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ART 225 offers art experiences with a focus on working with children. The class will be introduced to methods and materials that work best with these populations. The course includes an introduction to a broad scope of artists and artworks that reflect our culturally diverse country, as well as the global nature of our world. Visual Culture, work of fine art, museum analysis, installations, performances, video art, and graffiti will be discussed. Students will participate in hands-on art making activities through studio experiences, they will write and reflect on the outcomes, and they will participate in critiques and discussions.
Material Exploration in Mixed Media is a problem-solving art studio experience implementing the use of a variety of traditional and non-traditional art materials into two and three-dimensional projects.
- Graduation Requirements:
- Goal Area 6 - Humanities and the Arts
- Areas of Interest:
- Arts, Audio and Video, Technology, and Communications
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This introductory painting course will introduce students to basic techniques in oil and/or acrylic. Technical and conceptual development will be emphasized. Students will become familiar with a diverse array of artists working within the discipline of painting.
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- Arts, Audio and Video, Technology, and Communications
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This course will focus on the basic materials and techniques of watercolor and other wet media while exploring traditional and experimental approaches. Students will become familiar with a diverse array of artists utilizing watercolor and wet media as part of their practice.
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- Arts, Audio and Video, Technology, and Communications
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An introduction to basic wheel throwing techniques exploring the potential of clay as a creative and expressive material.
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- Arts, Audio and Video, Technology, and Communications
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An introduction to basic sculptural hand building techniques exploring the nature of clay as a creative-expressive medium.
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- Arts, Audio and Video, Technology, and Communications
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Introduction to art history from prehistoric and ancient cultures through circa 1400 CE. Includes examination of global art and architecture (1) to understand significant historical developments in human civilizations, cultural values, and creativity and (2) to explore its relevance to us today.
- Graduation Requirements:
- Goal Area 6 - Humanities and the Arts | Goal Area 8 - Global Perspective | Diverse Cultures - Purple
- Areas of Interest:
- Arts, Audio and Video, Technology, and Communications
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Lecture-based survey of the Art and Architecture of both Western and non-Western countries from the thirteenth through twentieth centuries.
- Graduation Requirements:
- Goal Area 6 - Humanities and the Arts | Goal Area 8 - Global Perspective
- Areas of Interest:
- Arts, Audio and Video, Technology, and Communications
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This course analyzes relationships between art and politics from ancient times through today, exploring uses of art from persuasion to overt propaganda in visual arts and architecture. It will deal with diverse cultures, covering material from a global perspective.
- Graduation Requirements:
- Goal Area 6 - Humanities and the Arts | Goal Area 8 - Global Perspective | Writing Intensive
- Areas of Interest:
- Arts, Audio and Video, Technology, and Communications
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From pop artists of the 1950s like Andy Warhol to contemporary printmakers today, the silkscreen medium is known for its ability to build up bright color intensely and quickly. The silkscreen medium has concrete links to drawing, graphic design, and photography. In this course, students will be introduced to silkscreen & photographic printmaking processes. No previous experience needed.
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- Arts, Audio and Video, Technology, and Communications
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This introductory course focuses on traditional techniques of carving & printing wood / linoleum relief blocks as well as a range of intaglio printmaking processes. Whether using gouges to carve imagery into wood, or using an etchant to bite lines into copper, these mediums have an intimate relationship to natural materials. These drawing-based processes are tied to the earliest technologies of disseminating information. Their graphic aesthetics remain rich and relevant today. No previous experience is needed for this course.
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- Arts, Audio and Video, Technology, and Communications
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Introduction to the techniques and expressive potential of photography as an art form. Topics include basic camera controls, lighting, composition, editing, fine art printing, and historical and contemporary examples of art photography. A digital camera with manual controls of aperture and shutter speed is required for most of the semester.
- Graduation Requirements:
- Goal Area 6 - Humanities and the Arts
- Areas of Interest:
- Arts, Audio and Video, Technology, and Communications
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Exploration of the visual and physical organization of three-dimensional form and space through problems employing various media and processes.
- Areas of Interest:
- Arts, Audio and Video, Technology, and Communications
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Students will learn how to create dimensional works that relate to specific architectural environments. A variety of material and conceptual approaches will be explored with an emphasis on non-traditional materials and non-technical processes. Previous sculpture experience is not necessary. Students will become aware of a diverse array of artists working within the field of installation.
- Areas of Interest:
- Arts, Audio and Video, Technology, and Communications
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Lecture/discussion/studio course on a selected area of discourse relating to the study of Art History, Art Criticism, Art Education or Art Studio. May focus on a specific artists, style period, cultural group or technical or methodological problem.
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- Arts, Audio and Video, Technology, and Communications
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Introduction to product design as it relates to user interface (UI) and user experience (UX) design from a visual communication design perspective. Applicable visual prototypes will encompass various situations that may range from icon wayfinding systems to mobile app designs. The course will explore issues of differing philosophical perspectives of technology as a tool, a medium, and/or an environment.
- Prerequisites:
- ART 202
- Areas of Interest:
- Arts, Audio and Video, Technology, and Communications
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This course engages students in the study of the dynamic role of letterforms in contemporary graphic design. Through an in-depth examination of letterform evolution, mastery of the discipline's terminology, and by scrutinizing the dynamic relationship between type and image, students will be able to adeptly utilize type in both technical and aesthetic scenarios. Emphasis is placed on fusing tradition with innovation, providing students with valuable insights into the evolving typographic landscape within contemporary graphic design.
- Prerequisites:
- ART 202
- Areas of Interest:
- Arts, Audio and Video, Technology, and Communications
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This course will focus on developing students' personal voices in drawing while integrating a range of experimental processes and approaches. Formal and conceptual issues will be addressed. Students will become familiar with a diverse array of contemporary artists. Course may be repeated.
- Prerequisites:
- ART 210
- Areas of Interest:
- Arts, Audio and Video, Technology, and Communications
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This course explores visual identity and graphic systems as it relates to graphic design. Through a combination of theory and professional practice, students will explore the art of creating meaningful and visually engaging identities and systems.
- Prerequisites:
- ART 220, ART 302, and ART 304
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- Arts, Audio and Video, Technology, and Communications
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Students will explore the significance of research, planning, and a rigorous creative process as foundational elements to enhance creativity. The curriculum also emphasizes techniques for generating distinctive images and illustrations and their use in graphic design.
- Prerequisites:
- ART 220, ART 302, and ART 304
- Areas of Interest:
- Arts, Audio and Video, Technology, and Communications
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This course will help students develop a more personal approach to painting. Connections between formal and conceptual strategies will be emphasized. Students will become familiar with a diverse array of artists working within the landscape of contemporary painting. Course may be repeated.
- Prerequisites:
- ART 240 or consent
- Areas of Interest:
- Arts, Audio and Video, Technology, and Communications
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This course will build on the fundamental skills learned in ART 250 and/or ART 251 while expanding students' understanding of ceramics processes, including hand-building, and wheel-throwing. Traditional and experimental approaches will be explored. ART 350 must be taken twice before advancing to ART 450.
- Prerequisites:
- ART 250 or ART 251
- Areas of Interest:
- Arts, Audio and Video, Technology, and Communications
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Students will expand their knowledge of printmaking processes while broadening their conceptual ideas. Course curriculum varies each semester, and students regularly learn new techniques for the first time. The range of project processes may include any of the following approaches: relief, silkscreen, lithography, intaglio, letterpress, cyanotype, monoprinting, 3-dimensional prints, public print projects, combined media processes, photographic processes, inkjet printing, and collaborative projects.
- Prerequisites:
- ART 270 or ART 271
- Areas of Interest:
- Arts, Audio and Video, Technology, and Communications
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This is an intermediate course focusing exclusively on materials, technique, processes, equipment, and safety in contemporary digital printmaking processes.
- Prerequisites:
- ART 202, ART 271
- Areas of Interest:
- Arts, Audio and Video, Technology, and Communications
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This intermediate course builds on basic photography knowledge. Topics covered include 35mm film cameras, medium and large format film cameras, film development, film scanning, as well as digital editing, manipulation, and fine art digital print and darkroom print output. Additionally, we will discuss lighting, composition, creative problem solving, and creating a cohesive series. ART 275: Introduction to Photography recommended as a prerequisite, or proficiency with manual controls of cameras (aperture and shutter speed). In rotation with ART 377.
- Areas of Interest:
- Arts, Audio and Video, Technology, and Communications
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