104 courses with the subject ART, 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.
2-Dimensional Design is a foundation course examining the elements and principles of two-dimensional design and their applications across a variety of visual problems and media. Course work develops core visual literacy and compositional thinking essential to all areas of art and design practice.
This introductory studio course focuses on the development of perceptual, organizational, and visual problem-solving skills, as well as the tools, materials, and techniques of drawing. Still life, landscape, and the human figure are observed in order to develop a broader understanding of composition and illusionistic space.
This course introduces the concepts and basic principles of designing in space, and develops an awareness of spatial problems and sensitivity to designing with materials.
This course provides a continued introduction to basic drawing problems and principles with a broader exploration of media, process, and subject matter. Increased study of both historical and contemporary artists and images provide for further discussion of fundamental drawing issues. The creative uses of various media and tools, both traditional and digital, will be explored.
This course introduces students to computer software and hardware related to the creation, documentation, and presentation of art. The course looks at digital media as an investigative and creative tool in art and design, and as a method of communication. Programs covered include, but are not limited to, Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign.
This course introduces students to the many areas and aspects of computer animation. Students model, surface, paint bump maps and displacement maps, light a CG environment, and learn to animate CG models, lights and cameras. Students are introduced to the group production environment. This course emphasizes the wide range of talents and disciplines within the CG animation field.
This course description introduces ceramic hand-building and wheel-throwing techniques. Both creativity and craftsmanship will be addressed in each assignment. High-fire and low temperature glazing processes will be employed as students learn to load gas and electric kilns. Students study examples of historical and contemporary ceramic art as they learn to express aesthetic ideas in their own creative work.
Instruction familiarizes students with manual camera operation. Professional standards govern the exposure, editing, and printing of photographic images. Project-based instruction balances historical context, aesthetics, and technique. Course requires student access to a DSLR camera.
Typography is language made visible. This course develops the ability to see, understand, and affect the visual language of type beyond the reading of text. Students explore typographic strategies using a range of historical and contemporary methods that emphasize uniting aesthetics and purposeful communication.
Working with plant and animal subjects, students will investigate the natural world through artmaking. The course will introduce students to masterworks of natural science in the fine and applied arts, landscape painting, and contemporary art involving animals, nature, and the environment.
An introductory course in designing and fabricating both functional and sculptural jewelry and metal objects. Students develop personal and creative work while exploring fundamental metalworking techniques. Critical analysis of art works will be learned through formal critiques and the study of historical and contemporary objects.
A beginning course in the fundamental concepts and competencies of painting. Primary emphasis is on composition and the creation of form. Work with figure and natural objects, etc.
This course is designed to give students a basic understanding of the history, processes, and materials used in printmaking (Relief, Intaglio, Monotype, Lithography and Screen printing). Students will learn through technical demos and individual and group critiques. Students will understand the visual and expressive possibilities of each method.
This course introduces the student to sculpture as three-dimensional expression.An emphasis on ideas, composition and technique will provide the student with a basis for the execution of individual sculptural expressions.
Wood Furniture I introduces wood as a material to develop personal creativity & 3D design sensibility in regard to furniture. Methods of woodworking are investigated, including the use of hand tools, power tools, machinery, and modes of finishing. Consideration is given to the role of furniture and wooden objects, historically, functionally, and conceptually.
This course is geared toward non-majors. It introduces students to the concepts and craft of artistic practices in the medium of painting. Students will explore materials, techniques, and ideas in painting using digital and/or traditional media with the goal of articulating their own ideas, and understanding art through hands-on practice.
This introductory production course in basic animation techniques includes a historical overview related to current animation trends in education, industry, entertainment, and independent/experimental production. It allows practical aesthetic and technical experiences in the fundamental principles and physics of motion. This class provides an analysis of action and basic physical laws through the study of movement and time. It serves as a foundation for all subsequent animation courses.
Ceramics II broadens students’ understanding of the basic principles of ceramic practice and develops individual expertise in clay. Students learn to formulate and mix their own clay bodies and glazes, and fire various types of gas and electric kilns. Historical and contemporary ceramics are examined to demonstrate aesthetic concepts and to provide a basis for criticism.
Demonstrative lectures, studio exercises, and collaborative tasks, expose students to rudimentary principles and practices governing formal elements of the moving image. Project-based instruction balances historical context, aesthetics, technique, and safety. Equipment provided.
This course builds on the principles of graphic design and provides an overview of design history, theory, elements and principles, concept development, research, and continued exploration in professional software. Assignments will stimulate the application of creative thinking to solve problems in graphic design.
This course is designed to give the student a thorough introduction to the materials and processes used in the jewelry/metals medium with a specific emphasis on the casting process. Design issues as well as technical processes will be addressed through a variety of studio exercises and problems.
Exploring printmaking techniques, materials, and processes from around the world, students will apply their own unique and patterned designs to a variety of surfaces. Students will investigate the origins and history of design motifs of diverse cultures while comparing decorative arts to forms and patterns found in nature.
This course builds on the principles and knowledge gained in 3D Animation Principles. Students learn organic modeling techniques, basic rigging skills and intermediate compositing techniques. Students will continue to develop interpersonal communication and leadership skills while working in a group environment. Students will work on a short group film project and several individual modeling and animation project.
3 TO 6 This course builds upon the established interests and expertise of the intermediate level student. Incoming students are expected to have a technical understanding of the basic principles of ceramic practice as they are encouraged to develop personal artistic direction. Formal analysis of their work occurs in group and individual critiques.
3 TO 6 Students pursue solutions to class problems and develop personal goals in conjunction with the continuing development of fundamentals.
Building on knowledge from Typography, this course explores typographic expression, experimental processes, and the relationship between form, content, and meaning. Students are asked to test the boundaries of typography and to use typography in specialized contexts.
This course develops students’ skills in visual conceptualization. Projects emphasize the development of creative attitudes and solutions to illustration problems through practical studio procedures and offers students the opportunity to experience diverse areas of illustration.
Metal forming and forging skills enable students to further understand the characteristics and physical manipulation of metal. Contemporary ideas about the context, meaning and value of met objects will be examined. Students are encouraged to develop a personal artistic direction and critical dialogue in their work.
Students taking this course will explore a range of motivations and strategies for producing abstract art. They will investigate issues that concern today’s abstractionists and learn strategies to help them develop more personal and relevant abstract images.
3 TO 6 This course is a continuation of the technical issues and aesthetic development that is begun in Printmaking I. The focus of this course is to develop in the student further control over the formal and conceptual components of image making in print. The student works with the instructor to develop a plan of study and works toward more developed and refined imagery and individual expression in print mediums.The printmaking mediums covered may include: lithography, photo lithography, screen print, intaglio, relief, letterpress, book arts or other forms
This course introduces students to art making focused on the aesthetics and functionality of human engagement. Unlike the tradition of creating physical or digital products, Socially Engaged Art (SEA) places its highest value on process. SEA practitioners often invoke a goal of social and/or political change via interventions within existing systems, especially through collaboration with community members, stakeholders, organizations or institutions.
3 TO 6 This course is intended as a continuation of and expansion upon the skills and techniques covered in Wood Furniture I and II. Students are encouraged to further develop their personal creativity and design sensibility, while broadening their technical knowledge. Specifically, this course focuses on the methods of designing and constructing furniture used for seating, including bending wood, the ergonomics of chair design, and basic upholstery.
This course expands work in 3D computer modeling and animation. It introduces the use of bones and builds on previous rigging knowledge to include Sliders and other motion effectors and modifiers. Advanced surfacing and special effects work through group computer animation projects, and a detailed modeling project.
This course broadens students’ understanding of the basic principles of ceramic practice and develops individual expertise in clay. Students learn to formulate and mix their own clay bodies and glazes, and fire various types of gas and electric kilns. Historical and contemporary ceramics are examined to demonstrate aesthetic concepts and to provide a basis for criticism in ceramics.
Analytical viewing of historical exemplars informs studio and location-based experimentation in lighting techniques for the still and moving image. Additionally, student projects will explore spatial rendition through lens selection.
3 TO 6 This course will serve as a broad functional introduction to the complex field of scientific illustration. Students will be provided with a thorough survey of its history and major practitioners, the wide range of its subject and common techniques, and the research skills necessary for success in this field. Students will leave this class having had in-depth exposure to four chosen subjects, and four commonly used techniques.
Traditional jewelry and metal fabrication techniques, along with ideas about movement, containment, and protection, are explored in depth. Advanced hollow construction processes are investigated in works that reflect students’ individual interests and aesthetic.
A continuation of ART 2011 . Emphasis will be on creating and controlling pictorial space and form and their relationship to composition. Exercises and concepts determined by the instructor.
Screen printing will be the sole concern of this course with emphasis on developing the skill and concept to be able to produce a more individual image.
This course provides a comprehensive visual study of the three-dimensional human form. Students will work in wax, oil, or water-based clay to create representational, figurative sculptures from direct observation of live models in the studio. The focus of this class will be on building observational and hand modeling skills rather than producing finished works.
This course builds upon the skills and techniques covered in Wood Furniture I. Students are encouraged to further develop their personal creativity and design sensibility, while broadening their technical knowledge. Specifically, this course focuses on the use and maintenance of hand tools, as well as types of joinery used in box and cabinet construction.
This studio course will provide professional planning and preparation, image documentation, and portfolio management skills specific to the needs of studio artists. Career paths available to studio artists, strategies to achieve goals, and website maintenance will be covered.
This course is a continuation of 2D Animation Principles. It refines and develops the fundamental principles and physics of motion and applies them in context. Students will identify and resolve problems that arise in time-based media as a study of emotional expression. This will provide a foundational knowledge of the fundamentals of acting and performance in animation.
Analytical viewings and collaborative, project-based learning highlight the moving image as a medium for creative non-fiction.
This course is an introduction to the front-end design and development of websites. Students will design, develop, and launch web pages using the current web languages of HTML5 and CSS3, and industry-standard applications. Content includes UX/UI, usability, layout/positioning methods, image optimization, web typography, and responsive design.
This course stimulates innovative visual solutions and expands students’ ability to master advanced illustration techniques. Projects help develop creative attitudes and professional work habits while solving assignments in book, editorial, technical and advertisement illustration.
Students continue to develop their individual expertise through the creation of jewelry and metal object production lines. This course introduces techniques to create multiples and design strategies for craft related businesses. Historic and current trends in metalwork are examined as a basis for aesthetic ideas and criticism.
Lithography will be the basic study and sole concern of this course with emphasis on skill to develop and produce a more individual image.
This sculpture course will provide the knowledge to cast non-ferrous metals using different techniques through the applications of foundry process. The student will develop an understanding of four different types of mold making methods for casting metal. This includes styro-burnouts, bonded sand, traditional investment and ceramic shell molds applications. In conjunction to learning the specifics to each method, the student will acquire knowledge of mold making, foundry set-up to pour, safety procedures, casting and clean-up and finishing.
This course is a continuation of Animation I and II. It seeks to advance students’ knowledge in cinematic design and execution to better understand animation as applied to performance, emotion, and believability. Students will be encouraged to think of themselves as filmmakers through the understanding and appreciation of cinematic language and technique. The fundamentals of acting and performance in animation will be expanded upon and provided with an emotional context.
The visual interpretation and translation of brands to an audience is a fundamental element of branding. It is the emotional cornerstone for both the organization and the product being sold. Design connects the audience to the brand. Branding is about understanding the brand values and positioning, and developing an expression across various media.
This course defines the process of designing the graphic novel for sequential artists. This class is primarily about tools of the trade and the structuring of the graphics, focusing on observational and interpretive drawing skills as they apply to visual storytelling.
Students explore jewelry’s relationship to the body and its conceptual impact, using mixed media in combination with metal. Material experimentation and ideas about value and permanence are investigated, along with techniques specific to jewelry making. The origin of jewelry and how it functions across cultures is closely examined.
Students will be working largely outdoors and on-site to create paintings and drawings of the landscape. Emphasis will be on the plein air experience. Additional coursework will involve developing images in the studio working from sketches and photographs made on-site. Students are strongly encouraged to have access to dependable transportation.
This course explores traditional and contemporary steel fabrication techniques to create sculptural objects. Instruction will focus on electric arc and gas welding as well as cutting, forming, and finishing. Other steel fabrication methods will be surveyed.
This upper-level elective course is designed to equip students with the knowledge, skills necessary to tell a compelling story. The course emphasis will be on aesthetic visualization, staging, composition, cinematic continuity, rhythm, timing and pacing. Character archetypes will be extensively studied through the internal analysis and biographical history that will convey the final design for Animation/Cinema production. Character design will be a main component within the narrative contents of various film genres.
Students discover how color and surface techniques can vitalize and enhance the jewelry and metal objects they create. Incorporating alternative materials is encouraged. A broad examination of historic and contemporary metalwork serves as the foundation for conceptual research and development.
This course will examine the theoretical and practical roles of color in painting. It will review pigments, their historical treatment and current development, and will examine the evolution of color models created to govern their usage. Through lab exercises students will examine how pigments are used to make paint and the methods used in its application. The color theory presented in lectures will be practically applied through a series of directed studio projects. The course will employ lectures, slide and powerpoint presentations, assigned readings, and hands-on projects and studio assignments to build color literacy for painters.
This course will address the ideas, methods, and techniques of relief printmaking. Students will develop their own imagery while practicing skills in a variety of print processes. The history and aesthetics of relief printmaking as an art form will be discussed throughout the course.
Studio concentration in developing, intensifying and enhancing expressional processes as they relate to sculpture. Emphasis on individual initiative in both the development and execution of sculptural problems. The scope of materials and techniques will be extensive, ranging from some of the conventional sculptural media to the most recent materials and techniques. Out of class research is required.
This upper level elective will impart advanced-level knowledge of and experience with specialized and unique processes of stop-motion and experimental animation. Students will come to understand and appreciate the value and aesthetic appeal of this very tactile process in today’s world of computer-generated graphics. The history of these art forms will be guided through every step of their chosen technique, from idea to storyboard to lighting and camera considerations into animation and completion of their projects.
This course builds upon the skills and concepts introduced in Metals I. Students continue to develop their individual expertise and expression through the creation of jewelry and metal objects, both functional and sculptural. This course will cover metals techniques such as mold making, wax working, centrifugal and gravity casting, stone setting, chain making, surface embellishments and the use of alternative materials. Historic and current trends in metal work are examined to give a basic for aesthetic ideas and criticism.
This course is an introduction to digital drawing and painting hardware, software, techniques, and applications in fine art and applied art/illustrations settings. Students will learn digital drawing techniques and paint applications, transparencies, platforms, layers, and execute drawing and painting in the same way they would in a traditional media class.In addition to undergraduate requirements, graduate students will be expected to integrate course content into their ongoing studio production.
This course will explore through lecture and demonstration the history, processes, techniques and materials of Photo-Lithography. The ability of photo-lithography to incorporate and combine hand drawn, digital and photographic image making methods in the development of fine art prints will be explored. This course is structured as a studio fine art course that is an extension of the aesthetics and concerns developed in Printmaking I.
Students will utilize traditional and contemporary mold-making casting processes to create sculptures of aluminum and bronze.
This course introduces the fundamentals of Adobe Flash for character animation. It analyzes the 2D computer animation workflow and discusses the animation tools and techniques used specifically for Flash animation. It combines the concepts of traditional principles with modern 2D computer animating software to create production quality animation and vector-based graphics.
3 TO 6 This course builds upon the skills and aesthetic development established in Metals I and II. Metalsmithing skills such as raising, die-forming, chasing, repousee, and forging will enable the student to further understand the physical manipulation and characteristics of metal. Students are encouraged to develop both a personal artistic direction in their work and a critical dialogue about the medium.
Students will engage in a creative investigation of pictorial space in this intermediate-level studio elective. A re-consideration of compositional, atmospheric and linear perspective spatial cues will set the stage for immersion in a variety of spatial systems using both observed and invented environments. Students may elect to work with drawing and/or painting media.
This advanced course will equip the animation student with the knowledge of capturing the human figure in motion. It will train the student to observe the visual kinesthetic analysis of weight distribution, line of action, balance, flexion and extension through space. It will emphasize the use of gesture, expression and vitality within a pose to describe a story. The figure will be sketched from a variety of angles and perspectives within a specified frame of time.
This course focuses on using the figure as the primary source for formulating content in each student’s work. Students will explore ways in which the figure can be used to express ideas and emotion.
Students further develop their personal aesthetic by exploring various topics and trends in contemporary jewelry and metals. A series of experiences in advanced metalworking will allow the student to selectively study a variety of techniques and concepts. Topics will rotate allowing students to repeat the course.
Intensive investigation of select technique, content, genre, or artistic movement (designated by course subtitle) informs production of advanced work in 2D animation production. May be repeated for credit as content varies.
Intensive investigation of select technique, content, genre, or artistic movement (designated by course subtitle) informs production of advanced work in 3D animation production. May be repeated for credit as content varies.
This course introduces students to the art, museum, and gallery community in Western Pennsylvania. This course includes lectures on local museums, galleries, and arts organizations, and is supplemented with field trips to museums, galleries, artists’ studios, non-profit arts organizations, and/or other arts-related institutions in the region.
This course explores the theory and practice of exhibition development and implementation. Best practices in curating, education, design, and outreach are addressed. Projects include writing text, audience research, program development, and designing the exhibition. Students work will be used within a professional exhibition installation.
3 TO 6 This course expands work in 3D computer modeling and animation. It continues working with sound, advanced nodal surfacing and special effects work through lectures and practical demonstrations. Students work on a group computer animation project, a detailed modeling project, complete a digital portfolio and give a software demonstration.
Collaborative, project-based learning emphasizes the aesthetic and rhetorical contribution of sound to the moving image. Students record, edit, and enhance, location and replacement dialogue; multi-track music; foley, effects, and atmospheres.
This course introduces the fundamental concepts for motion graphics, focusing on the choreography of typography and imagery within time-based media. The course explores the development of motion graphics utilizing motion-based computer graphic applications, sequences, and techniques in the creation of creative concepts to convey meaning.
Through lectures and assignments, students will build a professional repertoire of illustration skills. Students will gain practical experience and develop authentic personal styles and techniques. The course will also address the business of illustration, portfolio development and self-marketing.
3 TO 12 In this course, the student is encouraged to draw upon the instructor and other artists and their art in formulating personal goals and in developing the requisite knowledge and skill necessary for the successful realization of those goals.
3 TO 12 The course outlines for ART 2012 areas are to be used for this course. It is a continuation and intensification of those issues covered in ART 3012 .
3 TO 12 Extension of ART 3413 .
3 TO 12 The objective of this course is for the advanced student to further define and develop their personal design aesthetic, producing a cohesive body of work reflecting their interests as a furniture artist. The fous will be on designing and building several furniture pieces refleting a common theme; they could be perhaps for a specific purpose or location, or a design well suited for production. Students will be encouraged to investigate alternatives methods and materials appropriate for use in their self-defined projects.
3 TO 6 In this capstone course, students will be equipped with the skills and preparation to begin their professional careers in animation as well as the ability to produce thoughtful independent films. This course will challenge students to seek opportunities to explore a more philosophical and non-representational approach, and encourage diverse career endeavors.
Informed by the aesthetic and techniques of color grading and image enhancement, students generate and composite images. Exercises develop professional sensitivity to rhetorical meaning and impact.
A course intended to provide the art student with a thorough visual knowledge of the anatomical structure of the human body through drawing. The course will combine lecture and lab (studio) experiences supplemented by a text book. The students will execute detailed drawings from skeletons, anatomy texts and charts, and from live models. The drawings will range from small studies to near lifesize interpretations. The lectures will deal with clarification of visual human anatomy and will supplement the text book.
Advanced theory and practice of graphic design where students encounter the complexities and interplay between content, context, and the public. Students engage in design research, investigate real-world design problems, consider audience/public, and develop solutions across multiple modes of production.
Students will continue to strengthen illustration approaches and deepen their understanding of visual storytelling in preparation for prof. practice. Authentic styles and techniques are further developed along with more advanced concepts. Special attention is given to the business of illustration, portfolio development, and self-marketing.
3 TO 12 Advanced students will further define and develop and their personal aesthetic while continuing to build their technical expertise. A series of experiences in advanced metalworking will allow the student to selectively study a variety of techniques such as: etching, inlay, tool making, raising, forming, enameling, granulation, mold making for multiples, advanced fabrication, etc. Formal analysis of work occurs in group and individual critiques.
This course builds on the foundational skills students have already mastered and explores more complex compositing and visual FX techniques. Masks, pre-compositing, motion tracking, 3D FX and particles will be covered. Students will design and produce final images based on ‘real world’ situations. Students will produce five minor and two major production-quality level projects to be included on their demo-reels.
The purpose of this course is to provide students an opportunity for in-depth study of the human figure through the medium of fired ceramics. This class will explore the human form as a vehicle for making art. A variety of approaches to the representation of the figure will be employed. The history of the figure in clay and its place in contemporary art will be covered through lectures and readings.
Students will study the major movements in photography, with an emphasis on contemporary issues and photography of the 20th century. Students will research master photographers and emulate the photographers’ techniques and styles in photographs presented for critiques.
3 TO 12 This course explores the history of the field of Art Therapy is through studying its founding members, related disciplines and traditional populations. The history of Art Therapy is taught in a reflective manner to help students relate the history of Art Therapy to current practices in Art Therapy.
Students gain experience with professional design problems in a design studio environment. Comprehensive projects include: project briefs, assessment and planning, project budget and specifications, working with printers and web domains, and client management.
A survey of fine and professional artists helps students contextualize their own career aspirations. Personalized instruction and class critique prepare students to articulate a unified personal aesthetic of style and content through a cohesive portfolio of both digital and physical materials. May be repeated once for credit.
The capstone course of the Graphic Design program. The semester prepares the students and their portfolios for the professional field or graduate study. The onus is on the student to work and update new or existent projects required of a graduating student. The framework includes professional development lectures, portfolio reviews, and projects.
3 TO 12 This course is designed to allow the advanced ceramic students an opportunity to work with an instructor in formulating and pursuing problems relating directly to their personal development as an artist/potter. Incoming students are expected to build upon the technical and aesthetic understanding of their chosen artistic direction. Formal analysis of their work occurs in group and individual critiques.
Intensive study of exemplars informs a capstone media production project. Students employ cumulative proficiencies of knowledge and skill to produce a short film and distribute it competitively. May be repeated once for credit.
This course focuses on conceptually based three-dimensional package design and product graphics within the realm of identity and branding systems. Projects employ alternative materials and formats. It stresses consumer and client research, marketing techniques, and environmental concerns
This course is designed for the advanced student of ceramics. The course is a special offering that will focus on a specific area such as vapor glazing, Raku, primitive firing, photo emulsion or other current developments in the ceramics field.
Intensive investigation of select technique, content, genre, or artistic movement (designated by course subtitle) informs production of advanced work in photography and/or film. May be repeated for credit as content varies.
3 TO 9 This course introduces book arts as a medium of creative expression. Lectures, demonstrations, and studio work will explore various approaches to book design. Studio exploration will focus on each student’s area of experience. Diverse approaches to book design will be supported, including, graphic design, typography, photography, digital-imaging, painting, drawing, and printmaking.
This course supports research, proposal development, studio exploration and preparation for the senior capstone presentation. Multidisciplinary group discussions and critiques will analyze the concepts and context that define student’s individual studio practice. Focus will be placed on building a comprehensive portfolio and supporting materials.
3 TO 15 Designed for students who have shown sound visual or tactile concepts and technical proficiency within their major area and intend to function in a professional capacity within that discipline. Students electing this option will receive different aspects of practical training pertaining to advanced techniques and processes in a specific medium in an assigned professional situation subject to the student’s needs and availability of a suitable opening. The learning experiences are jointly supervised and evaluated by a professional staff member of the faculty and a faculty advisor within the student’s major discipline.
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