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Course Criteria
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Considers visual perception and visual problem-solving/figure-field relationships, two-dimensional pattern and form, and theory and dynamics of color. Each semester, section one (Basic Design) will be a project-based class exploring design elements and principles. Section two (Pathway of the Senses) will emphasize a more intuitive and sensory approach to design basics, exploring sound, poetry, landscape and memory as inspiration. Open to nonmajors. Fulfills the Aesthetic Perspective.
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Addresses the mechanics and expressive potential of drawing. Traditional illusionist drawing techniques will be combined with exercises that facilitate personal expression and subjective response. In exploring the relationship among seeing, thinking and making, the beginning student will acquire fundamental skills in image making and insight into the creative process in general. Each faculty member will bring his/her unique perspective and personal studio practices to bear in the teaching of this course. Fulfills the Aesthetic Perspective.
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Introduction to black-and-white photography emphasizing the zone system and including camera operation, developing, printing and finishing techniques. Students must have a variable-setting 35 mm camera with a built-in or hand-held exposure meter and must provide their own film and paper. Open to nonmajors.
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Continues the refinement of photographic seeing through darkroom techniques, digital imaging and alternative processes. We will consider a broad spectrum of aesthetic, formal and conceptual issues in the field of fine-art photography, while students will be encouraged to develop a personal vision. Some reading and writing required, as is a field trip. Students will meet weekly for critiques and lectures, concluding the semester with a comprehensive portfolio. Open to nonmajors.
Prerequisite:
ARTS 120 or acceptable portfolio with instructor permission.
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With the rapidly advancing digital processes replacing the medium of color photography, the fall session of this course will concentrate on digital capture and through-put to fine art pigment-based ink prints in a studio environment. Basics of shooting digitally and working with the image through Adobe Photoshop will be covered extensively, as well as the integration of other studio disciplines into this process. Instructor permission required.
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Introduction to the language, process and potential of graphic design as communication. Exercises and applied problems emphasize the relationship between form and meaning, typography, image making and conceptual development. Fulfills the Aesthetic Perspective.
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Seeing and Believing/Rotating Faculty: Emphasis on representational painting strategies. Introduces the fundamentals of craft and explores the synthetic possibilities of paint, while discussing the conceptual basis for this medium (Why paint?). Focuses on material--both the materials employed by the painter, and the materials the painter simulates. Painting as a vehicle for thinking and communication will be stressed.
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The basic premise of this sculpture course is to acquaint the student with the formal aspects of aesthetic objects. The semester will begin in low relief and work progressively towards fully realized three-dimensional objects. Along the way we will build fundamental skills, working with hand tools, some power tools and building a vocabulary to establish a solid foundation in the conceptual process of making sculpture. Open to nonmajors. Fulfills the Aesthetic Perspective.
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Intermediate course focused on contemporary issues of sculpture and objects in a spatial environment. As the semester progresses we will move from solid form to space and environment. This class will look closely at some of the most current artists and their projects. We will examine the world around us and discover how objects and people interact and the meaning described by this interaction. Open to nonmajors. ARTS 136 recommended.
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1.00 Credits
A survey of printmaking techniques and aesthetics including:relief and intaglio printing, linoleum cuts, etching methods using metal plates, and collagraph prints. Open to nonmajors. Fulfills Aesthetic Perspective.
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