Art & the History of Art 309 - Hand Drawn and Hand Printed: The Stories of Images

This course will focus on drawing and printmaking as a means of building visual stories through serial description and expression. Studio work will include drawings, watercolor, collage and printmaking techniques with a range of approaches to subject matter based on each student’s individual interests and choices. These include representational, narrative, abstract, and symbol-based imagery, among others. Relief printmaking techniques using wood and synthetic blocks will be taught, as well as the intaglio techniques of monotype and drypoint. Prints will be handprinted using spoons, barens, the palm of the hand and American French Tool and Ettan presses. Experimentation around conceptual and technical boundaries will be explored and encouraged. Projects will focus on using a combination of these means to develop a series of related images. A broad cultural range of contemporary and historical references will be studied in conjunction with students' individual projects. The semester’s work will culminate in a cohesive body of visual work with the final project being a hand-made accordion book. Discussion and critiques will be held regularly in both group and individual formats. Writing will be required of students in the form of artist statements and final semester reflections on their work. No prerequisites.

Limited to 10 students. Fall 2026: Senior Resident Artist Garand.

How to handle overenrollment: Priority given to ARHA, FCAS, and FAMS majors.

Students who enroll in this course will likely encounter and be expected to engage in the following intellectual skills, modes of learning, and assessment: Artistic and studio work, oral presentations, in-class critiques including visual and verbal analysis, readings and written work.