30 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.
ART 1012D Studio4
This course provides a comprehensive introduction to two-dimensional design, focusing on the elements of art, the principles of organization, and color theory. Craftsmanship and creativity are emphasized across a variety of painting and collage-based non-representational 2D projects. Throughout the course, a shared vocabulary of design terminology is established and reinforced through in-class lectures, group discussions, and formal critiques. Meets Visual and Performing Arts Intellectual Perspective requirement (VP).
This course is designed to introduce students to the fundamentals of drawing through a variety of drawing processes, techniques, materials, and design concepts. Students will be challenged to move beyond their existing skill levels. Students will be encouraged to explore new content and ideas with emphasis on process, technique, spatial organization, and the development of pictorial content. Meets Visual and Performing Arts Intellectual Perspective requirement (VP).
An introductory class for students to explore the physical and visual properties of three-dimensional form. Students will work with a variety of materials such as plaster, balsa wood, paper, foam, cardboard, and found objects. Problem-solving projects will address aspects of design, technique and process, presentation, function and innovation in the creating of physical objects in space. Traditional and contemporary artists working in three-dimensional media are shown to illustrate project themes. The course lays the groundwork for additional three-dimensional courses in sculpture, ceramics or craft-based media. Meets Visual and Performing Arts Intellectual Perspective requirement (VP).
This course is an exploration of art and its reflection of contemporary society, cultural identities, and everyday life. We explore how art is made, what inspires it, and how to observe and interpret what we see. The course focuses on contemporary art and artists, while often comparing and contrasting them with artists throughout history and placing the work within a historical context. The course also utilizes artistic themes to help relate content in the artwork to our own experiences. These themes range from identity, politics, time, technology, language, ecology and environment, religion and spirituality, and science. The course combines lecture, discussion, writing, and seeing artwork in person through field trips and observation activities. Meets Humanity and Culture Intellectual Perspective requirement (HC).
Taught as a cluster course with HIS 281 : Africa to 1800 or HIS 282 : Africa since 1800. With appreciation for the creative processes and contexts of African Art, students will create art projects that incorporate their own contemporary concerns. Through studio art projects, students will think critically about the artwork being shown in class, interpret meaning, understand context and hone their skills of observation and creative expression. Meets Visual and Performing Arts Intellectual Perspective requirement (VP).
This course is designed as an introduction to working with water-based painting. Topics including painting technique, color theory, composition, and material choice will be encountered across a variety of representational painting exercises. Technical proficiency and conceptual exploration will be emphasized within a supportive, challenging, and fun environment developed to promote skill-building and successful creative outcomes. This course can encompass all levels of skills. Meets Visual and Performing Arts Intellectual Perspective requirement (VP).
This course introduces students to creating ceramic forms utilizing the potter’s wheel. A range of techniques will be demonstrated as starting points to using the wheel as a tool for creating forms. Handbuilding techniques will also be taught as a way to build upon and alter the wheel-thrown forms. The design, function, decoration, and presentation of the thrown forms will be emphasized through course assignments. In addition to using the potter’s wheel, students will learn about a number of different finishing surfaces that can be applied to ceramics, how to make clay, and how to load, unload, and fire an electric kiln. Meets Visual and Performing Arts Intellectual Perspective requirement (VP).
An introductory course concentrating on handbuilding techniques: coil, slab, press mold, drape mold, and modeling. Problem-solving assignments will utilize the versatility of clay to create both functional and sculptural forms. In addition to building forms, students will learn about various finishing surfaces that can be applied to ceramics and be introduced to examples of historical and contemporary ceramics. Clay making and kiln firing procedures are also components to the course. Meets Visual and Performing Arts Intellectual Perspective requirement (VP).
A course that will explore the expressive potential of drawing. Contemporary drawing involves a wide range of mixed media that include collage, frottage, paint, traditional drawing methods, color, and some three-dimensional components. Students will be asked to explore a wide range of topics that include dreams, social, cultural, political, and environmental themes. Traditional and non-traditional elements, approaches, methods, & theories of drawing will be explored. This course is open to all skill levels. Meets Visual and Performing Arts Intellectual Perspective requirement (VP).
This course is designed to immerse students in the fundamentals of oil painting, focusing on the development of both technical and perceptual skills. Through exercises in observation, color mixing, surface building, and expressive use of materials, students will engage with various painting methodologies. By the end of the course, students will not only gain a deeper understanding of the painting discipline but also build the confidence to develop their own unique artistic strategies. The course is designed for all skill levels. Meets Visual and Performing Arts Intellectual Perspective requirement (VP).
This course is an introduction to utilizing sculpture as a three-dimensional vehicle for creative expression. The physical, spatial, and thematic properties of sculptural media are addressed through course projects. A range of materials and processes will be utilized in the course and may include wood, plaster, wax, metal, fabric, found materials, casting, site-specific, and installation. Materials and techniques are utilized that engage a range of tools, multi-step processes, and alterable materials.The course is designed for all skill levels. Meets Visual and Performing Arts Intellectual Perspective requirement (VP).
This is a course dedicated to landscape painting. Themes include those of the 20th century and the evolution of nature in art from realism to symbolism. Students will work from a variety of source imagery and explore selected styles. This course is occasionally taught as a cluster with WRI 251 Creative Non-Fiction. Meets Visual and Performing Arts Intellectual Perspective requirement (VP).
The beauty, power, and mystery of nature present a limitless creative space to explore through visual art. This course encourages that exploration through outdoor observational field painting and sketching as well as larger, nature-related studio painting projects. Topics including biodiversity, climate change, habitat loss and extinction are encountered across projects designed to reinforce basics of representational depiction, while also offering opportunities for individual stylistic choices. Students deepen their relationship with the natural world as they express ideas related to critical ecological issues. A significant portion of this course is spent outdoors drawing from nature at the Westminster Field Station, and other areas. Toward the end of the semester, students will participate in the Symposium on the Environment. The course is designed for all skill levels. Meets Visual and Performing Arts Intellectual Perspective requirement (VP).
This course will examine the use of photography as a means for creative expression. Projects will approach the medium to communicate meaning as a contemporary art practice - including image capturing, image appropriation and its reference to visual culture. Traditional photography skills will be taught, along with camera-less exposure processes such as pinhole cameras and cyanotypes. The course will introduce a range of presentation and output options for photographs - from printing onto two-dimensional mediums, transferring onto objects, projecting onto surfaces, and many more. Additionally, students will explore themes tied intimately to the photograph, such as memory, nostalgia, identity, performance, and the document. The course is designed for all skill levels. Meets Visual and Performing Arts Intellectual Perspective requirement (VP).
This introductory course will highlight both the structure and surface of fiber art mediums. Projects will emphasize how to build dimensional forms using a variety of fiber processes and how to embellish and design the surfaces of fiber materials. The projects in the course allow for individual interpretation and approach to each process. Critiques and short writing assignments are components of the course that encourage the observations, description and interpretation of art. Students will be asked to give thoughtful consideration to the meaning of fiber as a material, the use of fiber processes within contemporary art, and the ability of the material to communicate their ideas. The course is designed for all skill levels. Meets Visual and Performing Arts Intellectual Perspective requirement (VP).
This course will explore the intersection of art and science through a variety of sculptural projects inspired by scientific disciplines. A background in science is not required; the subject matter, processes and tools of both natural and social sciences are used as a framework for making art. Emphasis on experimentation, critical thinking, collaboration and problem-solving. A range of three-dimensional materials and processes will be utilized throughout the course. Development of concept through the study of artists combining science and art. Meets Visual and Performing Arts Intellectual Perspective requirement (VP).
This course will allow students who have completed all foundation art courses to pursue advanced level exploration into specific materials, processes, or ideas. Emphasis will be on experimentation and exploration of media, processes, and content of their independent studio work. Additionally, students develop research skills seeking out content that supports their creative interests. The exploratory nature of independent studio work during the Advanced Studies course will prepare students for their Capstone semester. Mentorship by the instructor may include any necessary demonstrations of tools or techniques and in-process critiques. The course is designed for art majors and minors.
This course will allow students who have completed all foundation art courses to pursue advanced level exploration into specific materials, processes, or ideas. Emphasis will be on experimentation and exploration of media, processes, and content of their independent studio work. Additionally, students develop research skills seeking out content that supports their creative interests. The exploratory nature of independent studio work during the Advanced Studies course will prepare students for their Capstone semester. Mentorship by the instructor may include any necessary demonstrations of tools or techniques and in-process critiques. This course is designed for art majors and minors.
Students must have completed their fall sophomore semester and have a 3.0 average in the major as well as college GPA. All internships must be approved by the faculty prior to enrolling in the course. No internships will be approved for the fall term of senior year. The course will be graded S/U and carry a minimum of 80 hours of work for a 2 SH internship.
Capstone for the Art Major is the completion and formal presentation of a series of creative works that illustrate a student’s specific research interests, explored through studio art. Additionally, the Capstone course develops professional skills through writing an artist statement, resumé, professional proposal, having studio visits professional artists, and developing a pricing strategy for their artwork. Research projects should build on previous knowledge while continuing to evolve personal artistic practice through media, process, style, subject and content. Faculty members mentor the student through the primary creative phase of the project and resulting exhibition and artist talk in the spring semester of their senior year. Mentorship by the instructor may also include any necessary demonstrations of tools or techniques, in-process critiques and discussions of research.
Students must have completed all foundation and most 200-level required coursework in the program to enroll in ART 601.
ART 602Capstone II1
The spring semester of Capstone will focus on the preparation and exhibition of the body of work developed during the fall Capstone semester. Students will present a public artist’s talk during the exhibition. The artist statement developed during the fall semester will be presented along with the artwork in the gallery. Students will be responsible for exhibition planning, installation, and de-installation of their work in the gallery. A final portfolio of documented works will be turned in during the spring semester and serve as material to use for professional applications and proposals.
This course is designed for art majors, art minors or nonmajors who would like to develop advanced level work in any of the specific areas offered in our art curriculum. After completing the intro-level course in a given media, students may continue a focused study through independent work approved and supervised by an art faculty member prior to enrollment in the course. Art faculty will determine grading criteria and develop a syllabus with the student.
