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3.00 Credits
This course is designed to introduce students to basic computer skills on the Macintosh platform as well as four of the standard software applications used in the graphic design industry: Quark XPress, Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign. Basic topics covered will include internet use, file formats, graphics terminology and the Macintosh operating system. Using specific software, we will explore photo manipulation and montage, computer illustration and electronic layout. When the course is completed, student should fee comfortable using the Macintosh, navigating the Web and using software as a tool to help convey their ideas. This course has been designed to support and expand upon ARTS 210, 310 and 410. Projects taught in these classes will use software techniques taught in ARTS 305. Prerequisites: ARTS 210.
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Study and learn about all aspects of typography and the ways in which type forms can be activated to communicate a message. Students will work in both the design and computer lab. The gield of information/visual communication is taking its place as one of the major present-day industries and the most significant part of that industry involves typography (its style and arrangement). There are many specifications within the field, but all require a knowledge of typography. In fact, most assignments will utilize typography, and many consist entirely of type. Although typography can be taught in a number of ways, we will approach learning about typography as follows in this class: knowledge of metal type; comping; copyfitting; fundamentals of typography. Format may vary by sections: Students will be required to attend each scheduled class and be prepared to work and participate in discussions, critiques and general topics concerning design and typography. Studio Class meets twice a week for three hours. The student is expected to remain in class for the full three-hour class time. It must be understood that the final grade for the semester will be based on the student's project grades, effort, attitude and attendance. Prerequisites: ARTS 210; books may vary by sections; James Craig, "Designing with type A Basic Course in Typography," fifth edition. Prerequisit e: ARTS 21
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3.00 Credits
For centuries the figures as a subject has often been realized in plaster as a material for it's flexible and versatile capacity to both capture the essence of an idea and finalize form. Made from gypsum, a rock mineral found in deposits around the world, plaster has had countless related applications. From architectural motifs, academic casts and models, to funerary sculpture, death masks, life castings and larger scaled works of art plaster has evolved from an interim step and secondary material to a serious and critical material valued for it's own sake. This course seeks to explore plaster as a primary medium with endless possibilities and potential to confront and explore ideas. Our focus will be on how plaster reflects both its memory and tradition within art and art history and it's prominence in contemporary art. This course will expose students to basic tools, materials, types of plaster, properties of plaster, waste molds, piece molds, direct forming, direct carving armature construction, plaster patinas and approaches to combing plaster with different mediums. Student will conceive and develop projects in carving, casting or direct forming in plaster. Emphasis will be on subject, material and process as a means of developing a personal language of expression
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3.00 Credits
For students who wish to pursue their interest in sculpture using the figure as a point of departure and engagement.?Introduction to the techniques and processes of welding, casting, carving, assemblage and construction to explore the physical, emotional and psychological potentialities of materials and subject.?Emphasis on the development of cohesive singular works that explore an individualized sense of aesthetic form and conceptual meaning. Prerequisite: ARTS 230.
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3.00 Credits
Course of study and practice investigating the antecedents, traditions and current productions of site-specific sculpture, installation and performance works. Beginning from this overview, it proceeds to team-based development of proposals, estimating, model making, critique and any examination of the relevant bureaucratic procedures. Prerequisite: studio art course or consent of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
Students progress through the direct metal sculpture processes: soldering, brazing, oxyacetylene welding and cutting, arc welding, TIG welding. Faculty consent required. Enrollment limited.
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3.00 Credits
Structured to more experienced painting student, who is encouraged to be experimental and search for more personal expression through painting. Problems in painting: various painting media, including some examination of historical examples and techniques. Prerequisite: ARTS 240.
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3.00 Credits
Etching involves the activities of drawing and painting on a metal plate that has been covered with a protective ground. A large part of this course deals with the making of the print; the traditional techniques of intaglio are explored. Prerequisite: ARTS 171.
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3.00 Credits
Drawing from figure (model) in varied media, to develop a structural understanding of the figure. Using the figure as an expressive vehicle. Prerequisite: ARTS 171.
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3.00 Credits
Examination of technical means as a method for investigating descriptive and formal visual questions. Variety of techniques including pastel, watercolor or acrylic, conte and traditional drawing materials. Prerequisites: ARTS 171, 372.
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