Introduction to all basic methods of handbuilding and decorating techniques. Focus on both vessel tradition and ceramic sculpture. Introduction to glazes, slips and firing. Overview of ceramic/historical traditions.

Focus on representing the human figure using clay as the primary material. Introduction to building techniques in clay. Focus on observation and elements of three-dimensional form.

Graduate level -A collagraph plate is made the same way a collage is made, and it's then printed as an Intaglio or Relief print. A collagraph print is made from a collage of various materials glued together to a rigid substrate such as a board, creating multiple tactile surfaces that can extend to three-dimensional relief. In this class, students will explore different ways to develop plates using acrylic mediums, carborundum, an assortment of found material; learn printing techniques on an etching press for relief, intaglio and embossing to create dimensional prints.

Techniques and aesthetic considerations of making lithographs. Emphasis on drawing and on understanding technical procedures.

This beginning course will focus on analog capture, film development and printing. As you develop the skills needed to create images you will apply them to concepts and projects. In addition to slide lectures and reviews of projects we will also look at a range of historical and contemporary international artists, whose diverse practices conceptually and theoretically situate assigned projects.

Basic practice and theory of painting developed through the study of traditional and contemporary procedures used in the development of pictorial form. Emphasis on still life, landscape and the human figure. Materials: oil and aqueous media.

Basic practice and theory of painting developed through the study of traditional and contemporary procedures used in the development of pictorial form. Emphasis on still life, landscape and the human figure. Materials: oil and aqueous media.

May be taken prior to Art 510. Visual arts as they relate to the development of the individual. Presentations, workshops, current literature in the field. Topics include: grading and evaluation, discipline, special needs students, art therapy, ordering of supplies, budgets, and lesson planning. Prerequisite: Art Education major or consent of instructor.

Each semester, the Department of Art offers a series of lectures by nationally recognized artists, scholars, curators, critics, gallerists, and writers. In addition to the noontime public lectures, the guest speakers also engage in conversations with students and conduct studio visits. Often based on recommendations by graduate students, the research and practice of the guests are pertinent to graduate students? own interests.

Advanced work in traditional and contemporary drawing media. Independent exploration of graphic problems. Solutions to problems sought in relation to student's personal objectives.