Please Note: There is a $100.00 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, February 8, 2017, 5 PM or they will be charged and responsible for the $100.00 Department Fee.

17378

ART 100 AC

Cybergraphics I: fabricated landscapes

Adriane Colburn

Th 10:10am-1:10pm

FISHER 161

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 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

17364

ART 100 LO

Cybergraphics

Lothar Osterburg

T 1:30pm-4:30pm

HDR 106

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 that will build image making skills and establish a digital workflow. Class size: 14

17375

ART 102 KF

Painting I

Kenji Fujita

W 1:30pm-4:30pm

FISHER 140

PART

Painting 1 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

17368

ART 102 MM

Painting I: Soup to NUTS

Medrie MacPhee

W 10:10am-1:10pm

FISHER 140

PART

For students who have had virtually no experience with painting or need a brush-up. Lectures, demonstrations, exercises 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. Class size: 14

17361

ART 102 SS

Painting I

Shinique Smith

T 10:10am-1:10pm

FISHER 140

PART

This course is an introduction to painting. Students will work with oil paint on canvas and thus should be aware of the cost of supplies. We will cover the fundamentals of working 2 dimensionally including line, shape, value, gesture, perspective, volume, composition, and space with an emphasis on color as the primary force in creating an image. Subjects will include still life, landscape and the figure. Towards the end of the class, students will be asked to explore more personal and expressive avenues in their work. Class size: 14

17367

ART 106 AG

Sculpture I: The Chair

Arthur Gibbons

W 10:10am-1:10pm

FISHER 138

PART

We will explore sculpture through the idea/lens of the ever-present object called the chair. A log with writing , drawing, and photographs will be kept over the semester. We will work with cardboard, wood, steel, found objects, air, water, cloth, sound, intelligence and passion. Open to all students.

Class size: 14

17377

ART 106 AG2

Sculpture I: The Chair

Arthur Gibbons

Th 10:10am-1:10pm

FISHER 138

PART

See above.

17365

ART 106 JS

Sculpture I

Julianne Swartz

T 1:30pm-4:30pm

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. Class size: 14

17358

ART 108 DD

Drawing I

Daniella Dooling

M 1:30pm-4:30pm

FISHER 149

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. We will look at old master drawings as well as contemporary artists in relationship to each of these assignments. A wide range of drawing materials will be introduced. Students will be expected to spend at least six hours drawing outside of class and participate fully in class critiques. Class size: 14

17360

ART 108 JG

Drawing I

Jeffrey Gibson

T 10:10am-1:10pm

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 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

17373

ART 108 LB

Drawing I

Laura Battle

W 1:30pm-4:30pm

FISHER 149

PART

This course will focus on drawing from life using still-life, and the figure as subjects. The essentials of shape, form, value, composition and light will be explored to give students solid fundamental skills for rendering form in space. Class size: 14

17138

ART 109 BG

Printmaking I: MARK-MAKING

Beka Goedde

F 10:10am-1:10pm

FISHER 139

PART

In this class we will work with a set of traditional printmaking practices in modes of both intaglio and relief. Students will develop and refine their drawing sensibility, and study the variations of their drawn and printed line. We will develop our drawings into prints, build our printed marks on paper into collaged drawings and animation, and explore mark-making as an activity that happens while working and living. We seek to engage with printmaking as the means to create a visual language, expand our knowledge base of printmaking as a historical and contemporary mode of art making, and broaden our experiences working on and with paper. Class size: 12

17357

ART 109 LO

Printmaking I: Intro to intaglio

Lothar Osterburg

M 1:30pm-4:30pm

FISHER 139

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

17370

ART 150

Extended Media I

Dave McKenzie

W 10:10am-1:10pm

FISHER

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

17376

ART 200 AC

Cybergraphics II:Site, Space, place

Adriane Colburn

W 1:30pm-4:30pm

FISHER

PART

Cross-listed: Environmental & Urban Studies This is an advanced level studio art course that will explore processes that merge the digital and the physical world. Through research and engagement with the local landscape, we will generate a series of artworks that investigate our relationship to space, place and our immediate environment. Over the course of the semester, we will create site specific works on and off campus that employ techniques used in mapping, navigation, storytelling and public art. Curriculum is designed to be an open platform that fosters individual projects and the unique interests of class participants. An emphasis will be placed on research and the invention of hybrid artworks through the collision of digital tools (Adobe creative suite, Laser cutter, 3D printer, large format printing, basic video editing) and complementary disciplines (writing, drawing, collage, installation, projection, performance, sound). Through a series of projects rooted in experimentation and creative inquiry, we will lure digital processes out of the box and into the tactile world. Prerequisite: Cybergraphics I or permission by instructor. Class size: 14

17356

ART 202 JS

Painting II: The Figure

Joseph Santore

M 1:30pm-4:30pm

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: 14

17362

ART 202 LB

Painting II: Abstraction

Laura Battle

T 1:30pm-4:30pm

FISHER 149

PART

This course will introduce students to the forces at work in painting as conveyors 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. Prerequisite: Painting 1 and/or Drawing 1 or 2 Class size: 14

17359

ART 206 AG

Sculpture II: Steel

Arthur Gibbons

T 10:10am-1:10pm

FISHER 138

PART

Students will learn to weld and cut steel using oxygen-acetylene, Plasma, MIG and TIG techniques. Students then will employ these techniques to fabricate a tool, a container and a thought. Prerequisite: Sculpture I Class size: 14

17371

ART 206 ED

Sculpture II: Air, Water, Earth

Ellen Driscoll

W 1:30pm-4:30pm

FISHER

PART

Cross-listed: Environmental & Urban Studies We will look at air, water, and earth as sites, subjects, and material for making sited sculptural installations. We will look at historical work on an environmental scale from ancient sites like the Nazca lines in Peru, to contemporary work like Eve Mosher’s High Water Line focused on rising sea levels. Students will learn to create site installations responsive to both architectural scale and to the scale of nature. Our work will include a field trip to Storm King and Opus 40, and research into local issues of air and water quality as a platform for creating exciting sculptural work that is environmentally responsive and responsible. Class size: 14

17355

ART 208 JS

Drawing II: The Figure

Joseph Santore

M 10:10am-1:10pm

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: 14

17379

ART 208 KF

Drawing II:Image Scavenging

Kenji Fujita

Th 1:30pm-4:30pm

FISHER 142

PART

Where do images come from? They can come from observation, the imagination and memory; but they can also be scavenged from books, magazines, TV, the internet, etc. In this level two drawing class, students will use images drawn from a wide range of sources to create large and small-scale drawings along with other mixed-media works. Figuring out how images can be appropriated, edited, combined and transformed will be one of the goals of the class. Students will work in a variety of drawing and other media, with some exploration into three-dimensional space. Presentations of relevant artwork and readings will supplement the work done in class. Open to all students who have taken drawing 1 or by permission of the instructor. Class size: 14

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ART 209 BG

Printmaking II: Screenprinting

Beka Goedde

Th 1:30pm-4:30pm

UBS

PART

This course is an intensive and thorough introduction to the technique of screenprinting. Students learn to use a variety of silkscreen techniques to create multilayered and multicolored images on paper or other surfaces. Using the immediacy, versatility, and photographic possibilities of silkscreen, students will be challenged to bring their artistic work to an increasing level of complexity, depth and refinement. Additional print techniques of working with and on paper and photographic-based media will be incorporated into the course. Prior printmaking experience strongly recommended, and permission of instructor required. This course will be held in UBS Barn in Red Hook. Class size: 12

17374

ART 219

painting/printmaking II: The Painterly Print

Kenneth Buhler

W 1:30pm-4:30pm

FISHER 139

PART

The monotype (a.k.a. the painterly print) emerges at the intersection of painting and printmaking. While technically it can be the most straightforward and direct form of printmaking, one that strives *to honor the individuality of the hand’s painterly impulse", it also can be fantastically inventive and layered, incorporating many processes into one image. Monotypes are a wonderful tool for an artist to develop ideas of color, light, shape, and composition into singular expressions. In turn, they can become a rich resource of stimulation and information for other forms of visual thinking. 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 or Printmaking I are the minimum prerequisites but it is highly recommended that you have had some experience with the pursuit of visual ideas of your own invention. Material needs will vary among individuals, but an array of oil painting materials and high quality paper will be required by all. Class size: 14

17381

ART 250

Extended Media II

Dave McKenzie

Th 1:30pm-4:30pm

FISHER

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.

Class size: 14

17363

ART 301

Advanced Studio

Medrie MacPhee

T 1:30pm-4:30pm

UBS

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. Seniors will be admitted with approval of instructor. Class size: 12

17558

ART / MUS 321

Sculpture III: SOUND AS A SCULPTURAL MEDIUM

Julianne Swartz

Robert Bielecki

W 1:30pm- 4:30pm

UBS

PART

Cross-listed: Music This course will explore methods of physicalizing sound through the creation of installations and objects. We will examine unconventional techniques including acoustic and non-electronic methods of generating, focusing and amplifying sound. Certain projects will utilize sculptural processes such as casting and laser engraving. Technical demonstrations, field trips, and slide discussions will inform our study. We will examine artists who use sound as a material, and discuss their strategies in relation to object making and sound in/as architecture. A final project will be the culmination of the semester's activities, combining creative artistic and technological disciplines in individual and/or collaborative works. Class size: 14

17366

ART 406

Senior Seminar

Kenneth Buhler

T 5:00pm-7:30pm

FISHER

N/A

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 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: 30