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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, EDFD306, EDFD359
Hybrid Studio/Critique
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
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: EDFD306, EDFD355, EDFD359
Hybrid Studio/Critique
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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MPFV104 Collage and the Moving Image 3cr
This course introduces students to making
handmade films and video collages with an
emphasis on exploring various layering methods.
The course will focus on creating rhythmic
movement and textures through layering processes
in analog, digital and hybrid forms. Students
will learn techniques for applying imagery
directly onto 16mm film by drawing, painting and
collaging as well as experimenting with various
blending methods on After Effects. Each student
will use the skills attained in this course to
complete a final collage project consisting of a
visual arc created through the use of unique
color, tempo, sequencing, and other formal
elements. The goal of this class is to introduce
students to the technical and artistic use of
hand-applied elements and computer-generated
effects to produce moving images and to become
familiar with the concept of movement, space and
time.
Hybrid Studio Critique
Undergraduate Elective
Fall
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MPFV105 Cinematic Drawing 3cr
The interplay between still and moving image will
be explored through a wide range of drawing
techniques, in-class screenings and image
lectures. Students will experiment with layering,
sequencing, and collaging, while exploring the
relationships between stasis and movement, canvas
and screen, surface and projection. During a
number of filmmaking workshops, students will be
introduced to the process of applying imagery
directly onto 16mm film by scratching, drawing
and coloring. The goal of this class is for
students to develop conceptual and visual ideas
through the multifaceted, interrelated nature of
drawing and moving image. Students can take this
class in place of Drawing Project class which is
one of the first year Spring requirement.
Hybrid Studio Critique
Instructor’s Discretion
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MPFV106 Image in Motion: Fundamentals of Filmmaking 3cr
This introductory level course focuses on basics
of 16mm film, video and sound, exploring motion
and time as basic elements of filmmaking.
Students learn the basic operational techniques
of analog and digital production and explore the
camera as a portable and performative tool able
to render space as poetry. No previous experience
required.
Hybrid Studio Critique
Instructor’s Discretion
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MPFV107 Internet: an Exploration Tool for Visual Art 3cr
A research and development lab with open portals
to other spaces, cities, and communities.
Creative student led public presentations of
experiments using open communications to produce
dialogue about the current affairs, technology,
and history are the framework of this class.
Cell phones, free and open source applications
can be used to produce personal works that
challenge the use and consumption of the internet
as a platform communicating ideas and
disseminating stories. Students are encouraged to
develop arguments that are new and even
unresolved or are still developing in current
research.
Connecting other cities, community leaders, and
practitioners alike that are interested in
further developing and creating a structured
conversations about the visual works being
created and how every student can contribute to
the virtual growth of knowledge.
Hybrid Studio Critique
Fall
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MPFV108 Beyond the Box: Contemporary Transmedia Art Practice 3cr
This course introduces students to the
fundamental aspects of Transmedia production for
a contemporary art practice. Through class
screenings and field trips to museums and
galleries students will be exposed to an array of
Transmedia genre’s such VJing, VR, AR, Expanded
Cinema, Interactive, Immersive, Intervention and
Site-Specific Installation. This course will
present students with various conceptual,
theoretical, technical and aesthetic strategies
employed by a wide range of media artists from
the 1960s to the present day. In addition to
class discussions highlighting key figures and
concepts, students will be expected to take part
in collaborative media projects and be a
contributing part of the Transmedia Class
Exhibition that will take place in the second
half of the semester. Class demonstrations and
group projects will offer students an opportunity
to learn introductory technical skills relating
to video production, real-time animation, and VR
within the context of an art practice. Special
emphasis will be placed on post-production
concerns such as creating and constructing
installations and writing brief artist statements
about one’s work.
Hybrid Studio Critique
Fall
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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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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.
Hybrid Studio/Critique
Undergraduate Elective
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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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
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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
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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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MPFV249 Editing I 3cr
This hands-on editing class introduces both
traditional and experimental editing techniques
on Avid nonlinear editing software. Through
screenings, in-class demonstrations and short
editing assignments, students will study the art
and aesthetics of editing in experimental,
documentary and narrative genres while developing
a vocabulary to discuss both the function and art
of the cut. The class covers elements of
storytelling, performance, pace, emotion, action,
continuity, and time manipulation.
Hybrid Studio Critique
Undergraduate Elective
Fall and Spring
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MPFV256 Video Installation:Site, Performance, Sculpture 3cr.
Video installation is an ever-expanding contemporary art genre. This introductory course
is open to undergraduate and graduate students who are interested in learning how to create
videos and integrate them into 3D and interdisciplinary art practices. Readings,
screenings and discussions address a range of video installation art practices past and
present. Students are challenged to address various approaches to video/audio creation,
presentation styles, and the meanings created from pairing video with forms, performance or
environments. Through the semester, projects progress from assignment-based prompts to a
final, self-designed project. Technical demonstrations cover strategies and techniques
for filming, video editing in Adobe Premiere Pro, and the use and positioning of video projectors
and other devices in relationship to surfaces and forms. The goal of this class is for students to
become technically proficient in creating and combining video, audio and physical elements in
conceptually cohesive ways. [Formerly titled Intro to Video Installation]
Fall Only
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MPFV257 Digital Compositing: Manipulating Time and Motion 3cr
This course is an introduction to visual effects
techniques for combining separate image sources
such as live action, 2D animation, and still
images into one cohesive project.
Among the course topics students learn animation
techniques, working with masks and traveling
mattes, track motion, creating motion paths,
remapping time, and rotoscoping. Basic color
theory is also addressed.
The primary software is After Effects which is
also demonstrated in cross-application workflows
with Photoshop and Premiere. Techniques are
explored through multiple exercises and the class
will conclude in the realization of one final
project.
Lectures of pre-digital and digital compositing
techniques and the screening of contemporary
artists’ works create the conceptual framework of
the class and informs the students’ visual
vocabulary.
Prerequisites: Basic Knowledge of Photoshop and Premiere
Hybrid Studio Critique
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MPFV258 Breaking the Frame: Performance in and Beyond Cinema 3cr
This course focuses on the practice of
performance and the influence of performing arts
in and beyond cinema. The class will be divided
into three modules; action, interaction and mise
en scene, concentrating on performance for stage,
public and screen. This class offers an immersive
experience where students will learn traditional
and non-traditional acting techniques,
contemporary performance techniques including
psychophysical and dance theater, develop skills
as performers through in-class physical training
and work with “non-actors” and professional
performing artists with the ultimate goal of
acquiring a unique vision as
directors/filmmakers. Selected viewings and
readings supplement each lesson, and occasional
guest speakers from the dance, theater, film and
art world bring further depth and context to the
subject matter.
Hybrid Studio Critique
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MPFV259 Brackhage’s Songs and Their Context 3cr
The course introduces students to Stan Brakhages
SONGS a 30 film serial work.(1964-69) , Each of
the films will be presented and discussed in
class along with other relevant films,poems,
music and critical texts. Scans of each of the
SONGS should be available for out side of class
review and study.
The use of 8mm an “”amateur”” film gauge largely
used for home movies, the formal structures of
the individual films and their relationship to
the overall series, aesthetic approaches to
journalism personal and social and the
historical, politcal, and artistic contexts will
be covered in class.
Students will be required to make presentations
of their responses to the SONGS in class and to
make time based work that find inspiration in
these works.
Hybrid Studio Critique
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
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MPFV264 Performance for Camera 3cr.
This class is an introduction to working with performers, both in a traditional narrative
context and in a more experimental mode, with an emphasis on building performance for camera. The
class will take a experiential approach - the students work with each other, allowing their
experience as actor/performers to inform their choices as director/filmmakers. Trained actors
may be brought in at some point for additional experience. Topics covered include an overview of
traditional acting techniques, classical scene analysis, working with “non-actors” (including
oneself), and post-modern performance techniques. Selected viewings supplement each lesson, and
occasional guest speakers from the theater, film and art world bring further depth and context to
the subject matter.
Undergraduate Elective
Fall Only
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
This course provides the basics of business
practices for media creators. Topics include:
understanding the world of freelance, skills to
understand and execute production management,
creation of a proper budget and schedule,
communicating an effective brand for yourself and
your work, and learning to identify pitfalls in
development, pre-production, production,
post-production and beyond. Visiting speakers
include narrative and documentary producers, film
festival directors, museum curators, line
producers/UPM’s, and directors. No longer are
you just an artist, you are an entrepreneur.
After taking this course, students should have
learned foundational business skills for their
projects and present their work in the
professional arena. The course concentrates on
the moving image, but students of all mediums are
encouraged to register.
Hybrid Studio Critique
Undergraduate Elective
Fall
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MPFV328 Video Installation 3cr
Video installation is a contemporary and
expanding art genre that intersects with the
world of video art, expanded cinema, sound,
performance, sculpture and new media. In this
intermediate to advanced course, students can
expand the current themes and styles of their
work by integrating various video installation
strategies such as: video with 2D or 3D objects,
site-specific or multiple-projection video
environments, mixing video with performative or
interactive elements.
Prerequisites: Students should be able to create their own video or other
moving image content: video, film, animation, computer
generated imagery.
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 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
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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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2DPM216 Issues and Installation in Contemporary 3cr.
Course investigates issues relevant to contemporary print that explore and exploit the
questions of boundaries and borders between various media. The course addresses new
techniques and processes as well as aesthetic strategies related to installation and
printmaking. Oral and written communication skills are addressed through critiques and
written assignments. Problem solving skills are an essential aspect of this course as that it is
built around 5 specific problems/issues students must address.
Undergraduate Elective
Fall and Spring
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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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