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EDFD354 Creative Fashion Design II 3 cr.
Intermediate level fashion design. Students develop more intricate designs into finished projects. Emphasis is on personal interpretation of projects in ready-to-wear categories that include swimwear, sportswear and outerwear.
Prerequisites: EDFD255
Hybrid Studio/Critique
Culturally Diverse Content
Departmental Requirement
Fall
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EDFD355 Creative Fashion Design III 3 cr.
Students develop more intricate designs into finished projects. Emphasis is on personal interpretation of projects in couture design that include lingerie, bridal, eveningwear and theatrical costume.
Prerequisites: EDFD354
Hybrid Studio/Critique
Culturally Diverse Content
Departmental Requirement
Spring
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EDFD358 Fashion Marketing 3 cr.
An examination of the major considerations involved in buying, selling, and promoting fashion merchandise in wholesale and retail markets. Through an analysis of American and European industry, students learn research techniques and identify professional resources.
Lecture/Seminar
Departmental Requirement
Fall
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EDFD359 Tailoring 3 cr.
Advanced construction techniques are used to develop knowledge of structure, shape, and tailoring to fit and style. Traditional methods of tailoring are utilized to create permanent shaping. Advanced principles of cut, seaming, hand-detailed construction and steam pressing help to develop a foundation to experiment with silhouettes.
Prerequisites: EDFD353
Critique
Departmental Requirement
Spring
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EDFD392 FD Course Assistantship
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EDFD399 FD Independent Study
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EDFD450 Degree Project I 3 cr.
Students research and design a collection presenting a theme-oriented portfolio of finished work. Individual guidance in executing boards for original design ideas based on sources of inspiration that may include important artists, ancient cultures, historical eras, scientific resources or a specialized related technical design area. (two semesters)
Prerequisites: EDFD355, EDFD358
Hybrid Studio/Critique
Culturally Diverse Content
Departmental Requirement
Fall
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EDFD451 Degree Project II 3 cr.
Student research project - part II. Students present a theme-oriented formal collection of finished work based on their research. Sources of inspiration may include important artists, ancient cultures, historical eras, scientific resources, or a specialized related technical design area.
Prerequisites: EDFD450
Critique
Culturally Diverse Content
Departmental Requirement
Spring
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EDFD455 Creative Fashion Design IV 3 cr.
Students are encouraged to seek their personal direction in fashion design in order to develop their full potential while reaching professional standards in portfolio presentation. Students work on a collection of ensembles that represent advanced techniques in fashion design.
Prerequisites: EDFD355
Hybrid Studio/Critique
Culturally Diverse Content
Departmental Requirement
Fall
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EDFD457 Specialized Fashion Study 3 cr.
An introduction to related fashion specialties of millinery, gloves, footwear, handbags, fur, leather, and cosmetics. Topics include origins, methods of production and finishing, construction, terminology and quality identification. Assignments include millinery and glove design.
Prerequisites: EDFD355
Lecture/Seminar
Departmental Elective
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EDFD458 Couture Techniques 3 cr.
Techniques and design details such as trapunto, couching, and quilting. Technical elements of the couture will include embroidery, pleating and advanced seam finishes.
Prerequisites: EDFD359
Lecture/Seminar
Departmental Elective
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MPFV101 Intro to Film and Video 3 cr.
This course introduces students to working with film and video. The emphasis of the course will be each student’s personal film and video work. Classes include technical demonstrations and lectures along with screenings and discussions of film and video work, both by other artists and projects made for the class. Students will learn the basics of digital video production (including HD), how to shoot 16mm using a Bolex non-sync camera and the fundamentals of digital editing. No previous experience required.
Hybrid Studio/Critique
All College Elective
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MPFV210 Film I 3 cr.
The first semester of the sophomore film major will introduce the student to non-synchronous 16mm filmmaking, with an emphasis on experimental, exploratory film techniques. Through a series of class exercises and individual student assignments, students explore 16mm non-synchronous production, basic lighting, and analog film editing techniques. The emphasis of this class is on the student finding a personal means of expression using the film medium. Offered Fall.
Prerequisites: Open to Film/Video Majors or by permission of instructor
Hybrid Studio/Critique
Departmental Requirement
Fall
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MPFV211 Film II 3 cr.
In this second semester required sophomore film course students develop their personal skills and ideas in 16mm film production. In this class students will explore an in depth use of the Arri-S and the Arri-BL Sync cameras, lenses and filters. In addition, students will study the principles of lighting and exposures for color film stocks and practice how to work with the Lab for color digital transfers. The equipment and demonstrations are explored within a context defined by the history, aesthetics, and theory of film practice. Offered Spring.
Prerequisites: MPFV210 or by permission of instructor
Hybrid Studio/Critique
Departmental Requirement
Fall/Spring
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MPFV214 Stop Motion Animation 3 cr.
Stop-motion animation covers a vast array of techniques, skills and history. We will discover underlying common principles through screenings, demonstrations and exercises. Since students don’t have access to the three hundred person, three year production schedule that a stop-motion feature requires, we will learn effective strategies to make more with less. Most assignments will require students to isolate production elements and explore multiple paths to solutions. Emphasis here will not be on product, but on process. Therefore it will be expected that various paths may reveal failed strategies. The point will be to gain broad experience rapidly. It is expected that students will learn skills needed to produce expressive and engaging stop-motion animated pieces.
Prerequisites: MPFV101 or CDAN200
Hybrid Studio/Critique
Departmental Elective
Fall/Spring
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MPFV220 Video I 3 cr.
This introductory course focuses on video production for personal time-based art making. Through a series of in-class workshops and assignments students will develop basic skills in digital video production, while becoming familiar with video’s unique technical and aesthetic qualities. Using an array of digital and analog tools, including video cameras, computers, microphones and digital and analog image processors, the students explore multiple strategies for making art with video. Production topics covered include lighting, shooting and audio recording for video. Video post-production topics covered include non-linear editing and current methods for output and distribution. Additionally, screenings, readings and discussions expose and challenge students to discover the diversity that video as a medium has to offer artists. Offered Fall.
Prerequisites: Open to Film/Video Majors or by permission of instructor
Hybrid Studio/Critique
Departmental Requirement
Fall
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MPFV221 Video II 3 cr.
Video II is an intermediate level video production course for personal time-based art making that advances the techniques and concepts learned in Video I. Through a series of workshops and assignments students are challenged to further develop their independent video work while experimenting with the various modes of presentation and distribution of video art. Students will learn an array of digital and analog tools to make expanded video projects which may include: multi-channel installation, live video mixing, webcasting, performance, and installations using found objects and live video feeds. Field trips to local galleries and museums will expose and challenge students to discover the diversity video, as a medium has to offer artists. This class aims to challenge notions of what video art is, and can be. Students are expected to think outside the box and try new approaches to time-based media. Through both group projects students learn to seek out new audiences and create unique methods of presenting video in the public arena. Individual projects centered on contemporary media issues provide students the opportunity to gain skills in intermediate production techniques. Offered Spring. Prerequisite: MPFV220 or by permission of the instructor.
Prerequisites: MPFV220
Hybrid Studio/Critique
Departmental Requirement
Spring
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MPFV229 Video Installation in Hi-Def 3 cr.
High Definition video installation is a new genre of video art that uses state of the art technology to create visually stunning imagery. In this course will be working with high definition video as an art form, creating individual and collaborative projects that may include: multiple screen high def video installations, video sculptures combining found objects, high definition video and surround sound, high definition projections in public spaces and new forms yet to be discovered. Through the manipulation of time and space, and the fragmentation of narrative, students will learn techniques of high definition video production as it is incorporated into large-scale video installations. This includes specialized lighting and the authoring of blu-ray discs. By the end of the class students will have a greater understanding of the commitment it takes to make a successful high definition video art installation.
Prerequisites: MPFV220 or by permission of the instructor
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MPFV233 Performance/Acting 3 cr.
This course is an introduction to performance and acting for the screen. Introductory acting techniques will be covered in a workshop setting. The course will also consider the role of acting in the history of performance art.
Hybrid Studio/Critique
All College Elective
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MPFV234 Optical Printing: Conscious Manipulation of Space, Time and Light 3 cr.
Students will focus on how to shape the space, time and light of the motion picture image on one of the most versatile of film devices, the optical printer. The optical printer consists of a camera, a projector head and a light source on which a student may rephotograph already developed film to extract and explore the hidden potentialities of the image. Students will quickly gain hands-on experience with the printer through numerous demonstrations and exercises. Screenings of key works will illustrate myriad techniques. Students of all artistic disciplines are welcome and encouraged to attend.
Prerequisites: MPFV101 or MPFV210 or by permission of instructor
Hybrid Studio/Critique
All College Elective
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MPFV235 Scriptwriting I 3 cr.
A successful short-film is not simply an abbreviated version of a feature film but entails a different kind of storytelling. Edgar Allen Poe’s description of a good short story is as relevant to film as it is to literary fiction. A good short story, he said, is not just “an incident or an episode extracted from a longer tale,” but a work of narrative-art that “impresses the reader with the belief that it would be spoiled if it were made longer.” Designed as a writing workshop, this course will address the many facets of writing screenplays for short films. Students will develop at least three scripts (2-8 pages long), from idea to end product, through individual and collaborative exercises, rewriting, and discussion of their works-in-progress. Students are encouraged to write scripts that can be produced with resources available to most students.
Hybrid Studio/Critique
All College Elective
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MPFV236 Documentary to Mockumentary 3 cr.
This video production course charts the territory between documentary and mockumentary, looking at the history of truth in media. We begin by examining the history and production techniques of documentary filmmaking, then move into the genre of mockumentary, examining everything from reality TV to fake news. We examine how mockumentaries use sophisticated editing techniques to present work that is truthful in form, yet falsified in content. Over the course of the semester we analyze the fine line between media manipulation and editorial representation through production activities that critically engage the ethics of truth in the documentary form. Throughout the semester students will produce short documentaries and mockumentaries. They complete a series of assignments including on-the-street interviews about real and fake news items, fake biographical videos, mockumentaries and class presentations on the issue of trust between the director and viewer. The goal of the class is to build a complex discourse around issues of representation, trust, and responsibility by examining how the technological advancement in media production has altered our perception of the “real” and how it is often manipulated for emotional and political impact. We approach the material as both critical media makers and devoted viewers.
Prerequisites: MPFV220 or by permission of instructor
Hybrid Studio/Critique
All College Elective
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MPFV244 Imaginative Pre-Production 3 cr.
Pre-Production is an art form unto itself whether the end goal is clarifying the essence of a project, or clearly communicating the director’s vision to the cast and crew. In this multi-media production course we will explore a wide range of pre-visualization masterpieces through the techniques of artists who are as varied as Alfred Hitchcock, Matthew Barney, Robert Smithson, Cindy Sherman and Agnes Martin. We’ll delve into multiple types of storyboards, from hand-drawn to photo realistic to computer generated, create relational lists, mash-up visual source collages, shoot real-time video reenactments, and examine possibilities for timing, lighting and color palettes. Students will compile an image source bank in order to develop their personal pre-productive style and complete multiple projects.
Hybrid Studio/Critique
All College Elective
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MPFV245 Sound I 3 cr.
This is a required course for the F/V major. Students are introduced to studio and field recording and post production for audio through a series of workshops. Subjects covered include the basic physics of sound, digital and analog audio formats, microphones, and understanding how to use audio recorders, amplifiers and speakers. The basic structural properties of sound and their relationship to the listener are explored through sound editing, effects processing and audio mixing using digital audio editing software. Emphasis is placed on the consideration of sound as a medium in its own right with a study of acoustic principles and effects. Whether working on soundtracks, musical compositions or sound art, this class provides the student with a solid foundation in audio production. No previous experience required. It is advisable to take this course in the sophomore year.
Hybrid Studio/Critique
Departmental Requirement
Fall
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MPFV261 Handmade Film 3 cr.
This course is designed to introduce the student to the physicality of film by directly painting onto film and hand-processing film. No previous experience required.
Hybrid Studio/Critique
All College Elective
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MPFV300 Sound Design for Film 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. Students will be expected to produce 2-3 sound film/video pieces during the course of the semester and are expected to come prepared to develop their own work under guidance of the course instructor. Time each week will be allocated to technical demonstrations of studio equipment (including various workshops exploring Pro-Tools 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.
Prerequisites: MPFV245
Hybrid Studio/Critique
Departmental Elective
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MPFV307 Creative Nonfiction Film 3 cr.
Creative nonfiction is a relatively new genre in literature, media and communications that is expanding and evolving continually. “Creative” refers to the craft and attention to form in presenting nonfiction. The genre of creative nonfiction film has almost infinite possibilities, ranging from personal memoir to film essay to dramatized reportage. The genre offers greater flexibility and freedom to create nonfiction film than traditional documentary modes. Students will engage in producing films that are grounded in real world facts and events with equal emphasis on form. The main question for this class is what is the relationship between Self and Other, and between Art and Truth. Throughout the course students will engage in the discourse of art, truth and fiction as they produce their own work. Students will focus on how to do research, how to use the tools of fiction film such as constructing mise-en-scene, working with cinematic narration (not necessarily voice over), and find a personal approach to form that suits the subject matter. Students will explore the boundaries between fiction and non-fiction, and wrestle with their own subjectivity and authorship in creating films based on actual events and experiences. This class is a junior level production course. Students will shoot film and/or video.
Prerequisites: MPFV211 or by permission of the instructor
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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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.
Building on the basic techniques of non-linear editing this elective course serves as a logical next step in mastering Avid non-linear editing. Students study editing from an aesthetic rather than a technical perspective, to enhance editing skills beyond functional, software-driven techniques. We examine how an editor creates a sense of time, space, tone, and rhythm in a film or moving image project. Sound/image relationships, including continuity and discontinuity, and professional and non-traditional working procedures are all examined through short editing assignments.
Prerequisites: MPFV220 or by permission of instructor
Hybrid Studio/Critique
Departmental Elective
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MPFV320 Creative Lighting and Projection 3 cr.
This course will deepen the student’s understanding of basic cinematography and introduce the student to studio lighting. In this course, students will explore how cinematography is in the service of overall directorial or creative intent, while liberated to explore its own visual language. Technical and aesthetic concerns are given equal weight. This is a workshop class where every week the class lights and shoots a student’s project.
Prerequisites: MPFV211 or by permission of instructor
Hybrid Studio/Critique
Departmental Elective
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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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MPFV336 Scriptwriting II 3 cr.
Scriptwriting II builds upon the skills learned in Narrative Scriptwriting. Students will continue their study of narrative scriptwriting through examining a wide variety of genres. Students have the option of producing a feature length script or a series of shorter scripts based upon original ideas.
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 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: MPFV402 or by permission of instructor
Critique
Culturally Diverse Content
Departmental Requirement
Spring
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MPFV406 Stop Motion Animation II 3 cr.
Students will work cooperatively on a short animated sequence designed to demonstrate and develop advanced stop motion animation skills. Topics will include miniature set construction and detailing, tabletop and practical lighting, motion control cinematography, front light /back light and compositing, casting of foam puppets, armature fabrication, use of surface gauges and frame grabbing, and puppet animation.
Prerequisites: MPFV214
Hybrid Studio/Critique
Departmental Elective
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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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2DPA100 Intro. 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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2DPA102 Life Drawing 3 cr.
The human figure is studied from an observational perspective. Pictorial space, light and form are studied and expressed in relation to the body’s anatomy, movement and context.
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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2DPA202 Intermediate 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: 2DPA102
Hybrid Studio/Critique
All College Elective
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2DPA203 Advanced Watercolor 3 cr.
This course extends the techniques in Watercolor 103. Advanced study takes place within the context of Watercolor 103 and its emphasis on color, visual vocabulary development and historical studies of the medium.
Prerequisites: 2DPA103
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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2DPA211 Abstract Painting Critique 3 cr.
This class examines a variety of approaches to abstract painting through the study of historical precedent and the critique of students’ own work and responses to approaches studied in class. Three examples of the approaches examined through slide lectures and class discussion are abstract expressionism, color field painting and minimalism.
Critique
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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.
Prerequisites: SFDN182
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.
Prerequisites: SFDN181
Hybrid Studio/Critique
All College Elective
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2DPA257 Painting from Observation 3 cr.
Drawing from direct perception. Study of form, light, and space utilizing varying subject matter and drawing materials.
Prerequisites: SFDN181, SFDN182
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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2DPA281 Seeing Painting in Boston 3 cr.
Each week this class will visit painting exhibitions in Boston and vicinity. We will meet with the artist or curator to view the work in galleries or museums. This experience provides an in-depth discussion of the work that informs the student of current concepts, materials, techniques, and the strategies of a professional career in art.
Prerequisites: Studio Foundation year
Lecture/Seminar
All College Elective
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2DPA302 Advanced Life Drawing 3 cr.
This course is a more advanced study of the human figure from an observational perspective. Drawing takes place within the context of Life Drawing 102 and its emphasis on expression, pictorial space, form and light.
Prerequisites: 2DPA202
Hybrid Studio/Critique
All College Elective
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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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2DPA356 Drawing Seminar 3 cr.
A critique class for advanced drawing students who are working on self-directed drawing projects or who are experimenting with concepts or techniques outside of conventional drawing traditions.
Prerequisites: SFDN181, SFDN182, SFDN185
Lecture/Seminar
All College Elective
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2DPA370 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: 2DPA270
Hybrid Studio/Critique
All College Elective
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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 Senior Seminar 3 cr.
Senior Seminar provides a body of information for painters and printmakers that is essential to the practical business aspects of art making. Additionally, the seminar addresses the intellectual and psychological adjustments necessary for the pursuit of a career in art. Topics covered include: preparing a resume, writing artist statements, photographing artworks, approaching galleries and museums, grant applications, business planning and taxes, finding studio space, establishing critique relationships with other artists.
Prerequisites: Recommended Elective
Lecture/Seminar
2d Major Elective
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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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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
Culturally Diverse Content
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
Culturally Diverse Content
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
Culturally Diverse Content
Departmental Requirement, All College Elective
Fall
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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
Culturally Diverse Content
All College Elective
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2DPM266 Sophomore Printmaking Major 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.
Prerequisites: three of the following four classes 2DPM260, 2DPM270, 2DPM280, or 2DPM281
Hybrid Studio/Critique
Culturally Diverse Content
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
Culturally Diverse Content
Fall
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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
Culturally Diverse Content
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 stencil making.
Hybrid Studio/Critique
Culturally Diverse Content
Departmental Requirement, All College Elective
Fall
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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
Culturally Diverse Content
Departmental Requirement, All College Elective
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2DPM302 Lands of the Eternal Sun: The Art and Architecture of China 3 cr.
This course immerses students in the living culture of China’s art, religion, and architecture, which will allow them to mine these experiences as a base from which to create art. The primary focus is to introduce art and architecture within the context of China’s spirituality and philosophy. The influence of rituals within the arts and crafts of these countries’ living history will be examined. SEE TRAVEL COURSE SECTION FOR OFFICIAL REGISTRATION PROCEDURES. TRAVEL TO CHINA REQUIRED.
Hybrid Studio/Critique
Culturally Diverse Content
All College Elective
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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
Culturally Diverse Content
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
Culturally Diverse Content
Departmental Requirement
Spring
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2DPM360 Intermediate Etching 3 cr.
A review of basic intaglio skills and experimentation with a wider spectrum of options including multi-color projects. Emphasis is on using the craft and the process of printmaking to explore the more familiar ideas of line, value, and form while expanding upon the concept of the multiple.
Prerequisites: 2DPM260
Hybrid Studio/Critique
Culturally Diverse Content
All College Elective
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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
Spring
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2DPM370 Intermediate Lithography 3 cr.
Further development in drawing and printing of stone and metal plate lithography, including experimentation with color processes. The course emphasizes the development of visual ideas through the materials, tools, and chemistry of the lithographic process.
Prerequisites: 2DPM270
Hybrid Studio/Critique
Culturally Diverse Content
All College Elective
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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
Culturally Diverse Content
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
Culturally Diverse Content
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
Culturally Diverse Content
Departmental Requirement
Spring
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2DPM467 Drawing into 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: 2DPA335 or 2DPM367
Hybrid Studio/Critique
Departmental Required
Spring
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Fine Arts 3D: Ceramics |
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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
Culturally Diverse Content
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
Culturally Diverse Content
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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