Academic Catalog 2020-2021 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Courses
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Studio Foundation |
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SFDN191 Time 3 cr.
Time-based work is an important element of contemporary fine art and design and is fundamental to all art and design studio majors. Working in a wide range of media, students are introduced to basic concepts of art and design in time. Students will develop an understanding of temporal concerns across a wide range of time-based work including narrative, performative, spatial, tactile, and digital approaches.
Assignments direct students in creating works that utilize attributes of time and movement; elements of serial, sequential, and narrative ordering; still and moving image production and editing; sound and image relations; and narrative and non-narrative approaches. Students will complete a final independent project in a time-based media of their choice. They will be introduced to the fundamental strategies used in art and design fields to conceptualize, produce, and present an independently conceived project.
Prerequisites: Visual Language I
Hybrid Studio/Critique
Departmental Requirement
Spring
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SFDN205 A Studio in Mexico - Puebla and Cholula
Join us for a magical visit to Mexico City, Puebla and Cholula. From the Diego Rivera murals and Frida’s home to the great pyramids at Teotihuacan and one of the most splendid anthropological museums in the world, Mexico City is unparalleled as a magnet for artists across media. Puebla and Cholula have inspired artists from pre-Colonial times. We travel to south central Mexico and visit remarkable sites, including colonial palaces and homes, cathedrals and basilicas, museums and art galleries, local artists and ateliers and amazing markets. Talavera covered architecture native to Puebla and covered with polychrome patterns, introduces the second part of our journey. Puebla and the historic Hotel Colonial will be our hub after 4 days in Mexico City. Pre-Hispanic tombs and pyramids with intricate stone carved drawings, dozens of religious cathedrals and basilicas built by the Spaniards with unique paintings and patterned adornments, artisan markets with indigenous groups identified by traditionally patterned garments all provide a lush environment for art students and an opportunity for immersion in a culture very different from our own and our very close neighbor. Built as a drawing and mixed media course this program would have great appeal to students interested in design as well as fine arts and across disciplines in these areas. This would include at least students interested in photography, architecture, pattern, surface design, ceramics, drawing and illustration, painting, sketchbooks, art history, cultural studies. Course considers the breadth of drawing rather than a purely academic drawing focus. We will work with drawing as a thinking device, a means of observing and visual note-taking, of exploring multiple media.
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SFDN206 Boston to Beijing: China Through the Five Senses 3cr.
This course’s intention is to immerse students in the vibrancy and history of China through the
immediacy of the five senses. The daily exposure to the sights, sounds, smells, tastes and feel of
contemporary and historic Chinese culture, arts and architecture will broaden students’
understanding of this amazing country, while enhancing their own creative endeavors. The
primary focus is the examination of both two-dimensional and three-dimensional art, within
the context of China’s rapid rise on the world stage. During our travels we will visit Buddhist
Temples, the splendors of Imperial Courts and the lush gardens of the aristocrats. Some of the
sites include The Forbidden City and Temple of Heaven, Ming Gardens, and The Great Wall of
China.
Our sojourn through China will find us trekking through numerous cities such as Beijing and
Shanghai, in addition to many other historically and culturally prominent locations. Each of these
areas is steeped in history, and their spiritual and artistic lives exemplify these regional and
external influences. Many of these sites date back to the Song Dynasty, and are of great
significance to Chinese culture as sources of inspiration for artists and scholars of all
backgrounds. Beyond enriching students’ cultural experience, this introduction into China’s
incredible art, artifacts and architecture, will enhance students’ understanding of the broader
contemporary world.[Fomerly titled Travel Course to China]
TRAVEL COURSE
Fall Only
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SFDN207 Resonating Bodies 3cr
An experimental, cross-discipline course focused on using sound from non-Western instruments as a starting point for developing an individual
portfolio of visual artwork. Although not a science class, we will investigate the latest
research regarding harmonic therapies, vibrational effects of metal gongs/singing bowls
on the brain, drumming, and the potential healing aspects of sound relative to personal well-being.
There will be weekly listening sessions to soundscapes with dramatically large resonant
gongs, sing bowls, and other non-western instruments. We will listen to the “Music of
the Plants” device developed in Damanhur, Italy, to access sound melodies generated from living plants. In-class exercises, research, written and visual documenting of direct observational experiences with sound - physical, mental, and emotional - will develop our resource material. The format of artwork produced by students will vary depending on their interests, knowledge and experience. This is a studio class open to all media.
Students will collaborate and create sound tools. Artists such as Harry Bertoia, Hans Jenny’s work with Cymatics, Alexander Lauterwasser, Pauline Oliveros’ “deep listening”, and others will be introduced.
Hybrid Studio Critique
Undergraduate Elective
Fall and Spring
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SFDN208 Sustainable Projects for Artists And Designers 3cr
Sustainable art and design focuses on how to
leave our future more just, healthy, and
environmentally stable than it is today. Through
careful consideration of materials, life cycles,
subjects, audiences, economies, and many other
aspects of daily life, we imagine and make
projects that address significant issues
resulting from environmental impacts on human and
animal societies.
Open to students from all departments, this
course focuses on developing projects in an
interdisciplinary studio setting that address
issues of sustainability on our campus, in our
city, and in the larger global context. Research
practices, collaboration, and charrette forms are
explored through a series of assignments
including a community service project. Through
readings, field trips, visiting lecturers, and
critique, we learn about revolutionary projects
in sustainability in design and art fields today.
This class allows students to work in the medium
of their choice while focusing on research and
development in the area of sustainability.
Seminar
Instructor’s Discretion
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Travel |
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TRVL201 Ghana: Color, Pattern, and Culture At The Center of the World 3cr
Ghana, as some say, is the center of the world, since it is the closest landmass to 0 latitude, 0 longitude. It is also the first black African
country to achieve independence and is a wonderful place to connect to local culture, beauty of textiles, fashion, art, and history.
The core goal behind this travel course to Ghana is brining old world techniques into modern use, appreciating new environments, and broadening personal education. Students are given the opportunity to live, work and create in Nungua, a
coastal town just outside of Accra. Through workshops, lectures, studio and factory visits, students will learn and gain hands on experience in the techniques used by local Ghanaian artists, educators, artisans and business owners. Excursions to Accra, Odumase Krobo and Cape Coast will also be included in this eye-opening travel experience.
Prerequisites: By permission
Travel
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TRVL202 Crossing the Pond: Exploring Communication Design in Londan and Leeds 3cr
The UK is recognized internationally for cutting edge and innovative communication design-Design, Illustration, Advertising, Motion Graphics and Animation. London is home to writers, politicians, artists, musicians, animators and designers. In its metropolitan area are well over seven million people representing communities from every corner of the earth. It is truly an international city. In London our student group will visit the studios of leading designers, illustrators and animators, as well as the important art museums. Leeds is a very lively and historic city located in West Yorkshire, England. It is a stylish city crammed with top-quality museums and art galleries and spectacular Victorian and Edwardian architecture. Leeds is also a popular location for businesses in the creative industries, especially graphic design, advertising, film and new media.
Prerequisites: By Permission
Travel Course
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TRVL203 Laos: A journey into Culture and Craft Through a Social Enterprise 3cr
Experience the mystical country of Laos through an integrative collaboration with the social enterprise, Ma T Sai, as we travel to some of the northern villages and work with artisans on a collaborative project. The course will explore the culture of Laos, through the people, the food and the varied landscape from the Mekong River to the Buddhist temples. Students will participate in a variety of workshops on traditional handwork and explore the unique atmosphere of the UNESCO World Heritage City, Luang Prabang.
Prerequisites: By permission.
Travel course/
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TRVL204 Italy: Ferraris to Footwear 3cr
See Italy from a design perspective - footwear, automotive and fashion. Italy 2020 promises to enhance each student’s creative process using the artistic culture of Northern Italy as our “Muse”. Through lectures and coursework, insights to Italy’s cultivated design lens of footwear design foundation and historical automobile carrozzieri (coachbuilders), the semester will then culminate
into a three-week travel program to Italy: Turin, Bologna, Florence, and San Miniato. Students will learn design and manufacturing processes of luxury automotive, fashion and footwear professionals to inspire, incorporate and discover methods for designing; translatable into any discipline.
Prerequisites: By permission.
Travel course
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TRVL302 Antwerp/Paris:fash. Spectrum 3cr
This course will examine both the historical heritage of couture design as found through the textiles, techniques and craftsmanship of the
designers as well as a contemporary view of the globalization of fashion and where designers are heading in the future. We will examine how the old world techniques continue to shape and work within the technological advancements of the present day. Students will examine how Antwerp has surfaced as a leading innovative force in fashion and what this means in the larger global context. All of this will be accomplished through lectures and coursework throughout the semester and will culminate with a 2 week travel program to Antwerp and Paris. Students will complete a final project based on their research, exploration and travel experiences.
Prerequisites: By permission.
Travel
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Post-Baccalaureate |
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MPPH509 Major Studio-Photo Post-Bac 6cr
Students participate in a weekly Major Studio seminar which includes critique, visiting artists, field trips, and meetings with curators and gallerists. In addition, photography post-baccalaureate students enroll in elective photography classes, technical courses, and art history electives.
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MPPH510 Major Studio II-Photo Post-Bac 6cr
Students participate in a weekly Major Studio
seminar which includes critique, visiting artists,
field trips, and meetings with curators and
gallerists. In addition, photography
post-baccalaureate students enroll in elective
photography classes, technical courses, and art
history electives.
Prerequisites: MMPH509
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