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  • 4.00 Credits

    An intensive studio practice designed for art majors working toward senior exhibition. Provides a basic framework to aid independent investigation, stressing the development of individual ideas and expression. Course may be repeated. Open only to senior art majors and minors Signature of instructor required for registration. Offered fall semester.
  • 4.00 Credits

    A continuation of ART 140 with even greater emphasis upon building a body of work that clearly reflects the individual's sensibility and ideas, culminating in a senior thesis exhibition in late April or early May in the Korn Gallery. Weekly critiques are conducted by the instructor and visiting artists. Signature of instructor required for registration. Prerequisite: ART 140. Offered spring semester.
  • 4.00 - 8.00 Credits

    Two days each week are spent in New York City visiting artists, curators, gallery directors, and critics. Regular viewing of gallery and museum exhibitions and private collections. Weekly seminar on campus concerning contemporary art historical and critical background and discussion of current developments. An ongoing journal of art criticism and course project. Amount of credit established at time of registration. Formal application is required of all students. Prerequisite: Two art courses, preferably one in 20th-century art, or permission of instructor. Offered fall semester.
  • 1.00 - 4.00 Credits

    Under special circumstances, an advanced student majoring in either studio or art history may plan, in conference with the instructor and with approval of the department, a closely supervised independent project in studio art, art criticism, museology, or art history, not otherwise provided in the courses of instruction. Written proposal and paper required. Amount of credit established at time of registration. Course may be repeated. Open only to upper-level art majors. Signature of instructor required for registration. Offered annually.
  • 4.00 Credits

    An introduction to the visual elements that constitute the basic issues of two-dimensional design. Primary goals are the development of technical and critical skills as they apply to painting, drawing, and graphic traditions. Investigates aspects of color, line, form, texture, and space through workshops and outside assignments. The foundation course for the intermediate- and upper-level studio courses. Offered every semester.
  • 4.00 Credits

    A stress on phenomena and perception, using sensation and intuition to explore the basic media, techniques, and concepts associated with drawing. Studio activities are designed to enhance seeing, to develop control of pictorial structure, and to facilitate individual expression. Offered every semester.
  • 4.00 Credits

    An introduction to drawing as a visual language, as a system for thinking visually, as a support for explorations in other media, as a process for discovery and as an approach to making drawings. Studio activities grounded in drawing from observation develop line, shape, and value as basic vocabulary for exploring fundamental issues of composition, structure, space, light, individual expression, and description. Offering to be determined.
  • 4.00 Credits

    An exploration of traditional and modern techniques of oil painting and their underlying theories of light, color, space, and expression. Prerequisite: ART 2, 21, 22, or permission of instructor. Offered annually.
  • 4.00 Credits

    A study of techniques and concepts behind the silk-screen process as an art form. Explores a variety of negative and positive stencil-making methods. Covers registration procedures for multicolor printing and the making of editions. Emphasizes the exploration of the visual language. Discussions are conducted regularly. Museum and gallery visits. Prerequisite: ART 2, 21, or 22, or permission of instructor. Offering to be determined.
  • 4.00 Credits

    An introduction to the creative possibilities of ceramics emphasizing diverse approaches to clay as a sculptural material. Exploration of handbuilding techniques, glazing and firing, mold making and casting, as well as ceramic tile mosaic and mixed media, to consider issues of form, content, surface, scale, color, and process. Class discussions establish connections between clay investigations and fundamental questions from contemporary and art history. Offered annually.
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