Fall 2023

Course Descriptions

Art History   Arts Administration     Studio Art

ARTH 1503 Art and the Premodern World: Art and Power

Kreindler MW 5:00pm - 6:15pm Campbell 160

3 credits

This course will train students to understand and critically evaluate comparative, premodern, global cultures.

ARTH 1505 Art and the Modern World: Art and Money

Fordham MW 11:00am - 11:50am Campbell 153

3 credits

This course will train students to understand and critically evaluate comparative, premodern, global cultures.

ARTH 2053 Greek Art and Archaeology

Smith TR 11:00am - 12:15pm Campbell 160

4 credits

The vase painting, sculpture, architecture, and other arts of the Greeks, from the Bronze Age through the Hellenistic periods. Works are studies in their social, political, and religious contexts with a special focus on archaeology and material culture.

ARTH 2282 Age of Rubens and Rembrandt: Baroque Art in the Netherlands

Goedde MW 3:30pm - 4:45pm Campbell 160

3 credits

A survey of the art of the Dutch and Flemish Golden Age, including such artists as Rubens, Rembrandt, van Dyck, Hals and Vermeer. The course examines innovations in style and new subjects like landscape, still life and daily-life genre in relation to major historical developments, including the revolt of the Netherlands, the rise of the Dutch Republic, and the Counter-Reformation. The course includes a survey of Dutch architecture.

ARTH 2451 Modern Art, 1900-1945

Turner TR 3:30pm - 4:45pm Campbell 160

4 credits

Description Forthcoming

ARTH 2891 Arts of African Civilizations

Paoletti TR 2:00pm - 3:15pm Campbell 160

4 credits

Description Forthcoming

ARTH 3151 Art and Science in the Middle Ages

Ramirez-Weaver MWF 9:00am - 9:50am Campbell 160

3 credits

Description Forthcoming

ARTH 3591 - Global Photography: Decolonizing the Gaze

Paoletti, MW 2:00 - 3:15 pm Fayerweather 206

3 Credits

Description Forthcoming

ARTH 3591 - Caribbean Aesthetics

Flores, TR 11:00am - 12:15pm Fayerweather 206

3 Credits

The Caribbean was the first point of contact during the European discovery of the Americas and continues to experience the consequences or aftereffects of colonialism. Although it played a crucial role in the formation of the modern world and has produced intellectual giants of the caliber of Frantz Fanon, Sylvia Wynter, and Derek Walcott, the Caribbean has variously been framed as a blank canvas for tourist fantasies, a locus of chronic underdevelopment, a site of perpetual ecological calamity and humanitarian crisis, and a region so heterogeneous as to border on the incomprehensible. Visual culture has both contributed to and contested these characterizations. Caribbean artists and writers of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries have generated and continue to produce radical imaginaries through resounding artistic and textual works. This course investigates key themes in the intellectual history of the Caribbean in relation to its art and visual culture. We will read one or two core philosophical, literary, or (art) historical texts per class session and place them in dialogue with modern and contemporary artworks. Topics include diaspora, origins, identities, revolution, the plantation, tourism, and modernity. Lectures by contemporary Caribbean artists will also form an integral part of the curriculum.

ARTH 4051 Art History:Theory & Practice

Ramirez-Weaver R 9:30am - 12:00pm Fayerweather 208

3 credits

Description Forthcoming

ARTH 4591 Seminar in the History of Art: Up Close with the Old Masters

Goedde T 11:00am - 1:30pm Fayerweather 208

3 credits

Description Forthcoming

ARTH 4591 Seminar in the History of Art: The Parthenon

Smith M 3:30pm - 6:00pm Fayerweather 208

3 credits

Description Forthcoming

ARTH 4591 Seminar in the History of Art: Alexander Calder

Turner W 2:00pm - 4:30pm Fayerweather 208

3 credits

Description Forthcoming

ARTH 4591 Seminar in the History of Art: Pilgrimage

Reilly W 2:00pm - 4:30pm Fayerweather 215

3 credits

Description Forthcoming

ARTH 4591 Seminar in the History of Art: Other Networks in Postwar Art

Getsy R 3:30pm - 6:00pm Fayerweather 208

3 credits

ARTH 4591 Seminar in the History of Art: Aboriginal Contemporary Art

Skerritt W 5:00pm - 7:30pm Fayerweather 208

3 credits

Description Forthcoming

ARTH 4951 University Museums Internship

Love F 10:00am - 12:30pm Fayerweather 208

3 credits

Description Forthcoming

ARAH 8051 Theory and Interpretation in the Visual Arts

Getsy M 12:30pm - 03:00pm Fayerweather 208

3 credits

Investigates problems in the theory and interpretation of the visual arts

ARAH 9505 Seminar in Ancient Art/Archaeology: Ancient Mediterranean Memory

Kreindler T 5:00pm - 7:30pm Fayerweather 208

3 credits

Description Forthcoming

ARAH 9565 Seminar in Art Theory, Comparative & Other Topics: Material Culture: Problems & Practice

Phillips R 12:30pm - 3:00pm Fayerweather 208

3 credits

The term material culture, as used by academics in the second half of the twentieth century, has come to denote categories or individual objects, monuments, and even landscapes. They occasionally overlap with, but are distinct from, fine art. This course takes what might be termed an aesthetic approach to these categories, focusing on the material and sensory properties of objects (or images, monuments, land- or city-scapes). It also considers questions of embodiment, acknowledging also that our studies will focus on human-related histories of objects. We’ll also be asking how to locate and describe the implications of what we observe, both for our own topics and in terms of broader methodological / historiographical questions in our fields. The real main questions will be, “What can stuff tell us that other kinds of sources cannot? And what can we learn from stuff?" Readings come from some well-known literature from the social sciences, as well as work by art historians, especially those working on craft and the decorative arts. Some research questions and topics will remain empirical; in some conversations I will draw examples from the Ottoman and wider Mediterranean world, with some others from India, Europe, and China. Classes will combine discussion in several formats, short and longer student presentations, and brief lectures.

Arts Administration

ARAD 3100 Principles & Practice in Arts Administration

Sampson TR 5:00pm-6:15pm, Campbell 160

3 credits

Introductory survey of principles and practices of arts administration, as the crossroads of art and audience

ARAD 4050 Arts Marketing Theory & Practice

Garland W 3:30pm-6:00pm, Fayerweather 206

3 credits

Audience development theory and marketing strategies and techniques as they apply specifically to the arts and arts institutions

ARAD 4070 Intro to Design Thinking

Sampson TR 12:30pm - 1:45pm Fayerweather 206

3 credits

Design is not a link in a chain but the hub of a wheel. Design Thinking is a human-centered way of approaching issues and opportunities, utilizing and combining knowledge from many domains and fields. The technique encourages abductive reasoning as well as more common deductive and inductive reasoning methods. Experiencing interplay between group / collective creativity and the creativity of individual insight is a course theme.

Studio Art

ARTS 2000 - Introduction to Studio Art

Chan/Taylor/Williamson

3 credits

An introductory course, divided into three segments, which serves as a prerequisite to all studio courses. In Drawing students will learn observational drawing and how visual thinking connects with the hand. The Conceptual segment will exercise creative problem-solving skills and teach students to engage in critical discourse. The Digital segment teaches basic technical skills and digital tools including still and moving image and sound.

ARTS 2110 - Introduction to Photography I

Scheuren

3 credits

Focuses on gaining a working understanding of photographic processes and practice. Class assignments help students understand the visual language of photography using 35mm black and white film and printing their own photographs in the darkroom. In addition, lectures explore examples from the historical and contemporary worlds of fine art photography. Cameras are provided. Prereq: ARTS 2000

ARTS 2220 - Introduction to New Media I

Moyer/Cuatlacuatl

3 credits

An art class that introduces the creative use of digital tools within the fine art context. Students will both learn processes and history of experimental art and practice the use of the computer as a tool for personal expression. Prerequisite: ARTS 2000p>

ARTS 2222 - Introduction to New Media II

Cuatlacuatl

3 credits

An art class that continues the exploration of digital skills with an emphasis on artist’s media rather than mass media. Students will continue to learn about the history and practice of art to inform their own creative work. Prerequisites: ARTS 2220

 

ARTS 2312 – Installation and Performance Art II

Williamson, MW 12:30-3 in Ruffin 319

3 credits

 

In this interdisciplinary studio course students will investigate 'prior conditions of existence,' study critical theories, and produce artworks inspired by the archive. Students will research archive-related topics of their choosing, and synthesize readings and research through written and oral communication. They will develop critical thinking skills through the production of artwork and engagement in group critiques. Prereq: ARTS 2000

ARTS 2370 - Introduction to Cinematography I

Everson

3 credits

The course introduces experimental 16mm film production as a practice of visual art. These courses include technical, historical, and theoretical issues that apply to cinematography and its relationship to the traditional visual arts.

ARTS 2580 Special Topics in Sculpture: Art and the Environment

TBD

3 credits

What can artists do in an age of ever more visible climate change? How is ecological loss bound up with other contemporary crises? And in the face of it all, how do we make do, make sense, make trouble, and make futures with all the plants, mushrooms, rocks, and animals we care about?
This interdisciplinary studio art class introduces students to new issues and ways of working at the intersection of art and ecology, moving through and beyond the canonical genres of environmental art, ecological art, land art, and sustainable design to engage with contemporary discourses around the Anthropocene, deep time, degrowth and defuturing, placemaking, and the colonial, racial, and gendered dimensions of ecology. Drawing on scholarship in art history, environmental studies, urban studies, geology, multispecies anthropology, and queer and feminist theory, we will seek to develop art practices in a variety of media that help us think our way through the environmental past and present and toward environmental futures.

ARTS 2610 - Drawing I

Schoyer

3 credits

A continued introductory study of the materials and techniques of drawing. Provides training in the coordination of hand and eye and encourages development of visual analysis. Emphasizes understanding form, space, light and composition.

ARTS 2620 - Drawing II

Schoyer

3 credits

Applies technical drawing skills to projects that delve into analytical thinking and idea-based work. Projects are designed to help students experiment and learn how to communicate meaning visually.

ARTS 2630 - Life Drawing I

Taylor

3 credits

Creations of drawings of a living model in various media. Topics include artistic anatomy, figure and portrait drawing. Prerequisite: ARTS 2000 and 2610.

ARTS 2632 - Life Drawing II

Taylor

3 credits

Creations of drawings of a living model in various media. Topics include artistic anatomy, figure and portrait drawing. Prerequisite: ARTS 2000 and 2610.

ARTS 2670 - Introduction to Intaglio & Monotype Printmaking

Rollando

3 credits

Introduction to intaglio printmaking and monotype techniques, including hard and soft ground etch, aquatint, and drypoint.

ARTS 2672 - Introduction to Lithography & Relief Printmaking

Taylor

3 credits

Introduction to intaglio printmaking and monotype techniques, including hard and soft ground etch, aquatint, and drypoint.

ARTS 2710 - Introduction to Water-Based Painting

Chan

3 credits

Introduction to basic water painting techniques and materials (including acrylic, gouache, and water color), emphasizing perception and color. Assignments are designed to assist the student in understanding the creative process and interpreting the environment through a variety of subject matter expressed in painted images. Encourages individual stylistic development. Prerequisites: ARTS 2000 and 2610

ARTS 2712 - Introduction to Oil Painting

Marlatt

3 credits

Introduction to Oil-based painting. Prerequisites: ARTS 2000 and ARTS 2610

ARTS 2810 - Introduction to Sculpture I

How do we begin reimagining the stuff, the spaces, and the situations that make up our physical world? This course covers basic methods, materials, and issues in sculpture, from construction methods to essential contemporary issues. Through wide-ranging readings, viewings, discussions, and studio visits, students will develop core visual and spatial competencies, as well as an embodied understanding of how meaning and value emerge from artistic processes.

3 credits

Investigates the sculptural process through modeling, carving, fabricating and casting. Examines traditional and contemporary concerns of sculpture by analyzing historical examples and work done in class. Prerequisites: ARTS 2000 and 2610

ARTS 2812 - Introduction to Sculpture II

How do we begin reimagining the stuff, the spaces, and the situations that make up our physical world? This course covers basic methods, materials, and issues in sculpture, from construction methods to essential contemporary issues. Through wide-ranging readings, viewings, discussions, and studio visits, students will develop core visual and spatial competencies, as well as an embodied understanding of how meaning and value emerge from artistic processes.

3 credits

Investigates the sculptural process through modeling, carving, fabricating and casting. Examines traditional and contemporary concerns of sculpture by analyzing historical examples and work done in class Prerequisties: ARTS 2000 and ARTS 2610

ARTS 3110 - Large Format Photography

Scheuren

3 credits

This intermediate-level course expands technical possibilities available to students by introducing medium and large format cameras. Working in black & white, students learn advanced techniques with film and darkroom printing. Further explorations into historical and contemporary art issues via presentations, visiting artists, and readings. Students create a final portfolio culled from class assignments. Cameras are provided. Prereq: ARTS 2110

ARTS 3220 - Intermediate New Media Part I

Moyer

3 credits

An intermediate art class that covers moving image and digital work as broadly defined. Students will focus on video and sound editing as well as installation. Prerequisites: ARTS 2220 and 2222.

ARTS 3222 - Intermediate New Media II

XXXXXX

3 credits

A project-based art class that allows intermediate students the time to develop independent ideas in cooperation with the professor while participating in a class community. Prerequisites: ARTS 2220 and 2222.

ARTS 3370 - Intermediate Cinematography I

Everson

3 credits

This course continues the practice of 16mm experimental film production with an increased emphasis on audio and digital video motion picture making. Student will complete assignments based on genres of experimental film making such as expressionism, naturalism, and realism. Prerequisite: ARTS 2370 and ARTS 2372.

ARTS 3372 - Intermediate Cinematography II

Everson

3 credits

This course continues the practice of 16mm experimental film production with an increased emphasis on audio and digital video motion picture making. Student will complete assignments based on genres of experimental film making such as expressionism, naturalism, and realism. Prerequisite: ARTS 2370 and ARTS 2372.

ARTS 3559 - New Course in Studio Art

Williamson

3 credits

In this interdisciplinary studio course students will investigate ‘prior conditions of existence,’ study critical theories, and produce artworks inspired by the archive. Students will research archive-related topics of their choosing, and synthesize readings and research through written and oral communication. They will develop critical thinking skills through the production of artwork and engagement in group critiques. Prereq: ARTS 2000.

ARTS 3620 - Intermediate Drawing

Schoyer

3 credits

Exploration of contemporary drawing techniques and concepts with emphasis on the role of drawing in an interdisciplinary practice. Students are encouraged to broaden their definition of drawing into color, print, digital and other media. Projects are given as prompts that assist students in the development of their own visual language.

ARTS 3670 - Intermediate Printmaking I

Rollando

3 credits

Includes relief printing, advanced lithography techniques, including color lithography, color etching, monotypes, and further development of black and white imagery. Printmaking professors and course content vary from semester to semester. Prerequisite: ARTS 2670 and ARTS 2672.

ARTS 3672 - Intermediate Printmaking II

Rollando

3 credits

Includes relief printing, advanced lithography techniques, including color lithography, color etching, monotypes, and further development of black and white imagery. Printmaking professors and course content vary from semester to semester. Prerequisites: ARTS 2670 and ARTS 2672.

ARTS 3710 - Intermediate Painting I

Marlatt

3 credits

Exploration of contemporary painting materials, techniques, and concepts, as well as a continuation of basic oil painting processes. Assignments are designed to assist the student in developing their perceptions and imagination and translating them into painted images. Direction is given to the formation of personal original painting styles. Prerequisite: ARTS 2710, 2712.

ARTS 3712 - Intermediate Painting II

Marlatt

3 credits

Exploration of contemporary painting materials, techniques, and concepts, as well as a continuation of basic oil painting processes. Assignments are designed to assist the student in developing their perceptions and imagination and translating them into painted images. Direction is given to the formation of personal original painting styles. Prerequisite: ARTS 2710, 2712.

ARTS 3810 - Intermediate Sculpture I

What is happening in sculpture today? And what is sculpture today, anyway? This course brings students to sculpture’s edges and beyond, asking how the genre's practices, theoretical influences, and interactions with larger cultural forces have resulted in the dramatic expansion and redefinition of its borders. Students will examine the ways sculpture has absorbed and been absorbed into other genres, including painting, video, performance, and social practice, and seek to develop familiarity with sculpture's contemporary contours and concerns. Along the way, students will engage in specialized and experimental skillbuilding and grapple with contemporary art and art-adjacent theory and criticism, with the goal of developing material and conceptual conversancy.

3 credits

Continuation of ARTS 2810 and ARTS 2812 with greater emphasis on the special problems of the sculptural discipline. Prerequisite: ARTS 2810, 2812.

ARTS 3812 - Intermediate Sculpture II

What is happening in sculpture today? And what is sculpture today, anyway? This course brings students to sculpture’s edges and beyond, asking how the genre's practices, theoretical influences, and interactions with larger cultural forces have resulted in the dramatic expansion and redefinition of its borders. Students will examine the ways sculpture has absorbed and been absorbed into other genres, including painting, video, performance, and social practice, and seek to develop familiarity with sculpture's contemporary contours and concerns. Along the way, students will engage in specialized and experimental skillbuilding and grapple with contemporary art and art-adjacent theory and criticism, with the goal of developing material and conceptual conversancy.

3 credits

Continuation of ARTS 2810 and ARTS 2812 with greater emphasis on the special problems of the sculptural discipline. Prerequisite: ARTS 2810, 2812.

ARTS 4110 - Advanced Photography I

Scheuren

3 credits

Explores advanced-level photographic techniques and concepts. Prerequisite: ARTS 2112 and 3110

ARTS 4112 - Advanced Photography II

Scheuren

3 credits

Assists students in preparing their required thesis exhibitions. Meets twice a week as a group to evaluate and discuss work in progress. Students participate in class portfolio and acquire a print from each member of the class. (Spring only.)Prerequisite: ARTS 3110

ARTS 4220 - Advanced New Media I

Moyer

3 credits

A project-based art class that allows advanced students the time to develop independent ideas in cooperation with the professor while participating in a class community. Prerequisites: ARTS 3220 or 3222p>

ARTS 4222 - Advanced New Media II

Moyer

3 credits

An advanced art class in which students design, propose and produce a semester-long thesis project that culminates in a public presentation of their work. Prerequisites: ARTS 3220 or 3222.

ARTS 4370 - Advanced Cinematography I

Everson

3 credits

Course continues the practice of 16mm film or digital video experimental production with an emphasis on a completed piece for public screenings or exhibitions. Prerequisite: ARTS 3370 or ARTS 3372.

ARTS 4372 - Advanced Cinematography II

Everson

3 credits

Course continues the practice of 16mm film or digital video experimental production with an emphasis on a completed piece for public screenings or exhibitions. Prerequisite: ARTS 3370 or ARTS 3372.

ARTS 4450 - Distinguished Major Project

Chan

3 credits

Intensive independent work using either sculpture, photography, printmaking, cinematography, or painting as the primary medium, culminating in a coherent body of work under direction of a faculty member. Prerequisite: Admission to the Distinguished Major Program.

ARTS 4452 - Distinguished Major Project

XXXXXX

3 credits

Intensive independent work using either sculpture, photography, printmaking, cinematography, or painting as the primary medium, culminating in a coherent body of work under direction of a faculty member. Prerequisite: Admission to the Distinguished Major Program. ARTS 4450 Prerequisite: Admission to the Distinguished Major Program.

ARTS 4559 - New Course in Studio Art

XXXXXX

3 credits

New Course in the subject of studio art.

ARTS 4670 - Advanced Printmaking I

Rollando

3 credits

Designed for students who have completed two or more semesters of study of a specific printmaking technique (woodcut, etching, or lithography) and wish to continue their exploration of that technique. Prerequisite: ARTS 3670 or 3672.

ARTS 4672 - Advanced Printmaking II

Rollando

3 credits

Designed for students who have completed two or more semesters of study of a specific printmaking technique (woodcut, etching, or lithography) and wish to continue their exploration of that technique. Prerequisite: ARTS 3670 or 3672.

ARTS 4710 - Advanced Painting I

Marlatt

3 credits

The capstone of a three year study in painting. Continues the investigation of oil painting as an expressive medium and stresses the development of students’ ability to conceive and execute a series of thematically related paintings over the course of the semester. Painting professors and course content vary from semester to semester. Prerequisite: ARTS 3710 or 3712.

ARTS 4712 - Advanced Painting II

Marlatt

3 credits

Painting professors and course content vary from semester to semester. Prerequisite: ARTS 3710 or ARTS 3712.

ARTS 4810 - Advanced Sculpture I

What is happening in sculpture today? And what is sculpture today, anyway? This course brings students to sculpture’s contemporary edges and beyond, asking how the genre's practices, theoretical influences, and interactions with larger cultural forces have resulted in the dramatic expansion and redefinition of its borders, particularly as sculpture has absorbed and been absorbed into other genres, including painting, video, performance, and social practice. Guided by a series of independent-project prompts, students will grapple with advanced approaches to material, method, history, and theory, with the goal of developing individual practices that best serve their aesthetic, intellectual, and ethical interests.

3 credits

Continuation of the sculpture sequence with greater emphasis on developing a student’s individual voice. Advanced projects in moldmaking, metal casting, and non-traditional sculpture materials are assigned. The creation of a sculptural installation is also assigned. Sculpture professors and course content vary from semester to semester. Prerequisite: ARTS 3810 or 3812.

ARTS 4812 - Advanced Sculpture II

What is happening in sculpture today? And what is sculpture today, anyway? This course brings students to sculpture’s contemporary edges and beyond, asking how the genre's practices, theoretical influences, and interactions with larger cultural forces have resulted in the dramatic expansion and redefinition of its borders, particularly as sculpture has absorbed and been absorbed into other genres, including painting, video, performance, and social practice. Guided by a series of independent-project prompts, students will grapple with advanced approaches to material, method, history, and theory, with the goal of developing individual practices that best serve their aesthetic, intellectual, and ethical interests.

3 credits

Continuation of the sculpture sequence with greater emphasis on developing a student’s individual voice. Advanced projects in moldmaking, metal casting, and non-traditional sculpture materials are assigned. The creation of a sculptural installation is also assigned. Sculpture professors and course content vary from semester to semester. Prerequisite: ARTS 3810 or 3812.

ARTS 4900 - Advanced Project in Art

XXXXXX

3 credits

Investigation and development of a consistent idea or theme in painting, sculpture, or the graphic arts. May be taken more than once under the same course number by students who are sufficiently advanced in studio work. This course is not intended to be used for major credit. Prerequisite: Instructor permission.

Spring 2023

Course Descriptions

Art History

ARTH 1503 - Art and Astronomy

Ramirez-Weaver, MW 9:00 - 9:50 Campbell 160

3 Credits

Description forthcoming

ARTH 1505 - Renaissance to Modern

Goedde, MW 3:30 - 4:45 Campbell 160

3 Credits

Description forthcoming

ARTH 1507 - Art and the Body

Paoletti, MW 12-12:50 in Campbell 160 + discussion offered on M, W, or F

3 credits

Regardless of time or geography, the human body is among the most widely represented subjects in art. In this course we will investigate how specific portrayals of the body relate to their contexts of creation, as well as what power dynamics are inherent to forms of looking and representing the body. Topics include: the naked and the nude, gender and the politics of representation, representing race, healing and hurting, the post-human body.

 

ARTH 2054 – Roman Art and Archaeology

Kreindler, TR 2-3:15 in Campbell 160 + discussion offered on T or W

4 credits

 

Following an overview of Etruscan art, the course examines the development of Roman architecture, urbanism, sculpture and painting from the Republic to Constantine. A focus is Rome itself, but other archaeological sites, such as Pompeii, in Italy and throughout the empire are also considered. Themes, such as succession, the achievements of the emperor, the political and social role of art, and the dissolution of classical art, are traced.

ARTH 2056 - Aegean Art and Archaeology

Dakouri-Hild, TR 9:30 - 10:45 Campbell 160

3 Credits

Description forthcoming

ARTH/ARH/AMST 2753 – Arts & Cultures of the Slave South

Nelson, TR 12:30-1:45 in Gilmer 301 + discussion offered on M, T, W, or F

4 credits

 

This interdisciplinary course covers the American South to the Civil War. While the course centers on the visual arts 'architecture, material culture, decorative arts, painting, and sculpture' it is not designed as a regional history of art, but an exploration of the interrelations between history, material and visual cultures, foodways, music and literature in the formation of Southern identities.

 

ARTH 2769 – Queer Histories of US Art, 1950s-90s

Getsy, TR 11-12:15 Campbell 160

3 credits

This course examines the flourishing of queer artistic production (painting, sculpture, film, photography, performance, and conceptual art) in the United States after World War II. It will chart how--despite attempts to censor or erase them--artists working with lesbian, gay, otherwise non-heterosexual, and/or transgender themes made major contributions to the development of art, culture, society, and politics in the United States.

ARTH 2861 – East Asian Art

Wong, TR 12:30 - 1:45 Campbell 160

4 credits

Forthcoming

ARTH 2882 - Sex, Spirits & Sorcery: Modern Aboriginal Art

Skerritt, MW 5-6:15 in Campbell 160 + discussion offered on T, W, or F

4 credits

 

Located in Australia's tropical north, Arnhem Land has long been one of the epicenters of the modern Aboriginal art movement. The art of the region opens a window onto another world: a world in which ancestral spirits remain a constant presence in the land. Using the world-class holdings of the Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection, we'll explore the art of Arnhem Land from 1911 to the present.

ARTH 3254 – Leonardo da Vinci

Fiorani, MW 2:00 - 3:15 Campbell 160

3 credits

Forthcoming

ARTH 3494 – Individual Research Experience

Dakouri-Hild, T 1:00 - 3:30 Fayerweather 208

3 credits

Forthcoming

ARTH 3591 – Ancient Urbanization

Kreindler, TR 12:30 - 1:45 Fayerweather 215

3 credits

Forthcoming

ARTH 3591 – Crypto & the Museum

Neumann, TR 2:00 - 3:15 Fayerweather 206

3 credits

Forthcoming

ARTH 3863 – East Asian Art, Land & Ecology

Wong, TR 5:00 - 6:15 Monroe 110

3 credits

Forthcoming

ARTH 4051 – Art History: Theory & Practice

Ramirez-Weaver, T 9:30 -12:00 Fayerweather 215

3 credits

Forthcoming

ARTH 4591 – Subversive Prints

Fordham, M 11:00 -1:30 Fayerweather 208

3 credits

Forthcoming

ARTH 4591 – Dionysos: Art, Myth, and Cult

Smith, W 1:00 -3:30 Fayerweather 208

3 credits

Forthcoming

ARTH 4591 – Up Close with the Old Masters

Goedde, R 10:00 - 12:30 Fayerweather 208

3 credits

Forthcoming

ARTH 4591 – Politics of the Past

Dakouri-Hild, R 1:00 - 3:30 Fayerweather 208

3 credits

Forthcoming

ARTH 4591 – Medieval Mediterranean

Reilly, W 9:30 - 12:30 Fayerweather 208

3 credits

Forthcoming

ARTH 4591 – Global Renaissance

Fiorani, T 9:30 - 12:30 Fayerweather 208

3 credits

Forthcoming

ARTH 4952 – University Museums Internship

Love, F 10:00 - 12:30 Fayerweather 208

3 credits

Forthcoming

ARAH 9565 – Transgender Methods & Art History

Getsy, R 3:30 - 6:00 Fayerweather 206

3 credits

Forthcoming

ARAH 9565 – Sacred Landscapes

Kondyli, M 1:00 - 3:30 Fayerweather 206

3 credits

Forthcoming

ARAH 9565 – Research Methods & Ethics

Skerritt, T 9:30 - 12:00 Fayerweather 206

3 credits

Forthcoming

ARAH 9565 – Ethics & Practices of Looking

Paoletti, R 9:30 - 12:00 Fayerweather 206

3 credits

Forthcoming

Studio Art

ARTS 2000 - Introduction to Studio Art

Chan/Taylor/Williamson

3 credits

An introductory course, divided into three segments, which serves as a prerequisite to all studio courses. In Drawing students will learn observational drawing and how visual thinking connects with the hand. The Conceptual segment will exercise creative problem-solving skills and teach students to engage in critical discourse. The Digital segment teaches basic technical skills and digital tools including still and moving image and sound.

ARTS 2110 - Introduction to Photography I

Scheuren

3 credits

Focuses on gaining a working understanding of photographic processes and practice. Class assignments help students understand the visual language of photography using 35mm black and white film and printing their own photographs in the darkroom. In addition, lectures explore examples from the historical and contemporary worlds of fine art photography. Cameras are provided. Prereq: ARTS 2000

ARTS 2220 - Introduction to New Media I

Moyer/Cuatlacuatl

3 credits

This class introduces digital techniques in the context of fine art. Topics covered include digital imaging and basic interactive art.

ARTS 2222 - Introduction to New Media II

Cuatlacuatl

3 credits

Building on the skills and concepts established in ARTS 2220, this class introduces animation techniques in the context of fine arts.

ARTS 2312 – Installation and Performance Art II

Williamson, MW 12:30-3 in Ruffin 319

3 credits

 

In this interdisciplinary studio course students will investigate 'prior conditions of existence,' study critical theories, and produce artworks inspired by the archive. Students will research archive-related topics of their choosing, and synthesize readings and research through written and oral communication. They will develop critical thinking skills through the production of artwork and engagement in group critiques. Prereq: ARTS 2000

ARTS 2370 - Introduction to Cinematography I

Everson

3 credits

The course introduces experimental 16mm film production as a practice of visual art. These courses include technical, historical, and theoretical issues that apply to cinematography and its relationship to the traditional visual arts.

ARTS 2610 - Drawing I

Schoyer

3 credits

A continued introductory study of the materials and techniques of drawing. Provides training in the coordination of hand and eye and encourages development of visual analysis. Emphasizes understanding form, space, light and composition.

ARTS 2620 - Drawing II

Schoyer

3 credits

Applies technical drawing skills to projects that delve into analytical thinking and idea-based work. Projects are designed to help students experiment and learn how to communicate meaning visually. Prereq: ARTS 2000 and 2610.

ARTS 2630 - Life Drawing I

Taylor

3 credits

Creations of drawings of a living model in various media. Topics include artistic anatomy, figure and portrait drawing. Prerequisite: ARTS 2000 and 2610.

ARTS 2632 - Life Drawing II

Taylor

3 credits

Creations of drawings of a living model in various media. Topics include artistic anatomy, figure and portrait drawing. Prerequisite: ARTS 2000 and 2610.

ARTS 2670 - Introduction to Intaglio & Monotype Printmaking

Rollando

3 credits

Introduction to intaglio printmaking and monotype techniques, including hard and soft ground etch, aquatint, and drypoint.

ARTS 2672 - Introduction to Lithography & Relief Printmaking

Taylor

3 credits

Introduction to intaglio printmaking and monotype techniques, including hard and soft ground etch, aquatint, and drypoint.

ARTS 2710 - Introduction to Water-Based Painting

Chan

3 credits

Introduction to basic water painting techniques and materials (including acrylic, gouache, and water color), emphasizing perception and color. Assignments are designed to assist the student in understanding the creative process and interpreting the environment through a variety of subject matter expressed in painted images. Encourages individual stylistic development. Prerequisites: ARTS 2000 and 2610

ARTS 2712 - Introduction to Oil Painting

Marlatt

3 credits

Introduction to Oil-based painting. Prerequisites: ARTS 2000 and ARTS 2610

ARTS 2810 - Introduction to Sculpture I

How do we begin reimagining the stuff, the spaces, and the situations that make up our physical world? This course covers basic methods, materials, and issues in sculpture, from construction methods to essential contemporary issues. Through wide-ranging readings, viewings, discussions, and studio visits, students will develop core visual and spatial competencies, as well as an embodied understanding of how meaning and value emerge from artistic processes.

3 credits

Investigates the sculptural process through modeling, carving, fabricating and casting. Examines traditional and contemporary concerns of sculpture by analyzing historical examples and work done in class. Prerequisites: ARTS 2000 and 2610

ARTS 2812 - Introduction to Sculpture II

How do we begin reimagining the stuff, the spaces, and the situations that make up our physical world? This course covers basic methods, materials, and issues in sculpture, from construction methods to essential contemporary issues. Through wide-ranging readings, viewings, discussions, and studio visits, students will develop core visual and spatial competencies, as well as an embodied understanding of how meaning and value emerge from artistic processes.

3 credits

Investigates the sculptural process through modeling, carving, fabricating and casting. Examines traditional and contemporary concerns of sculpture by analyzing historical examples and work done in class Prerequisties: ARTS 2000 and ARTS 2610

ARTS 3110 - Large Format Photography

Scheuren

3 credits

This intermediate-level course expands technical possibilities available to students by introducing medium and large format cameras. Working in black & white, students learn advanced techniques with film and darkroom printing. Further explorations into historical and contemporary art issues via presentations, visiting artists, and readings. Students create a final portfolio culled from class assignments. Cameras are provided. Prereq: ARTS 2110

ARTS 3220 - Intermediate New Media Part I

Moyer

3 credits

This class continues the investigation of digital art begun in ARTS 2220 and 2222 through the introduction of experimental video history and techniques. Prerequisite: ARTS 2220 and ARTS 2222.

ARTS 3222 - Intermediate New Media II

XXXXXX

3 credits

This class focuses primarily on creative and conceptual development within the technical and artistic framework established in previous semesters. Prerequisite: ARTS 2220 and ARTS 2222.

ARTS 3370 - Intermediate Cinematography I

Everson

3 credits

This course continues the practice of 16mm experimental film production with an increased emphasis on audio and digital video motion picture making. Student will complete assignments based on genres of experimental film making such as expressionism, naturalism, and realism. Prerequisite: ARTS 2370 and ARTS 2372.

ARTS 3372 - Intermediate Cinematography II

Everson

3 credits

This course continues the practice of 16mm experimental film production with an increased emphasis on audio and digital video motion picture making. Student will complete assignments based on genres of experimental film making such as expressionism, naturalism, and realism. Prerequisite: ARTS 2370 and ARTS 2372.

ARTS 3559 - New Course in Studio Art

Williamson

3 credits

In this interdisciplinary studio course students will investigate ‘prior conditions of existence,’ study critical theories, and produce artworks inspired by the archive. Students will research archive-related topics of their choosing, and synthesize readings and research through written and oral communication. They will develop critical thinking skills through the production of artwork and engagement in group critiques. Prereq: ARTS 2000.

ARTS 3620 - Intermediate Drawing

Schoyer

3 credits

Exploration of contemporary drawing techniques and concepts with emphasis on the role of drawing in an interdisciplinary practice. Students are encouraged to broaden their definition of drawing into color, print, digital and other media. Projects are given as prompts that assist students in the development of their own visual language.

ARTS 3670 - Intermediate Printmaking I

Rollando

3 credits

Includes relief printing, advanced lithography techniques, including color lithography, color etching, monotypes, and further development of black and white imagery. Printmaking professors and course content vary from semester to semester. Prerequisite: ARTS 2670 and ARTS 2672.

ARTS 3672 - Intermediate Printmaking II

Rollando

3 credits

Includes relief printing, advanced lithography techniques, including color lithography, color etching, monotypes, and further development of black and white imagery. Printmaking professors and course content vary from semester to semester. Prerequisites: ARTS 2670 and ARTS 2672.

ARTS 3710 - Intermediate Painting I

Marlatt

3 credits

Exploration of contemporary painting materials, techniques, and concepts, as well as a continuation of basic oil painting processes. Assignments are designed to assist the student in developing their perceptions and imagination and translating them into painted images. Direction is given to the formation of personal original painting styles. Prerequisite: ARTS 2710, 2712.

ARTS 3712 - Intermediate Painting II

Marlatt

3 credits

Exploration of contemporary painting materials, techniques, and concepts, as well as a continuation of basic oil painting processes. Assignments are designed to assist the student in developing their perceptions and imagination and translating them into painted images. Direction is given to the formation of personal original painting styles. Prerequisite: ARTS 2710, 2712.

ARTS 3810 - Intermediate Sculpture I

What is happening in sculpture today? And what is sculpture today, anyway? This course brings students to sculpture’s edges and beyond, asking how the genre's practices, theoretical influences, and interactions with larger cultural forces have resulted in the dramatic expansion and redefinition of its borders. Students will examine the ways sculpture has absorbed and been absorbed into other genres, including painting, video, performance, and social practice, and seek to develop familiarity with sculpture's contemporary contours and concerns. Along the way, students will engage in specialized and experimental skillbuilding and grapple with contemporary art and art-adjacent theory and criticism, with the goal of developing material and conceptual conversancy.

3 credits

Continuation of ARTS 2810 and ARTS 2812 with greater emphasis on the special problems of the sculptural discipline. Prerequisite: ARTS 2810, 2812.

ARTS 3812 - Intermediate Sculpture II

What is happening in sculpture today? And what is sculpture today, anyway? This course brings students to sculpture’s edges and beyond, asking how the genre's practices, theoretical influences, and interactions with larger cultural forces have resulted in the dramatic expansion and redefinition of its borders. Students will examine the ways sculpture has absorbed and been absorbed into other genres, including painting, video, performance, and social practice, and seek to develop familiarity with sculpture's contemporary contours and concerns. Along the way, students will engage in specialized and experimental skillbuilding and grapple with contemporary art and art-adjacent theory and criticism, with the goal of developing material and conceptual conversancy.

3 credits

Continuation of ARTS 2810 and ARTS 2812 with greater emphasis on the special problems of the sculptural discipline. Prerequisite: ARTS 2810, 2812.

ARTS 4110 - Advanced Photography I

Scheuren

3 credits

Explores advanced-level photographic techniques and concepts. (Fall only.) Prerequisite: ARTS 3110

ARTS 4112 - Advanced Photography II

Scheuren

3 credits

Assists students in preparing their required thesis exhibitions. Meets twice a week as a group to evaluate and discuss work in progress. Students participate in class portfolio and acquire a print from each member of the class. (Spring only.)Prerequisite: ARTS 3110

ARTS 4220 - Advanced New Media I

Moyer

3 credits

This class encourages independent development of a semester long project that engages with the discourses and techniques around contemporary new media art. Prerequisite: ARTS 3220 or ARTS 3222.

ARTS 4222 - Advanced New Media II

Moyer

3 credits

A continuation of artistic investigations begun in ARTS 4220. Prerequisite: ARTS 3220 or ARTS 3222.

ARTS 4370 - Advanced Cinematography I

Everson

3 credits

Course continues the practice of 16mm film or digital video experimental production with an emphasis on a completed piece for public screenings or exhibitions. Prerequisite: ARTS 3370 or ARTS 3372.

ARTS 4372 - Advanced Cinematography II

Everson

3 credits

Course continues the practice of 16mm film or digital video experimental production with an emphasis on a completed piece for public screenings or exhibitions. Prerequisite: ARTS 3370 or ARTS 3372.

ARTS 4450 - Distinguished Major Project

Chan

3 credits

Intensive independent work using either sculpture, photography, printmaking, cinematography, or painting as the primary medium, culminating in a coherent body of work under direction of a faculty member. Prerequisite: Admission to the Distinguished Major Program.

ARTS 4452 - Distinguished Major Project

XXXXXX

3 credits

Intensive independent work using either sculpture, photography, printmaking, cinematography, or painting as the primary medium, culminating in a coherent body of work under direction of a faculty member. Prerequisite: Admission to the Distinguished Major Program. ARTS 4450 Prerequisite: Admission to the Distinguished Major Program.

ARTS 4559 - New Course in Studio Art

XXXXXX

3 credits

New Course in the subject of studio art.

ARTS 4670 - Advanced Printmaking I

Rollando

3 credits

Designed for students who have completed two or more semesters of study of a specific printmaking technique (woodcut, etching, or lithography) and wish to continue their exploration of that technique. Prerequisite: ARTS 3670 or 3672.

ARTS 4672 - Advanced Printmaking II

Rollando

3 credits

Designed for students who have completed two or more semesters of study of a specific printmaking technique (woodcut, etching, or lithography) and wish to continue their exploration of that technique. Prerequisite: ARTS 3670 or 3672.

ARTS 4710 - Advanced Painting I

Marlatt

3 credits

The capstone of a three year study in painting. Continues the investigation of oil painting as an expressive medium and stresses the development of students’ ability to conceive and execute a series of thematically related paintings over the course of the semester. Painting professors and course content vary from semester to semester. Prerequisite: ARTS 3710 or 3712.

ARTS 4712 - Advanced Painting II

Marlatt

3 credits

Painting professors and course content vary from semester to semester. Prerequisite: ARTS 3710 or ARTS 3712.

ARTS 4810 - Advanced Sculpture I

What is happening in sculpture today? And what is sculpture today, anyway? This course brings students to sculpture’s contemporary edges and beyond, asking how the genre's practices, theoretical influences, and interactions with larger cultural forces have resulted in the dramatic expansion and redefinition of its borders, particularly as sculpture has absorbed and been absorbed into other genres, including painting, video, performance, and social practice. Guided by a series of independent-project prompts, students will grapple with advanced approaches to material, method, history, and theory, with the goal of developing individual practices that best serve their aesthetic, intellectual, and ethical interests.

3 credits

Continuation of the sculpture sequence with greater emphasis on developing a student’s individual voice. Advanced projects in moldmaking, metal casting, and non-traditional sculpture materials are assigned. The creation of a sculptural installation is also assigned. Sculpture professors and course content vary from semester to semester. Prerequisite: ARTS 3810 or 3812.

ARTS 4812 - Advanced Sculpture II

What is happening in sculpture today? And what is sculpture today, anyway? This course brings students to sculpture’s contemporary edges and beyond, asking how the genre's practices, theoretical influences, and interactions with larger cultural forces have resulted in the dramatic expansion and redefinition of its borders, particularly as sculpture has absorbed and been absorbed into other genres, including painting, video, performance, and social practice. Guided by a series of independent-project prompts, students will grapple with advanced approaches to material, method, history, and theory, with the goal of developing individual practices that best serve their aesthetic, intellectual, and ethical interests.

3 credits

Continuation of the sculpture sequence with greater emphasis on developing a student’s individual voice. Advanced projects in moldmaking, metal casting, and non-traditional sculpture materials are assigned. The creation of a sculptural installation is also assigned. Sculpture professors and course content vary from semester to semester. Prerequisite: ARTS 3810 or 3812.

ARTS 4900 - Advanced Project in Art

XXXXXX

3 credits

Investigation and development of a consistent idea or theme in painting, sculpture, or the graphic arts. May be taken more than once under the same course number by students who are sufficiently advanced in studio work. This course is not intended to be used for major credit. Prerequisite: Instructor permission.

Arts Administration

ARAD 3550 – Topics of Arts in Context

Sampson, TR 3:30 - 4:45 Campbell 160

3 credits

The Arts & STEM

ARAD 4200 - Development and Board Management

Sampson, TR 12:30 - 1:45, Fayerweather 206

ARAD 4559 - Contemporary Topics in Arts Administration

Sampson, W 3:30 - 6, Fayerweather 206

Course Descriptions

J-Term 2023

ARTS 2000 Introduction to Studio Art

Chan

MTWRF 10-3 | Ruffin 203 | 3 credits

An introductory course, divided into three segments, which serves as a prerequisite to all studio courses. In Drawing students will learn observational drawing and how visual thinking connects with the hand. The Conceptual segment will exercise creative problem-solving skills and teach students to engage in critical discourse. The Digital segment teaches basic technical skills and digital tools including still and moving image and sound.

ARTS 2560 Works on Paper

Ohira

MTWRF 10-3 | Ruffin 220 | 3 credits

This course explores materials, methods and processes works on/of paper.  The class will explore alternative printmaking practices, paper manipulations and book arts. There are no prerequisites for this class.

ARTH 3595 New Mexico and American Modernisms

Turner | Greci Green (in New Mexico)

3 credits

This course examines how New Mexico became the site of a complex and significant chapter in the history of American Modernism, and equips students with experiential knowledge and new skills in visual analysis and critical reading. Since the 1890s artists from the East, searching for American cultural identities distinct from Europe, established art colonies in Santa Fe and Taos, locations shaped by centuries-long interactions between Indigenous communities and Spanish and American settler colonialism. The dynamics of local resistance and national incorporation attracted key New York modernists seeking to escape from industrialization and to derive authentic connection between craft, art and life; Arthur Dow, Robert Henri, John Sloan, Stuart Davis, Marsden Hartley, and Georgia O’Keeffe, who famously established herself at Abiquiu, made subjects of both the natural landscape and Pueblo peoples.