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3.00 Credits
A comprehensive exploration into low and high relief and full-round forms using clay and plaster as materials. Introduction to mold making as a duplicating method. Emphasis is on development of personal standards in technique expression.
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3.00 Credits
A survey of the techniques and history of printmaking. Investigation of relief and intaglio printmaking process. Covers both black and white and color printing processes.
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3.00 Credits
This introductory dance course is designed for students with and without previous dance training. Students will engage in a range of yoga exercises and improvisational dance techniques to develop breath control, strength, flexibility, and spontaneity. Students will also be given the opportunity to explore improvisational dance concepts such as spatial, tempo, rhythm and directional variations, and moving with intention. Themes will be generated from literature, musical scores, ordinary objects, photographs, fabric, observations, and life experiences. The end of class period will be devoted towards integrating the above concepts into designing individual and group dances. Each student will be asked to create, participate in, and demonstrate a dance developed over the course of our time together.
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3.00 Credits
In conjunction with the Biddeford City Theater Main Stage production, "A Christmas Carol: The Musical" Fall 2010 students will participate in a project-oriented course of study that will expose them to all aspects of a play production. Students will be involved with the production from casting through the final performance. Students will meet with technical staff including set, costume and lighting designers and will have an opportunity to work on the implementation of the designs. The course will promote an overall understanding of the whole theater experience with an emphasis on the technical aspects of the production are an essential part of the course. As the course progresses, students will select a focus from the wide variety of production areas and take an active hands on role leading to the final production.
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3.00 Credits
No course description available.
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1.00 - 12.00 Credits
Course description unavailable
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed to cover topics in the art field not typically covered in other courses in the curriculum.
Summer 2009 Section B Drawing in the Landscape Artists throughout history have been fascinated with capturing the lay of the land. This course will explore numerous methods and approaches in drawing while using the landscape and nature as our primary subject. We will visit different locations on and off campus to get a broad survey of natural diversity of our area. Working from observation is one of the surest waysto improve your drawing skills while honing your vision of the world around you.
Summer 2009 Section A The Painted Book As words form a bridge between thought and speech, images are creations of the mind made real. Together, words and images have the capability of forming a rich dialogue about what is truly important to you. In this course we will explore creative writing, visual imagery, and art journal techniques to create a painted book that explores who you are, what you see and how you think. Students will, through practice of drawing, painting, and collage, learn a variety of creative journal making strategies. Sources for inspiration will be gathered from personal experiences, nature, music, movement, field trips to local sites, and exploratory art processes. There will be an emphasis on creative writing and image making, and the course involves select readings about, and by artists in history who have created art journals.
Fall 2009 Women and the Arts A topics-based study of the visual arts of the modern era (ca. 1500-Present) with a focus on women artists and depictions of women in art. Two primary themes will direct the choice of topics: an introduction to women artists often overlooked in general art surveys, and, the social and historical contexts that have informed the way that women have practiced art as well as how they are used as subjects within art. Topics can include gender and art history, images of the body, feminism and race, depictions of women and mass media, women as patrons, the ¿lesser arts¿, and the gendered spaces of architect.
Spring 2010:19th Century Art: From Enlightenment to Expressionism A topics-based course covering the major issues in European and American art from ca. 1775-1875. Topics may include: majors movements such as Romanticism and Impressionism, key themes such as landscape painting and new forms of realism, the impact of technology such as the invention of photography and the effects of the industrial revolution, the relationship between established institutions and revolutionary movements, and the changing roles and audiences for art during the early modern era.
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3.00 Credits
Through a series of visual exercises and problems, students will develop a personal visual language. Exploring line, shape, value and color, students will continue to develop skills in the drawing venue. Problems will be offered to help articulate a skillful artistic language and dialogue.
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3.00 Credits
Course promotes advanced studio work which focuses on developing both innate wisdom of the creative source and applied techniques of the painting medium. Students explore individual directions with the consultation of the instructor.
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3.00 Credits
Students will be introduced to painting, sculpture, and architecture of major Western and Non-Western cultures beginning with prehistory throughout medieval Europe. This course will examine the evolution of art and artist, making connections and comparisons between social and political roles the arts have played throughout art history.
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