Please Note: There is a $100.00 College Fee each semester for any student taking one or more studio art classes and/or seminars. 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 5, 2020, 5 PM or they will be charged and responsible for the $100.00 College Fee.

 

12254

ART 100 A    Digital I: Digital Sculpture

Maggie Hazen

T           10:10 am-1:10 pm

FISHER 161

PA

PART

 Cross-listed: Experimental Humanities

 Today, digital machines do not simply produce images and information; they produce subjects and objects which govern ways of existing. This course will provide an introductory approach to digital sculpture for visual artists. We will cover basic software and digital equipment by designing a series of versatile, studio driven digital sculptures on each piece of equipment in the Studio Arts digital lab and woodshop—taking the work from physical to digital and back again. Students will learn basic Adobe Creative Suite programs: Photoshop and Illustrator, along with open source 3D modeling software. Projects designed with these software programs will manifest physically through the use of industry standard equipment such as laser cutting, 3D printing, 3D scanning, digital printing and CNC available in our digital lab.  No prior digital knowledge is necessary, however, some experience using Adobe Photoshop or 3D modeling programs is preferred.

Class size: 12

 

12255

ART 100 B  Digital I

Adriane Colburn

T            1:30 pm-4:30 pm

FISHER 161

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 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: 12

 

12247

ART 102 JG  Painting I

Jeffrey Gibson

M            1:30 pm-4:30 pm

FISHER 140

PA

PART

 This course is an introduction to painting with an emphasis on working from life. 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. *The Fund for Visual Learning provides material support to students on financial aid to help them with art supplies. Students taking a Level 1 Studio Art class may be eligible for this support for the supply "kit" for the class. Students are only eligible to receive one grant in this category. Interested students should contact the professor during Spring course registration. After the course registration period closes, late requests are not eligible for consideration. http://bardfvl.com. 

Class size: 14

 

12260

ART 102 KF2  Painting I

Katy Fischer

Th      1:30 am-4:30 pm

FISHER 140

PA

PART

 This course is an introduction to painting with an emphasis on working from life. 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. *The Fund for Visual Learning provides material support to students on financial aid to help them with art supplies. Students taking a Level 1 Studio Art class may be eligible for this support for the supply "kit" for the class. Students are only eligible to receive one grant in this category. Interested students should contact the professor during Spring course registration. After the course registration period closes, late requests are not eligible for consideration. http://bardfvl.com

Class size: 14

 

12271

ART 102 KF  Painting I

Kenji Fujita

F        10:10 am-1:10 pm

FISHER 140

PA

PART

 Painting 1 is an introductory studio arts course. The class will mainly focus on observational approaches to painting in which students will create different kinds of pictorial spaces using oil paint on a range of surfaces including canvas and paper. Students will work with the basics of line, shape, gesture, texture, value, composition and color. Class time will be spent on studio work and critique. Demonstrations of technique and presentations of relevant artwork drawn from the 20th century (Morandi, Matisse, Van Gogh and others) will be used to shape the assignments. There are no prerequisites for the class, however all Painting 1 students must buy a material and supply kit ($200-225). Additional materials will be supplied by the art department. *Please note: The Fund for Visual Learning (FVL) provides support to students on financial aid to help them with the cost of supplies. Students taking a Level 1 Studio Art class may be eligible for this grant (as long as they haven't already received one). After the course registration period closes, late FVL requests are not eligible for consideration. Contact the professor for further details http://bardfvl.com

Class size: 14

 

12252

ART 106 A  Sculpture I: The Chair

Arthur Gibbons

T           10:10 am-1:10 pm

FISHER 138

PA

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. P

Class size: 14

 

12265

ART 106 AG2  Sculpture I: The Chair

Arthur Gibbons

Th      10:10 am-1:10 pm

FISHER 138

PA

PART

 See above. 

Class size: 14

 

12262

ART 106 DD  Sculpture I

Daniella Dooling

W         1:30 pm-4:30 pm

FISHER 138

PA

PART

 Through an exploration of materials, process, and site, Sculpture I will address several ideas relevant to contemporary art.  These ideas will be explored through a series of projects, introduced through readings, image presentations of historical and contemporary art, and class discussion. In addition, each project will focus on a specific material and technique including woodshop, mold making, casting, and welding.   

Class size: 14

 

12259

ART 108 LS  Drawing I

Lisa Sanditz

W        10:10 am-1:10 pm

FISHER 149

PA

PART

 Josef Albers said that he wanted to "open eyes". This course will introduce students to drawing as a way to explore different ways of seeing. Students will work in a range of mediums, techniques, processes and approaches. The emphasis will be on both traditional and experimental aspects of drawing. Students will work inside and outside of class on assignments that deal with form, space, gesture, mark, line and image with the goal being the development of work that moves from observation to abstraction. Class time will be used to both work on in-class projects as well as to critique finished assignments. Demonstrations in materials and techniques will be given along with readings and presentations of artists whose work is related to themes addressed in the course.   *The Fund for Visual Learning provides material support to students on financial aid to help them with art supplies. Students taking a Level 1 Studio Art class may be eligible for this support for the supply "kit" for the class for up to $150. Students are only eligible to receive one grant in this category. Interested students should contact the professor during spring course registration. After the course registration period closes, late applications are not eligible for consideration. http://bardfvl.com 

Class size: 14

 

12273

ART 108 BG  Drawing I

Beka Goedde

F        1:30 pm-4:30 pm

FISHER 149

PA

PART

 This course is an introduction to drawing from observation, as well as the study of one’s own perceptual experience. Our goal is to develop a practice of attentiveness, through the observation of still life, three dimensional forms; from life, and the model. We will perform exercises in spatial awareness, and contemplate the scope of representational art. We will translate our temporal and spatial perspectives into two dimensional landscape. We will explore the fundamental properties of drawing including line, value, composition, positive and negative space, and light. No prerequisites.  *The Fund for Visual Learning provides material support to students on financial aid to help them with art supplies. Students taking a Level 1 Studio Art class may be eligible for this support for the supply "kit" for the class for up to $150. Students are only eligible to receive one grant in this category. Interested students should contact the professor during spring course registration. After the course registration period closes, late applications are not eligible for consideration. http://bardfvl.com  

Class size: 14

 

12492

ART 108 LA  Drawing I

TBA

M           10:10 am-1:10 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. This class is reserved for First-year and Transfer students.   *The Fund for Visual Learning provides material support to students on financial aid to help them with art supplies. Students taking a Level 1 Studio Art class may be eligible for this support for the supply "kit" for the class for up to $150. Students are only eligible to receive one grant in this category. Interested students should contact the professor during spring course registration. After the course registration period closes, late applications are not eligible for consideration. http://bardfvl.com  

Class size: 14

 

12272

ART 109 BG  Printmaking I: Visual Narrative

Beka Goedde

F        10:10 am-1:10 pm

FISHER 139

PA

PART

 In this course we will engage in the study of printmaking as a record or index of the passage of time. We will work with a set of intaglio and relief printmaking practices, including etching, collagraph, embossment, chine collé, as well as newspaper and water-soluble ink transfers. These processes will enable us to imprint texture, text, color and image into our paper at once. We will produce prints as frame-by-frame animations of our activity and process, then as time stamps in the lifespan of our plates and blocks; the course will culminate in a project in story-making and narrative in visual form. No prerequisites. The Fund for Visual Learning provides material support to students on financial aid to help them with art supplies. Students taking a Level 1 Studio Art class may be eligible for this support for the supply "kit" for the class for up to $150. Students are only eligible to receive one grant in this category. Interested students should contact the professor during spring course registration. After the course registration period closes, late applications are not eligible for consideration. http://bardfvl.com. 

Class size: 12

 

12257

ART 109 LO  Printmaking I

Lothar Osterburg

T            1:30 pm-4:30 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.  *The Fund for Visual Learning provides material support to students on financial aid to help them with art supplies. Students taking a Level 1 Studio Art class may be eligible for this support for the supply "kit" for the class for up to $150. Students are only eligible to receive one grant in this category. Interested students should contact the professor during spring course registration. After the course registration period closes, late applications are not eligible for consideration. http://bardfvl.com. 

Class size: 12

 

12552

ART 132      Art and Climate Change

Adriane Colburn Ellen Driscoll

W        10:10 am-1:10 pm

FISHER

PA

PART

Cross-listed: Environmental & Urban Studies; Human Rights

Does art have a role to play in altering the course of the crisis of climate change?
Students from disciplines across the College are invited to engage in the analysis of a range of artistic practices and strategies addressing climate change. Through focused case studies, we will learn basic sculptural techniques that use social and civic engagement as part of their structure, and digital tools in the Adobe Creative Suite for making books and graphic projects to increase visual understanding of climate change. We will include field trips with local non-profits such as Riverkeeper to understand efforts to address the impacts of climate change on the Hudson Valley. Dynamic lectures from scientists, activists, and visiting artists will supplement class interaction, independent research, and collaborative thinking.

Class size: 14

 

12263

ART 150      Extended Media I: Video Space

Dave McKenzie

W         1:30 pm-4:30 pm

FISHER DIGITAL LAB

PA

PART

 The ubiquity of readily available recording devices along with the proliferation of distribution  platforms has had a powerful effect on an individual’s ability to create, to be seen, and to be heard. With that proliferation in mind this course will introduce the student artist to strategies of video and time based media including installation for non-traditional spaces and performance on video. Student projects may integrate a variety of forms and approaches including multi-projection set-ups and online presentations. In class discussions, readings, and other outside assignments will place emphasis on situating their art making within a broader art historical and contemporary context.

Class size: 14

 

12270

ART 202      Painting II: Abstraction

Kenji Fujita

Th       1:10 pm- 4:30 pm

FISHER BARN

PA

PART

 In this level two painting course students will explore different approaches to abstraction. One area of focus will be on the observation and translation of physical objects in space. Another will be on the use of collage. In these projects students will work with gesture, geometry, space, color and value. More experimental approaches to abstract painting will also be considered. These include using more sculptural variations of the painting support as well as exploring different ideas about process and site-specificity. Presentations of relevant work and readings will accompany the assigned projects. Class will be held in the Fisher Studio Arts Barn.  Students will be responsible for purchasing materials on a supply list that will be distributed prior to the beginning of the term. Prerequisite: Painting 1 or by permission of the instructor.

Class size: 14   

 

12251

ART 206 DD  Sculpture II: Casting

Daniella Dooling

T           10:10 am-1:10 pm

FISHER BARN

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

 

12266

ART 206 ED  Sculpture II:Earth/Air/Water

Ellen Driscoll

Th      10:10 am-1:10 pm

FISHER FOUNDATIONS RM

PA

PART

  Cross-listed: Environmental & Urban Studies

 We will look at air, water, and earth as sites, subjects, and material for making sited sculptural installations with special focus on environmental waste. We will focus locally on such sites as the Bard Campus, local wastewater systems, the Sawkill, the Hudson River, and New York City. We will look at the diverse range of artists working with the elements in contemporary art practice, and look historically at Earth Works and Land Art. Working site-specifically, students will create a series of sculptural projects that address the research platform of the class in fresh and poetic ways. At intervals throughout the semester we will overlap with Professor M. Eli Dueker's class "Waste”  and Professor Sophia Stamatopoulou-Robbins “The Politics of Infrastructure” for collaborative exchange across the disciplines of Art, Biology, and Anthropology.

Class size: 14

 

12258

ART 206 AG  Sculpture II: Steel Sculpture

Arthur Gibbons

W        10:10 am-1:10 pm

FISHER 138

PA

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

 

12264

ART 208      Drawing II:Mixed Media / Paper

Laura Battle

W         1:30 pm-4:30 pm

FISHER 149 & FISHER FOUNDATIONS RM

PA

PART

 In this drawing course, we will work towards finding connections between how a work of art is made and its subject. Using a variety of materials, some bought at the art store, others sourced from nature, we will explore the inherent properties of each to contribute to the artistic process. The goal of this class is to make work that is visually compelling, whose media and process are inseparable from content and subject. Students will be introduced to a broad range of materials and will be asked to take an inventive approach towards how they are used.  Prerequisite: Drawing I or Painting I or by permission of the instructor.  

Class size: 14

 

12269

ART 209 BG  Printmaking II: Print to Form

Beka Goedde

Th       1:30 pm-4:30 pm

UBS

PA

PART

 In this course we will print on paper and other material surfaces in order to compose large-scale 2-D works and build 3-D objects and forms. We will work primarily in silkscreen, and introduce additional print processes that use water-soluble and water-based printing inks to complement silkscreened material. Such traditional, photomechanical or experimental processes include: watercolor monotype, pronto plate printing, fabric block printing, cyanotype, and inkjet printing. We will learn gluing, cutting, sewing and assembling techniques for our printed material. Recommended for students who have taken Print I or Sculpture I, though no prerequisite is required. This course meets in the UBS Barn in Red Hook.

Class size: 12

 

12248

ART 209 LO  Photographic Printing Processes (from Photogravure to Photopolymer)

Lothar Osterburg

M            1:30 pm-4:30 pm

FISHER 139

PA

PART

 The first part of the semester will focus on a hands-on experience of the history of photography, with the only continuous tone photographic printing process of photogravure at its center. We will also will experiment with related non-silver photo processes such as cyanotype, gum bichromate and carbon printing and some halftone  printing techniques. The second part of the semester is dedicated to the realization of student projects. This class exceeds the regular 3-hour format in order to accommodate in-class work time, comparable to the lab in science. Budget at least $150 for materials. By permission of the instructor.

Class size: 12

 

12268

ART 250      Extended Media II

Dave McKenzie

Th      10:10 am-1:10 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

 

12267

ART 302      Painting III

Lisa Sanditz

Th      10:10 am-1:10 pm

UBS

PA

PART

 This class offers each student the opportunity to deeply explore and expand their personal painting interests. One of its goals is to help students locate ideas essential to their art and develop those ideas in the processes of painting.  Instruction will be through individual guidance, class critique, and assignments.  Assignments are structured to allow students to evolve their painting vocabulary.  They will include prompts from the external world, from the history of painting, and from students’ own experience. The thematic development of paintings and the incorporation of new materials and processes will be a part of this focus.   Students will be expected to have specific intentions in place regarding their individual pursuits. Though there will be assignments, a great deal of emphasis will be placed upon developing independent resources in the studio. A strong work ethic and the vigorous development of a body of work are expected in addition to regular presentations of work to the class.  Material requirements will be in response to the particular needs of each exploration, but students will be expected to acquire materials and surfaces to work on as needed including large scale canvases. Prerequisites: Painting I and Painting II

Class size: 12

 

12250

ART 305      Sculpture III: Sound as a Sculptural Medium

Matthew Sargent Julianne Swartz

M            1:30 pm-4:30 pm

UBS

PA

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 both acoustic and electronic methods of generating, focusing, manipulating and amplifying sound. 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. Midterm and final projects will combine artistic and technological skills in individual and collaborative works.  Requirements: Any 200 level Studio Arts or Music course, or by permission of the instructors

Class size: 15

 

12249

ART 308      Drawing III

Joseph Santore

M            1:30 pm-4:30 pm

FISHER 149

PA

PART

 A DRAWING III CLASS FOR STUDENTS WHO SERIOUSLY WANT TO PURSUE WORK WITH THE FIGURE AND WHO HAVE ALREADY TAKEN MY DRAWING II CLASS OR A SIMILAR CLASS THAT STRESSED STRUCTURE. Students will draw from life focusing in on the figure.  Some of the poses will extend into the next session and possibly three sessions.  The extra time will allow students to study forms more specifically while also exploring the dynamics of scale. Students will work with different materials on different drawings: charcoal, pencil, acrylic and mixed media.  The focus on scale, spatial relationships and creating compelling images will remain the same no matter what materials are used.  A section of the class will focus on value and how light affects forms.  Students would work in different sizes and on different kinds of paper so that they could experience the intimacy of making small pencil drawings on heavy watercolor paper and large scale drawings on paper that they can erase often and beat up.  We will attempt to make drawings of the figure that are as alive and relevant today as they were throughout the history of art.  There will be assignments and at least two large projects

Class size: 12

 

12512

ART 326      The Fold

Jeffrey Gibson

T            1:30 pm-4:30 pm

FISHER

PA

 This 300-level class is designed for studio artists to indulge in researching the subjects that inform their artistic work and practice. We will read Gilles Deleuze's seminal 1992 book The Fold, and explore the practice of contemporary research-based artists to understand better how artists engage with subjects and concepts that are often outside the recognized art world. Students will research their own subjects and delve into what is deep beneath the surface of their materials and their subjects, aesthetics and referenced histories. They must actively participate in class discussions and engaged group critique of their peers' artwork and writing. Participants must have moderated into the Studio Arts Program and be enrolled in a minimum of one 200-level (or higher) Practicing Arts course in the Spring 2020 semester. Exceptions will be considered. Please contact Professor Gibson directly if interested.

Class size: 15

 

12256

ART 405      Senior Seminar

Daniella Dooling

T            5:00 pm-7:00 pm

FISHER

 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. 

Class size: 25