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  • 3.00 Credits

    This course continues the skills and processes studied in Photography I. Students will concen-trate on exploring personal themes and technical accomplishments on an individual basis. Students will also concentrate on mastering new technical skills related to large scale exhibition printing,lighting control, and more sophisticated camera functions. The culmination of the course will be the editing and printing of a portfolio of prints reflecting students' interests. Prerequisite: ART 273
  • 3.00 Credits

    Using software programs such as Director, stu-dents will create stand-alone, interactive works - from promotional pieces to portfolio design - for distribution by CD-ROM, DVD, and the Inter-net. Special emphasis will be placed on interface design and usability.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Building upon the fundamental artistic and tech-nical issues addressed in Painting I, this studio course will explore advanced approaches to the art of painting. This class will focus on translat-ing theoretical, social, and formal concepts into painted art. In a series of projects, Painting II encourages its participants to think, experiment, and create at the outer bounds of their known experience. A trip to New York's gallery districts may also be included. Prerequisite: ART 272 or permission of the in-structor.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course explores the fundamental principles of watercolor technique. Color mixing, basic col-or theory, and paint handling will all be ad-dressed. Topics such as depicting different light-ing and atmospheric conditions, expressive color, and working from photographs will also be ex-amined. Weather permitting, watercolor land-scape paintings may also be created on the cam-pus grounds. A visit to a New York art museum may also be scheduled.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course will introduce fundamental methods, materials and concepts of sculpture. Focus will be on developing modeling and construction skills, with a particular attention to ?training the eye? to see correctly and translating that into ?training the hand? to make a sculpture. This will be accomplished through the student completing a self-portrait. The students will also learn about other types of sculpture. An additional project allowing for the student to explore personal ideas and expression through sculptural form will be assigned as well
  • 3.00 Credits

    Art, like spirituality, is open and dynamic. Both are the hope of a world badly in need of trans-formation. Although formulated mainly for Reli-gious Studies majors, this course offers the op-portunity to experience the arts on a new and unique level by exploring answers to questions that ask: How do art and spirituality relate to each other? What is spirituality? Where does it lie? In the creative process? In the artist? In the art work? In the viewer? These and other topics will be covered in this course.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course will expand on hand-building skills (coil, slab, etc.) learned in Ceramics I. Students will make more complex and ambitious projects, both in construction and design. Both functional and abstract ceramic work will be possible, and there will be a greater variety of materials (clays and glazes) for students to use. The potter's wheel will also be available for greater explora-tion. Development of personal style, expression and vision will be emphasized. Prerequisite: ART 236 or permission of the in-structor.
  • 3.00 Credits

    In this advanced course, students will learn the skills to develop original stained glass pieces from design and execution through to presenta-tion. The students will create three-dimensional work such as a lamp shade and other functionalobjects. Both contemporary and ancient processes of glass fusion, glass painting, and glass etching will be included in a final original win-dow. A field trip will also be offered and a re-search project will complete the course. Prerequisite: ART 237 or permission of the in-structor
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course will survey the major artistic move-ments of the modern era up to the present day. Beginning with Impressionism and concluding with the latest trends in contemporary art seen in New York's gallery districts, this class will enable students to understand and independently eva-luate the art of the last century. In addition, stu-dents will analyze historical connections between contemporary art and the art of the past, explor-ing non-traditional and multicultural influences as well. A field trip will be offered in addition to research projects.
  • 3.00 Credits

    A study of both the visual representation of women and an examination of women artists from prehistory to the contemporary era, this art history course places particular focus on the va-rying roles of women in the periods under re-view. This course not only looks at history, but at multi-leveled issues in the arts and society as well. Among the activities are lectures, discussions, projects, and student research.
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