30 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 141Introduction to Drawing
Drawing from models and controlled studio problems. Intended to promote coordination of the hand and the eye to achieve a degree of technical mastery over a variety of drawing tools. Emphasis is placed on line quality, techniques of shading, negative-positive relationships, figure-ground relationships, form, structure, and an awareness of the total field. Prerequisite: First-year students and sophomores only.
Introduction to Digital Media is a preliminary studio for digital art, graphic design, and new media. Coursework introduces principles and techniques of visual communication and builds the capacity to discuss aesthetic, conceptual, and technical aspects of contemporary media. Workshops, sketching, informal writing, and constructive group reviews build visual discernment and teach industry standard tools and experimental technologies.
Development of a series of paintings according to a thematic image. Assigned problems are designed to introduce a variety of conceptual, procedural, and experimental possibilities. Prerequisite: ARTS 141 or permission of instructor.
Development of unique and experimental techniques, procedures, images, presentations, and textural applications. Series of paintings is developed. Alternative concepts and methodology are discussed. Students are referred to works by artists who have related aesthetic interests. Prerequisites:
Creative process as conditioned and disciplined by intaglio techniques. Discussion of past and contemporary methods, and the study of original prints. Prerequisites: ARTS141 or permission of instructor. Offered once a year.
Introductory course in experimental work, with a primary concentration on cameo techniques. Lithography and seriography are often introduced in alternate semesters. Prerequisite: ARTS 255. Offered once a year.
Introduction to fundamentals of three-dimensional forms and modes of expression involving creative problems in the organization of space, mass, volume, line, and color. Correlated lectures and demonstrations are used to acquaint students with those aspects of sculptural history and theory relevant to studio projects. Course is intended for both general students, and art majors. Prerequisite: ARTS 141 or permission of instructor. Recommended course: ARTS 335. Offered once a year.
Program of studio projects (arranged by instructor and student) concerned with developing an individual approach to three-dimensional form, using fabrication and construction techniques involving a series of experiments in spatial organization. Prerequisite: ARTS 261. Offered once a year.
Introductory course with a concentration on camera usage, design theory, and darkroom techniques in the black-and-white creative process. Additional emphasis on origins, evolution, and relationship of the photographic image to contemporary materials and methods. Prerequisite: ARTS 141, or permission of instructor. Offered once a year.
Focuses on materials, techniques, and compositional parameters not systematically covered in the regular curriculum. Topics are chosen by individual studio faculty members and may include cast metal sculpture, welded sculpture, calligraphy, computer graphics, color photography, figurative drawing, watercolor painting, assemblages, installations and earthworks. Not offered every year.
Emphasis on individual concepts as developed in a series of interrelated drawing problems, materials, and techniques. Prerequisites: ARTS 141 or permission of instructor. Offered infrequently.
Emphasis on advanced painting concepts and the development of individual student concerns in a series. Prerequisites: ARTS 251 and 252. Offered infrequently.
Exploration of individual three-dimensional concerns, with concentration in one media and technique. Prerequisites: ARTS 261, 262. Offered infrequently.
Creation of a cohesive, individualized body of work for inclusion in the Senior Show, accompanied by portfolio presentation and faculty review. Emphasis is placed on extending unique student interests and strengths in an exploration of media, imagery, and technique, which result in mature, high quality aesthetic conclusions. Students participate in all aspects of offering the public a provocative, thoughtful series of well-crafted work that is displayed professionally. Offered every spring semester.
