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3.00 Credits
An introduction to the history and practice of sculpture and new genres (new art forms that use time and space). Students are introduced to technical and contemplative approaches to commanding space and material to produce meaningful objects, events, or places. Technical instruction covers introductory use of wood and metal shops (including digital 3D printer), adhesives and joinery, basic mold making and casting, as well as contemporary new genres forms such as performance and installation art. Offered in Fall semester only.
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3.00 Credits
SCNG 2 guides students in the development and realization of art projects in the context of contemporary art. Skills will include refined fabrication techniques and expanded repertoire of materials, new computer technologies for 3-D output, video, sound, and more. Students are exposed to contemporary practices through lectures, reading discussions, critique and interviews with artists and will be exploring some of these topics in their own work. Offered in Spring semester only.
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2.00 Credits
This course supports Sculpture majors with more in-depth instruction in particular techniques such as wall building, small electronics like motion detectors and robotics, details of wood joinery and carving, some special plastics skills like vacuum forming, even some architectural model making, and more. Offered in alternating semesters/years.
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2.00 Credits
A course covering craft practices including light metals and fibers as applied to contemporary art practice. The course will allow for extended hands-on practice beyond the demo format. Required for students in the Arts Educator Preparation track of the ACT program. Can be taken as anelective for all other students.
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3.00 Credits
Introduction to the fundamental skills of working with clay. This six hour course will explore techniques including slab and coil construction, glaze application, and kiln firing. Exposure to historical use and international variety of techniques in ceramics, as well as discussion of contemporary uses in crafts and art. Required for students in the Arts Educator Preparation track of the ACT Program. Can be taken as an elective for all other students.
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2.00 Credits
The genre courses provide students with the opportunity to explore a variety of topics within the context of Sculpture/New Genres, targeting specific conceptual, aesthetic and material approaches in depth, offering theoretic and vernacular driven investigation. Recent Topics offered: Metalcasting and Major Mold Making. Offered in alternating semesters/years.
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3.00 Credits
Students have an opportunity to work on largescale, long-term projects in sculpture and/or new genres, working in-depth in a chosen material or skill: for instance, using complicated moldmaking and casting technologies, or a research methodology that takes weeks to achieve outcome. The class addresses artwork that is ambitious, experimental, political, and difficult, work that pushes both formal and conceptual boundaries. Offered in Fall semester only.
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3.00 Credits
This class explores what happens when diverse cultures interact across groups of gender, language, ethnicities, sexual orientation, etc., and how culture is perceived and transmitted. Students write field observations, evaluate media, and participate in individual and group presentations. Lectures, simulations, and assignments are designed to increase the students' observational skills and decrease intercultural and racial misunderstandings.
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3.00 Credits
This course introduces students to the interdisciplinary theories of creativity. Students examine the lives of highly innovative thinkers to determine individual traits and environmental conditions that stimulate groundbreaking work, while gaining practical experience generating ideas in group and individual settings through in class exercise and outside assignments.
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3.00 Credits
This course provides a historical overview of education and art development theories and philosophies as well as social and liberation theories. Students are introduced to models of art education such as student centered, discipline based, and curriculum based teaching through the arts. Topics will include student populations, popular youth culture, diversity, inclusion, and learning styles. Contemporary artists who teach as part of their practices will be discussed.
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