: 10592

Class cap: 12

Credits: 4

 

Schedule/Location:

 Tue      10:10 AM - 1:10 PM Fisher Studio Arts 140

 

Distributional Area:

PA  Practicing Arts   

 

 

This painting course is the introduction of the fundamental techniques, historical practices and concepts involved in painting. It aims to stimulate perceptual growth and to familiarize the student with a basic vocabulary of painting materials; and to develop an awareness of the role of visual perception, the expressive potentials of paint as a medium and intuition. Color theory, compositional structure, figure/ground relationships, spatial concepts, and critical thinking skills will be investigated.  Students will be given assignments in painting directly from life and will be expected to keep a sketchbook/journal. Course objectives: Classroom time will include demonstrations, studio work, slide lectures, personal and group critiques. It is expected that each student be self-motivated, attend all classes plus spend time outside of the scheduled class times on independent assignments. The course aims to develop students’ ability to verbalize ideas and processes in art making, and become familiarized with history and explore, expand and challenge what painting can be, look like and express. Please Note: Students are responsible for purchasing an ‘Art Kit’ of supplies for this course. These kits are around $200. *The Fund for Visual Learning provides material support to students on need-based financial aid to help them with art supplies. Students taking a Level 1 Studio Art class may be eligible for this support for the supply "kit" for the class. Students are only eligible to receive one grant in this category. Interested students should contact the professor during Fall course registration. After the course registration period closes, late requests are not eligible for consideration. http://bardfvl.com

 

Painting I

 

Professor: Rebecca Morgan  

 

Course Number: ART 101 RM

CRN Number: 10601

Class cap: 12

Credits: 4

 

Schedule/Location:

  Wed     10:10 AM - 1:10 PM Fisher Studio Arts 140

 

Distributional Area:

PA  Practicing Arts   

 

 

This course serves as an introduction to the technical, conceptual and historical practices of painting. Through a variety of painting experiences and presentations using a variety of media, students progress from observational exercises and exposure to formal materials and techniques to developing personal processes, imagery and ideas. Class sessions include technical demonstrations, illustrated lectures, personal and group critiques. In modeling canonical precedents and the contemporary landscape of painting, students will explore, expand and challenge “what painting can be, look like and express” as they refine their individualized relationship to painting as beginning painters. Please Note: Students are responsible for purchasing an ‘Art Kit’ of supplies for this course. These kits are around $200. *The Fund for Visual Learning provides material support to students on need-based financial aid to help them with art supplies. Students taking a Level 1 Studio Art class may be eligible for this support for the supply "kit" for the class. Students are only eligible to receive one grant in this category. Interested students should contact the professor during Fall course registration. After the course registration period closes, late requests are not eligible for consideration. http://bardfvl.com

 

Painting I

 

Professor: Lisa Sanditz  

 

Course Number: ART 102 LS

CRN Number: 10688

Class cap: 12

Credits: 4

 

Schedule/Location:

Mon       10:10 AM - 1:10 PM Fisher Studio Arts 140

 

Distributional Area:

PA  Practicing Arts   

 

 

In this class we will explore the basic techniques and formal aspects of painting such as color, form, paint application and composition, through different genres of painting including abstraction, landscape, still life and figure.   Classroom time will include demonstrations, studio work, slide lectures and group critiques. Through instruction and practice, students will learn about the formal elements of painting, while also exploring their individual style through experimentation. Classroom critiques will promote student’s capacity for dialogue about art. Additionally, knowledge of traditional, modern and contemporary painting will be encouraged.

Please Note: Students are responsible for purchasing an ‘Art Kit’ of supplies for this course. These kits are around $200.

*The Fund for Visual Learning provides material support to students on need-based financial aid to help them with art supplies. Students taking a Level 1 Studio Art class may be eligible for this support for the supply "kit" for the class. Students are only eligible to receive one grant in this category. Interested students should contact the professor during Fall course registration. After the course registration period closes, late requests are not eligible for consideration. http://bardfvl.com

 

 

Sculpture I

 

Professor: Julianne Swartz  

 

Course Number: ART 105 JS

CRN Number: 10588

Class cap: 12

Credits: 4

 

Schedule/Location:

Mon       2:00 PM - 5:00 PM Fisher Studio Arts 138

 

Distributional Area:

PA  Practicing Arts   

 

 

The definition of sculpture is always expanding to absorb new materials, media, strategies and ideas. This course will introduce the language of contemporary sculpture through building objects and installations, looking at images and videos, drawing, writing, verbal critique and discussion. The course is designed to develop fundamental art making skills as well as the ability to interpret and discuss visual art. We will explore how meaning is communicated through material and form, using a variety of materials and processes. The emphasis throughout will be on invention, perception, and critical thinking.

 

Sculpture I

 

Professor: Kenji Fujita  

 

Course Number: ART 105 KF

CRN Number: 10596

Class cap: 12

Credits: 4

 

Schedule/Location:

 Tue      2:00 PM - 5:00 PM Fisher Studio Arts 138

 

Distributional Area:

PA  Practicing Arts   

 

 

In this Sculpture 1 class, students will work with materials and processes to investigate form, space, surface, material, location and gesture.  Particular emphasis will be placed on direct and improvisational ways of working. The class will be structured around weekly and bi-weekly assignments that begin with a prompt (example: “make a sculpture that hangs in the balance”) that introduces the class to a medium, technique and set of ideas. Students will work with cardboard, string, found objects and other simple materials to make their three-dimensional artworks. They will then move on to work with basic casting, light carpentry and welding. There will also be demonstrations in ceramics and sewing. Group critiques of projects will be supplemented by demonstrations in materials and techniques, presentations of related modern and contemporary artwork.

 

Sculpture I: The Chair

 

Professor: Arthur Gibbons  

 

Course Number: ART 105 AG

CRN Number: 10609

Class cap: 12

Credits: 4

 

Schedule/Location:

    Fri   10:10 AM - 1:10 PM Fisher Studio Arts 138

 

Distributional Area:

PA  Practicing Arts   

 

 

Sculpture One will explore materials, techniques and tools used to make sculpture.   Sculpture is not only an object – it is an action … we join, break, cut, mix, mold, melt, mend, make mistakes and have successes.  We work through thinking, planning, working, drawing, instinct, emotion, guessing, risking, seeing, not seeing, laughing, crying, boredom, screaming, throwing, wrecking, loving … finding ourselves and others through making.  Mediums remember…forms remember what’s inside us. Sculpture One is subtitled THE CHAIR as the chair will serve as a proposition, placeholder, site, condition, glue and/or event where we, the class, can touch base in that common object - sculpture.  We will learn to work with wood, steel, clay, plaster, wax, silicone, fabric and found objects.

 

Drawing I

 

Professor: Mara Baldwin  

 

Course Number: ART 107 MB

CRN Number: 10587

Class cap: 12

Credits: 4

 

Schedule/Location:

Mon       10:10 AM - 1:10 PM Fisher Studio Arts 149

 

Distributional Area:

PA  Practicing Arts   

 

 

This course will provide an introduction to this fundamental form of mark-making, its history, its evolution and its extension into other areas of contemporary art. Students will gain experience and understanding of many basic tools, techniques, and approaches to drawing; how to generate content and develop ideas; and how to extend the medium into a larger practice. Throughout the course, we will create and continuously evolve and refine a definition of drawing which will morph, expand and contract as we go. We will begin with foundational drawing techniques: contour, gesture, tone/value, life drawing, negative space and perspective. We will integrate color and abstraction, and then later will explore approaches to developing content and composition: narrative, research, intention/intuition and scale. Students will propose, plan, and execute a self-directed drawing series project for their final exam. Throughout the semester we will dabble into extended definitions of drawing through exercises and games, including frottage/rubbing, drawing as text/chart/map, active or performative drawing, and drawing in three dimensions. Please Note: Students are responsible for purchasing an ‘Art Kit’ of supplies for this course. These kits are around $100. *The Fund for Visual Learning provides material support to students on need-based financial aid to help them with art supplies. Students taking a Level 1 Studio Art class may be eligible for this support for the supply "kit" for the class. Students are only eligible to receive one grant in this category. Interested students should contact the professor during Fall course registration. After the course registration period closes, late requests are not eligible for consideration. http://bardfvl.com

 

Drawing I

 

Professor: Beka Goedde  

 

Course Number: ART 107 BG

CRN Number: 10593

Class cap: 12

Credits: 4

 

Schedule/Location:

 Tue      10:10 AM - 1:10 PM Fisher Studio Arts 149

 

Distributional Area:

PA  Practicing Arts   

 

 

This course is an introduction to drawing from observation, as well as the study of one's own perceptual experience. Our goal is to develop a practice of attentiveness, through the observation of three-dimensional form and the figure. We will explore the fundamental properties of drawing including line, value, composition, positive and negative space, and light. We will also perform exercises in spatial awareness and translate our temporal and spatial perspectives into a two-dimensional landscape. No prerequisites. Please Note: Students are responsible for purchasing an ‘Art Kit’ of supplies for this course. These kits are around $100. *The Fund for Visual Learning provides material support to students on need-based financial aid to help them with art supplies. Students taking a Level 1 Studio Art class may be eligible for this support for the supply "kit" for the class. Students are only eligible to receive one grant in this category. Interested students should contact the professor during Fall course registration. After the course registration period closes, late requests are not eligible for consideration. http://bardfvl.com

 

Drawing I

 

Professor: Lukaza Branfman-Verissimo

 

Course Number: ART 107 LB

CRN Number: 10602

Class cap: 12

Credits: 4

 

Schedule/Location:

  Wed     3:30 PM - 6:30 PM Fisher Studio Arts 149

 

Distributional Area:

PA  Practicing Arts   

 

 

This course is an introduction to drawing as a form of close looking, exploration and the ways it can be a tool for storytelling. During class time, we will primarily work from life, the outside world and the figure. We will explore the fundamental properties of drawing including line, value, composition, positive and negative space, gesture and material explorations. Assignments will range from weekly to course long, with readings, class visits and the creation of materials to draw with. Students will be expected to spend at least three to six hours drawing outside of class and participate fully in class critiques/discussions. Please Note: Students are responsible for purchasing an ‘Art Kit’ of supplies for this course. These kits are around $100. *The Fund for Visual Learning provides material support to students on need-based financial aid to help them with art supplies. Students taking a Level 1 Studio Art class may be eligible for this support for the supply "kit" for the class. Students are only eligible to receive one grant in this category. Interested students should contact the professor during Fall course registration. After the course registration period closes, late requests are not eligible for consideration. http://bardfvl.com

 

Printmaking I: Traction

 

Professor: Beka Goedde  

 

Course Number: ART 109 BG

CRN Number: 10599

Class cap: 12

Credits: 4

 

Schedule/Location:

  Wed     10:10 AM - 1:10 PM Fisher Studio Arts 139

 

Distributional Area:

PA  Practicing Arts   

 

 

Traction is a mechanical term describing the action of drawing or pulling a thing over a surface. In this level I printmaking course, we will press, erase, rub, and apply grounds and resists, to produce physical residues of our actions to paper. Our first prints will be made from a series of the processes drypoint, hardground, aquatint, and photo etching on zinc plates, working with photographic images as our source material and printing onto heavyweight cotton rag paper. We’ll next work off a relief surface, with laser machine carved blocks and watercolor in the Japanese relief printing technique, onto lightweight, strong and delicate mulberry paper. For our third project, we’ll work with text and redaction, and print onto found, already-printed and recycled paper using trace monotype, rubbings, and collagraph techniques. In the last section of the course we will choose techniques we’ve worked with to make independent projects. No prerequisites.

Please Note: Students are responsible for purchasing an ‘Art Kit’ of supplies for this course. These kits are around $100.

*The Fund for Visual Learning provides material support to students on need-based financial aid to help them with art supplies. Students taking a Level 1 Studio Art class may be eligible for this support for the supply "kit" for the class. Students are only eligible to receive one grant in this category. Interested students should contact the professor during Fall course registration. After the course registration period closes, late requests are not eligible for consideration. http://bardfvl.com

 

The Art of Life. Social Sculpture actualized

 

Professor: Tatjana Myoko von Prittwitz und Gaffron  

 

Course Number: ART 124

CRN Number: 10591

Class cap: 12

Credits: 4

 

Schedule/Location:

Mon       2:00 PM - 5:00 PM Resnick A: Center for Spiritual Life

 

Distributional Area:

PA  Practicing Arts   

 

 

How can we feel part of a larger net of complete interconnection and in fact share our insights of ecological, social-political and communal dependencies? In this interdisciplinary class we will use our creative energy for both self investigation as well as a means to visualize and realize the reality of our shared community. “Everybody is an artist" stated conceptual artist Joseph Beuys. His vision of "social sculpture" pointed not only to our creative power but also to everyone's responsibility to shape the conditions of society. Art becomes a healing force in everyday life. This is an ELAS class (Engaged Liberal Arts and Sciences), thus linking artistic creation, intellectual study, and community engagement together. We will use various artistic means in order to create collaborative art projects to support our community in the process of realized interconnection. Weekly homework consists of practical explorations (drawing, sewing, mindful photography, performance, awareness exercises) and readings (Beuys concept of social sculpture, Buddhist ecology, Zen philosophy, community art projects). We will also spend some time outside (Bard Farm) to realize the coexistence with our Mother Earth.

 

Extended Media: AI in Art

 

Professor: Suzanne Kite  

 

Course Number: ART 150 SK

CRN Number: 10589

Class cap: 12

Credits: 4

 

Schedule/Location:

Mon       2:00 PM - 5:00 PM Fisher Studio Arts 161

 

Distributional Area:

PA  Practicing Arts   

 

 

This course, "Extended Media: AI in Art," spans 15 weeks and offers an exploration of the intersection of art that engages with extended media, artificial intelligence (AI), and Indigenous methodologies. The curriculum covers experimental approaches to the use of machine learning tools, the influence of traditional technologies on emerging ones, Indigenous and creative methodologies in artistic research, thinking through collaboration with nonhuman entities, and fundamental questions such as the origins of art, and the ethics of creating. Students will engage in experiments with digital collage, machine learning, proposing projects, and workshops with guest speakers. They will also delve into critical readings on topics like Indigenous perspectives on AI, computational biases, and the role of artists in AI development. Throughout the course, students will incrementally develop creative projects that showcase their understanding of AI in contemporary art. The semester culminates in presentations where students showcase their innovative projects, demonstrating the diverse and dynamic possibilities at the intersection of art and AI.

 

Extended Media I: Digital Image Making

 

Professor: Maggie Hazen  

 

Course Number: ART 150 MH

CRN Number: 10594

Class cap: 12

Credits: 4

 

Schedule/Location:

 Tue      10:10 AM - 1:10 PM Fisher Studio Arts 161

 

Distributional Area:

PA  Practicing Arts   

 

 

This class is designed to introduce students to both the technical and conceptual aspects of developing a creative practice within a digital context. Students will learn software skills, including Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign tools, and will also explore the creative possibilities found within the digital platforms and spaces that foster contemporary communication. The course emphasizes building critical analysis and increased agency as creators within the complex networks of digital information and social media space.

 

Painting II Queering the Canon

 

Professor: Jonathan VanDyke  

 

Course Number: ART 202 JVD

CRN Number: 10597

Class cap: 12

Credits: 4

 

Schedule/Location:

 Tue      2:00 PM - 5:00 PM Fisher Studio Arts Barn

 

Distributional Area:

PA  Practicing Arts   

 

Crosslists: Gender and Sexuality Studies

When is a painting “queer?" In this intermediate painting class, students will be guided in composition-building methods and material explorations that move "against the grain" of painting conventions. Investigations of the painterly process will be augmented by readings and discussions exploring a lineage of LGBTQ+ artists. Research will include focused explorations of queer practices that intersect with those of marginalized communities globally. Students will consider how artistic practices have intertwined with social and political activism. Participants will explore a series of structured prompts; they will conclude the semester by pursuing independent projects with queer-oriented themes. Some prompts will include expanded painting practices that fold in other media. Prerequisite: Painting 1 or permission of the instructor. Note: this class requires a supplies kit priced at approximately $100; additionally, students will need to possess basic painting materials (oils and/or acrylics).

 

Painting II

 

Professor: Tschabalala Self  

 

Course Number: ART 202 TS

CRN Number: 10611

Class cap: 12

Credits: 4

 

Schedule/Location:

    Fri   10:10 AM - 1:10 PM UBS Studio

 

Distributional Area:

PA  Practicing Arts   

 

 

Painting is a foundational visual language. This class will help you find your voice within the medium.  The projects we pursue are designed to aid in this endeavor. All work in this course will be designed with your personal objectives in mind. Assignments will function as prompts -- opportunities for you to come to new conclusions about your practice and yourself. This course is meant to help you locate and evolve your own individual ideas.

 

Sculpture 2: Between Painting and Sculpture

 

Professor: Kenji Fujita  

 

Course Number: ART 205 KF

CRN Number: 10604

Class cap: 12

Credits: 4

 

Schedule/Location:

  Wed     3:30 PM - 6:30 PM  Fisher Barn

 

Distributional Area:

PA  Practicing Arts   

 

 

In this class, students will make artworks that speak to the intersection of painting and sculpture. Assignments will draw from several historical models of making, such as painted constructivist wall sculpture, assemblages, specific objects, sculptural props and drawings in space. Prompts will include using color as sculptural material; making two-sided paintings that explore notions of front and back; making sculptures that inhabit fictional spaces; making dioramas to explore issues of scale; using the landscape, or landscape painting, to generate ideas for site specific installations. Class time will consist of working on projects, group critiques, presentations, readings and discussions of relevant work as well as demonstrations in materials and techniques. Studio work will take place in and around the Fisher Barn.

 

Ceramics, FREE CLAY!

 

Professor: Lauren Anderson  

 

Course Number: ART 205 LA

CRN Number: 10608

Class cap: 12

Credits: 4

 

Schedule/Location:

   Thurs    2:00 PM - 5:00 PM UBS Studio

 

Distributional Area:

PA  Practicing Arts   

 

 

This course will serve to  introduce (or further) students’ understanding of clay as a medium and material. Emphasizing how artists use clay in formal, social, and experimental ways, and looking at how we can explore this in our own bodies of work. Demos and assignments will investigate the following: techniques of building and structure (or lack thereof), color (inherent and applied), sources (is this clay local?), collaboration (human and material), and ways of firing (or non-firing). Prerequisite: any 100 level art class, previous clay experience (with a strong willingness to break tradition), or permission of the instructor.

 

Drawing II: Experimental Drawing

 

Professor: Autumn Ahn  

 

Course Number: ART 207 AA

CRN Number: 10590

Class cap: 12

Credits: 4

 

Schedule/Location:

Mon       2:00 PM - 5:00 PM Fisher Studio Arts 149

 

Distributional Area:

PA  Practicing Arts   

 

 

Students will experiment with wide-ranging and innovative drawing techniques. In this course we will be actively thinking through questions about ownership, value, consumption, and portraiture through experimental approaches to drawing. Utilizing materials such as charcoal, ink, cardboard, found objects, and more, we will explore gestural, abstract, automatic, and expressive styles. We will be pushing limits of what we might define as drawing, reinventing what surfaces and tools look like, asking critical questions about what role it plays in an art practice more broadly, and what say we have in that process. We will be supplementing our experiments with research and readings from a range of artists and writers who have dealt with these questions before us, some well known and some less so. There will be independent and also group work being made in the studio class with potential to continue projects beyond class if you choose. Be prepared to be present, show up for one another, and to play - we are interested in cultivating a dialogue that can remain as a resource to draw from in the future. Prerequisite: Drawing I, Painting I, or by the permission of the instructor Please Note: Students are responsible for purchasing an ‘Art Kit’ of supplies for this course. These kits are around $100.

 

Drawing II: Sustainable Drawing Practices

 

Professor: Lisa Sanditz  

 

Course Number: ART 207 LS

CRN Number: 10607

Class cap: 12

Credits: 4

 

Schedule/Location:

   Thurs    10:10 AM - 1:10 PM Fisher Studio Arts 140

 

Distributional Area:

PA  Practicing Arts   

 

Cross-listings: Environmental Studies; Environmental and Urban Studies

Students will make and source most of the drawing materials in this course while exploring technical and creative drawing based practices.  Locally collected materials will be processed to make such drawing materials as walnut ink, charcoal, clay based pastels, as well as plant-based drawing tools.   Drawing surfaces will be mostly collected and upcycled and sketchbooks will be made.  Prompts will include observational drawings focusing on the natural world inside and outside of the classroom.  Creative and self-directed projects will be supported as well. Expect to pay around $50 for additional materials. Drawing I pre-requisite.

 

Printmaking II - Monoprint/Monotype Workshop

 

Professor: Adriane Colburn  

 

Course Number: ART 209 AC

CRN Number: 10603

Class cap: 12

Credits: 4

 

Schedule/Location:

  Wed     3:30 PM - 6:30 PM UBS Studio

 

Distributional Area:

PA  Practicing Arts   

 

 

In this course we will delve into the creation of unique prints through explorations in monoprint and monotype. This will be a workshop-style environment where we will explore these processes with an emphasis on spontaneity, experimentation and play. Coursework will emphasize independence in direction and motivation and the development of a dialogue between individual ideas and the print processes. A MONOTYPE is essentially a printed painting. While it is technically the simplest form of printmaking, it is also the one that strives to honor the individuality of the hand’s painterly impulse.  For this reason, monotypes are a wonderful tool to quickly develop ideas of color, light, shape, and composition that are not only informative to the painting process, but are an end in themselves. MONOPRINTS are one of a kind prints that stem from a repeatable matrix.  They can be serial images, that include relief, intaglio, stencil and collagraph techniques, but the resulting prints are unique to each other rather than traditional editions. While specific assignments will be given in class alongside technical demonstrations, you must come to this course with visual ideas that you intend to develop, whether abstract or representational, or both. Prerequisite: Painting 1 and/or Print 1

 

Extended Media II: ZINES! ZINES! ZINES! 

 

Professor: Adriane Colburn  

 

Course Number: ART 250 AC

CRN Number: 10689

Class cap: 12

Credits: 4

 

Schedule/Location:

   Thurs    10:10 AM - 1:10 PM Fisher Studio Arts 161

 

Distributional Area:

PA  Practicing Arts   

 

 

In this class we will explore the rich history of artist-run publications and zines as an alternative and interdisciplinary space for art, activism, experimentation and dialogue. Projects will include individual and collective works in the format of physical and digital zines, collective editions and small books. These endeavors will be organized by student driven-themes reflective of individual interests, concerns on campus and culture at large.  Through collaboration with the Hessel Museum and Stevenson Library we will explore the lively history of the artists publications through the lens of their collections. In addition, we will look to contemporary collectives, online platforms and small press endeavors to shape an understanding of the Zine of today. In this course we will use the Adobe Creative suite with a focus on InDesign. 

 

Extended Media II: Physical / Digital

 

Professor: Julia Weist  

 

Course Number: ART 250 JW

CRN Number: 10586

Class cap: 12

Credits: 4

 

Schedule/Location:

Mon       10:10 AM - 1:10 PM Fisher Studio Arts 161

 

Distributional Area:

PA  Practicing Arts   

 

 

Not all physical artmaking is tangible and not all digital artmaking is immaterial. Increasingly, hardware and software tools are interwoven into the production of art objects and allow artists to expand or augment their creative practices. In this course we will experiment with digital processes that can be used to create sculptures, prints, drawings and installations. Students will create projects utilizing large format printing, laser cutting, 3D printing, projection mapping, video sculpture and other media applications. Class discussions will focus on how production choices support an artist’s concept and execution. Weekly presentations will expose students to artists who have blurred the boundary between traditional and emerging artistic techniques. Prerequisite: any level 1 course in Studio Art, Photography or Film/Electronic Arts or by permission of the instructor.

 

Extended Media II: Time as Medium

 

Professor: Jace Clayton

 

Course Number: ART 250 JC

CRN Number: 10600

Class cap: 12

Credits: 4

 

Schedule/Location:

  Wed     10:10 AM - 1:10 PM Fisher Studio Arts 161

 

Distributional Area:

PA  Practicing Arts   

 

 

Time-based art can range from photo series to performance, from animated GIFs to sound installation, and beyond. In this studio class we will create artistic experiences that explore alternative temporalities and creatively engage with subjective time. Each of several project assignments will correspond to a time-scale, from brief (seconds) to long (weeks). In addition to studio work and group critiques, the class will discuss relevant artworks and readings (drawn from disabilities studies, postcolonial theory, and media studies) that highlight how different understandings of time can acknowledge different lived realities. Prerequisite: any level 1 course in Studio Art, Photography or Film/Electronic Arts or by permission of the instructor.

 

Painting III

 

Professor: Tschabalala Self  

 

Course Number: ART 302 TS

CRN Number: 10613

Class cap: 12

Credits: 4

 

Schedule/Location:

    Fri   2:00 PM - 5:00 PM UBS Studio

 

Distributional Area:

PA  Practicing Arts   

 

 

Painters have a way of seeing and processing the world that gives rise to imagery unique to them.  In this class you will be asked to clearly define a point of inspiration and create a body of work which is informed both conceptually and formally by such inspiration.  The projects we pursue are designed to aid in this endeavor.  We identify the “vivid” impulses particular to you and we want to give them a channel for manifestation through the most appropriate materials, skills, tools, processes, concepts and formal elements.  The assignments in this class are largely prompts to aid you in locating and evolving your individual works. Group and private critiques are structured to help you articulate and challenge your ideas clearly to your peers. Please send a short statement (2 —3 sentences) about why you are interested in the class and also five images of recent work.  Send to self@bard.edu prior to Dec. 9. Prerequisites: Painting I and Painting II or permission of instructor.

 

Sculpture III:

 

Professor: Nayland Blake  

 

Course Number: ART 305 NB

CRN Number: 10610

Class cap: 12

Credits: 4

 

Schedule/Location:

    Fri   10:10 AM - 1:10 PM Fisher Studio Arts

 

Distributional Area:

PA  Practicing Arts   

 

 

This class is about working with personae and fictionalized selves, through creating costumes, artifacts and objects. Think puppetry, performance and pageantry. What does it mean to speak in a voice not my own? What does the character I create say about me? We will employ digital and physical means to invent characters and tell stories about those characters. The focus is on in class discussion and critique with weekly out of class assignments and light research. Students will be expected to bring in pertinent examples from the work of outside artists. Classes will consist of readings, weekly assignments and group critiques. Requires completion of a level 200 studio arts class.

 

Drawing III

 

Professor: Nayland Blake  

 

Course Number: ART 307 NB

CRN Number: 10605

Class cap: 12

Credits: 4

 

Schedule/Location:

   Thurs    10:10 AM - 1:10 PM Fisher Studio Arts

 

Distributional Area:

PA  Practicing Arts   

 

 

This class will explore the various ways to tell stories with drawings, looking at prior examples in the world of artist’s books, installation, comics and instruction manuals. We will create characters, adapt folk lore, write gags and draw diaries.  The focus is on in class discussion and critique with weekly out of class assignments and light research.Students will be expected to bring in pertinent examples from the work of outside artists and guide class discussion from their examples. Classes will consist of readings, weekly assignments and group critiques. Intended for upper level Studio Art majors. Prerequisites: Drawing one and any second level studio art class. 

 

Printmaking III: Etching Workshop

 

Professor: Lothar Osterburg  

 

Course Number: ART 310 LO

CRN Number: 10612

Class cap: 12

Credits: 4

 

Schedule/Location:

    Fri   10:10 AM - 1:10 PM Fisher Studio Arts 139

 

Distributional Area:

PA  Practicing Arts   

 

 

This class will help students refresh and hone their skills and deepen their knowledge of Intaglio platemaking and printing. From there we will explore advanced techniques such as the introduction of color methods, including viscosity printing, chine collé, multi-plate color printing as well as printing in combination with other printing methods. Additionally, we will explore non-traditional materials and methods such as non-metallic plates or laser engraving as mark making tool. A collaborative class environment will allow students to develop complex projects by utilizing the collective knowledge and tap into mutual project assistance within the class. Prerequisites: Printmaking I or by permission of the instructor. Expected material will cost between $100 and $150.

 

Extended Media III: Collage/Sample/Remix

 

Professor: Jace Clayton

 

Course Number: ART 350 JC

CRN Number: 10595

Class cap: 12

Credits: 4

 

Schedule/Location:

 Tue      2:00 PM - 5:00 PM Fisher Studio Arts 161

 

Distributional Area:

PA  Practicing Arts   

 

Crosslists: Music

The artistic technique known as collage proliferated across mediums throughout the 20th century, challenging notions of authorship while interrogating art’s socio-political role. A series of projects will explore different aspects of collage, and students are encouraged to work with the media of their choosing--from photomontage to DJing/remixing and beyond. Studio work and group critiques will be complemented by classroom discussion on key art-historical moments in cut & paste culture.

 

Senior Seminar

 

Professor: Daniella Dooling  

 

Course Number: ART 405 DD

CRN Number: 10598

Class cap: 35

Credits: 0

 

Schedule/Location:

 Tue      5:40 PM - 7:40 PM Fisher Studio Arts

 

Distributional Area:

None   

 

 

Senior Seminar is a component of the senior project and is an integral part of the 8 credits earned for Senior Project.  The Seminar will focus on Studio Arts faculty and visiting artists presenting their life and work.  Exhibitions in the fall semester will draw students out of their studios well before the presentation of their senior show.  Visits from alumni and the Director of Career Development, will provide a glimpse into the future.  The Senior Project Exhibition is the culmination of the Senior year and is evaluated before a faculty review board and a Senior Seminar critique. *Any student registered in Studio Art Senior Project or any student of another discipline who has been granted studio space in either the Fisher Studio Art Center or the UBS Exhibition Center in Red Hook will be required to register and participate in all aspects of Senior Seminar.

 

Cross-listed Courses:

Open Practices Workshop: Ghosts of Future Pasts: Architectural Futures of the Hudson Valley

 

Professor: Paula Vilaplana de Miguel

 

Course Number: ARCH 330

CRN Number: 10574

Class cap: 12

Credits: 2

 

Schedule/Location:

    Fri   10:10 AM1:10 PM Garcia-Renart House

and Fri   2:00 PM5:00 PM Garcia-Renart House

 

Distributional Area:

PA  Practicing Arts   

 

Crosslists: Studio Art

 

Open Practices Workshop: Ghosts of Future Pasts: Architectural Futures of the Hudson Valley

 

Course Number: ARCH 330

CRN Number: 10574

Class cap: 12

Credits: 2

 

Professor:

Paula Vilaplana de Miguel

 

Schedule/Location:

    Fri   1:00 PM - 7:00 PM Garcia-Renart House

 

Distributional Area:

PA  Practicing Arts   

 

Crosslists:

Studio Art

 

Reading Jalal Toufic In The Studio

 

Course Number: PHOT 318

CRN Number: 10480

Class cap: 12

Credits: 4

 

Professor:

Walid Raad

 

Schedule/Location:

 Tue      6:15 PM - 9:15 PM Woods 128

 

Distributional Area:

PA  Practicing Arts   

 

Crosslists:

Film and Electronic Arts; Studio Art; Theater and Performance; Written Arts