STUDIO ART
Studio Art Courses meet in the Richard B. and Emily H. Fisher Studio Arts Building
FOUNDATIONS - Group I:
CRN |
10440 |
Distribution |
F |
Course No. |
ART 001 A |
Title |
Foundations: The Body in Parts - Painting |
Professor |
Medrie MacPhee |
Schedule |
Wed 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm |
An exploration of visual language in painting, mixed media and sculpture that will focus on the body as subject matter. Not a traditional figurative art class, projects will instead be experimental in nature. The course is open to all students and is a requirement for all prospective art majors. There is no requirement of ability or prior knowledge or experience, only a serious commitment to discovering the resources of visual art, its practice and history. The three sections, on Wednesday and Thursday respectively, will be team taught. Studio faculty members will rotate throughout these sections over the course of the semester, thus giving greater exposure to the various visual languages taught in the studio arts.
CRN |
10441 |
Distribution |
F |
Course No. |
ART 001 B |
Title |
Foundations: The Body in Parts - Drawing |
Professor |
Laura Battle |
Schedule |
Wed 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm FISHER |
See description above.
CRN |
10442 |
Distribution |
F |
Course No. |
ART 001 C |
Title |
Foundations: The Body in Parts - 3D |
Professor |
Kenji Fujita |
Schedule |
Wed 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm FISHER |
See description above.
FOUNDATIONS - Group II:
CRN |
10443 |
Distribution |
F |
Course No. |
ART 001 D |
Title |
Foundations: Painting |
Professor |
Gary Bower |
Schedule |
Th 9:30 am - 12:30 pm FISHER |
An exploration of visual language through the making and study of images - photographic, drawn, printed, painted, and modeled in three dimensions. The course is open to all students and is a requirement for all prospective art majors. There is no requirement of ability or prior knowledge or experience, only a serious commitment to discovering the resources of visual art, its practice and history. The three sections, on Wednesday and Thursday respectively, will be team taught. Studio faculty members will rotate throughout these sections over the course of the semester, thus giving
greater exposure to the various visual languages taught in the studio arts.
CRN |
10444 |
Distribution |
F |
Course No. |
ART 001 E |
Title |
Foundations: Drawing |
Professor |
Pier Consagra |
Schedule |
Th 9:30 am - 12:30 pm FISHER |
See description above.
CRN |
10445 |
Distribution |
F |
Course No. |
ART 001 F |
Title |
Foundations: Sculpture |
Professor |
Juana Valdes |
Schedule |
Th 9:30 am - 12:30 pm FISHER |
See description above.
CRN |
10014 |
Distribution |
F |
Course No. |
ART 100 A |
Title |
Printmaking I: Introduction to Printmaking; Relief, Color & Intaglio |
Professor |
Bernard Greenwald |
Schedule |
Tu 9:30 am - 12:30 pm FISHER |
This is the entry-level printmaking course, the prerequisite for all other printmaking classes in the art department. Its goal is to have students begin to use the tools and the materials of the printmaker as means for the development of personal imagery and self-expression through the serial progression the medium offers. Students will explore woodcutting, collotype, and learn how to conceive of and register plates for color printing. Students will learn to identify the various print media. The history of prints and archival methods will be discussed and there will be a field trip to a print cabinet to examine master prints.
CRN |
10015 |
Distribution |
F |
Course No. |
ART 100 B |
Title |
Painting I |
Professor |
Gary Bower |
Schedule |
Tu 9:30 am - 12:30 pm FISHER |
Through lectures, demonstrations, exercises, and assigned projects, students explore different attitudes towards art and painting. To better experience color mixing and handling, work with oil color is encouraged. Different strategies using oil medium will be explored. There will be a review of various compositional/color organization principles as they relate to painting. Work will be done on a variety of supports including canvas, wood and paper. Assignments will cover projects dealing with observation and various aspects of abstraction.
CRN |
10222 |
Distribution |
F |
Course No. |
ART 100 C |
Title |
Drawing I |
Professor |
Bernard Greenwald |
Schedule |
Mon 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm Fisher |
This course is designed to present the basic concepts of drawing. The student explores problems related to perceiving forms in light, perspective, handling space through hand-eye coordination, and drawing as a visual thought process.
CRN |
10223 |
Distribution |
F |
Course No. |
ART 100 D |
Title |
Cybergraphics I |
Professor |
Hap Tivey |
Schedule |
Tu 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm FISHER |
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.
CRN |
10224 |
Distribution |
F |
Course No. |
ART 100 E |
Title |
Drawing I |
Professor |
Ed Smith |
Schedule |
Th 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm FISHER |
This basic drawing course is designed to familiarize the student with drawing as a tool and language to see and think. Work from invention, perception and a broad array of materials will be introduced. The student will work from the figure and landscape as well as imagination! Class work as well as assignment will be given. This is a very intense course directed at basic drawing and it will suit the prospective artist well in its preparation for sculpture, printmaking, painting, and of course continued drawing. An understanding of 2-D space, scale, materials, marks and consistency of intelligent thought are the goals and what will be achieved.
Class limit: 18
CRN |
10225 |
Distribution |
F |
Course No. |
ART 100 F |
Title |
Painting I |
Professor |
Eric Holzman |
Schedule |
Th 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm FISHER |
This class is almost completely perceptual with some color theory and some technical assistance. We'll work from still life, model, and landscape. Class will begin working tonally, then progress to cool and warm color. The palette will slowly expand from there. We will concentrate on the relationship between the image, the mark, and the rectangle.
CRN |
10226 |
Distribution |
F |
Course No. |
ART 100 G |
Title |
Sculpture I: Mixed Media |
Professor |
Juana Valdes |
Schedule |
Fri 9:30 am - 12:30 pm FISHER |
This class will focus on hands-on experience using different materials to create 2-D and 3-D art works. The semester will be divided into three projects that are due at the end of every three weeks. Each new project will begin with a series of drawings and samples of materials to be used. Students are encouraged to be experimental with their combinations and use of found materials. Students are asked to make a list of ten different materials to use to create a work and to group them into sets of three with one material being used on all. The materials should have different properties and the work should be placed within an invented context or site specific space. A written description accompanies the work on how these principals (weight/space/texture/size/density/ color/ structure/form/impact) are incorporated into the artwork.
CRN |
10228 |
Distribution |
F |
Course No. |
ART 100 I |
Title |
Painting I |
Professor |
Alan Cote |
Schedule |
Tu 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm FISHER |
This course will begin to explore aspects of formal articulation through the use of tone, color, shape, line and form. Starting with two-dimensional material the student will perceive and paint the correct relationships of these formal elements. This will lead to an introductory use of illusion through the perception of the three-dimensional space using still life, the portrait head, full figure and landscape as familiar subjects. Outside of class problems should relate to the current subjects in class work. A minimum of three hours per week will be expected. Drawing I is strongly recommended to accompany this painting course.
CRN |
10446 |
Distribution |
F |
Course No. |
ART 200 A |
Title |
Sculpture II: Architecture |
Professor |
Arthur Gibbons |
Schedule |
Wed 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm FISHER |
This is a studio class based in architectural drawing and model making. A specific project for the semester will be proposing new designs for the Fisher courtyard and the construction of an outdoor studio.
CRN |
10447 |
Distribution |
F |
Course No. |
ART 200 B |
Title |
Painting II |
Professor |
Alan Cote |
Schedule |
Wed 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm FISHER |
This studio course will extend the perceptual articulation learned in Painting I. Observation of various natural subjects will continue with more ambitious painting as well as the beginning of abstract and simplification of the various subjects. Different technical and expressive approaches will be encouraged and explored. Outside of class work will relate to the current class problem. A minimum of three hours per week will be required of the serious student.
Drawing II is recommended to accompany this course.
CRN |
10448 |
Distribution |
F |
Course No. |
ART 200 C |
Title |
Sculpture II: In Between Painting and Sculpture |
Professor |
Kenji Fujita |
Schedule |
Th 9:30 am - 12:30 pm FISHER |
This studio art course will explore the field of art making that lies between the pictorial space of painting and the physical space of sculpture. Using canvas and paint, as well as sculptural and mixed media materials, projects will include relief painting, sculpture on the wall, painted sculpture and installation.
Prerequisite: a Level 100 studio art course.
CRN |
10449 |
Distribution |
F |
Course No. |
ART 200 D |
Title |
Drawing II: Mixed Media: Works on Paper |
Professor |
Laura Battle |
Schedule |
Th 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm FISHER |
Intended for the sophomore/junior level. This will be an exploration of materials ranging from traditional drawing media to collage, transfers, and low-tech printmaking. In addition, students will develop a large body of related work drawn from a single subject. We will not work perceptually, instead will work from memory, dreams, and texts. Students will be expected at the outset to purchase a ream of good quality paper (100 sheets) as well as a range of art materials.
Prerequisites: Drawing I or Printmaking.
CRN |
10450 |
Distribution |
F |
Course No. |
ART 300 A |
Title |
Sculpture III |
Professor |
William Tucker |
Schedule |
Mon 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm FISHER |
This is a small class, admission by portfolio only. Concerned with issues around the figure, it is not a figure modelling class, though a model will be available. Students should have had at least basic sculpture and be completely familiar with basic sculpture processes. Enrollment limited to 6-8 students.
CRN |
10451 |
Distribution |
F |
Course No. |
ART 300 B |
Title |
Printmaking III: Etching Series |
Professor |
Ed Smith |
Schedule |
Wed 9:00 am - 12:00 pm FISHER |
This course is designed to promote the ability to think graphically in series or suites. The basis for the course is to be found in the work of Goya in the "Disasters of War, Los Caprichios", as well as Callot in the "Images of all the Saints of the year, Disasters of War", Dominico Tiepolo and his "Punchenillo Series". The development of continuous train of thought and development of ideas is a goal as well as ability to sustain artistic concentration and vision. You will be required to look and think in that order. The dignity of work and heroic stamina and ideals are basic tenants of this course. The work will be invented by the student and large groups/suites or series will be produced.
Prerequisite: Printmaking I (Basic), II, or by permission of the instructor. Enrollment limited to 12. *Note this course will involve a great deal of work as well as investment in supplies and materials. Students wishing to register should speak with the instructor for materials list and course load.
CRN |
10452 |
Distribution |
F |
Course No. |
ART 300 C |
Title |
Cybergraphics III |
Professor |
Hap Tivey |
Schedule |
Wed 6:30 pm - 9:30 pm FISHER |
An advanced studio course in imaging utilizing the computer and peripherals. This class will focus entirely on individual projects. They may include, but are not limited to printed images, projection, web presence and installation.
Prerequisite: Level I Cybergraphics or approved equivalent.
CRN |
10453 |
Distribution |
F |
Course No. |
ART 300 D |
Title |
Drawing III |
Professor |
Pier Consagra |
Schedule |
Wed 6:30 pm - 9:30 pm FISHER |
This will be a comprehensive (willed and observed techniques as well as theory) drawing course that will attempt to push individual tendencies in the hope of encouraging the idiosyncratic. We will draw from the nude and keep doodle diaries to exemplify the difference between that which is willed and that which is observed. The issue of Presence and Absence will be discussed, along with historical antecedents. Uses of Space/Time. Clay will be incorporated so that we can doodle three dimensionally and then draw our creations from observation two dimensionally. A reading list will be suggested but not required. A trip to the Metropolitan Museum of Art will be required incorporating Professor Consagra's own scripted Guide (Met Trek 2000!).
CRN |
10454 |
Distribution |
F |
Course No. |
ART 300 E |
Title |
Painting III: Aesthetics for the Birds |
Professor |
Elizabeth Murray |
Schedule |
Th 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm FISHER |
In this painting course, work and discussion will be at the advanced level. Much of the work will be independent with in class critiques. Sessions will sometimes combine with other disciplines (for example: literature), for an integrated arts experience with both classes. Enrollment limited to 10.
Admission into class by portfolio and by permission of the instructor.
ART SEMINARS
All studio art majors must take three graduated and required seminars (Sophomore, Junior, Senior) aimed at creating a sense of community within the program and at supplementing studio courses by addressing issues and concerns of the visual artist. Each seminar is one credit.
CRN |
10455 |
Distribution |
F |
Course No. |
ART 230 |
Title |
Sophomore Seminar |
Professor |
Tom Wolf |
Schedule |
Th 6:30 pm - 7:50 pm FISHER |
Sophomore Seminar emphasizes the practice of art and seeks to impart a basic competence and self-reliance. It consists of workshop projects and visits to local artists' studios, through which students gain firsthand experience in the fundamentals of painting and sculpture. Instruction covers the handling of woodworking tools, introductory welding and casting, the creation of stretchers and the preparation of canvases for painting, the proper and safe use of paints, oils, varnishes, and thinners, and the correct use of plaster and clay, including the recycling of clay and the operation of the kiln.
CRN |
10456 |
Distribution |
F |
Course No. |
ART 406 |
Title |
Senior Seminar |
Professor |
Judy Pfaff |
Schedule |
Fri 9:30 am - 12:30 pm FISHER |
All studio art majors (and interested photography majors) who are engaged in the Senior Project will meet for a weekly seminar/critique/discussion. The aim of the meeting will be to create a forum for the continual exchange of views and ideas among the senior students and to encourage and develop skill in articulating ideas in speech and writing. Its form and subject will change week to week, but will include writing assignments (toward "Work & Image" catalogue); group critiques and discussion of student work; discussion of exhibitions on campus; discussion with guest speakers.
All studio art seniors must participate.
WORKSHOPS
CRN |
10248 |
Distribution |
F |
Course No. |
ART FNDRY |
Title |
Workshop: Forging; Mastering the Basics |
Workshop Leader |
Jonathan Nedbor |
Schedule |
Tu 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM FISHER |
2 credits Beginning: February 8, 2000
Lab Fee: $100.00
The focus of this workshop will be on a variety of techniques used in blacksmithing, which can easily be mastered by beginners. This course will introduce the student to tool making and heat treatment, hammer technique, punching, splitting, scrollwork, forge welding and joinery. There will be discussions about design and function, as well as tools of the shop - what to look for when buying tools and how to make some of your won. This class is designed to give beginners a solid background to work from, and also stimulate those with some forging experience.
CRN |
10457 |
Distribution |
F |
Course No. |
ART WKSH |
Title |
Art Workshop: Bookbinding |
Workshop
Leader |
TBA |
Schedule |
Fri 9:30 am - 12:30 pm FISHER |
2 credits Beginning: February 18, 2000
Lab Fee: $100.00
This class is a survey of bookbinding techniques and an introduction to contemporary book arts. It is the technical craft aspect of the course in "Artist's Handmade Books" and is intended as an extension of that course but not a prerequisite. Students will be introduced to the tools, materials and formats of traditional and contemporary binding. They will learn the qualities of each binding and how best to use the format to convey their creative ideas. Topics will include: Asian sewn binding, accordion and concerting formats and an introduction to box making.