Drawing is a simple way to communicate visual ideas yet it has many complexities in how it functions. In this class we will build from basic ideas covered in Drawing Foundation. Students will look at three dimensional aspects of drawing, problems of color, and alternative surfaces. We will discuss ideas around observation, problem solving and composition. The history of drawing will be explored through slide shows, readings, and independent research. In particular, we will look at alternatives to traditional methods with installation, unconventional form and media.

This studio course introduces intermediate level sculpture and studio art concentrators to mold making and casting processes. Students will be exposed to a range of cast sculptures both historic and contemporary via books and slide lectures. Through assignments and independent work, students will explore the process of mold making and casting through a range of different materials including plaster, latex rubber, urethane rubber and thermoplastics. Students will research historical and contemporary artists who utilize casting and present relevant work for class discussion.

From Huckleberry Finn to Catcher in the Rye, the world is rich in stories that depict loveable young men resisting entrenched societal norms. But where are the loveable women and gender non-conformists, young and old, and of color? Our course will look at those living under silencing, societal constraints, both in the West and East, who, denied the same liberties as the dominant group that creates the boundaries, in one way or another become 'runaways,' often simply by claiming their fundamental worth.

As the book description posits, "The BreakBeat Poets are a break with the past and an honoring of the tradition(s), an undeniable body expanding the canon for the fresher." Poetry has a rich oral and aural tradition and Hip-Hop plays an important role in much of Poetry's current forms, rhythms, and presentation. Students will read several of the 78 featured poets in the anthology and think through the various intersections between tradition and innovation. Students will also conduct additional research and present on one of the BreakBeat poets and the ars poetica form.

The intent of this course is to provide a supportive space for female students to acquire hands-on fabrication shop skills. Students will be introduced to the basic tools, equipment, machinery and resources available through the Lemelson Center. We will cover basic elements of design and project planning. Students will be expected to participate in discussions of their own and each other's work.

Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) published very little in her lifetime, yet she left behind a body of work that continues to intrigue, engage, and inspire. In this workshop we will consider Dickinson's life in light of the personal pressures and national upheavals that marked it, and the ways in which her writing-both poems and letters-charted what she called 'circumference,' the whole of existence, from the tiniest insects to the depths of human yearning, to the motion of the stars in the sky, and beyond.

This is an introduction to sculpture course. Students will be given demonstrations in techniques using traditional sculptural materials including plaster, wood, and metal. We will also look at less conventional materials including found object, paper, and ephemera. Slide shows and readings will be assigned to enlighten students about some of the major movements in modern sculpture history. There will be a field trip and students will be asked to visit some exhibitions on their own. Projects will be assigned that consider some of the important aspects in making sculpture.

In this course we will explore the concept of exile and study exiles in fiction and non-fiction. We will explore the ways in which one can be exiled from country, community, family and self. Discussions of immigrant experiences will be a large part of the course. What can be learned by being on the margins of society? How can being an outcast help or hinder the self? How does writing relieve or bolster a state of dislocation? We will write personal and analytic essays as well as creative pieces for this course.

Designers, choreographers, and performers frequently face a traditional performance space or, as is often the case, face a nontraditional space and then question how to "fill" or design within it. What elements help create the functionality and appropriateness of a performance space? We will explore a variety of spaces, traditional and non-traditional, and the "performers" who use or have used them.

Modern-Contemporary 4 is designed for advanced-intermediate level dancers, as we continue to build on students' previous study of modern dance technique. The studio will be our laboratory for a semester-long exploration of contemporary dance concepts with a focus on deepening sensation, clarifying points of initiation in the body, expansive use of space, and increasingly complex phrase-work.