There is a semester lab fee of $130.00 for students
taking one or more studio arts classes. This fee goes towards the cost of
equipment, supplies, models, props, visiting artists and field trips.
Course |
ART 001 KB Foundations: Colorama |
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Professor |
Kenneth Buhler |
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CRN |
90148 |
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Schedule |
Tu 1:30 -4:30 pm Fisher Arts 141 |
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Distribution |
OLD: F |
NEW:
Practicing Arts
|
The investigation of the exquisite potential of
color is the focus of this class. Color
influences all aspects of our experience-perceptual, emotional, psychological,
physiological, even spiritual. Students
will gain experience learning to see, understand, and utilize all the
possibilities of color. The goal is to
develop a working knowledge of color as it may be applied to any visual medium. The nature of assignments will range from
vigorous color studies to train the eye, to forms of expression more personal
and expressive in nature.
Course |
ART 100 Cybergraphics I |
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Professor |
Hap Tivey |
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CRN |
90162 |
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Schedule |
Wed 9:30
-12:30 pm HDR 106 |
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Distribution |
OLD: F |
NEW:
Practicing Arts
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Cross-listed: Integrated Arts
An introduction to graphic creation using the
computer as a compositional tool; basic computer skills are required and
minimal ability in Photoshop or a comparable application is recommended. The imaging potential of a variety of
graphic applications will be discussed and demonstrated during the first half
of the class. The second half will
focus on individual projects with an emphasis on printing.
Course |
ART 101 BG Painting I |
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Professor |
Bernard Greenwald |
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CRN |
90146 |
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Schedule |
Tu 9:00 - 12:00 pm Fisher Arts 140 |
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Distribution |
OLD: F |
NEW:
Practicing Arts
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This course will explore how color and paint can be
used to express form, light and space with gouache (brilliant opaque water
color) in order to produce many pieces quickly. Students will respond to simple, traditional studio situations
(still life, landscape, the figure), and we will work outdoors weather
permitting. We will refer to the history of art and examples set by Old
Masters. Students will be graded on the
basis of personal progress.
Course |
ART 101 JS Painting I |
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Professor |
Joseph Santore |
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CRN |
90141 |
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Schedule |
Mon 9:30 - 12:30 pm Fisher Arts 140 |
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Distribution |
OLD: F |
NEW:
Practicing Arts
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This course is an introduction to the language and
methods of constructing a painting.
Students will be working with oil paint and will need the necessary
equipment: brushes, paint, solvent, glass palettes, etc. Students will be working with geometric
forms in the beginning to learn structure and to study spatial relationships,
scale and composition. We will be
working with a limited palette to begin with (black, white and grays) and the
focus will be on the study of value.
We will slowly add color in an attempt to become familiar with the
concept of temperature. The idea
is to slowly build toward the use of a full palette so that the complexities of
color relations can be addressed toward the end of the semester. The emphasis of this course will be on color
and how color becomes light as well as the organization of shapes across the
plane to create space. We will be
working with mainly still lifes but the last five or six weeks will be devoted
to the figure.
Course |
ART 105 DD Basic Sculpture |
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Professor |
Daniella Dooling |
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CRN |
90144 |
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Schedule |
Mon
1:00 -4:00 pm Fisher Arts 138 |
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Distribution |
OLD: F |
NEW:
Practicing Arts
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Through an exploration of materials, process, and
site, Sculpture I will address several ideas relevant to contemporary art. What is the relationship between form and
content? When does the process of
making become more important than the “object” produced? What is the
relationship of craft to art production?
How and when does installation become just another material? How can one’s own body become both subject
and site for a work of art? These ideas will be explored through a series of
projects introduced through readings, slides of historical and contemporary
art, and class discussion. Technical demonstrations will include woodshop, mold
making, casting, and welding.
Course |
ART 105 KF Basic Sculpture |
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Professor |
Kenji Fujita |
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CRN |
90154 |
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Schedule |
Wed 1:00 -4:00 pm Fisher Arts 138 |
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Distribution |
OLD: F |
NEW:
Practicing Arts
|
This is a studio art class in which students will
be introduced to ideas and practices that are specific to modern and
contemporary sculpture. Using different processes and techniques, students will
explore the various ways that simple materials can be transformed into
sculpture, from constructing and carving to casting and welding. Students will
work with materials from a variety of sources: the art supply store, the
building materials center and the 99-cent shop. Class time will consist of
in-class studio work which will include demonstrations in mold making, light
carpentry, welding and sewing. Group
critiques will be supplemented by presentations of relevant contemporary art
and readings.
Course |
ART 105 JS Basic Sculpture |
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Professor |
Julianne Swartz |
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CRN |
90892 |
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Schedule |
Tu 9:00 – 12:00 pm Fisher Arts 138 |
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Distribution |
OLD: F |
NEW: Practicing
Arts
|
This is a studio art class in which students will
be introduced to ideas and practices that are specific to modern and
contemporary sculpture. Using different processes and techniques, students will
explore the various ways that simple materials can be transformed into
sculpture, from constructing and carving to casting and welding. Students will
work with materials from a variety of sources: the art supply store, the
building materials center and the 99-cent shop. Class time will consist of
in-class studio work which will include demonstrations in mold making, light
carpentry, welding and sewing. Group
critiques will be supplemented by presentations of relevant contemporary art
and readings.
Course |
ART 107 BG1 Basic Drawing I |
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Professor |
Bernard Greenwald |
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CRN |
90160 |
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Schedule |
Fr
9:30 - 12:30 pm Fisher Arts 149 |
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Distribution |
OLD: F |
NEW:
Practicing Arts
|
Drawing is the basis of visual intelligence. It enables us to envision and manipulate
masses in space as light reveals them.
It is central to the foundation of all visual art. This course will be based on perception,
drawing from objects, the human figure, masterworks and interior and exterior
spaces. Students will learn to critique
each other’s work orally and in written form, some drawings will be made
collaboratively and we will explore making drawings that are very small and
mural sized. The work of draughtsman
from the history of art will be analyzed and substantial work outside of class
will be expected each week. Students
will be graded on their individual progress and improvement. No prerequisites.
Course |
ART 107 BG2 Basic Drawing I |
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Professor |
Bernard Greenwald |
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CRN |
90800 |
|
Schedule |
Mon 9:30 - 12:30 pm Fisher Arts 149 |
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Distribution |
OLD: F |
NEW:
Practicing Arts
|
Drawing is the basis of visual intelligence. It enables us to envision and manipulate
masses in space as light reveals them.
It is central to the foundation of all visual art. This course will be based on perception,
drawing from objects, the human figure, masterworks and interior and exterior
spaces. Students will learn to critique
each other’s work orally and in written form, some drawings will be made
collaboratively and we will explore making drawings that are very small and
mural sized. The work of draughtsman
from the history of art will be analyzed and substantial work outside of class
will be expected each week. Students
will be graded on their individual progress and improvement. No prerequisites.
Course |
ART 107 LB Drawing I: Color Media |
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Professor |
Laura Battle |
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CRN |
90153 |
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Schedule |
Wed
1:00 -4:00 pm Fisher Arts 149 |
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Distribution |
OLD: F |
NEW:
Practicing Arts
|
Intended for the sophomore/junior level, this
course will be an exploration of drawing materials ranging from traditional
drawing media to collage and transfers.
We will not work perceptually, but rather from memory, dreams, texts,
and from nothing at all. Color theory
will be examined and emphasized.
Students will be expected to purchase approximately 50 sheets of good
quality paper and a range of materials.
Course |
ART 107 SS Basic Drawing I |
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Professor |
Sigrid Sandstrom |
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CRN |
90147 |
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Schedule |
Tu 1:30 -4:30 pm Fisher Arts 149 |
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Distribution |
OLD: F |
NEW:
Practicing Arts
|
The goal of this introductory course is to give
students confidence and facility with basic technical and perceptual drawing
skills and to further develop visual awareness. Focus will be on learning how
to “see” in order to translate 3D objects into 2D equivalents. We will
therefore be working from direct observation for a majority of the time. A
variety of drawing techniques and media will be introduced. Regular critiques
will be held, in which the students develop a useful vocabulary aiding them to
further think about and discuss their art practices. Slide and video
presentations will complement the classroom activity.
Course |
ART 109 NL Printmaking I |
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Professor |
Nicola Lopez |
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CRN |
90895 |
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Schedule |
Th 1:30 – 4:30 pm Fisher Art 139 |
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Distribution |
OLD: F |
NEW: Practicing
Arts
|
This class give an in depth introduction to all
basic as well as some advanced processes of intaglio, from drypoint to etching
and aquatint to wiping and printing. We will also look at classic and
contemporary use of intaglio by artists. Students will apply the learned skills
on projects of their own choosing. Basic knowledge of visual language and
drawing skills are required. Students must have had at least one prior art
class at Bard, or show a portfolio prior to registration. Priority will be
given to art majors. Expected material cost for this class is at least $100.
Course |
ART 109 LO Printmaking I |
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Professor |
Lothar Osterburg |
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CRN |
90155 |
|
Schedule |
Wed 1:00 -4:00 pm Fisher Arts |
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Distribution |
OLD: F |
NEW:
Practicing Arts
|
This class give an
in depth introduction to all basic as well as some advanced processes of
intaglio, from drypoint to etching and aquatint to wiping and printing. We will
also look at classic and contemporary use of intaglio by artists. Students will
apply the learned skills on projects of their own choosing. Basic knowledge of
visual language and drawing skills are required. Students must have had at
least one prior art class at Bard, or show a portfolio prior to registration.
Priority will be given to art majors. Expected material cost for this class is
at least $100.
Course |
ART 200 HT Cybergraphics II: Human Figures in 3-D |
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Professor |
Hap Tivey |
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CRN |
90151 |
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Schedule |
Fr 10:00 - 1:00 pm Fisher Arts 162 |
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Distribution |
OLD: F |
NEW:
Practicing Arts
|
Cross-listed: Integrated Arts
This class will explore the human figure in virtual
space. The primary software instruction
will be in Poser, though students familiar with Maya, Modo or similar 3-D
packages may elect to use them later in the semester. We will begin by exploring methods of generating expression by
shaping and texturing preset models.
Using these digital figures in virtual space we will compose drawings,
paintings and choreographed animations.
This is a relatively simple 3-D tool and no prior experience in 3-D
programs will be necessary; however, a firm grasp of basic computer skills will
be required. Photoshop ability is
suggested, but not required.
Course |
ART 201 JS Painting II |
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Professor |
Joseph Santore |
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CRN |
90143 |
|
Schedule |
Mon
1:00 -4:00 pm Fisher Arts 140 |
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Distribution |
OLD: F |
NEW:
Practicing Arts
|
This course is designed for students who are
serious about painting, especially painting from life. This course is a continuation of Painting I
but the focus will be on the figure and we will also be working with still
lifes. Students will be expected to be on time and have the proper
equipment. This includes a good
assortment of brushes, a proper palette and the required colors. We will be working for the most part on
canvas, so students should know how to stretch and prime a canvas
properly. Some of the poses will extend
over two weeks, which will allow students to begin to push their work into new
places. This class is for students who
want to work hard and extend themselves.
Students should have experience in drawing. There will be assignments, critiques and classroom discussions.
Prerequisite: ART 101, Painting I
Course |
ART 201 KB Painting II: The Painterly Print |
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Professor |
Kenneth Buhler |
|
CRN |
90156 |
|
Schedule |
Th
9:00 - 12:00 pm Fisher Arts 140 |
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Distribution |
OLD: F |
NEW:
Practicing Arts
|
A monotype (a.k.a. the painterly print) 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 for a painter 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. This class will explore the process of the monotype in relation
to painting using both traditional techniques and experimental ones that evolve
in response to the pursuit of student’s individual ideas. While specific
assignments will be given in class, independence in direction and motivation is
essential. This course’s success depends on the evolving dialogue between your
visual ideas and the monotype process.
This means that you must come to this course with visual ideas that you
intend to develop, whether abstract or representational, or both. Painting 1 is
the minimum requirement but it is highly recommended that you have had some
experience with the pursuit of individual ideas in painting. Material needs will vary among individuals,
but an array of oil painting materials and high quality paper will be required
by all.
Course |
ART 201 LB Painting II: Abstr-ACT-ion |
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Professor |
Laura Battle |
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CRN |
90157 |
|
Schedule |
Th
1:30 -4:30 pm Fisher Arts 149 |
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Distribution |
OLD: F |
NEW:
Practicing Arts
|
The Latin
word abstrahere from which the word abstract is taken means, “to draw from, to
remove, the separate”. Catherine de Zegher writes that “inherent to these
definitions in art is the notion that preceding the abstraction is something
from which the form has been drawn.” This implies not only reference to
something in “the concrete world”, but “the formation of an idea apart from any
perceivable object, understood as thought itself.” In this course, students will
explore both extracting from things in the real world as well as from the
imagined one. Additionally, students will work to understand color theory, as
well as the proper use of materials and techniques. Prerequisites are
Painting 1, and preferably a drawing class as well. Students will be expected
to build and stretch large canvases and to come equipped on a weekly basis with
required materials, thus should budget accordingly
Course |
ART 201 MM Painting II |
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Professor |
Medrie MacPhee |
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CRN |
90150 |
|
Schedule |
Wed 9:30 - 12:30 pm Fisher Arts 140 |
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Distribution |
OLD: F |
NEW:
Practicing Arts
|
Course |
ART 205 Sculpture II: Sculpture Through the Photographic Lens |
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Professor |
Lothar Osterburg |
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CRN |
90163 |
|
Schedule |
Tu
1:30 -4:30 pm Fisher Arts 142 |
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Distribution |
OLD: F |
NEW:
Practicing Arts
|
Andy Goldsworthy uses photography as means of
preserving and showing his ephemeral sculptures to a broader audience. Thomas Demand, James Casebere and Lothar
Osterburg are known as photographers, yet they build elaborate sculptural sets
just for the purpose of their photos.
In addition to this, Robert Parke-Harrison adds a performance aspect to
his work. Sculptors working as
photographers can be traced back as far as Laslo Maholy-Nagy. The camera allows a sculptor to show their
work in a selected setting, rendering it inseparable from its environment by reducing
it to a two-dimensional plane. It is
capable of preserving a specific aspect of time, making it permanent. The photographic lens can obscure scale. In this class we will create projects, which
explore the relationship between the object of the sculpture, space and time,
and it’s translation through the photographic medium.
Course |
ART 205 DD Sculpture II: Compulsive Process |
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Professor |
Daniella Dooling |
|
CRN |
90145 |
|
Schedule |
Tu
9:00 - 12:00 pm Fisher Arts 142 |
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Distribution |
OLD: F |
NEW: Practicing
Arts
|
Chewing, welding, washing, licking, sewing,
casting, baking, eating….This course will focus on how an artist’s process and
the qualities inherent in specific materials can combine to create works of
art. Through a series of projects, we
will investigate the notion of “process” as it was defined in the late 60s and
how it has evolved into its current manifestation in the practice of
contemporary art making.
Course |
ART 207 KB Drawing II:Drawing from Nature |
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Professor |
Kenneth Buhler |
|
CRN |
90166 |
|
Schedule |
Wed
1:00 -4:00 pm Fisher Arts 140 |
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Distribution |
OLD: F |
NEW:
Practicing Arts
|
The term “drawing from nature” here is used both
literally and figuratively. Part of
this drawing course is analytical in nature and utilizes perceptual work
(including observation through microscopes) to acquire visual information about
basic structures in nature, growth patterns, and other phenomena less than
immediately apparent to the eye. In
addition to the perceptual work, this visual data will be adopted for continued
exploration on individual drawing projects.
Drawing I, the love of natural forms, great patience, and good basic
drawing skills are required.
Course |
ART / IA 300 HT Major Conference: Digital Graphic / Text |
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Professor |
Hap Tivey |
|
CRN |
90159 |
|
Schedule |
Th
1:30 -4:30 pm Fisher Arts 162 |
|
Distribution |
OLD: F |
NEW:
Practicing Arts
|
Cross-listed: Integrated Arts
This class will address the theory, tools and
techniques employed in the digital creation of graphic/text artwork. Using computer software and digital printers
we will examine various approaches to creating image/text combinations in the
traditions of graphic novels, manga, and contemporary painting. The most important software will be
Photoshop and students must have a basic understanding of that package. Software instruction will include more
complex strategies in Photoshop as well as introductions to Illustrator, Manga
Studio, Poser, and Zax Animator.
Although animations are a potential area of expression, this class will
focus primarily on printed images, alone, and in sequence. The class will explore theories of how
realism, iconography, and cartoon illustration intersect text as an art form.
Course |
ART 301 SS Painting III: Large Scale |
|
Professor |
Sigrid Sandstrom |
|
CRN |
90152 |
|
Schedule |
Wed 9:30 - 12:30 pm Bard Exhibition Cntr |
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Distribution |
OLD: F |
NEW:
Practicing Arts
|
This course is designed to enable students to work
large scale and to facilitate the possibility of continuously working on one
piece over a longer period of time. The class will be conducted in the Red Hook
Exhibition Center. Each student will be provided with a larger wall on which
he/she will work with a few larger pieces through out the semester. We will
look into a variety of previous and current large-scale approaches such as:
panoramas, set-design, murals, billboards, graffiti etc. Students are
expected to purchase material for 3-5 very large paintings. Students may work
on paper, canvas (or drop-cloth) or directly on to the wall. This upper level
class expects the students to work independently with dedication and
commitment.
Course |
ART 305 Sculpture III |
|
Professor |
Judy Pfaff |
|
CRN |
90161 |
|
Schedule |
Fr 9:30 - 12:30 pm Bard Exhibition Cntr |
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Distribution |
OLD: F |
NEW:
Practicing Arts
|
An advanced
level sculpture course taking place in the Red Hook Exhibition Center and
dealing with all aspects of construction in a wide variety of materials,
especially metals and plastics: actual and illusionary movement, the dynamics
of scale in relation to the body, light as transparency and reflection, and the
communication of energy through the articulation of space.
Open to 8 technically qualified
students.
Course |
ART 307 NE Drawing III: Master Class |
|
Professor |
Nicole Eisenman |
|
CRN |
90149 |
|
Schedule |
Tu 1:30 -4:30 pm Fisher Arts 140 |
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Distribution |
OLD: F |
NEW:
Practicing Arts
|
How do you draw the unexpected, the unseen,
the absent? With an emphasis on the
figure, we will explore unorthodox methods of addressing these questions. Through all wet and dry media all the design
elements that make a drawing will be deconstructed. Doodles, landscape, photography, unlikely materials, drawing that
segues into sculpture, radical shifts in scale will be employed.
Prerequisite: Drawing I and Drawing
II with an interest in figuration
Course |
ART 330 Junior Seminar |
|
Professor |
Medrie MacPhee |
|
CRN |
90164 |
|
Schedule |
Tu
5:00 -7:00 pm FISHER |
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Distribution |
OLD: A |
NEW: Analysis
of Art
|
2
credits In this required course, art majors will
examine modern art from a practioner’s perspective, exploring and articulating
ideas and methods of art making and their own place within that history. The course will include slide presentations,
readings, visiting artist lectures, some writing and visual presentations by
students on their own work and the work of other artists, and the Junior
Seminar Holiday Crafts Fair.
*This
course is a REQUIREMENT for all Junior or Sophomore II studio art majors. If you will be a Sophomore II in the fall,
you should sign up for this course, unless you are taking Sophomore
Seminar. It will also be open to other
arts division majors if space allows.
Course |
ART 405 Senior Seminar |
|
Professor |
Arthur Gibbons |
|
CRN |
90165 |
|
Schedule |
Tu
5:00 -7:00 pm Fisher Arts 165 |
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Distribution |
OLD: A |
NEW:
|
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 and spring semesters
will draw students out of their studios well before the presentation of the
senior show. Readings and a writing
workshop will be assigned and scheduled.
*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 U.B.S. Exhibition
Center in Red Hook will be required to register and participate in all aspects
of Senior Seminar.