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MPFV286 Electric Dreams: Frontiers of the Moving Image 3cr
Emergent technologies such as Augmented Reality
(AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) are pushing the
boundaries of moving images into a dynamic array
of new time-based media frontiers. From film
festivals like Sundance, Cannes, and Toronto, to
the world’s leading art museums, to major branches
of news and entertainment markets, innovations in
the way we experience media are dramatically
expanding. Electric Dreams: Frontiers of the
Moving Image Course focuses upon immersive
storytelling through VR Filmmaking and AR
Experiences. Whether the director’s intention is
narrative, non-fiction, or conceptually driven
work, directing an immersive experience comes with
a unique set of production and post-production
processes that students are exposed to through
class technical demonstrations and a series of
student-driven projects. In addition to diving
into the fundamental concerns of directing and
designing for AR and VR immersive experiences,
this hybrid course offers students an introduction
to new media theories and current critical
discourse addressing the profound impact emergent
technologies have in shaping art, our life, our
culture and communities.
Hybrid Studio Critique
Fall
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MPFV287 Making Meaning: Video Portraiture & Identity 3cr
This course introduces students to creative tools
for video portraiture with an emphasis on identity
exploration. Class demonstrations and hands-on
class assignments provide students with exposure
to video production and projection; retro,
surveillance and 360 video cameras; and live
streaming. In-class screenings foreground moving
image portraiture addressing gender, race,
sexualities and socioeconomic status.
Hybrid Studio Critique
Fall
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MPFV300 Advanced Sound Technique and Design 3 cr.
This course will offer an in depth look at the use of recorded sound within the context of moving image production. Live sound and expanded
cinema experiments will also be encouraged. Time each week will be allocated to technical demonstrations of studio equipment (including
various workshops exploring Pro-Tools and Digital Performer audio software), recording and mixing experiments, and discussions on the many
aesthetic and conceptual frameworks of cinematic sound. Examples from the history of cinematic sound will be screened on a weekly basis
throughout the semester. In addition to weekly course meetings, students will be expected to meet certain scheduled benchmarks in the
production of their projects.[Formerly Titled: Sound Design for Film]
Prerequisites: MPFV245
Hybrid Studio/Critique
Departmental Elective
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MPFV308 Cinematography and Lighting 3 cr.
This course deepens the student’s understanding of cinematography and introduces the student to studio lighting. In this course, students explore how cinematography serves directorial and creative intent, while being liberated to explore its own visual language. Technical and aesthetic concerns are given equal weight.
Prerequisites: MPFV211 or by permission of the instructor
Hybrid Studio/Critique
Departmental Elective
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MPFV309 Advanced Creative Lighting 3cr
This class explores the art and craft of lighting
and cinematography to enhance further
experimentation in the creation of the image.
Students learn lighting for a specific film
genre, including documentary, experimental, and
narrative. In addition students will learn
various techniques for metaphorical lighting, FX
lighting, stage and realism vs pictorial
lighting. Technical and aesthetic concerns are
given equal weight. The class will cover the
proper use, handling, and care of cameras,
lenses, tripods, filters, and lights.[Formerly
titled Cinematography&Lighting II]
Prerequisites: MPFV-308
Hybrid Studio Critique
Spring
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MPFV312 Junior Major Production 3 cr.
This class is a spring semester requirement for junior Film/Video majors. In this course, students develop and refine their creative voices, with freedom to work in any time-based format to produce three completed pieces. Students creatively demonstrate both technical focus and conceptual rigor in their completed works.
Prerequisites: MPFV321 or MPFV323
Hybrid Studio/Critique
Departmental Requirement
Spring
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MPFV314 Advanced Editing 3 cr.
This course assumes that students come to it with
technical skill at Avid and other non-linear
editing systems and moves instead into conceptual
and aesthetic aspects of motion-picture editing,
examining how an editor creates a sense of time,
space, tone, and rhythm. We look at both
short-form and long-form work in the documentary,
fiction, and experimental traditions. Sound/image
relationships, including continuity and
discontinuity, and non-traditional approaches are
all examined through short editing assignments.
In addition, there is time for critique of your
own works-in-progress, as well as a term-long
group assignment to edit a documentary feature
out of materials provided by the instructor.
Prerequisites: MPFV220 or by permission of instructor
Hybrid Studio/Critique
Departmental Elective
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MPFV314 Advanced Editing 3cr.
This course assumes that students come to it with technical skill at Avid and other non-linear
editing systems and moves instead into conceptual and aesthetic aspects of motion-picture editing,
examining how an editor creates a sense of time, space, tone, and rhythm. We look at both
short-form and long-form work in the documentary, fiction, and experimental traditions. Sound/image
relationships, including continuity and discontinuity, and non-traditional approaches are
all examined through short editing assignments. In addition, there is time for critique of your
own works-in-progress, as well as a term-long group assignment to edit a documentary feature
out of materials provided by the instructor.
Fall and Spring
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MPFV317 Finishing Touches 3cr
Finishing Touches is a course in which students
analyze and practice digital film finishing
strategies, techniques, and workflows including
audio mixing, color correction and video effects.
Emphasis is placed on how these technical and
aesthetic decisions impact how the audience feels
and connects to the piece. Students are asked to
bring projects to work with throughout the
semester.
Prerequisites: MPFV-221 or Permission of the Instructor
Hybrid Studio Critique
Instructor’s Discretion
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MPFV321 Short and Fast: From Idea to Critique 3 cr.
This course is one of two options to fulfill the fall Film/Video junior production requirement. It concentrates on the production of short, finished work each week for substantial in-class critique. The content of the work produced for the class divides evenly between individual student preference and predetermined topics formulated to complement class screenings, readings and discussions. Methods for rapidly generating completed works are examined and a wide variety of critique strategies are employed.
Prerequisites: MPFV211 and MPFV221
Hybrid Studio/Critique
Departmental Requirement
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MPFV322 Junior Major Viewing 1 3 cr.
This class is the first installment of a two-semester required course introducing film/video theory and criticism. The class explores film and video informed by changing media practice and by art. Screenings encompass installation and performance as well as single channel work. Both historical and contemporary work is presented. All work shown is considered in relation to semiotics, psychoanalysis, feminism, race, documentary practice, identity issues, and representation.
Prerequisites: MPFV211 and MPFV221
Critique
Departmental Requirement
Fall
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MPFV323 Experiments in Film Narrative 3 cr.
This course is an intensive film and video production class for the junior film students to find and realize their own personal voices through moving image. Students explore traditional narrative frameworks such as character, conflict, script structure, and narrative voice. Students expand upon these frameworks and push the boundaries of conventional film narrative. The class touches upon all stages of preproduction, including production design, storyboards, shot design, script breakdown, preparing the shot list, casting, location scouting, and production scheduling. Classes include technical workshops, in depth analysis, viewing and critique. Students direct their own scripts and work in crews to produce each other’s films.
Prerequisites: MPFV211 and MPFV221
Hybrid Studio/Critique
Departmental Requirement
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MPFV325 Junior Major Viewing II 3 cr.
This class is the second installment of a two-semester required course introducing film/video theory and criticism. In the second semester, the class continues to explore film and video informed by media and by art. In addition to this content, the second semester explores contemporary issues in new media. The class examines how new media employs cinematic conventions while breaking the traditional role of the spectator in the viewing experience.
Prerequisites: MPFV322
Critique
Departmental Requirement
Spring
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MPFV326 Autobiographical Screenwriting: Working With Your Life Story 3cr
This screenwriting workshop examines ways to use and explore autobiography as the basis for a short script. Students create works that are autobiographical or autobiography-inspired, working in a range of genres and formats, from narrative (i.e. autobiography-based fiction) to film-essay, video art, and hybrid forms. Throughout the semester we view work by filmmakers and video artists who draw from their life story in different ways. There will be readings, critical and creative short writing assignments, and a final script/project. Prerequisite: Script 1 (in FV or LA) or equivalent experience and permission of instructor.
Prerequisites: MPFV-235 or LALW-338
Seminar
Fall
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MPFV327 The Business of Film/Video 3cr
How does an art student become a professional
artist and still survive in the world of
freelancing?
This course covers a range of strategies for
students to build their public profile and
portfolio while developing a sustainable plan to
survive as an artist after school. Topics include:
creating project proposals and professional
portfolios; developing budgets; funding through
grants and crowd sourcing; internships and
learning to write and speak effectively about
their work to film producers, film financiers,
museum curators, and art dealers. Visiting
speakers include local curators, festival
directors, critics, and exhibition professionals.
This course will also cover the ever elusive
production management of any project from film, to
live events and shows, to art exhibition and media
installations in out of the box venues and
locations. Travel into the City of Boston on
assignment and field trips while learning. After
taking this course, students should have all the
necessary skills to present their work in the
professional arena. While the course focuses on
moving image work, students working in any medium
are encouraged to register.
Hybrid Studio Critique
Undergraduate Elective
Fall
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MPFV336 Scriptwriting II 3 cr.
Scriptwriting II builds on the skills learned in Scriptwriting I and asks students to push
further. You may write in the format and genre/mode of your choice: narrative,
experimental-narrative, web series, non-fiction/essay, video installation, etc. You
will develop your scripts through writing exercises and revisions as well as by hearing
them read aloud and critiqued. All majors welcome.
Prerequisites: MPFV235 or by permission of instructor
Hybrid Studio/Critique
Departmental Elective
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MPFV392 Film/Video Course Assistantship 3 cr.
A course assistantship allows qualified
sophomores, juniors, and seniors to assist a
faculty member with whom they have studied
previously. Duties may include set up, assisting
with demonstrations and critiques during class
meetings. Course assistants may not grade
students. Students may register for only one
3-credit course assistantship each semester, and
no more than two such assistantships may count
toward degree requirements.
Students selected by faculty to be course
assistants submit a Course Assistantship form
with the faculty and chair’s signatures to the
Registrar during registration and no later than
the end of the Add/Drop period. Students who are
performing a Teaching Assistantship should follow
Independent Study procedures
Prerequisites: By Permission of Instructor
Fall/Spring
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MPFV398 Film/Video Internship
An internship is a supervised professional
experience that allows you to use classroom
training in a real work environment, develop your
skills, focus your career goals, and make
professional contacts.
MassArt offers students enrolled in a degree
program the opportunity to register an internship
for credit. An internship counts as 3 studio
elective credits. To receive credit, the
internship must meet our basic internship
requirements, be approved by a faculty advisor,
and registered before you start the internship.
Prerequisites: By Permission of Instructor
Fall/Spring
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MPFV399 Film/Video Independent Study
Juniors and seniors who have a specific studio
project which cannot be accomplished within the
structure of a course may arrange to work with a
faculty member on an independent basis. The
Independent Study form (available in the
Registrar’s Office) includes a description of the
project. Students may take only one 3-credit
independent study each semester, and no more than
four independent studies will count toward the
degree.
Independent Study forms, with faculty and the
chair’s signatures, should be submitted to the
Registrar during registration and not later than
the Add/Drop deadline.
Prerequisites: By Permission of Instructor
Fall/Spring
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MPFV402 Contemporary Issues in Film/Video 1 3 cr.
This survey class views film and video works by contemporary artists and media makers, in the context of historical works. Students meet with the film and video artists presenting work at MassArt Film Society as well as the instructor for discussions of the work shown. Attendance is mandatory.
Prerequisites: MPFV325 or by permission of instructor
Critique
Departmental Elective
Fall
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MPFV403 Contemporary Issues in Film/Video II 3 cr.
This survey class views film and video by
contemporary artists and media makers together
with occasional older works. Emergent and
established artists will visit to present and
discuss their work at MassArt Cine-Culture
(formerly MassArt Film Society). Among the issues
to be discussed related to contemporary moving
image discourse and production are:
narrative/form, fiction/non-fiction, independent
production and exhibition, and the
social/political relevance of film as an art.
This is the second installment of a year-long
course that is a Senior requirement for all
Film/Video Majors.
Prerequisites: MPFV402 or by permission of instructor
Critique
Departmental Requirement
Spring
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MPFV410 Senior Thesis Studio I 3 cr.
This fall course is designed to facilitate the production of each student’s thesis project. Projects consist of at least one fifteen-minute film/video or five three-minute films/videos to be done by the end of the semester. Students may propose equivalent work in sound, installation or live performance and media work. Individual meetings are held every other week for critique. Group meetings take place twice a semester for class critique. There is a variety of tech workshops and visiting artists who look at students’ work. In addition to this 3-credit class seniors are required to take Issues in Contemporary Film/Video in order to familiarize them with aspects of film and video history. In this course see and hear filmmakers and artists talk about their own work.
Prerequisites: MPFV312, MPFV325
Hybrid Studio/Critique
Departmental Requirement
Fall
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MPFV411 Senior Thesis Studio II 3 cr.
This spring course is designed to facilitate the production of each student’s thesis project. Projects will consist of at least one fifteen-minute film/video or five three-minute films/videos to be completed by the end of the semester. Students may propose equivalent work in sound, installation or live performance and media work. Individual meetings will be held every other week for critique. Group meetings will take place at least twice a semester for class critique. Senior review boards will be held in March for feedback on their thesis work-in-progress and to allow enough time for each student to tweak their projects by the end of the semester. Seniors are also required to take Issues in Contemporary Film and Video in order to familiarize them with aspects of film and video history. In this course they will see and hear filmmakers and artists talk about their own work.
Prerequisites: MPFV410
Hybrid Studio/Critique
Departmental Requirement
Spring
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Fine Arts 2D: Painting |
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2DPA100 Introduction to Painting 3 cr.
Form, space, and light are explored through the fundamental techniques of oil and acrylic painting. The core of this course is the practice and study of color and composition.
Hybrid Studio/Critique
All College Elective
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2DPA103 Watercolor 3 cr.
Fundamental techniques of transparent watercolor media, such as wet on wet, drybrush, glazing, and knowledge of painting tools. Emphasis on color, vocabulary development, exploring composition, and the history of watercolor painting.
Hybrid Studio/Critique
All College Elective
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2DPA201 Sophomore Drawing 3cr.
This sophomore drawing class is aimed to develop the perceptual, observational, and experimental
aspect of pictorial investigations. Through basic drawing language and material, students are
encouraged to examine the formal aspects of space, light, and materiality within a pictoral
structure. While focusing on the fundamental and formal language of drawing, students also
develop the way of seeing and questioning the notion of what they see. Visiting artists and
events are shared with junior and senior majors.
Undergraduate Elective
Fall/Spring
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2DPA202 Life Drawing 3 cr.
This course allows for more advanced study of the human figure from an observational perspective. Study takes place within the context of Life Drawing 102 and its emphasis on expression, pictorial space, form and light.
Prerequisites: SFDN-181 and SFDN-185
Hybrid Studio/Critique
All College Elective
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2DPA205 Sophomore Painting 6 cr.
An exploration of fundamental painting issues and painting techniques in oils, acrylics, and mixed media. Students are encouraged to initiate individual projects to develop personal imagery. 6 credits.
Prerequisites: SFDN181, SFDN182
Double Hybrid Studio/Critique
All College Elective
Fall
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2DPA206 Sophomore Painting 6 cr.
An exploration of fundamental painting issues and painting techniques in oils, acrylics, and mixed media. Students are encouraged to initiate individual projects to develop personal imagery. 6 credits
Prerequisites: SFDN181, SFDN182
Double Hybrid Studio/Critique
All College Elective
Spring
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2DPA216 Digital Drawing 3cr.
Digital Drawing: Image Creation in the Information Age explores drawing through a
digital lens, examining the use of digital tools in the creative process. We will experiment with
digital tools already at our disposal (computers, social media, smartphones, cameras, printers,
etc.) to work between concept and process while developing new work. We will draw directly on
tablets and phones and use apps and software to manipulate, enhance, and troubleshoot aesthetic
and conceptual concerns. We will toggle between virtual and tactile mediums and examine the use
and look of digital tools in contemporary painting.
Undergraduate Elective
Spring Only
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2DPA219 Cornelia: Representational Painting 3 cr.
Painting from direct perception. Study of form, light, and space utilizing the live model as a subject along with varying subject matter and painting materials.
Prerequisites: SFDN181, SFDN 182, SFDN185
Hybrid Studio/Critique
All College Elective
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2DPA228 Color for Painting 3 cr.
Studies in water-based media of color harmonies and hue relationships, along with neutral or achromatic colors to develop an understanding of he subjective process of color perception and color relationships through practice with color theory and color mixing methods.
Hybrid Studio/Critique
All College Elective
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2DPA250 100 Drawings 3 cr.
100 Drawings is a rigorous concentration on the process of drawing. Students are encouraged to experiment with techniques and materials that they may not have used before. Each student is expected to complete a minimum of 100 drawings during the semester. Students explore a wide range of subject matter as well as collage, color, scale, and mixed media. All students present a 100 drawing portfolio to the class at the end of the course.
Hybrid Studio/Critique
All College Elective
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2DPA264 Collage/Assemblage 3 cr.
Drawing, painting, and sculpting using found objects, appropriated images, letterforms, texts, and personal memorabilia. Slide lectures and class discussions concern the history of collage and assemblage.
Hybrid Studio/Critique
All College Elective
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2DPA270 Imaginative Drawing 3 cr.
Non-traditional approaches to drawing, including working from dream imagery, inventing realities, exploring abstraction, creating new tools to draw with, and experimenting with mixed media.
Prerequisites: SFDN181
Hybrid Studio/Critique
All College Elective
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2DPA290 Print Into Motion 3cr
This course functions as a laboratory to translate ideas from print to motion through integrated studio projects. The objective of this course is to navigate through the intersection of time with print as well as the relationship between a still and a moving image. Students explores elements of duration, seriality, sequentiality, and storytelling. Students utilizes printmaking techniques to create animation works, via optical devices and projections.
Hybrid Studio Critique
Spring
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2DPA305 Junior Painting 6 cr.
Combined sections of juniors and seniors for the study and practice of painting in oils, acrylics, and mixed media. Juniors are expected to pursue the development of a personal direction in painting or mixed media. Seniors work on self-defined degree projects in painting and are expected to develop a command of both technical and conceptual means in painting. 6 credits.
Prerequisites: 2DPA205, 2DPA206
Double Hybrid Studio/Critique
Departmental Requirement
Fall
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2DPA306 Junior Painting 6 cr.
Combined sections of juniors and seniors for the study and practice of painting in oils, acrylics, and mixed media. Juniors are expected to pursue the development of a personal direction in painting or mixed media. Seniors work on self-defined degree projects in painting and are expected to develop a command of both technical and conceptual means in painting. 6 credits.
Prerequisites: 2DPA205, 2DPA206, 2DPA305
Double Hybrid Studio/Critique
Departmental Requirement
Spring
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2DPA335 Drawing for Painting Majors 3 cr.
A drawing exploration of the relationships between methods of drawing and painting that is designed to develop a flexible dialogue between concept and process. Drawing both from observation and imagination.
Prerequisites: SFDN181, SFDN182, SFDN185
Hybrid Studio/Critique
Departmental Requirement
Fall/Spring
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2DPA392 FA Course Assistantship
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2DPA399 FA Independent Study
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2DPA405 Senior Painting 6 cr.
Combined sections of juniors and seniors for the study and practice of painting in oils, acrylics, and mixed media. Juniors are expected to pursue the development of a personal direction in painting or mixed media. Seniors work on self-defined degree projects in painting and are expected to develop a command of both technical and conceptual means in painting. 6 credits.
Prerequisites: 2DPA305, 2DPA306
Double Hybrid Studio/Critique
Departmental Requirement
Fall
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2DPA406 Senior Painting 6 cr.
Combined sections of juniors and seniors for the study and practice of painting in oils, acrylics, and mixed media. Juniors are expected to pursue the development of a personal direction in painting or mixed media. Seniors work on self-defined degree projects in painting and are expected to develop a command of both technical and conceptual means in painting. 6 credits, 1 semester.
Prerequisites: 2DPA305, 2DPA306, 2DPA405
Double Hybrid Studio/Critique
Departmental Requirement
Spring
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2DPA428 Professional Practices 3cr.
Professional Practices provides tools, resources, and experience that will help students to continue making work outside of an institution. With this established as the most important aspect of being a professional artist, the seminar provides a body of practical information to support art making. The course is organized around a series of topics accompanied by workshops, discussions, informal presentations, readings, and field trips. Throughout the semester, students are granted the opportunity to meet and interview a range of art professionals, including curators and gallerists, graduate students, and other artists.
By the end of the course, students compile professional materials – CV, images, and artist statement. Topics covered include talking/writing about your work, studio space, studio visits, making/maintaining professional connections, documenting work, applications for grants/residencies/graduate school, online presence, jobs, finances, exhibiting your work, artist peers, collaboration, curating/pop-up shows, and more. [Formerly titled Senior Seminar]
Undergraduate Elective
Fall and Spring
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2DPA435 Drawing for Painting Majors 3 cr.
A drawing exploration of the relationships between methods of drawing and painting that is designed to develop a flexible dialogue between concept and process. Drawing both from observation and imagination.
Prerequisites: 2DPM367, 2DPA335
Hybrid Studio/Critique
Departmental Requirement
Fall
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Fine Arts 2D: Printmaking |
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2DPM100 Introduction to Printmaking 3 cr.
An introduction to basic printmaking techniques, including monoprint, intaglio (etching), planographic, and relief printing, using an experimental and empirical approach to the graphic media. Emphasis is on investigating visual structures by means of the print process.
Hybrid Studio/Critique
All College Elective
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2DPM250 Artist Books 3 cr.
An examination of the unique book. Students have the opportunity to explore text and image in traditional and nontraditional approaches and formats. Projects focus on content, composition, paging sequence, format and materials. Students build their ideas using the processes and materials of painting, printmaking, sculpture, and mixed media.
Hybrid Studio/Critique
All College Elective
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2DPM260 Beginning Etching 3 cr.
A presentation of basic intaglio skills: drypoint, hard and soft ground etching, and aquatint. Emphasis is on using the craft and the process of printmaking to explore the more familiar ideas of line, value, and form.
Hybrid Studio/Critique
Departmental Requirement, All College Elective
Fall and Spring
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2DPM264 Monoprint 3 cr.
An exploration of this direct and immediate form of printing that bridges the worlds of painting, drawing, and printing. Emphasis is on visual thinking and the development of imagery through a combination of process, observation, and imaginative drawing. The techniques of water-base and oil-base printing, including collage, collagraph, and multiple plate printing are demonstrated.
Hybrid Studio/Critique
All College Elective
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2DPM265 Sophomore Printmaking I 3cr.
This sophomore major studio concentrates on the development of personal imagery through drawing and printmaking exercises. This course introduces the development of thematic and conceptual ideas in a broad historical context.
Prerequisites: Printmaking Majors Only
Fall Only
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2DPM266 Sophomore Printmaking II 3 cr.
This sophomore majors studio involves the refinement of basic processes; the introduction of new techniques; the development of individual imagery through drawing exercises; and researching other artists in the field. Working in series is stressed. Visiting artists and events are shared with junior and senior majors. [Formerly titled Sophomore Printmaking Major]
Prerequisites: three of the following four classes 2DPM260, 2DPM270, 2DPM280, or 2DPM281
Hybrid Studio/Critique
Departmental Requirement
Spring
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2DPM270 Beginning Lithography 3 cr.
An introduction to the drawing and printing of stone and metal plate lithography. The course emphasizes the development of visual ideas through the materials, tools, and chemistry of the lithographic process.
Prerequisites: SFDN181
Hybrid Studio/Critique
Fall and Spring
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2DPM271 Relief Printing 3 cr.
An introduction to relief printmaking, employing woodcut and other related processes. Students build imagery using conventional and unconventional approaches.
Hybrid Studio/Critique
All College Elective
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2DPM280 Beginning Silkscreen 3 cr.
An introduction to various processes in screen printing. Study of color, design, and drawing using techniques from handcut through photographic or digital stencil making.
Hybrid Studio/Critique
Departmental Requirement, All College Elective
Fall and Spring
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2DPM281 Contemporary Printmaking 3 cr.
This course explores the role of printmaking within the discourse of contemporary art and culture. It serves as an introduction to the latest printmaking technology, including that of digital and photo sensitive plates, as well as non-toxic printmaking techniques. The course is divided between screenprinting, lithography, and intaglio and incorporates digital-imaging and color separation.
Hybrid Studio/Critique
Departmental Requirement, All College Elective
Spring
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2DPM305 Junior Printmaking Major 6 cr.
Combined studio of junior and senior printmakers. Students analyze the use of printmaking within a personal body of work. This exploration of mixed-media techniques stresses the metamorphic and serial potential inherent in printmaking. 6 credits.
Prerequisites: 2DPM266
Double Hybrid Studio/Critique
Departmental Requirement
Fall
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2DPM306 Junior Printmaking Major 6 cr.
Combined studio of junior and senior printmakers. Students analyze the use of printmaking within a personal body of work. This exploration of mixed-media techniques stresses the metamorphic and serial potential inherent in printmaking. 6 credits.
Prerequisites: 2DPM266, 2DPM305
Double Hybrid Studio/Critique
Departmental Requirement
Spring
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2DPM309 Papermaking for Imagemakers:Print, Paint, Photo, and Word 3cr
Students learn traditional techniques and contemporary methods of working with handmade paper. Topics include: pulp preparation, 2-D
sheet forming and controlled drying, 3-D construction methods of vacuum forming, casting with printed imagery, and pulp spraying on
canvas. Students develop visual vocabulary while learning to create surface imaging through painting with pigmented overbeaten pulps and
constructing with interior collaged laminations. Students can produce custom stock for editions, shape deckles, make watermarks and stenciled
“blowouts”. We will work with both Western and Eastern fibers as well as local plant fibers and customized recycled pulp. This class is open to
all levels of motivated students interested in working in the non-toxic, well equipped Mass Art papermaking studio.
Hybrid Studio Critique
Spring
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2DPM367 Drawing to Print 3 cr.
Concurrent projects in drawing and printmaking to address the dialogue between concept and process. Students explore a variety of techniques. Students follow work from observation, imagination, and the influences of process as means of discovery and image-building.
Prerequisites: SFDN181, SFDN185
Hybrid Studio/Critique
Departmental Required, All College Elective
Fall and Spring
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2DPM380 Intermediate Silkscreen 3 cr.
Further exploration of various processes in screen printing. Study of color, design, and drawing using techniques from handcut through photographic stencil-making.
Prerequisites: 2DPM280
Hybrid Studio/Critique
All College Elective
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2DPM392 PM Course Assistantship
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2DPM399 PM Independent Study
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2DPM405 Senior Printmaking Major 6 cr.
Combined studio of junior and senior printmakers. Students analyze the use of printmaking within a personal body of work. This exploration of mixed-media techniques stresses the metamorphic and serial potential inherent in printmaking. 6 credits.
Prerequisites: 2DPM305, 2DPM306
Double Hybrid Studio/Critique
Departmental Requirement
Fall
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2DPM406 Senior Printmaking Major 6 cr.
Combined studio of junior and senior printmakers. Students analyze the use of printmaking within a personal body of work. This exploration of mixed-media techniques stresses the metamorphic and serial potential inherent in printmaking. 6 credits.
Prerequisites: 2DPM305, 2DPM306, 2DPM405
Double Hybrid Studio/Critique
Departmental Requirement
Spring
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3DFB218 Material Color 3cr
This course uses fiber-based techniques to study how color is created and changed. Dyeing yarn and fabric, then weaving and piecing those dyed
materials, allows color to be studied in its psychological, cultural, phenomenological, and environmental aspects. Lectures and visiting
artists provide examples of sustained inquiry into the subject.
Hybrid Studio Critique
Fall and Spring
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3DCR202 Ceramic Handbuilding 3 cr.
A studio elective course, introduces students to ideas and methods used in the contemporary field of ceramic object-making. Projects are designed to have students consider clay for both its fine art and design potential. Projects use a variety of tools including the slab roller, extruder and plaster molds, as well as traditional methods of building and throwing on the potter’s wheel and address idea development. Projects also address color and surface and their relationships to forms. Students will choose methods of finishing work in gas or electric kilns, using a combination of studio and commercial glazes.
Hybrid Studio/Critique
Fall
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3DCR203 Wheelworking 3 cr.
An introduction to the potter’s wheel as a tool for clay form-making. Projects explore various techniques, development of skill and experimentation with functional and nonfunctional formats. Slip/glaze applications include both high and low-fire techniques with gas and electric kilns.
Hybrid Studio/Critique
Departmental Required/Elective
Spring
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3DCR205 Ceramic Design Studio 3 cr.
Ceramics has always been a desirable medium for artists’ and designers’ use because of its ability to be transformed in many ways. The premise of this course is to look at ceramics from the design point of view, whether it functional, decorative or sculptural. The goal will be to create three objects that are well-designed and planned out. The ceramic process used to create work will be up to each student - wheel thrown, molded or handbuilt, for example. The course also looks at the history of ceramic design and the work of contemporary designers.
Hybrid Studio/Critique
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3DCR205 Ceramic Design Studio Processes 3 cr.
This course is focused on translating design concepts into finished ceramic objects. An emphasis on drawing and model making will be used as the basis for projects that use a variety of handbuilding, mold-making, casting, and finishing techniques. Previous experience in ceramics recommended but not required.
Hybrid Studio/Critique
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3DCR208 Objects That Change Lives 3 cr.
See 3DTD208.
Hybrid Studio/Critique
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3DCR209 Intro to Clay Studio 3 cr.
This course introduces a variety of concepts and techniques used in contemporary ceramic object-making. Projects include ideas and skills used in both sculpture and design around the world today. This course includes slide lectures and field trips to introduce students to artists, designers and careers in the field of ceramics today. Through assigned projects students develop ideas and learn new skills– building, finishing and firing ceramic objects. This course is open to both students with previous experience and no experience.
Hybrid Studio/Critique
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3DCR213 Drawing in and on Clay 3cr.
Drawing in and on Clay focuses on drawing as a
tool for both two and three dimensionalrepresentation. Classes will be taught
in the Ceramic Studios where emphasis is placed
on observation, experimentation, and technical
exploration along with personal expression.
Employing various tools and techniques, students
explore the relationships of drawing on paper and
clay. Students are given the opportunity to
expand their drawing experience into other
mediums and dimensions.The ceramic medium
challenges artists and designers to draw in
space, to marry ideas in surface, color and form.
Projects include working with drawing as tool for
addressing issues in object making, as well as
exploring drawing in clay as finished artwork.
Work focuses on the sensorial, the formal and the
expressive proprieties of mark making in clay,
which is a wonderfully direct and reactive
medium. Eye hand synchronic and emotional
responds will be used not only to record objects
or events, but make visible the world of our imagination.
Students explore the ceramic process from surface
and form building through to firing work in
electric and gas kilns.
Undergraduate Elective
Spring
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3DCR225 Image and Clay 3 cr.
Ceramics is a field that marries form-making, surface finish, concept, image and technique. Ideas can be applied to both fine art and design objects. Image and Clay is a studio elective designed to introduce students to ideas, artists/designers and techniques which bring surface imagery to clay object-making. Projects include digital manipulation of imagery, silkscreening, decal making, and transfer printing. This course is appropriate for both artists and designers.
Hybrid Studio/Critique
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3DCR226 Tableware 3 cr.
Design and fabricate individualized place settings, serving dishes, teapots, and vases. Employing hand-building, the potter’s wheel, plaster molds, and various kiln-firing techniques (stoneware, soda, low-fire) students are able to create pottery that is useful as well as personally expressive. Frequent demonstrations, lectures, and dialogue with the instructor enable beginners as well as experienced workers to expand their vision and portfolio.
Hybrid Studio/Critique
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3DCR300 3D Seminar: Ceramics 3 cr.
A forum for discussion of current contemporary art-making issues in the medium of clay. Students research the topics and artists important to their own development. Visiting artists, slide lectures, studio visits and exhibitions are incorporated. With faculty assistance; students define and develop two bodies of work for each semester. This work must explore different technical areas of clay object-making and firing. An active journal with source material related to the student’s work is required, as are mid-semester critiques and final semester review boards.
Hybrid Studio/Critique
Departmental Requirement
Fall
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3DCR301 3D Seminar: Ceramics 3 cr.
A forum for discussion of current contemporary art-making issues in the medium of clay. Students research the topics and artists important to their own development. Visiting artists, slide lectures, studio visits and exhibitions are incorporated. With faculty assistance; students define and develop two bodies of work for each semester. This work must explore different technical areas of clay object-making and firing. An active journal with source material related to the student’s work is required, as are mid-semester critiques and final semester review boards.
Lecture/Seminar
Departmental Requirement
Spring
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3DCR308 Multiples, Sets and Editions 3 cr.
This course investigates the production of ceramic objects that are developed within a series format. Projects include unique pieces that are part of a related series and limited editions of identical objects. Ideas explored include architectural relief tiles, tableware, and various sculptural formats. Mold-making and ceramic casting processes are incorporated with various low and high-fire glaze options.
Prerequisites: any 200 level ceramic elective or permission
Hybrid Studio/Critique
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3DCR309 Tiles, Reliefs & Mosaics 3 cr.
Production and use of tiles, mosaics and reliefs. This course explores historical and contemporary uses of clay in architecture and object-making. Projects include design consideration, fabrication methods including mold and die processes and installation techniques. This course is appropriate for both fine artists and designers.
Prerequisites: 3DCR203
Hybrid Studio/Critique
All College Elective
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3DCR310 Ceramic Chemistry 3 cr.
Ceramic Chemistry offers students the opportunity to gain familiarity with clays, surfaces, and kilns. Weekly assignments, independent projects and two exams provide students with the exposure necessary to gain basic and personalized knowledge of ceramic materials and processes.
Hybrid Studio/Critique
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3DCR311 Surreal Clay: Explorations 3 cr.
A ceramic studio elective course gives students the opportunity and skills to develop work which is narrative in nature. Whether creating designed functional objects or abstract sculpture, the focus on this course is create objects which are outside of the everyday realm. Content of ideas may stretch from current events to personal experiences. Projects may incorporate a number of building and finishing techniques. Finished work may be funny, outrageous, provocative or physiologically engaging.
Prerequisites: One 200 or 300 level 3DCR class.
Hybrid Studio/Critique
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3DCR313 Clay Studio 3 cr.
This course introduces a variety of concepts and techniques used in contemporary ceramic object-making. Demonstrations and studio activities include hand building, mold making and wheel working. Each student researches and designs a series of pieces which reflect their personal interests. Projects may include work in tableware, sculpture, or designed objects. This course is open to both students with previous experience and no experience.
Hybrid Studio/Critique
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3DCR350 Adv.Studio: Ceramics 3 cr.
Assists students in developing a focused coherent body of work through several research projects, exposure to artists and concepts, and the coordination of personal sources, intent and ceramic technique.
Prerequisites: 6 credits in Ceramic Studios
Hybrid Studio/Critique
Departmental Requirement
Fall
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3DCR351 Adv.Studio: Ceramics 3 cr.
This course nurtures the development of a coherent body of work based on sophisticated techniques and a maturing sense of aesthetic direction. The course stresses the importance of drawing, model making, and journals to the creative process. Through assigned projects and workshops, students work with faculty to develop a personal body of work that represents depth and breadth of exploration of the ceramics medium. Group and individual discussions emphasize the development of critical vocabulary along with advanced technical exploration.
Prerequisites: 6 credits in Ceramic Studios
Hybrid Studio/Critique
Departmental Requirement
Fall/Spring
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3DCR392 CER Course Assistantship
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3DCR399 CER Independent Study
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3DCR401 3D Seminar: Ceramics 3 cr.
A forum for discussion of current contemporary art making issues in the medium of clay. Students research the topics and artists important to their own development. Visiting artists, slide lectures, studio visits and exhibitions are incorporated. With faculty assistance, students define and develop two bodies of work for each semester. This work must explore different technical areas of clay object-making and firing. An active journal with source material related to the student’s work is required, as are mid-semester critiques and final semester review boards.
Hybrid Studio/Critique
Departmental Requirement
Spring
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3DCR450 Adv.Studio: Ceramics 3 cr.
This course assists Students in developing a focused coherent body of work through several research projects, exposure to artists and concepts, and the coordination of personal sources, intent and ceramic technique,
Prerequisites: 3DCR350, 3DCR351
Hybrid Studio/Critique
Departmental Requirement
Fall
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3DCR451 Adv.Studio: Ceramics 3 cr.
This course nurtures the development of a coherent body of work based on sophisticated techniques and a maturing sense of aesthetic direction. The course stresses the importance of drawing, model making, and journals to the creative process. Through assigned projects and workshops, students work with faculty to develop a personal body of work that represents depth and breadth of exploration of the ceramics medium. Group and individual discussions emphasize the development of critical vocabulary along with advanced technical exploration.
Prerequisites: 3DCR450
Hybrid Studio/Critique
Departmental Requirement
Spring
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3DFB101 Vietnam – Art and Culture
This course is designed to give students exposure to Vietnamese culture, art and history. MassArt has a unique opportunity to explore this wonderful country with the support of the Indochina Arts Partnership. Prior to the trip, students will be given a brief overview of Vietnamese history and its cultural influences, focusing on Chinese, French (Beaux Arts) and Soviet (Socialist) influences. The group will travel to Ho Chi Minh City, Da Nang, Imperial City of Hue, and Hanoi. Students will have the opportunity to visit galleries and museums, ancient pagodas and villages famous for ceramics, silk weaving and papermaking, local art colleges and many artists’ studios. SEE TRAVEL COURSE SECTION FOR OFFICIAL REGISTRATION PROCEDURES. TRAVEL TO VIETNAM REQUIRED.
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3DFB221 Flexible Structures 3 cr.
An exploration of traditional and non-traditional methods of form-making using a variety of flexible, soft, or fibrous materials. Projects explore both technical and conceptual possibilities. Students investigate materials for their potential as sculptural, architectural, functional objects and as mixed-media installations and site-specific environments.
Hybrid Studio/Critique
All College Elective
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3DFB222 Intro to Weaving 3 cr.
An introduction to principles and techniques of floor loom weaving: including warp preparation, dressing the loom, pattern drafting, basic loom controlled and weaver controlled weaves. Slide presentations emphasize a personal approach to the media.
Hybrid Studio/Critique
All College Elective
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3DFB223 Surface Design on Fabric: Resist 3 cr.
An introduction to fabric dyes and procedures and to resist processes. Japanese, African, and Indonesian techniques for tie-dye, batik, paste resists, and hand painting on fabric are studied. Emphasis is on development of personal expression as well as technical proficiency. Workshops, slide presentation, and a visiting artists lecture are included.
Hybrid Studio/Critique
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3DFB224 Paper Making 3 cr.
This course is an introduction to traditional and experimental methods of hand papermaking, with an emphasis on papermaking as an expressive art medium. Projects explore 2D and 3D concepts and techniques, including sheet forming and casting. Emphasis is on personal expression and technical proficiency.
Hybrid Studio/Critique
All College Elective
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3DFB226 Surface Design: Print 3 cr.
An introduction to various methods of screen printing on fabric with dyes and pigments. Projects incorporate photographic and cut stencil techniques used in one of kind imagery and repeat pattern surfaces. Emphasis is on personal expression and technical experimentation.
Hybrid Studio/Critique
All College Elective
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3DFB227 Intro to Fibers 3 cr.
Intro to Fibers is a class that introduces a mix of traditional and contemporary fiber techniques that may include a combination of sewing, knitting, crocheting, weaving, dyeing, and surface design using traditional and non-traditional materials.
Hybrid Studio/Critique
All College Elective
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3DFB228 Photo Imagery on Fabric 3 cr.
Students will return to the origins of photography by hand coating fabric and paper with the light sensitive emulsions. Additional techniques may include Polaroid transfers, acrylic lifts, and heat transfers. Resultant images can be incorporated into quilts, clothing, artists books, collage/assemblage and can be combined with other techniques and processes applicable to paper and fabric.
Hybrid Studio/Critique
All College Elective
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3DFB229 Sculptural Knitting 3 cr.
This course is for students interested in exploring the ways that knitting can be used as a medium for sculpture and installation. This class will explore different techniques of creating form: knitting in the round, sewing, using alternative materials, felting, found objects, knitting on looms and by machine. The course looks at artists using knitting and related techniques and will examine contemporary issues related to the variety of approaches.
Studio
All College Elective
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