Studio Art Courses

All Instructors TBA
MW 8–11
MW 11–2
MW 2–5
TTH 8–11
TTH 2–5

Emphasizes the creation of planar works and the exploration of their formal principles and conceptual concerns. Students will work in traditional and digital media.

All Instructors TBA
MW 8–11
MW 11–2
MW 2–5
TTH 8–11
TTH 2–5

Emphasizes traditional drawing principles and their function within a contemporary context. Collaborative and technology-based projects will allow students to envision and understand drawing in a contemporary context.

All Instructors TBA
MW 8–11
MW 11–2
MW 2–5
TTH 8–11
TTH 2–5

Emphasizes the creation of spatial and time-based works and exploring formal principles and conceptual concerns. Students will work in traditional and digital media.

R. Eric McMaster
TTH 8–11

Study of the artistic culture and techniques associated with digital visualization, three dimensional data acquisition, and various forms of digital fabrication including 3D Printing, CNC Milling, and Laser Cutting.

R. Eric McMaster
TTH 8–11

Advanced study of the artistic culture and techniques associated with digital visualization, three dimensional data acquisition, and various forms of digital fabrication including 3D Printing, CNC Milling, and Laser Cutting.

Polly Lanning Sparrow
MW 8–11

Exploration of various methods, subjects, and expressive possibilities in drawing.

Independent Inquiry flag

Troy Brauntuch
TTH 2–5

Exploration of various methods, subjects, and expressive possibilities in drawing.

Independent Inquiry flag

Sarah Canright
TTH 2–5

Exploration of various methods, subjects, and expressive possibilities in drawing.

Dan Sutherland
TTH 2–5

Problems in drawing and construction of the human figure in selected media.

Independent Inquiry flag

John Yancey
MW 8–11

Advanced problems in drawing and construction of the human figure.

Independent Inquiry flag

John Yancey
MW 8–11

Advanced problems in drawing and construction of the human figure.

Polly Lanning Sparrow
MW 2–5

John Yancey
MW 2–5

Zach Meisner
TTH 8–11

Introduction to painting techniques, composition, and exploration of personal expression.

Independent Inquiry flag

Nicole Awai
MW 2–5

Sarah Canright
TTH 2–5

Problems in composition and exploration of personal expression.

Independent Inquiry flag

Troy Brauntuch
TTH 8–11

Problems in composition and exploration of personal expression.

Independent Inquiry flag

Sarah Canright
TTH 8–11

Problems in composition and exploration of personal expression.

Matthew Cronin
TTH 8–11

An introduction to still photography, including basic technical skills and concepts.

Independent Inquiry flag

Eli Durst
MW 2–5

Eli Durst
MW 6–9

Practice in still photography, including materials and processes.

Independent Inquiry flag

Eli Durst
TTH 2–5

Inquiry of specific themes in photography which can include: photographic intervention, photography since 1945, photo book making, abstraction in photography, appropriation in photography, and lighting for photography.

Clarke Curtis
MW 8–11

Lee Chesney
TTH 2–5

Introduction to the concepts, methods, and materials of print including a combination of intaglio, relief, lithography, serigraphy, and/or book arts.

Independent Inquiry flag

Instructor TBA
MW 2–5

Practice in the theories and techniques of multicolor serigraphy and photoserigraphy.

Independent Inquiry flag

Annie May Johnston
TTH 8–11

Instruction in the theories and techniques of metal plate, multicolor, and stone lithography and photolithography.

Independent Inquiry flag

Beverly Acha
MW 8–11

Focuses on the concepts and practice of print.

Rachael Starbuck
MW 8–11

John Stoney
TTH 2–5

Introduction to the processes involved in the production of object-oriented sculpture using direct methods of hot and cold construction.

Independent Inquiry flag

R. Eric McMaster
MW 2–5

Exploration of the concepts and processes involved in the production of object-oriented sculpture, with emphasis on indirect methods of mold-making and casting. Encourages individual direction.

Independent Inquiry flag

R. Eric McMaster
MW 2–5

Advanced research in the theory, technology, and methods involved in the production of sculpture, with emphasis on individual direction.

Independent Inquiry flag

Margo Sawyer
TTH 8–11

Exploration of the theories and methods involved in the production of installation sculpture through the investigation of form and space and of their function in transforming environmental, architectural, or invented sites.

Michael Smith
TTH 2–5

An introduction to the practice, history, and theory of performance art in a variety of contexts and spaces, including theatrical, the white cube, and the workaday world.

Katy McCarthy
TTH 8–11

Introduction to video, digital, net.art, and multiple media art forms with an emphasis on experimentation and a DIY approach to production. Focuses on the history, theory, and evolution of media art practices andtheir relation to the Internet and social media networks.

Independent Inquiry flag

Katy McCarthy
TTH 2–5

Advanced practice of media art exploring time, space, and reality through multidimensional forms. An investigation of media technologies and networks: aesthetically, formally, theoretically or conceptually using traditional media, new media, and immaterial approaches.

Independent Inquiry flag

Katy McCarthy
TTH 2–5

Student-initiated research and development of complex media art and hybrid media art projects.

Bogdan Perzyński
MW 8–11

Study in digital video, sound, and animation, with emphasis on the exploration of cinematic time and its time-based installation. Guided inquiry into the relationship between video and video projections, and technics and technology.

Independent Inquiry flag

Bogdan Perzyński
MW 2–5

Study in digital video, sound, and animation, with emphasis on the exploration of cinematic time and its time-based installation. Guided inquiry into the relationship between video and video projections, and technics and technology.

Independent Inquiry flag

Bogdan Perzyński
MW 2–5

Advanced study in video, sound, and animation with an emphasis on individual research reflecting students' artistic goals.

Ethics & Leadership flag • Writing flag

Ariel Evans
W 6–9

This course is an introduction to the role of philosophy, theory, and criticism in artistic practice. It studies how artists use the history of written ideas in the production of images, objects, and performances. The course first historicizes the role of theory, philosophy, and criticism in the American art world, introducing key concepts while also grounding our readings in the students’ and professor’s immediate material and social lives. Weeks of the second section focus on individual artists who explicitly engage with a philosophical tradition, allowing us to analyze specific theoretical and critical ideas within an artistic practice. In the third section, groups of students develop and lead their own half-class-length seminars, exploring whatever philosophical (etc) ideas that may be relevant to their own interests.

Writing flag

Alexander Birchler
T 6–9

Exploration of professional practices as they relate to the field of visual arts. Focus on writing an artist statement and resume, as well as learning about writing and applying for exhibition, grant, and residency opportunities.

Independent Inquiry flag

Audry Blood
M 11–2

Unearthing Material Meaning
Geography, landscape, architecture, topography, and movement are all ways of understanding place. So are: emotional presence, light, color, mood, atmosphere, memory, imagination, and our personal definitions of “home.” This seminar will explore the ways materiality, process, and the sensorial are tools for understanding our multifaceted relationships with place. From the personal exploration of defining and identifying “home,” to the collective understanding of nature-society relationships in the context of climate futures. In our discussions, we will explore human geographic concepts including space and place, representation, and scale. We will also focus on the work of writers who explore “home” outright, and the work of painters, filmmakers, photographers, and printmakers who use materials and sensorial experiences to address “home,” place, landscape, and geography in their work.

Margo Sawyer
TH 11–2

Required degree track critique course placing an emphasis on conceptual development, practice, and critique within any given degree track.

Independent Inquiry flag

Individual projects to be completed under faculty supervision.