Please Note: There is a $150.00 Studio Art Department Fee each semester for any student taking one or more studio art classes and/or seminars. This fee is applied to all College and Studio Art Department costs. If a student decides to drop a studio arts class/seminar they must fill out a Drop/Add form, have it signed by the appropriate department faculty and deliver it to the Office of the Registrar on or before Wednesday, September 12, 2012, 5 PM or they will be charged and responsible for the $150.00 Department Fee.

91509

ART 100 Cybergraphics

Hap Tivey

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10:10 -1:10 pm

HDR 106

PART

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. Class size: 12

91511

ART 101 LS Painting I

Lisa Sanditz

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10:10 -1:10 pm

FISHER 140

PART

For students who have had virtually no experience with painting or need a brush-up. Lectures, demonstrations, critiques, exercises and assigned projects will provide students with a basis in the fundamentals of painting. Focusing on color mixing, color theory, volume, composition and different approaches to paint application will culminate in increasingly complex approaches to image making as the semester progresses. Lectures and discussions of artists and movements current and historical will be presented in an effort to contextualize your own work and style within a historical continuum of art making. Work will be done primarily using oil paint and mediums on a variety of supports including wood, canvas and paper. The class will focus on observational painting, but also include painting from other source material and from your imagination. Class size: 12

91495

ART 101 MM Painting I: Soup to Nuts

Medrie MacPhee

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1:30 -4:30 pm

FISHER 140

PART

For students who have had virtually no experience with painting or need a brushup. Lectures, demonstrations, excercises and assigned projects will provide students with a basis in the fundamentals of painting. Exploring color mixing and paint handling combined with an ongoing review of various compositions/color organizing principles as they relate to painting will be the methodology of the class. Work will be done on a variety of supports including wood, canvas and paper. Assignments will cover projects that deal both with observation and various aspects of abstraction. *This class is reserved for First-Year Students. Class size: 12

91502

ART 101 JG Painting I

Jeffrey Gibson

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10:10 -1:10 pm

FISHER 140

PART

91499

ART 106 JC Sculpture I: The Chair

James Clark

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1:30 -4:30 pm

FISHER 138

PART

The chair is ever present. It describes the human form and spirit. In this sculpture studio we will focus on the chair not only as a functional object but also as a sculptural thing. Basic skills in drawing, digital photography, clay modeling, plaster casting, wood carving/construction and metalworking will be taught and employed in the making of objects/things that could be chairs. Class size: 12

91493

ART 106 JS Sculpture I

Julianne Swartz

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10:10 -1:10 pm

FISHER 138

PART

The definition of sculpture is always expanding to absorb new materials, media and strategies. It can include objects, actions, time-based media, sound and light. This course will introduce the language of contemporary sculpture through building objects and installations, looking at slides and videos, drawing, writing, verbal critique and discussion. We will explore how meaning is communicated through sculpture, using a variety of materials such as wood, fabric, clay, metal and found objects. Technical demonstrations will include woodworking, welding and mold making. Studies will also engage light, sound, space and time. Art history and contemporary theory will inform our discussion. The course is designed to develop fundamental art making skills as well as the ability to interpret visual art. *This class is reserved for First-Year Students. Class size: 12

91498

ART 106 KL Sculpture I

Kristin Lucas

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1:30 -4:30 pm

FISHER 138

PART

This studio art course investigates sculpture as an evolving contemporary art form. As a genre, sculpture continues to absorb new techniques and materials not limited to objects, actions, time-based media, photography, breathing, thinking, even paint! This course is structured around short turnaround exercises with materials and actions in pursuit of a language for the expression of ideas and experiences through materials, form, and context. Technical demonstrations will include woodworking, welding and mold making. Readings, group discussion, writing exercises, slide shows, screenings, and critique will augment critical thinking contemporary sculpture, and the intersection between art and life. Class size: 14

91503

ART 107 LB Basic Drawing I

Laura Battle

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1:30 -4:30 pm

FISHER 149

PART

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 discuss and think about their art practices. *This class is reserved for First-Year Students. Class size: 12

91506

ART 107 JG Basic Drawing I

Jeffrey Gibson

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10:10 -1:10 pm

FISHER 140

PART

91650

ART 108 KF Foundations: 2D/3D

Kenji Fujita

. . . Th .

3:30 -6:30 pm

FISHER 149

PART

This basic studio arts foundations course will introduce students to art making as a way of understanding the visible world through observation and experimentation. Students will work on assignments that deal with line, gesture, form and space in order to make work that reveals not only something about what we are "looking" at, but more importantly, how we "see". Student projects will work with both two and three-dimensional ideas of space supported by assignments such as negative space drawings, texture, pattern and material studies, photo and text collages and experiments with ordinary materials, such as cardboard and wire. Class time will be used to work on in-class projects and critique finished work. Demonstrations in techniques and media will be supplemented by presentations of artists such as Josef Albers, whose teaching ideas will inform many of our investigations (please note that color theory will not be a focus of this class). Class size: 12

91501

ART 109 LO Printmaking I: Introduction to Intaglio (Etching)

Lothar Osterburg

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10:10 -1:10 pm

FISHER 139

PART

In this class you will learn the terminology and basic as well as some advanced techniques of intaglio (Etching) from drypoint, etching and aquatint and combinations thereof, to wiping and printing. The class will consist of a large amount of technical instruction and demonstrations, complemented by the introduction of artistic methods. Original prints as well as reproductions will provide a historic background to printmaking and show how artists have used these techniques throughout the centuries. Artistic critiques will complement the technical aspect of the class. Please count on spending about $100.- on material and tools for the class. Class size: 12

91489

ART 109 NL Printmaking I

Nicola Lopez

M . . . .

1:30 -4:30 pm

FISHER 139

PART

This class is designed to introduce students to the widely varied possibilities that are presented by the medium of printmaking. Through hands-on studio assignments, students will learn the techniques involved primarily in Intaglio (etching), Relief (woodcut). Although the main focus of the class will be on learning technical skills, we will also discuss issues of formal composition, choice of imagery and thematic content through conversations and critiques in class and through presentations made by both students and the professor. There are no pre-requisites for this class. Class size: 12

91496

ART 200 HT Cybergraphics II:Advanced Digital Techniques

Hap Tivey

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1:30 -4:30 pm

FISHER

PART

This class will develop techniques for creating print imagery and video based on advanced Photoshop tools and strategies. We will develop cross platform utilities that allow several software packages to be blended for optimal results. Although this is not intended to be a 3-D animation class, cross platform instruction will include basic three-dimensional modeling using Photoshop, Pro Animator and Vue. Basic familiarity with Adobe Illustrator, Flash and Final Cut are recommended. Cybergraphics I or instructor permission are prerequisite.

Class size: 12

91508

ART 201 KB Painting II:Painterly Print

Ken Buhler

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1:30 -4:30 pm

FISHER 139

PART

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 hands 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 students individual ideas. While specific assignments will be given in class, independence in direction and motivation is essential. This courses 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. Class size: 12

91512

ART 201 LB Painting II:Abstraction

Laura Battle

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10:10 -1:10 pm

FISHER 149

PART

This course will introduce students to the forces at work in painting as conveyers of meaning when the nameable take a back seat. We will focus on gesture, geometry, reduction, process, and transforming the seen world. Students must have taken Painting 1 and/or Drawing 1 or 2. Also, please be aware that materials for this class are costly. Class size: 12

91490

ART 201 JS Painting II:Painting the Figure

Joseph Santore

M . . . .

1:30 - 4:30 pm

FISHER 140

PART

A continuation of Painting I, this course is designed for students who are serious about painting, especially painting from life. Students will be working with still lifes but the focus of the class will be on the figure, on color relations and how the sensation of color interacting across the plane can create light and space. The issues discussed in Painting I, mainly the language of color, value, temperature, contrast, saturation, intensity, etc. and strong structural relationships, will serve as building blocks for complex figurative compositions. We will be also working from reproductions as we study some of the great figurative masters. 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. Students will be working on gessoed paper over the first weeks but 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 and must have had Painting I, there will be no exceptions.

Class size: 12

91491

ART 206 DD Sculpture II:Casting Workshop

Daniella Dooling

M . . . .

1:30 -4:30 pm

FISHER 142

PART

This course will focus on a variety of different casting methods and techniques. A wide range of materials will be explored. Students will learn to make one and two part rubber molds and will be encouraged to work from sculpted forms in addition to found objects. We will also explore various aspects of life casting using alginate as our starting material. As the semester progresses, the molds will become more complex and intricate. This course will include a field trip to the Tallix Foundry. Students should expect to spend a good deal of time working outside of class and be prepared to purchase additional materials throughout the semester as needed. Prerequisite: Sculpture I

Class size: 12

91488

ART 206 JS Sculpture II:Interactive Strategies

Julianne Swartz

M . . . .

10:10 -1:10 pm

FISHER 141

PART

This class will explore the possibilities of interactivity in sculpture and installation, investigating the boundaries between artist, object, and viewer. Dadaists, Surrealists and later the Fluxus movement, Happenings, and Performance Art often involved viewers as an integral part of the work. We will examine artists of these genres and discuss their strategies in relation to object making, focusing on issues of site and content as well as physical strategies. We will look at the intersection of performance and object making to create Performative Objects including sculptures that incorporate movement and sculptures that contain or create sound. We will learn basic skills of recording and editing sound, as well as techniques to incorporate sound into a sculptural object. We will also explore Performance as a medium, focusing on the potential for audience engagement. Using a variety of materials and techniques, we will create works that are viewer activated, experimental and participatory in nature. Sculpture 1 or the equivalent is a prerequisite. Class size: 12

91505

ART 206 KL Sculpture II:Video Installation

Kristin Lucas

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1:30 -4:30 pm

AVERY

PART

Cross-listed: Film & Electronic Arts This production course investigates video installation as an evolving contemporary art form that extends the conversation of video art beyond the frame and into live, hybrid media, site-specific, and multiple channel environments. Presentations, screenings, and readings augment critical thinking about temporal and spatial relationships, narrative structure, viewer perception and interaction. Experimentation is encouraged through workshops. Students develop research interests and apply their unique skills sets to short turnaround exercises and more expanded self-directed projects for gallery and off-site contexts. Pre-requisite: Completion of an Introduction to Video course, or with permission of the Instructor. Class size: 12

91492

ART 207 DD Drawing II

Daniella Dooling

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10:10 -1:10 pm

FISHER 149

PART

Leonardo da Vinci said, to learn to draw is to learn to see. The emphasis of this course will be the study of drawing as a tool for articulating what the eyes, hand, and mind discover and investigate when coordinated. During class time, we will primarily work from life and forms from nature in order to give students fundamental and essential drawing skills. Line, shape, value, gesture, perspective, volume, composition and space form the basis for translating from 3D to 2D, and these will each be covered through weekly homework assignments. A wide range of drawing materials will be introduced. Students will be expected to spend at least six hours drawing outside of class, maintain an individual sketchbook, and participate fully in group critiques.

Class size: 12

91487

ART 207 JS Drawing II: The Figure

Joseph Santore

M . . . .

10:10 -1:10 pm

FISHER 140

PART

This is a figure drawing class but has nothing to do with academic solutions or tradition renderings. Students will be asked to put aside all preconceived ideas about drawing and to discard any technical solutions that they have acquired in the past. You will be working from perception and looking hard to try to uncover the structural bones of the subject matter. You will explore different ways of building spatial relationships and investigating the mystery of forms and the unidentified pockets of space that connect and surround them. We will discuss light and air, weight, gravity, speed and tensions while addressing problems of scale and the potential power and pressure of how mark-making possibilities by using different materials (charcoal, pencils, cut paper, black and white acrylic paint) to create harmony that resonates throughout the composition. Great drawings and paintings of the past will be looked at and discussed and the importance of drawing through the ages considered. On occasion students will work from reproductions of master works. There will be assignments and critiques usually toward the end of the session. Class time is reserved for hard work. Class size: 12

91500

ART 301 MM Painting III:The Big Kahuna

Medrie MacPhee

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10:10 -1:10 pm

UBS

PART

For students who have labored long and productively in Painting I and II and are ready to work independently on projects of their own choosing. The class will be demanding, with the expectation that the students will vigorously pursue their painting interests and present their work in ongoing class critiques as well as do research and participate in all class activities. Non-majors are accepted by permission of the instructor. For the first class bring a painting and be prepared to discuss what the work of the semester will focus on. Class size: 12

91507

ART 304 HT Light

Hap Tivey

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6:30 -9:30 pm

FISHER

PART

This course examines light as a medium in the production of artwork. The class will look at traditions of using light as volumes in space, as projections, as subject matter and as sculptural sources. We will examine techniques for generating luminous structures with conventional hardware, film, video, fire and theatrical sources. The works of Flavin, Turrel, Boltansky, Richter, Paik and Viola will figure prominently in our approach, but we will also explore ancillary contributions by a wide variety of artists working across several fields. Students will be required to work individually and on cooperative projects. Although the class will officially meet in Fisher 162, we will use a variety of spaces around the campus and work on projects in the field that may require travel times other than class hours. Class size: 12

91510

ART 305 Sculpture III

Diana Al-Hadid

. . . Th .

10:00 4:00

UBS

PART

An advanced level sculpture course taking place in the Red Hook, Bard 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.

91504

ART 307 KF Drawing III:

Facts and Fictions

Kenji Fujita

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10:10 -1:10 pm

FISHER 142

PART

Drawings can show us how a vision or idea can be transformed from the imagination to the surface of a piece of paper, capturing the tension between the fleeting idea and the material evidence that we are left with. In this course, we will examine how facts and fictions frame the ways we approach the drawing process. Individual and group projects will explore the following ideas: 1. Plans, Proposals and Outlines: drawing as a form of interpretation, interaction and exchange. 2. Drawing from Observation and the Imagination: large scale drawings of landscapes, real and imagined. 3. Collage, Assemblage and Relief: transforming two-dimensional imagery into three-dimensional forms. This course is a hands-on mixed media drawing class with supplemental work in other mediums. Open to any student who has taken a level 2 studio arts class, or by permission of the instructor.

Class size: 12

91497

ART 405 Senior Seminar

Ken Buhler

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5:00 -7:00 pm

FISHER 165

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. 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. Class size: 24