Emphasizes building perceptual skills for observational drawing of still life, interiors, and the human form. Covers techniques such as contour drawing, sighting techniques, perspective, value, light logic and approaches to portraiture. Investigates assumptions, methods, and skills unique to the discipline and focuses on creating, responding to, and analyzing artworks. Designed for intended art majors or minors or others with previous drawing experience. Typically offered: Autumn, Spring, Winter.

Applies the elements and principles of visual arts and design to two-dimensional projects in a variety of media emphasizing practical design problems. Emphasizes two-dimensional design using digital tools, theoretical development, and vocational exploration in the visual arts.

Applies the elements and principles of visual arts and design to three-dimensional projects in a variety of media emphasizing practical design problems. Emphasizes three-dimensional design.

Applies the elements and principles of visual arts and design to time based and digital projects in a variety of media emphasizing practical design problems. Emphasizes time based and digital design.

Introduces and analyzes visual art and design forms and expands an appreciation of visual culture through lecture, observation, and discussion. The nature of the visual arts is explored from the vantage points of the artist and viewer/critic. Investigates assumptions, methodologies, and skills unique to the discipline and focuses on creating, responding to, and analyzing artworks. Off campus travel to various art locations may be required for this course. Typically offered: Autumn, Spring, Winter.

The aim of this course is to teach students basic and advanced levels of color theory. Students will learn about the vocabulary of color, history of color theory, basics of color physics, and be introduced to the communicative and psychological effects of color. CMYK and RGB color formulas for print and web media will be introduced. Students will work with both paint and computer systems. Designed for intended art majors or minors.

Provides a rigorous introduction to, and in-depth exploration of, design drawing systems that simulate 3D space. Techniques covered are used by artists, designers, and illustrators and include: orthographic projection, paralline drawing, and linear perspective.

Introduction to interactive media and user-centered design technologies, theories, research and methodologies.

Exploration of traditional and digital methods of capturing images for refinement, manipulation, or reference.

Emphasizes rendering and modeling techniques in various paint media to create representational images. Focuses on volume of primary forms and color theories.

Introductory studies in matrix based art making. Students will explore projects in several printmaking media including relief, serigraphy, lithography, and monoprint. Investigates assumptions, methodologies, and skills unique to the discipline, and focuses on creating, responding to, and analyzing artworks.

Teaches the raising, soldering, and forging of metals into utensils and decorative forms such as jewelry. Emphasizes fabrication. Investigates assumptions, methodologies, and skills unique to the discipline, and focuses on creating, responding to, and analyzing artworks.

Illustration: New Pictures will focus on generating imagery that strongly emphasizes conceptual problem-solving approaches to art making. Students will be challenged with a series of projects that simulate the conditions of real-world illustration assignments. A variety of artistic approaches and mediums are welcomed in this class including photography, fine art, sculpture, painting, drawing, and digital media. Students are free to use this class to experiment or focus on creating finished work for their portfolio. Some previous drawing is recommended but not necessary.

To understand twenty-first-century visual culture, we must understand where it came from. This survey course treats global art and visual culture until the year 1300. Themes include art and politics, art and religion, ideals of beauty and the nature of artistic process. Typically offered: Autumn, Winter.

To understand twenty-first-century visual culture, we must understand where it came from. This survey course treats global art and visual culture since the year 1300. Themes include art and politics, art and religion, ideals of beauty and the nature of artistic process. Typically offered: Spring, Winter.

Studies of three-dimensional form and composition with emphasis placed on contemporary sculpture and installation art as vehicles for exploration. Additive and subtractive methods are utilized in the realization of three-dimensional artworks and experiences.

Studies various topics.

This course explores advanced digital photography techniques with an emphasis on studio lighting techniques for both interior and exterior environments. Students will be asked to explore a range of photographic themes and concepts in route to personal portfolio development and creation. Formerly: Digital Photography 2

Provides exposure to figure drawing for students who want to develop sound drawing and observational skills in life drawing. Stresses composition and lighting, as well as conceptual approaches to the use of the figure in visual art.

Introduces the communicative, symbolic and associative aspects of typography. Emphasizes the strategic use of typography as a primary design element.

Students learn the tools, processes, and strategies for time-based media. Concentration on fundamental properties of the electronic environment, along with development of appropriate skill base.

Exploration of creative ideas, resources, digital processes, media, and terminology in the development of visual communication solutions.

Advanced exploration of visual communication terminology, processes and methods of application.

Teaches advanced application of typographic systems to both static and moving communication media.

Explores painting as a form of expressive art making, with an emphasis on exploring history of the discipline and placing student’s work in the context of contemporary art. A variety of media will be explored with a focus on materials, process and experimental approaches. Typically offered: Occasionally.

Explores the development of accurate proportion and structure of the human figure in paint by focusing on light and its application to the human form. Also examines the study of color and value.

This course will focus on exploring the creation of art using the medium of watercolor. Students will explore using washes, layering, and line to create figure paintings, still lifes, landscapes, and abstract works. Most assignments and lectures regarding media, paper, brushes, and studio process will take place in class and some assignments will take place in off site locations(weather permitting).

Advanced studies in matrix based art making. Students will explore projects in several printmaking media with an emphasis on intaglio.

Teaches the raising, soldering, and forging of metals into utensils and decorative forms such as jewelry. Emphasizes forming. (Formerly called Metals Studio - Advanced I.)

Investigates various forms of representation and their application to narrative content. Projects will emphasize the process of working from text to visual image in the form of illustration, computer art, painting, handmade books, and interactive art pieces to tell stories using mixed media. This class encourages media experimentation as well as visual storytelling while applying a variety of drawing styles.

Encourages students to explore areas of expressive drawing and composition. The course will offer an opportunity to investigate various media in experimental applications. Also emphasizes the development of highly personal, introspective image making.

Competent digital skills are a prerequisite to becoming a professional working artist. In this course we will explore digital illustration tools and various approaches to creating art using digital mediums. Students will develop digital rendering skills through a variety of skill based assignments. Apps covered in this course are Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop and Blender.

Discusses the principles and elements of art as related to a variety of media with direct application for the classroom. Special emphasis on the role of art in the curriculum and understanding the perceptual development of children. Studio periods will be augmented with lectures and discussion. Investigates assumptions, methodologies, and skills unique to the discipline and focuses on creating, responding to, and analyzing artworks.

In the modern period, trends like industrialization, globalization and class upheaval changed the world’s visual culture. Developments in Europe and America were exported across the world. Familiar stereotypes developed. Powerful propaganda was created. And artists, more globally aware, strove to imbue their images with a “universal” psychological power. In this class, we will explore the relationship between art and power in the 19th and 20th centuries, with a focus on the consolidation of American cultural dominance.

This course critically examines points of artistic contact between the West and the "Other" since the rise of colonialism. We'll consider how colonial occupation, global economic expansion and technological advancement have transformed global visual culture. We’ll take a two-pronged approach, exploring both how Western colonizers appropriated other traditions, and how colonized/impacted cultures (including those of China, Japan, Africa and the early Americas) adapted and appropriated in turn. This course will also consider the ethics of museum display as it pertains to non-Western cultures. Typically offered: Alternate Years.

To understand today’s cultural trends it's essential to know how they began. What are the major movements in the art world today? When did they originate, and why? How are they related to things like globalism, technology, philosophy, religion and entertainment? Is there any way to grasp the "big picture" of the contemporary art world? In this class, we'll combine gallery visits with lively class discussion in our effort to understand the landscape of art today.

Survey course of the histories of visual communication. Contemporary and historical issues, ideas, and designer/illustrator are studied as vehicles for historical advancement. Students will engage in learning communities to help broaden their perspective on the relationship between the histories of visual communication and how these perspectives translate into contemporary issues and cultural forms of communication. Students will look at historical case studies, their relevance and the way in which the designer/illustrator responded. In comparison, analyze how this type of response can be utilized and adjusted for contemporary strategies of communication.

"Reading Images" is designed to acquaint students with the major historical and critical methods used for interpreting and explaining human visual expression. The course will place a strong emphasis on understanding and critiquing a range of postmodern theories. Topics include embodiment, theories of race/gender/sexuality, the impact of artistic medium and the formation of aesthetic ideals. Typically offered: Alternate Years.

A longstanding sacred and administrative center, the city of Rome has been shaped and reshaped by successive regimes to reflect social values, answer economic demands and program the lives of the populace. In this course, we will explore the neighborhoods of Rome, discuss ideological, aesthetic and functional uses of public space and learn to identify Rome's manifold archaeological strata, from the earliest subterranean remnants to the uppermost layers of the modern city. Typically offered: Occasionally, Summer.

As the administrative center of the Roman Catholic Church, the city of Rome boasts a wealth of eccleciastical architecture, including world-famous buildings like St. Peter's basilica in Vatican City. In this course, we'll learn to identify the major styles of Roman church architecture, acquire understanding of church decorative programs and their political meanings, and discover the history informing the evolution of the Roman church buildings from the simple basilicas of the Early Christian era to the Baroque fantasias of Rome's second Golden Age in the 16th century. Typically offered: Occasionally, Summer.

An introductory course in digital video within the context of the fine arts. Students will gain technical skills in camera usage, non-linear editing in Adobe Premiere, and basic sound and lighting along with conceptual development through creative projects.

Studies in development of installation art from conceptualization to implementation. Includes traditional form building, assumptions, and technique.

This course will provide students with an understanding of the fundamentals of film production and will facilitate competency in writing, producing, and editing fiction and nonfiction moving image production projects. Students will learn the craft of visual storytelling and the process of video production.

This course provides a historical and cultural overview of still photography. Students will learn about the evolution of the medium’s influence, its sub-genres, and historical figures. The class will oscillate between historical lectures and class discussion connected to readings in photographic criticism.

A studio course focused on portfolio development, professional practices and research.

Develop and apply a comprehensive visual language for a series of communication devices supporting a campaign, conference, or event.

Explores theoretical, practical and developmental aspects of information design. Develops systematic approaches to visually communicating complex statistics and data.

Explores the intersection between design, technology, spatial context and how the user experiences information.

Continued development of design aspects related to time-based and interactive media. Emphasis placed on strategic use of theory, methodology, and refinement in the development of electronic interactive tools.

Exploration and focus upon utilization of movement as a design element in the interactive electronic environment. Investigation of primitive to sophisticated uses of animation, and film as a communicative instrument.

Advanced studies in expressive painting. Students will explore independent projects in a variety of media with an opportunity for self-directed projects with an emphasis on risk-taking.

Advanced studies in matrix based art making. Students will explore projects in several printmaking media with an emphasis on screen printing. Typically offered: Autumn, Spring, Winter.

Teaches the raising, soldering, and forging of metals into utensils and decorative forms such as jewelry. Emphasizes casting. (Formerly called Metals Studio Advanced II.)

Each student will create new work to augment their existing portfolio, as well as essential elements to running an artistic practice. The focus will be to complete a portfolio that serves as a professional tool in the marketplace most suited to each individual's talent and aspirations.

This course explores and focuses upon utilization of narrative and movement in electronic media. Investigation of story-telling through primitive to sophisticated uses of animation.

Studies of three-dimensional form and composition with emphasis on site-specific sculpture, installation art, new media, and art in the public place. (Formerly called Sculpture Studio - New Media.)

In this course, students will learn professional skills necessary for success in the Visual Arts ecosystem. Topics covered will include professional genres of writing, self-presentation, networking, the art market, art world cultures and digital resources. Students will also develop, articulate and strategize concerning personal goals for their lives immediately after graduation.

How can a major in Art History prepare you to navigate the 21st-century world? Which professions are open to students with art-historical skills? In this course, we'll explore the transition from college to the marketplace or the world of post-graduate study, focusing on issues of globalism, commercialism and the post-information-age economy.

The students in this class will be studying and exploring the possibilities of a professional and/or vocational studio practice in illustration or Studio Art. Students are expected to examine and reflect on their own values in order to plan possible trajectories for a vocational path, professional plan, and/or advanced study upon graduation. Students will also study significant texts that ask them to consider how their faith perspective intersects with their vision for their future studio practice.

The interface of visual communication with contemporary culture and its influences will be examined in the context of a faith perspective. Students will be expected to examine their own values in the context of a career trajectory that may challenge ethical boundaries. Readings related to visual culture and connections with issues of faith will facilitate this exploration. Students are required to write a position paper that formulates a design philosophy and integrates one's own faith perspective.

Student works independently with a faculty member on a mutually agreed upon topic.

Readings in Art.

Practicum.

An opportunity for art and design students to gain additional proficiency and experience in the professional art or design arenas.

Special Topics in Art.

This course is designed to mentor students in the programs of Studio Art and Illustration/New Pictures through: the process and stages of working toward a Solo Senior Show; writing an artist's statement; the creation of a professional portfolio; and preparation for advanced study and/or vocational trajectory.

Special Project.

Encourages students to explore individualized areas of artistic practice. Intended to be taken after several intermediate courses have been completed in the major. Students will continue developing skills in desired area of emphasis alongside theoretical readings, critiques, and guidance from faculty.