Basic introduction to the use of a computer as a fine art tool and medium. Addresses basic skills, concepts relevant to contemporary art theories, and practices. Provides a hands-on introduction to fundamentals of graphics, image acquisition, and manipulation and programming with demonstrations of relevant software. Students work independently and in groups. Assignments include digital image acquisition and manipulation, basic scripting, hypertext and web publishing, and computer programming. Lectures, readings, and discussions examine new technology artwork and technology's relationship to contemporary culture. Enrollment restricted to pre-art and history of art and visual culture majors. Enrollment limited to 20. (General Education Code(s): A.)
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Provides basic introduction to electronic devices for use in making intermedia art. Provides hands-on experience working with sensors, motors, switches, gears, lights, simple circuits, and hardware store devices to create kinetic and interactive works of art. Produce sculptural or installation-based projects. Demonstrations, lectures, and critical discussion of work given to develop concepts and technical skills. Students are billed a materials fee. Enrollment restricted to pre-art and history of art and visual culture majors. Enrollment limited to 20. (General Education Code(s): A.)
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Introduction to combining media, materials, and forms to explore contemporary art practices such as installation, time based work, performance, collaboration, and interactivity. Assignments encourage an exploration of conscious subject matter, process, and technique. Discussions, reading handouts, and critiques help develop perceptual and conceptual skills. Skill workshops introduce new techniques. Students are billed a materials fee. Enrollment restricted to pre-art and history of art and visual culture majors. Enrollment limited to 20. (General Education Code(s): A.)
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Introduction to medium of oil painting and to painting process. Assignments develop understanding of potential of this medium as a tool for perceptual and conceptual exploration. Slide lectures introduce assignments and are basis for class discussion of contemporary and historical art activity in the field. Students are billed a materials fee. (Formerly course 24.) Prerequisite(s): course 20 or 80A. Enrollment restricted to pre-art and history of art and visual culture majors. Enrollment limited to 20. (General Education Code(s): A.)
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Introduction to acrylic painting and to painting process. Assignments develop understanding of this medium's potential as a tool for perceptual and conceptual exploration. Slide lectures introduce assignments and are basis for class discussion of contemporary and historical art activity in this field. Students are billed a materials fee. Prerequisite(s): course 20 or 80A. Enrollment restricted to pre-art and history of art and visual culture majors. Enrollment limited to 20. (General Education Code(s): A.)
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Introduction and development of relief printmaking. Course explores the traditions and contemporary issues of relief printmaking with emphasis on color work including reduction process, multiplate and viscosity printing. Students will build a portfolio using a wide spectrum of this complex relief process. Students are billed a materials fee. Prerequisite(s): courses 20 or 80A. Enrollment restricted to pre-art and history of art and visual culture majors. Enrollment limited to 20.
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Survey of print medium: basic terminology, techniques, application of tools, materials, and condensed history of development of printmaking. Assignments consist of individual and collaborative projects aimed at building skills and gathering technical experience. Introduction to relief printing (black and white and color), intaglio, letterpress, and interface between photography/computer and the handmade print. Exploration of print media for communication of issues including formal aesthetics, social/psychological and personal narrative. Students are billed a materials fee. Prerequisite(s): course 20 or 80A. Enrollment restricted to pre-art and history of art and visual culture majors. Enrollment limited to 20. (General Education Code(s): A.)
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Explores crossover discipline that combines skills of drawing and painting with printmaking, offering a wide range of possibility for personal expression using both oil-based and water-based inks on a variety of plates. Registration and over-printing methods are demonstrated along with mixed media prints. Students are billed a materials fee. Prerequisite(s): courses 20 or 80A. Enrollment restricted to pre-art and history of art and visual culture majors. Enrollment limited to 20. (General Education Code(s): A.)
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Introduction to a wide range of techniques for creating sculpture, based on and about the body/figure, through the exploration of contemporary concepts and ideas. Provides demonstrations, slide lectures, and critical discussion of work to develop concepts and technical skills. Students are billed a materials fee. Enrollment restricted to art, pre-art, and history of art and visual culture majors. Enrollment limited to 20. (General Education Code(s): A.)
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Introduction to photography as an art form that explores visual ideas beginning with camera-ready use, negative development, and printing. Prepares for further work in photography or for collaboration with other media in art including computer arts and two- and three-dimensional mixed media. Critically examines photographic works while reading historical and theoretical texts. Students are billed a materials fee. Enrollment restricted to pre-art and history of art and visual culture majors. Enrollment limited to 20. (General Education Code(s): A.)
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Introduces contemporary public art through studio practice, slides, and readings. Create public art works, design scale models, drawings, and project proposals. Includes a local community-based public art project and an ephemeral landscape project. Students are billed a materials fee. Enrollment restricted to pre-major art students and history of art and visual culture majors. Enrollment limited to 20. (General Education Code(s): A.)
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Introduction to a range of concepts and forms used to make contemporary sculpture. Assignments facilitate becoming familiar with sculptural techniques and materials to enable students to visually manifest their sculptural ideas. Combines lectures and demonstrations with work time in class. Students are billed a materials fee. Enrollment restricted to pre-art and history of art and visual culture majors. Enrollment limited to 20. (General Education Code(s): A.)
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Seminars taught by upper-division students under faculty supervision. Does not fulfill major requirement. (See course 192.)
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Required for all junior transfer student art majors. Introduction to the art program, emphasizing awareness of contemporary visual practices and theory. Combines studio practice and theory. Students are billed a materials fee. Enrollment restricted to junior transfer art majors. Enrollment limited to 20. (General Education Code(s): A.)
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Students learn techniques of bookbinding, construction, and design, and fundamentals of letterpress printing. Students are billed a materials fee. May not be used to fulfill art major requirements. (Also offered as Cowell College 70A. Students cannot receive credit for both courses.) Enrollment limited to 12. (General Education Code(s): A.)
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Learn fundamental skills in fine letterpress printing, including hand typesetting and instruction in the operation of printing presses. Basic typography explored as students design and print a small edition of a selected text. Students are billed a materials fee. May not be used to fulfill art major requirements. (Also offered as Cowell College 70B. Students cannot receive credit for both courses.) Prerequisite(s): course 70A. Enrollment limited to 12. (General Education Code(s): A.)
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Students learn fundamental skills in fine letterpress printing, including hand typesetting and instruction in the operation of printing presses. Basic typography explored as students design and print a small edition of a selected text. Students are billed a materials fee. May not be used to fulfill art major requirements. (Also offered as Cowell College 70C. Students cannot receive credit for both courses.) Prerequisite(s): course 70B or by instructor permission. Enrollment limited to 12. May be repeated for credit. (General Education Code(s): A.)
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Introductory course for beginners and students not majoring in art. Covers the history of what are considered master drawings from prehistory to the present. Various media are examined and assigned in specific exercises. Course is a balance of historical study and practice through assigned homework exercises. A disciplined performance is expected. Enrollment limited to 90. (General Education Code(s): T4-Humanities and Arts, A.)
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Focus is placed on contemporary issues in critical theory and studio practice in comparison with theory and practice in other historical contexts. Students are introduced to topics that involve the social, political, and aesthetic role of visual images in both the private and public domains. While theory and practice are addressed in the context of Western cultures, guest speakers introduce topics related to the visual practices of their cultures. Enrollment limited to 200. (General Education Code(s): T4-Humanities and Arts, A.)
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Introductory course for beginners and nonmajors. Various techniques examined and assigned in specific exercises. Work on projects using color film; this is a non-darkroom course. Examples given of photography from 1826 to the present. Balances historical study and practice through assigned homework exercises. Students are billed a materials fee. Enrollment limited to 90. (General Education Code(s): T4-Humanities and Arts, A.)
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Digital media is revolutionizing ways in which artists create and exchange information. Introduces digital media through lectures, demonstrations, and exercises. Topics include networks, imaging, MIDI, interactivity, audio/video, and the World Wide Web. Enrollment limited to 100. (General Education Code(s): T6-Natural Sciences or Humanities and Arts, A.)
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Focuses on key issues in contemporary art, art theory, and curatorial practice through lectures, discussions, and readings. Course consists of weekly series of lectures designed to familiarize students with theories and practice surrounding seven current topics of interest in the larger art world. Instructor introduces each topic theoretically and shows work of relevant artists and curators. Guest artists and curators present their work in relation to the topic. May not be used to fulfill major requirements. Enrollment limited to 100. (General Education Code(s): T4-Humanities and Arts, A.)
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Students submit petition to sponsoring agency. May be repeated for credit.
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Focuses on providing practical experience in all phases of exhibition design and implementation. General tasks of program operation supplemented with selective reading and written assignments designed to enhance theoretical understanding of broader issues in art administration. Includes field trips to galleries and museums as well as in-class visits by artists and arts professionals. Enrollment restricted to art, pre-art, and history of art and visual culture majors. Enrollment limited to 20.
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Work moves toward individual directions in drawing. A variety of media are explored. Each student is expected to do 150 hours of drawing over the quarter. Students are billed a materials fee. Prerequisite(s): course 20. Enrollment restricted to art majors. Enrollment limited to 20. May be repeated for credit.
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