Category: Studio Art & Craft Courses

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DME-278 BLK INTER TOOL MAKING FOR OBJECT MAKER

This introductory course is an independent study in the making of functional hand tools specific to a chosen medium. Throughout the semester the characteristics and treatment of different types of tool steels are presented. Students expand on the technical base of hand forging to explore mechanical hammering, the use of composite metals, and alternative materials. Students work on projects independent from one another based to their specific interests. Design, steel formulation, hot forging, riveting, heat-treating, and basic joinery are addressed. Design and execution of work challenges each student to increase practical skills in production sequence, creative problem solving, and form assessment.

Credits: 3

Prerequisites: DME 178

DFA-120 PAINTING I

Intro to Painting functions as a survey of contemporary approaches to painting. Students explore a range of oil and acrylic painting techniques while directing the development of particular ideas, themes, or subjects. The technical goals in this course include understanding the use of color properties to depict illusionary space and form while examining the relationships between material and metaphor, surface and structure, image and meaning. Connections between research and practice are strengthened through ideation methods based on observational studies in addition to collecting, sourcing and archiving visual resources. Studio set up and safety, class critiques, visiting artists and field trips round out the course.

Credits: 3

Prerequisites: DFN 103, DFN 104, DFN 116

DCE-125 THE ECCENTRIC TEAPOT

In this course, students are encouraged to break away from tradition by combining imagination and metaphorical imagery with practicality. Handbuilding and slipcasting techniques are utilized in creating a teapot. Throughout the term, students focus on a singular form, developing a design that can range from extremely minimal to baroque in style. The final project includes presentation of the teapot.

Credits: 3

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

DFD-310 ADVANCED WEAVING

In this advanced class, students will use floor and dobby looms to further explore more complex weave structures while expanding the knowledge and proficiency within the craft of woven textiles. Special focus is placed on documentation and presentation of inspiration, creative process. and finished works are complementary to the professional practice of this studio course.

Credits: 3

Prerequisites: DFD 210

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