Introduction to studio art practice. Overview and practice of
artists’ creative process including hands-on visual exercises,
reading, writing, presentation, and critique.
Studio—6 hours. Introduction to drawing using various black and
white media. Drawing techniques covered are contour line, ink
bleeds, rendering, “blind” drawing, and self portraiture.
Studio—6 hours. Basic sculpture techniques using a variety of
media. Form in space using cardboard, plaster, and/or cement,
wood and/or metal and other media.
Studio – 6 hours. Introduction to the fundamental technical,
aesthetic, and formal aspects of photography. Camera skills, film
developing and printing in the black and white darkroom.
Studio – 6 hours. Introduction to printmaking techniques such as
monography, relief, and intaglio. Investigation of personal
imagery through use of these techniques.
Studio – 6 hours. Prerequisite: courses 2, 7. Individualized
projects exploring color and space in a variety of subject matter
and approaches. Builds on basic skills and concepts from
beginning drawing and painting courses. Study of historical and
contemporary art in relation to studio practice.
Studio—6 hours. Prerequisite(s): ART 009 Pass One restricted to
Art Studio majors. Comprehensive introduction to all elements of
digital photography, including scanning, imaging software and
printing.
Studio—6 hours. Prerequisite: ART 12 or CDM 20 or CTS 20.
This course focuses on the area of sound production as a way to
insinuate descriptive, exploratory and cinematic experiences upon
its listener. Students will be working with conceptual and
experimental strategies to produce complex audio compositions
that stand alone as pieces themselves and/or accompany a sequence
of images.
Studio—6 hours. Prerequisite: course 11. Printmaking techniques
in silk screen and related stencil methods. Development of visual
imagery using the language of printmaking. May be repeated for
credit one time. Pass1 restricted Art Studio majors. GE credit:
ArtHum | AH, VL.
Studio – 6 hours. Prerequisite: course 8. Study of ceramic
materials and processes. Areas studied include clay and clay
bodies; glaze materials through temperature, color and texture;
history and technology of kilns and kiln firing. Examination of
material properties and characteristics through experimentation.
May be repeated for credit up to one time.
Studio – 6 hours. Prerequisite: course 5. Individualized
explorations through multiple projects in a variety of sculpture
media and techniques. Builds upon technical skills and concepts
covered in course 5.
Seminar—3 hour(s). Open to Art Studio graduate students only, or
with prior written consent of faculty member. Fluctuating
critical and cultural environment of the professional art world.
New strategies to support the social and philosophical networks
and frameworks that inform contemporary cultural production.
Emphasis on new esthetics concepts, practices and technologies.
May be repeated up to 1 Time(s) when content differs.
(Letter.)Effective: 2018 Fall Quarter.
Studio – 6 hours. Prerequisite: upper division standing Art
Studio major. I Introduction to professional practices.
Development of an artist’s packet including a resume, cover
letter, artist statement, and statement of purpose. Ongoing
independent studio work with group critiques. Research on
galleries and museums, and readings in contemporary theory and
criticism.
Seminar—3 hour(s). Open to Art Studio graduate students only, or
with prior written consent of faculty member. Focuses on research
methods for artists through critical reading and writing, studio
practice, presentations, site-visits, and professional engagement
related to the field of visual art. Faculty-moderated group
critique course to develop a sense of the theoretical foundations
and implications of the work of each of the participants through
class analysis and extended discussion. May be repeated up to 1
Time(s) when content differs. (Letter.)Effective: 2018 Fall
Quarter.
Seminar—3 hour(s). Open to Art Studio graduate students only, or
with prior written consent of faculty member. Advanced course for
second-year graduate students. Critical discussion and
contemporary readings pertinent to studio practice and artwork,
including video, installation, photography, interactive arts,
performance, sculpture, painting, printmaking, ceramics, sound,
and all other mediums. May be repeated up to 1 Time(s) when
content differs. (Letter.)Effective: 2018 Fall Quarter.
Seminar—3 hour(s). Open to Art Studio graduate students only; or
with prior written consent of faculty member. Critical discussion
and contemporary readings pertinent to artwork that uses digital
media including video, installation, photography, interactive
arts, performance, sculpture, painting, printmaking, ceramics,
sound, and all other mediums. May be repeated up to 1 Time(s)
when content differs. (Letter.)Effective: 2019 Fall Quarter.
