Category: Drawing & Painting – DFA

Catalog

DFA-475 ART PRACTICE INTERNSHIP (6 credits)

Participation in an internship experience allows students to use classroom-learned skills in a related employment experience. Students must work a minimum of 135 hours over the course of the entire semester. To participate students must be of junior or senior status with completion of freshman and sophomore studios. Students must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.8. Seniors may not be eligible to participate in an internship during their final semester. Transfer students must have attended one semester at CCS in addition to meeting the other eligibility criteria.

Credits: 6

Prerequisites:

DFA-251 PAINTING II

Painting II is an intensive studio course that assumes a basic understanding of painting materials and techniques. Figure/Ground relationships are challenged both formally and conceptually through an investigation of painting as it exists alongside a number of social, architectural, and technological forces. This class will engage the vast range of inter-relational possibilities in the making and experiencing of painting. Historical and Contemporary painting strategies will be examined in contexts of time and place. Individual and group critiques, homework assignments, I.A. (ideation archive) and artists statements are used to assess progress. Demonstrations, lectures, and field trips will enhance the engagement.

Credits: 3

Prerequisites: DFN 103 DFN 104 DFN 120 DFA 105 DFA 120

DFA-345 ADVANCED PAINTING (CONTEMPORARY ISSUES)

This course addresses advanced painting problems, covering representational and nonrepresentational issues. Students have the opportunity to explore a broad range of materials and techniques and instruction is geared toward individual artistic concerns. Students in Advance Painting are exposed to issues and concerns relating to painting from a global perspective, inclusive of Western and non Western contemporary artists.

Credits: 3

Prerequisites: DAH 218, DFA 251

DFA-346 ADVANCED FIGURE PAINTING

This class is designed to vigorously extend ideas explored in Introduction to Figure Painting, with an opportunity to engage in more complex figurative problems. Class discussions include relevant topics on contemporary figurative art. Emphasis is on larger format, longer studies and formal painting concerns.

Credits: 3

Prerequisites: DFA 120, DFA 220

DFA-350 ADVANCED DRAWING

This course offers students the opportunity to investigate drawing as an independent process of art making. Students develop a personal vocabulary through self-directed works. Instruction is individualized to these specific inquiries.

Credits: 3

Prerequisites: DFA 245

DFA-475 ART PRACTICE INTERNSHIP (3 credits)

Participation in an internship experience allows students to use classroom-learned skills in a related employment experience. Students must work a minimum of 135 hours over the course of the entire semester. To participate students must be of junior or senior status with completion of freshman and sophomore studios. Students must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.8. Seniors may not be eligible to participate in an internship during their final semester. Transfer students must have attended one semester at CCS in addition to meeting the other eligibility criteria. Must be Senior status.

Credits: 3

Prerequisites:

DFA-485 SPECIAL PROJECT 300/400

The Special Project class is offered on an occasional basis, with course content specific to the area being explored.

FALL 2023


COLLAGE: CONTEMPORARY METHODS AND MATERIALS This course will investigate and implement the various materials, techniques, processes, and concepts of, contemporary collage. Students will work with everything from traditional cut paper, digital processes, video and audio, installation, and more. The emphasis will always be on the making of collages but with a strong consideration of what this kind of image making does in terms of meaning, its impact on contemporary art and visual culture, and its relevance to most cultural forms operating today.

CURATOR AND GALLERY MANAGEMENT

This course is an introduction to exhibition planning and management within a contemporary art gallery context. Through readings, presentations, and hands-on experiences, students will learn about the exhibition-making process, including research, curation, exhibition design, installation, and promotion. By the end of the course, students will have gained practical experience in organizing and managing an exhibition and be equipped with the skills to become curators and gallery workers within contemporary art spaces. Open to Non-Majors

Credits: 3

Prerequisites: DFA 115, DFA 120

DFA-490 INDEPENDENT STUDY

Independent Study is available to students who are at Junior or Senior level standing with a cumulative grade point average of 3.00 or above. The student may receive approval to work in an area or on a project that is not otherwise offered or addressed in the regular curriculum. An Independent Study should include opportunities for individual student voice and provide a space for diverse perspectives. Students may receive credit toward graduation for no more than 6 credit hours. The student must submit to the chairperson of the department in which they wish to study, an Independent Study Proposal of 150 words (no less) of the student’s plan for study and her/his reason for choosing to study independently. Once the department chairperson provides approval and the instructor for the Independent Study is determined, the faculty member must write an Independent Study Syllabus with education goals, learning outcomes, meeting dates, course expectations, timelines, and due dates. Art Education candidates must pass DAE 490 with a grade of ‘C’ (2.00) or higher to qualify for certification.

Credits: 3

Prerequisites:

DFA-500 GLOBAL LEARNING EXPERIENCE

(This is a faculty led study abroad course * syllabi will differ per destination), On a Global Learning Experience course, students are brought outside the typical classroom, for a 24/7 learning experience in varying locations outside the USA. The course will provide students with tools for analyzing your learning process and identifying cultural patterns, differences, similarities and values encountered during the journey. Students develop a sense of cross-cultural understanding, and navigate towards becoming a global citizen. Students develop a heightened sense of confidence, and leadership as they plan, and execute this excursion. In addition students discover the role of becoming an ambassador for their own culture. Practical issues about studying abroad (safety, money, packing, etc.) are delivered via pre-departure sessions with the International Student Services Office.
WINTER 2024
ZIMBABWE This is a study abroad course to Zimbabwe in Southern Africa. Zimbabwe as a kingdom began in the 9th century during the early Bantu migration south and its historical architectural structures still exist intact. In 1980, Detroit’s Motown favorite, Stevie Wonder, dedicated a song together with Bob Marley on Zimbabwe’s independence celebration. Zimbabwe, like Detroit, is rooted in art forms embedded in culture and a revolutionary spirit. This course provides students an opportunity to learn about Zimbabwe, its history, culture and contemporary significant in a global dialogue. Students will interact with peers and professionals from institutions and artist run spaces in Zimbabwe. The course will be both offsite and onsite. The course begins during the winter semester where the focus is about learning the history and culture through lectures, literature, movies, and workshops. There will be guest’s interaction to the campus and via Skype. Students will connect with peers in Zimbabwe to begin conversations prior to going there. The onsite experience is an intense 15- 16 days where students are introduced to both contemporary and traditional cultural spaces in both the urban and rural areas of Zimbabwe. There are workshops in specific spaces such as Medicinal and Natural pigments at Dzimbanheta Art Centre, Basketry Mbare Art Center, printmaking at Animal Farm, to stone carving in Tengenenge Village. The workshops will not define the art produced from this course, rather a shared platform to trigger ideas and dialogue. The class will end with a one-night exhibit in Harare derived from the course research in collaboration with students from Chinhoyi University of Technology, Harare Polytechnic and the School of Visual Studies at the National Gallery of Zimbabwe. This research will then be shared on campus the following semester, Fall 2024.

Credits: 3

Prerequisites: SLP 007