Please
Note: There
is a $100.00
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91851 |
ART 100 Cybergraphics |
Lothar
Osterburg |
M 1:30 pm-4:30 pm |
HDR 106 |
PA |
PART |
An
introduction to digital image creation and manipulation for display in print and
on screen. With Photoshop at the center, other programs of the Adobe Suite,
primarily Illustrator and InDesign will be introduced. Individual final
projects will emerge out of a series of exercises that will build image making
skills and establish a digital workflow.
This class is reserved for
First-year and Transfer students. Class size: 14
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91852 |
ART 100 AC CyberGRAPHICS I:Fabricated Landscapes |
Adriane
Colburn |
Th 10:10 am-1:10 pm |
HDR 106 |
PA |
PART |
Cross-listed: Environmental & Urban
Studies This course is an
introduction to digital image creation and manipulation for display in print
and on screen. With Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator at the center, we will
explore the possibilities of creating imagined and composite landscapes that
are feasible only through digital fabrication. As inspiration we will
look at the ways that human intervention has transformed our physical
world world through garden design, suburban sprawl, urban grids, mining sites,
managed forests, zoos, constructed waterways and earthworks. In addition,
we will survey a range of contemporary artists who are wrestling with the human
impact on our biosphere. Coursework will foster a body of work consisting
of on-line sketchbooks, site-specific installation, digital collage, gifs,
large scale printing and laser cutting. These projects will emerge out of a
series of exercises that will build image making skills and establish a digital
workflow. Class size: 14
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91876 |
ART 101 KF Painting I |
Kenji Fujita |
Th 1:30 pm-4:30 pm |
FISHER 140 |
PA |
PART |
Painting I is an introductory studio arts
course in which students work with line, shape, gesture, texture, value,
composition and color to construct paintings based on observation and principles
of abstraction and design. Students will focus on different approaches to
creating pictorial space using oil paint on a range of surfaces including
canvas, wood and paper. A material and supply list will be available upon
request. Presentations of relevant artwork (drawn mainly from the 20th century)
and readings will supplement the work done in class. Class
size: 14
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91864 |
ART 101 LB Painting I |
Laura Battle |
T 1:30 pm-4:30 pm |
FISHER 140 |
PA |
PART |
This
class is for first year students wanting to learn the fundamentals of painting.
We will work exclusively perceptually, from still life and the figure, and will
examine the potential of paint to convey volume and atmosphere, simultaneously
conveying meaning. This is boot camp for
students starting out as painter/drawers.
No experience necessary. We will work with oils. Materials are
expensive, be aware! This class is reserved for First-year and
Transfer students. Class size: 14
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91855 |
ART 101 LS Painting I: Farm-to-Table |
Lisa Sanditz |
M 10:10 am-1:10 pm |
FISHER 140 |
PA |
PART |
In this class we will explore the basic
techniques and formal aspects of painting such as color, form, paint application
and composition, by utilizing local farms as our classroom. We will begin the
semester painting outside, on the farm, and as the season turns, we will take
food that we have harvested into the classroom and make meals, sculptures and
still-lifes to paint from. There will be a class workday on the farm as well.
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.
Class size: 14
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91861 |
ART 105 AG sculpture i: The Chair |
Arthur
Gibbons |
T 10:10 am-1:10 pm |
FISHER 138 |
PA |
PART |
The
chair is omnipresent and reflects our thoughts, hearts and bodies. As the human figure has been the focal point
for artists for centuries, we will employ the image and function of the chair
as our muse in the making of sculpture.
The Chair studio class will work with found objects, plaster, clay, wood
and metal over the span of the semester.
There will be wood and metal workshops where students will gain a
fundamental knowledge of each shops’ tools and techniques. An illustrated survey of the history of
sculpture will be presented throughout the semester. Class
size: 14
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91871 |
ART 105 ED Sculpture I |
Ellen Driscoll |
W 10:10 am-1:10 pm |
FISHER 138 |
PA |
PART |
This
is a hands-on, introductory class that will introduce students to basic metal,
wood, and other material fabrication techniques as vehicles for exploring the
magic of scale in a sculptural vocabulary.
The manipulation of scale is as essential to a sculptor as the range of
musical notes on a piano are to a pianist. Working in a spectrum from miniature
to the scale of architecture and landscape, students will make a series of
sculptural projects that challenge and shift our perception of what is big, and
what is small, what is at the center, and what is at the margin, in our
physical environment. The sculptural
work of the class will be complemented with a series of readings, powerpoint
presentations, and discussions that investigate the manipulation of scale and
perception by sculptors throughout history.
This class is reserved for
First-year and Transfer students. Class size: 14
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91865 |
ART 105 JS Sculpture I |
Julianne
Swartz |
T 1:30 pm-4:30 pm |
FISHER 138 |
PA |
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. Class
size: 14
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91860 |
ART 107 DD Drawing I |
Daniella
Dooling |
T 10:10 am-1:10 pm |
FISHER 149 |
PA |
PART |
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, forms from nature, and the still
life in order to give students fundamental and essential drawing skills. Line,
shape, value, gesture, volume, weight, composition and space form the basis for
translating from 3D to 2D, and these will each be covered through weekly
homework assignments and readings. A wide range of drawing materials will be
introduced. Class size: 14
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91858 |
ART 107 KF Drawing I |
Kenji Fujita |
M 1:30 pm-4:30 pm |
FISHER 149 |
PA |
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 media. Regular critiques will
be held, in which the students develop a useful vocabulary aiding them to
further discuss and think about their art practices. Class
size: 14
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91863 |
ART 107 MM Drawing I |
Medrie
MacPhee |
T 1:30 pm-4:30 pm |
FISHER 149 |
PA |
PART |
Drawing can externalize
our relationship to the world. This course will give you the tools with which
to “see” it through developing basic technical and perceptual drawing skills
and through drawing projects that will further develop visual awareness. A
variety of drawing techniques and media will be explored and there will be
weekly projects assigned and completed outside of class. Regular critiques will
be held in which students will develop a necessary vocabulary to further think
about and discuss their work. Presentations and lectures will complement the
classroom activity. This class is reserved for First-year and Transfer
students.
Class size: 14
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91878 |
ART 109 BG Printmaking I: Relief |
Beka Goedde |
F 10:10 am-1:10 pm |
FISHER 139 |
PA |
PART |
Printmaking is a dynamic, future-oriented process, not
a static historically determined set of practices. In this class, we will
learn a set of traditional printmaking practices—monotype, collograph, woodcut,
linocut—through layering and colors with the aid of a digital toolbox. As we
gather specific skills we learn that print processes are not ‘given.’ They
are invented, and continue to be reinvented by industries and
artists. Class work will swing between very tight, precise, and meticulous
assignments, and very loose and experimental processes. In this way we
learn a specific set of ‘good printshop practices’ along with an awareness of
how artists can activate and innovate with printmaking. This class is reserved for First-year and Transfer
students.
Class size: 12
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91869 |
ART 109 LO Printmaking I: Intaglio |
Lothar
Osterburg |
W 10:10 am-1:10 pm |
FISHER 139 |
PA |
PART |
Goal of this introductory class is to give
students a solid foundation to the terminology and methods of intaglio (etching),
from drypoint, etching and aquatint 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
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91873 |
ART 112 KB Colorama |
Kenneth
Buhler |
W 1:30 pm-4:30 pm |
FISHER 149 |
PA |
PART |
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. Class size: 14
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91868 |
ART 150 Extended Media I |
Dave McKenzie |
W 10:10 am-1:10 pm |
FISHER |
PA |
PART |
The expansion of Art’s definition means that
the terms used to categorize works of art are often technically incorrect—e.g.
film used to categorize films
not shot on the medium of film. These same terms point to the incredible
proliferation of tools and techniques that are becoming readily available to
large segments of the population. Through readings, critiques, and assignments
we will explore artistic practices that have stretched previous categories
while creating new categories—such as social practice, post-media, and post-internet art. Extended Media 1 will be
grounded in art historical precedents, but students will be introduced to a
number of recent technologies and working methods outside the traditional narratives
of painting and sculpture. Assignments and instruction will explore various and
varied forms of construction—from creative writing and performance to site
interventions and virtual installations. Emphasis will be placed on the
development of ideas and strengthening one’s ability to critique not only the
work of art but also the tools and techniques used to make it. Class
size: 14
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92187 |
ART 201 LB Painting II: Abstraction |
Laura Battle |
Th 10:10 am-1:10 pm |
FISHER 149 |
PA |
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: 14
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91856 |
ART 201 JS Painting II: The Figure |
Joseph
Santore |
M 1:30 pm-4:30 pm |
FISHER 140 |
PA |
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: 14
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91857 |
ART 205 DD Sculpture II |
Daniella
Dooling |
M 1:30 pm-4:30 pm |
FISHER 138 |
PA |
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: 14
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92117 |
ART 205 LS Sculptural Ceramics |
Lisa Sanditz |
Th 10:10 am-1:10 pm |
UBS |
PA |
PART |
This
class is designed for serious art students who want to consider exploring clay
as a material in their artistic practice.
No prior experience with clay is necessary, however you must have taken
a Sculpture I class. This course will
cover the basics of ceramics- concentrating on hand-building and the basic
aspects of casting. Different clay
bodies and glazes will be explored as well as firing temperatures and
tools. Students will build ceramic
objects as well as explore using clay with other materials and time-based
disciplines such as performance or video. Class size: 14
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91854 |
ART 207 JS Drawing II: THE FIGURE |
Joseph
Santore |
M 10:10 am-1:10 pm |
FISHER 149 |
PA |
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:
14
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91870 |
ART 207 KF Drawing II: Collage |
Kenji Fujita |
W 10:10 am-1:10 pm |
FISHER 149 |
PA |
PART |
Drawing II: Collage is an intermediate level
studio arts course that will introduce students to collage using a hands-on approach
that emphasizes direct and improvisational processes. Students will work on
projects in a range of mediums, exploring different techniques and strategies.
Shifts in size/scale (the digital printout); working in series and working with
time-based media (stop-motion animation) are some of the ways that students
will expand on their collage-based work. Throughout this course students will
be looking at Cubism, Surrealism, Dada and Appropriation art as well as
"street art" and other work made in the public space. These
historical markers will serve as references for work done in class. Class
time will consist of work and critique supplemented by demonstrations,
presentations and readings. Open to students who have taken Drawing 1 or by permission
of instructor. Class size: 14
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91877 |
ART 209 BG Printmaking II:Print/Material |
Beka Goedde |
Th 1:30 pm-4:30 pm |
FISHER 139 |
PA |
PART |
In this course we print material in order to compose and
assemble large-scale drawings, works on paper and prints in series. Print II
artists are encouraged to print images through a mix of traditional,
photomechanical, and experimental print processes, expanding our experience
working on and with paper. We create material through various processes which
can include watercolor monotype, chine collé, collograph, polymer plate
lithography, and japanese woodblock printing. Gluing and cutting techniques,
laser etching and inkjet printing are also introduced. Due to extensive
demos, the need for personalized assistance, it is desirable that students are
able to stay late and do not schedule a class starting at 1:30pm. Prior
printmaking experience is recommended, but not
essential. Allow $100 to $150 for materials and tools. Class
size: 12
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91859 |
ART 209 LO Printmaking II: Experimental |
Lothar
Osterburg |
T 1:30 pm-4:30 pm |
UBS |
PA |
PART |
Primarily held at Bard’s UBS facility in Red Hook in
a newly set up printshop, this class will be able to spread out and go larger
than is possible at the Fisher printshop. The class will focus mainly on
non-etching techniques such as woodblock and collograph, but also utilize our
new screen printing and lithography setup. The class will question the traditional
notion of printmaking and it’s traditional components (paper metal, wood and
ink) and utilize other resources available at Bard such as the laser cutter and
the adjacent wood shop During the first part of the semester
assignments will explore the question of what constitutes a print through a mix
of technical exploration and theoretical assignments, then will develop their
own print based projects. Class
size: 12
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92163 |
ART 232 Art and Climate Change: you are here…Now |
Adriane
Colburn |
W 1:30 pm-4:30 pm |
FISHER |
PA |
PART |
This is an interdisciplinary arts practice
class offering an intensive look at how art and science collide in climate
issues. The landscape is one of art’s most enduring subjects. In a time when
climate change is reshaping our physical and social landscapes, what kind of
interdisciplinary engagements are possible as many fields, including the arts,
turn towards addressing the changing climate? Over the course of the
class, we will survey current art practices, hear from scientists about their
research methodologies, and consider agency, activism, and the aesthetics and
visual rhetoric of greenwashing. Students will work on individual and
collaborative art projects engaging a range of skills, disciplines, and
approaches – from mapping to propaganda to public practice. The class
will consider the recent spectrum of cultural and scientific responses to
climate change, with class visits by scientists, activists, and artists and
field trips. Film screenings and readings from the arts and sciences will
provide a background in recent cultural engagement, and frame some similarities
between scientific research and the art-making processes. Class size: 14
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91875 |
ART 250 Extended Media II |
Dave McKenzie |
Th 1:30 pm-4:30 pm |
FISHER |
PA |
PART |
This is an advanced class, meant to encourage
individual projects, questions, and approaches. As such, it follows a workshop model,
and we will be using the languages and attitudes of performance art as a
general methodology. Students will be encouraged to propose and pursue
self-generated assignments alongside the required class assignments. In class,
we will explore movement based thinking alongside alternative strategies of
object making in an effort to remain flexible and even uncomfortable. Special
attention will be paid to work that incorporates time-based media,
installation, writing, and digital technology. Group and individual critiques
will lead students along a path to determining their own approach to the
expanding field of art production, and at the end of the course students will
have a greater understanding of how to shape their own vision and use their own
voice.
Prerequisites: Permission of the
instructor. Class size: 14
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91867 |
ART 301 MM ADVANCED STUDIO |
Medrie
MacPhee |
W 10:10 am-1:10 pm |
UBS |
PA |
PART |
A
class designed for students who have completed a Level 1 and II class in Painting,
Sculpture or Drawing/Mixed Media with the expectation that it will provide
Juniors with an opportunity to begin to craft a work ethic and ongoing studio
practice. The class will be demanding,, with students vigorously pursuing and
developing their respective bodies of
work and, be prepared to present it in ongoing class critiques. As well, to do
research and participate in all class activities. There will be readings,
films, class presentations and field trips.
Class size:
14
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91879 |
ART 305 JP Sculpture III: Installation |
Judy Pfaff |
F 10:00 am-4:00 pm |
UBS |
PA |
PART |
This is an advanced sculpture class open to
qualified students only. The defining characteristic is the freedom and space that
each student is given to explore their ideas and go beyond personal limits and
preconceptions. All media and methods are welcome as long as they are
accompanied by a consideration of the specific spaces of UBS. This class requires a MAJOR devotion of
time and energy. Students are treated as working artists and are expected to
completely install three site-specific projects of their own inspiration.
Critique of the ideas and execution will accompany each project followed by a
thorough de-installation of the work. Open to ambitious, self-guided students
awaiting a challenge. It is an all day class, from 10-2 and then a two hour
"lab" for demonstrations in welding, woodworking, electrical wiring
and other processes. Class size: 12
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91896 |
ART 306 Acting As If: Parody, Camp and Spectacle in
contemporary art |
Jeffrey
Gibson |
T 10:10 am-1:10 pm |
UBS |
PA |
PART |
This one-third seminar and two-thirds studio
course will introduce Junior Studio Arts majors to contemporary artists whose artworks
incorporate aesthetic references drawn from alternative subcultures, drag, mass
media and cultural events . Students will read selected texts and watch artist
videos that explore these ideas as strategies for expressing critical
perspectives on popular culture. Two-thirds of the time will be for students to
create independent multidisciplinary artworks that relate to the ideas
presented in class. Students must have completed a minimum of two 200 level
studio arts classes to be eligible for this course. Class
size: 14
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91872 |
ART 307 LB Drawing III: Enantiadromia: Extreme Drawing |
Laura Battle |
W 1:30 pm-4:30 pm |
FISHER |
PA |
PART |
The
Jungian term ‘enantiadromia‘ suggests that anything done to an extreme produces
its opposite result. This class will focus on process over product. We will
explore numerous approaches, some fixed and some free-floating, to engage in a
rigorous approach towards drawing. When done to an extreme, geometry becomes
nature, or nature becomes systematic. The drawing process can be meditative or
can induce extreme frustration. Be prepared for both. This class is open to
students working conceptually, perceptually or non-referentially, and to those
whose primary work is in either two or three dimensions. This mixed media class
assumes some level of responsibility on the part of the student, particularly
in the second half of the semester, for doing independent work. Prerequisite:
Permission of the instructor, Drawing 1 or 2 and at least 1 these: Painting 1
or 2, Sculpture 1 or 2. Class size: 12
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91866 |
ART
405 KB Senior
Seminar |
Kenneth
Buhler |
T 5:00 pm-7:00 pm |
FISHER |
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Senior Seminar is a component of the senior project
and is an integral part of the 8 credits earned for Senior Project. The Seminar
focuses on the development of the student as a thinking and working
artist. This is accomplished through
variety of approaches. Presentations are made by visiting artists and Studio
Arts faculty who discuss their life and work.
Students develop a series of projects designed to aid them in
recognizing, conceptualizing, and articulating their particular artistic
interests. Presentations by alumni from the Bard studio arts program provide a
glimpse into the future; and, workshops on the photographing of art and website
development help the student prepare for life after Bard. Exhibitions in the
fall semester will draw students out of their studios well before the presentation
of their senior show. Required studio visits from faculty members other than
the project advisor insure fresh and varied responses to the ongoing senior
project. 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