Through the experience of artmaking, our aim is to help the individual think critically, communicate clearly and work creatively.
Areas of Focus
General Departmental Art Courses
101 Understanding Contemporary Media (4)
Examines contemporary developments in specific media of visual art. Emphasizes process an practice in ceramics, fibers, metalsmithing, painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture, and visual design.
111 The Artist Experience (4)
Series of presentations by resident faculty members of the Department of Art.
115 Basic Design: Fundamentals (4)
Intermedia laboratory for fundamentals of communication design. Development of visual vocabularies.
116 Basic Design: 3D (4)
Visual communication and critique. Further development of visual vocabularies through investigation of space and structure.
233 Drawing (4R)
Beginning course in observation, selection, and recording of significant elements in various drawing media.
407/507 Seminar (1-4R)
Focused theory course. Frequent topics include Dismantling Cartesianism, Installation Art, Performance Art, the Cinema Effect.
408/508 Workshop (1-6R)
Frequent topics include Children's Book Design and Illustration, Japanese Papermaking, Watercolor Illustration, Letterpress, Motion Design, Flash, Photoshop, InDesign.
483/583 Installation (4R)
Covers the pratice of critical approaches to art installation. Creation of an individual installation; participation in a final group installation exhibit. Prereq: instructor's consent.
