Summer 2024
Course Descriptions
Art History (ARTH)
ARTH 1500 Art and War
Weiss
This course examines the theme of warfare in the visual arts through time and across the globe. We will be looking at works commissioned by governments, individuals, and some created by those, literally, in the trenches. Historical/political context, iconography, style, and geography are intensely examined as they relate to themes such as propaganda, resistance, and narrative. Central to this course is the question of how one depicts intangibles of horror, the sublime, heroism, etc. Students will be expected to apply these themes to objects outside of those covered in the course, thoroughly researching, reporting, and responding to inquiries presented by the instructor and the rest of the class. Ideas and problems will be discussed daily in a seminar environment.
ARTH 2052 Ancient Egypt
Dakouri-Hild
Survey of Egyptian art and architecture (Predynastic-New Kingdom, 4000-1100 BC). The course introduces students to the great monuments and works of art, and to the beliefs that engendered them. While the focus is on pharaonic 'visual' culture, neglected 'others' (women, cross-gendered persons, foreigners, commoners) and their material/visual cultures are brought to attention to provide a nuanced understanding of Egyptian society and culture.
ARTH 2470 Art Now
Robbins
This course is designed to familiarize you with the major themes, issues, and questions being pursued in today's art world. Focusing on the last twenty years, the class is organized around five themes that define the majority of art being made today: portraying, experiencing, performing, reproducing, and agitating.
ARTH 3254 Leonardo da Vinci
Fiorani
An analysis of Leonardo da Vinci's paintings, drawings, and notes, giving special attention to his writings and drawings on human anatomy, the theory of light and shade, color theory, and pictorial composition. His work is considered in relation to the works of fellow artists such as Bramante, Raphael, and Michelangelo as well as within the context of Renaissance investigation of the natural world. Prerequisite: One course in the humanities.
ARTH 3591 Performing Acts of Justice and Equity
The Art History Colloquium combines lecture and discussion. Subject varies with the instructor, who may decide to focus attention either on a particular period, artist, or theme, or on the broader question of the aims and methods of art history. Subject is announced prior to each registration period. This course fulfills the second writing requirement, involving at least two writing assignments totaling at a minimum 4,000 words (20 pages).
Studio Art (ARTS)
ARTS 2511 Digital Photography
Scheuren
This course will focus on the topic of documentary photography, a working style that combines accurate depiction with impassioned advocacy, usually with the goal of arousing public commitment to social change. Since the 1980s this mode has expanded to include formal and iconographical investigation of social experience with a counterstain of personal images. This class will use digital photography to develop projects and portfolios.
ARTS 2610 Drawing I
Ohira
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.
Fall 2024
Course Descriptions
Arts Administration (ARAD)
ARAD 3100 Principles and Practices of Arts Administration
Introductory survey of principles and practices of arts administration, as the crossroads of art and audience.
ARAD 4050 Arts Marketing Theory and Practice
Garland
Audience development theory and marketing strategies and techniques as they apply specifically to the arts and arts institutions.
ARAD 4070 Introduction to Design Thinking
TBD
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.
Art History (ARTH)
ARTH 1503 Art and Astronomy
This course will train students to understand and critically evaluate comparative, premodern, global cultures.
ARTH 2053 Greek Art and Archaeology
Smith
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 2354 British Art
Fordham
This survey of British Art in the modern period examines the work of some of Britain's greatest painters, sculptors, and printmakers including Hogarth, Blake, Flaxman, Turner, the Pre-Raphaelites, Sickert, Bacon, and Freud. Major themes include the relationship of British art to religion, urbanization, empire, industrialization, and post-colonialism.
ARTH 2861 East Asian Art
Wong
Introduces the artistic traditions of China, Korea, and Japan, from prehistoric times to the modern era. Surveys major monuments and the fundamental concepts behind their creation, and examines artistic form in relation to society, individuals, technology, and ideas.
ARTH 2891 Arts of African Civilizations
Paoletti
This course offers an introduction to the arts of African civilizations from the first millennium to modern times, including Nok, Ife, Djenne, the Kingdom of Kongo, the Dogon and Yoruba peoples.
ARTH 3062 Pompeii
Kreindler
Explores the life, art, architecture, urban development, religion, economy, and daily life of the famous Roman city destroyed in the cataclysmic eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in a.d. 79.
ARTH 3591 Artivism
Flores
The Art History Colloquium combines lecture and discussion. Subject varies with the instructor, who may decide to focus attention either on a particular period, artist, or theme, or on the broader question of the aims and methods of art history. Subject is announced prior to each registration period. This course fulfills the second writing requirement, involving at least two writing assignments totaling at a minimum 4,000 words (20 pages).
ARTH 3591 Medieval Manuscript Illumination
Ramirez-Weaver
The Art History Colloquium combines lecture and discussion. Subject varies with the instructor, who may decide to focus attention either on a particular period, artist, or theme, or on the broader question of the aims and methods of art history. Subject is announced prior to each registration period. This course fulfills the second writing requirement, involving at least two writing assignments totaling at a minimum 4,000 words (20 pages).
ARTH 3591 Art, Death, and Ritual: Mysteries of Ancient China
Wong
The Art History Colloquium combines lecture and discussion. Subject varies with the instructor, who may decide to focus attention either on a particular period, artist, or theme, or on the broader question of the aims and methods of art history. Subject is announced prior to each registration period. This course fulfills the second writing requirement, involving at least two writing assignments totaling at a minimum 4,000 words (20 pages).
ARTH 3591 Ecocinema in the Global South
Vargas
The Art History Colloquium combines lecture and discussion. Subject varies with the instructor, who may decide to focus attention either on a particular period, artist, or theme, or on the broader question of the aims and methods of art history. Subject is announced prior to each registration period. This course fulfills the second writing requirement, involving at least two writing assignments totaling at a minimum 4,000 words (20 pages).
ARTH 4051 Art History: Theory and Practice
Paoletti
This course introduces art history majors to the basic tools and methods of art historical research, and to the theoretical and historical questions of art historical interpretation. The course will survey a number of current approaches to the explanation and interpretation of works of art, and briefly address the history of art history. Prerequisite: Major or minor in art history.
ARTH 4591 Performance Art and NYC in the 1970s and 80s
Getsy
Subject varies with the instructor, who may decide to focus attention either on a particular period, artist, or theme, or on the broader question of the aims and methods of art history. Subject is announced prior to each registration period. Representative subjects include the life and art of Pompeii, Roman painting and mosaics, history and connoisseurship of baroque prints, art and politics in revolutionary Europe, Picasso and painting, and problems in American art and culture. Prerequisite: Instructor permission.
ARTH 4591 Alexander Calder and the World of Modern Art
Turner
Subject varies with the instructor, who may decide to focus attention either on a particular period, artist, or theme, or on the broader question of the aims and methods of art history. Subject is announced prior to each registration period. Representative subjects include the life and art of Pompeii, Roman painting and mosaics, history and connoisseurship of baroque prints, art and politics in revolutionary Europe, Picasso and painting, and problems in American art and culture. Prerequisite: Instructor permission.
ARTH 4591 Lay Piety: Religion in Everyday Medieval Life
Reilly
Subject varies with the instructor, who may decide to focus attention either on a particular period, artist, or theme, or on the broader question of the aims and methods of art history. Subject is announced prior to each registration period. Representative subjects include the life and art of Pompeii, Roman painting and mosaics, history and connoisseurship of baroque prints, art and politics in revolutionary Europe, Picasso and painting, and problems in American art and culture. Prerequisite: Instructor permission.
ARTH 4591 Archaeology of Ancient Colonization
Kreindler
Subject varies with the instructor, who may decide to focus attention either on a particular period, artist, or theme, or on the broader question of the aims and methods of art history. Subject is announced prior to each registration period. Representative subjects include the life and art of Pompeii, Roman painting and mosaics, history and connoisseurship of baroque prints, art and politics in revolutionary Europe, Picasso and painting, and problems in American art and culture. Prerequisite: Instructor permission.
ARTH/GDS 4951 University Museum Internship
Love
This is a two-semester sequence of two three-credit courses. Students will do internships (lasting for an academic year) at either the Fralin Museum of Art or the Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection. As interns, students will work approximately 100 hours each semester (7-8 hours per week) in the museum, under the close supervision of museum professionals, and will participate in three training sessions and three academic seminars. Space is limited. Application required: to apply please email instructors your transcript, resume, and a one-page essay indicating your interest in museum work and your experience (if any). Deadline May 1st.
Graduate Level (ARAH)
ARAH 5559 Ancient Greek Sanctuaries
Smith
Across the ancient Greek world, sanctuaries were vital locations of ritual activity and human interaction with the divine. With a primary focus on material culture and concepts of sacred space, this seminar will explore the archaeological and textual evidence for panhellenic, urban, and rural sanctuaries, both in Greece itself and in the Greek colonies. It will consider the definition and key elements of the sanctuary, as well as their origins and development over time. Both recent scholarship on sanctuaries and recent archaeological discoveries will be highlighted, as will perceptions of sacred and profane in Greek religious practice. Votive offerings, painted pottery, and altars will all be covered, as will large-scale architectural structures, cult statues, and mystery cults.
ARAH 8051 Theory and Interpretation in the Visual Arts
Getsy
Investigates problems in the theory and interpretation of the visual arts
ARAH 8060 Prospectus and Grant Writing
This course will guide students through the process of drafting a clear and compelling dissertation prospectus in collaboration with program faculty and peers.
ARAH 8695 Special Reading Problems
Unique to individual and advisor.
Studio Art (ARTS)
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 Digital Art I
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 Digital Art 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 Filmmaking 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 Digital Art Part I
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 Digital Art 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 Filmmaking 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 Filmmaking 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 Digital Art I
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 Digital Art II
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 Filmmaking 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 Filmmaking 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.