| source University of Toronto, Mississauga (X) |
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department Fine Art Studio (FAS) (32) |
An introduction to drawing principles, media, and processes with the emphasis on understanding the way in which drawing methods bring variety and clarity to image-making. Areas of study range from technical drawing to conceptual development--objects and environments serve as subject matter. [
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An exploration of the techniques and subject matter of 20th-century painting in relation to contemporary art practices. Students work with both observational and conceptual approaches through experimentation with painting's formal elements, traditional and non-traditional painting materials, montage, and abstraction. [
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An applied investigation of design thinking, theories, techniques and tools, addressing broad range of design issues through a variety of approaches and media. Assignments encompass all types of design (interior, graphic, industrial), varying from 1-hour to year-long projects. Introduces Mac software but most assignments can be done without a computer. [
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Emphasis on interaction of technique, perception, and communication in making and responding to photographic images. Covers necessary technical aspects of the medium and darkroom procedures. [
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Course conducts a survey of contemporary printmaking practices. Projects in monoprint relief and intaglio examine essential characteristics of printmaking, and issues pertaining to contemporary art discourse. Through projects students develop technical skills and critical abilities necessary for art making. Each project combines research, presentations/discussions and critical thinking. [
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This course expands technical knowledge of relief and intaglio and introduces silkscreen printing. Students may also work with preliminary video and digital imaging. Alternative methods of print and printed ephemera are developed. [
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This course uses drawing as a resource to develop work in a variety of materials and processes that may embrace both traditional practices and current technologies. Students are presented with issues to research and address through their work. [
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A further applied investigation of design thinking, theories, techniques and tools, from conceptual to practical applications, using a variety of approaches and media. Building on
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This course introduces students to basic sculptural processes while challenging conventional models of sculptural construction. A series of challenging conceptual exercises provide opportunity for creative problem-solving and critical analysis. [
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A practical investigation of techniques in art that have both historical precedents and contemporary applications. Media covered may include some of the following: mosaic, wood carving, encaustic, three-crayon drawing, egg tempera, fresco. [
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Students will explore the creative possibilities that computer systems offer to the process of art making. Through projects in digital still and dynamic media, students learn the diverse set of new art-making tools offered by the computer, as well as the speed and immediacy inherent in this medium. [
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An advanced photography course integrating history, theory and production and designed to assist students to develop a critically informed photography practice. [
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Students explore contemporary concepts, images and materials in three-dimensional works inspired by natural forms and culturally specific sources. [
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This studio-based course in performance-based art practice will focus on issues related to identity, gender, activism and ways in which the body inhabits space. Students will explore the role of performance in relationship to social and daily ritual, audience interaction, spectatorship and interventions of public and private space and be exposed to a range of interdisciplinary and trans-media approaches such as installation and video to utilize and/or record their performance work. [
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A self-directed, supervised opportunity to define and develop a student's artistic vision in any or all print media. Print will be broadly defined and students may choose to consolidate and explore traditional print media or to work with computers and video to produce a short video using Adobe Premiere. Increased refinement and sophistication in conception and execution is expected. Students must present both written and oral proposals for term projects. [
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A further applied investigation of design thinking, theories, techniques and tools, from conceptual to practical applications. Building on FAS346Y, assignments address print, Web and 3-D design and applications to students work in other fine-art media. Students produce a design and/or fine art- based portfolio of their work [
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Individual projects exploring themes or issues using photography are established and evaluated in the context of contemporary critical practice. [
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