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Art

Professors: Hendricks, McCabe, McDowell; Associate Professors: Hendrickson, Marks, Pelletier; Assistant Professor: Bailey; Professor Wollensak, chair

The department of art offers a wide variety of studio disciplines designed to provide instruction in a liberal arts context. These courses promote and provide methods for students to communicate ideas in visual form. The department provides students with a broad knowledge of theory and technique, allowing for creative and intellectual development in exciting and diverse media incorporating traditional tools and methods and computer applications and new technologies.

The Major in Art

The major consists of a minimum of thirteen courses, ten in art and three in art history. The ten art courses must be chosen to satisfy the following requirements:

1. One art course at the 100 level.

2. Course 205, as well as one additional drawing course (220, 221, or 315).

3. One course in three-dimensional work, as designated by the department.

4. Course 349, which students are advised to take during the fall semester of the junior year.

5. Two semesters of the senior studio (Courses 449 and 450).

6. Three courses in one particular discipline (ceramics, design, drawing, mixed media, painting, photography, printmaking, or sculpture), which constitute a concentration in the major.

The following art history courses are recommended: Art History 231, 232; any anthropology course cross-listed with art history; any museum studies course; and any non-studio architectural studies course. Students may, with permission of the Art Department, replace one of the three required art history courses with an appropriate substitute taught by another department.

Students wishing to major in art should submit a portfolio for departmental review while enrolled in their fifth or sixth art course. Prospective art majors should satisfy the following interim requirements: two courses by the end of the freshman year; five by the end of the sophomore year; and nine by the end of the junior year. Students may take art courses at any level, subject to completion of prerequisites and availability of space.
Senior art majors are required to present a Thesis Exhibition of their work in their area(s) of concentration. Photographic or video documentation of the Senior Thesis Exhibition must be provided by the student for the departmental collection.

Some courses in studio art and in art history are not offered every semester. Students should plan ahead with their major adviser to assure availability of required courses. Students wishing to study abroad are strongly encouraged to do so during the spring semester of their junior year.

Advisers: G. Bailey, B. Hendricks, T. Hendrickson, P. Marks, M. McCabe, T. McDowell, D. Pelletier, A. Wollensak

The Minor in Art

The minor consists of a minimum of seven courses, six in studio art and must include at least one 100-level course, one drawing course, two additional courses at Level Two, and one 300-level course. Students must have a minimum of two courses in any one discipline (ceramics, design, drawing, mixed media, painting, photography, printmaking, and sculpture). A declaration of an art minor and a selection of an art department adviser must be determined prior to the fall semester of the senior year. Art History 122 or a similar art history course chosen with the approval of the Art Department is required. In addition, minors must participate in the annual Art Department Student Exhibition in their senior year. Approval of all works for this exhibition must be secured from the minor adviser. In addition, senior minors are strongly advised to attend all departmental lectures and events associated with the Senior Seminar.

Courses

STUDIO PRACTICE In addition to regularly scheduled classes, it is expected that art students spend significant time doing studio work on assignments and in perfecting their ideas and craft. Your teacher will indicate expectations at the start of the semester. Cummings Art Center is widely available for this extra work anytime classes are not in session during the week, evenings, and on weekends. Students are expected to follow proper studio etiquette and respect facilities and equipment. The interaction of students outside of class, sharing ideas, and solutions to problems is valuable and encouraged by the department. Senior majors are provided a workspace for the development of their thesis exhibition. The department schedules special events such as visiting artists, films, and critiques on Wednesdays and all students are advised to make special note of these activities.

Level One: Foundations

Introductory courses offer the beginning student experience in a variety of media and subject matter. The sequence of foundation courses is designed to develop fundamental studio skills and an understanding of visual thought process. Course content will include demonstrations and critique sessions and equally important, the manipulation of a variety of materials. Course content and approach will differ from section to section or class to class, but in each the common goal is to introduce students to the ideas, techniques, and vocabularies of producing visual art.

ART 101 CONCEPTS IN TWO DIMENSIONS The development of visual thinking through a series of exercises and projects, which includes the picture plane, spatial relationships, line, value, volume, composition, and color.

Open to freshmen and sophomores, and to others with permission of the department. Enrollment limited to 20 students. This course satisfies General Education Area 5. Staff

ART 102 CONCEPTS IN THREE DIMENSIONS The basic principles of visual art in theory and practice. Introductory work in drawing with an emphasis on three-dimensional design and construction.

Open to freshmen and sophomores, and to others with permission of the department. Enrollment limited to 18 students. This course satisfies General Education Area 5. G. Bailey, D. Pelletier

ART 103 CONCEPTS IN DIGITAL PROCESS Basic elements of visual language incorporating electronic media; investigations will be in both two- and three-dimensional form.

Open to freshmen and sophomores, and to others with permission of the department. Enrollment limited to 12 students. This course satisfies General Education Area 5. A. Wollensak

Level Two: Practice and Application

Level two courses offer students exposure to a range of techniques and an opportunity to build skills in specific media areas. Students begin a development of personal approaches to subject matter, visual literacy, historical perspectives, critical thinking, and problem solving.

ART 200 PHOTOGRAPHY I An introduction to the art of photography through traditional film and darkroom methods. Emphasis is placed on controlling the technical aspects of the medium as a function of individual expression and exploring different modes of subject/photographer interactions.

Prerequisite: Any 100-level art course or permission of the instructor. Enrollment limited to 18 students who must provide film camera and supplies. Offered both semesters. This course satisfies General Education Area 5. T. Hendrickson

ART 201 PHOTOGRAPHY II Intermediate and advanced black and white techniques will be explored along with color image making through digital media. Students will engage in the production of a thematically cohesive portfolio.

Prerequisite: Course 200. Enrollment limited to 18 students. Offered alternating semesters. T. Hendrickson

ART 202 PRINT WORKSHOP: INTAGLIO PROCESSES Basic instruction in solar plate etching, engraving, and collagraph methods, including various monoprint techniques.

Six hours beyond course work required per week. Prerequisite: Courses 101 and 205. Enrollment limited to 12 students. T. McDowell

ART 204 PRINT WORKSHOP: RELIEF PROCESSES Basic instruction in lithography, woodblock, and relief printing techniques.

Six hours beyond course work required per week. Prerequisite: Courses 101 and 205. Enrollment limited to 12 students. T. McDowell

ART 205 DRAWING FUNDAMENTALS Through various drawing mediums, this course addresses principles of design and composition, and builds skills in perception, visual thinking, problem solving, and creativity. Drawing from observation, conceptual research, and manipulation of visual elements are integrated into this course. This course is suitable for students with some experience and is a required course of the art major.

Prerequisite: Any 100-level art course or permission of the instructor. Enrollment limited to 18 students. B. Hendricks, T. McDowell, P. Marks

ART 206 3-D FUNDAMENTALS: REDUCTIVE/CONSTRUCTIVE TECHNIQUES This course introduces the student to basic materials and techniques including found object. As an extension to 102 this course focuses more attention on skills and conceptual development while introducing the student to sculpture as an art practice.

Prerequisite: Any 100-level art course or permission of the instructor. Enrollment limited to 14 students. Offered alternating semesters. G. Bailey

ART 207 DESIGN STUDIES I Basic instruction in principles and language of 2-dimensional design. Emphasis on analysis, organization, and invention of form for the purpose of communicating information and concepts. MacIntosh computer applications and other means of graphic representation are explored.

Prerequisite: Any 100-level art course (103 preferred) or permission of the instructor. Enrollment limited to 18 students. Offered alternating semesters. A. Wollensak

ART 208 DESIGN STUDIES II Basic instruction in principles and languages of 3-dimensional design including objects for use, book arts and environmental design. Emphasis on analysis, organization and invention of form for the purpose of communication information and concepts. Macintosh computer applications and other means of graphic representation are explored.

Prerequisite: Any 100-level art course (103 preferred) or permission of the instructor. Enrollment limited to 18 students. Offered alternating semesters. A. Wollensak

ART 210 COLOR STUDIES: THEORY AND APPLICATIONS Color and design studies through the investigation of color properties, systems, harmonies, interactions, relativity, and spatial manipulation. Good craftsmanship and expressive use of color are emphasized. Course work includes color exercises in cut paper, computer, paint and wood.

Prerequisite: Any 100-level art course or permission of the instructor. Enrollment limited to 18 students. Offered alternating semesters. P. Marks

ART 211 PAINTING: SPATIAL INVESTIGATIONS Basic instruction in painting methods and materials. Emphasis on composition, color, personal expression, and manipulation of pictorial space.

Prerequisite: Course 205. Course 210 is recommended. Enrollment limited to 18 students. Offered alternating semesters. P. Marks

ART 212 PAINTING: TOWARDS REALISM Traditional and contemporary approaches to the figure, still life and landscape in drawing and painting. Emphasis will be placed on the development of necessary skills, and on the understanding of the subject as a personal art form.

Six hours studio work. Prerequisite: Course 205 or permission of the instructor. Enrollment limited to 18 students. Offered alternating semesters. B. Hendricks

ART 217 CERAMIC SCULPTURE: VESSEL CONSTRUCTIONS This course will examine the vessel form as a historical and contemporary idea. Students will be introduced to a variety of building methods, including the potter's wheel, while learning skills associated with preparing, glazing, and firing clay.

Prerequisite: Any 100-level art course. Enrollment limited to 10 students. Offered alternating semesters. D. Pelletier

ART 218 CERAMIC SCULPTURE: OBJECT AS IDEA This course introduces students to thinking and working three dimensionally with clay. A variety of hand forming, glazing and firing techniques will be explored. Emphasis will be given to experimentation with ceramic material and process and concept development within given thematic structures.

Prerequisite: Any 100-level art course. Enrollment limited to 10 students. Offered alternating semesters. D. Pelletier

ART 219 CERAMIC SCULPTURE: MOLDMAKING AND CASTING Making molds from found objects or fabricated models, or replicating an original by casting is a process that offers unique formal and conceptual opportunities for sculpture and vessels. Students will be encouraged to develop personal subject matter while learning technical skills using plaster molds, clay, and porcelain slip. Introduction to digital decal imagery.

Prerequisite: Any 100-level art course. Enrollment limited to 10 students. D. Pelletier

ART 220 DRAWING: METHODS Through a series of exercises and projects that use traditional drawing techniques, the student will learn the various methods artists use in developing and translating visual ideas into works of art. These methodologies will provide the structure for the student to develop drawings based on their own concepts.

Prerequisite: Courses 101 and 205. Enrollment limited to 18 students. M. McCabe

ART 221 PRINTMAKING: EXPLORATION OF IMAGERY THROUGH PROCESS The drawing process and imagery development through alternative, non-traditional materials (photocopy, alternate supports, transfers, stamping, etc.) used in conjunction with the traditional principles and methods of drawing. Regular exposure to artists' processes and imagery since 1945. This course fulfills the drawing requirement.

Prerequisite: Courses 101 and 205. Enrollment limited to 20 students. T. McDowell

ART 222 SPECIAL TOPICS This course provides an opportunity for students to create individual or collaborative studio projects in response to a central topic, process or theme. Course content changes yearly, and may include field/site work, interdisciplinary, cross media, or community-based work. May be repeated for credit.

Prerequisite: Any 100-level art course or permission of the instructor. Enrollment limited to 12 students. D. Pelletier, Staff

ART 225 SCULPTURE WORKSHOP: MOLD MAKING AND CASTING This course introduces students to basic mold making and replicating originals by casting using a variety of materials. This process offers unique formal and conceptual opportunities for sculpture. Possibilities for exploration include plaster, rubber, and ceramic shell molds, for a wide range of castables including metal.

Prerequisite: Any 100-level art course. Enrollment limited to eight students. Offered alternating semesters. G. Bailey

ART 226 SCULPTURE WORKSHOP: CONSTRUCTION AND INSTALLATION Contemporary sculpture techniques such as welding, casting, assemblage, and kinetics, with an emphasis on the relation of material and process to concept.

Prerequisite: Any 100-level art course. Enrollment limited to eight students. Offered alternating semesters. G. Bailey

ART 229 COLLAGE AND MIXED MEDIA The history and techniques of collage and mixed media assemblage. Students will be asked to make a number of pieces exploring aspects of collage and assemblage such as shape, texture, edge, surface, and chance.

Prerequisite: Course 102 or any three-dimensional course. Recommended: Course 210. Enrollment limited to 18 students. Offered alternating semesters. M. McCabe

ART 230 THE PERFORMANCE PROJECT This is the same course as Theater 230. Refer to the Theater listing for a course description.

ART 234 SCULPTURE WORKSHOP: BEYOND THE OBJECT This course introduces the student to concepts outside the traditional realm of three-dimensional form. Students will have a wide range of freedom to choose their media within a given problem, methodology, or thematic construct. Problem/process solving is encouraged as well as development of personal subject matter.

Prerequisite: Any 100-level art course or permission of the instructor. Enrollment limited to eight students. Offered alternating semesters. G. Bailey

ART 241 ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN I This is the same course as Architectural Studies 241. Refer to the Architectural Studies listing for a course description.

ART 250 DIMENSIONAL COLOR An intermediate course that explores the temporal and spatial dimensions of color in architecture, visual art, and digital technologies. We will examine perception with light and pigment and the use of color in 3D space and 3D virtual environments. This is the same course as Computer Science 250.

Prerequisite: One 100-level course in studio art or computer science. Enrollment limited to 15 students. P. Marks and B. Baird

ART 261 LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE DESIGN STUDIO This is the same course as Architectural Studies 261. Refer to the Architectural Studies listing for a course description.

Level Three: Concept and Media Development

Level three courses offer students further study or individual projects in specific or cross media. Studio work is subject-based with a focus on content development and personal direction. Students continue study in visual literacy, historical and contemporary perspectives, critical thinking, and problem solving.

ART 310 DESIGN STUDIES III In-depth exploration of methods and processes of visual information design. Student exercises define communication problems, evaluate analytical and intuitive approaches to problem solving. Macintosh computer tools used with emphasis on appropriateness of form to context.

Prerequisite: Course 207 or 208. Enrollment limited to 18 students. Offered alternating semesters. A. Wollensak

ART 315 DRAWING III In-depth exploration of non-representational and representational drawing. Weekly exercises will introduce the student to the major drawing units: abstraction, miniatures, and autobiographical/self portrait.

Prerequisite: Course 205, 220, or 221, or permission of the instructor. Enrollment limited to 18 students. Offered alternating semesters. M. McCabe

Art 321 History, Place, Meaning in sITE/Art Interventions An interdisciplinary course introducing students to the process of creating site-specific works of art based on primary research relating to the history of a place. The course will focus on sites in New London and southeastern Connecticut. This is the same course as Architectural Studies 321.

Prerequisite: Two art courses (at least one at the 200 level) and one art history course. Enrollment limited to 15 students. A. Wollensak and A. Van Slyck

ART 335 INDIVIDUAL STUDIO INSTRUCTION I Continuing studio instruction beyond Level Two courses in any of the following disciplines: (A) painting; (B) drawing; (C) design; (D) ceramics; (E) printmaking; (G) sculpture; (H) photography; (J) gallery studies; (L) mixed media.

Prerequisite: One course at Level Two in the corresponding subject area. Offered both semesters. Staff

ART 336 INDIVIDUAL STUDIO INSTRUCTION II Advanced studio instruction for students who have completed Course 335 in a specific area. Offered in the following areas: (A) painting; (B) drawing; (C) design; (D) ceramics; (E) printmaking; (G) sculpture; (H) photography; (J) gallery studies; (L) mixed media.

Prerequisite: Course 335 in the corresponding subject area. Offered both semesters. Staff

ART 342 ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN II: SELECTED TOPICS This is the same course as Architectural Studies 342. Refer to the Architectural Studies listing for a course description.

ART 345 CONSTRUCTING IDEAS/BODY AS MEDIUM This is the same course as Dance 345. Refer to the Dance listing for a course description.

ART 349 SEMINAR FOR ART MAJORS Discussions on topics relating to contemporary art and criticism, reviews of studio activity, visiting artists, and departmental critiques.

Open to junior and senior art majors. Students are advised to take this course during the fall semester of the junior year. Staff

Level Four: Concept Realization and Communications

Level four courses offer students advanced individual or interdisciplinary study with a focus on concept realization, self-reflective evaluation, critical thinking, and research. Students pursue self-generated creative work with emphasis on content development and an awareness of the universality of art.

ART 449, 450 SENIOR STUDIO Advanced studio instruction under the supervision of a specific instructor in the following areas: (A) painting; (B) drawing; (C) design; (D) ceramics; (E) printmaking; (G) sculpture; (H) photography; (L) mixed media.

Prerequisite: One course at Level Three. Open to senior art majors. Staff

ART 460 PERFORMANCE ART IN PRACTICE This is a studio course based in the genre of Performance Art. Students will explore the use of their bodies and sculptural elements to express content and personal artistic vision. The course culminates in a public performance. This is the same course as Dance 460.

Open to juniors and seniors, and to others with permission of the instructors. Enrollment limited to 15 students. G. Bailey and H. Henderson

ART 491, 492 INDIVIDUAL STUDY

ART 497-498 HONORS STUDY

At Scuola Internazionale di Grafica, Venice, Italy

The Department of Art offers the following extended curriculum through our study abroad program and in association with the Scuola Internazionale di Grafica in Venice, Italy. The program accepts applicants from within the department during their junior year. One semester of Italian Language is recommended prior to attending the program.

ART 280 at ISGV ART HISTORY: SURVEY OF VENICE AND THE VENETO, 15TH-18TH CENTURY This course is a survey of art and architecture of Venice and the Veneto within a cultural context beginning with the fifth-century Byzantine foundations through the early eighteenth century. Comparisons with Venetian art and aesthetics will be made against contemporary works from Central Italy, primarily Rome and Florence. Topics will be covered through on sight lectures, field trips and access to collections.

ART 281 at ISGV DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY The course introduces the technical aspects of the camera, film and photosensitive materials. Students will learn basic techniques and elements of digital photography. At the end of the course students are required to exhibit their work at the Scuola’s gallery. A 35 mm camera is required.

ART 282 at ISGV RELIEF INTAGLIO This course will cover traditional wood block techniques as well as linoleum, collographic and metal etched plate making techniques. The course will allow ample space to research personal solutions appropriate to individual participants and to experiment within the aims of the course schedule.

ART 283 at ISGV LITHOGRAPHY This course is envisioned as a special workshop, where the participants can gradually acquaint themselves with the various materials and techniques of lithography. Within the course individuals will receive, through slides and actual prints, a history of the artist’s use of lithography as well as introduction to historic medium and technique. A full range of drawing medium from crayon to brush will be explored and applied to stone lithography.

ART 284 at ISGV TRADITIONAL INTAGLIO PRINTMAKING This course will explore the basic techniques of traditional intaglio printmaking. Historically, these techniques include: monotype, drypoint, engraving, and etching. Each of these processes will be studied in sequence. Contemporary variations of these historic techniques will also be explored by incorporating various modern tools and mediums, such as those involved in the collograph.

ART 285 at ISGV WATERCOLOR All characteristics of watercolor medium will be explored. Each student will pursue their individual ability using the medium and explore the techniques as applied to their imagery in depth. Regular critiques will be devoted to analyses of work. This course is open to all levels of participant.

ART 288 at ISGV VENICE AND THE BOOK Students will be introduced to book production before and after the invention of movable type. Readings, lectures and visits to libraries and private collections in Venice will supplement studio work time. Students will consider the book critically and aesthetically as an entire multi-faceted object. Practical demonstrations will take place regarding materials, binding, writing, printing and layout techniques essential for production of the artist book.

ART 289 at ISGV DRAWING The course is designed to further the student’s base understanding and knowledge of techniques of drawing by exploring concepts of space, portrait and story. The course begins with the review of methods of drawing through exercises including en plein air, the human figure, calligraphy and typography.

ART 290 at ISGV INTRODUCTORY PAINTING The course aims to introduce the student to a base understanding and knowledge of the various media and techniques of painting. Projects will explore spatial perception of physical and psychological space of the city as well as color theory. Media will include water-based and oil paint and mixed-media oil painting.

ART 380 at ISGV CONTEMPORARY PRINTMAKING The course aims to introduce students to the more advanced and recent innovations in fine art printmaking as instrumental in the development of individual expression. Basic printmaking techniques will provide the departing level for each student to find a personal process of expression using the versatile, contemporary methods of photo-etching, the collograph, assemblage and multiple plate printing.

Prerequisite: Art 202 or 204.

ART 381 at ISGV ADVANCED OIL PAINTING This course will develop the student’s understanding and ability to work with oil paint. Ancient, modern and contemporary practices and formulas will be taught. Hands on demonstrations will be presented in the style of the “bottega.”

Prerequisite: Art 211 or 212.

ART 382 at ISGV GRAPHIC DESIGN Students will cultivate skills necessary to solve a broad range of visual problems. Course work is structured to increase confidence and capabilities in finding multiple solutions to a set of determined situations. Variations on the theme will be the central format for this advanced course.

Prerequisite: Art 207.

ART 383 at ISGV ADVANCED DRAWING AND PAINTING, THE NUDE This course will continue instruction in basic drawing and painting skills while focused on the human form in art. Study of comparative anatomy, physical structure and form of the figure will be anchored to historic examples as well.