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  • A 100: Mid- Semester Assessment in Art

    0.00 Credits
    Alverno College

    - Each semester duringMid-Semester Assessment Days, the entire Art Department completes an assessment. All art majors are required to be present and to participate (except student teachers/ interns). The topic of the assessment changes each semester. Past assessments have covered contemporary exhibitions, women in art history, women in contemporary art, the creative process, artmaking in the environment, and collaborative murals. The assessment normally allows students to make an artwork independent of courses and to experiment with ideas outside of their current artmaking focus. Students receive notification of the assessment early in the semester through student email. Participation in this assessment is a prerequisite for participation in Art Department external assessments.
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  • A 121: Drawing

    3.00 Credits
    Alverno College

    - The student explores basic approaches to representational drawing, practicing the use of various drawing materials and techniques and studying the relationships between the object, the subject, and the technique of her drawings. The student also learns to present, analyze, and evaluate the work created in class.
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  • A 122: Drawing

    3.00 Credits
    Alverno College

    Prereq. A 189S; A/IMD 193C; CM 156Q - The student builds upon her knowledge of representational drawing to develop an understanding of pictorial space, composition of the picture plane, portrait study, and the development of expressive intent.
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  • A 134: Two- Dimensional Design

    3.00 Credits
    Alverno College

    Prereq. A 189S; A/IMD 193C - The student learns the basic principles of two-dimensional design and how to take the design process from preliminary idea to finished piece. She learns composition and color theory and integrates technique with a domain focus and problem-solving theory.
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  • A 135: Art Fundamentals

    2.00 Credits
    Alverno College

    - The student explores a variety of art materials and both two- and three-dimensional artmaking processes. The student develops understanding of what it means to be an artmaker by going through the process of learning about art and making it personally. Analytical and problem-solving skills are used to understand why and how the student chooses to express ideas through the visual arts.
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  • A 140: Cdrawinginthenatural Environment

    1.00 Credits
    Alverno College

    -The student explores the relationship between the individual and the natural environment through artmaking during a weekend stay in a Door County retreat.
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  • A 141: Discoveringyour Creative Source

    1.00 Credits
    Alverno College

    -The student is offered guidance and support through experiential processes using image making, journaling, and relaxation exercises to discover her creative source.Working with various artmedia, music, and inspirational readings, she develops a sense of trust in her ability to create spontaneously. Line, shape, color, symbol, and formare some of the externalized images she explores.
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  • A 144: Art Inthemuseum

    1.00 Credits
    Alverno College

    -This course focuses on the stylistic evolution of art within a selected art-historical period and on the artwork fromthe period as creative problemsolving by the artists. The student is introduced to cultural, aesthetic, and historical information that allows her to develop an educated personal response to the artworks under study. She also participates in a one-day class trip to the Art Institute of Chicago to view and respond to the artwork firsthand.
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  • A 146: Artworkshops

    1.00 Credits
    Alverno College

    - Art workshops covering a variety ofmedia, processes, and themes are offered on a rotating basis every semester.These workshops give the student several options for study and introduce her to exciting ways to work in the visual arts. Workshops have included papermaking, bookmaking, oil painting, encaustic painting, painting with a palette knife, ceramics, animatics, rotoscoping, and installation art. Check the current CourseOfferings book online for more information.
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  • A 189S: Form And Space

    4.00 Credits
    Alverno College

    - The student explores fundamental art experiences in a variety of two- and three-dimensional media to understand the concepts, potentialities, and processes involved in visual art.
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