33 courses with the subject ARTS, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
ARTS 100Introduction to Studio Art (SA)1.00
Introduces creative thinking and problem solving, the challenges of visual representation and expression, and critical methods. Students become familiar with contemporary and historical artistic practices and theoretical frameworks, as they engage in a series of studio based investigations exploring a variety of mediums and materials. ARTS 100 lays important groundwork for students interested in continuing in studio art or concentrating in Art and Art History. In the spirit of the liberal arts, the visual thinking and creative processes central to the course are relevant to a range of other disciplines as well. Attendance at our regularly scheduled ARTS Lecture Series is required. Material cost is $50–$100. This course is a prerequisite for all 200 level studio courses. Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: No Senior Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts Practices: Artistic Practice and Interpretation Core Component: None
Explores various modes of visual storytelling, drawing on narrative forms such as fables, myth, diary, and social documentary. Through a series of thematic projects students explore a variety of methods of art production including photography, video, sound and the artist book. Each project is an opportunity to test the material and expressive possibilities of different ways of making. Students are asked to link visual choices to the production of meaning, develop technical skills, and work through initial impressions to find conceptual depth. Projects are given historical and theoretical context through slide shows, readings, and the Wednesday afternoon Art Department lecture series. Careful looking and thinking about visual art are key elements of the course, and are vital to any art practice. Coursework is designed to both familiarize students with the field of contemporary art practice, and help them to find the ideas and processes that are meaningful to them. Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts Practices: Artistic Practice and Interpretation Core Component: None
Since the creation of the Federal Art in Architecture program and the State's percent for art ordinances some 50 years ago, Public Art has become a ubiquitous presence in our public spaces and public cultural life. From monumental to miniature; from murals to sculptures; from permanent to fleeting; art in public space offers viewers unmediated encounters with art in a myriad of forms, styles, and materials. Sometimes celebrated, often vilified, or even controversial, public art lays bare our current political, social, and cultural tensions around the purpose of, support for, and reception of contemporary art in public life. Part history, part critical analysis, and part creation, students propose, produce, and execute their own public projects for the Colgate campus and community. Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: No Senior Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts Practices: Artistic Practice and Interpretation Core Component: None
Art and Activism envisions ways creative practice (enacted in both local and international contexts) can bring about social change and awareness. An introduction to Art and Activism engages a selection of practices and methodologies, including graphic art, public art, interventionism, performance, political art, and community-based works. Students consider rural, urban, movement-based, systemic, networked, and cultural contexts for their work, which expose or complicate political or social conflicts with an orientation toward social justice. Issues of form, ethics, exhibition, and the role of the artist in society are addressed in the context of larger discourses in 21st-century contemporary arts practice, where a social issue is researched prior to generating the form and content of the art work. Art and Activism recognizes that art practice, research, and social activism need not be separate entities, but are part of a continuum best articulated as praxis. The work in this course directly informs 200-level studio courses, such as Social Practice Art, or Digital Studio: Distribution and Intervention. Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts Practices: Artistic Practice and Interpretation or Confronting Collective Challenges Core Component: None
Ecological art is a contemporary social arts practice that brings living things into relationship with one another, bioremediates ecologies, and/or actively considers the resources, systems, and habitats for multiple species, in a range of different sites (large and small, rural and urban). Students practice ongoing creative thinking and problem solving, as well as encounter the challenges of visual form and expression, and the critical methods tied to 'eco-art,' largely through the ecologies specific to central New York. Students become familiar with contemporary and historical artistic practices and theoretical frameworks in the field, as they create a series of eco-art projects using a variety of mediums and materials that include both representational media and living relationships. Students work in the studio of the art building as well as a
ARTS 201Digital Studio: Code, Recipes, Spells (SA)1.00
An introduction to digital art that covers select topics from a variety of digital art practices that find a legacy in both the 20th-century avant-garde and a feminist history of code and creativity. Students consider the generative power of indeterminacy, recipes, code, algorithm, and procedure. Dynamic compositions generated through code or electronics may then be processed through any number of tools for fabrication, such as a digital loom, a 3D printer that prints clay and paper pulp, or a laser cutter. As a result of iteration, remixing, and collaboration, students reconsider the nature of authorship and artistry, and come to see art more as a process than a thing, more dynamic than static. Students are encouraged to explore concepts and programs beyond the basics; group and individual projects will require both rigorous concept development and proficiency in technology. The Little Hall Digital Studio is equipped with Macintosh computers and relevant software. Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Recommended: Previous Macintosh experience is helpful but not necessary. Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts Practices: Artistic Practice and Interpretation or Quantitative and Algorithmic Reasoning Core Component: None
ARTS 202Digital Studio: Distribution and Intervention (SA)1.00
An introduction to digital art that covers a selection of digital art practices, including reproducible art, networked and telematic art, kits, multiples, fabrication, DIY, and interventionist practices. Students work with digital tools such as vector and raster programs, web-based code environments, and fabrication to produce and distribute art that can operate inside and outside the gallery. The internet, for instance, is considered as a distribution platform and as a potential exhibition space. In working with existing media and technology such as surveillance, students employ "creative misuse" to make playful, humorous, and poignant contemporary artworks. Students are encouraged to explore concepts and programs beyond the basics; group and individual projects require both rigorous concept development and proficiency in technology. The Little Hall Digital Studio is equipped with Macintosh computers and relevant software. Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None
An introduction to drawing through a series of studio projects, class discussions, and critiques. A variety of attitudes toward, and approaches to, drawing will be explored through viewing the works of historical and contemporary artists. The course will address fundamental drawing skills and introduce a variety of media. The careful development of images is an integral aspect of the course; observation, conceptualization, and expression will be central concerns. The student's cost for materials is about $100. Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts Practices: Artistic Practice and Interpretation Core Component: None
An introduction to moving image making as the practice of an art form. Students learn not only technical skills in camera, sound, lighting, and basic editing required for video production, but how to engage with the form critically and creatively as they develop their own personal artistic practice. Class time is divided among screenings, discussions, working on video projects, and critique of student work. Attendance at the weekly Alternative Cinema screening is a required and essential element of this course. Equipment is provided by the department. Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts Practices: Artistic Practice and Interpretation Core Component: None
Required corequisite to ARTS 221. Credits: 0.00 Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts Practices: None Core Component: None
Introduces students to the art of analogue, film-based cinema. The class spends a semester together creating moving image art. Students explore capturing the enigmatic quality of light using a Bolex 16mm camera; reconstruct time by editing celluloid found footage; observe and experience the photo-chemical processes by working with plant-based protocols; and also explore the dialogues between sound, space and image through foley performances. Towards the end of the semester, the final project is the students' opportunity to choose their own theme, approaches and format. This may include animation, installation, fiction or nonfiction short film, mixed media work, or other creative forms. All these processes and experiments are tools for students to look for the poetics and rhythms in cinematic art. While working with the analogue materials, students explore possibilities initiated by their touches, body movement, errors, surprises, conversations and collaborations. The course also provides an opportunity to think about how the moving image can be a unique means to question and understand the world around us, and to build a relationship with it. Attendance at the weekly Alternative Cinema screening and engagement with related artist events are essential components of this course. Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts Practices: Artistic Practice and Interpretation Core Component: None
Required corequisite to ARTS 223. Credits: 0 Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: None Liberal Arts Practices: None Core Component: None
An introduction to the study and practice of painting. Problems related to composition and the formal properties peculiar to this medium are investigated through both prescribed and self-directed studio assignments. Questions related to content and subject matter are explored in studio, class lectures, critiques, and visits by outside lecturers who share their professional expertise in studio art, art history, and art criticism. The student's cost for materials is $150-$350. Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression
An introduction to analog black and white photography, emphasizing creative expression and critical engagement with photography as a form of art. Students learn the basics of operating a 35mm camera, the principles of film exposure and processing, fundamental darkroom technique, and select alternative processes. Through study and experimentation students gain a material understanding of photography as the manipulation of light and time. Thematic projects – complimented by slide shows and readings – engage the tradition of documentary photography, as well as avant-garde experimentation, and constructed scenes. A limited number of cameras are available for checkout, when possible students are encouraged to provide their own 35 mm camera with manual focusing, aperture, and shutter speed adjustments and a light meter ($150 or so used). Additional student's cost for materials is $200-$300. Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts Practices: Artistic Practice and Interpretation Core Component: None
Students learn about color photography, studio lighting, digital workflow, and inkjet printing. Special attention is paid to the ideas most closely linked to the emergence of digital photography, including artificial realities, social constructs, and image as information. Students will engage in a series of thematic projects, culminating in a final project of their own design. Through critique, discussion, and writing students are asked to articulate the ideas, issues and visual qualities that animate their work, finding their place in ongoing conversations around photography and contemporary art. A limited number of cameras are available for checkout, when possible students are encouraged to provide their own digital SLR camera with manual settings ($250 or so used). Additional student cost for materials is $100-$150. Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: No Senior Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts Practices: Artistic Practice and Interpretation Core Component: None
The long tradition of printmaking as a means of disseminating ideas and images is central to the medium. Introduces a range of printmaking techniques including digital, lithography and relief. Through studio research, critiques, writing and experimentation, students develop a carefully considered individual approach to projects introduced in class. The semester culminates in the opportunity for students to pursue a print based on a collective theme and produce an edition of prints to be shared with one another. Historical and contemporary prints introduce a range of approaches to printmaking, concepts, and aesthetic possibilities.
Introduces, through a series of directed projects, basic sculptural concepts and processes, both analog and digital, in a contemporary critical context. There is a focus on understanding form and space, including direct modeling, digital design and scanning, 3D printing, moldmaking and additive techniques. Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts Practices: Artistic Practice and Interpretation Core Component: None
Introduces, through a series of directed projects, basic sculptural concepts and processes, both analog and digital, in a contemporary critical context. There is a focus on a range of processes -- construction, casting, welding, digital design, 3D printing -- and materials -- wood, plaster, metal and plastics. Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts Practices: Artistic Practice and Interpretation Core Component: None
Introduces students to the basic elements of architectural research and design. Beginning with basic exercises in the construction and arrangement of all given shapes, students progress to increasingly more complex design challenges. They learn about programming, circulation, structure, and form in architecture. Design exercises are accompanied by regular lectures on relevant techniques and problems in architecture. Most importantly, students are challenged to address the social implications of the design factors and skills they focus on in this course. Priority is given to juniors, seniors, and students concentrating in art and art history. Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: None Liberal Arts Practices: Artistic Practice and Interpretation Core Component: None
Opportunity for individual study in areas not covered by formal course offerings, under the guidance of a member of the faculty. Credits: variable Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression
Digital Studio II builds on the aesthetic investigations and technical skills introduced in ARTS 201 or ARTS 202. Discussion, critical reading, and evaluation of contemporary works are incorporated into the course. Students create advanced works of art that demonstrate a significantly more sophisticated use of both theoretical and technical aspects of digital art. ARTS 302 emphasizes the possibilities for narrative with the advent of decentralized networks, interactive interfaces, and participatory art forms. Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts Practices: Artistic Practice and Interpretation or Quantitative and Algorithmic Reasoning Core Component: None
Builds on the fundamental skills and the various approaches to drawing introduced in Drawing I. Assignments will require students to build on prior strengths as well as explore new approaches, both conceptually and technically. This will be accomplished by examining a wide range of artists and approaches to image making. Working at this level presupposes a willingness to work with a series of challenging problems and develop sophisticated, well resolved solutions. The student's cost for the materials is $150. Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts Practices: Artistic Practice and Interpretation Core Component: None
An extension of ARTS 221. Students are expected to significantly extend their esthetic, technical, and conceptual engagement with the medium. Projects will demonstrate a sustained exploration of the field, as well as the development of a unique personal vision. All students enrolled in the course are required to attend the Tuesday evening Alternative Cinema series. Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression
Required corequisite to ARTS 322. Credits: 0.00 Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts Practices: None Core Component: None
A continuation of ARTS 231 designed for the advanced study of painting. Directed through assigned projects, lectures, and independent studio hours, and supported by individual and group critiques. Directed assignments develop increased technical proficiency and an understanding of formal issues of painting, while research and experimentation in both traditional and nontraditional media aids students in the process of defining a conceptual focus and refining a body of work based on these ideas. The student's cost for materials is $150-$300. Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts Practices: Artistic Practice and Interpretation Core Component: None
An intermediate level course in photography that includes lecture-demonstrations, reading, writing, discussions, critiques, studio, field, and lab work. Assignments are structured to reinforce foundations and introduce specialized techniques in image control and manipulation. The course encourages students to use the photographic processes as a means of both investigation and expression. Students learn to integrate a sophisticated conceptual framework with technical skills and a distinct personal vision. The student's cost for materials is $100–$400. Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts Practices: Artistic Practice and Interpretation Core Component: None
Offering continued work in printmaking, this class requires sustained energy and commitment to a printmaking technique. The student's interpretation of the medium is investigated in a more sophisticated manner, and the problems and solutions explored reflect the advanced nature of the class. Students are encouraged to develop a suite of prints that explore conceptual approaches and personal aesthetics. New technical information is introduced periodically. Contemporary and historic prints and attitudes toward printmaking are discussed in slide lectures. The student's cost for materials is $150-$200. Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts Practices: Artistic Practice and Interpretation Core Component: None
Bringing together students who have had diverse introductions to Polish culture after WWII, this extended study course examines how, in distinct but interrelated ways, Polish art and post-WWII religion each reacted to an era of extreme political instability and horrific violence. This trip pays special attention to how, even decades after the second World War, these broader cultural and religious developments simultaneously persist, are contested, and undergo re-imagination in contemporary Poland. Crosslisted: JWST 357E Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: None Liberal Arts Practices: None Core Component: None
Students will develop a distinctive artistic practice and personal voice by building on previous strengths and addressing weaknesses. Conceptual, perceptual, and technical work will be deepened through a series of thematic prompts culminating in an independent project, to be exhibited at the end of the semester. Through encounters with other artists, select readings, research, presentations, writing, and rigorous critiques, students will pioneer a cohesive body of work and situate it within a legacy of arts practice, disciplinary and interdisciplinary dialogues, social issues, and contemporary arts. 241 or ARTS 242 or ARTS 251 or ARTS 263 or ARTS 264 or ARTS 302 or ARTS 312 or ARTS 322 or ARTS 332 or ARTS 354 or ARTS 364 Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Recommended: Studio Arts Emphasis majors must take before the fall of their senior year. Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression
ARTS 201 or ARTS 202 or ARTS 211 or ARTS 221 or ARTS 223 or ARTS 231 or ARTS
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ARTS 391Independent Study
Opportunity for individual study in areas not covered by formal course offerings, under the guidance of a member of the faculty. Credits: variable Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts Practices: Artistic Practice and Interpretation Core Component: None
Students work closely with a faculty member to develop and realize a coherent body of studio work that serves as a capstone for the concentration. It is the culmination of previous coursework that has required conceptualization, an understanding of artistic theoretical frameworks and technical knowledge. Class meetings serve as an opportunity to share ideas and work in progress; regular critiques incorporate the critical language acquired in ARTS 375. Work from the project is shown as part of a senior exhibition at the end of the term. All students with a studio arts emphasis are required to take and complete this course in the fall of the senior year. When Offered: Fall semester only Major/Minor Restrictions: Only Art & Art History Majors Class Restriction: Only Senior Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts Practices: None Core Component: None
Opportunity for individual study in areas not covered by formal course offerings, under the guidance of a member of the faculty. Credits: variable Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts Practices: None Core Component: None
For students continuing work on their fall senior project at an advanced level. Taken as an independent study with the faculty member whose expertise most closely matches the area of the student's project. Work completed in this course is eligible to be nominated for departmental honors at graduation. Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: Only Senior Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts Practices: None Core Component: None
